Games where huge length hurts the experience

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

Thought I was trippin...

NexApex

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

Thought I was trippin...

Minishdriveby

Thread title man. Nearly caught me off guard.

Elder Scrolls Daggerfall, the main quest isn't that long but the game world spans something over a thousand miles to explore, oblivion was only like 6-9 miles as i recall.tab134

[QUOTE="Lulekani"][QUOTE="GD1551"]

Bayonetta.

GD1551

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

Dead Space 3. It just dragged on for way too long, and really hurt the experience for me as I eventually got pretty bored with it. 

mass effect series, specially 3 and their bs fetch quests (im talking about the terrible and useless side quests, not the main game itself)

bioshock infinite.

 

ReadingRainbow4

[QUOTE="GD1551"]

[QUOTE="Lulekani"] If you're gona nominate a 6 hour game then the very least you could do is explain why. Assuming thats possible.Lulekani

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

I would have blown my load just as fast too... :P

I know I've experienced a ton of these in my time, but few come to mind right now. I know I really enjoyed Zelda:WW for GC, but near the end when you are forced to go on a massive fetch quest, I really didn't like that. I also remember a while ago when Kingdom Hearts was first released. I was really looking forward to it, rented it, and the game starts with you going fetch quests and basically just doing random chores. That killed any interest i had in the game and never played it again.

I also felt that GTA4 was a bit too long for its own good.

I'm all for the option of long games, in the form of optional side quests, etc, but I can't stand when a game forces you to do things for no reason other than to pad the length of the game. To me, that really takes away the experience of the game.

Wind Waker triforce hunt: the thread ;)

Most games to be honest. I guess hours per dollar is an easy way to garner how much the game was "worth" but I feel most games drag on due to poor pacing.

mass effect series, specially 3 and their bs fetch quests (im talking about the terrible and useless side quests, not the main game itself)

Krelian-co

Dark Souls, the second half of the game after getting the lord vessel was a letdown compare to the beginning part.

I've heard people complain about the lenght of Okami, but I loved it. I thought it was over multiple times but it just kept going.

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

No way,Lords of Shadow gets better the further you get.You should give it a go,just stick with it for the opening chapters and it becomes a really epic game.

KoA, RE6 are two that come to mind right away.

No they don't.Tessellation

Skyrim.

Too long for it's own good.

Okami, Skyward Sword, and anything with alot of fetch/kill quests.

[QUOTE="ReadingRainbow4"]

bioshock infinite.

Krelian-co

None come to mind.

Michael0134567

[QUOTE="Tessellation"]No they don't.sSubZerOo

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.

Renegade_Fury

I enjoyed all 60 something hours it took to beat that game. And I have beaten is several times over too :P

Funny thing is with RPG's, while being way longer than other games, I beat them before short games. My friends always made fun of me that buying something like gears of war which is only 10 or less hours long, takes me over a month to actually complete because I would play it for an hour then get bored with it, but I could run through Tales of Vesperia in 2 weeks or under. I started up Kotor again, and before I knew it 4 hours had passed. Time absolutely flies for me when I'm playing an RPG.

A game though where I felt it just kept going on and on and I just wanted it to end, Dead Space 2. While I enjoyed it, there was part of me wondering when the game was just going to end because I was getting tired of it and wanted to beat it before other games released.

[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"][QUOTE="NexApex"]

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

Thought I was trippin...

NexApex

Thread title man. Nearly caught me off guard.

I hate that Okami had a huge final battle and then....nope 20 more hours to go. Wtf. That's when I stopped playing. Bread_or_Decide

If each section in Half Life 2 could be like, 5 minutes shorter, that'd be great.

[QUOTE="GD1551"]

[QUOTE="Lulekani"] If you're gona nominate a 6 hour game then the very least you could do is explain why. Assuming thats possible.Lulekani

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

Isn't this thread about instances where the length of the game hurts the experience? 

Lords of Shadow is probably the biggest offender of this for me.

i dont mind getting a 4 hour game just not at $60reaver-x

I've for the most part played games that have pretty much been on the mark in terms of story and how long I would tolerate the game but there are some that come to mind.

Brink: The whole singleplayer.

Metro 2033: It was a decent length but I wish some of the stages were either shorter or just cut out entirely.

Morrowind: Holy f*ck....the amount of things I have to do and the quests I have to complete to beat Dagoth Ur....ugh. Combined with the huge open world and.....*groan* I love the game. It's great...but...god damn.

That's all I've got.

Okami is AWESOME! you sir.. go wash the dishes.

None come to mind.

[QUOTE="Lulekani"][QUOTE="GD1551"]

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

GD1551

Isn't this thread about instances where the length of the game hurts the experience? 

Bayonetta.

GD1551

The first Resistance went on and on and on and on and... Most of the time I wondered when's this ****** going to end!

At the top of my head...Lord of Shadows, while i liked the game, a lot of the stages felt like filler.

Also Xenoblade Chronicles, i mean love to death that game but i wouldn't mind if the game was a bit shorter...then again it might be because the first time i played it i didn't have much time to play.

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

10? It wasn't even until chapter 9 or so that you're given free reign over your party (while still being level capped). The whole goddamn game was a tutorial for the post game content.

i laughed at the title. yes i am that immature lol