God of War III too short?

I know this is a bit late since many of you have beaten God of War III already, but there's usually long gaps between my sessions of playing video games, especially those with a campaign like this.

Anyway, I just finished God of War III, and I was surprised at how soon the ending came. For the first two GoW games, I thought they would never end, and each of them (and do keep in mind, I am a really slow gamer) took me around 20 hours to beat. This one, however, took me a bit over 10 hours to complete. That's right, half as long as God of War II.

Did anyone else notice this? Shouldn't GoW III, as the final installment in the franchise, be the longest and most fleshed out? I had enjoyed the final boss fight, and was satisfied by the game's ending, but it seemed like it had come much too quickly, so I didn't get the full feeling of achievement as I had finishing the first two games.

What do all of you think? Was God of War III too short, or was it just as long as it needed to be as the last game in the trilogy?

It was a little short around 9 hours on my first playthrough, wish it had been a few hours longer (at least 2 more) that's my only real complaint.

i thought it was short as well. but it could be because it was an incredible experience.

I found it like any other game.

yes! it was short! :( first playthrough was around 7hrs for me :( but it was a great experience nonetheless imo :)

I found it a great length, took me arouns 8 hrs.

The game was so awesome that afterwards you're left wanting more. Clocks in like most games at around a dozen hours though.

You are right. It was way too short. Despite the 10 hours of gameplay being really good, it left me disappointed that I paid $60 for such a short game.

Meh. It was short compared to the other games but playing it on Titan difficulty I still encountered some spots of difficulty even for an avid fan of the series like myself. There were few if any daunting puzzles, and those usually take the most time for me on my first playthrough, I think maybe this kind of expanded accessibility towards new players coming into the franchise was what shortened it a bit for me. I finished in just about eight hours on my first play whereas the first and second games took about eleven and ten hours respectively

I found it like any other game.

MazehcS0ul

Indeed. Too short, maybe. Same as any normal adventure, yes. Took me about 11.5 hours the first time through. I am someone that makes sure to get everything though and pay attention to detail :P.

Yes, it was too short. I wish I only rented it. People in my area must've felt the same way because I only got $25 back 2 days afterwards from Gamestop. So $35 for a decent 9 hour game....could be worse I guess lol.

Yeah it did feel rather short, but I didn't expect it to be as long as the first two anyways, seeing how it takes longer to create the feats in III compared to the other two. I'm sure they probaably had a lot more they wanted to put in the game but just didn't have the time.

It was so good thats why I hated that it ended. its more fun than God of war 2 imo. No to be all over gamespot, but when the review had that it wasnt as diverse as god of war 2, i thought they were just hating, but its true. You'll backtrack thru some boring environments. I platinum it so i can justify selling it

how did u beat gow 1 in 3 hrs? I want that trophy on the GOW Collection for beating it under 5 and doubt i'll get itBow-T_88

P.S where u get medusa's head and it asks u to kill all enemies by stoning them? all u have to do for 30min is use posidens rage and ull get enough orbs to max out ur magic and have a level 3 or 4 blades then continue on

oh, so upgrade it and then I can kill the enemies easier that way huh. kool man thanks. I just need the trophy to upgrade all weapons and the one for beating it under 5 hours to get the platinumBow-T_88

how did u beat gow 1 in 3 hrs? I want that trophy on the GOW Collection for beating it under 5 and doubt i'll get itBow-T_88

10 hours to complete a game is a reasonable length in my opinion ;)

I thought it was great, I just hate the fact that after you beat it you cant select what part of the game you want to replay (the samething with MGS4)RTUUMM

Well, you can make different saves at certain points then carry on from there

I heard God of War III was long, not short.

I thought God of War III was too short. And the game was just ok. To me it was like I've played the same game 3 times already (God of War 1,2, Chains of Olympus). I did give it a 9 out of 10 at the time that I platinumed it though. So at that time I must have thought it was awesome. But the game was short; too short. They could have put a lot more content in there in terms of story and game play.phucher

I thought the length of GOWIII was on pare with the first two if not more. Brilliant game and series! Well done.

It's the same as two previous games for me. Around 11-12 hours on first play trough.

No it didn't felt short, it felt epic. :)

It was too short for me. The game would freeze up at the exact same spot every single time I played. Terrible terrible.

It was a little short compared to the other ones, but it was still a fantastic game. But yeah I beat it within 8 hours which I guess is almost average but I expected it to be a little longer

I found it like any other game.

MazehcS0ul

[QUOTE="phucher"]I thought God of War III was too short. And the game was just ok. To me it was like I've played the same game 3 times already (God of War 1,2, Chains of Olympus). I did give it a 9 out of 10 at the time that I platinumed it though. So at that time I must have thought it was awesome. But the game was short; too short. They could have put a lot more content in there in terms of story and game play.PSP107

No it was just repetitive. "SPAM THIS BUTTON TO ATTACK".

No it was just repetitive. "SPAM THIS BUTTON TO ATTACK".

roflcopter317

Yeah I agree, i finished it at about 9 hours. But it was all worth it because i got the platinum for the game :)