History ArchivePanic / VideoGames

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has no less than 35 games and counting. Even just counting the numbered titles, that's still 15 long lasting [=RPGs=]. Even if you did a heavily optimized SpeedRun, it would still take 66 hours, as ''WebVideo/FinalFantasyRelay'' shows. The good news, however, is that most of the games are self contained and can be understood without playing the previous title, so you can start with any entry in the series. Sequels of a title are clearly labeled to indicate which continuity they belong to (ie IV and IV After Years, X and X-2, the entire XIII trilogy), so you'd have the common sense to play the prequel before touching the subsequent titles.

* Attempting to binge the entire ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' will set you back quite a while. For a series that's famous for its DoorStopper-length scripts in the hundreds of thousands per game, between all the sidequests, lots and lots of NPC dialogue that changes every time there's a plot development, and intricate WorldBuilding, it'll take 150 hours on average to fully complete a game, and unlike most Eastern RPG developers, every ''Trails'' title takes place concurrently in the same continuity with several references made between games with quite a few character cameos. Between the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Trails in the Sky trilogy]], the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Zero/Azure duology]] which has yet to be translated, and the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel tetralogy]], you're looking at 8 games that will take hundreds of hours to read. There are also novel adaptations, manga that retell each game with their own sidestories, drama [=CDs=] that are largely canon, an adaptation of ''Trails in the Sky'' running for 2 45 minute OVA episodes, and a mobile game, you'll be spending a lot of time exploring its world.

** Platform/{{Steam}} is often a cause of this, thanks to its large library of games and steep sales that make it easy to accumulate far more games that you have time to play.

** The Platform/{{NES}} game library consists of a staggering 826 games. Even if you factor out the unlicensed games, its still an impressive 713 titles. Several of these titles, such as VideoGame/{{Ufouria}}, are games that never saw release in the US, and are quite difficult to find in cartridge form. One speedrunner, The Mexican Runner (TMR), undertook the [[http://themexicanrunner.com/faq NESMania]] challenge to play every NES game released in North America. It took from 2014 May 28th to 2017 February 26th, and he clocked around ''3,435 hours'' of total play time by the end (the [=NESMania=] archive itself also falls under this trope).

** The UsefulNotes/{{NES}} game library consists of a staggering 826 games. Even if you factor out the unlicensed games, its still an impressive 713 titles. Several of these titles, such as VideoGame/{{Ufouria}}, are games that never saw release in the US, and are quite difficult to find in cartridge form. One speedrunner, The Mexican Runner (TMR), undertook the [[http://themexicanrunner.com/faq NESMania]] challenge to play every NES game released in North America. It took from 2014 May 28th to 2017 February 26th, and he clocked around ''3,435 hours'' of total play time by the end (the [=NESMania=] archive itself also falls under this trope).
** The UsefulNotes/{{Atari2600}} game library isn't quite as overwhelming as the above, but 565 games is nothing to stuff at either.
** The European/Australian UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 has a whopping 2,231 games, of which 61 are unavailable in English.
** UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} is often a cause of this, thanks to its large library of games and steep sales that make it easy to accumulate far more games that you have time to play.

** The UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum has nearly 25,000 pieces of software archived at ''[[https://www.worldofspectrum.org/archive.html World of Spectrum]]'', including over 10,000 games.
** According to Website/{{Wikipedia}}, the UsefulNotes/Commodore64 amassed a library of nearly 10,000 titles during its lifetime.

** According to Website/{{Wikipedia}}, the UsefulNotes/CommodoreAmiga accumulated over 12,000 games and over 10,000 utilities during its lifespan.

* Shooter games such as ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'', ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' suffer with this trope. With even MoreDakka, drinks, food and such (apart with some Sleep) in order to complete them all, you'll have an even harder time to finish them al].

* ''VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga'' was first released in 2012, and it's still going (having celebrated its 10th anniversary in November 2022, and it's on track to reach ''1000 episodes'' before the end of 2023). New episodes began releasing on a weekly basis since mid-2014, with ''three episodes'' a week becoming the norm by the end of 2018. To even keep up, you would have to complete at least half an episode a day, every day (a tall order when some levels are nigh-impossible without boosters and/or extra moves), with the over a year-long "content drought" where nothing new is truly introduced[[note]]Gummi Dragons were introduced in Spring 2023, but they are merely a substitute for ingredients and behave the exact same way[[/note]] not helping matters.

* Mario's former rival ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' is no slouch either. Counting handheld version of his console games (which often play differently enough) he has around 70 games under his belt. And if you want to check out some of his non-gaming material, they can cause a panic all on their own.

* Attempting to binge the entire ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' will set you back quite a while. For a series that's famous for its DoorStopper-length scripts in the hundreds of thousands per game, between all the sidequests, lots and lots of NPC dialogue that changes every time there's a plot development, and intricate WorldBuilding, it'll take 150 hours on average to fully complete a game, and unlike most Eastern RPG developers, every ''Trails'' title takes place concurrently in the same continuity with several references made between games with quite a few character cameos. Between the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Trails in the Sky trilogy]], the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Zero/Azure duology]] which has yet to be translated, and the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel tetralogy]], you're looking at 8 games that will take hundreds of hours to read. Not to mention the novel adaptations, manga that retell each game with their own sidestories, drama [=CDs=] that are largely canon, an adaptation of ''Trails in the Sky'' running for 2 45 minute OVA episodes, and a mobile game, you'll be spending a lot of time exploring its world.

** The UsefulNotes/{{NES}} game library consists of a staggering 826 games. Even if you factor out the unlicensed games, its still an impressive 713 titles. Several of these titles, such as VideoGame/{{Ufouria}}, are games that never saw release in the US, and are quite difficult to find in cartridge form.
*** One speedrunner, The Mexican Runner (TMR), undertook the [[http://themexicanrunner.com/faq NESMania]] challenge to play every NES game released in North America. It took from 2014 May 28th to 2017 February 26th, and he clocked around ''3,435 hours'' of total play time by the end (the [=NESMania=] archive itself also falls under this trope).

* In terms of video games, the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise is [[StealthPun leaps and bounds]] ahead. Just go to their page and look at the list. Since 1981, it has accumulated enough sub-series, spin-offs, crossovers, and remakes that the game total is well in the triple digits. Even counting only the mainline ''Mario'' platformers (the ones listed in the 2015 ''Super Mario Encyclopedia'', plus ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' which came later), playing and completing them all is a tall order. And it shows no signs of slowing.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''. ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' is actually the ''tenth'' game in the series, which might not seem like a lot until you consider that these are not short games. The shortest will take between 12-15 hours, the others can take as much as 35-45+, depending on how much of a completionist you are. And the series has a KudzuPlot which makes it unwise to skip any installment.[[note]]It would also be unwise to skip the {{Updated Rerelease}}s of the game - the ''1.5'' and ''2.5 HD Remix'' respectively as Square calls it - as they tend to have content from the initially [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] ''Final Mix'' version of the game, which is necessary to understand said kudzu plot fully.[[/note]] Then there are the ongoing Manga adaptations.
** The Cutscenes ''alone'' qualify as they are the longest in any video game ever. To watch all of them in the second game would take ''thirteen hours''.

** Similarly, their competitors such as ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'' and ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' suffered the same problem too.

** Similarly, although ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' only has 5 games so far, there are many things to do, and it's only gotten bigger with each subsequent installment. As of Ultimate, there are hundreds of achievements, trophies, stickers, spirits and more to do throughout the franchise, some of which will require you to be good at using every single character which only further adds to the time.

** Similarly, fellow Ubisoft franchise ''VideoGame/JustDance'', it became this because it'll take more than almost a year to complete all of the songs but fortunately, Just Dance Now fixed this problem with most of the songs within the series being included there.