Really? Only 12-15 Hours To Complete

[Wylfen]

I've been waiting for this game since first announcement...in reading the play hours posts, not so sure now. Price doesn't sit right with me for such a short game. Will wait a few months regardless.

[ele]

Opprinnelig skrevet av kcthebrewer:

Opprinnelig skrevet av ele:

It's still too short for the cost though for sure.

Cost/time is subjective
This is a large production game with tons of writing, dialogue, and staff.

The cost is inline with many games such as PS4 Spiderman, Doom Eternal, Wolfenstein, Tomb Raider, etc

If you can't justify $60 - which is understandable - just wait for a sale or grab it off a legit key seller site like GMG for 20% off

There are many people who are happy to have a superb 15 hour narrative vs a 200 hour game that only 5-10 hours are decent (if that).

I got it for $50. It wasn't a superb narrative though, the combat was basic and it had no-name voice-actors. That's why I wish it was just a $50 DLC for Avengers, so we could actually get something out of it that would last a lot longer.

[Captain Worthy]

Opprinnelig skrevet av SnifferInChief:

Yeah what BS. I'm not going to spend $60 on a game that I can finish in 1 day if I tried hard enough, and never touch it again. Thank you gamers for making games short because games like the witcher or Grand Theft Auto are too long according to most of you. I'd rather have a game there that I never finished because of the length than to have games there and never touch again because I completed it far too quickly. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ what a joke.

The joke is on you.

The 12 hour completion is a speedrun time, where the player skips everything possible.

You know the speedrun time for Grand Theft Auto 5? 5h 56m 47s.
For Witcher 3, it's even less, 2h 41m 7s.

It took me over 23 hours to complete Guardians of the Galaxy, I didn't rush to the end. I got excellent value for my money, this game is the best ever Marvel game for PC.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

As with all game durations, YMMV. On HowLongToBeat I'm seeing everything from 11 hours to 35 hours out of 104 (so far) playthroughs across all platforms. (I posted the link to that earlier in the topic, not to argue for one side of the above debate or another, just for informational purposes.) It's likely those who get the most out of this game in terms of hours will be those who 100% it, take their time, and play NG+ making different choices to see the different mission configurations.

[Xenu]

I'd rather have a varied levels beautiful looking 15 hours game than a big map with outpost missions. Go play Far Cry if your brain can't handle real art.

[Xenu]

"GaMe is TooO ShOrT" every other game "go kill 5 boars" "grab 3 wood" yeah i'd rather have a tight good story that goes forward

[Captain Worthy]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Goo:

I'd rather have a varied levels beautiful looking 15 hours game than a big map with outpost missions. Go play Far Cry if your brain can't handle real art.

Interestingly enough there are space games like Elite Dangerous out there which feature realistic open space maps, and the brain not handling it is precisely the issue. We are not equipped to handle interstellar reality, but prefer the type of worlds we actually live in. And most people live on a quite small map, relatively speaking.

The 16-24 hours of narrative focused journey through the game world of GotG is vastly better as an experience than having free roam access to these galaxies. Just the single galaxy featured in Elite Dangerous has more star systems than the player can visit during their actual life time, and almost all of these are procedurally generated so it does not matter in which direction you go in, everything is pretty much the same as anywhere else.

No Man's Sky has multiple galaxies for the player to explore, yet the most riveting gameplay in that game is focused around building a base for yourself.

[DirtyFrank]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Wylfen:

I've been waiting for this game since first announcement...in reading the play hours posts, not so sure now. Price doesn't sit right with me for such a short game. Will wait a few months regardless.

im sitting at 20 hours and still havent beat it just got to the last mission soooo this is bs. would you call an uncharted game too short or god of war or last of us? those are all singleplayer linear story games that can all be beaten around the 20 hour mark. not everything can be witcher 3 or else all we would have is rpgs

[UselessFoetus]

Well so far I'm only in chapter 6 and I've got 10hrs of playtime.

[GODzilla]

Depends on your style of play. I usually take my time to explore the maps, hear the banter, talk to the Guardians (especially about specific items you can find to explore their past), read the lore and many times I walk instead of run.

Currently at 24 hours in my first playthrough and chapter 14 of 16 and I did not repeat a chapter.

That being said, the game is simply magnificent! Worth every penny, be it 15 hours or 25.

[times05]

It's more like a movie, charming/fun/entertaining with action sequences. Very linear, only really good for like 1 playthrough, but still worth it I'd say.

[RobotMan #08]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Goo:

I'd rather have a varied levels beautiful looking 15 hours game than a big map with outpost missions. Go play Far Cry if your brain can't handle real art.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Goo:

"GaMe is TooO ShOrT" every other game "go kill 5 boars" "grab 3 wood" yeah i'd rather have a tight good story that goes forward

This is a weird thing to say, especially coming from a player that plays games like Assassin's Creed, PC Building Simulator, Death Stranding. Those games are kinda the exact same thing over and over again too, even Far Cry 5 which you play.

Is it just that Far Cry 6 is that bad?

[theamazingal]

Its really not that short a game hell 10 years ago 6 - 8 hours was standard for a single player outside some rpgs. I took my time searched all over and play time at end was about 30 hours. Think most people would see about 20 hours for sure.

Its rare these days I buy a game at release due to my frightening backlog but I really didn't regret this and will likely do another play through sooner rather than later.

[Xenu]

Opprinnelig skrevet av ForbeZ:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Goo:

I'd rather have a varied levels beautiful looking 15 hours game than a big map with outpost missions. Go play Far Cry if your brain can't handle real art.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Goo:

"GaMe is TooO ShOrT" every other game "go kill 5 boars" "grab 3 wood" yeah i'd rather have a tight good story that goes forward

This is a weird thing to say, especially coming from a player that plays games like Assassin's Creed, PC Building Simulator, Death Stranding. Those games are kinda the exact same thing over and over again too, even Far Cry 5 which you play.

Is it just that Far Cry 6 is that bad?

You just gonna stalk me like that? Eww weirdo thx for reminding me to private my accounts again. ME playing those games dosen't change my opinion that a single player focused game is more interesting. You are very weird

[Xenu]

Wait my account is private you are even more of a crazy person than i thought

[mitcHELLspawn]

It's really not that weird for someone to see you give an opinion on video games on a video game forum where your profile is literally tied to your video game account for them to see if you are in-fact speaking in good faith, or if you are just literally writing comments just to argue back and forth and to hear yourself speak.