I'm one of those that has played too many of all the games released since 1984, and I notice that for decades I've been "searching for the Grail" in many different gaming categories... Some way I end up waiting for some game, then when it arrives I play it for a week or two only to realize it was not the Grail - again! I pick up some game years before the release like "Combat Mission Battle for Normandy" for wargames, "Star Wars the Old Republic" for an MMO, Silent Hunter 5 for a Naval simulator but mostly flight sims naturally. I waited for Rise of Flight since that first thread in the SimHQ forum etc... Every time I get a bit disappointed even though some get close to the mark. And then I friggin start waiting for something else to be the Grail. Right now I'm waiting for the CloD patch thinking it may be the Grail
I guess the chase is better than the catch?
There are a few games that I really played for years, like the Dynamix series, the Falcon series, the Combat Mission series, the Steel Panther series and of course the mother of all goats IL2 that's been on my hard drives since the first release ten years ago... But I do play Steel Panters (WinSPMBT) occasionally on PBEM so I guess that's the winner in longevity even though It's very far from that first Steel Panthers it's still the same game at heart.
Thinking of it I will start a new thread in the Pilots Lounge taking a screenshot of my current "games" folder with my current game shortcuts I have on my desktop and see if others chime in for some inspiration
And yes - I do spend to much time here in my grail hunting quest. A good relaxation from a high stress load at work and all the other demands of life
EDIT: And to the original question I just have 55 hours on Clod, still waiting to start the campaign after the Grail patch - but It's working multiplayer that I'm really waiting for...