# What's a game you loved and enjoyed so much that you didn't want it to end? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 2, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008 "2015-07-02T01:07:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/21 "2015-07-02T15:41:21Z")
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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/22 "2015-07-02T16:00:17Z")
Lego City Undercover. They created such a great sandbox to play in I didn’t want to leave. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/23 "2015-07-02T16:26:49Z")
[_Toy Commander_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Commander) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/24 "2015-07-02T19:34:47Z")
Fallout 3 and NV. Wish thety were parallel universes because there are just some bad folks who need killing. ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/25 "2015-07-02T20:21:18Z")
> [@Reads\_a\_Lot](#): > > Zelda: Ocarina of Time This. It’s the only game I’ve ever finished that gave me a sense of loss. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/26 "2015-07-03T02:10:40Z")
For me, it’s the rogue-like [Tales of Maj’Eyal](http://te4.org/). Very rich, but very difficult. It took me months and months to beat that damn game, and when I did, I fell on the floor and wept. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/27 "2015-07-03T03:46:49Z")
I much prefer sandbox games that let you continue after finishing the story over those that force me into this choice. Skyrim lets you keep playing, Fallout 3 didn’t until they fixed the ending with Broken Steel, apparently New Vegas doesn’t. On a related point, one of my biggest complaints about Saints Row 2 - generally an awesome game - is that capturing territory eventually wipes out the other gangs completely, meaning you have less content the longer you play the game. Fortunately, there’s a mod for that. > [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Now Hammerlock’s DLC - I seem to be in a majority that told it to fold up and get deleted after the third or fourth encounter with uber-powered foes. BL/BL2 is not about endless mission difficulty and impossible bosses. I believe one of Fallout 3’s DLC pulled the same crap. Primitives should be _easier_ to fight than people with guns, not harder. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/28 "2015-07-03T03:55:04Z")
I guess I’m of a different generation, so I’m going with pond hockey. Hey, you didn’t specify “video” game. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/29 "2015-07-05T00:10:15Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > [Just a small taste](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG8V9dRqSsw). I know I don’t want to wait for it… Oh, I know. I watched this live during E3 because this was all I wanted from EA. The problem is…I know I won’t like the game. I can’t do open world because it’s soooo huge and there’s sooo much to do that I just get bored. I just don’t find dungeon hopping and fighting random-encountered NPCs entertaining (Any Elder Scrolls game, most of the Fall Outs, etc.), and I just know that’s what ME:A is going to be. I like having a main quest with side missions, and minor exploring here and there, but you can make a game TOO big IMO, and I have a strong feeling that’s what ME:A is going to be. Plus I want my old squad, my characters I know and fell in love with, not something new. If I want new I’ll play Destiny, I want my (MTV!) Mass Effect, not a new one ---
**Author:** ![pilot141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@pilot141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pilot141)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/30 "2015-07-05T05:43:50Z")
GTA: Vice City I was having so much fun driving around listening to 80s music that I did not want it to end. I remember one mission where I was flying an airplane taking pictures or something, and the sun was setting, the music was just right and I thought “This is perfect”. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/31 "2015-07-05T15:05:22Z")
Planescape: Torment. I played all the way through until the last boss as a rogue, then rerolled as a wiz and played it through again. I had even more fun the second playthrough and even having played through the game twice, I still felt a bit sad it was ending… But what an ending! ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/32 "2015-07-05T21:37:58Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > For me, it’s the rogue-like [Tales of Maj’Eyal](http://te4.org/). Very rich, but very difficult. > > It took me months and months to beat that damn game, and when I did, I fell on the floor and wept. Have you beaten Nightmare/Roguelike yet? I’ve gotten two NM/RL wins, but I don’t have the cojones to try Insane. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/33 "2015-07-05T22:53:28Z")
> [@GoodOmens](#): > > Have you beaten Nightmare/Roguelike yet? I’ve gotten two NM/RL wins, but I don’t have the cojones to try Insane. Ha. No, I beat it on Normal difficulty in Adventure mode. Only died twice. At some point, I’ll play again at a harder setting. It’s just such a time sink. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/34 "2015-07-06T01:44:45Z")
It took me a LONG time before I got my first win at all, which was a Doomed, and I managed to win on my last life. Since then I’ve learned a few things, but I still make many, many stupid mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/35 "2015-07-06T15:10:39Z")
Any of the Myst series, particularly the third installment which I thought was the most fun ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/36 "2015-07-06T18:39:00Z")
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and A Link Between Worlds, and Super Metroid. Short but sweet. Oh yeah, and Shovel Knight. That game was concentrated awesome and I was sad to see it end. I hope Yacht Club Games has a long and prolific future. Seconding Portal, Deus Ex, and Planescape: Torment. I find it’s more common to want a game not to end when it’s not an epic, tens-of-hours RPG. Then again, Planescape breaks that rule. ---
**Author:** ![pojimba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@pojimba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pojimba)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/37 "2015-07-06T23:03:50Z")
Red Dead Redemption ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/39 "2015-07-28T13:46:40Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > It’s really worth the 75. It’s risen to parity with _Planescape:Torment_ in my personal pantheon, and that’s fucking saying something and then some. What’s so great about it? I too I’m waiting to have more time, for the game to be cheaper, and possibly even to finally finish some other games to buy it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/40 "2015-07-28T17:50:47Z")
“Knights of the Old Republic” was just so damn good. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008/41 "2015-07-29T14:29:54Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Lego City Undercover. They created such a great sandbox to play in I didn’t want to leave. Amen to that! One of the most underrated games ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-game-you-loved-and-enjoyed-so-much-that-you-didnt-want-it-to-end/724008.md?page=3)