should games be longer or shorter?

i hear people complain a lot saying that certain games sre too short but honeslty i dont mind when games are on the short side. for me it keeps the game from being repetative and short games usally have good pacing so u wanna keep on playing instead of stopping to take a break. of course when i say short i dont mean the game should last 4 hours but a 8 hour campaign isnt to bad imo. what does everyone else think?

For the high cost of games, I much prefer a longer game vs shorter. I've enjoyed the shorter games, such as Call of Duty 4, but usually I am having so much fun and before I know it the game is over.Smallville417

btw new episode of smallville airs tonite i think im excited :)

I only enjoy games that are very long. That way I can actually remember something from that game. I used to play this game called Lionheart not the best graphics and all but it was a long game and I enjoyed it. That's my opinion. :)FiddleJohnny

[QUOTE="Smallville417"]For the high cost of games, I much prefer a longer game vs shorter. I've enjoyed the shorter games, such as Call of Duty 4, but usually I am having so much fun and before I know it the game is over.ricosuave84

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[QUOTE="Smallville417"]For the high cost of games, I much prefer a longer game vs shorter. I've enjoyed the shorter games, such as Call of Duty 4, but usually I am having so much fun and before I know it the game is over.Smallville417

It's hard for me to form a good opinion on if I want a game long or short. It depends on my mood I guess. :D Gears of War: Never wanted it to end. I was having so much fun and it ended too quickly. Red Faction (PS2) : Way to drawn out IMO. Game got frustrating later on, I invested a ton of time took a lot longer to end than I would have liked. I guess it would depend on the game. :D Because when I look at it, it is a good thing Gears was so short. Had it been longer, perhaps I would've gotten bored? I never like to hope a game is going to end, that means that I'm probably not having much fun. I can give a high recommendation to a game I enjoyed from start to finish. When I buy a game, especially if it is expensive, I want to get a lot of playtime out of it. This leads me to believe that price is also a factor for me. If I buy a $2 game, do I care if it's only 2 hours long? Heck no. That's $2 well spent! But if I buy a game for say $40, is a 6-8 hour campaign going to satisfy me? Most likely it will if the game is fun, but I'll only hope for more. My solution? Buy more than one game at a time. It will take longer (Swapping games back and forth :P) and if you get one short and one long, their combined cost seems worth it. On one hand you have a great (though short) experience and on the other you're still enjoying the career in a racing game. In short, I think it depends on what the game is about, how fun it is, my mood and how much I payed for it. Not exactly rock-solid opinion forming there. :DBradHummr

I prefer shorter games mainly because I play (relatively) a lot of games, and I otherwise don't have time to play through them all.

The Conduit!
I paid like 60 bux for it and the campaign only lasted around 7-8 hours....
COMMON!
It should be like 15-20 missions.

I prefer long games, very long games... I often feel kinda cheated if a game is under 10 hours, and I prefer them to be around 20+.

I am not the most MP centric of people, and it erally really sucks hard, that games seems to be getting shorter, due to various reasons.

Most of the time its because the shorter the time, the less of the world is explained, and turns out more 2 dimentional and barren,an explosive actionfest without storysort of bores me... I really like those longer games where you get to see more of the world, and the reasoning behind it all.

Also the reason I dont like Movies very much... so much story, and so many characters end up 2 dimentional cardboard cutouts, in order to compress it to a 2 hour thing...

ofcourse if a game is just plain bad 20 hours is an awefully longtime to endure...

The game has to be long.

I hate it when the game is too short, it makes it a disappointment.

yeah.. good games that are 10 to 12 hours = happy times.. :D.. i feel that at the cost of what we are paying all games should have a long campaign.

I believe that for every 2 dollars you spend on a game, you should get at LEAST 1 hour of enjoyment. So if I were to spend 60 dollars on a game that only gives me 10 hours of enjoyment, I feel ripped off.UT_Wrestler

I don't think multiplayer makes up for a short singleplayer game - I'd rather play a game that's entirely focused on either singleplayer or multiplayer, since they're usually better. For example, I wouldn't buy a COD game, since the singleplayer is short and there are better, multiplayer-focused FPS games out there.

Anyway, I'm fine with short games as long as they're reasonably priced - like, if the game is only 4-6 hours long, I don't want to be spending more than about $30 AUS on it.

I don't think multiplayer makes up for a short singleplayer game - I'd rather play a game that's entirely focused on either singleplayer or multiplayer, since they're usually better. For example, I wouldn't buy a COD game, since the singleplayer is short and there are better, multiplayer-focused FPS games out there.

Anyway, I'm fine with short games as long as they're reasonably priced - like, if the game is only 4-6 hours long, I don't want to be spending more than about $30 AUS on it.

Planeforger

Depends cod or repettive assasins creed and godfather 2 trying to despertly pose the worldmap sidemissions as the freaking campaign singleplayer.... in that case ill go for cod.dakan45

Yeah that's true, but I was talking more about 'great' singleplayer games, like The Witcher's 50 hours or Half-Life 2's 20. They're both great experiences that don't need multiplayer to back up their short length.

[QUOTE="dakan45"] Depends cod or repettive assasins creed and godfather 2 trying to despertly pose the worldmap sidemissions as the freaking campaign singleplayer.... in that case ill go for cod.Planeforger

Yeah that's true, but I was talking more about 'great' singleplayer games, like The Witcher's 50 hours or Half-Life 2's 20. They're both great experiences that don't need multiplayer to back up their short length.

For Christ's shake....

Half life however.... it was perfect or deus ex, riddicusily wrong without being repettive,

As for witcher, yeah its amazing i cant belive how non repettive and long it turned out.

This is sortakinda weird question. Longer, of course!!!

[QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"]I believe that for every 2 dollars you spend on a game, you should get at LEAST 1 hour of enjoyment. So if I were to spend 60 dollars on a game that only gives me 10 hours of enjoyment, I feel ripped off.dakan45

Non-open world or rpg: The longer the better

Open world game: short main quest with well done sidequests to pad it out

RPG: the shorter the better.

I wish more RPGs were short. There are alot of JRPGs that'd like to replay but it's like... that's an 80 hour game. Even if 80% of the game was fun, you've got an entire normal game's worth of unfun content to tread through. On top of that... it's like 80 hours. That's a bit much. Meanwhile, something like KOTOR is only like 16 hours and I played through it like 5 different times. I'd love to play an 8 hour RPG that had alot of replayability and alternate choices that could have a major impact on the game. Heavy Rain seems like it'll kinda be like that. A fairly short game that you can replay like 5 or 6 times and get a pretty different experience each time.

It depends on the replay value of a game

For example I played through cod4 like 100 times because it was so fun

But Assasins Creed was short too and I just didnt feel like doing the same thing over and over again because it was so boring

But I would probably pick longer games because I like to get good value out of games

Oblivion for example was amazing and even though it was REALLY long I played through it 3 0r 4 times with a different character class and skills each time.

But generally I only really like really long games if its an RPG and Id prefer an Fps like CoD to be shortish depending on multiplayer

It depends on the genre and kinda of game, but shooter wise I would say bioshock was perfect length wise

Longer because...

- I don't care about trophies

- I don't care about multiplayer content

- I rarely replay games

I'd like to say somewhere in the middle. Can someone tell me if "Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker" was long or short? It took me too long to complete.

I think short games are a waste of money, but I tend to stop playing long games before beating them. So I like games that are in the middle :D

They should be substantially deeper, first and foremost.

i hear people complain a lot saying that certain games sre too short but honeslty i dont mind when games are on the short side. for me it keeps the game from being repetative and short games usally have good pacing so u wanna keep on playing instead of stopping to take a break. of course when i say short i dont mean the game should last 4 hours but a 8 hour campaign isnt to bad imo. what does everyone else think?

ricosuave84

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i hear people complain a lot saying that certain games sre too short but honeslty i dont mind when games are on the short side. for me it keeps the game from being repetative and short games usally have good pacing so u wanna keep on playing instead of stopping to take a break. of course when i say short i dont mean the game should last 4 hours but a 8 hour campaign isnt to bad imo. what does everyone else think?

Deus_Ex_Fan

The longer, the better. Who likes games that are too short? I mean nowdays we have a lot of games that only have a 10 hour or so single-player campaign. Where's the fun in that?

A 10 or 12 hour game is long enough for me.

I don't care if the games are shorter or longer, only if they are more or less fun and exciting to play.

But, from my point of view, games with no multiplayer that provide only 10 hours or less of entertainment should cost significantly less than those that provide 30 hours or more.