Awesome short (sub 10 hrs) games?

I don't know whether it's due to my schedule or attention span but I can't seem to stay focused on a game that's too long. Originally, I wanted to go with "non-RPG" in title, since these are usually the games that take 30-100 hrs to complete but hey, maybe there's a short one as well. So, as the title suggests, I'm looking for some good, yet "short" games. I'd like them to be sub 10 hrs, the shorter the better. I'd like you to prioritize AAA titles or so, rather than indies but it won't matter if you mention these. Just don't want the thread to be flooded with indies. 

Note that the highest 10 hour mark should be reachable in a regular, first-time playthrough, not a speedrun or experienced play. 

Tons of choices there.

Crysis franchise
Dead Space franchise
COD franchise
BF franchise
Syndicate
Hard Reset
Metro 2033
Bioshock Franchise
Far Cry 3 (if you don't get too distracted)
Spec Ops: The Line (maybe not AWESOME but pretty decent) 

I know I'm missing a ton. 

LIMBO

Trine

Trine 2

Bastion

Portal

Just to name a few more. All are under 10 hrs.

Im not sure there are AAA game that you can finish in less then 10hrs =\ The whole idea of AAA game is for it to be both very graphical and with a long developed story right?OptiSTR

Alan Wake.

Portal 2, should take you about 10+ hours

Spec ops the line

Sleeping dogs (?)

Portal 1/2

Mark of the Ninja

Im not sure there are AAA game that you can finish in less then 10hrs =\ The whole idea of AAA game is for it to be both very graphical and with a long developed story right?OptiSTR

No. The idea behind an AAA title is to put such a massive amount of money into making it pretty and then marketting it, that it will sell good (not that it will always work; read: recent Squeenix games). Kind of like a Michael Bay movie.

Not that I don't like my fair share of AAA games (Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 2, Hitman: Absolution, just to name a few AAA titles I enjoyed), but having a dragged out story is by no means a requirement. And that's not necessarily bad (a game doesn't need to drag itself beyond what it is - Bioshock and Dishonored felt just right at their dozen hour or so campaigns (although it did take me a while longer in Bioshock: Infinite, given how I explored and did nearly everything); The Witcher 2 also ended very well at a reasonable 30h campaign, never getting stale nor feeling short/inconclusive.

[QUOTE="OptiSTR"]Im not sure there are AAA game that you can finish in less then 10hrs =\ The whole idea of AAA game is for it to be both very graphical and with a long developed story right?iHarlequin

No. The idea behind an AAA title is to put such a massive amount of money into making it pretty and then marketting it, that it will sell good (not that it will always work; read: recent Squeenix games). Kind of like a Michael Bay movie.

Not that I don't like my fair share of AAA games (Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 2, Hitman: Absolution, just to name a few AAA titles I enjoyed), but having a dragged out story is by no means a requirement. And that's not necessarily bad (a game doesn't need to drag itself beyond what it is - Bioshock and Dishonored felt just right at their dozen hour or so campaigns (although it did take me a while longer in Bioshock: Infinite, given how I explored and did nearly everything); The Witcher 2 also ended very well at a reasonable 30h campaign, never getting stale nor feeling short/inconclusive.

Tons of choices there.

Crysis franchise
Dead Space franchise
Metro 2033
Bioshock Franchise
Far Cry 3 (if you don't get too distracted)

bowlingotter

Maybe if you're speedrunning. I play games at a fairly brisk pace, but all of those lasted far more than 10 hours for me. Except for Dead Space 2. That only took 9 hours. But 1 lasted over 20, and 3 took me 17 hours to get to the end. Haven't played Crysis 3, but 1 and 2 both lasted well over 15 hours, Metro 2033 was right there, as well. All three Bioshock games took 15ish, and Far Cry 3 was pushing 30 hours before I finished it (and that was still with side missions left over).

Im not sure there are AAA game that you can finish in less then 10hrs =\ The whole idea of AAA game is for it to be both very graphical and with a long developed story right?OptiSTR

Not all "awesome" video games are AAA games. 

Indie games are video games too, people!

Check this out. You can see the length of any games on there, just search up games.

Games that I think are worth playing within 0 - 12 hours:-

- Portal 2
- Metro 2033
- Crysis
- Crysis Warhead
- Dishonored

Many more, just can't be bothered to list them all.