Games where huge length hurts the experience

Morrowind immediately comes to mind.

Red Dead Redemption
Grand Theft Auto 4
Dragon Age Origins
Skyward Sword
Final Fantasy 13
Like a bunch of jrpgs.

All bloated with filler or content those games could have literally act like never existed and the games are signifcantly better.

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. 

cfisher2833

Absolutely. I never finished it. And it's not like it actually even went on that long. I was bored of it, and stopped playing, before spending as much time as it took me to finish Dead Space 1.

I tend to get bored with most games that are longer than 30 hours. If the game is good it's another story of course. Very few games can keep me interested for longer than 30 hours.

I tend to get bored with most games that are longer than 30 hours. If the game is good it's another story of course. Very few games can keep me interested for longer than 30 hours.

Tonindo

Story-wise I feel most games would benefit from cutting a ton of action sequences out (the Bioshock games comes to mind). But that would be no fun, would it? The game I had the most trouble to push myself through this gen was MGS4. I wish it had only been two hours of cheesy cutscenes with no gameplay :lol:! Sushiglutton

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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.

Nintendo_Ownes7

"Games where 'huge length hurts' the experience" Thats what she said ;)

None come to mind.

[QUOTE="Sushiglutton"]Story-wise I feel most games would benefit from cutting a ton of action sequences out (the Bioshock games comes to mind). But that would be no fun, would it? The game I had the most trouble to push myself through this gen was MGS4. I wish it had only been two hours of cheesy cutscenes with no gameplay :lol:! Lulekani

Of the top of my head:

(1) Zelda: Twilight Princess -- About half way through I found myself begging for the game to end

(2) GTAIV -- Just really boring to be honest. Had no interest to finish it

(3) Metroid Prime 2 -- Retread king

None come to mind.

Michael0134567

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None come to mind.

IveDatedUrMom

My profile says otherwise. What a dumb thing to say.

You following me around now?

journey

If Far Cry 3 ended shortly after the first island, it would have been better.darkspineslayer

All this "the longer the better" stuff is bullcrap. I'd rather have a 6-10 hour game that's interesting all the way through, than something that's 30-40 hours long but consists of 70% filler. 001011000101101

Dead Space 3.

I always thought that the first 5 hours of the witcher hurts the overall game.  doesn't help when the combat isn't really that good to begin with.

no one, bigger es better

olart4618

^^^ Thread title

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?

Vatusus

I cant think of any.

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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.

Rocker6

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.

Red Dead went on too long for me. Like 5 hours too long.
Luigi's Mansion 2 maybe.
Okami felt that way too but I feel naughty for saying that.
Most bad games are too long because they just suck.
Like BF3 singleplayer campaign would have been better if it were a tutorial for the multiplayer.

Being too long is not really a Reason for people not to buy a game but it does happen. Some games just feel like they go on forever and that is not a good feeling and it can get very tedious or you want to move on to another game before the end.

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[QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"] You can finish the main quest in a few hours. The rest is to be played however you want. CanYouDiglt

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.

Incorrect, I love Skyrim and all Bethesda games (explored the entire Skyrim map and finished nearly every side quest availible, took me 160+ hours, DLC included), but I do have plenty of problems with the game. Just because I criticize it and sound harsh, that doesn't mean I haven't enjoyed the experience. If I were to rate it, would go with 8, maybe 8.5.

However, in the future, I'd prefer if Bethesda did a more focused TES game that focuses more on quality over quantity.

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"][QUOTE="Rocker6"]

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.

Rocker6

Incorrect, I love Skyrim and all Bethesda games (explored the entire Skyrim map and finished nearly every side quest availible, took me 160+ hours, DLC included), but I do have plenty of problems with the game. Just because I criticize it and sound harsh, that doesn't mean I haven't enjoyed the experience. If I were to rate it, would go with 8, maybe 8.5.

However, in the future, I'd prefer if Bethesda did a more focused TES game that focuses more on quality over quantity.

The longer the better if you ask me.Stringerboy

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[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]That is not a matter of a game that drags on too long but instead you just do not like Skyrim. Like Bread said you can finish the game in a pretty short amount of time if you are just doing the main quest. I personally put in just a tad under 300 hours into the game but it could be beaten in a few hours.Heirren

Incorrect, I love Skyrim and all Bethesda games (explored the entire Skyrim map and finished nearly every side quest availible, took me 160+ hours, DLC included), but I do have plenty of problems with the game. Just because I criticize it and sound harsh, that doesn't mean I haven't enjoyed the experience. If I were to rate it, would go with 8, maybe 8.5.

However, in the future, I'd prefer if Bethesda did a more focused TES game that focuses more on quality over quantity.

I can't think of any. I love games that are long. Makes me feel like the money I spent was worth it.bbkkristian

I used to think this. But then I realized most "long" games are just extending gameplay with mindless filler, fetchquests, etc. Actually even shorter games probably use filler to stretch out the game from 4 hours to 5 hours.

I'd rather focus on the quality of the game rather than artificially stretching out the length. 

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"]I can't think of any. I love games that are long. Makes me feel like the money I spent was worth it.2Chalupas

I used to think this. But then I realized most "long" games are just extending gameplay with mindless filler, fetchquests, etc. Actually even shorter games probably use filler to stretch out the game from 4 hours to 5 hours.

I'd rather focus on the quality of the game rather than artificially stretching out the length. 

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[QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"] You can finish the main quest in a few hours. The rest is to be played however you want. CanYouDiglt

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.

I guess it's a matter of what is being asked in terms of huge length; is it the time it takes to get from beginning to end of the story or is it everything in a game which includes the side quests and other miscellaneous tid bits of a game. Personally, I think this is more about the story than the content that it provides because a lot of the side options in games like Skyrim are optional.

I can't say I've ever played a "long game" that I haven't enjoyed to some extent.  I find that games rarely "drag on" for me for some reason.  Although Skyward Sword could have used less padding, so I'll say that.

I don't mind long games, I find 30 hour games to be an absolute blast. I do have a problem with needless filler, however (cough Xenoblade, cough).hiphops_savior

What about Xenoblade was filler? Sidequests? Cus those were literally all optional. The main story was expertly paced. Not ocne did I find myself saying "god I wish this would pick up already."

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"][QUOTE="Rocker6"]

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.

Goyoshi12

I guess it's a matter of what is being asked in terms of huge length; is it the time it takes to get from beginning to end of the story or is it everything in a game which includes the side quests and other miscellaneous tid bits of a game. Personally, I think this is more about the story than the content that it provides because a lot of the side options in games like Skyrim are optional.

Can't TES games (and especially Skyrim) be speedrun in just a few hours?

We really shouldn't complain about having a huge amount of "optional" quests to explore. But it is very hard to get lost in the weeds in a game like Skyrim. I put about 30 hours in, and did alot of sidequests... then sort of lost interest. Eventually I'm sure I'll go back and finish the main quest, if not try to 1000/1000 the game. But honestly in a game such as this you can tell that some side-quests have more effort put into them then others. I definitely found myself completing a few that took too much of my time and then thinking to myself... well that was stupid and unnecessary.