Do you have a lot of time on your hands? Video games are known to be addictive. If they're really good, it's easy to play them over and over again to reveal all their secrets.
However, there are some games that take it to the next level. There are gamers who have spent over 500 hours on the games we are about to list. We now know that these games can be beaten pretty quickly if you only complete the main quest. However, open world games are full of side requests and this is the main reason they can take a long time. These are the games that can take the most because of the amount of side inquiries and research.
10 HORIZON ZERO DAWN
According to the How Long to Beat website, the longest recorded time for Horizon Zero Dawn is 135 hours. At least, according to the survey, about two thousand people. It's just a basic game. For the full version, site statistics reach 200 hours. Of course, there are high-speed runs, but even those that can last up to 20 hours. It takes real addicts about two days without sunlight.
9 ELDER SCROLLS SKYRIM
Surely Skyrim made a cute game for one of the longest open world games ever. It is not unusual to know someone who has played this game consistently for months. The land feels like an endless expanse of caves, forts and castles to explore. You can get many different skills and complete many quests. Adding DLC and mods goes so far that it is no accident that spending over 1000 hours on this game is not accidental.
8 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD
Breath of the Wild is a huge and welcome change to the Legend of Zelda formula. You can climb mountains, explore temples, cook food, ride animals, and even build houses. The world was amazing to explore as there was so much to do around. Anyone who wanted to play one hundred percent had a huge project in their hands. Some have played for so long, but still don't want to save Zelda because they don't want the game to end.
7 THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT
The third game The Witcher completely revolutionized the world in which it took place. Cities, fields, forests and cities became huge and full of quests. Needless to say, the game deserves to be on this list. There is even a Kotaku article about someone playing 1800 hours of the game. That's about 77 days in a row! Obviously, this is not normal, but it is a fact, and it happened. Mods and DLCs definitely always help.
6 FALLOUT 4
Fallout is the Elder Scroll's apocalyptic brother. Like Skyrim, Fallout 4 is an easy game to lose yourself. There are many opportunities for study and study. You can easily devote five hours to simple building a house for an NPC, or spend hundreds of hours on various mods made by fans. Players easily played over 500 hours of this game and another 500 with DLC and mods alone. What really gave this game a boost to take longer than its predecessors was the settlements. You can easily work on this for hours.
5 FINAL FANTASY XV
If you stick to the main plot, this game can be beaten pretty quickly. However, the open world allows you to play for hundreds of hours. There are hidden dungeons, additional bosses, side quests, fishing, cooking, photography, and many small bonuses like vehicle modifications and weapons.
One of the additional bosses is also known as one of the longest bosses in Final Fantasy. There was even an article about how long and exhausting this boss was on Polygon. It appears to be rumored that the optional boss takes 72 hours to win.
4 KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE
What makes this game unique is its dedication to the historical accuracy of 15th century Bohemia. You also play more of a medieval loser than a hero like Link or the Dragonborn. The game forces you not to rush to the battle, but just to run, like in other games. The longest recorded walkthrough on the How Long to Beat website is for the Xbox One at 221 hours, but only 10 people were surveyed for those numbers. Many people say that this is not a game for everyone, as it takes a lot of patience.
3 MINECRAFT
Like the Animal Crossing games, this is a video game that will never be defeated. You decide your own goals, your own quests and what you build. There is no one around you to tell you what to do all the time. So many players just build, play together, and sometimes even turn their gameplay into watchable episodes on Youtube. Your only limitation is your patience and imagination. Players are also very ambitious, recreating famous buildings and even levels from other video games. The game is also constantly updated, so it can be difficult to get bored.
2 XENOBLADE CHRONICLES
In a survey of about 620 players, the longest run of this game took 350 hours. Players who have run through this game get up to 50 hours, which is incredible since for some 50 hours is still a long game. Completing additional content such as kill-or-fetch quests will almost triple your playtime, with a typical playthrough of around 80 hours.
A defining part of this JRPG series is the exploration of huge environments, which is one of the reasons the game takes so long to beat.
1 MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR
What, have not yet managed to forget the fabulous country of Middle-earth? In any case, it's time to go here. This opportunity is being opened up by Monolith Productions with a new Action / RPG-style project called Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. It is not based on the books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, although the story takes place between the adventures of the Baggins and their comrades. Shadow of Mordor is free to play.
The main character is the tracker Talion. I must say, he is very unusual. The fact is that Talion was dead, but resurrected. Sauron is responsible for death, for a new life - the spirit of the elf Celebrimbor, who is involved in the creation of the ring of omnipotence. It is very noteworthy that Talion has about the same magical abilities as the Nazgul.
