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Do really long games (80+ hours) excite you or turn you off nowadays?
- Thread starter Shizuka
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Depends if I'm over the last long game I played and/or if I've got a backlog of tv/movies I want to watch in the near future. Burning through some shows while grinding in games can be quite relaxing.
When I did my max stat game of FFX back in 2000, I would carry our family's tiny picture tube TV down some stairs to the room with the computer set up so I could watch stuff while playing lol. Picture in picture on my first HDTV was a game changer, now I just use an old PC monitor for a second screen, works well ;)
When I did my max stat game of FFX back in 2000, I would carry our family's tiny picture tube TV down some stairs to the room with the computer set up so I could watch stuff while playing lol. Picture in picture on my first HDTV was a game changer, now I just use an old PC monitor for a second screen, works well ;)
We rarely get games that even hit the 80 hour mark, past a select like 5 RPG titles. So, no it doesn't turn me off, I wish we had more.
As someone with a terrible backlog of JRPGs it I generally a turn off for me. My problem is that I start an rpg but lose focus 1/3 to 1/2 of the way in. Looking and game lengh has kept me from getting DQ XI to this point
I play all games like that. The Last of Us took me 19-20 hours on all three playthroughs, for example, and I've played a FTP/GaaS title Let It Die for 2½ years. Reaching the 40th floor of LID's main game takes a lot of time for a beginner, no matter how you play the game. So, the length isn't an issue, and I like to sit down and play a game for hours when I have the time. Actually, I prefer the kind of games that take time and suck me in like that, compared to a passing entertainment.
It's different with open world games, where the size of the map and amount of quests are selling points. They just seem daunting and too much work for me, much like it's when Netflix adds several seasons of series right away. It feels like I don't even want to start at that point.
They definitely turn me off these days. Unless it's for something I'm really looking forward to and intend to spend a lot of time with, such as Persona 5. I think it's one of the reasons I haven't played any of the recent Assassin's Creed games, the thought of playing something so big and slogging through all the quests and whatnot is pretty agonizing.
This is me most of the time, except Yakuza 0 which I spent 100+ hours playing.
Meanwhile I bought Kiwami and Kiwami 2 and I've only spent about 5 hours in the former and none in the latter despite having both pre-ordered/ready to play since launch on PC.
The only upcoming games I can see myself spending ~100 hours with in the next year or so are Shenmue III and Cyberpunk 2077.
Same and that includes the bit about the masterpiece that is RDR2. I'll add that I played, and replayed the Witcher 3 for over a 1000 hours including DLC and wanted more.
Halo as a franchise at it's best for instance gives you about a solid campaign of about 8-10 hours, and is something most diehards will come back to replay over and over again in time while it also has an excellent MP side with all the trimmings that gives you hundreds of hours to invest in, and I love it but I don't feel the same about a franchise like CoD, so like you said it depends on the series.
I'm looking forward to spending the rest of my life in Cyberpunk just like I did with Witcher 3 :) Certain special releases can really benefit from the length. If it's a series with lots of releases though it just creates fatigue imo.
It was never a plus to me in the first place. Though I can enjoy long games, I much prefer quality to quantity. I have a friend who plays games primarily as a means of wasting time (his words, not mine) and he loves game to have a long campaign in addition to a large map littered with busywork "content". I'm just not about that life.
Not really, I don't enjoy it as much as more. Mainly because with some games, it's the same core gameplay that's stretched out and padded out with fetch quests and stuff. If it's a linear story that is 80 hours, I'm totally down. If it's a 50 open world sandbox game, I usually just pass it on it nowadays.
They've always been a big turn off for me. I've got zero interest in something that just drags on unless it's filled with content the whole way through. Fire Emblem, for example, generally has you in battle, thinking of your next move for most of its length, so it has never felt draggy to me before (I put 250 hours into Fates, 100 into Awakening, 75 into SoV); likewise Pokemon pre-3DS and Dragon Quest games.
Pacing becomes an issue too, I've hated every Xenoblade game because they all take soooooooooooooooo long to just get started. I've heard 2 is great, but it takes 30+ hours to become good and the start is crap. I don't have a day to waste on crap. I got 5 hours in and quit.
Pacing becomes an issue too, I've hated every Xenoblade game because they all take soooooooooooooooo long to just get started. I've heard 2 is great, but it takes 30+ hours to become good and the start is crap. I don't have a day to waste on crap. I got 5 hours in and quit.
If the game is worth it, I'm happy to spend that time in the world. I love playing the Trails games, for example, and I wouldn't want to see those get shortened up at all.
Probably excite. Can't wait to spent 80+ hours with Cyberpunk. Or Pokemon. Or Tales of Arise.
I'm excited for a game, if it's long or short doesn't influence my excitement.
I'm excited for a game, if it's long or short doesn't influence my excitement.
Oh hell yes! I love CDPR and Cyberpunk is my most anticipated outside of Halo Infinite. And I agree with you.
I can't play games like that anymore, which is just sad. That probably goes for 20-40 hours games too to be honest... so the newer Yakuza games and Persona 5 will probably never get played. :(
I wont buy any games that long unless its a very rare exception, I just dont have enough free hours to get through those games in a reasonable time frame.
I played through RDR2 last year and Ill play through Cyberpunk next year, but their length is a huge negative for me.
I played through RDR2 last year and Ill play through Cyberpunk next year, but their length is a huge negative for me.
That depends. I can absolutely play games for that long, but JRPGs of that length are out of the question due to the way they are usually padded.
I did not buy Persona 5 because I was not even close to finishing P4 when I got tired of it. I loved the first 30-40 hours of P4, but eventually it got really stale.
Games like NMS on the other hand, I can probably play forever.
I did not buy Persona 5 because I was not even close to finishing P4 when I got tired of it. I loved the first 30-40 hours of P4, but eventually it got really stale.
Games like NMS on the other hand, I can probably play forever.
P5's pacing is a lot worse and it's even longer to boot, you dodged a bullet there.
Basically this.
That being said, it also depends on a bunch of factors, like the game genre, my own mood, free time availability, etc.
The way I see it, games can be put (very subjectively, thus very personally) in two boxes : games that you'll only "finish" once, and games you'll "replay" at some point.
I prefer "One Shot" games to be reasonably meaty, and "replayable" games to be deep but relatively short, say 10~30h tops.
It depends on the game. I'm more open to turn based jrpgs taking longer (and sometimes even excited!)--ARPGs or SRPGS not so much.
No SPRG has ever benefitted from being that long. At the same time, 90% of the time devs overestimate how long it takes to play a playthrough of a game. Bravely Second was supposed to be an 80+hr game--it took me 45 to do everything barring grinding every single class up to max.
No SPRG has ever benefitted from being that long. At the same time, 90% of the time devs overestimate how long it takes to play a playthrough of a game. Bravely Second was supposed to be an 80+hr game--it took me 45 to do everything barring grinding every single class up to max.
It highly depends. I love my 15 hours games like Uncharted but a long JRPG can also be amazing from time to time. I really enjoyed my time with DQXI for example, even though it took me 8 months to beat it.
If the game's length is flaunted as its strong point I'm definitely turned away, but if I end up liking the game I'll gladly spend the hours. Breath of the Wild and Xenoblade 2 captivated mema to the very endof and beyond even if they took me a hundred hours each.
Wow, good to know! I wish they shortened the padding during the main story (in JPRGs in general), and put some of that content in the post game instead.
I used to love them, now they're a turnoff. I play games around maybe 5 hours a week, so something with 80+ hours will take me forever.
But still I'm currently playing DQXI again, played through most of Persona 5, bought Divinity Original Sin 2 and have FF12 on backlog.... So I guess I didn't learn.
I still enjoy them though.
But still I'm currently playing DQXI again, played through most of Persona 5, bought Divinity Original Sin 2 and have FF12 on backlog.... So I guess I didn't learn.
I still enjoy them though.
Mostly a turn off. Open world games usually bore me to death before the end - there are some exception of course. I played Sekiro [ 80+ hour ] and Days Gone [ 60+ hour ] this year. But i leave on my backlog games like Final Fantasy XV and Dragon Quest XI, because of their length.
Really depends? TES6? Hit me up with that 500 hours. Just story games like Uncharted? 20 hours-ish. Open World games with good stories like Days Gone, Spider-Man, Horizon? 60 hours. Then there re the in-betweens like Breath of the Wild which are more about exploring than story I guess? ~100 hours.
Indie stories? 10 hours.
Indie stories? 10 hours.
If they can be new and mechanically interesting throughout the duration, I say go for it. Okami, for instance, is a long, loooong game, but you're still gettting new skills and putting those to the test in fun dungeons right up to the very end. BotW, on the other hand, gives you virtually everything instantly, and then fails to follow through with the potential it implies, mashing the player against the same things time and time again for the next however many dozen hours. So it really just depends on the curve of the game.
Supposed game time has never mattered a whole lot to me or ever even factored in to my purchasing decision. I'll happily play a game for 100 or 1000 hours if I'm having fun. Same with short games, I have no problem paying 60 bucks for a short-ish experience. As long as the investment is feasible for me at the moment, of course.
