there's never enough T I M E
Games where you have to more or less carefully plan out your time. It can be an in-game calendar, a certain amount of real-world hours to do stuff, or other time-limited mechanics that limits your time. Feel free to add to this!! I only know so many games with time limits.
GUIDELINE EXAMPLES (kind of):
-- MAJORA'S MASK: You have three in-game days to do things, and time is constantly ticking down. You can rewind time after the three days, but you also lose significant progress if you didn't finish the things you were in progress of doing (like a temple or a sidequest). DOES fit on the list 👍
-- PERSONA 3: You have a certain amount of in-game days to do stuff. You will reach the ending no matter what you do, but you want to plan your days to do Social Links, level up personal stats, progress in Tartarus etc. The days pass fast and the in-game time limit is noticeable. DOES fit on the list 👍
-- OMORI: The game takes place over a couple of days, but the days only progress during key points of the story and you can walk around and explore things at your leisure otherwise. No need to plan out your time. DOESN'T fit on the list 👎
--CIVILIZATION III (my beloved): You have to plan your rounds, but the planning & the time you have is much more dependent on what your enemies do during their rounds rather than an in-game time limit. DOESN'T fit on the list 👎
Games with real-life limited time events, like gacha games or Tetris 99, will not be included on this list.
GUIDELINE EXAMPLES (kind of):
-- MAJORA'S MASK: You have three in-game days to do things, and time is constantly ticking down. You can rewind time after the three days, but you also lose significant progress if you didn't finish the things you were in progress of doing (like a temple or a sidequest). DOES fit on the list 👍
-- PERSONA 3: You have a certain amount of in-game days to do stuff. You will reach the ending no matter what you do, but you want to plan your days to do Social Links, level up personal stats, progress in Tartarus etc. The days pass fast and the in-game time limit is noticeable. DOES fit on the list 👍
-- OMORI: The game takes place over a couple of days, but the days only progress during key points of the story and you can walk around and explore things at your leisure otherwise. No need to plan out your time. DOESN'T fit on the list 👎
--CIVILIZATION III (my beloved): You have to plan your rounds, but the planning & the time you have is much more dependent on what your enemies do during their rounds rather than an in-game time limit. DOESN'T fit on the list 👎
Games with real-life limited time events, like gacha games or Tetris 99, will not be included on this list.
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@cowboyjosh ohh, sounds cool! i'll add it to the list :^D
The Void (by the people who made Pathologic) also requires you make a good use of your time. You have 30 In game "Cycles" in which you must keep your Colors (your health and basically your resource to do anything) at good enough levels so that you don't screw yourself over.
Unsighted. Villagers progressively get more sick over time and you have to maintain them.
lightning returns revolves around a weeklong timer similar to majora's mask
shenmue technically has an overall time limit (34 hours, 15 mins~ real world time), but it's very generous so most people won't ever run into it
shenmue technically has an overall time limit (34 hours, 15 mins~ real world time), but it's very generous so most people won't ever run into it
A whole bunch of Atelier games. Rorona, Totori, Meruru, Ayesha, Escha & Logy and Nelke to name a few.
@Snigglegros Thank you for your recommendations! I've added them both :)
@curse Thank you, I've added them! Even a very generous time limit counts, so Shenmue definitely fits on this list! 👍
@sleeping0dragon Thank you! As you say, there seems to be quite a lot of Atelier games with time limits so I'll let Rorona be the representative for the series!
@curse Thank you, I've added them! Even a very generous time limit counts, so Shenmue definitely fits on this list! 👍
@sleeping0dragon Thank you! As you say, there seems to be quite a lot of Atelier games with time limits so I'll let Rorona be the representative for the series!
cowboyjosh
3 months ago