Is a 60 hour game a good idea?

Is a 60 hour game a good idea, or would you prefer it to be a little shorter?

I, personally, haven't put 60 hours into the single player experience of a game in a long time. So, if you were someone like me in that case, would you be turned off by it?

Lately I have been playing games with small single player experiences and getting straight into the online, where I usually clock hundreds of hours into. That doesn't even feel like that much when you're playing it - but on paper it is massive. I'm getting this game... no matter how long it is. I do not wish it to be any longer and I think that it's as short as neccessary. That is my opinion, but I want to know yours. So fire away. :)

Is a 60 hour game a good idea, or would you prefer it to be a little shorter?

I, personally, haven't put 60 hours into the single player experience of a game in a long time. So, if you were someone like me in that case, would you be turned off by it?

Lately I have been playing games with small single player experiences and getting straight into the online, where I usually clock hundreds of hours into. That doesn't even feel like that much when you're playing it - but on paper it is massive. I'm getting this game... no matter how long it is. I do not wish it to be any longer and I think that it's as short as neccessary. That is my opinion, but I want to know yours. So fire away. :)

Bioshockraptor

I've clocked in more than a hundred hours on both Final Fantasy X and XII and more than 80 on VII, VIII and IX, so, I should hope that it will have a 60 hour story and 40 hours worth of secrets at the very least.

People have no attention span nowadays, so great games can't have single player 'campaigns' longer than 6 hours because if it does people dont really understand and probably get lost in the depth of the story...'wuts a plot twist :S' so they need multiplayer to compensate spending so much on a game that you'll play for 6 hours when you can get 6 hours worth of film for much less.

I've clocked in more than a hundred hours on both Final Fantasy X and XII and more than 80 on VII, VIII and IX, so, I should hope that it will have a 60 hour story and 40 hours worth of secrets at the very least.

People have no attention span nowadays, so great games can't have single player 'campaigns' longer than 6 hours because if it does people dont really understand and probably get lost in the depth of the story...'wuts a plot twist :S' so they need multiplayer to compensate spending so much on a game that you'll play for 6 hours when you can get 6 hours worth of film for much less.Adzey

You can't make those stereotypical claims unless you've been on both sides; e.g. you play RPGs and are a hardcore FPSer. Not everyone is a mouthy 12-year-old swearing on Xbox live, y'know. FPS games have depth. Whether you like it or not.

[QUOTE="Adzey"]I've clocked in more than a hundred hours on both Final Fantasy X and XII and more than 80 on VII, VIII and IX, so, I should hope that it will have a 60 hour story and 40 hours worth of secrets at the very least.

People have no attention span nowadays, so great games can't have single player 'campaigns' longer than 6 hours because if it does people dont really understand and probably get lost in the depth of the story...'wuts a plot twist :S' so they need multiplayer to compensate spending so much on a game that you'll play for 6 hours when you can get 6 hours worth of film for much less.Bioshockraptor

You can't make those stereotypical claims unless you've been on both sides; e.g. you play RPGs and are a hardcore FPSer. Not everyone is a mouthy 12-year-old swearing on Xbox live, y'know. FPS games have depth. Whether you like it or not.

i am on both sides im a hardcore FPS and RPG player but personaly i could care lass that the story is 10 hrs or 19279009hrs as long as its a good story and great gameplay i will go with it

While I play games focussed on SP and MP (eventhough I don't play FPS) I prefer games that have an amazing, and long SP story to them. Because I'm not one to play MW2 until I hit level 70, like Bio. I want to be able to spend lots of time in the game's SP. MP is like, an added bonus for me. The only MP I've really been into is the Uncharted 2 MP, and that's mostly because I love the SP so much.

But, on-topic. FFXIII is sure to be long. I mean, there's no way this story is gonna be like 6 hours or so.

Keep in mind that FFXIII will not have multiplayer, so it's only natural that the single player will be longer to compensate for that.

I'm curious as to why you're so fond of multiplayer games. I'm the total opposite, I usually never play them for a long time. I find them restrictive, shallow and there's only so much content you can play before you start doing the same things over and over again.

To give a rather noncomittal answer, it depends. If they actually have enough relevant content to where you never feel like you're just running around doing something pointless in that 60-hour time period, then it's great. If, on the other hand, you do feel like you're running pointless errands or there's not enough story to fit that massive length of time, then it won't work. I personally felt like FFXII could have done with being a little bit shorter, so I'm hoping they go a little more in-depth storywise this time around. It took me around ~50 hours to finish XII, usually around 30 hours for most other FF games, but I'm hoping that XIII will be the longest yet. I'm sure there will be loads of sidequests to fill up over a hundred hours; that's something that it needs since, as someone mentioned, there's no multiplayer.LiquidClear

I think XIII should have just as many side quests as XII did, so I think it should be no shorter than 60 hours.sk84uhlivin

Keep in mind that FFXIII will not have multiplayer, so it's only natural that the single player will be longer to compensate for that.

I'm curious as to why you're so fond of multiplayer games. I'm the total opposite, I usually never play them for a long time. I find them restrictive, shallow and there's only so much content you can play before you start doing the same things over and over again.

Gamer4Iife

When did I say that? 

[QUOTE="LiquidClear"]To give a rather noncomittal answer, it depends. If they actually have enough relevant content to where you never feel like you're just running around doing something pointless in that 60-hour time period, then it's great. If, on the other hand, you do feel like you're running pointless errands or there's not enough story to fit that massive length of time, then it won't work. I personally felt like FFXII could have done with being a little bit shorter, so I'm hoping they go a little more in-depth storywise this time around. It took me around ~50 hours to finish XII, usually around 30 hours for most other FF games, but I'm hoping that XIII will be the longest yet. I'm sure there will be loads of sidequests to fill up over a hundred hours; that's something that it needs since, as someone mentioned, there's no multiplayer.A_Fading_Scream

oops, meant to say X instead of IX, IX took like 12 hours to complete if u rushed it...

When did I say that? sk84uhlivin

Uh, what? I was talking to the TC. :?

Course. The longer the game, the more I feel I got my money's worth.

With games like Persona 3 FES which can take 130+ for a single playthrough, 60 hours is rather mild for me now :P

A game doesn't really have to be lengthy (though I don't mind it being that way) for me to invest in it. It's fine if it's short as long as I "enjoy" it. But as far as multiplayer is concerned, I grew tired of FPS games very soon and really haven't gotten it.

As for a 60 hour game, I personally have enjoyed all the FF games and have put in over 80 hours in each of them. FF7: CC which took less than 40 hours was also fun so I can't really rate a game based on the time it takes to complete. It's all about my experience over the course of playing the game.

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Is a 60 hour game a good idea, or would you prefer it to be a little shorter?

I, personally, haven't put 60 hours into the single player experience of a game in a long time. So, if you were someone like me in that case, would you be turned off by it?

Lately I have been playing games with small single player experiences and getting straight into the online, where I usually clock hundreds of hours into. That doesn't even feel like that much when you're playing it - but on paper it is massive. I'm getting this game... no matter how long it is. I do not wish it to be any longer and I think that it's as short as neccessary. That is my opinion, but I want to know yours. So fire away. :)

Adzey

I've clocked in more than a hundred hours on both Final Fantasy X and XII and more than 80 on VII, VIII and IX, so, I should hope that it will have a 60 hour story and 40 hours worth of secrets at the very least.

Same here. I love long RPG games 60 hours or more the better.

I put 200+ hours into FF12! so i hope in FF13 that it has a long single player 60 sound good to me with lots of extras like that hunter thing in FF12 and other secrets....

The game been in devlopment for a long time and ive been waiting since E3 2006 so i would hate for it to be short

with lots of extras like that hunter thing in FF12 and other secrets....

-Hoax-

No... Not like that. Just put several optional bosses...