How important is game length to you? - Other Gaming Forum

rayword45 · 2012-11-08T01:18:57+00:00

Has this been a thread before? I honestly don't know. Just read the title. My opinion is that it's a fairly important factor, but shouldn't be taken into account too much, especially in milder cases. If I had a choice between an awesome game with a 7-hour campaign or a half-decent one clocking in around 60 hours both with no replay value, I'd probably go with the former. However, shorter and I probably wouldn't be satisfied with my purchase. I also think game length should be relative to price when it first comes out. This is especially true for downloadable titles, as I see people complain about titles like Jett Rocket (4-5 hours for $10), Braid (5 hours for $5 (discount)) and Limbo (5-6 hours for $10) for being too short, and then comparing them to old PS2 titles that cost $3 now. Considering at the time of release, those games were $40, that argument is fairly irrelevant. And when most action games take 10-20 hours for $40-60 titles, I think people complaining over Limbo are being unfair.

Topic: How important is game length to you?

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ThePirateCaptain
Sat 10th Nov 2012

I find that as long as the length isn't a detriment to the game then I have no problem with shorter or longer games. I usually play shorter games but it is nice to play somehting that you know will last you for a good 20-30 hours as well. Would anyone really say that a 7-8 hour platformer was too short? No, because that's the way of the genre.

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SammyOfMobius
Sat 10th Nov 2012

Pretty important, I like a long game to keep me playing for a while. Paper Mario Sticker Star will do a good job with that.

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sugarpixel
Sat 10th Nov 2012

Very important. I want a game to keep me occupied for a long time. That's why I like sandbox-type games in which you have free reign over everything, thus creating endless possibilities and plenty of length.

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