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Aquaria => General => Topic started by: artstarr on February 19, 2009, 07:01:41 am
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so how many hours of ur precious life have you put into Aquaria???
i'm at 19:25 now. and that doesn't include interTube research to figure out what the heck to do ::)
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think it took me 22
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I spent about 35 hours total. O0 Most of that was exploring the Veil with rock glitches ... :)
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do I add up each time I played, time on the forum, and other Aquaria related tribute time ? :o
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My first playthrough was 16 hours, but I didn't do the end boss then, my second playthrough ended up being 19 hours. I am currently working on my 3rth playthrough, I'm at 4 hours so far.
This doesn't include the time I spend reading the forum, or fooling around in the editor. Nor does it include the time I spend listening to the music after extracting the music files.
EDIT: I just realised, that if you reload a save, the game restarts recording time from the last save time. So I probably spend about 5 hours* more than recorded so far. (* thats a pretty inaccurate guess)
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I can't remember? Now you have goot me wondering because I normally just look for the highest number on my saves to make sure that I don't go backwards and I don't bother remembering it after I have started playing :o
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Demo, 1 hour
First Play through, 15 hours.
Second play through, 4 hours (game time was 2 hours, but I had to redo a lot).
Third and fourth play through, around 20 hours.
Fifth play through, 22 hours (got the 1.1.1 version and was totally out of it, it's also my 100% savegame in another topic)
Mod creation, more than 20 hours.
Check-ups for information, about 4 hours.
Forum lurking/posting, Total time logged says 3 days and 17 hours, but I think it's a bit more than that.
So... about... 7 days, doesn't sound that much actually. *cough*
Yeah... you could call me an aquaddict.
At least I didn't spend as much time on it as Alec has!
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>.>
*hides*
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Lol Alpha. One hour on the Demo? I must have spent about six. :) I've been logged onto the forum for about 6 1/4 days.
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do I add up each time I played, time on the forum, and other Aquaria related tribute time ? :o
well my game time is 19something (so far). my forum time is a few hours. research time -->immeasurable LoL
a rough estimate shall do
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I spent about 35 hours total. O0 Most of that was exploring the Veil with rock glitches ... :)
jezuz! i don't think i have the patience for rock glitches :-[ i used to play the old tomb raider games forever searching for glitches
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Demo, 1 hour
First Play through, 15 hours.
Second play through, 4 hours (game time was 2 hours, but I had to redo a lot).
Third and fourth play through, around 20 hours.
Fifth play through, 22 hours (got the 1.1.1 version and was totally out of it, it's also my 100% savegame in another topic)
Mod creation, more than 20 hours.
Check-ups for information, about 4 hours.
Forum lurking/posting, Total time logged says 3 days and 17 hours, but I think it's a bit more than that.
So... about... 7 days, doesn't sound that much actually. *cough*
Yeah... you could call me an aquaddict.
At least I didn't spend as much time on it as Alec has!
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>.>
*hides*
HOLY CRAP! i think it's time for AA: aquaddict anonymous
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One or two posts next time, but I don't mind this time. :) BTW, you've spent about three days on the forums (complete time).
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One or two posts next time, but I don't mind this time. :) BTW, you've spent about three days on the forums (complete time).
*shudders to think what he might do if it happens again*
logged in time on the forum is a bit nebulous as often people don't close their sessions down. I almost never close this tab down but stay logged out when not active, my time here reads as 1 day and 21 hrs. I can't fathom how much time the illos took, but like with Alpha, it was less then the creators right...?
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*shudders to think what he might do if it happens again*
Probably turn a blind eye ... :D Life is too short for [insert meaningless activity here]. ;)
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My last save time was 60:07, I finally remembered to make a note of it ::) and yes I spend an awful lot of time just swimming around hunting lol
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My last save time was 60:07, I finally remembered to make a note of it ::) and yes I spend an awful lot of time just swimming around hunting lol
OMG! praise silver. praise you-->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXYDdXrsmr4&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXYDdXrsmr4&feature=related)
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Untill Steam foobar'd my stats, I had 45 hours logged on Aquaria, although a lot of that time was working on mod stuff. My playtime is around 20-25 hours.
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Hmm, I probably spent 5-10 hours doing a few playthroughs of the demo, and my first full-version playthrough took almost 25hrs. I'm 2hrs into the next one. Then there's several tens of hours in the editor and digging around in scripts. I've probably also spent over an hour in the Tutorial and Guert Mods by now.
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My last save time was 60:07, I finally remembered to make a note of it ::) and yes I spend an awful lot of time just swimming around hunting lol
OMG! praise silver. praise you-->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXYDdXrsmr4&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXYDdXrsmr4&feature=related)
lol Thanks Chisti, but all is not quite as it seems honest, I really need this game. When my friend was dying and during her last few months I played another watery game that helped me forget it for a while and be sane for her when she needed me and this game is helping me again and I don't know how long I will need that help :( This time it's my mother just being very old and infirm :(
So playing Aquaria helps me ignore my fits of the blues, in imersing myself in it I can almost forget them, and fighting a boss, well that is really cathartic :D
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Sorry to hear that, but good to hear that Aquaria was able to take your mind off such an event.
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Thank you Alpha :-* I really hope that you never have to go through watching a dear friend die like that :( But the game wasn't Aquaria, it wasn't around then, this was a kind of tiile game with a watery feel, you cleared blocks to gain fish for it? Anyone recognise it from this description?
I've found it, it's Big Kahuna Reef :D not really a patch on Aquaria but it did numb my mind so that I could sleep ::)
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I'm also sorry to hear that and also glad you found something to keep you sane during that time. Games like this really do work wonders in destressing, though my experience there is mostly related to exam season.
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My first playthrough was (runs off to check game).. lets see, 17:24, that was the first time I actually won. Although that was without finding most of the secrets, so basically what I did was reload right before the boss so I could do some other stuff. Right now I am only missing the odd treasure and my game time is 24:55. However, I should take into account my reloads, and since I most likely died at least once when facing each boss that would probably add about two hrs to my game-time. Also, It takes about 45 mins to beat the final boss and see the ending, and since I died right at the fifth form and had to start over more than once that probably adds three more hours. I also started another playthrough and am currently 52 mins in. So all together this adds up to about thirty-one hours. As for the forums, well... forums are forums. I don't think you should count the time you spend on here. However when I came here looking for help in the middle of the game I found what I needed fairly quickly. (Thanks guys!)
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Thanks Particlese, time has worked to heal though I miss her still :)
I hate to add this Zoke but I think everyone has done a lot of dying at times, OP killed me quite a lot until I found his measure, and CP was also a bit of a strain lol
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Hey, dieing is a natural part of adventure games, and life in general, actually. You end up dieing at least once in both cases anyway.
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You can only die once in the real life, Zoko, but yeah...
Honestly, I'm happy I haven't had a death in a long while, but... let's get back on topic. >.>
I'm tempted to try another speed run... To better my time of about 2 hours, but there would be no way of actually taping it, seeing I don't like fraps and a 2 hour speed run... isn't that speedy. EVEN IF THE GAME IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE WAY LONGER.
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Well, you could experience death more than once, anyway. (By that I mean the death of someone you knew)
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:o Holy cow, Aquaria in two hours?! I don't think I could bring myself to go through that quickly, even if I knew how! I've tried to speedrun Deus Ex since I've played it so many times, but I can never resist the urge to explore and mess around with the AI and throwable objects.
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I have no intention of ever doing it fast let alone trying for 2 hours, I prefer the long immersion and experience :)
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Pretty sure my save was around 30 hours or so first time. I found most of the treasures and fun stuff, but not quite all. Would probably put a bit more time into a 2nd playthrough, but I just haven't had the time yet.
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I have no intention of ever doing it fast let alone trying for 2 hours, I prefer the long immersion and experience :)
Yeah, I think it's more fun if you let yourself get into the game. That's what it's all about, right?
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Once you've completed the game 100% and acquired everything thrice, you can do a speedrun, believe me. ^^;
EDIT: Well, I've outrun myself, Speedrun: 1:35 (http://willhostforfood.com/dl.php?fileid=56566)
A complete speedrun with nothing but all forms.
I died only once until I came to the body, died twice while I just got a spirit, seeing I was in fish form...
And once again when I became poisoned and had no more food.
And two times in the big enemy area, psh.. Had to swim from the lost city twice. ~_~
Either way, Aquaria is pretty damn easy (and boring) if you swim by everything, I even got past the horde of big nautilus unharmed (near the end of the big enemy area before the creator). I just swam past!
And no, I haven't defeated the creator, I did that more than enough already. ^^
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Once you've completed the game 100% and acquired everything thrice, you can do a speedrun, believe me. ^^;
EDIT: Well, I've outrun myself, Speedrun: 1:35 (http://willhostforfood.com/dl.php?fileid=56566)
A complete speedrun with nothing but all forms.
I died only once until I came to the body, died twice while I just got a spirit, seeing I was in fish form...
And once again when I became poisoned and had no more food.
And two times in the big enemy area, psh.. Had to swim from the lost city twice. ~_~
Either way, Aquaria is pretty damn easy (and boring) if you swim by everything, I even got past the horde of big nautilus unharmed (near the end of the big enemy area before the creator). I just swam past!
And no, I haven't defeated the creator, I did that more than enough already. ^^
::) ::) ::) lol
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Once you've completed the game 100% and acquired everything thrice, you can do a speedrun, believe me. ^^;
EDIT: Well, I've outrun myself, Speedrun: 1:35 (http://willhostforfood.com/dl.php?fileid=56566)
A complete speedrun with nothing but all forms.
I died only once until I came to the body, died twice while I just got a spirit, seeing I was in fish form...
And once again when I became poisoned and had no more food.
And two times in the big enemy area, psh.. Had to swim from the lost city twice. ~_~
Either way, Aquaria is pretty damn easy (and boring) if you swim by everything, I even got past the horde of big nautilus unharmed (near the end of the big enemy area before the creator). I just swam past!
And no, I haven't defeated the creator, I did that more than enough already. ^^
:o ... I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
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Once you've completed the game 100% and acquired everything thrice, you can do a speedrun, believe me. ^^;
EDIT: Well, I've outrun myself, Speedrun: 1:35 (http://willhostforfood.com/dl.php?fileid=56566)
A complete speedrun with nothing but all forms.
I died only once until I came to the body, died twice while I just got a spirit, seeing I was in fish form...
And once again when I became poisoned and had no more food.
And two times in the big enemy area, psh.. Had to swim from the lost city twice. ~_~
Either way, Aquaria is pretty damn easy (and boring) if you swim by everything, I even got past the horde of big nautilus unharmed (near the end of the big enemy area before the creator). I just swam past!
And no, I haven't defeated the creator, I did that more than enough already. ^^
For the hell of it I'll quote myself too...
Either way, how could it be bad? I didn't even try that hard, could've prolly shaved off at least 20 minutes if I used walls for travelling and didn't get the fish and spirit form, but I'm not sure about that. The fish is the fastest shape, but beast form plus walls is even faster, though, harder to control. I also only used sun form in the abyss, while I could've gone on my sense and swim with the fish or beast every now and then. It was fun doing this, but not fun enough to do it again... Maybe I'll try a 100% run next time... will probably be around the 6 hours or so xD