How long should a game be?

Keeping it short for now, different genres have different expectations but price is a factor also IMO. Child of light can get away with being a 10-15 hour game because it was only $15.

7 hours minimum, with multiplayer.

Single player only 10-12 hours minimum.

Depends on the type of game. FPS can be short because most people only play those for the mulitplayer. I've played some games for over 100 hours and didn't have a problem with it. I might be different because I like to try do everything in a game, not just rush through the main story.

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"Are Videogames Too Long?",

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Seeing this and this guys other video's makes me think he hates video games.



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"Dragon Age: Inquisition is 40-80 hours long....and that...just made me...weep inside."

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I really enjoy longer games. My job has me working 12 hour shifts, so on my days off, I really like to get lost in a lengthy game.

i ahve different schools of thought.

games like inquisition and borderlands are something i expect to put 50+ hours into and then never play again. dont like having to do skill trees and fetch quests over again.

games like dark souls (not counting 1st playthrough), deus ex human revolution, max payne 3, RE4, etc, I expect 12 hours and tons of replayability so i can play over and over and not get bored

what chaps my arse is when you get shite like far cry 3 where there's a ton of skill trees, collectibles, fetch quests and shite and the game only lasts 12 hours. that's when i feel like i wasted money. i dont want to start over and go find 30 relics to unlock a badass gun again.

i just want fun, dynamic, refreshing campaigns that arent repetitive when im playing a 10-12 hour game. When im playing the long haul games like i mentioned above, i dont mind it being a long experience that is a one time deal

what is the typical AC gameplay time frame?

I'd never even thought about it because it takes me a long time to finish only putting in an hour or two here and there. I'm also somewhat of a completionist so I probably take longer than most

I only play games with 50+.

I don't want some campaign that is done in 7 hours then nothing but mindless multiplayer crap.

i think generally the expectation for a $60 console game with no multiplayer is probably 12-15 hours. Slightly less if there is replayability as some have mentioned already. For me personally, if there isn't at least a co-op option with some fun replayability or potential for interesting DLC, there's no way a game with less than 10 hours of gameplay is getting a full $60 from me. I wouldn't bother investing that few hours to be disappointed and feel like I wasted $60.

I used to think that was a pretty standard opinion around here, but we have a lot of diverse opinions on this topic this week. strange. honestly, it seems like a lot of the PS fans are dropping their expectations around here just to defend Order 1866 (because it's a PS exclusive). Which is puzzling because they aren't developers or investors. Seems like it would be to their advantage to not allow a developer to soo easily pull this off without receiving some grief to prevent this from becoming the norm. just calling it how i see it. sorry.

Is grinding time considered length of game? If so, my roommate would say destiny is about 4 billion hours in length. If you asked me, the story mode took about 6 hours and now I'm playing other stuff