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[LPPrince]

Ahh yes, DLCs. Now post-launch.

 

Thank goodness.

[RedWulfi]

Most people claim they take roughly 60 hours to complete Origins, I recently played it start to finish, no skipping cut scenes and I did everything including all of the DLC. And it took me roughly 30 hours.

 

I doubt this game will take me more than 200 hours lol

[Suledin]

20-30h with skipping dialogues/cutscenes. 

But I believe there's about 150h gameplay including main quests, side quests, cutscenes and exploration. The last one takes the most of that time, I assume. 

[Navasha]

Not sure why the whole "hours" thing is still even used to gauge a games length.   Its a completely subjective figure that is likely to be less accurate than a weather forecast. 

 

Some people see getting through a game as quickly as possible as an achievement, while others take pleasure in soaking in the feeling of the world.   Some might never pause once during combat, others might pause after every ability has fired for every character.   

 

How long with DA:I take me?   As long as I want. 

[SofaJockey]

I saw a DAO speed run on youtube.

 

36 minutes...

 

It used all sort of game glitches, but they appeared to be glitches that exist in the game.

20 minutes to fight through origin story and the Tower of Ishal, then skip all the other quests by glitching under gates to the Landsmeet and to the conclusion.

 

Wonder what the fun of speed runs are exactly...

[Fiddzz]

The completionist playthrough we had in our office was over 150hrs, it might take you longer or shorter.

Things to note about that time. It was by someone who knows and is familiar with the game mechanics, etc, so there was no "learning time". Also, that's not "all" the content. There are branching decisions to be made in the game so you will not see everything on one playthrough.

[Ruairi46]

The completionist playthrough we had in our office was over 150hrs, it might take you longer or shorter.

Things to note about that time. It was by someone who knows and is familiar with the game mechanics, etc, so there was no "learning time". Also, that's not "all" the content. There are branching decisions to be made in the game so you will not see everything on one playthrough.

Well the advantage of this Dragon Age is you can carry on after the game, so i'm sure I can easily get a lot more hours out of this game until you release 5 awakening sized Dlcs :3

[TurretSyndrome]

I hope I won't lose interest in the game after just finishing one round of main quests. Then again, this isn't Skyrim. 

[Iakus]

Most people claim they take roughly 60 hours to complete Origins, I recently played it start to finish, no skipping cut scenes and I did everything including all of the DLC. And it took me roughly 30 hours.

 

I doubt this game will take me more than 200 hours lol

With DLC and not skipping dialogue, all my DAO runs are 50 hours +

[tomorrowstation]

Jeez,  I plan to take 20-30 hours just to complete the cc.

[LPPrince]

Jeez,  I plan to take 20-30 hours just to complete the cc.

 

Put that *expletive* on Twitch so everyone can see it live as it happens, hahaha

[Beerfish]

Sounds like a lot of exploration, which isn't really my favorite thing in an RPG. But I'm also a completionist... I have a feeling I won't be able to finish this game.

Those two things seem to totally go against each other.  How can you be a completionist in a game without being okay with exploring?

[Feybrad]

I suppose everyone has a different idea of what constitutes a "completionist" playthrough. That could include a myriad of things ranging from exploring every nook and cranny of the terrain, to trying out every race, class and specilization, or making sure that you experience every branching path and view every cutscene. Or all of the above.

 

[themikefest]

I won't worry about the game length until I've played it a few times. I'm  curious at how fast I can do a playthrough. I know I completed the ME trilogy in less than 19 hours in one sitting and still got the best ending. Either way, I'm looking forward to playing the game.

[Jazzpha]

Playing through DAO, Awakening and Witch Hunt took me a hair over 100 hours. The bulk of that (around 80) was spent in DAO, because my Warden was so OP by Awakening he could basically solo the game if he'd wanted to.

My plan is to use a fixed party for as much of DAI as I possibly can, allowing for personal quests and pre-planned encounters that make switches mandatory. Because of that, I'll probably go through three playthroughs just to really get to know every one of my companions.

That also fits in well with my general plan to have each of my Inquisitors seem more talented and prescient than the last, to reflect my own growing metagame knowledge.

If the cast of characters is even half as interesting as it seems like they'll be, I'll be playing this game for a long, long time. And I'll likely enjoy every minute of it.

[slimgrin]

I wouldn't even want a game to be that long and personally it seems a bit of hyperbole. The number of hours keeps growing.

[deuce985]

I don't think you should look into marketing speak on lengths. It's purely subjective to the player. If you're the kind that plays slow and wants to see everything I don't think you're going to have much to worry about. Cam is only estimating what he thinks. That could be the most extreme possible cases each way. It could be possible what he meant by the lower end is players who do not use save states from DA Keep will have default state that likely misses out on some content. Those players probably don't stop to see anything off the beaten path and just stay directly on the story.

 

I know when I see these estimates they're always higher for me. I play games so freaking slow it's crazy. Like most people say they beat Mass Effect games around 40 they took me 60-100. I would be the most boring person possible to watch a livestream on Twitch because I need to notice every detail around me. Anyways, I find 25 hours on any main story is usually the sweet spot for me. I feel just about any game I've ever played that's over that runs into severe pacing issues. That might be a bit of a generalization but it's true, I've never played a game with 40+ hours on the main story that just lacked parts that dragged on for the sake of filling in the story.

[SofaJockey]

DA2 was entirely possible to complete 100% because its scope was limited.

It also depends on what completionist means to you.

 

If I have passed the last trader and I have uber-weapons and potions,

then I have no need to check ever remaining chest and corpse.

[theflyingzamboni]

By completing it even though I'm not ok with it. Doesn't calling oneself a completionist imply a certain level of neurosis?

Ideally, by choosing games that don't have huge open worlds to explore to begin with.

I'm a completionist (personal definition: completing all possible quest/story/conversational content accessible within one playthrough), and yes. I am probably mildly neurotic about it. Is that supposed to be a bad thing?

[Joseph Warrick]

I'd prefer a very responsive, shorter playthrough but more packed with alternatives. It gets tiresome in ME3 for example you always do Mars, Citadel, Sur'Kesh, Tuchanka, Rannoch, etc. and always in that order. I don't mean effectively making two largely independent, alternative games depending on one decision (e.g., the Roche path in TW2), but rather for most missions, partial objectives and even conversations to have multiple solutions and consequences. So it's not only either destroy or rewrite the Geth, destroy or use the Anvil, destroy or use the Collector base, destroy or save Maelon's data, support the mages or the templars - six or seven possible paths of action every time instead of 2. Class-based and skill-based solutions. Non-combat alternatives. Unique special solutions based on past decisions. In short, responsiveness.

 

Another advantage for me is that a shorter playthrough is less tiresome. I use skip Ostagar and skip the Fade and killallhostiles now in DA:O for this reason. I'd like the main story plus four or five sidequests to be doable at a normal pace in about 20 hours. My first DA:O run took me 80.

[oceanicsurvivor]

Difficultly level is contributing to that number too right? My first playthrough I tend to play on casual so I can get used to mechanics and enjoy the story without worrying. (if the game warrents subsequent playthroughs I'll crank the difficultly to max). But I imagine my first playthrough time that way will be much shorter then someone who starts their first playthrough on Nightmare, or even just the Hard difficultly.

[ev76]

The completionist playthrough we had in our office was over 150hrs, it might take you longer or shorter.

Things to note about that time. It was by someone who knows and is familiar with the game mechanics, etc, so there was no "learning time". Also, that's not "all" the content. There are branching decisions to be made in the game so you will not see everything on one playthrough.

If that is the case, I will be in that 150+ hours group. Especially when my first playthrough will be on hard difficulty. Plus learning the curve so to speak lol.

[TanithAeyrs]

I usually do my first playthrough on normal or sometimes on hard, depending on the game.  But I check every nook and cranny and spend a lot time trying to find every last smidgen of lore and every tiny quest.  My first playthrough on DAO was 203 hours and ME was about 90 so I'm sure I'll be well over 200 hours investigating everything in DAI on my first run.  Even now, Origins clocks in at close to 60 hours for me with the DLC's (not sure how many complete playthroughs I have done, but at least 7). However, there is nothing wrong with a faster run.  These are games and we play them in the fashion that gives us the most enjoyment.  I do consider it a personal challenge that Mike Laidlaw said there would be at least one cave or dungeon in every area with no quest markers and nothing to guide the player to it.  I am so excited for this!