10 Most Severely Addictive Video Games Of The Last 10 Years
2. Final Fantasy XIV
Final Fantasy XIV WILL consume your life. There is no debate here.
It used to be that World of Warcraft was the most addicting MMO out there, but in the last decade, that title has been thoroughly claimed by Square Enix's embarrassment-turned-cash-cow, Final Fantasy XIV.
While the original build of this game came out before 2010, we do not count that version anymore, as neither 1.0 nor even A Realm Reborn is responsible for the game becoming the social life-consuming, all-encompassing experience that robs you of your ability to talk or even think about anything else that it is.
What makes this game so addicting is that, ironically, it 100% respects your time. There are very few timed events, and those that do exist don't have anything that you absolutely NEED in order to progress in the game, at most giving you an emote or a vehicle. The online store is so out of your way that some players have trouble finding it, and when you do find it, everything there is purely cosmetic. Meaning that you really don't have to pay anything more than the $15 subscription fee to play the game.
Add onto that the perfection of the WoW gameplay formula, one of the best storylines in the Final Fantasy canon, dungeons that put all other MMO dungeons to shame, and you get a game that your scribe happily lets leech $15 off of his oh so limited funds every month.