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)

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

4 Comments


1 month ago

giving me a reason to never touch these lmao

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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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