Many games do seem to be getting shorter, hell some even remove the single player component completely (Battlefield series, I am looking at you...what on earth happened to the campaigns that we saw in BF1942?!). But look at it this way...
An average FPS, 8-10 hours at £30.
An average action film, 2 hours at £19 for a DVD.
An RPG, bloody ages at £30. There are games like Final Fantasy on the PS2 that keep track of how long you've played, and often if you play through it looking for secrets and whatnot you can easily hit ridiculously long play times.
Lord of the Rings, ~9 hours at around £50 for the boxed set.
...are you really getting ripped off in comparison?
well for me I like a long game such as Oblivian thats open ended. Freelancer for another example took me a week or so to do. mainly I look at games that are open ended something that will keep my interst in the game like GTA game mainly SA for it's opened endness.
That's right, I've gotten incredible mileage out of some games like Rome: Total War, Neverwinter Nights, and Serious Sam. Other games, like God of War, were awesome but really only took 10 hours of playtime.
I like long games. One of the reasons i like long games is because they are more fun to play, there's usually more story, and therefore more stuff to do and more stuff to be seen. I don't care for games that you can beat with only a few hours of playing.
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In the Prey forum someone complained that the game was too short with its 7.5 hours of gameplay in single player. He said that he bought it, went home that afternoon, and beat it, was upset that he sat there for 7.5 hours playing a short game, then returned it the next day.
I don't see how some people can sit there are play games for 7 hours straight. I can't do any one thing for that long. At most i may play two to three hours a day when i do play games. Most of the time anymore its maybe a half hour or so and i go do something else. Actually, come to think of it, the game i've logged the most time on was KotOR.
I don't see how some people can sit there are play games for 7 hours straight
I hear ya there...I think the most I can ever play straight is 3 or 4 max hours. Yet - that would only ever happen with games like the Total War series or KOTOR too...I could never play an FPS for more than an hour at most.
Another thing that effects game length : Skill.
What Mr Pink may be able to do in 1 attempt in 5 minutes may take Mr. Blue an hour and 15 attempts.
For example I would get a huge game time from an RPG because I dont play them. I would have to learn a new set of skills and things whereas a RPG fan would be able to progress faster then me. However if you put an FPS in fron of him, he will not progress as fast as me (I only play FPS games & rome : TW).
Also, I dont play often but when I do it is a binge session. I will play 4 hours or Rome, then a few of an FPS...could easily last 7 hours. Tends to be on the occasional saturday when I feel too hungover to go outdoors.
I'll add one of these "signature" thingies at some point....
That's 100% true and something that I didnt think of before.
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I will play 4 hours or Rome,
See now I can do the same b/c there's a game that's meant to be played for long hours as it pulls you in...so spending hours straight playing that could be expected...with an FPS though I just cant play for more than an hour at most...the only time I ever binge gamed was with the original Call of Duty...I literally played my friends copy of it for a few hours straight on the hard level while he sat there and watched the whole time.
to me the ideal playtime of a game would be at least 50 hours.i hate short games.one thing i dont like about most FPS is most of them only have like 11-15 levels
Thats why I love games that will let you continue doing things after you've completed the game. I hate games that when you beat it, the credits roll, and you can't even just torture towns with what you unlocked.
It takes me at least a 2 days to complete a game. I used to be good, but I just don't have the time to sit 5 hours a day on a game.
When you kill your enemy, you want to look into his eyes so he knows you're the one who beat him to death!
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