is a 7 hour game really such a bad thing

ok heavenly sword's 7 hours aint that long, but by the looks of thing it looks like a dam great 7 hour experiance. i would personly have a intense 7 hour action fest over a 100 hour rpg yawnathon.

ok heavenly sword's 7 hours aint that long, but by the looks of thing it looks like a dam great 7 hour experiance. i would personly have a intense 7 hour action fest over a 100 hour rpg yawnathon.

doobie1975

I would have RPG yawnathon. I don't wanna waste 100 bucks on a game that won't last that long. GAMES AREN"T CHEAP

7 hours isn't worth $60 no mtter how fun the game is. I'll wait for a price drop.

ok heavenly sword's 7 hours aint that long, but by the looks of thing it looks like a dam great 7 hour experiance. i would personly have a intense 7 hour action fest over a 100 hour rpg yawnathon.

doobie1975

A 6 hour game isn't acceptable.

To me.

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ok heavenly sword's 7 hours aint that long, but by the looks of thing it looks like a dam great 7 hour experiance. i would personly have a intense 7 hour action fest over a 100 hour rpg yawnathon.

monkeysrfat

I would have RPG yawnathon. I don't wanna waste 100 bucks on a game that won't last that long. GAMES AREN"T CHEAP

$60 is darn cheap. try paying $130 and see what you think then. that's what many 360 games cost here in nz that's $91 usd

its a bad thing if you want to buy it. just rent and have fun with it.

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ok heavenly sword's 7 hours aint that long, but by the looks of thing it looks like a dam great 7 hour experiance. i would personly have a intense 7 hour action fest over a 100 hour rpg yawnathon.

imprezawrx500

I would have RPG yawnathon. I don't wanna waste 100 bucks on a game that won't last that long. GAMES AREN"T CHEAP

$60 is darn cheap. try paying $130 and see what you think then. that's what many 360 games cost here in nz that's $91 usd

120$ for xbox 360 normal, Microsoft Published are normally 80-100$, 120-130$ for Playstation 3 normal price and it doesn't matter if its published by sony or not there prices are constant ^_^ I know how you feel, glad I'm mainly a pc gamer, 70-90$ is enough to pay for any game period :D

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ok heavenly sword's 7 hours aint that long, but by the looks of thing it looks like a dam great 7 hour experiance. i would personly have a intense 7 hour action fest over a 100 hour rpg yawnathon.

imprezawrx500

I would have RPG yawnathon. I don't wanna waste 100 bucks on a game that won't last that long. GAMES AREN"T CHEAP

$60 is darn cheap. try paying $130 and see what you think then. that's what many 360 games cost here in nz that's $91 usd

I live in AUSTRALIA notice how I said 100 dollars? Thats still around 85 us. And some 360 games costs 120 dollars thats 100 us

... Can you finish any of the NES/SNES mario games under 7 hours?!? (freakin' awesome games)

... Have you ever fell asleep to a xenosaga cut scene? (I have)

... So now, Longer game play = better game play? what happened to better graphics = better game play?... How about better game play = better game play. Besides, this game was never hyped for the gameplay (dev. wise)

Honestly... I'd rather play a game in which I remember most of the characters names and the purpose they play... rather than a game in which after 40+ hours of game play, I'm proud of the fact... I finished 40+ hours of gameplay... now if I only remembered what the main character's name was....

Not a Sermon... Just a Thought.

6-7 hours isn't bad as long as there is replay value... meaning, you won't see everything on one run through the game, or there are other solid gameplay modes (like multiplayer, or the mercenary style timeruns in RE4).

In the case of Heavenly Sword... it sounds like the former. Once you beat it in 6 or so hours, you're done. Sounds like a rental to me.

Depends on your age really. If you are an older gamer who grew up on Contra, Super Mario Bros, Mega Man and games on the NES, then no, nothing is wrong with a seven hour game as long as it has replay value. I can speed run Link to the Past in under 7 hours, and have still put more than 100 hours into the game mainly because its fun, it's short enough that I don't have to dedicate a large chucnk of my life to it, but still long enough to enjoy. I have gotten more value out of that game than any 40+ hour dragging RPG or overly long action game.

Super Metroid can be beaten in under 3 hours, and is one of the greatest games ever made, its replay value having a lot of say in that. With no cutscenes, Metal Gear Solid is a 4 hour video game. Even in the last generation, Shinobi, Freedom Fighters, and Panzer Dragoon Orta were some of my favaorite games and can be beaten in under 10 hours, all because of their replay value. I just beat Stranglehold in just over 6 hours and can't wait to get back...why? Because I grew up replaying old video games, and I still replay old video games. If I owned a PS3, and the only real complaint about Heavenly Sword is the fact that its too short, then it would be the first game I would buy since I'm sure I would play it several times.

If you are a young gamer, then yes, short video games are bad since games today are made to not have such obvious replay value. (because if games are made to have replay value, then people would not buy as many games) Lazy video gamers will have no reason to look back on their favorite games, and will simply move to the next one. 7 hours games suck since young gamers only play their games once, and they will feel like they did not get their moneys worth.

Heh. 7 hours.

I can get that in a good day of any game.. Not worth anything more than a rent for anything that short, unless it has high replay value - but it sounds like it doesn't.

ok heavenly sword's 7 hours aint that long, but by the looks of thing it looks like a dam great 7 hour experiance. i would personly have a intense 7 hour action fest over a 100 hour rpg yawnathon.

doobie1975

Umm yeah it is bad. Why pay $60(or $120 in Australia!!) for a game you're done with in a few hours? Might as well rent it over the weekend. Cheaper and you get to finish it.

Wella short gamewas a major problem for Sony-Fans when GeOW was released...mistykal5

Exactly. There were a ton of threads about this was claiming the shortness of the game was due to the DVD format of the 360. Now I see threads from cows that a short game is cool as long as you have fun. :roll: Whatever works, this is SW. I own both HS and GeOW and like them both.

ok heavenly sword's 7 hours aint that long, but by the looks of thing it looks like a dam great 7 hour experiance. i would personly have a intense 7 hour action fest over a 100 hour rpg yawnathon.

doobie1975

If it would've been $30 for this game, then 7h would be justified.

ok heavenly sword's 7 hours aint that long, but by the looks of thing it looks like a dam great 7 hour experiance. i would personly have a intense 7 hour action fest over a 100 hour rpg yawnathon.

doobie1975

well, for the money we spend, and the time it took just to make that game, the game should be longer. at least double digit numbers! 10-13 at least. 7 hours? and I think IGN said 6 hours. I have that strategy game with the bugs for LIVE ARCADE and I think that game is as long as Heavenly Sword, can't remember exactlyhow long, but for 10 bucks its worth it.

besides, its not fair that people killed Gears of War cause it had what? 10-13 hours of gameplay I think, and now people want to defend HS, goodness gracious at least Gears of War had Co-op and versus multiplayer, so you can at least get more enjoyment out of it, regardless if you like the multiplayer or not.

even if they had to add a cheesy multiplayer to HS, it would have made the game worth a purchase, and then not by much.

Apparently only if its on the PS3.

I wonder how long Warioware lasts and that crap got a 9.0.

stranglehold, Bioshock,Geow are all short but great game none the less.joeychew

I cant speak for stranglehold or bioshock but geow didnt take me 6-7 hours to beat. That was a fairly long game on hardcore and insane or whatever was pretty long. Put it this way I couldnt beat geow the same day I bought the game. It seems with HS that this is very possible to do.

7 hours without a multiplayer is atotall trash and where is the blu ray :lol:...the makers of this game are lame lazy or they probably think hmm ps3 doesnt have games so this will sell anyways no need to put much more money in it..ByFly

what do you mean where is the bluray.

it depends on how you feel at the end of the game.

If you felt it was complete then the games length justifies itself. If it left you wanting more then no, it is unacceptable.

Thenumber of peoplenow defending a 6 hour game now is unbelievable...when Gears came out all you heard was the game sucked for being so short. Now that the PS3 has a game that is even shorter, length does not matter and in fact shorter is better according to some.

I could care less what console you prefer or even how fanatically you support such console, just don't make yourself look bad in the process.

ok heavenly sword's 7 hours aint that long, but by the looks of thing it looks like a dam great 7 hour experiance. i would personly have a intense 7 hour action fest over a 100 hour rpg yawnathon.

doobie1975

One guy at Scandinavias biggest gaming magazine gave it a 4/10, saying it was 4 hours and 11 minutes long.

7 hours isn't worth $60 no mtter how fun the game is. I'll wait for a price drop.

Kook18

I thought gamespot said 6 if you were a decent player? 8 if you're not ...

I wonder how much of this is actual gameplay because everyone has been raving about how good the numerous cutscenes look. Does it actually mean there's only 4-5 hrs of actual gameplay?

7 hours isn't worth $60 no mtter how fun the game is. I'll wait for a price drop.

Kook18

my thoughts exactly