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)

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

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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