Once upon a time, a single-player game might’ve taken a player 15 to 20 hours to complete.

But these are just the story experiences, there are games that can take up many, many more.

“Tonight, I had an epiphany while playing Final Fantasy XIV,” they wrote onResetera.

Official artwork of the main cast of Final Fantasy 14 standing with weapons primed.

They refer to their 900 playing hours and how it might seem “modest” for a nine-year-old account.

“I’ve gotten better about being okay with hard quitting games like that.”

Eventually I may return, whether that’s in a few months or a few years."

Final Fantasy 14

One commentor said they quit League of Legends after 3000 hours because it was too “addicting”.

Another had 3000 plus hours in Destiny 2 and had to quit to avoid “burn out”.

“It helps a lot,” he wrote.

Apex Legends

Another helpful comment came from one of the briefest.

Perhaps that’s a useful change of perspective.

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