Best value game................ever maybe?

Been a gamer a long time. But really started stretching games back on the Amiga 500 in the early 90's. Some standout games for hours played would be Monkey Island, Mario Kart snes, then moving on a few years San Andreas and nine play-throughs of Dead Space 2. Which leads me nicely to my point, I bought Tom Clncys Shadow Wars (3ds) for under a tenner. Its the first turn based RPG I've played since Space Crusade twenty quick years ago! So far I'm on 160 hours and thats the campaign finished on all three difficulties and just dipped a toe into the Skirmish modes.....what a fantastic game!

So, my question to you is, whats your best value game ever?

Skyrim, even with all of its PS3 flaws.

If we're talking handheld games then I would go with FFTA and FFTA2. Due to restarting my save files numerous times to start fresh I would probably put my FFTA playtime around 400 hours (It was one of only a few games I had for the longest time) and FFTA2 at around 200-300 hours. Bought both at full price and don't regret a thing.

If we're talking overall I would probably say CS 1.6 and Diablo 2+LoD. I remember getting CS free with one of my many replacement purchases of HL (don't miss losing CD Keys anymore :lol: ) and Diablo 2 one Christmas long ago. Seeing as I got both technically "free" I've easily put a few thousand into CS 1.6 before I moved over to Source and Diablo 2 most likely is in the same ballpark. It isn't really a fair comparison though as I played those two games almost exclusively through High School everyday and all weekend with friends compared to now where I have more options and a greater income.

Disgaea.

Best value game ever? Gosh.

Maybe for me it was Gran Turismo on the Playstation 1. Actually, maybe it was Starcraft 1 on the PC.

It's great coming across a game which you can really thrash.

On the DS I put over two hundred hours into Pokemon White. That is tremendous value for a forty dollar game. So far on the 3DS I have gotten the most value out of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy which I have put over fifty hours into.

Mostly the Pokemon games for ds.

I only have 5 badges right now on white 2 and I am around 60 hours in I think.

My brother played Monster Hunter for PSP so much. He was over 400 hours on in.

I think the game most worth it to me was Phantasy Star Online for GC. That game was so fun, one character of mine has over 200 hours and I have about 6 different characters all with at least over 30 hours.

Game with the best value? One of two... Super smash Brothers Melle/ Brawl (take your pic) or Dragon quest IX. The SSB games provide endless horus of fighting your buddies, and Dragon Quest provides literally limitless random dungeons, plus has a ton of quests and jobs to master and all that. But since this is the DS forum I'm gonna say DQIX. I could understand perfectly if someone told me they've put 400 horus into DQIX. Perfectly plausible.

Handheld:
Pokemon Black - 999h 99mins

Console:
Monster Hunter Tri - 2,290h 41 mins

Most of my playtime comes from Pokemon and Monster Hunter nowadays.

You are making me want to break out my Shadow Wars again. For me, it was basically free since I got it w/ some coupon I got for pre-ordering a 3DS so I suppose that qualifies as a great value. I was actually dissapointed when I first started playing since I sort of expected it to be a regular Ghost Recon game but it was a TBS--but it turned out to be an excellent TBS and is still the game I've played the most on my 3DS. If they do a sequel, I am definitely gonna buy day one--esp. if it has proper online multiplayer.

You are making me want to break out my Shadow Wars again. For me, it was basically free since I got it w/ some coupon I got for pre-ordering a 3DS so I suppose that qualifies as a great value. I was actually dissapointed when I first started playing since I sort of expected it to be a regular Ghost Recon game but it was a TBS--but it turned out to be an excellent TBS and is still the game I've played the most on my 3DS. If they do a sequel, I am definitely gonna buy day one--esp. if it has proper online multiplayer.

logicalfrank

Same here, didn't like it the first time I played, then released it was me, not the game. Its brilliant, very under-rated.Justinps2hero

When I bought my 3DS back in July I saw Shadow Wars recommended often, but could never find it in stores. I finally bought it online and although I have only played it once for a few hours (huge PC+DS backlog...don't even get me started on all the 3DS games I'm buying and just stacking up :lol: ) I can tell I will really enjoy it once I can get to it and complete it.

Pokemon... I've played a ridiculous amount of it and it comes out to paying a few cents an hour, and that's counting Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, Black (Japanese), Black, and White 2. :P

Age Of Empires/Rise Of Rome. I'm glad they didn't tell you how long you have spent in a game back then because I'd hate to know how many hours I clocked up over the years! Probably paid full price but it was still the best value game I've ever purchased.

Probably Super Smash Bros or Perfect Dark for me, they came along when I had plenty of time for gaming.

You missed a lot of SRPGs ... If you want SRPGs that last, try NIS games, especially the Disgaea series