clarify game length

[smanj440]

The devs say it's an 80 hour game. Is that 80 hours per class - or I have to do 4 different campaigns to reach that? Like 20 hours for elves, 20 hours for empire, etc. Thanks

[sandman25dcsss]

Single campaign takes about 60 hours if you speed up animations. You can play it several times for different classes and focusing on different factions.
Personally I have 330 hours after 7 runs.

[smanj440]

Dang. That's cool. Thanks

[MAGE]

first run on queens nest now. 130 hours at normal speed. I also do other stuff while playing.You can speed things up if your in a hurry. I dont know if I am going to play again after completing at least not for a while.

[smanj440]

Thanks. I hear it's a game similar to King's Bounty. I liked the previous games, but never finished them. I'm really busy, and don't have alot of game time, so I am hoping it's a chill game

[sltrs1]

I finished this game for 42 hours first time and for 25 hours in Liberation mode, didn't skip anything. I have no idea what are you guys doing in this game for such long time. Not using Conquest option?

[KorgonZola]

60 of these 80 hours is watching the same slow combat animations over and over again.

[NuclearSqworms]

It is very long - it gets better as you go along too.

[Carlos Spicywiener]

Originally posted by NuclearSqworms:

It is very long - it gets better as you go along too.

dunno about that. Im on the last leg and finding it hard to finish. Really need more of a variety of mobs to fight. And variations

[Darkflame92]

Hmm, how much does the playtime change, if you skip every battle you can skip?

[sltrs1]

Originally posted by Darkflame92:

Hmm, how much does the playtime change, if you skip every battle you can skip?

As I said above, I managed to fit in about 25 hours.

[Thorba]

How is it possible to finish this game in 25 hours? I have over 50 hours and i am still far from finishing the game (hard difficult). The only way to make it through in 25 hours is by skipping most fights and quests, maybe playing on easy and speeding the animation up to 300% but then you miss a lot content and fun. If you play serious you will end up with around 50+ hours for sure at first playthrough.

[sltrs1]

Originally posted by Thorba:

How is it possible to finish this game in 25 hours? I have over 50 hours and i am still far from finishing the game (hard difficult). The only way to make it through in 25 hours is by skipping most fights and quests, maybe playing on easy and speeding the animation up to 300% but then you miss a lot content and fun. If you play serious you will end up with around 50+ hours for sure at first playthrough.

First, I did it Liberation mode. Which means, first, I already knew all about quests and effective ways to finish them. Second, I had more exp and better army, which allowed me to skip more fights. And last, I played it at Normal and 300% animation speed.

[sandman25dcsss]

Originally posted by sltrs1:

First, I did it Liberation mode. Which means, first, I already knew all about quests and effective ways to finish them. Second, I had more exp and better army, which allowed me to skip more fights. And last, I played it at Normal and 300% animation speed.

I think it is not what OP asked about. Liberation mode is available only after you have already finished the game once so the game length becomes 50 (for first run) + 25 (for liberation mode) = 75 hours which is still closer to 50 hours than to 25 hours ;)

[smanj440]

Originally posted by sandman25dcsss:

Originally posted by sltrs1:

First, I did it Liberation mode. Which means, first, I already knew all about quests and effective ways to finish them. Second, I had more exp and better army, which allowed me to skip more fights. And last, I played it at Normal and 300% animation speed.

I think it is not what OP asked about. Liberation mode is available only after you have already finished the game once so the game length becomes 50 (for first run) + 25 (for liberation mode) = 75 hours which is still closer to 50 hours than to 25 hours ;)

You are correct, Sandman. Thanks all

[easytarget]

After playing it for 20 hours I can safely say imho this game is WAY too long.

Insanely repetitive comes to mind as an apt description also.