Time. Where Did You Go?

Earlier this week I wrote a post regarding my experiences (which are one hundred perfect stellar) with Splinter Cell Conviction.  Since writing the post I have been continually playing through the multiplayer modes such as Hunter (take down enemies, which multiply if you set off alarms) and currently the DLC mode Infiltration.  Which is like Hunter only ten times more frustrating as you have to infiltrate the maps without being spotted.

So gaming shock number two of the week has been just how much time I have sunk into Conviction in just seven days.  Here’s a shot from the Ubisoft website:

Now aside from the shameful fact that my last game was on Rookie difficulty (I have completed the game on Realistic, honest guv, check my last post and achievements) just have a look at that Time played stat.  Thirty seven hours in a week.  I’m not sure if I’m supposed to be shocked, appalled, ashamed or downright proud of that figure.

I use the gaming aggregation social network/web 37.0 site Raptr and one of my favourite features is the chart that tells you how many hours you have spent on your most played games.  My stats for this are all rather wrong, as when you play on Live in Appear Offline mode (as I quite often do) that time isn’t counted, which is why Fallout 3 is my most played game at 66 hours but in reality my save game shows a whopping 105 hours have been spent.  Oh and that’s just the Xbox 360 version, I also have a 60+ hour character on the PC as well for good measure.  I think my Forza 3 sessions over the past few weeks would have been scraping the charts as well if it weren’t for my privacy options.

If anything I’m not experiencing any of the above emotions regarding my achievement this past week with Conviction, I’m just grateful to have had the spare time to be able to play these games for that long.  And to have a partner who puts up with me while I spend hour after hour hurling obscenities at the television.
It also shows just how engrossed I have become with online multiplayer, and more specifically co-op modes.  It’s taken a long time for me to get out of the habit of playing single player only sections of games and avoiding online like the plague.  Anyone who has jumped into a random match with people in Halo, Modern Warfare or any other top tier shooter will know what I’m talking about.  Playing with strangers is never a good idea, especially on Live.

Which brings me pretty much to the end of my free time.  I won’t be cracking hours into Mass Effect 2 before I go back to work, I’ll be continuing to hone my Infiltration skills.  It would be a bonus if I could stop dreaming about stealth action and wanting to shoot out lights everywhere I go though.

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