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Game Clocks vs. Wii Play Time

post #1 of 8
9/5/07 at 9:20pm
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How are in-game clocks on games determined? I was looking at my completion time and realized what it said couldn't possibly be the true amount of time I have spent with this thing so far. So I went into the Wii message board and tallied up my play time messages for MP3.

Wii Play Time: 28:04 in MP3:Corruption

MP3:Corruption Game Completion Clock: 23% @ 9:32

Does it not register areas that you have to replay?

On another board I asked someone said it doesn't count cutscenes/dialogue/etc. I don't see that cutscenes have made up for two thirds of the time I have been playing.
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post #2 of 8
9/5/07 at 10:35pm
I was curious about this as well.

Did you leave the game paused for any extended periods of time? Prime doesn't exactly have a conventional pause screen, but I don't know if the map acts as one.
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post #3 of 8
9/5/07 at 10:38pm
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I have paused it with the Home button and left it for about thirty minutes. But mostly I have been actively playing.
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post #4 of 8
9/5/07 at 10:48pm
Yeah, I'm not sure then. My friend has had similar time discrepancies but nothing that dramatic.
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post #5 of 8
9/5/07 at 11:14pm
I sincerely doubt MP's play clock registers things like time spent repeatedly attempting something like a boss encounter, or game pauses, or, well, just about anything that doesn't further you through the narrative.
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post #6 of 8
9/6/07 at 12:20am
The Wii Play time indicator also includes opening logos, the front end, and any time spent dicking around with the menus. And it always rounds up to a minute.
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post #7 of 8
9/6/07 at 4:29pm
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So when someone says they finished a game with XX:XX time, what does that mean? Do most people quote the physical time spent playing or the game clock?

I will have to go back and check but I think I had 27 hours on the game clock for SPM. I think my physical time playing that was very close to the game clock.
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post #8 of 8
9/6/07 at 4:32pm
Most people quote the game clock.
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