For my birthday this past year (42) I asked my wife to play a coop game of minecraft for me. She played for a good 3-4 hours. A couple of days later she asked me if we could play more... We spent about 100 hours in that world! :)
Warframe deserves to be on this list. There's is a surprising amount of story once you reach the 100 hour mark, and it steady flow of great stories and content doesn't stop. There's also the major 1999 update coming in 2 weeks which adds another massive amount of story and gameplay.
I left the game at around 70+ hours due to studies and never got back to it, i still feel like i haven't really seen 90% of the game and i feel guilty about it.
@@kunak2963When i stopped playing i was mastery rank 1 legendary and that was a cap then. I wanted to get back into it but the amount of new content is scary. Id have to pour 300hrs in it and i already have more than 2k hrs.
I mean their job is to play every game that releases so they dont play one game for a long time so 300 is alot for them while you play ER for enjoyment
Thank you for telling people to play Skyrim in it's entirety before using mods. Many people think the game is only fun with mods. The game itself is amazing. Mods just made it one of the most replayable games of all time.
For someone that just played Mass Effect Legendary Edition for the first time, you can easily spend 100* hours on it and when it’s in sale you can get it for like 5$
WTH... I had 50 hrs while game was in early access and you had only good amount of 1st chapter open. When game released and I finished my first playthrough I had like 200+ hrs already. Now I'm sitting on 600 hrs and managed to finish Honour Mode with my gf. It was such a blast.
@@Les_Grossman80it takes a lot to get into and initially, the beginning hours will be the hardest. As you level, you gain access to abilities that will really carry you through. I just got to Act III at 130 hours doing everything and believe me, it does get easier the more you do it.
wow you're going fast lol, I think I reached the tower at around 80 or 90 hours. But also I'm one of those weirdos who will finish a huge chunk of the side-quests before ever touching the story line and only advancing when I sort of have to (or get too bored). It's like...if I don't finish the main story then the game can't end, right?! Yeah I know it's flawed thinking lolol
If you have gotten past the towers with only 50 hours I can safely say you're ve done 0 exploration and missed a lot of stuff like loot, story, puzzles etc
As a 54 year old OG gamer.....the game I regret buying most is Elden Ring. I guess I'm just too old now to enjoy a game with zero explanation or direction given. I've gone back to sinking time into DKC. Now THAT is a game.
I'm 25 yo and I absolutely regret buying elden ring but it's because that game was less dark souls than any other game from soft made, it's less everything except map size and that's part of why I dislike elden ring
Idk DKC, but I played elden ring and I had to use TH-cam tutorials 😂. But you are never too old for gaming. You just probably didn’t realize it’s more like a project (that takes months and lots of YouTubing 😂 ) than just a game 😂 but all love all the same.
such a stupid statement, the good fun started after the tutorial so about 1h in ? maybe 1h and a half. This is only available for MMORPGS like wow. 100h into rdr2 you are done with 80% of the game. I got platinum after 130h so after you 100 u are getting ready to wrap it up, not start the fun.
I highly recommend Metro Exodus, It’s easily one of my favourite games! I occasionally like to play single player games but get bored really quick, but Metro Exodus showed me for the first time that a game gets better the more you play it. I have finished it 5x already and cant wait to play it again! Its a work of art which many many many details and you can tell that the developers worked on this like if it would be their own child, simply amazing! I have yet to play STALKER 2 but suspect its going to be amazing as the makers really develop these games with passion!
@@Lenarietehhh technically it is. 4A Games is largely comprised of former STALKER developers; hence why they’re so similar. I’d even argue they’re sibling franchises; same daddy-different mommy so to speak
I think snowrunner, and other mudrunner games should definitely be on the list. I've sunk about 400-500ish hours into the game and still haven't seen everything! Plus it gets way easier once you know the routes to take, the trucks to drive, etc. Definitely one of my absolute favorite games
Stalker 2 is a gem. I am 40 hours in the game, not even close to the end and I will replay it on max difficulty with different story choices! It is a game, which you want to come back to!
Top 3 all time game for me… I’m about 60 hours in and just passed the halfway point… I don’t understand why all shooter rpgs are not like it… the length… the map size… every time I leave I’m stressed out I’m going to die lol
@@jwillwilliams885broooo! Same…there’s so many moments where the atmosphere just wrecks me and I’m genuinely in awe but also in fear 😂 but I cannot stop myself from exploring everything in every zone in the map.
Warframe could also fit this topic. A lot of players agree that around the first 20 hours the game can be slow, but after that it starts to pick up. And you also really get to experience the game after 100 hours once you start getting powerful enough to handle things. It rewards players who spend the time to play it 😀
Glad you mentioned modded Minecraft. There are packs out there that require over 1k hours to complete. Sometimes, you just need a chill game with no real purpose and nothing but an imagination.
What I hate about a lot of modpacks(and almost all the big ones) is that they take away that no purpose freedom and add an almost linear experience which is the exact opposite of why I play Minecraft
I unintentionally got a friend of mine absolutely addicted to Minecraft. Her first impressions with the game wasn't great with a group of her friends, but after I showed her the ropes, and how redstone and automation works and can be done in minecraft, she has been no-lifing it for the last 2 years, literally all she plays. xD She's more into the technical stuff than me, who likes to build giant structures. Suffice it to say, I feel both proud and sorry for getting her hooked on minecraft to this degree. lmfao
If the game (or really any survival crafting game for that matter) allowed me to make pre-built structures, I’d probably be more into it. I don’t mind grinding out for resources but with my crippling OCD, I just can’t be bothered to make a cabin from scratch only for it to look like complete a$$.
I'm about 150+ hours into Tears of the Kingdom and I still keep discovering new places, quests and treasures. That's *after* I found all 168 light roots in the depths!
But that’s mostly the same experience as the rest of the time playing the game. Is there anything that really gets better in that game after 100 hours?
@tetchedskate3366 I guess it depends on how you approach the game. I focused a lot more on gameplay centric quest chains and heart/stamina capacity in the first 40 hours or so. I unlocked all 5 sage rings past the 125 hour mark, and just went into full collector mode beyond that. Sure, the core gameplay isn't drastically different over time, but there's a vast level of exploration. I haven't even beaten the main quest yet, but I somehow went into completionist mode with everything else after unlocking a lot more of the Purah Pad.
I think Warframe is definitely in that category. The beginning is rough and the game doesn't explain much to you but once you start figuring it out and unlocking weapons and frames and leveling them up it's infinite fun
I have thousands of hours in Cyberpunk 2077 and I'm only starting to consider playing something else seriously. It's depth and richness is astonishing.
@@bronzin1445 the DLC is the great thing about the game. Pure bliss with the atmosphere. The base game is bland and messy imo of course. I mean gigs, activities around the map, the story and the overall RPG stuff. I ended up ignoring all but the story and gameplay in the DLC and it made my enjoyment and opinion of the game improve a lot
Exactly. Then you watch someone like Fury Forged and then know that beating the game is just the tip of the Iceberg of Noita's universe. That game is underrated as hell
Don’t always agree with you guys on Gameranx, but Jake, you guys EASILY have the best video game channel on TH-cam…I’m 40 so it almost reminds of the days of EGM etc…good stuff dudes
Games I have 100 hours in according to Steam: Cities Skylines, Civ 5 and 6, Renowned Explorers: International Society, Skyrim, Afterimage, Fallouts 4, 3, and New Vegas, Defense Grid, Borderlands 2, Hollow Knight, Stardew Valley I play almost exclusively on Steam, but the one additional game that absolutely needs to be mentioned here is Genshin Impact. It's like a single player MMO.
The real surprise is that Pokémon hasn't sued over sujemon yet, but Skyrim and Minecraft are endless fun, I've been playing them off and on since they came out.
Infinite wealth got overshadowed by the fact they tied new game plus to the deluxe edition, but it ended up being my favourite game this year followed by metaphor refantazio
I have a 240 hour+ Fallout 4 playthrough parked on XBox where I’ve competed the main quest and all the DLC, and STILL find fun stuff to do. My Steamdeck FO4 run is over 100 hours, and I’ve done almost NONE of the main quest stuff. Good times. (And I have over 100 hours in with Starfield, into NG+ and playing Shattered Space. Perfect, no - but I still love the game) I wander off to play other games, but always come back to these two.
Thanks for mentioning Enderal! So many lists forget it when talking about Skyrim. Thought, Enderal isn't a standalone game-it's a total conversion mod. You have to own Skyrim to play Enderal.
8:46 Yay Skyrim! Fun fact, summing Vanilla + Special Edition, Skyrim currently boots a 24h peak player count in Steam comparable with Elden Ring's. Great list btw! BG3 and W3:TW are also awesome! Still need to try Stalker 2.
With 300 hrs of ER, it made the DLC way more manageable. Not as difficult as they say. And Consort only took two try’s without cheesing. I think you need more practice Jake 😂.
@@zacwilhite3247from my own experience if someone doesn't get the chance to play games for long/often due to work/kids/ oher commitments, a good solid 8-12hr game is worth it's weight in gold.
I missed the part where older games weren’t long. I remember my first playthrough of FF7 back in 1999 took me like 90 hours. There are plenty, and I mean PLENTY of modern games that are short and sweet.
For me, every MGS game got much better after playing for more than 100 hours. MGSV and Peace Walker in particular as you unlock pretty powerful stuff the more you play them.
I struggled to get into the MGS series until 4, largely due to the controls. In spite of its short campaign I beat it 10 times when it came out and each playthrough I found something new and interesting. Fantastic games, one and all.
The Dead Rising series could be included. Knowing where to find all the best weapon/food upgrades is key. You can't really just look that up and be good. You need to memorize the maps. That takes time. Also knowing how to save people in what order helps.
What a lot of people conflate, and is infuriating, is that a game getting "better" after X amount of hours is not the same thing as a game getting "good" after X amount of hours. A game getting "better" after you've spend time with it is the mark of a carefully constructed gameplay system that has depth or a finely crafted world with lots to explore... A game needing an exorbitant amount of time to become "good" is the mark of Stockholm Syndrome and Sunken Cost Fallacy.
@@ivan_osorio There are cases where it's true too though. When people said Starfield got good after 12 hours, that was actually true, no Stockholm syndrome involved. Around the time I hit that 12 hour mark is when I got my first genuinely good gun (which reduced the bullet sponginess of enemies) and had enough money to start building ships. It's just unfortunate that it only stays good for another 20 hours or so.
A game that gets 'good' after x amount of hours is by definition a game that gets 'better' after x amount of hours. If this lack of distinction frustrates you then try using the English language better when talking about it. It's not hard to make the distinction between a great game that gets even better after x number of hours, and a game that needs x number of hours invested in it to get any enjoyment at all.
OR(hear me out) maybe, just maybe, what they are trying to say is "These games can still surprise you after playing them for a really long time". who tf genuinely cares what other people categorize as "good games".
WARNING: To any new Elden Ring gamers, do not mod your game before extensively checking you're doing it properly. If you mess up, you get hit with a 6mo ban from any online functions. I got hit with it for using an ultra wide fix.
Slay the Spire only gets better the more you play. Making decisions to get the right balance between short term rewards and long term and learning how all the relics and cards interact with each other on the higher ascencions is very satisfying
My most played game was RDR2 at 76 hours, most games I am done at 40 hours or less - regardless if I beat it or not. Kudos to you all who can play a single title for this long.
I’ve played monster hunter for more than 300 hours, second most played game is around 20. There is rarely any game I can spend 20+ hours into, even infinite wealth
If we remove MMOs from the list, I still have 5 games at over 500 hours played. If you include MMOs then we get a couple games with thousands of hours played, in each.
I have over 6k hours in Call of Duty, 5k hours in Fallout NV, 3200 hours in FO4, about 2400 hours in Xcom Enemy Within (including Long War mod) and the list goes on. How the heck do you only play a game for 40 hours unless it is a sidescroller or walking sim?
I've just started playing Odyssey, and I'm ASTOUNDED at how large the map is, how many sidequests there are, and the different builds you can make with the armor and weapons. It doesn't "feel" like an Assassin's Creed game, but as an action RPG, it's amazing how vast the game is. I'll definitely be sinking at least 100 hours into it.
I enjoyed Odyssey for around 30 hours but doing the same thing over and over again and fighting the same enemies for 100+ hours didn''t sound very enticing to me.
Oh seriously though! This is one of the very very few games in recent years that I've actually wanted to and DID finish to 100% completion. Just couldn't put it down
About STALKER 2, in its current state it certainly does NOT get better. The more you progress the more bugs appear, it starts with slight inconveniences and minor bugs to full-on game breaking bugs. The starting area seems polished in comparison. I still love the game though, hoping we eventually get what was promised.
Completely agree. I am close to getting every item in 2 and having everything upgraded. Theres so many interesting setups that i feel even with 20 loadouts slots, i would still require more
@@hjue44 Yeah. The refinements made by the studio has pushed the game pretty far by Remnant 2. I wonder what Remnant 3 might look like should we get it.
I love Remnant, but they don't fit here imo. I got all the achievements in Remnant 1 in about 90 hours (including DLCs). I haven't gotten around to the 3rd DLC for Remnant 2 yet, but I've gotten all the achievements for the base game and first two DLCs and my playtime is sitting at 75 hours. Even with DLCs, at around 100 hours you've done pretty much all there is to do, it's not like there's an endgame or anything. Sure you can fuck around with different classes, but you're not working towards anything at that point.
Would love to see bannerlord 2 on this list. The way you go from a small mercenary group where you roam around and do biddings for others. Into a giant force after 100 hours and starts raiding castles with huge battles is so fun.
I am at almost 400 hours of Horizon Forbidden West and still discovering datapoints I didn't have, supply boxes in random places, random rebel encounters, and more. I am currently about half way through my first Ultra Hard playthrough.
Consort Rhodan was IMO the hardest boss I have ever fought in a game. I defeated Bayle on my like 5th try I believe. I died well over 100 times to Rhodan.
Doesn't get enough attention i feel like but Gunfire's Remnant 2 is a game I've easily put more than 800 hrs into and I'm still having fun and trying new things.
Remnant 2 even after your second playthrough is still the same game. Nothing changes much . All the biomes are the same just in a different order. Not a lot of replayability in my opinion .
@@StyxxOfDidymos i agree with you. The only reason i put 200h+ into that game is because I get to play it again co-op with my friend. Would not replay it otherwise. After you experience all the bosses there is not much more the game can offer. It is not a bad thing tho, the game is still amazing. I actually enjoy my solo time more than my co-op time.
@@illegalbilly that's fine. We can agree to disagree. But the fact still stands. Nothing changes significantly after the first playthrough which I thought was the point of this video
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 has been that way for me. Finished the campaign and sunk 100 hours into Operations maxing out every class and just about every weapon, and it hasnt even approached getting stale yet
The Witcher 3 would be my pick for this list. I sunk nearly 200 hours into it and it got better either every hour. Especially when I actually acquired full Witcher gear and did a magic build. There's just so much to this world it's incredible
on Total War Warhammer 3, ahh yeah, the "free update" that ONLY require you to have every other game and DLC from the entire series? Spending a bazilion bucks for all of it? Yeah I can't imagine how or WHY the devs decided to go thro that trouble, it's almost like they really wanted to give reasons to make people buy all their older games, instead of being able to only buy current ones. Not gonna lie, as ceoncept is cool, but realistically? I HATE it, not only they forcing you to buy all the game DLCs to have the complete experience, but you need also to buy other games and other games DLCs to be able to now, and if you come late to know it? Too bad, get ready to go without food for a few months or just don't even try expecting to experience the complete experience.
The game truly has the potential to be one of the greatest games of the decade once everything is patched up. People are too quick to dismiss it simply because of the jank. I’d argue the “jank” is why it’s so good to begin with. There’s a even a meme of STALKER that goes: “If ain’t busted and janky as hell, then I’m not playing it”
@@bronzin1445We dismiss it, because its junk with false advertising made by cowards that fled their country. Feel free to enjoy the vomit they served you.
Surprised MGS 5 the phantom pain did not make it to this list. I mean the game tells you to grind real hard to get access to good stealth and assault methods.
@@smelltheglove2038 yeah but unlocking like really cool stuff like the gun which shoots fultons took me around 80 hours and not gonna lie this makes missions real clean.
You know what would be a great video idea? A low spec game list! A list of games that are easy to run for people on laptops, or low specced PCs! I recently bought a laptop, and I’ve never had to worry about “can I run it”, so I’d love to see one
Respect for not just picking the easy ones (MMOs, BRs, extraction/hero shooters). Definitely wasn't expecting TWW3 and Stalker2 up at the top, makes me a bit more interested in stalker.
Everyone who dropped it early on has no idea what they're missing out on. Been playing since Excalibur Prime, and seeing how far this game has come is amazing.
Now that I'm well into my 44th level of the big game of life, I can honestly say that the store launchers and their stats have made me more aware of what games I return to. Seeing that I've barely scratched the surface of the achievements and have north of 500 hours, let's you know there's both depth and ridiculous specific achievements in games. Games like Civ I-VI have taken a huge chunk of that time, but here's also games like Battletech, Distant Worlds series, RimWorld, Zero Sievert, Stars in Shadow, Fallout 4, No Man's Sky, Terratech, Surviving Mars, CS and it's offshoots, Dave the Diver and Space Engineers, that have kept my interest.
After playing Elden Ring, all other video games feel like a walk on the park. I only have 5 hours logged and I have quit and came back like 5 times. I can’t be the only one who feels this way??
I always love it when game developers embrace the modding community. great games like Skyrim and Minecraft made even better with mods. And it helps the developers make games get bought and become better
@@MarxIsDeadAndRotting please stop with the microtransaction critique, they are all just items you can gather in the game anyway. You people weren't that anal when resident evil 4 remake released full of them, some of which are weapons better than the one in the base game yet that's still "Overwhelmingly positive".
@@MarxIsDeadAndRotting oh FFS, I’m not trying to be rude or anything but you people REALLY need to stop spread that kind of misinformation. Almost everything you’ve heard about the supposed microtransactions is a lie.
CITY OF HEROES IS SOOOO GOOOOOD. I put THOUSANDS of hours into it as a teenager back in the day. From 2005 to like 2008 it was practically the only thing I played.
Honestly surprised you didn’t add Escape From Tarkov…once you learn how that game operates at the basic level, it opens up so many different ideas and experiences
I've never played any of the games on this list . . . however, I've got nearly 1300 hours in Fallout 4, and still have yet to get into "Nukaworld," or even finish the main story line. Hell, the first 120 hours I spent simply exploring the map, not even running any missions or quests. Then the majority of the rest of that time thus far is settlement building. Farming and salvaging the materials, to build a truly impressive settlement, is the longest of those hours, but its also loads of fun!!
@ not at all bro. I’m contractually obligated to announce when Gameranx uses the phrase souls like/soulsborne/fromsoft/elden Ring and as soon as they do I hop off the video. Tough job I know 😮💨
@@joaocardoso9031 thank you, thank you. lol. People take the internet too seriously sometimes ya know, they don’t know Gameranx does this all the time 😂
Just want to point out that you don't need all 3 games to play Immortal Empires on TWW3, everyone can play that map now. The older games just allow you to play as those factions but every faction exists on the map whether you own the game/dlc or not
The first 1000 hours of Europa Universalis IV are considered to be the tutorial. The learning curve is so long that you could consider it a study. If you are into things like history, politics, economics, and warfare, there is nothing like it.
I appreciate that these timestaps were labeled with the actual game, rather than just a number.
Agree
Yes. So happy.
I can appreciate just numbers. Better than nothing.
Same here, very user friendly.
Just watch/listen to the whole video...
For my birthday this past year (42) I asked my wife to play a coop game of minecraft for me. She played for a good 3-4 hours. A couple of days later she asked me if we could play more... We spent about 100 hours in that world! :)
Happy 42 man! I’m 44 myself. We got old fast eh?
minecraft sucks dude,play portal knigths,its litteraly better in every way
@@deenman23 psshh vintage story is the way to go
@@deenman23 Dude, just let them be.
not something really to brag about but okay.
Hi falcon, it's folks
Hey
But... it was Jake this time
@@CeaTeeReviewz Jake? From state farm?
@@CeaTeeReviewz idk lol 😂made sense to me too til I thought about it
@@CeaTeeReviewzJake Falcone
Warframe deserves to be on this list. There's is a surprising amount of story once you reach the 100 hour mark, and it steady flow of great stories and content doesn't stop. There's also the major 1999 update coming in 2 weeks which adds another massive amount of story and gameplay.
Yes I am still playing Warframe years later.
@@codyoliver5375 yep after 10 + years game gettin better soon
I left the game at around 70+ hours due to studies and never got back to it, i still feel like i haven't really seen 90% of the game and i feel guilty about it.
@@kunak2963When i stopped playing i was mastery rank 1 legendary and that was a cap then.
I wanted to get back into it but the amount of new content is scary. Id have to pour 300hrs in it and i already have more than 2k hrs.
Lil bro does not know ball, he did not even mention WARFRAME
“we’ve played Elden Ring here at Gameranx collectively for like 300 hours”
Me laughing in 1000 hours+
I mean their job is to play every game that releases so they dont play one game for a long time so 300 is alot for them while you play ER for enjoyment
Me laughing in 3000 hours +
Me laughing in 4200+ hours
Me laughing at 0 hours.
I don't think that's a flex...
Thank you for telling people to play Skyrim in it's entirety before using mods. Many people think the game is only fun with mods. The game itself is amazing. Mods just made it one of the most replayable games of all time.
For someone that just played Mass Effect Legendary Edition for the first time, you can easily spend 100* hours on it and when it’s in sale you can get it for like 5$
I'm 106 hours into this game, having completed ME1 and ME2, and about half of ME3. What a fantastic trilogy.
I finished ME1 but got sick and tired playing ME2.
About time CoH gets some love! It was such a great game and so many people don’t even know it existed.
i’m playing bg3 after my friend begged me for a year and i can truly say he was right im 50 hours in and i JUST got past the tower
WTH... I had 50 hrs while game was in early access and you had only good amount of 1st chapter open. When game released and I finished my first playthrough I had like 200+ hrs already. Now I'm sitting on 600 hrs and managed to finish Honour Mode with my gf. It was such a blast.
Dude I've tried so hard. Buried 7 hours and just suck. Lose every fight. Struggle with the mechanics. Game actually gives me anxiety 😂
@@Les_Grossman80it takes a lot to get into and initially, the beginning hours will be the hardest. As you level, you gain access to abilities that will really carry you through. I just got to Act III at 130 hours doing everything and believe me, it does get easier the more you do it.
wow you're going fast lol, I think I reached the tower at around 80 or 90 hours. But also I'm one of those weirdos who will finish a huge chunk of the side-quests before ever touching the story line and only advancing when I sort of have to (or get too bored). It's like...if I don't finish the main story then the game can't end, right?! Yeah I know it's flawed thinking lolol
If you have gotten past the towers with only 50 hours I can safely say you're ve done 0 exploration and missed a lot of stuff like loot, story, puzzles etc
As a 54 year old OG gamer.....the game I regret buying most is Elden Ring. I guess I'm just too old now to enjoy a game with zero explanation or direction given. I've gone back to sinking time into DKC. Now THAT is a game.
I know what you mean. I find it hard to get into games that don’t point me in a direction.
I'm 25 yo and I absolutely regret buying elden ring but it's because that game was less dark souls than any other game from soft made, it's less everything except map size and that's part of why I dislike elden ring
Idk DKC, but I played elden ring and I had to use TH-cam tutorials 😂. But you are never too old for gaming. You just probably didn’t realize it’s more like a project (that takes months and lots of YouTubing 😂 ) than just a game 😂 but all love all the same.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is for sure one of these games
Kinda surprised it wasnt, the scenery and atmosphere alone is just beautiful.
such a stupid statement, the good fun started after the tutorial so about 1h in ? maybe 1h and a half. This is only available for MMORPGS like wow. 100h into rdr2 you are done with 80% of the game. I got platinum after 130h so after you 100 u are getting ready to wrap it up, not start the fun.
Red dead 2 is fun right from the get go
@@liftingforfun2347calm tf down
The Witcher 3 too
I highly recommend Metro Exodus, It’s easily one of my favourite games! I occasionally like to play single player games but get bored really quick, but Metro Exodus showed me for the first time that a game gets better the more you play it. I have finished it 5x already and cant wait to play it again! Its a work of art which many many many details and you can tell that the developers worked on this like if it would be their own child, simply amazing! I have yet to play STALKER 2 but suspect its going to be amazing as the makers really develop these games with passion!
It's not made by the same dev.
@@Lenarietehhh technically it is. 4A Games is largely comprised of former STALKER developers; hence why they’re so similar. I’d even argue they’re sibling franchises; same daddy-different mommy so to speak
You may have found your niche in gaming if both Stalker and Metro are your favorites
@@bronzin1445 Learned something new! I noticed that some assets like the van are the same
Okay, but why would you want to play it again after completing it once?
There are simply too many good and better games.
"After 100 hours" is quite the stretch for some of these games lol
his first choice was a dlc as if it’s some hidden part of the game
Circlejerk: the video tbh
They like talking about games. Never said anything about being any good...
STAR FIELD enters the chat: 😢
@@matttaylor3120trueee
Thank you for mentioning Enderal when discussing Skyrim. Every time I see people talk about Skyrim and mods, they ignore the existence of Enderal.
I think snowrunner, and other mudrunner games should definitely be on the list.
I've sunk about 400-500ish hours into the game and still haven't seen everything! Plus it gets way easier once you know the routes to take, the trucks to drive, etc. Definitely one of my absolute favorite games
Stalker 2 is a gem. I am 40 hours in the game, not even close to the end and I will replay it on max difficulty with different story choices! It is a game, which you want to come back to!
Top 3 all time game for me… I’m about 60 hours in and just passed the halfway point… I don’t understand why all shooter rpgs are not like it… the length… the map size… every time I leave I’m stressed out I’m going to die lol
Try being 75hours in and just hit halfway in the main quest line 😂
@@jwillwilliams885broooo! Same…there’s so many moments where the atmosphere just wrecks me and I’m genuinely in awe but also in fear 😂 but I cannot stop myself from exploring everything in every zone in the map.
I can’t talk to lodechca. Mine is bugged so bad the main quest can’t be progressed.
@xnadegod1053 that sucks. Mine worked fine for me, passed that quest a while ago!
You're saving Path of Exile for the "10 games that actually get better after 1000 hours" video...right? Right Jake? RIGHT?
Warframe could also fit this topic. A lot of players agree that around the first 20 hours the game can be slow, but after that it starts to pick up. And you also really get to experience the game after 100 hours once you start getting powerful enough to handle things. It rewards players who spend the time to play it 😀
Yea only MR13 and I've been playing for 11 years, this game is definition of never ending
Don't need all 3 warhammer games to unlock Immortal Empires map anymore. Just Warhammer 3. Warhammer 1 and 2 are now basically dlcs for warhammer 3.
You guys are legends for shouting out Enderal, that conversion mod is a masterpiece
Glad you mentioned modded Minecraft. There are packs out there that require over 1k hours to complete. Sometimes, you just need a chill game with no real purpose and nothing but an imagination.
What I hate about a lot of modpacks(and almost all the big ones) is that they take away that no purpose freedom and add an almost linear experience which is the exact opposite of why I play Minecraft
I unintentionally got a friend of mine absolutely addicted to Minecraft. Her first impressions with the game wasn't great with a group of her friends, but after I showed her the ropes, and how redstone and automation works and can be done in minecraft, she has been no-lifing it for the last 2 years, literally all she plays. xD She's more into the technical stuff than me, who likes to build giant structures. Suffice it to say, I feel both proud and sorry for getting her hooked on minecraft to this degree. lmfao
If the game (or really any survival crafting game for that matter) allowed me to make pre-built structures, I’d probably be more into it. I don’t mind grinding out for resources but with my crippling OCD, I just can’t be bothered to make a cabin from scratch only for it to look like complete a$$.
That's called addiction not a game getting good
Are u smashing
I'm about 150+ hours into Tears of the Kingdom and I still keep discovering new places, quests and treasures. That's *after* I found all 168 light roots in the depths!
But that’s mostly the same experience as the rest of the time playing the game. Is there anything that really gets better in that game after 100 hours?
@tetchedskate3366 I guess it depends on how you approach the game. I focused a lot more on gameplay centric quest chains and heart/stamina capacity in the first 40 hours or so. I unlocked all 5 sage rings past the 125 hour mark, and just went into full collector mode beyond that.
Sure, the core gameplay isn't drastically different over time, but there's a vast level of exploration. I haven't even beaten the main quest yet, but I somehow went into completionist mode with everything else after unlocking a lot more of the Purah Pad.
Ive been putting off tears for a rainy day and waiting to have a fun chill Zelda sesh
Booo!
Automation games like Factorio and Satisfactory definitely fit this bill
I think Warframe is definitely in that category. The beginning is rough and the game doesn't explain much to you but once you start figuring it out and unlocking weapons and frames and leveling them up it's infinite fun
My latest has been Remnant 2. As you get more gear, level up, etc, you can tackle the harder difficulties.
I have thousands of hours in Cyberpunk 2077 and I'm only starting to consider playing something else seriously. It's depth and richness is astonishing.
I’ve always said that Cyberpunk 2077 only needed patching. It’s not hyperbole to say it’s one of the greatest games of the decade
@@bronzin1445 the DLC is the great thing about the game. Pure bliss with the atmosphere. The base game is bland and messy imo of course. I mean gigs, activities around the map, the story and the overall RPG stuff. I ended up ignoring all but the story and gameplay in the DLC and it made my enjoyment and opinion of the game improve a lot
RDR2, Skyrim, Cyberpunk, Battletech, BG3 and Stellaris are my big time sinks.
Lol yeah, and now that I have moded it, it's even more amazing, love it.
@@bronzin1445 Greatest game of the decade with braindead AI and awful physics
NOITA - After 100 hrs, you're starting to understand how to play the game.
Exactly. Then you watch someone like Fury Forged and then know that beating the game is just the tip of the Iceberg of Noita's universe.
That game is underrated as hell
No at 100hrs most of the games are completed 100% either the games good enough to put 100+ hrs in or it's garbage games don't get good after 100hrs
It May seem strange but I believe Worms belong on this list.
Worms is a way better choice than a lot of games that are listed by the video or the comments, IMO
Never actually played 5that game but I used to watch videos of Cartoonz and crew playing it. Looks like a blast!!!
Don’t always agree with you guys on Gameranx, but Jake, you guys EASILY have the best video game channel on TH-cam…I’m 40 so it almost reminds of the days of EGM etc…good stuff dudes
Games I have 100 hours in according to Steam: Cities Skylines, Civ 5 and 6, Renowned Explorers: International Society, Skyrim, Afterimage, Fallouts 4, 3, and New Vegas, Defense Grid, Borderlands 2, Hollow Knight, Stardew Valley
I play almost exclusively on Steam, but the one additional game that absolutely needs to be mentioned here is Genshin Impact. It's like a single player MMO.
The real surprise is that Pokémon hasn't sued over sujemon yet, but Skyrim and Minecraft are endless fun, I've been playing them off and on since they came out.
Infinite wealth got overshadowed by the fact they tied new game plus to the deluxe edition, but it ended up being my favourite game this year followed by metaphor refantazio
persona 5 - metaphor refantazio - warframe - AC odyssey - monster hunter world.....etc the list could be very long
How do any of these games get better after putting 100+hrs in explain
@@runescape2710 MHW takes thousands of hours to farm every armor set for every weapon type
I have a 240 hour+ Fallout 4 playthrough parked on XBox where I’ve competed the main quest and all the DLC, and STILL find fun stuff to do. My Steamdeck FO4 run is over 100 hours, and I’ve done almost NONE of the main quest stuff. Good times. (And I have over 100 hours in with Starfield, into NG+ and playing Shattered Space. Perfect, no - but I still love the game) I wander off to play other games, but always come back to these two.
100 hours in Skyrim? Them's rookie numbers!
I was completely blown away by how awesome Enderal turned out to be, good pick!
I spent over a 1000 hours in Harran (Dying Light). Someone's gotta clear the city/ countryside of zombies... 😅
Damn I miss dl1
No WARFRAME mention is crazy
I miss Marvel Heroes Omega. That was awesome until Disney pulled the plug on it. Would’ve loved a reboot of that over their failed Avengers game
I bet you like anime to clown
Thanks for mentioning Enderal! So many lists forget it when talking about Skyrim. Thought, Enderal isn't a standalone game-it's a total conversion mod. You have to own Skyrim to play Enderal.
8:46 Yay Skyrim! Fun fact, summing Vanilla + Special Edition, Skyrim currently boots a 24h peak player count in Steam comparable with Elden Ring's. Great list btw! BG3 and W3:TW are also awesome! Still need to try Stalker 2.
With 300 hrs of ER, it made the DLC way more manageable. Not as difficult as they say. And Consort only took two try’s without cheesing. I think you need more practice Jake 😂.
Crazy how he misses the monster hunter series.
Stalker one love, exploring is fascinating. Great experience and atmosphere. As well I would add RDR2.
This is one thing I don't like about modern gaming. I truly miss games that were good from the start and last about 8 hours to 12 to finish.
You hate spending the same amount of money and getting WAY more content?
@@zacwilhite3247from my own experience if someone doesn't get the chance to play games for long/often due to work/kids/ oher commitments, a good solid 8-12hr game is worth it's weight in gold.
I missed the part where older games weren’t long. I remember my first playthrough of FF7 back in 1999 took me like 90 hours. There are plenty, and I mean PLENTY of modern games that are short and sweet.
MY BOY DRAGONS DOGMA 2 MADE THE LIST
For me, every MGS game got much better after playing for more than 100 hours. MGSV and Peace Walker in particular as you unlock pretty powerful stuff the more you play them.
I struggled to get into the MGS series until 4, largely due to the controls. In spite of its short campaign I beat it 10 times when it came out and each playthrough I found something new and interesting. Fantastic games, one and all.
@@SiCSpiT1 kojima really packs his games to the brim with small details its part of what makes them great
The Dead Rising series could be included. Knowing where to find all the best weapon/food upgrades is key. You can't really just look that up and be good. You need to memorize the maps. That takes time.
Also knowing how to save people in what order helps.
Monster hunter world
1253 hours in 👍🏻
Ayyyye CoH mentioned! Still a great game to play.
What a lot of people conflate, and is infuriating, is that a game getting "better" after X amount of hours is not the same thing as a game getting "good" after X amount of hours. A game getting "better" after you've spend time with it is the mark of a carefully constructed gameplay system that has depth or a finely crafted world with lots to explore... A game needing an exorbitant amount of time to become "good" is the mark of Stockholm Syndrome and Sunken Cost Fallacy.
Agreed.
@@ivan_osorio There are cases where it's true too though. When people said Starfield got good after 12 hours, that was actually true, no Stockholm syndrome involved. Around the time I hit that 12 hour mark is when I got my first genuinely good gun (which reduced the bullet sponginess of enemies) and had enough money to start building ships. It's just unfortunate that it only stays good for another 20 hours or so.
A game that gets 'good' after x amount of hours is by definition a game that gets 'better' after x amount of hours.
If this lack of distinction frustrates you then try using the English language better when talking about it. It's not hard to make the distinction between a great game that gets even better after x number of hours, and a game that needs x number of hours invested in it to get any enjoyment at all.
@@goaway9977exactly and none of these games fit that criteria they are either mid from start to finish or they already good start to finish
OR(hear me out) maybe, just maybe, what they are trying to say is "These games can still surprise you after playing them for a really long time". who tf genuinely cares what other people categorize as "good games".
You didn't even mention Warframe where you finally get to the first major story quest and character creation after 100 hours!
WARNING:
To any new Elden Ring gamers, do not mod your game before extensively checking you're doing it properly. If you mess up, you get hit with a 6mo ban from any online functions. I got hit with it for using an ultra wide fix.
Slay the Spire only gets better the more you play. Making decisions to get the right balance between short term rewards and long term and learning how all the relics and cards interact with each other on the higher ascencions is very satisfying
My most played game was RDR2 at 76 hours, most games I am done at 40 hours or less - regardless if I beat it or not. Kudos to you all who can play a single title for this long.
I’ve played monster hunter for more than 300 hours, second most played game is around 20. There is rarely any game I can spend 20+ hours into, even infinite wealth
@@josephmclord I second that, Monster Hunter is one of the few games I've played for over 100 hours
If we remove MMOs from the list, I still have 5 games at over 500 hours played. If you include MMOs then we get a couple games with thousands of hours played, in each.
I have over 6k hours in Call of Duty, 5k hours in Fallout NV, 3200 hours in FO4, about 2400 hours in Xcom Enemy Within (including Long War mod) and the list goes on. How the heck do you only play a game for 40 hours unless it is a sidescroller or walking sim?
@@abaddon1371 ADD
Pokémon. Just having the freedom to go around and complete the dex is so fun. Then mixing and matching Pokémon combos against the elite 4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Was basically just starting the DLC and most side quest stuff by 100 hours in.
I've just started playing Odyssey, and I'm ASTOUNDED at how large the map is, how many sidequests there are, and the different builds you can make with the armor and weapons. It doesn't "feel" like an Assassin's Creed game, but as an action RPG, it's amazing how vast the game is. I'll definitely be sinking at least 100 hours into it.
Odyssey was fun from the start tho
I enjoyed Odyssey for around 30 hours but doing the same thing over and over again and fighting the same enemies for 100+ hours didn''t sound very enticing to me.
@@seethisth4753yeah enemy variety was a problem, I just loved the world and writing.
Oh seriously though! This is one of the very very few games in recent years that I've actually wanted to and DID finish to 100% completion. Just couldn't put it down
About STALKER 2, in its current state it certainly does NOT get better. The more you progress the more bugs appear, it starts with slight inconveniences and minor bugs to full-on game breaking bugs. The starting area seems polished in comparison.
I still love the game though, hoping we eventually get what was promised.
Remnant 2 should really be on a list like this.
Both Remnant games ramp up more as you put more hours into them.
Completely agree. I am close to getting every item in 2 and having everything upgraded. Theres so many interesting setups that i feel even with 20 loadouts slots, i would still require more
@@hjue44 Yeah.
The refinements made by the studio has pushed the game pretty far by Remnant 2.
I wonder what Remnant 3 might look like should we get it.
Yeah, you play through it multiple times to access more content.
I love Remnant, but they don't fit here imo. I got all the achievements in Remnant 1 in about 90 hours (including DLCs). I haven't gotten around to the 3rd DLC for Remnant 2 yet, but I've gotten all the achievements for the base game and first two DLCs and my playtime is sitting at 75 hours. Even with DLCs, at around 100 hours you've done pretty much all there is to do, it's not like there's an endgame or anything. Sure you can fuck around with different classes, but you're not working towards anything at that point.
Thanks for preparing this list, now I know which games to avoid if I wanted to get a gaming hour here and there after work.
What are you playing lately?
Putting stalker 2 on this list while the entire late game portion of the game is broken is WILD
Putting any of these games on this list is wild the list is stupid and makes no sense none of these games get better after 100hrs
Would love to see bannerlord 2 on this list. The way you go from a small mercenary group where you roam around and do biddings for others. Into a giant force after 100 hours and starts raiding castles with huge battles is so fun.
I am at almost 400 hours of Horizon Forbidden West and still discovering datapoints I didn't have, supply boxes in random places, random rebel encounters, and more. I am currently about half way through my first Ultra Hard playthrough.
sounds like a Ubisoft copy and paste checklist to me
@@wawawiwa400Just sounds like a game to me. No need to put a negative spin on it.
I'll be blunt; as lazy as FC's formula was playing it was fun.
I did not have the same experience in HFW. I found it tedious. Painfully so.
Worst game ever.
ATM10 shoutout! 👀
Consort Rhodan was IMO the hardest boss I have ever fought in a game. I defeated Bayle on my like 5th try I believe. I died well over 100 times to Rhodan.
Same.
Doesn't get enough attention i feel like but Gunfire's Remnant 2 is a game I've easily put more than 800 hrs into and I'm still having fun and trying new things.
yeap yeap, Remanant and Warframe was worth a mention for sure as well
Remnant 2 even after your second playthrough is still the same game. Nothing changes much . All the biomes are the same just in a different order. Not a lot of replayability in my opinion .
@StyxxOfDidymos sorry you feel that way, as someone who loves the game I have to wholeheartedly disagree
@@StyxxOfDidymos i agree with you. The only reason i put 200h+ into that game is because I get to play it again co-op with my friend. Would not replay it otherwise. After you experience all the bosses there is not much more the game can offer. It is not a bad thing tho, the game is still amazing. I actually enjoy my solo time more than my co-op time.
@@illegalbilly that's fine. We can agree to disagree. But the fact still stands. Nothing changes significantly after the first playthrough which I thought was the point of this video
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 has been that way for me. Finished the campaign and sunk 100 hours into Operations maxing out every class and just about every weapon, and it hasnt even approached getting stale yet
I'll throw in 2 Indie games:
- Slay the Spire
- Stardew Valley
Both just get better the more you play.
The Witcher 3 would be my pick for this list. I sunk nearly 200 hours into it and it got better either every hour. Especially when I actually acquired full Witcher gear and did a magic build. There's just so much to this world it's incredible
I was not expecting to see City of Heroes in the video, and I thank you for including it.
on Total War Warhammer 3, ahh yeah, the "free update" that ONLY require you to have every other game and DLC from the entire series? Spending a bazilion bucks for all of it? Yeah I can't imagine how or WHY the devs decided to go thro that trouble, it's almost like they really wanted to give reasons to make people buy all their older games, instead of being able to only buy current ones.
Not gonna lie, as ceoncept is cool, but realistically? I HATE it, not only they forcing you to buy all the game DLCs to have the complete experience, but you need also to buy other games and other games DLCs to be able to now, and if you come late to know it? Too bad, get ready to go without food for a few months or just don't even try expecting to experience the complete experience.
Happy Wednesday everyone!
happy Wednesday:D
@@라이아로크Thank you:)
@@kingshadow8782 same goes for you brother!
Runescape is a prime example of this. Once you finish quests and level up the endgame boss content is arguably the most fun
I'm waiting on more fixes for STALKER 2 I want that experience to be as amazing as possible at a bare minimum I won't touch it till they fix A-Life.
Same. I play for immersion and the less bugs that take me out the better. I hear there's some very annoying spawning issues I'm eager to be fixed too.
The game truly has the potential to be one of the greatest games of the decade once everything is patched up. People are too quick to dismiss it simply because of the jank. I’d argue the “jank” is why it’s so good to begin with.
There’s a even a meme of STALKER that goes:
“If ain’t busted and janky as hell, then I’m not playing it”
@@bronzin1445We dismiss it, because its junk with false advertising made by cowards that fled their country. Feel free to enjoy the vomit they served you.
Total war warhammer on a gameranx list, it surely is Christmas. One of the best games ever.
Surprised MGS 5 the phantom pain did not make it to this list. I mean the game tells you to grind real hard to get access to good stealth and assault methods.
Sure but I was able to do all that by like hour 30.
@@smelltheglove2038 yeah but unlocking like really cool stuff like the gun which shoots fultons took me around 80 hours and not gonna lie this makes missions real clean.
@@pratyushxis1787 how'd it take you that long? I unlocked everything in one playthrough.
You know what would be a great video idea? A low spec game list! A list of games that are easy to run for people on laptops, or low specced PCs! I recently bought a laptop, and I’ve never had to worry about “can I run it”, so I’d love to see one
12:23 replaying? Why torture yourself like that?
Respect for not just picking the easy ones (MMOs, BRs, extraction/hero shooters). Definitely wasn't expecting TWW3 and Stalker2 up at the top, makes me a bit more interested in stalker.
Dragons Dogma 2, unless going for Platinum I don't see 100 hours. Warhammer 3 has the potential to be a 1k+ hour game
Yeah I beat the endgame plus most of the side quests in the game in 40 hours tops. Pretty short game for what it is tbh.
Warhammer in general can be a 10k hour experience. Seriously, it’s ridiculous
Warframe not being here is basically criminal
I blame my backlog of games on Warframe
warframe is literally the posterchild of "gets good after 100 hours", most of these games don't even remotely fit that description lmao
Everyone who dropped it early on has no idea what they're missing out on. Been playing since Excalibur Prime, and seeing how far this game has come is amazing.
This. 1000h later and I say your comment ²
Lil bro does not know ball, he did not even mention WARFRAME
Amazing and heartwarming to see City of Heroes make the cut!
Took my friend over 4 or 5 years to 100% binding of Isaac.
Now that I'm well into my 44th level of the big game of life, I can honestly say that the store launchers and their stats have made me more aware of what games I return to.
Seeing that I've barely scratched the surface of the achievements and have north of 500 hours, let's you know there's both depth and ridiculous specific achievements in games.
Games like Civ I-VI have taken a huge chunk of that time, but here's also games like Battletech, Distant Worlds series, RimWorld, Zero Sievert, Stars in Shadow, Fallout 4, No Man's Sky, Terratech, Surviving Mars, CS and it's offshoots, Dave the Diver and Space Engineers, that have kept my interest.
Rdr2 definitely ❤
After playing Elden Ring, all other video games feel like a walk on the park. I only have 5 hours logged and I have quit and came back like 5 times. I can’t be the only one who feels this way??
Kingdom come deliverance should be on this list
Absolutely. My biggest accomplishment is beating that game in hardcore mode completely blind. I just beat it this summer
I always love it when game developers embrace the modding community. great games like Skyrim and Minecraft made even better with mods. And it helps the developers make games get bought and become better
Dragon's Dogma 2 mentioned! Thank you so very much, after the absolute lambasting that game got it absolutely broke my heart.
The game would have been close to perfection with a better ending and less microtransaction garbage.
@@MarxIsDeadAndRotting please stop with the microtransaction critique, they are all just items you can gather in the game anyway. You people weren't that anal when resident evil 4 remake released full of them, some of which are weapons better than the one in the base game yet that's still "Overwhelmingly positive".
@@MarxIsDeadAndRotting oh FFS, I’m not trying to be rude or anything but you people REALLY need to stop spread that kind of misinformation. Almost everything you’ve heard about the supposed microtransactions is a lie.
@ayuvir Way to get butthurt over a simple opinion, cupcake.
@@MarxIsDeadAndRotting ah I see
for games with fan revivals, Dragon Dogma Online also deserves a mention here as well.
Thanks for pointing that one out!
I'd throw _Kerbal Space Program_ into the conversation.
Man 100 hours is like, the bare minimum to learn wtf you're doing in that game...
CITY OF HEROES IS SOOOO GOOOOOD. I put THOUSANDS of hours into it as a teenager back in the day. From 2005 to like 2008 it was practically the only thing I played.
I have 2000 hours in red dead redemption 2 😭😭
What do you do on that game for 2000 hours?
Walk around@@brendanjensen1063
The “seriously, stop touching virtual grass and get some vitamin D” achievement.
Honestly surprised you didn’t add Escape From Tarkov…once you learn how that game operates at the basic level, it opens up so many different ideas and experiences
idc how good the game is, not gonna spent more than +100 hrs to it, i got a life unlike some people
Ok…and? What’s it to you?
@bronzin1445 it means I have a life unlike you. Now go play video games all day bum
@@bronzin1445 What "and"?
I guess that was too difficult to understand for gamers.
@@GrainGrown imagine looking down on people for enjoying a hobby…it’s not that hard to figure out…
Thanks for rubbing salt in for us, what a guy!
I've never played any of the games on this list . . . however, I've got nearly 1300 hours in Fallout 4, and still have yet to get into "Nukaworld," or even finish the main story line. Hell, the first 120 hours I spent simply exploring the map, not even running any missions or quests. Then the majority of the rest of that time thus far is settlement building. Farming and salvaging the materials, to build a truly impressive settlement, is the longest of those hours, but its also loads of fun!!
0:18 Elden Ring at number 10
Can you seriously not sit through a 20 second intro?
You guys are fucking ridiculous. Do you actually think you're providing a service or are you just trying to get upvoted?
@ not at all bro. I’m contractually obligated to announce when Gameranx uses the phrase souls like/soulsborne/fromsoft/elden Ring and as soon as they do I hop off the video. Tough job I know 😮💨
@@INikeAiryou sir are a genius. Best comeback ever ahah
@@joaocardoso9031 thank you, thank you. lol. People take the internet too seriously sometimes ya know, they don’t know Gameranx does this all the time 😂
Just want to point out that you don't need all 3 games to play Immortal Empires on TWW3, everyone can play that map now. The older games just allow you to play as those factions but every faction exists on the map whether you own the game/dlc or not
The first 1000 hours of Europa Universalis IV are considered to be the tutorial. The learning curve is so long that you could consider it a study. If you are into things like history, politics, economics, and warfare, there is nothing like it.