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by **Blatm** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:54 pm UTC

I'm intending to stay up all night to get my sleeping schedule back on track, and I need something to do all night. I couldn't read or anything, because I'll be much too tired, so I was thinking of playing a game all night. I was thinking of a Gamecube or PC game. Can you suggest some good games that I might enjoy all night?

I already have Twilight Princess.

by **Memo** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:57 pm UTC

The second Hulk game for the Gamecube. Best superhero game ever.

by **xooll** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:05 pm UTC

games that have kept me up all night:
Thief II: The Metal Age
Deus Ex
Vampire: Bloodlines
Mount&Blade

by **sebbeklang** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:06 pm UTC

for pc, i like mechwarrior 4: mercenaries. it's more fun in multiplayer though

by **SoapyHobo** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:47 pm UTC

Civilization? Keep you going all tomorrow as well probably (if you like it)

by **Chase** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:18 pm UTC

Tetris

by **Kawa** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:19 pm UTC

Sid Meier's Pirates! has been known to keep me up late at night.

by **parkaboy** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:50 pm UTC

commander keen or oregon trail. yes i shot 8million pounds of meat. i dont CARE ifi can only carry 50. I SHOT IT!! and i'll do it again!

by **ShadeWolf** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:00 pm UTC

Beyond good and Evil (for Game cube)

For PC

Either Command and Conquer Generals or Dune 2 (For Pc)

by **semicolon** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:04 pm UTC

The Call of Cthulhu game. I played it for like six hours because the Internet on my computer stopped working.

by **Zohar** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:07 pm UTC

For PC? Heroes of Might and Magic, practically any incarnation.

by **Pobega** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:02 am UTC

For the Gamecube? I would definitely recommend buying "Tales of Symphonia". It's an awesome addition to the Tales series (Which I personally love), and like most of the others, it's extremely long (Symphonia took me 52 hours to beat my first time through, only using a FAQ/Walkthrough at two points where I was completely stuck). The only problem is once you get halfway through the game you become thoroughly addicted, and won't be able to put down your GCN controller for a week or so.

by **German Sausage** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:34 am UTC

apocralypse wrote:commander keen or oregon trail. yes i shot 8million pounds of meat. i dont CARE ifi can only carry 50. I SHOT IT!! and i'll do it again!

<3

civilisation is what kept me up last night. basically, anything touched by sid meier

by **curious and questioning** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:31 am UTC

You mean reading the xkcd fora doesn't already do this for you?

by **Nyarlathotep** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:44 am UTC

Planescape: Torment.

GET IT NOW.

Less thought provoking but possibly more addicting: Might and Magic VI, VII, or VIII.

by **semicolon** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:45 am UTC

Oh yeah, Gamecube.

Ikaruga.

by **Gwydion** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:54 am UTC

For me, the Total War series (any of them) have kept me up many a night. Also, Eternal Darkness for GC. Then again, that may have been more that I was too freaked out to sleep that night.

As to the above post, how did you not finish Ikaruga too soon? I don't think I could play a game all night if I beat it more than once per hour.

by **Wilibus** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:11 pm UTC

Gamecube

Resident Evil 4
Either (or both) Metroid Prime games

PC:

Half-Life 2
Overlord

by **Gravitas Shortfall** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:08 pm UTC

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Basically it's Civilization on another planet, except much more fun. A better PC game does not exist (IMHO).

by **Owijad** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:00 pm UTC

I'd just watch three movies.

by **PhazeDK** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:13 am UTC

Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition

Just get 5 of your friends, and you'll be playing all night. One game takes about 6-8 hours, but if you're really slow, it'll easily take 12.

It is a boardgame, though, but honestly, it's a lot better than most PC/Gamebox games...

by **Lester :P** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:14 am UTC

X-men Legends, one and two.

by **ShadeWolf** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:53 am UTC

Well the games that i will be playing for the next 6 months are:

Neverwinter Nights (plus Shadows of undertide and hordes of the underdark)
Baldurs Gate (plus Tales of the sword cost)
Baldurs Gate 2 (plus Throne of Bhaal)
Icewind Dale (plus Heart of winter)
Icewind Dale 2
Temple of Elemental Evil
Demonstone
Dragonshard

by **sebbeklang** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:32 pm UTC

PhazeDK wrote:Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition

Just get 5 of your friends, and you'll be playing all night. One game takes about 6-8 hours, but if you're really slow, it'll easily take 12.

It is a boardgame, though, but honestly, it's a lot better than most PC/Gamebox games...

truth
time just flies away

by **SecondTalon** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:00 pm UTC

Gwydion wrote:As to the above post, how did you not finish Ikaruga too soon? I don't think I could play a game all night if I beat it more than once per hour.

If by Finish, you mean die a horrible death within moments and consider it a personal best when you make it to level 2, then I can finish it in 10 minutes or so.

PC
Master of Orion II
Master of Orion
X-Com: UFO Defense (or if you're European, UFO:Enemy Unknown)

'Cube
Eternal Darkness

by **Devilsaur** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:44 pm UTC

Cave Story for PC is amazing. It's free to download and takes like 10megs for 10 hours of fun. It swept indie games a while back and is as close as you're going to get to a sleeper hit for pc.

by **mosc** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:03 pm UTC

morrowind

by **Phenriz** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:47 pm UTC

Silent Hill

Parasite Eve

Fatal Frame 2

by **ehiunno** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:51 pm UTC

The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion or Morrowind will keep you up all night.

Or, a FF game with a good storyline

also, Resident Evil 4.

by **Nyarlathotep** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:32 pm UTC

DarkWerewolf wrote:Well the games that i will be playing for the next 6 months are:

Neverwinter Nights (plus Shadows of undertide and hordes of the underdark)
Baldurs Gate (plus Tales of the sword cost)
Baldurs Gate 2 (plus Throne of Bhaal)
Icewind Dale (plus Heart of winter)
Icewind Dale 2
Temple of Elemental Evil
Demonstone
Dragonshard

Sorry, Planescape: Torment > all that.

by **Æshættr** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:08 am UTC

If you have a good PC and you really want to be up all night, Supreme Commander is good. The short 1v1 skirmishes are usually around a half hour long at the shortest. The long matches can take you 5+ hours.

by **Blatm** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:32 pm UTC

I went to my local video game store (EB games), and they didn't have Any of these games (aside of the ones I already have, like Resident Evil). I'm not sure about how I'm going to go about getting them. I may just have to stay up playing risk or poker with a few friends. =/

by **b.i.o** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:52 am UTC

Galactic Civilizations 2 is another 4x game (like master of orion/civ IV). You can buy it and download it online although I'm sure it's a pretty big file...

If you like FPS's, then Half Life 2 is also available for download through Steam.

Only going to work if you have a good internet connection though...

by **Kawa** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:23 am UTC

Sid Meier's Pirates! here: http://www.take2store.com/
Expensive but WORTH IT, HOLY COW.

by **Lester :P** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:47 am UTC

I don't like Sid Meier.

by **Hench** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:32 pm UTC

I suggest Progress Quest: it's never-ending and countless eons of fun.

by **b.i.o** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:07 am UTC

You could also look around for free demos of games. GalCiv2's demo is quite playable, and there are lots of other good demos floating around.

by **Nin10dude** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:42 am UTC

A vastly underrated game for the GameCube is Star Fox Assault. Single player is what normally gets it a bad reputation, but it's multi player is of the awesome and addicting variety, the likes of which we haven't seen since Super Smash Bros. Melee.

by **The LuigiManiac** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:09 am UTC

I will attest to that testimony.

Getting blown up by your friend(s) again and again...and again...and again...and again...was never so much fun! The hours my old friend and I wasted away!

On a somewhat less grim note, you should have planned ahead and taken a leave from the fora for three weeks, so that you would be up all night catching up. I'm thinking of just shutting everything down and getting to bed. I think I've gleaned the important stuff, so I'll just start with a fresh, less insane [s]backload[/s][s]backup[/s] (Bah, I can't even think of the right word. Definitely time for bed) of posts tomorrow night.

by **semicolon** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:44 am UTC

Backlog?

Nin10dude wrote:A vastly underrated game for the GameCube is Star Fox Assault. Single player is what normally gets it a bad reputation, but it's multi player is of the awesome and addicting variety, the likes of which we haven't seen since Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Is it better than the Star Fox 64 multiplayer?

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