MASS EFFECT = 12-15 HOURS 0.o

http://www.videogametalk.com/review.php?ID=778&PHPSESSID=6321b2f1d84330526057636933a4ec46

"I completed the single player game on a combination of Normal and Hard difficulty at character level 42 in a little over 23 hours. I'd imagine folks could possibly blow through the single player story in 12 to 15 hours if they avoided all the side missions, but they would miss out an enormous amount of entertaining material. For those who are wondering about the possible trilogy aspect, be assured that you will receive a clear, decisive ending to this portion of the tale. It's extremely satisfying and still does a great job of setting up a sequel."

Ohh oh....the EPIC game....story can be beaten in 12-15 hours...that's not good imo.

I expected the game to be at least 25 hours for the main story, like BioWares other RPG's

WHAT IS WRONG W/ NEXT GEN GAMES?

COD4 - 6 hours

GeOW - 6 hours

HS - 6 hours

Lair - lol 0 hours, nobody should play it

This is dissapointing...this game just went from a MUST OWN...to RENT status for me :(

I expected 40 hours to be honest.

Sigh... I just hope Resident Evil 5 ends up being as long as 4.

[if they avoided all the side missions, but they would miss out an enormous amount of entertaining material.

-D3MO-

There you go. :) Now if GS would fix these silly HTML errors...

if they avoided all the side missions, but they would miss out an enormous amount of entertaining material.

If you blow through the game, I don't blow through RPGs, I take my time and do side quests to enjoy it.

Since Mass Effect is the type of game where you'll want to play it multiple times I can't see this being anything but a must buy.

the time seems to vary. Co-worker of mine drove to Winchester to get it and said it lasted some 30 hours with no side missions. Another thread on the internet said some 20 hours but the guy admitted that he had missed out on maybe 20 more hours of gameplay. Then this guy with 23 hours, but saying if you are gonna rush through it 15 hours.

If its an amazing game, I wont mind the length one bit, and there is tons of side quests. I remember in Oblivion the main quest only took me about 20 hours but I played the game for 112 hours, and that was doing all the guilds, caverns, finding Daedra armour.

So basically I'm not worried, it sounds fun finding uncharted planets.

... Sad. RPGs should be 2 to 3 times that at minimum. This generation makes me really sad because of the lack of length in games.jeffwulf

Dont worry, Im ten hours in and Im still at one of the first parts of the game.

It's actually not all that much shorter then Jade Empire, a little longer actually. However, it seems from the review most people will take 20+ hours to finish it. For true RPG fans like myself it looks like there's a good 30 hours in there not counting the replay value for alternate storylines and endings.

If anyone is blowing through the game in 12 hours and only touching on the parts they absolutely have to I'd say they've missed the point of games like this altogether in the first place.

It's sad when looking back.

Resident Evil 4 was at least 24+ hours.

Okami was 40+ hours.

Ninja Guiden and Devil My Cry 3 where both longer than 18 hours.

Honestly, an greatRPG that is 25 hours long fails in comparison to an RPG that is 100+ hours long, like Oblivion or even the craptastic Final Fantasy 12.

it was the same way with oblivion yet people still played it for hundreds of hours. Thing is all the side quests take longer to complete than the main story.

did u guys read the if they blow by the side missions and all the exploration and miss out on all the massive hours of amazing entertainment.jg4xchamp

Yes But Side-Missions aren't relevant to the story...and this is an RPG (Role-Playing Game)....and BioWare has always been great w/ delivering a solid single player experience (NWN, Baldur's Gate) and then adding sidequests that add on to the game.

I haven't played any side quests in oblivion. All I did was run and jump for 20 hours to increase my jumping skills to 99.

It's actually not all that much shorter then Jade Empire, a little longer actually. However, it seems from the review most people will take 20+ hours to finish it. For true RPG fans like myself it looks like there's a good 30 hours in there not counting the replay value for alternate storylines and endings.

If anyone is blowing through the game in 12 hours and only touching on the parts they absolutely have to I'd say they've missed the point of games like this altogether in the first place.

myke2010

no, for players like us compare this game to oblivion. You could beat it in 20 hours, but thats no fun. The way things are going, its going to take me 60-70 hours.

For gamers like me they might as well invest in makeing games multiple disks because I have a tendecy to rush through games... of course then I would never eat and probably die on my sofa.

Mass Effect better cover my Christmas break.

It's sad when looking back.

Resident Evil 4 was at least 24+ hours.

Okami was 40+ hours.

Ninja Guiden and Devil My Cry 3 where both longer than 18 hours.

Honestly, an greatRPG that is 25 hours long fails in comparison to an RPG that is 100+ hours long, like Oblivion or even the craptastic Final Fantasy 12.

elbow2k

Is this sarcasm?

Also beating an rpg with out completing any sidequests is pointless imo.

it was the same way with oblivion yet people still played it for hundreds of hours. Thing is all the side quests take longer to complete than the main story.

zero9167

Say what?

I easily clocked 140+ hours on Oblivion just by doing the standard things in an RPG, such as leveling up, collecting loot, doing side missions and what not.

If I had bothered to explore all of it, 200+ hours righ there.

[QUOTE="myke2010"]

It's actually not all that much shorter then Jade Empire, a little longer actually. However, it seems from the review most people will take 20+ hours to finish it. For true RPG fans like myself it looks like there's a good 30 hours in there not counting the replay value for alternate storylines and endings.

If anyone is blowing through the game in 12 hours and only touching on the parts they absolutely have to I'd say they've missed the point of games like this altogether in the first place.

kevy619

no, for players like us compare this game to oblivion. You could beat it in 20 hours, but thats no fun. The way things are going, its going to take me 60-70 hours.

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]did u guys read the if they blow by the side missions and all the exploration and miss out on all the massive hours of amazing entertainment.-D3MO-

Yes But Side-Missions aren't relevant to the story...and this is an RPG (Role-Playing Game)....and BioWare has always been great w/ delivering a solid single player experience (NWN, Baldur's Gate) and then adding sidequests that add on to the game.

side missions made Oblivion such an amazing game, so they have merit.

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]did u guys read the if they blow by the side missions and all the exploration and miss out on all the massive hours of amazing entertainment.-D3MO-

Yes But Side-Missions aren't relevant to the story...and this is an RPG (Role-Playing Game)....and BioWare has always been great w/ delivering a solid single player experience (NWN, Baldur's Gate) and then adding sidequests that add on to the game.

Side missions are relevant to the story in Mass Effect. Stop talking like you have played the game.

[QUOTE="-D3MO-"]

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]did u guys read the if they blow by the side missions and all the exploration and miss out on all the massive hours of amazing entertainment.rocktimusprime

Yes But Side-Missions aren't relevant to the story...and this is an RPG (Role-Playing Game)....and BioWare has always been great w/ delivering a solid single player experience (NWN, Baldur's Gate) and then adding sidequests that add on to the game.

side missions made Oblivion such an amazing game, so they have merit.

i second that..glarthir,stolen painting...and the white lady were some of my favorites..i have plenty more.

For gamers like me they might as well invest in makeing games multiple disks because I have a tendecy to rush through games... of course then I would never eat and probably die on my sofa.

Mass Effect better cover my Christmas break.

Broc_Samson

??? For you they should make a game where you are forced not to rush through and skip everything.

23+ hours with all theside questsis still a little weak...I still wanna play it though..and Okami was TOO DAMN LONG! I am 25 hours in and I stopped playing and just labeled it the never ending game...

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]did u guys read the if they blow by the side missions and all the exploration and miss out on all the massive hours of amazing entertainment.-D3MO-

Yes But Side-Missions aren't relevant to the story...and this is an RPG (Role-Playing Game)....and BioWare has always been great w/ delivering a solid single player experience (NWN, Baldur's Gate) and then adding sidequests that add on to the game.

Wow thats dissappointing. how long is KOTOR? Compare the two and if they are near the same then it should not be a problem.sonic_rusher

True. KOTOR was a good length for a game and if they are about the same I will be satisfied.

And about Oblivion... I clocked about 120+ hours and beat every quest in the game save some random misc. quests.

[QUOTE="zero9167"]

it was the same way with oblivion yet people still played it for hundreds of hours. Thing is all the side quests take longer to complete than the main story.

elbow2k

Say what?

I easily clocked 140+ hours on Oblivion just by doing the standard things in an RPG, such as leveling up, collecting loot, doing side missions and what not.

If I had bothered to explore all of it, 200+ hours righ there.

i played the pc version with cheats hehe

So what? I've seen videos of people speeding through Fallout 2 in less than 20 minutes.swamprat_basic

Heck, Im ten hours in and I only have 90/1000 gamerpoints.

[QUOTE="Broc_Samson"]

For gamers like me they might as well invest in makeing games multiple disks because I have a tendecy to rush through games... of course then I would never eat and probably die on my sofa.

Mass Effect better cover my Christmas break.

kevy619

??? For you they should make a game where you are forced not to rush through and skip everything.

Well I don't skip everything. I do go back and beat just about everything there is to beat... I just do it all in as few sittings as possible because I am a video game addict. For me they should make a game that automatically turns itself off when you play for too long, tells you to go outside, never lets you skip the cutscenes, and extremely challenging so I don't master the game half way through and dominate the last half. (Mario Galaxies in the platform elements, Zelda's puzzles, and my character in Oblivion was just way too powerful.)

Ya... I guess Super Mario 64 didn't have any content and was therefore a crappy game, cuz I seen a vid of some fool blow through the game in a few min. So wow... what a crappy game, and this makes MASS EFFECT crap too.... so glad you posted this TC, now I can save myself $60.... /sighVeterngamer

They are different genres. Mass effect is completely different type of game. Think about it....

How long is kOTOR. Anyone know?sonic_rusher

Anyway, i dont see where the problem lies here, the link clearly says 12-15 without completing any side quests or any additional exploration.I dont know about anyone else, but I can see myself spending hours upon hours exploring the 250 different celestial bodies(Planets,comets,Gas giants included)

Look, I'm a sheep and PREYING for this game to flop. 8.9 COMEON!!

But I can't abide hating on a game with a 10plus hour single player campaign not including side missions. This isn't a JRPG, and that is a decent chunk of time, not including you can probably squeeze about 30 hours out of a 10 hour game if you play it right.

You know these type of games don't have much replay value, so forget that before you go in. It'll probably be just about as long as KOTOR was and that was one of my favorite games of all time, and I hate WRPGs, mostly.

So, from me, a sheep, find another angle to flame this game, please.

Thats without having hot alien "interaction".

I've seen Super Metroid beaten in under a half-hour. It isn't a half-hour long game.

If you're going to speed-run and trim out everything good about the game, then you can do that, but that's not representative of the game's length on the average first playthrough. As others have mentioned, Oblivion isn't that long if you only do the main quest, but there's so much else to do that only doing the main quest would be stupid.