Looking for a non MMO to play

[Rylon]

Hey guys,

I'm looking for a grindy, time sink game that isn't an MMO to spend some time on. Some examples of grinds/time sinks that I enjoyed are materia mastery in FFVII, armor and weapon crafting in Monster Hunter, leveling up pokemon, etc. Anyone have any suggestions?

[Bootit]

Civilization, any of the series, it takes a few hours to finish a game and it's always different

[haydude]

If I remember correctly, Star Ocean The Last Hope had a huge battle trophy system (100 trophies for each character) that involved some serious time sinking. Mundane things like "kill 30,000 enemies of a specific type with that character" or "Attack first 10 fights in a row with this character" to specific things like "deal Exactly 11,111 Damage" and various stages of trophy completion unlocked things. Also I think the level cap in that game is like 255?

[Wilian]

Planetscape Torment. Tens of hours worth of gameplay with immediate effects based on character builts.

[Calzaeth]

Start ANY character on any Elder Scrolls game after Arena, then try to max all skills. ALL OF THEM. Should keep you busy for a while =)

[Chowderman]

Sins of a Solar Empire, a complex RTS game, with a sci-fi theme. Put it on max mode with over 100 planets and several races, the game gets out of control real fast.

[Deleted]

While its not a fantasy game as such,

I found X3 terran conflict to be a very potent time sink. Especailly playing as a merchant. From pretty humble beginnings with a clunky cargo ship, Slowly and slowly building a galaxy wide business empire with dozens of fleets in every system. and massive start cruisers and starports at your beck and call.

[Calzaeth]

While its not a fantasy game as such,

I found X3 terran conflict to be a very potent time sink. Especailly playing as a merchant. From pretty humble beginnings with a clunky cargo ship, Slowly and slowly building a galaxy wide business empire with dozens of fleets in every system. and massive start cruisers and starports at your beck and call.

OP asked for a time SINK, not a time STOP.

Seriously, my brother showed me that game once, and the next time I went grocery shopping, I felt like a neanderthal with a rock instead of a dude with VISA =P