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WTF I’ve waited years for Bloodstained : RotN and it’s only 10 hours?!
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10 hours for the first playthrough.
8-9 hours for the first Nightmare playthrough.
7-9 hours for a playthrough w/restrictions (no crafting, self-ban on shards I relied too much on during previous playthroughs, etc).
And so on and so forth. I'm okay with this news, because if Bloodstained captures my heart, I'm going to spend a lot more than one playthrough on it.
8-9 hours for the first Nightmare playthrough.
7-9 hours for a playthrough w/restrictions (no crafting, self-ban on shards I relied too much on during previous playthroughs, etc).
And so on and so forth. I'm okay with this news, because if Bloodstained captures my heart, I'm going to spend a lot more than one playthrough on it.
This is why a lot of modern single player games are awful, people judging their quality strictly by hours forced to play to complete.
Good. Igavania's don't need to be 30 Hour behemoths, 10-15hrs for a basic playthrough is the sweet spot, 20+hr playthroughs are for the more completionist styles, and even then that is a bit much. If the base play time average was any higher doing a completionist run would be an absolute nightmare.
Sounds like the perfect length to me. I really can't see an issue here no matter how hard I try to find one.
10 hours sounds like a great length to me. As others have said, it's also pretty much in line with other Castlevania games. SotN reached these times with the questionable padding of the back-half of the game.
What I really want to know, OP, is the money-to-hours ratio. Everyone knows that the best games are €/$1 = 1 hour of gameplay.
Kinda close to a standard playthroug of sotn for me unless I spend a lot of time farming heaven swords and crissengims.
I probably played SOTN for a long ass time before I was done with it. I wouldn't be surprised if it was up to 50 hours or more. Especially if you count all the times playing with friends and taking them through the beginning to show them how awesome the game was. That game had me good I wanted to farm all of the rare items and try them out, to fill in all of the drop tables in the bestiary, I needed two of some of the really rare weapons like the rune blade that only drops from that damn dodo, I needed to level all of the familiars up to max, hell I left the game on overnight while my familiars killed zombies in the first hallways. So I don't doubt your time claim like everyone else.
But I also don't think it would have been accurate for Konami to claim SOTN had "50" hours of gameplay, since I beat the game many many times in those 50 hours. Hearing that Bloodstained is a "10" hour game doesn't bother me. Also I don't have 50 hours to put into any game these days anyway.
Edit: oh you said 50 hours for your first playthrough? Yeah you're remembering wrong.
But I also don't think it would have been accurate for Konami to claim SOTN had "50" hours of gameplay, since I beat the game many many times in those 50 hours. Hearing that Bloodstained is a "10" hour game doesn't bother me. Also I don't have 50 hours to put into any game these days anyway.
Edit: oh you said 50 hours for your first playthrough? Yeah you're remembering wrong.
10 hours is fine. And I'm sure you're not 100% at 10 hours, especially if you take your time (like me).
I hear ya dawg. Quantity over quality, all day err' day. If a game isn't at least 30 hours long then it isn't worth a damn.
Sound in line with Castlevania. Wonder if they still keep kickstarter goal "Biggest castle ever"
Remind me to never try to pathfind through a mystical castle with you OP unless I want to wander lost in circles for over two days straight!
Anything past 13 hours for SoTN means you're grinding for items or attempting to max out your stats. I assume it'll be the same for RoTN.
Maybe we'll find out in another 50 hours after he replays SOTN.
The Igavanias have never been super duper long.
Sounds about normal. I'm sure there'll be more if you go try to 100% and the bonus modes.
Sounds about normal. I'm sure there'll be more if you go try to 100% and the bonus modes.
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Symphony Of The Night: Main Story: 8½h, Completionist 17h.
Circle Of The Moon: Main Story 10h, Completionist 18h.
Harmony Of Dissonance: Main Story 8h, Completionist 13½h.
Aria Of Sorrow: Main Story 7h, Completionist 14½h.
Dawn Of Sorrow: Main Story 10h, Completionist 25h.
Portrait Of Ruin: Main Story 10h, Completionist 22h.
Order Of Ecclesia: Main Story 11h, Completionist 22½h.
Harmony Of Despair: Main Story 10½h, Completionist 23h.
Symphony Of The Night: Main Story: 8½h, Completionist 17h.
Circle Of The Moon: Main Story 10h, Completionist 18h.
Harmony Of Dissonance: Main Story 8h, Completionist 13½h.
Aria Of Sorrow: Main Story 7h, Completionist 14½h.
Dawn Of Sorrow: Main Story 10h, Completionist 25h.
Portrait Of Ruin: Main Story 10h, Completionist 22h.
Order Of Ecclesia: Main Story 11h, Completionist 22½h.
Harmony Of Despair: Main Story 10½h, Completionist 23h.
10 hours sounds good to me, there are also more modes to discover. The value should be nice in Bloodstained. SotN wasn't that long only when you were going for all items and everything else.
Yeah what is OP on about?
Seems pretty normal for a igavania game tbh.
Sounds about right? I wouldn't want these type of games to be much longer anyway.
These games tend to be very dense in nature; you do a lot of things in a short amount of time. I remember South Park Stcik of Truth. That game was about 12 hours to finish and do most side-quests. That sounds short, but the game is so densely packed and well-paced that it feels like a full, complete game. It didn't need to be any longer. Old Zelda's were the same. LttP is a 15 hour game or something, but do you ever hear people complain it's too short or has too little to do?
I love games that have no fat, it makes them very replayable. I love the Xenoblade series, but if I think back to the many many hours I spent doing menial tasks and pointless nonsense (fucking Mercenaries) I shudder to think about a replay. South Park? Sure I might give it another go sometime, you can finish it in a few days, no fat.
These games tend to be very dense in nature; you do a lot of things in a short amount of time. I remember South Park Stcik of Truth. That game was about 12 hours to finish and do most side-quests. That sounds short, but the game is so densely packed and well-paced that it feels like a full, complete game. It didn't need to be any longer. Old Zelda's were the same. LttP is a 15 hour game or something, but do you ever hear people complain it's too short or has too little to do?
I love games that have no fat, it makes them very replayable. I love the Xenoblade series, but if I think back to the many many hours I spent doing menial tasks and pointless nonsense (fucking Mercenaries) I shudder to think about a replay. South Park? Sure I might give it another go sometime, you can finish it in a few days, no fat.
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