Games where huge length hurts the experience

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Been playing Okami HD and honestly, the game its too big for its own sake. I'm currently on Dragon's Palace in around 22h of gameplay and after some google research I found out I still have around 15/20 more hours of gameplay to finish it. The game is beautifull and has very interesting characters/story and imaginative level design but its gameplay gets rather tedious after 2/3h... when a game doesnt have the gameplay to back it up a big lenght ends up hurting the experience. For me Okami is one of those examples.

TDLR: Big lenght is not always good on a game

Wich games you thought they dragged for too long even though you like them?

None come to mind.

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I'd rather have an amazing short game than a long boring one.

no one, bigger es better

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it never hurts it if it is a good game.

i can think of examples of crappy games getting paddded with bullshyt though. 

for instance the wiiu zombie game where at the end for no reason they turn off all the fast travel and make you walk across the entire game that you just played in order to pad out the length.

While I haven't played it yet (although I do own it), I've heard that complaint be made about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Dragon Age Origins comes to mind.

Personally, I would take a 45 minute adrenaline rush over a 50 hour filler infested borefest any day of the week.

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lostrib

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I'd rather have an amazing short game than a long boring one.

gameofthering

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Vatusus

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eh, now it just makes me think of porn

While I haven't played it yet (although I do own it), I've heard that complaint be made about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

BPoole96

I actually didnt thought C: LoS was that big. At least the gameplay was kinda fun and helped it not to drag

Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

Love the game but the tri-force hunt is just unnecessary, tedious, and annoying. I feel like Nintendo just tried to pad out the game's length when it wasn't necessary since the game's length was good enough already.

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lostrib

better now?

eh, now it just makes me think of porn

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so it stays then

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lostrib

better now?

eh, now it just makes me think of porn

Lol.

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lostrib

RAGE (it doesn't have huge length as such but it felt too long)

GTA IV

Skyrim (bunch of meaningless crap in that game)

Max Payne 3, felt a bit too long too. Some of the levels could have been left out. Guess it felt longer with all the obnoxious unskippable cutscenes

Skyrim, definitely!

If the game world was 2/3 smaller and more focused with interesting and unique locales, I would've enjoyed it much more. With its current length and the level of dungeon copy paste, the game starts to drag on after some 30 hours... by that time, all the dungeons, forts, etc, start to feel nearly identical.

Would've been much better if we had fewer dungeons, but each one having some interesting minor backstory, and a worthwhile piece of loot. Quality over quantity could do wonders for an TES game.

Almost every open world game without fast travel for me.

Bioshock Infinite is a recent one that comes to mind. There's a lot of filler in it.

Bayonetta.

Skyrim, definitely!

If the game world was 2/3 smaller and more focused with interesting and unique locales, I would've enjoyed it much more. With its current length and the level of dungeon copy paste, the game starts to drag on after some 30 hours... by that time, all the dungeons, forts, etc, start to feel nearly identical.

Would've been much better if we had fewer dungeons, but each one having some interesting minor backstory, and a worthwhile piece of loot. Quality over quantity could do wonders for an TES game.

Rocker6

Bayonetta.

GD1551

Doesn't matter. It's the quality of the content that does matter.

Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

Love the game but the tri-force hunt is just unnecessary, tedious, and annoying. I feel like Nintendo just tried to pad out the game's length when it wasn't necessary since the game's length was good enough already.

DrRockso87

Biohazard 6. As a huge fan of the series, I figured it's length was a dream come true. Then I realized how much of it was borderline 'filler' in order to market four scenarios.

Pretty much every JRPG within the past few years. GTA games as well. They always start off good, then get lost in the middle, then slowly get better by the end.

Assassin's Creed comes to mind.

Recently? FF13. The last chapter felt so filler-ish. Just boss after boss.freedomfreak

Really? I honestly felt the game was fairly short without over indulging on late game missions and such.

By the way, awesome Ivy cosplay in your signature.

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Skyrim, definitely!

If the game world was 2/3 smaller and more focused with interesting and unique locales, I would've enjoyed it much more. With its current length and the level of dungeon copy paste, the game starts to drag on after some 30 hours... by that time, all the dungeons, forts, etc, start to feel nearly identical.

Would've been much better if we had fewer dungeons, but each one having some interesting minor backstory, and a worthwhile piece of loot. Quality over quantity could do wonders for an TES game.

Bread_or_Decide

True... but you play a game like Skyrim primarily to explore the world and check out the side quests... when they quickly become repetative, that's a major flaw, right there.

Bayonetta.

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[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]Recently? FF13. The last chapter felt so filler-ish. Just boss after boss.Yama

Really? I honestly felt the game was fairly short without over indulging on late game missions and such.

By the way, awesome Ivy cosplay in your signature.

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]Recently? FF13. The last chapter felt so filler-ish. Just boss after boss.Yama

Really? I honestly felt the game was fairly short without over indulging on late game missions and such.

By the way, awesome Ivy cosplay in your signature.

Recently Final Fantasty 13 comes to mind. Game just goes on and on before it even gets good. Takes too long to beat for its own good.

Red Dead Redemption's campaign also drags in a few places which make the game take ages to complete.

Grinding my way to level 80 in Guild Wars 2 got really frustrating and boring around level 60.

I tried Darkfall Unholy Wars but it was an incredible time sink for what you got out of it. Not worth it.

Usually a game is not longer than it needs to be and many end way too soon.

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Bayonetta.

Lulekani

Because everything after the [spoiler] Umbra Witch fight [/spoiler] sucked

bioshock infinite.

whoa, O_o am I on the right website :question:

Thought I was trippin...

Hmm, I dsay GTA 4, Both Prototype games, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, AlanWake started to stumble at times, although it seems more like pacing problems, and not length. RDR, Both COndemned games seemed longer then their stories could bear.

Far Cry 2 likely takes the cake.

Edit: FC3 also seemed to drag in the end.