Games that gave you a BIG BANG for your buck? 56K back off

Ive put at least 50 hours into all these games

All I have to say to you peeps are great games. Game on guys.

Just a few...

Total war games, Oblivion, WoW, AoE.

gta4!

The most bang for my buck? Uncharted, I picked it up for $20 from a friend:D As far as a full price game, The Orange Box because of 5 games, and Gears of War because of the "addictive like crack" multiplayer for me and my friends for months. And Crackdown.

Nearly 1000 hours

Beat that

When it comes to bang for the buck, it's hard to beat the Orange Box. 5 games (or 3 games with 2 expansions if you prefer) for the price of one.

Then there's Mass Effect, where each play through can last you well over 55 hours if you play most of the side quests. But then the fact that you can incorporate an ability of one character cIass into the cIass of another, creating a hybrid of sorts, which can also be carried over to the sequel, provides the best incentive for replay on a sp game.

And Halo 3 with it's 4 player co-op, varied multiplayer modes that also get constant support from Bungie with special Double EXP weekend formats.

No other single player game has given me soo much Bang for my Buck like MGS4 has....

1. Tales of symphonia
2. Starcraft
3. Zelda OOT
4. Mario 64
5. Final fantasy 7
6. The Sims/2
7. Chrono Trigger
8. Super Mario RPG
9. Tales of Vesperia
10. Call of duty 4

Oblivion no doubt. I have put more than 350 houres on it!

I totally agree with the OP on Legend of the Dragoon. It was really long and also had an amazing story, I don't know why it got such average scores.

Also:

Nearly 1000 hours

Beat that

C-Lee

Jet Set Radio Future/Sega GT 2002 combo disc.

Price:$1 at GameStop.

JSRF is one of the best original Xbox games...

Persona 3:FES

Price:$15 new at GameStop

Ninja Gaiden Black

Price:$18 at GameStop

Dragon Quest VIII

Price: $12 at GameStop

Other noteables: Panzer Dragoon Orta, God of War, God of War 2, GTA Triple Pack, Metal Gear Solid 2.

Too many to list, but with new gen games, Halo 3, Oblivion and Mass Effect.

Call Of Duty 4

Street Fighter 4

Devil May Cry 3 - I sold itwhen I finished the game thenbought it again then sold it once more and thenended up buying it again after seeing those crazy combo videos on youtube.:D

Ninja Gaiden Sigma - I brought NG1 for the Xboxonce Sigma hit the ps3 I knew I had to pick it up when the price was right.

Off the top of my head:

1. Metal Gear Solid: Essentials Collection
2. Okami
3. Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
4. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
5. Final Fantasy X
6. Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness

Zelda Wind Waker

MGS3 - Snake Eater

Super Metroid

GTA IV

I'd have to say NG2, easily.. at least 200 hours spent in that game getting to chapter 4 on MN, excluding the missions :)

Burnout Paradise

I've probably put 4-5000 hours into these games.

Battlefield 2

Americas Army

Civilization IV

Team Fortress 2

Age of Empires II: TC

Medival, Rome, Medieval II: Total War

Age of Empires III

Silent Hunter III

And then, theres the mods!

Project Reality

Europa Barbarorum

BrokenCrescent

And the dozens of SH3 mods

OLC GUI

GWX ubermod

Socom 2, Halo 2, Oblivion, FF tactics, Wii sports, Orange Box, and many many more already posted.

Silent Hill 2 (greatest survival horror game ever made IMO)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Fallout 3

Valkyria Chronicles

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Pokemon Silver

team fortress 2

left 4 dead

fallout 3

call of duty 4

rainbow six vegas

mass effect

morrowind

gears 2

animal crossing wild world

braid

most of these are random selections or recent

Based on how many gameplay hours I got out of them:

• Morrowind (2002, PC)

Just endless possibilities. You can never really see and do everything, thanks in part to mods.

• Oblivion (2006, PC)

Same as Morrowind, only less so. Still an awesome game.

• Dragon Quest VIII (2005, PS2)

There was so much to do in this game, even outside of the main quest. One of my favorite JRPGs.

I just used the first good screenshot I found on Google. Honest.

• Tales of Symphonia (2004, GCN)

Same with this game: tons of side-quest content. I've played through it like 7 times and I still haven't quite seen it all.

• Pokemon Yellow and Pokemon Gold (1999, GB/2000, GBC)

I don't think I need to describe how addictive and time-consuming these were.

• Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001, GCN)

This might just be my most-played game. Best local multi ever.

• Soul Calibur II (2003, GCN)

Bit deeper fighting game; almost as much fun. The version with Link is the definitive one, naturally.

• SSX Tricky (2001, GCN)

I had, and still have, zero interest in real-life snowboarding. However, this was pure gold.

...Yeah, Eddie sucks.

• Call of Duty 4 (2007, PC)

And finally, the first and (so far) only game to draw me into its online. I still suck at it, but that makes the occasional victory all the sweeter.

EDIT: Forgot one...

• Animal Crossing (2002, GCN)

Kiddy? Yes. Twee? A bit. Addicting?

What do you think?

A little list.

• The X series
• The Total War Series
• Counter Strike Source
• The Battlefield Series
• WoW
• ... any MMO for that matter minus Age of Conan
• Halo 3
• Call of Duty 4
• Ace Combat 6 (worth several playthroughs)

Sins of a Solar Empire :D

[QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]

Legend of Dragoon had like no reply value, no sidequests, shallow exploration, dull characters and just a all around mediocre RPG. I hate to knock your choices TC, but seriously, there wasn't anything to take that game's spot?

(lol I said "game's spot")

Animal-Mother

Legend of Dragoon had like no reply value, no sidequests, shallow exploration, dull characters and just a all around mediocre RPG. I hate to knock your choices TC, but seriously, there wasn't anything to take that game's spot?

(lol I said "game's spot")

Blue-Sky

Some good times with

RE2

Final Fantasy 7

Morrowind

Ballroompirate

BF2
BF2142
BF Bad Company

MGS4 just brilliant

Value?

Well, lets not take mods into the equation, and just highlight a single game of great value....

Of recent. As in a week or so.

Men of War.

Massive challenging singleplayer campaign, deep tactical, exiting (and fun) gameplay, great range of multiplayer modes, 4 player coop through every campaign mission, and an awesome - very awesome - editor.

Put this in perspective.

I played a single mission coop, online with a friend tonight.
We spent 113 minutes on a single mission
(mind you we stuffed up the first portion of it, shortening what is a separate lengthy section - though making the core of the mission more difficult).

(the map in the screen shot is only a small portion of the battlefield - the timer counter in the top right is a good indication of how much time it took to get this far).

(at this moment I was direct controlling this half track full of soldiers)

(this is towards the end of the mission - as the timer indicates. In the map you can see how the battlefield has shifted forwards towards an enemy base - the frontline moves as you progress, resulting absolutely epic battles and great challenges).

(these two soldiers were the last two units I had remaining (no reinforcements) - hence why I am direct controlling the sniper, to help friendly units more effictivley - be a bit more useful considering my losses. :P By the end of the mission only unit I had left was the sniper)

To get a good idea of the amount of units in the battle and the grand scale of it.

The final score:

113 minutes of awesome moments and fun - where the game puts you in almost a sandbox environment, and gives you awesome unscripted moments in the scenario

Personally, its my favourite RTS/Strategy title of the year - more-so than DoW2 and Empire Total War.... and one of my favourite titles this year.

Worth every cent.

Great value it is.

Most games pale in comparison....

skrat_01

I've been thinking of getting this. Is it on Steam? :o

Ive logged over 120 hours into mass effect.

88 hours on Fallout 3

and MVP2005 I played an entire season, so ya figure theres a good 80 right there. I love when you feel like you stole the game from them, because you got so much out of it.

I know many will disagree, but im in love with this game. Of course, we still have our fights :P...

The Orange Box (mostly Team Fortress 2)
Fallout 3
Pokemon Yellow/Silver/Ruby/Diamond (the 4 that I owned)
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Allstars

This gen it has to be Oblivion, Halo 3, GTAIV, MGS4, Wii Play, Mass Effect, Crackdown, and definitely Fallout 3.