[General Discussion] RPGs, a sprint or a marathon?

I would absolutely consider myself a marathon runner when it comes to playing rpg's.

I've always been the type of person, that wants to experience everything an rpg has to offer. It is not surprising that some of the rpg's I invest time in can go upwards to 100 to 200+ hours. I guess I'm the type of player that once I play an rpg and do everything in that rpg especially secret bosses and secret dungeons I never want to touch that rpg again.

I have a tremendous amount of rpg's that I haven't played even back to the snes days. I've actually been concentrating the majority of my time playing rpg's for older consoles instead of the current generation of consoles even though on the scatter occasion I will play something on the PS3.

The way I look at it is that playing my collection of video games will be what my retirement will consist of, in the meantime I will continue to do everything I can in every rpg I play within a certain extreme. I'm not one for gridning but I always prefer to finish every side-quest, get every skill, finish collection lists, monster itineraries or anything else along those lines.

I know one of the hardest rpg series to complete everything is the star ocean series. Especially with its item creation and multiple endings. Its a challenge I look forward to.

How ya doing, buddy?