Poll of the Day > Poll idea: have you ever played a game start to finish in one session?

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And as an added requirement, the game must be a game with some sort of save feature, such as the Zelda games or a password feature, such as the NES Metroid.


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Of course! No one wanted to risk NES password systems.

You'd write that crap down and it would be wrong the next day.

Who hasn't?

Let's see... Delta Rune, DDLC (Does that count? It deletes saves at some parts...), If it counts, the DS game inside of ACNL, Minecraft, Yandere-Simulator DEMO........
That's only the ones I can think of right now, but trust me, there's more

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I think only small indie games that can be beaten in 3 hours or less during the first playthrough.

If we include multiple playthroughs/new game+, where you pretty much know the game in and out, then there are a few games where I've completed a run in one sitting. Like Metroid and Resident Evil games.


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supergamer19 posted...

I think only small indie games that can be beaten in 3 hours or less during the first playthrough.

If we include multiple playthroughs/new game+, where you pretty much know the game in and out, then there are a few games where I've completed a run in one sitting. Like Metroid and Resident Evil games.

This, but also some of what Reggie recklessly mentioned


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Eh cant recall any recently, but probably back in my NES/Master System/Genesis days...cant think of any ATM

Flashback: the quest for identity. Gen
Super Mario World. Snes
All that come to mind... Wait
MGS3 snake eater ps2

Super Mario World, many many times

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Yes. The first one that comes to mind is Portal 2...
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Did it with Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past once.
A couple of times with Super Metroid.

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Yes, a lot of times.

PC games like Civilization, Master of Magic, and Colonization are good examples that allow for it.

I don't know if it counts, but I did finish Chrono Trigger with all it's ending variables. One of those endings was accomplished right after the beginning so it could be done like in less than 1 hour.


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It just occurred to me that this is a somewhat bad question.

Because some early games didn't have a save system of any sort.

For example, Back to the Future (NES) (Why'd I ever play that?) and Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Master System), and other early games lacked any sort of save system.

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Not in the past 15 years.

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I can't think of any.


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Resident Evil 3
Metal Gear Solid

thats all I can think of

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Many NES and SNES games. For a more recent instance, Until Dawn

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I'm old enough to have regularly played an NES. For many games, it was either that or don't finish it at all.

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Never

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Just remembered fighting games like Mortal Kombat are also possible. So I guess I could add Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat 2.

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Yeah, until recently just Mega Man X and Final Fantasy X and SNES games that you basically have to (Lion King, Mickey Mouse)

And recently a ton of games like uncharted, bioshock, quite a few of the 8-12 hour hits on PS3/PS4.

Super Mario World, got *96 in one sitting with no loads. I was worried I'd get to the title screen after and see 95 or something, but nope, *96. that would have been sometime in the 200x's but have no idea specifically.

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World of Warcraft

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Resident evil 0 and 2 remake come to mind for the trophies.

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When I got my Dreamcast I didn't have a VMU yet so I had to play all 6 campaigns for SA1 in one go

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I beat Ocarina of Time in one sitting the day before Twilight Princess came out. November 18th, 2006.

Took like 8 hours I think?

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I recently got the 3D Classics version of Kirby's Adventure. I could probably beat it in one session, but not 100% it.

Jake Johnson posted...

such as the NES Metroid.

Came in to post this.

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Several NES/SNES games, yeah.

Uh I used to speedrun MGS2 for fun. Never recorded it or streamed or anything, but I would play through it multiple times a day.

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papercup posted...

Several NES/SNES games, yeah.

Uh I used to speedrun MGS2 for fun. Never recorded it or streamed or anything, but I would play through it multiple times a day.

You could record it and find out where you stand against everyone who has done a speed run of it. Or do it for charity like AwesomeTurtwig...
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NES/SNES/Genesis games obviously. A lot of older games can be beat in under an hour. The same kinda holds true for modern 2D platformers.


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I've certainly been finished with some games in just a few minutes. For example, The Crew 2, deleted and never to be played again.

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Portal. Another code I did in 1 day, but not a single session.

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Tons, most recently I started and got the platinum trophy for Spider-man in a single sitting.

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Yeah, a good number of games.

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Jake Johnson posted...

It just occurred to me that this is a somewhat bad question.

Because some early games didn't have a save system of any sort.

For example, Back to the Future (NES) (Why'd I ever play that?) and Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Master System), and other early games lacked any sort of save system.

BTTF was fun , up until that ridicuously hard final level, which I beat after several profanity laced tirades .

As other have said , many games of the NES/SNES era were less than two hours long.

I loved Spiderman: Maximum Carnage , which lasted just a little over an hour.

Sure. Mario RPG, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, Undertale, every single main series Mega Man and Mega Man X game. Adventure of Link, Final Fantasy 9, Fallout 1 and 2...Im sure there are a lot more I could name if I thought about it.

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Super Mario World comes to mind

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Only game I've done that with is the first Zone of the Enders on PS2.

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