I.e., games that hooked you in and you couldn’t stop playing until it was finished. Not games that just happened to be unexpectedly short. And by “completed” I guess I mean the main story etc, not 100%ing the game :).
For me, it would be Catherine, Bioshock Infinite and Black Mesa (although I think I got to the final area then had to go to sleep and complete it the next day). I also played an ungodly amount of Hades in one sitting, but didn’t get the “full” ending in one day.
What Remains of Edith Finch. I ended up in tears after playing it. So beautiful.
Also on Android Monument Valley and its sequel. Mesmerizing games.
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The most recent is Stray. I loved the worldbuilding and well, the cat.
you gotta play Knytt Underground. I think you’ll like it. 2d physicals-platformer open-world game
Inside!
Sleeping Dogs pulled me in real hard. I‘m super salty there‘s no Sleeping Dogs 2, I loved everything about this game.
If any of you like GTA style gameplay, Sleeping Dogs is that plus kung fu movie flair (even has a cheesy king fu story DLC).
Nioh, Nioh 2, Code Vein, Dark Souls 2 (I know), Fairy Fencer F, and Ni no Kuni 2 also put me in chains. Crusader Kings III has no real story but it made so many evenings disappear that I try to legit stay away from it lol
Surprisingly, The Witcher 2!
I believe 3 and its DLC had come out at that point, meanwhile, i had paused the first, which I had bought on release, somewhere before its third act. Somehow I got back into it and finished it in a few weeks.
Then I booted up the second opus and the changes were so drastic! It was amazing! Everything that was a hassle in the first was pretty much gone!
And that story was fantastic, with a proper dilemma at the heart of it : you had to pick a size and stick with the consequences.
I finished the entire thing in a very long weekend, completely enthralled and picked up the third instantly afterwards.
And somehow things got even better!The Witcher 2 takes around 24 hours to complete the main story. Are you sure that you finished it in one sitting?
There was some sleeping, but at my age, playing a game over the course of one long weekend is definitely “one sitting” ;)
Portal 2
Half life 1 and portal 1
I also completed bioshock infinite in one sitting with my brother when I was younger. That shits a core memory for me now lol
Portal 1
Yeah, Portal 1 & 2 for me.
Well the writer said yes to 3 but we need valve.
Not quite one sitting but very quickly: Ori and the Blind Forest, Maneater
Return of the obra dinn. Both because it’s good and because I was worried my train of thought would be interrupted if I took a break. Took me ~9 hours and gave me a really bad headache afterwards, no regrets.
Inmost - short platformer/metroidvania game with a brutally emotional storyline.
Far: Lone Sail - short puzzle/platformer game. Chill as fuck, great atmosphere and music. Story is only really gleamed from the environment that you traverse.
Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead. Because I usually die in like the first week in game lol
Primordia.
The Excavation Of Hob’s Barrow.
System Shock (1994).
