Games That DO NOT Respect Your Time (10 Games)

[@kingvalor8265]

I really do wonder what my life would look like if I didn’t play overwatch 8 hours a day for 8 years

[@reedtheroom9580]

I think about this a lot as a sports gamer which is actually the biggest time waster. I realized that i would just find something else unproductive to waste my time with so i dont feel guilty

[@CarlosDiaz-fs6cv]

To be honest, what is being productive means. ​@@reedtheroom9580

[@k1ngDvld]

It would've been a horrible horrible life. You did the right thing champ. No regrets💯

[@darkfirey2]

i tried not to play my life felt empty

[@joshalan5125]

Most open world games don't respect your time. I'm at point where I now cannot stand playing open world games because a majority of them are filler side quests and traversal. And by filler side quests, I'm not talking about actual side missions; I'm referring to the ones where you collect one item and then the game tells you to go collect 50 more of them spread across the map. Absolutely cannot stand them.

[@uksauce69]

Underrated comment

[@friendlyreaper9012]

It's my problem with most Bethesda games. I feel like all I'm doing in those games is just wasting time running around the open world following quest markers. Open world games just aren't for me except for a few very specific ones.

[@danielposey0620]

I definitely agree on Red Dead 2, it IS a great but….there there is SO MUCH damn horse riding, so much busy work & side quests. But the story is so engrossing it’s worth it, I very nearly wish this was a 2-3 hour movie or a Netflix mini series.

[@halfricansaint7727]

So glad to see RDR2 here. Anytime there’s a legit criticism of this game, people freak out, but it absolutely wastes your time a bunch. It’s always funny to me that people decry games for walking sections when this game has the most walking sections I’ve seen in a game and the whole farming section in the epilogue made me want to delete it. And that’s on top of the brutally long animations for everything. It’s not a bad game, just not perfect like people want to pretend it is.

[@v-izzle6440]

Yeah I get the whole "it's realistic, and Immersive" thing but is it really necessary for me to have to scoop up poop for 5 minutes IN A GAME

[@joshuaandrewson3091]

The majority of People are only hailing it as a Masterpiece for no other reason other than the fact it's a game made by Rockstar, sure the game is great, but it's hella fucking boring and tideous at times.

[@Juicybignut00]

i actually did delete it cuz of the whole farming section.

[@MonkeyKingsformerroomate]

Xenoblades is a series where I turned it to story mode and never regretted it. The fights take so long that I was OK with making them easier just to get through it quicker. I want to see the story, characters, world building, not 20 minute fights. Even then it took a long time to beat and they never shut the hell up during the fights. Though I found out later there are ways around that.

[@awesomeredpandax2267]

The irony of a video talking about games that go on too long when in every section you go over the same points sometimes more than once

[@nova_9812]

I remember starting AC Valhalla when it came to gamepass. I played it for like a week, and i tried to find every little secret while progressing with the story. One time i checked my progress, and it was at 53% after 70 HOURS, and i didn't even looked at the dlc content. That's when i said „Yeah nah, fuck this" and didn't played it ever since

[@femtrooper]

Great video! It's been years since I've played DK64 but I didn't realize it disrespected your time so much! What a bummer!

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

@@femtrooper hey! Thanks for watching!

[@RedEyesBlackKnight]

Darksiders 2 "hey Death, go get 3 items so that you can get 3 more items, and then find out that they didnt matter, then get 3 more items that ACTUALLY matter this time."

[@zilverman7820]

Got bored of darksiders 2. Also the game is not optimized always crashing on oc

[@invisibleloveone]

Great theme about time wasters! For anyone that is not a fanboy of the developer or game series these games are very hard to get into. It doesnt matter how good they are because most of us have backlogs and life outside of gaming. I hope that you make part 2 and 3 at the end of each year or maybe apply this theme to console specific like Nintendo and PlayStation.

[@2fast4dad]

not to mention in a lot of survival games you have to get like 20-40 of a decently easy to get resource just to get 1 of the next tier

[@Joeldcn]

Personally, the part I like more in RDR2 its riding. Just relax me. And thats why I always come back to this game

[@jmanx24]

Really liked this list, wouldn't want to have a game disrespect my time over Christmas. Seriously though a part 2 would be great

[@rockydarknight2980]

I feel this video doesn't respect my time it's almost 30 mins. Damn.

[@adamwilson1691]

Christmas! Yeah, as ive gotten older ive become way more particular about which games I play from beginning to end. ive developed a deeper appreciation for games that have tight gameplay, story and pacing. all killer no filler.

[@Vman_95]

I was mad when I saw RDR 2 in your thumbnail, but then I realised you are right💯 You know what's weird? R* gave you an option to skip a taxi ride from GTA 4. Why not add the same in RDR 2 😅

[@iraford5788]

There is a travel system in Rdr2 you just have to upgrade to unlock it.

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

Live service games are like pop music. Cheap and made for wide masses and make a whole tone of cash to the developers

[@DontuseMyRealNameYTplz1425]

They are not cheap. That’s why they are always seen as gambles because the cost of a live services games is incredibly large

[@Always.Smarter]

Live service games are some of the most expensive to make and frequently don't make any profit at all.

[@ziljin]

yea too many games now make you do all this grinding or fetch quests. very frustrating when the gameplay is not fun.

[@styeiwehdeisfdo]

Nothing will make me ragequit like a turn based JRPG with overly long animations and overly long randomized battles. I can lose a Soulslike boss battle and not even flinch, but something about having to restart a drawn out turn based battle cause I got some bad RNG just grinds my gears. Also, I know a dude who only plays Apex Legends and Survival games. Lol, he's a sucker for time sinks.

[@Rpm2878]

I've enjoyed some JRPGs but most of them are extremely guilty of this, especially the lower budget niche games. 5 hours of game, 20-30 hour long VN/cutscenes, 50+ hours of level grinding along the way so you can beat the final boss and then there might be a post-game, where the real grind begins.

[@burningsheep4473]

Far Cry 2 is paradoxical. One of its most important aspects is how you get around the map. If you just use the roads with loud and obvious cars, you'll run into a lot of trouble, but it will be relatively fast. But if you go slow and stealthy that can take a lot of time. Some of my best moments with the game were from just slowly travelling around the map breathing in the atmosphere, but it can also easily get tedious. I think a lot of people just don't understand FC2, but there are good reasons why one may just not enjoy it.

[@remitemmos9165]

thanks! and before anyone comments you take your time with your videos as well, one can speed up a video easily so no pb there ;) i would add god of war ragnarok, should have been much shorter! like spiderman 2 that i platinum in half the time of the first, felt good!

[@marveler8994]

A game that I absolutely love but does not respect your time for the first act is Cyberpunk 2077. Everytime you made a new character you would have to play through the same 1-2 hour intro doing the same thing and listening to the same dialogue. It used to be worse on release because of braindances

[@whosaidthat84]

I skip most of the dialogue in that game unless it's crucial to the story. Most characters, i have no idea why they want V's help or why they reached out to him. Just give me a task and I'll do it.

[@stevenbrown4001]

Elden Ring does the horse back riding perfectly. You get to fast travel after discovering every Lost grace so it doesn’t feel too bad. Plus, you stop a lot to explore in caves/dungeons or fighting groups of enemies. I never once felt like traveling was a slog in that game.

[@titaniumcranium3755]

You may as well shove one of the persona's onto this list. As much as I LOVE the games, the ones before 5 (especially 4) do a lot of overtalking for little to no reason other than to stretch the game out and it's obvious in the re releases of the games. At least 5 can get behind the fact that the game needs all of that overexplaining to make most sense out of that game, 3 and 4 overstay their welcome, especially with the answer and the golden ending.

[@DragonOfDestiny1]

Persona 5 is a masterpiece

[@titaniumcranium3755]

​@@DragonOfDestiny1 it has its fair share of issues, but I'm willing to accept that game and all of it's faults and glory than touch 4 ever again

[@Ocean5ix]

Funny because I couldn't disagree more, not when it comes to Persona but when it comes to the games you chose. To me this was never a big problem BEFORE Persona 5. I feel like 5 is the one that has the most amount of redundant dialog with characters repeating the same things and objectives over and over again during different periods of the day and then across multiple days. To me Persona has been treating it's audience as 9 year old kids more and more each new game. It's been getting progressively worse since Persona 3. Thankfully Metaphor seems to be reducing this a bit.

[@ryoung6518]

I also disagree about Persona 5. I think it takes way too long to open up and repeats the same things to you constantly before the first boss fight like it thinks the players are too dumb to understand what's going on. You have to go back and forth to the gym teachers palace so many times before you get to do a proper run and to me the P5 kinda overstays its welcome too. I was done with the game after the first final boss I didn't want to have to fight the "real" final boss for another 10-20 hours D:

[@titaniumcranium3755]

You both have presented valid arguments against the 5th installment to which I have a confession to make. I am slightly biased against 4 due to the cliché over anime-ness of everything compared to 3's mature tone, and I unfairly blamed 5's shortcomings on the 4th game. But yes, as a whole these games do have a problem with needlessly wasting the player's time when they can just summarize the previous events. Now with the arguments presented against me above, I think it's safe to say that 5 is a bit more guilty of this, seeing as they repeat the objective for kamoshida multiple times.

[@preposteroussvideos]

Take a shot everytime he says time

[@Bit_Review_o.o]

HI, I really like your game lists. While I was playing Zelda ALTTP (first time) I thought, well, this is a great game but in my opinion not a really good story. I think ''Games with amazing stories" and "Games that are fun to play on minute 0" would be great videos.

[@MrMotown1981]

The biggest time waster I've played was Skyward Sword for the Switch. That game is 15 hours of filler and padding and 10-15 hours of amazing gameplay. I remember being so sad when I finished it. Not because it was over, because I wasted so many hours doing mindless backtracking and padding.

[@mikeg5039]

Omg yes! The levels were already meh and then they pad in the spirit gem hunting bullcrap. I hated that game but forced myself to beat it. Also the repeated “keep the giant black blob in the hole” scenarios sucked

[@MrMotown1981]

@@mikeg5039 For me going back to Faron Woods for the 3rd or 4th time collecting the tadtones underwater that broke the dam for me. I also forced myself to finish the game and I hated myself for doing it.

[@WyvrnOnYT]

I'm glad you still gave RDR2 the respect it deserves by calling it a masterpiece, because it definitely is. Even though I disagree there's too much horse-riding, I can see why it would turn off players. I don't think it's a perfect game but this specific thing I don't mind.

[@wendigodeadpatterson2514]

The horse riding was great in rdr2 especially when traveling from environment to environment.

[@meanon4408]

RDR2 is the Breaking Bad of video games. It takes a while to really get going but once it does it blows you away again and again.

[@bearpoop720]

What are you talking about. Breaking bad does not waste your time, every episode means something. The countless hours horse riding are just a waste of time and fast travel does not make up for the exceedingly mediocre gameplay. I am not playing a game for the story, that is the most stupid thing to play a game for. Unless it's telltale, you aren't going to get 1 shit from me if you only focused on story and have mediocre gameplay. The last of us is an even bigger offender, dumbass game was loved by critics for the story, even tho gameplay was pure dogshit and now look at how bad games have gotten. Last of us was the first interactive movie that turned "gaming" into experiencing.

[@theknightjester]

This video had me rolling in laughter thank you sir

[@Senumunu]

The very concept of a "battle pass" is an invention to lock your time and engagement with the product.

[@comradecatbug5289]

Hey Jonathan, can you do the reverse of this video? "Top X games that don't overstay their welcome" so games like Hi-Fi Rush, Katana ZERO, Sheepy: A Short Adventure, My Friend Pedro, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Ape Out and so on.

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

good idea! sure

[@comradecatbug5289]

@@TotallyTubularJonathan Nice!

[@orangeslash1667]

@@TotallyTubularJonathan Funny enough Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country. Is shorter than the original.

[@Xeinok]

LMAO the charity fraud joke got me

[@SzymonSaysStuff]

„You have to go full Completionist Mode (outside of charity fraud)” had me rolling.

[@the3xit762]

Disagree with red dead 2.. it’s immersive. If I remember right you can fast travel, and there is always something to see when you are riding. I find the first red dead’s horse riding way more annoying

[@Bit_Review_o.o]

And on the first one you can also avoid it with the camps. But both games are so amazing that I don't care that much.

[@BunnyBear27]

if you play rdr2 and didnt want fast travel, then you just want to waste your time. I am Gamer but I always play audio book in the background so I dont feel I wasted my 2 hours.

[@bearpoop720]

The first red dead's horse riding has infinite stamina, you can so easily exploit it. You can also fast travel from anywhere on the map except towns (and those have stagecoaches which fast travel anyway). Rdr2 forces to you to be in a camp or find a stagecoach, while you can just place a fire and go anywhere u want in RDR1. The game does not respect your time either, in fact the entire game just wasted my time with mediocre and repetive gameplay. No, the story was not worth it, I've seen this same goddamn story repeated so many times and people love to eat it up for no reason.

[@the3xit762]

@@cookie.2118 I didn’t find it a chore whatsoever, I found it immersive. Different strokes for different folks

[@CowboyJoe19]

@@the3xit762no way bro just said that 😂

[@Kenno10rapid]

Racing games are like it these days as well. Gran Turismo for an example. I think alot of others as well they just seem to be packed with endless content to the point where platinum trophies can be more commitment than most people have time for.

[@fxk123]

Every mmo ever.

[@diaryofarobot]

Survival games imo do take a lot of time investment but not in a bad way like poorly paced games. A fast paced survival game probably wouldn't work because it goes against what inherently makes it a survival game in the first place (Also Ark is one of my favorite games of all time)

[@MagicalPuddinPops]

I will never not laugh at the Completionist Charity fraud jokes, please keep them up.

[@radicalcentrist4990]

There is more that gets in the way of RDR2's pacing than just the riding, like the slow animations for everything, having to eat and clean yourself regularly, having to feed and groom your horse, having to clean your guns, having to change your clothes according to climate, and I don't remember exactly, but I think you also have to sleep sometimes? There's just too many of these little time wasting things that keep stacking up. I still think it's an amazing experience on a first playthrough, just not one that gets me feeling like replaying much. This abundance of realism doesn't make things fun, just tedious.

[@zilverman7820]

True it's tedious and very slow.

[@ConnorWiederich-hr4zu]

Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga was too long. Having 23 explorable planets was great especially with new planets such as Exegol and Cantonica but there did not need to be 1200 kyber bricks plus a lot of the puzzles to obtain them were the same such as shooting 4 targets within a time limit. Not to mention multiple times having to leave the planet you are on to find certain people or gather certain resources, those smuggling missions, and having to still pay for characters that you went through trouble to unlock. Also Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Assassin's Creed Valhalla went too overboard with the open world content and story grinding.

[@halfricansaint7727]

I’m on the fence about deleting it or not. Huge Star Wars fan and have played the original Lego Star Wars games back in the day and loved them but this one just feels like I slog and I’m still on the first episode. Is it worth finishing would you say? I also have a huge backlog.

[@ConnorWiederich-hr4zu]

@@halfricansaint7727 You could just play through the episodes and explore some of the planets such as Coruscant without worrying about doing everything. Plus there are also the taking over the capital ships which are fun. I wouldn't say the game is worth completing though and it's better to focus on other games especially with having a huge backlog.

[@halfricansaint7727]

@@ConnorWiederich-hr4zu thanks for the advice!

[@ConnorWiederich-hr4zu]

@@halfricansaint7727 You're welcome.

[@MrJac01love]

I agree with some of these points made. Open world games are about exploring and taking your time to mess around; I don't think they are meant to be ran through. I do think that some have pacing issues. AC Valhalla was way too much compared to Ghost of Tsushima, but I kind of expect this from UBISOFT games at this point. Also, you don't actually have to invest time in a game if it's consuming all your time. You could just play a 2nd game shorter/fast paced while tackling the longer one. I handle books like this.

[@SALT-cp4eu]

The only rockstar game I ever beat was LA Noire simply because you can make your partner drive. I just couldn’t deal with the amount of driving and horse riding, and ever since Elden Ring I just want all mounts to control like torrent Idc if it breaks immersion 😂

[@evansinclair1999]

Hell nah dude strongly disagree about the horse riding what the fuck else you gonna do to get around??? Horse riding is one of the main mechanics it’s literally a core pillar of being cowboy that’s like half their identity. Also it’s so goddamn immersive I very much disagree

[@nightkidgaming1242]

Red dead redemption 2 ..... King of wasting time, actually had to put it down from sheer boredom really sad cuz I loved revolver and redemption 1

[@SSGIan90]

Holy Christmas 🎄🎄

[@aviationlba747]

“Far Cry New Yawn” lmao

[@SALT-cp4eu]

Animal Crossing: NH also disrespects your time, the 24 day concept and have you ever tried changing the landscape of your island or tried waiting for the bottle of a specific recipe

[@lpfan4491]

Xenoblade for sure, just not in the way people think. I actually think the main story is actually always kinda good about it because you always get a reward for moving on. But the 100% experience is always just insane. What feels like bottomless grinding, constant travels back and fourth(the low movement speed really hurts then), having to check guides all the time because almost always, the game is supremely unhelpful in finding certain materials you need. Etc, etc. About half of it could be cut out and still have you experience all meaningful content.

[@sssgaming612]

I loved rdr2 open world but damm the controls, cleaning guns, wanted system, cooking, looting...etc. were a big nope

[@stevesan]

I did none of that. Play on easy mode

[@halfricansaint7727]

For real. The open world and level of detail is what makes the game good, but jeez everything else is a chore. Love when I’m in the middle of a firefight and Arthur stands up and just starts walking slowly.

[@FakeAdirTV]

Nah cleaning guns and cooking were cool mechanics bro and they didn't take really long

[@A.A382]

I disagree because they made the game so detailed and immersive for me and most people

[@cookie.2118]

​@@A.A382 the wanted system is terrible, nothing immersive about it.

[@lj101james7]

Great list Christmas

[@KingofBattle8174]

Neverwinter, i dont know at this point if there is an endpoint with its like 15 dlc packs

[@panthekirb7561]

Any game with a season pass system and daily/weekly challenges:

[@eugenespartan4606]

Souls games should have been a part of the list.

[@dirtsquids9854]

They don’t waste your time though it’s a feature of certain fights that the run back is part of the journey They’ve only shortened them over time, but that’s a misconception from an outsider

[@NoName-oy2tk]

I haven't played with all these games, but yea based on my experience I actually get this list. Especially when you brought up Pokemon, the part where you said every step there is an instant battle. Which from one point makes sense, but also can get to a point that is annoying. FFX is an offender in this department too. It's one of the reasons I have sort of intentionally avoided most FF games. Also DK64, as much as I liked that game as a kid, I totally get the frustration with that game. I do agree with RDR2, like it is not at all like GTA 5 where at least driving is a bit faster and fast travel is more available in that game. As far as I remember RDR2 you can't instantly get fast travel and even still it isn't quite as accessible as GTA 5.

[@mikeg5039]

I think the biggest waste of time to me lately was final fantasy 16. Just absolutely draaaaaags and animations take too long when accepting quests, running is too slow, and the world could cut its areas down by 3/4 size and lose nothing

[@harmansmith84]

Thank god I’m not alone I honestly get anxiety thinking about playing games sometimes to where I just started watching walkthroughs because I don’t have the time to die over and over (souls games). I’ve gotten to the point where I just replay 10 to 20 hour games like resident evil and metal gear solid or god of war. I haven’t even gotten 1/4 of the way through Witcher 3 for christs sake and that came out like ten years ago

[@matthewparry9452]

Full Completionist Mode (outside of charity fraud) is diabolical😂

[@ryoung6518]

Christmas! :D I feel like Persona 5 is pretty bad for this, it takes a looong time to get going. Multiple trips to the first palace before you get a chance to go through it properly and the game has a whole 10-20 hours added on to the end, after a big reveal, that just felt unnecessary to me. The grinding in the subway dungeons also felt like an annoying distraction :s

[@ToomyTheTurtle]

It’s too early to talk about Christmas, can we at least get to Halloween and thanksgiving 😂

[@bartdierickx4630]

Lol, I forgot the whole last third of days gone. 100%ed the game. Loved it. I agree, though.

[@Thomas-fb5tf]

For Days Gone, I think it's the opening that killed me. I almost gave up on it but glad I didn't. It almost felt like the devs found their footing halfway through and finally realized what kind of game they wanted to make. The first 30-40% of the game felt like they were almost trying to make this live-service or State of Decay Survival game, wiping out enemy outposts and hives, collecting, building up outposts, trading, doing bounties.... those are the low points in the game and while that stuff still exists in the later parts of the game, the main narrative took over more and it felt more balanced. If some of that bloat was cut, this game would be much better. I almost wish the devs would patch out like 50% of pointless side quests and then just double the EXP of the remaining ones. Easy fix. As it stands, it's still one of my favorite games. Witcher on Wheels!

[@foreignuser_]

i agree with everything even for the games i also like that you bring up. except survival games. only because i think they are exempt from the category since the investment of time is kind of the point. live service games might also fall into this. people have been no-lifing live service games since everquest and Ultima Online

[@steveperry2321]

Tales of arise was a huge slog i gave up before finishing the post game. Tying map actions to the healing gauge not just stable numbers but % based to boot forcing back tracking.. Diminishing returns and extremely steep exp climbs while having to continue to force maps to respawn taking hours upon hours to prep for the next area because of it. The money system being EXTREMELY LIMITED to start yet by the time it balances theres barely need to buy stuff. And the more i look into rdr2 the more i dont want to give it a second chance. Loved 1 on ps3 200+ hours sank into it but all the padding via forced rl sim elements..

[@steveperry2321]

Borderlands 2 drop rates and that they could drop below level even though I just spent the past week grinding for it to be lower than what I need..

[@kartikranjha1533]

Final fantasy 7 remake should be the heading a list like this

[@Ocean5ix]

I think the "bloat" issue is overblown in most games, including Assassin's Creed games. Like, 80% of the content is optional, it's not like Dragon Age Inquisiton that forces the player to do side content to farm a currency that allows them to do main quests (Power).

[@larsthemartian9554]

Gotta respect putting RDR2 in here. Going against the grain there

[@BelieveOntheLordJesusChrist836]

I like rpgs but unfortunately so many of them take forever to beat. I don’t play many bc of that

[@xCypres]

As a person who has 100% 'ed more than a few of the Warriors games, I'd say the Dynasty / samurai Warriors and those series of games are guilty of this

[@mycoolvsgame]

Disney Speedstorm should’ve been added to the list. It’s too pay to win and it’s too grindy that games cost me to give myself time to try out other games. I did quit Disney Speedstorm 2 months ago because the game wants me to pay for 2 golden passes & Ennui the mid season is locked behind a paywall. The moment Ennui was locked behind a paywall it pissed me off to the point that I ended up quitting Speedstorm for good the moment season 8 part 2 ended.

[@sk84lyfe1211]

Days Gone was going to be my comment for a game that felt like a bit of a time waster

[@zilverman7820]

I agree with red dead redemption and days gone. I got bored of rdr2 because of the slow poke travelling and sometimes they do have too much dialogue when travelling and the horse will slow down. Also there are too many missions to do too. In days gone, the last camp which is the military became tedious for me. Both are great games no doubt but they have flaws too.

[@Bit_Review_o.o]

A random idea had is for games that really want to be books (Cyberpunk 2077, Mass Effect) (that also takes time and has almost nothing to do with the game itself). Why don't they just create an app or YT Channel with the whole lore thing.

[@markostankovic7782]

11:55 you can install teleport for RDR2. There is a mod. You just make a waypoint on the map and press F11 and it will teleport you anywhere you want it on the map. ( don't use it during active missions ). I think it comes with "Lenny's Simple Trainer." That is how I beaten the whole game. I would never finish this boring game without the teleport.

[@PatrickHendricksJr]

Mafia 3!!!! For sure with repetitive side missions. Good game when it’s just main story.

[@RadicalSpikee]

For me Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword was that game where I seriously asked myself why does it take so much time, they reused same locations and ideas, definitely big let down.

[@BelieveOntheLordJesusChrist836]

I personally enjoy single player games cuz they give me a sense of accomplishment. To each their own but I’m not a fan to games where u can sink an hour or two in it and accomplish nothing.

[@gerwaanhartfield7261]

I mean you can't really blame them you don't have to play if you know you have other more important things to do seems like we love to shift the blame away from ourselves

[@sk84lyfe1211]

I only play single player games for this reason, they respect my time more often than not.

[@zachfiranski2515]

I would throw in the second half of MGSV: The Phantom Pain. Hundreds of side ops to complete, base management, repeated missions at tougher difficulties. Such a slog to get the true ending of the game.

[@user-timurab]

I don't want to buy Nier Automata, because I heard that you have to play through the story three times to really beat it

[@willthomas2310]

I don't care what anyone says. RDR 2 is a masterpiece, & i loved pretty much every minute of that game. The story, the characters, gameplay & immersive world was sum of the best gaming experiences I've had in recent years.

[@xBlackMamba17x]

Hard agree on RDR2. Even like skinning animals is ridiculously time wasting

[@punch_dude6159]

To give Fortnite credit I honestly don’t think it’s battle pass is too bad, I log in maybe once or twice a week usually but I can usually get to tier 100 by the end of the season, it’s one of the few live service games with honestly pretty forgiving exp progression

[@NinjaGeek]

Looking back on all the games I’ve ever played as of right now I’d say Overwatch 1 was the biggest time waster-which falls under the live service category. Back in 2016 when I started playing I got hooked and by the end of its life cycle I had upwards of 90 hours played as Reaper ALONE. In total I probably put close to 500 hours into the game and that’s time I’ll never see again. Sure we all had fun memories but that’s all they’ll ever be now is memories because they shut the first game down and replaced it with the shittier 2nd version which is really more like 1.5 but ANYWAYS let me not get started on how they ruined the sequel… and also I’d like to say as somebody who’s beat Red Dead 2 TWICE in its entirety, and did 100% completion on one of the runs, I thoroughly enjoyed the game but I do have to agree the horse riding could be cut in half or more of what it is. It’s a masterpiece of a game but I do agree with you there. Maybe for CHRISTMAS I can get some new games that won’t waste my time 🤔

[@Phil-gc2qh]

2k hours in smite here.. im ashamed lol

[@Taz0325]

The first half of AC Valhalla was one of my favorite games, but I can't recommend it to anyone because the last half is just a repetitive slog

[@TheAandJStudio]

Proud of myself for assuming Days Gone would be on this list.

[@FakeAdirTV]

It's true but days gone is so good I didn't even mind the bloat

[@guillaumeinjjuz1744]

Red dead redemption 2 is themost slowest start of a game ever

[@vivilover9409]

Persona 5

[@ex_cathedra4237]

Christmas. Cool list. While I also love RDR2, I'll agree that it eventually became a slog. The entire Guarma section of the game felt unnecessary. Lately, I'm finding more and more that games do not respect your time when trying to be a completionist. I know it's self inflicted since I hunt trophies, but some of the blatant padding that's put into trophy lists is egregious. While I love tower defense games, the Bloons TD5 platinum made me NEVER want to touch a tower defense game again. Lmao

[@Elsinnombre-ez5dn]

I agree with everything except days gone but I do see where your coming from

[@true_ai]

This video could have been 1 minute long to get the point across.

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

now wheres the fun in that

[@HaffDeadFred]

I agree with all the ppl in the comments on Red dead 2 I loved the game a lot and enjoyed finishing it but the slow ass “realistic “ picking up items and a bunch of the other things ppl mention too… really hoping gta 6 doesn’t keep any of those dumb “realism” slow animations

[@astorant7084]

In the case of Destiny 2 (as a live service example) this used to be the case but in a good way, now Destiny is formatted in a way that they actively want you to spend less time playing it because of how mindnumbingly boring the content cycle is now, they took the FFXIV approach of creating a game that is now designed to be played on and off however that was not the intention.

[@DaveFu]

Any of the Borderlands games.

[@ChockFul]

Subnautica is the only survival game with good pacing imo

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

specifically went out of my way to not mention it in this video lol

[@notorious4204]

RDR 2 is a hot take but I get it's Great the First Time but I hope we got NG+ Update where we could fast travel easily and skip animation Like mods