Clock's Ticking

Whether you're trying to meet a deadline or simply have a limited amount of in-game time before it ends, the importance of time is reflected in both the narrative and the gameplay. (ongoing)

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Project Firestart
Project Firestart
Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia
The Magic Candle
The Magic Candle
Time Lord
Time Lord
Dark Seed
Dark Seed
Splatterhouse 3
Splatterhouse 3
Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon
Fallout
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout 2
Castlevania
Castlevania
WinBack: Covert Operations
WinBack: Covert Operations
Shenmue
Shenmue
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Pikmin
Pikmin
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
Pathologic
Pathologic
Lost in Blue
Lost in Blue
Persona 3
Persona 3
Dead Rising
Dead Rising
Persona 4
Persona 4
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Don't Shit Your Pants
Don't Shit Your Pants
Half-Minute Hero
Half-Minute Hero
Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 2
Pandora's Tower
Pandora's Tower
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
FTL: Faster Than Light
FTL: Faster Than Light
Pikmin 3
Pikmin 3
Dead Rising 3
Dead Rising 3
Hero Must Die
Hero Must Die
Persona 5
Persona 5
D: The Game
D: The Game
Minit
Minit
Fear & Hunger
Fear & Hunger
Pathologic 2
Pathologic 2
Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds
Shenmue III
Shenmue III
Perfect Vermin
Perfect Vermin
Deathloop
Deathloop
Roadwarden
Roadwarden
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
World of Horror
World of Horror

4 Comments


28 days ago

giving me a reason to never touch these lmao

28 days ago

@imshitting420 Some of them use it in really cool ways! Others really just use the time limit as a narrative tool - for instance, Shenmue will give you a bad ending after a certain number of in-game days but you pretty much have to be trying to run the clock to actually see it. I won't say all of these games hit the mark with it but a good few of them definitely do

28 days ago

@DoctorQuark i played shenmue a while back but got a headache from the back and forth and cluelessness. now u givin me another reason to stay away from it lmao (sound like a broken record but i thot it would be funny to say that)

i do gotta play pikmin someday tho thats for sure

27 days ago

@imshitting420 Shenmue is definitely a rough time anyways so I don't really blame ya. And Pikmin can be very stressful... But it's also very gratifying once you pick up what it's putting down, so I definitely recommend you give it a try when you can


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