Unlimited Replayability

I can put however many hours into a game as I so please!
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Sections:
0:00 Intro
1:45 Variety and Depth
3:37 Skill Ceilings
6:21 New Content
8:24 Grinding
10:05 The Forbidden Game
10:51 Fun

Music used:
Choose a File (Earthbound) [0:00]
Let's Hit The Climax! (Bayonetta) [0:14]
Sunshine Airport (Mario Kart 8) [1:45]
Despair Searching (Danganronpa V3) [3:37]
Camping Trip (Persona 5 Scramble) [6:21]
Strange Voyage (Pyre) [8:24]
It's Raining Somewhere Else (Undertale) [10:04]
We're Finally Landing (Home) [10:51]

Games shown:

Geometry Dash [0:00, 0:25, 0:42, 7:16, 7:40, 11:39]
Celeste [0:14, 0:59, 1:32, 4:17, 5:28, 6:55, 8:43, 11:33]
Dead By Daylight [0:15, 4:01, 8:32]
Hollow Knight [0:15, 3:38, 6:01, 11:05]
Stardew Valley [0:16, 2:11, 11:29]
Bastion (the one titled PLEASE PLAY THIS) [0:32]
Enter the Gungeon [0:39, 2:33, 10:51]
TOEM [0:51]
Clustertruck [0:54]
Peggle (specifically Doug Doug playing it) [1:18]
Outer Wilds [1:22, 6:40]
Shovel Knight [1:48, 6:33]
Super Hexagon [1:54]
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [2:00]
Invisible Inc. [2:42]
Bloons TD 6 [2:56, 9:12, 11:11]
Terraria [3:16]
Muck (not actually a sandbox game but i needed filler footage okay) [3:20]
Minecraft [3:27, 8:25, 8:34]
Among Us [3:57]
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe [4:05]
osu!mania [4:09]
Tekken 7 [4:43]
Super Smash Bros. Melee [4:49]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [5:11, 11:13]
Super Mario 64 [5:40]
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U [6:10]
Pyre [6:24]
One-armed cook (idk why i used this as filler footage while talking about lack of depth/variety because this game is peak) [6:27]
Overwatch 2 [6:43]
Team Fortress 2 (DON'T YOU DARE SAY IT. I KNOW, READ THE PINNED COMMENT) [6:50]
Skyrim [7:20]
Super Meat Boy [7:31]
Garry's Mod [7:48, 11:36]
Garfield Kart: Furious Racing [8:04]
KnockoutCity [8:11]
Cookie Clicker [8:52]
Franken [9:00]
Black Desert Online [9:20]
Genshin Impact [10:02, 11:17]
100 Hidden Frogs (this game is also peak) [10:13]
OneShot [11:02]

Footage that's not mine:

Special thanks to you for actually taking the time to read the description.

[pixelbit_]

Alright I know this video is like a year old but I'm still getting comments basically every day saying the same things so here's an FAQ:

Q: Song/Game name at [time]?
A: Check the description

Q: Website shown at 1:15?
A: howlongtobeat.com

Q: Why did you say that TF2 gets updates all the time? Are you an idiot?
A: I started writing the script around the time that the whole #SaveTF2 thing was going on, and right before I started recording Valve tweeted out the thing saying "We hear you." To my own and (some of) the TF2 community's surprise, Valve didn't actually update the game; they just added a couple of hats and called it a day.
Also, no, I don't play TF2. And yes, I'm kind of an idiot.

Q: Why do you dislike grinding so much? Aren't you kind of hypocritical for liking games like Stardew Valley, but not JRPG's?
A: Since uploading this video, I've changed my opinion a bit. Grinding isn't necessarily a bad thing, per se, but it needs to be treated extremely carefully. If the grinding itself is based off of interacting with the core gameplay loop, or is just really enjoyable, then I would consider it a good thing. However, inserting grinding just for the sake of grinding (e.g. adding a really long grinding section in your game because you realized it's only 2 hours long) is pretty much never a good thing. Then again, some people find grinding relaxing, which is totally fine; building your game around that specific audience can also be considered good game design.

Q: Did you seriously end the video with "people play games cuz they're fun"?
A: Kind of, yeah. When I was analyzing games that people have really high hour counts in, I found that while there are some pretty noticeable patterns amongst them, they're actually pretty varied in terms of gameplay. I then came to the realization that the only factor that every single one of the games I was looking at had in common was that certain people found them to be fun. I know that there are some people who have managed to put 5000+ hours into games like Plants vs. Zombies, and the only reason they give is "it's fun." Even if a game has none of the things that I mentioned, as long as people find it fun 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 is gonna find a way to sink hundreds of hours into it.

Q: Why do you hate Genshin Impact so much? I find it really fun!
A: If you find Genshin Impact fun, then that's great! I'm glad that you are able to find enjoyment in something that I couldn't. I personally dislike it due to the fact that every single barrier in the game just seems like it's put there just for the sake of being there, but if you enjoy it, all the power to you.

Q: Why do sound like a dying pig?
A: I was kinda sick when I started recording lines, but I just said "screw it" and continued to record them anyways. At the time of recording, the most amount of views one of my videos had ever gotten was like 500, so I really wasn't expecting anyone to hear the result of my poor decisions.

Q: This video sucks.
A: I know. I genuinely despise this video, despite it bringing so much attention to my channel. Please watch my newer videos; they're much better.

[mr.pumpkin]

"tf2 gets constant updates" major update was 6 years ago lmfaoo

[mrsnowmelt]

If I put my hours from terraria into a real life skill, who knows where id be

[BlobStudioShorts]

i like the fact he talks about geometry dash like its a super small game that no one knows about

[TulipFlowerUwU]

Hypixel Skyblock players: I mined glass for 300 hours for Iron Sword called "Hyperion"

[LuckyBenjamin_]

WHO PLAYED COOKIE CLICKER FOR 2000 HOURS !?!?!?!?

[HayzyHorizon]

I never get bored of We're finally landing by Home at the end of these types of videos...

[stockcaptain]

Small channels like yours always have the best videos!

I wish you the best and hope your channel grows, you deserve it!

[pixelbit_]

ok guys shutup about tf2 i didn't realize that the update wasn't considered normal and also added basically nothing
also wow you guys are right. the vocal fry REALLY sucks in this video

[daxaroodles]

I’m a Celeste modder. I’ve been modding Celeste for about 1 year, and I’ve got a shit tonna hours in it. The reason why I keep playing Celeste is just that. I find that the player’s creativity can really affect replayability.

Good video (:

[swrudy]

A game that will forever be my "Unlimited Replayability" would be Risk of Rain 2 for sure. Just to complete a single run takes at least 30 minutes, and if you loop it you could be playing it for hours at a time. I had a 380 minute run and yet I was still able to launch it the next day and play it cause it just has so many ways to play it. Great Video my guy.

[MKProductionsOfficial]

6:50 -- I spat out my cereal laughing. That was a nice joke for the start of my day, pixel!

[nick]

I love seeing genshin slander as a genshin player haha, but I love how you acknowledge that a game only has to be fun to you not anyone else. Great vid 🎉

[chiefyyyy]

dude holy crap you're so underrated, this video was so well made, you have a sense of humour and made the video really entertaining. literally better than most of the videos i see of people with millions of subscribers, great job. here's a sub, keep it up man. also personally i have 3368 hours on a game about mowing a lawn.

[JamAttack]

I currently have 16k hours in geometry dash
while most of those are afk cuz I'm a terrible computer owner, I'm just so addicted to making stuff with the editor.
Your creativity really is the limit with that insane border game engine thing.

Also obviously I'm playing all the stuff other people are making too, albeit a little less.

Only other game that even comes close is minecraft. idk how to even check my hours on it but it's probably in the 1000s
3rd place is pizza tower with like 70 hours so just goes to show how much sandbox mechanics do for me

[coolkitty]

Holy crap, I thought this channel would at least have 100k subs with this high quality content. This is amazing, keep it up!

[lux_less]

A game I like for the grinding is Monster Hunter. It's one of those rare games where the grind is what a number of players find fun. While you do need to grind for the best gear, the grind is you doing the enjoyable parts of the game, hunting monsters that are almost unanimously considered by the community to be well-made and fun to fight.

[emilski]

This video felt like a video essay from some big channel, and then I realized it comes from a criminally underrated 700 subs youtuber. Great stuff

[Shade]

I quit WoW because of this video. The game just wasn’t fun anymore and I had to stop lying to myself. Thank you.

[Skylancer]

I'll be honest, Genshin is the game here I like more than any of the others on this list. Honestly none of the games I had the most playtime in really fit your descriptions. My most played and replayed games are Satisfactor, Genshin Impact, Halo 3, Burnout 3, Lego Starwars 1 and 2, Lego Harry Potter, Tony Hawk Underground 2, and Need for Speed Underground 2. Many of these games have little room for experimentation, I just obsessed over the most efficient way to play them. Or Lego Starwars where just having a second player makes the game go from a like 3-10 to a 10-10. Halo 3 my main thing was just replaying the story mode over and over and over, not even on the harder difficulties: there's just something so iconic, so mesmerizing about how the story is layed out and written. I know every single sentence they'll say, yet I still relish hearing it again.