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[azerSheppard]

Currently have to finish Vanquish, Nier, Quake 4, Bionic Commando, and star ocean TLH. I'll have finished Vanquish and bionic commando in the next week, probably won't play quake 4 since it sucks real bad, SO and Nier are getting finished, infact the reason i haven't finished em yet is because i'm trying to get a 100% completion for em.

Other than that i replay alot of my games. I have 50 some titles on the 360.
Just to give you an idea, i played the original ME 10 times, and the second one i played nearly 25 times.

I remember putting nearly 1000 hours into FFXII.

[Il Divo]

Volus Warlord wrote...

I won't buy a game for single player if single player consists of <10 hrs of gameplay.

Cmon. if it's a 5 hour campaign with zero replay value, and multiplayer is either deserted or unexceptional, you are paying $12 an hour if the title costs $60.

For a point of reference, in ME2, a rushed playthrough could easily go for 20 hours, and more thorough ones 40 or more. That is $3 an hour for a rushed playthrough, assuming I do not complete multiple playthroughs. Which I, and countless others, did.

So, even if quality of those hours is about the same, which is of better value?

Except this relates a game's value strictly to length, "quantity", while ignoring any quality considerations. Half-Life 2 is one of my favorite games and there is absolutely no replay value. Likewise for the Halo series. Replayability will be a determining factor in how "refreshing" a game is, but that ultimately is not the only fun factor. If I obtain more enjoyment from Half-Life 2 than from Mass Effect 2, then the former possesses greater value.  

Modifié par Il Divo, 20 août 2011 - 01:47 .

[Han Shot First]

My hope is that these poll results don't lead to shorter games.

Imagine if for example Mass Effect 1 and 2 were half the length they are currently.  Would you be disappointed, particularly if you paid anything near the same price for half the content? I know I would be.

[Nerevar-as]

Depends. ME2 is 10h longer than ME1 to me, but as most of the game is (good) filler with litle connection to the Reapers it ends feeling shorter in a bad way. DA2 was much much worse. On the other side there´s how intense a game can be. I finished Amnesia or Dead Space 2 in around 10 hours, but found every minute was worth it, thanks to atmosphere and feel of hopelessness I felt with the main characters in a situation way above their normal possibilities. But in general I wait for price drop for any non RPG game unless the Collector Edition is interesting enough.

Modifié par Nerevar-as, 20 août 2011 - 10:03 .

[Zaxares]

Han Shot First wrote...

My hope is that these poll results don't lead to shorter games.

Imagine if for example Mass Effect 1 and 2 were half the length they are currently.  Would you be disappointed, particularly if you paid anything near the same price for half the content? I know I would be.

Well, that depends... Is a game longer because of actual story content? Or is it longer because of grind and fluff? Some of us old-school gamers who've been around since the 80's and 90's might remember that RPGs back then could take up to 20 or 30 hours to complete (when most other games of the era could be finished in an hour or two), but about 10 - 15 of those hours were just us wandering around and killing random monsters so we could gain enough gold and experience to be able to take on the next area. In more modern games, the same effect is achieved through things like ME2's planet mining, or through achievements that reward you for doing something like "Catch 100 fish" or "Pick 50 pockets".

In my case, I make it a habit to complete every single game I play, unless it's ASTOUNDINGLY bad, or it makes me literally sick. (I couldn't play Morrowind because it gave me terrible motion sickness, for example.) I only tend to buy new games perhaps once every 3 or 4 months, which I will then play to obsessive completion, before picking up a new game.

[Seagloom]

I found this pertinent and amusing: "I Don't Finish Games Because I Am Old".

This applies to me somewhat. Time is a precious commodity. I have more of it to spend than most, but there's only so much of it before I'm feeding worms. Years back I used to push myself to finish a bad game since I invested so much time or money into it already. Now, I rather cut my losses and move on something else. Life is short. I am not wasting it on mediocrity or endless filler.

[Mercannis]

Seagloom wrote...

I found this pertinent and amusing: "I Don't Finish Games Because I Am Old".

This applies to me somewhat. Time is a precious commodity. I have more of it to spend than most, but there's only so much of it before I'm feeding worms. Years back I used to push myself to finish a bad game since I invested so much time or money into it already. Now, I rather cut my losses and move on something else. Life is short. I am not wasting it on mediocrity or endless filler.

That article is pretty depressing, i mean a whole 40 hours eh...ive been playing games like Morrowind for hundreds of hours and i dont feel like i was wasting my time. When i used to be an avid reader i also used to put in around 40 hours a week. Lets not even discuss how much time people spend staring at the TV or chatting on their social network page.

Everyone is in such a hurry because we are finite, the mentality of I gotta be first is rampant but making yourself stressed and agitated aint good for the ol blood pressure. I just mean this in general btw not necessarily targeting you with this post.

[Seagloom]

Granted, it would depend on individuals. One person might feel playing games is always time well spent. I do not regret the countless hours I poured into games, and intend to use up countless more playing. I simply desire to live a fuller life than before. An inordinate amount of my time was devoted to gaming during my formative years and young adulthood. I want to make the most of my remaining years. That requires placing gaming as a lower priority.

In the past I plugged ahead. I rationalized forcing myself through bad games by fretting over how much time or money was already invested into the experience. These days, I figure wasting *more* time is worse still. Lengthy games do not bother me, however. Not as long as they are worth my time.