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[Icinix]

You see analytics pop us saying X amount of players didn't finish the game - but I think a lot of the time that can be taken out of context.

I don't know if it counts how many times a single player starts, because if it did, I had about 65 to 5000 DAO characters that I never finished the game with. I also don't know how many times other people jumped on my computer and started a character and had a bash.

I also know that on the xbox everyone who has come around has probably started at least one ME game in my house.

If those are being counted then it massively throws the numbers out - then there are the people who may not have internet access (I would say since less than 50% use xbox live gold) the number of people on Xbox that don't use the internet on their console could be high and thus throwing figures out as well.

Anyway point is - I don't think this figure ever represents an accurate figure for companies to use. Even if by some miracle it was an accurate figure, I still have a huge list of games I love and adore that I have never got around to finishing, but when people ask - I tell them its one of the best games I've ever played.

Whoa - Ok that was off topic and kind of blah blah. Yeah I think ME length (one and two) is bang on. Any longer and the interest drops, any shorter and I think they would have to cut too much out of the story they want to tell.

[Sweawm]

I have an idiot friend who didn't get past Eden Prime because he claimed the game was too 'boring'

[ttchip]

No.

[Icinix]

Sweawm wrote...

I have an idiot friend who didn't get past Eden Prime because he claimed the game was too 'boring'

Bet he's spent hours on Angry Birds though huh?

[tetrisblock4x1]

Nothing wrong with some casul fun. I spend lots of time playing multiplayer with the general public (opposite of competitive gaming - that **** takes commitment) and Arkham City is fun in small doses.

[vader da slayer]

hey look tetris is trolling again

[Drone223]

Not sure if serious

[AlexXIV]

I don't think that people don't complete games because they are too long. They don't because they lose interest. Some games out there are MUCH longer than Bioware games and keep people playing for a long time. One example is Mount and Blade. Yeah, most people say it sucks and rightly so. But I for one, with a good mod, am playing it since release. Always again. I think it is more about whether a game is interesting. If it is, people can play it forever, if it stays interesting for some reason. On the other hand if they think a game 'sucks' they may not even play much more than an hour. And I really think Bioware games tend to be repetitive at times. For me it only happens after several playthroughs that I have enough, but for some people it may happen earlier.

Modifié par AlexXIV, 11 février 2012 - 10:13 .

[Phategod1]

No I wish Both were twice as long I just wish the side missions were more relevant, but that's a problem for all RPG's.

[staindgrey]

Not every gamer is the type of gamer who shells out $60+ on opening night then obsesses with the game until it's completed, if not multiple times. The people who come to a forum to discuss the game and research pre-release news and buy the damned t-shirts are the minority, something we tend to forget.

There are bound to be a ton of people who borrow the game and don't like it, or rent it and don't feel like completing it, or buy it used and don't find the time for it, etc. Think about ALL the different people who could possibly put the game in and press start at least once. All of those people are part of that statistic, not just us.

[Mand0l1n]

Is chocolate too tasty?

edit: darn typos

Modifié par Mand0l1n, 11 février 2012 - 10:26 .

[JaHawk]

Definitely not! The point of Mass Effect is an expansive RPG experience, not a 6 hour shooter for the Call of Duty sociopaths.

[Icinix]

Mand0l1n wrote...

Is chocolate too tasy?

^.-

Shocking!

[AlexXIV]

Luc0s wrote...

NEWSFLASH TO OP:

ALL video-games have an average completion rate of 50%, not only Mass Effect.

It's only completely normal that only 50% of all players finish Mass Effect. It's like that with ALL video-games. It has been like that for years. It is in fact the very reason why many developers these days make shot(er) games.


Now tell me OP, would you honestly want Mass Effect to become shorter, just because the majority chose not to finish their game? Does that mean all games should become shorter? Does that mean the games also should become cheaper? Or do you think we should get less content but still pay the same price?

The OP is tetris mate. You know, the guy who keeps throwing out topics like a friggen topic machine.

[DarthCaine]

Try too short

[Icinix]

vader da slayer wrote...

hey look tetris is trolling again

Tetris does start some interesting discussion points though.

[Drake-Shepard]

The PLC wrote...

Sweawm wrote...

I have an idiot friend who didn't get past Eden Prime because he claimed the game was too 'boring'

Same here. A friend of mine didn't even get past the first 15 minutes of ME1, because it had "too much talking". You see, this is why we can't have nice things. 

My brother quit half way through citadel. ridiculous, that place was uber cool.
His not even pateient enough for the dialogue in deus ex but he will play diablo 2

[shenlonzero]

wish they were longer.

[MR CHEESENGRITS]

The games need to be longer.

[lukex38]

i know alot of people who didnt get passed the citidel saying it was too boring, and such, but then they played ME2 and loved it,
i wish they were longer, my last playthough on me1 was 29 hours, me2 56 hours,
the people who didnt finish me1 were the type of people who play cod

[BiO]

OP mentioned Valve as episodic model.

First of all, the reason Valve used the episodic model for the Half-Life franchise is to not make fans wait 6 years between each game. They have also abandoned this model, after seeing that it's not satisfying enough, hence the long wait for Half-Life 3.

Also, check out Steam's global achievements stats. You'd be surprised how many people never finished some of the single player games...

Modifié par BiO_MaN, 11 février 2012 - 10:42 .

[nuclearpengu1nn]

SMH

[Exia001]

No, Mass Effect is not too long and everyone should not be punished because some teen glued to their Iphone does not understand it, besides, the state of BSN if that happened...Oh my!