Am I the only One that DOESNT Like Long games?!

It seems like nowadays all i hear gamers complain about is games not being long enough yada yada. Me personally, believe it or not If a game is single player only and is over 15 hours long, i wont buy it because i know i will just get bored with it after 10 hours or so. The only EXCEPTION to that rule is the MGS franchise and thats simply because it has such an engaging story and great gameplay i can stand playing the whole way through like snake eater was 15 or so hours long. But games like God of war 2, it was a great game but it was just too long and it seemed to go on forever and ever

If a game is too long, it starts to feel like a chore after a certain amount of time and i find myself rushing through it just to "get it over with" People are complaining about games like Halo 3, COD4, Heavenly sword and uncharted being short?! If you ask me they are the perfect length, no need for a game to take forever to beat. in my opinion, a game needs to be short, sweet and to the point not long and drawn out

FF is a great example of drawing games out. It's amazing how it can take 40 hrs to finish XII, but you can tell the story in 5 minutes.

he, he.. no, you're not the only one. i don't mind if it'sa bit long, as long as it has a lot of variety and good gameplay. But most titles begin to get boring after 10 hours, i agree.

But then it's not good value. 6-8 hour enjoyment for $60? That's horrible value.manningbowl135

depends...

Theres nothing bad about short games. Not at all, especially if they have replay value to them. Its even more motivating if you know, you can reach something during the 1 hour you have that evening. The only problem is the price though... 10$ per hour is a little much if you ask me (looks at his HeavenlySword Box).

If there are that much good games around like now, just rent em, finish em and get others :) If there arent, you better have a game with more value so that you have something to play at all hehe.

No your not the only one. I also prefer to get the least amount of play time I can for $60. Why would someone want as much value as possible for $60 when 5 hours is plenty. I personlly hate a game that it takes me more a couple hours to finish.

/sarcasm

he, he.. no, you're not the only one. i don't mind if it'sa bit long, as long as it has a lot of variety and good gameplay. But most titles begin to get boring after 10 hours, i agree.[QUOTE="manningbowl135"]But then it's not good value. 6-8 hour enjoyment for $60? That's horrible value.Always-Honest

depends...

on how much you enjoy those 6-8 hours.

I felt like that with Ninja Gaiden black. I really wanted to prove my worth on the Master Ninja leader board but didn't have enough hours in a day to pracice and improve my best.

you should be alone. its unfortunate that you are not

its ridiculous to pay 60 bucks for a a game that takes 1 day to beat. shorter game length is the biggest downside to this gaming generation, imo

the sad thing is that with the higher costs of game production, and time required to make them, games are probably only going to get shorter over the years, or at the very least have a shifted focus on mps. cause mps are the easy way to make a short game seem long lasting

But then it's not good value. 6-8 hour enjoyment for $60? That's horrible value.manningbowl135

No it's not. And you can always rent.

shorter game length is the biggest downside to this gaming generation, imo

REforever101

looks like your not around for too long, games get longer with each generation (mostly)

When i look at the PSone or PS2 library there arent much games with more then 12 hours playtime. Older ones were even shorter (30 mins - 1 hour).

Most games on last gen could be finished in about 5 hours or a little more. (well, thats a wild guess^^)

If you really make every game count, games got longer. Trust me on this one.

depends upon how the game is made long - if its made long by making the player do the same thing over and over or by making him to a lot of back tracking like in prince of persia : warior within or something like the useless random encounters present in jrpgs, then i would not prefer it. otherwaise the longer the betternaval

It seems like nowadays all i hear gamers complain about is games not being long enough yada yada. Me personally, believe it or not If a game is single player only and is over 15 hours long, i wont buy it because i know i will just get bored with it after 10 hours or so. The only EXCEPTION to that rule is the MGS franchise and thats simply because it has such an engaging story and great gameplay i can stand playing the whole way through like snake eater was 15 or so hours long. But games like God of war 2, it was a great game but it was just too long and it seemed to go on forever and ever

If a game is too long, it starts to feel like a chore after a certain amount of time and i find myself rushing through it just to "get it over with" People are complaining about games like Halo 3, COD4, Heavenly sword and uncharted being short?! If you ask me they are the perfect length, no need for a game to take forever to beat. in my opinion, a game needs to be short, sweet and to the point not long and drawn out

ChristopherM80

Amazing to think that now that the PS3 produces short games, you suddenly love short games. Oh, but of course, MGS4: the poster boy of the PS3. THAT can be an exception, considering you know it won't be a 6 hour game.

And the complaints for the short games do not include Halo 3 and COD4: Those have multiplayer and, in Halo's case, huge amounts of replayability.

[QUOTE="Always-Honest"]

he, he.. no, you're not the only one. i don't mind if it'sa bit long, as long as it has a lot of variety and good gameplay. But most titles begin to get boring after 10 hours, i agree.[QUOTE="manningbowl135"]But then it's not good value. 6-8 hour enjoyment for $60? That's horrible value.Mythbuster4ever

depends...

on how much you enjoy those 6-8 hours.

correct.

So you don't like getting your money's worth for a game? Yeah, you're the only one.

[QUOTE="manningbowl135"]But then it's not good value. 6-8 hour enjoyment for $60? That's horrible value.OremLK

No it's not. And you can always rent.

But then it's not good value. 6-8 hour enjoyment for $60? That's horrible value.manningbowl135

Not in my opinion.

I also agree on the game length issue. Usually 8-10 hours with a solid story is my sweet spot. I can tolerate a 6 or 12 hour game from time to time if their strong enough. The only time I want something longer is in my RPG games.