Short-game scares people, WTF?

What have we become? Why do people care if a game like Madworld is short? As long as the gameplay is good, then who cares. Two to three hours of great gameplay guarentee a purchase for me. Am I just too old-schooler or what? Metroid Prime and Super Metroid, you could beat them under two hours. Yet They're some of the best games I ever played if not the greatest.

nchan

Because games weren't always $60 :| and in the shape the world economies are in value matters. $50 for 3 hours of entertainment = fail to most people.

It's all about value.

Variation is also a big factor.

MadWorld don't have much variation in gameplay. It's 5h long and you do the same thing over and over and over again.

What have we become? Why do people care if a game like Madworld is short? As long as the gameplay is good, then who cares. Two to three hours of great gameplay guarentee a purchase for me. Am I just too old-schooler or what? Metroid Prime and Super Metroid, you could beat them under two hours. Yet They're some of the best games I ever played if not the greatest.

nchan

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What have we become? Why do people care if a game like Madworld is short? As long as the gameplay is good, then who cares. Two to three hours of great gameplay guarentee a purchase for me. Am I just too old-schooler or what? Metroid Prime and Super Metroid, you could beat them under two hours. Yet They're some of the best games I ever played if not the greatest.

ChrisSpartan117

Although I much prefer a longer game, I would rather take a short game packed with fun over a long game that is repetitive or boring. For example, I enjoyed Silent Hill 2,3 and Portal a lot more than Oblivion with its thousand fetch-quests. Some games are fairly lengthy but get very repetitive after 4-5 hours. If the level design stays the same throughout the game and there are no variations of gameplay (when you feel you've been doing the same thing for hours and you can tell it's not gonna get better) and no interesting story to keep it going, it can get pretty boring. On the other hand, I think waiting for a price drop is smart if you buy a game that is short.

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What have we become? Why do people care if a game like Madworld is short? As long as the gameplay is good, then who cares. Two to three hours of great gameplay guarentee a purchase for me. Am I just too old-schooler or what? Metroid Prime and Super Metroid, you could beat them under two hours. Yet They're some of the best games I ever played if not the greatest.

ChrisSpartan117

Madworld length 5 hours?? you have no idea,is thatwhat you've read in reviews XD

i have completed it in normal and hard mode and it tokes me about 10-11 hours to complete both, also hard mode is a completely different game

normal = boring

hard mode = hell yes!!

its true that the game is short, but BTW you have to spend 3 or 4 for hours to unlock the best part of the game so at least it have a replay value

the game worth it, thats all

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What have we become? Why do people care if a game like Madworld is short? As long as the gameplay is good, then who cares. Two to three hours of great gameplay guarentee a purchase for me. Am I just too old-schooler or what? Metroid Prime and Super Metroid, you could beat them under two hours. Yet They're some of the best games I ever played if not the greatest.

fabz_95

its not that short (10 hours not 5)... and also have a very enjoyable multiplayer

What did you expect a MMORPG?? World of Madworld?

I Like short games, they dont overstay there welcome and make the campaign some grindfest just to finish it, on the other hand i dont want the SP to be 2 hours long, but i dont want it to be 50 eather.

Sometimes i wonder how the hell people can put 50+ hours into the singleplayer campaign of some games.