how long is the game

[rafaaa]

how many chapters/hours is the game?

[Doctor TacoChocolate]

It's 4-5 hours long

[Marmo]

Originally posted by Doctor TacoChocolate:

It's 4-5 hours long

thats quite disappointing

[Evil Tiger]

Originally posted by Chumbaceus:

Originally posted by Doctor TacoChocolate:

It's 4-5 hours long

thats quite disappointing

No that is good amount of hours.Seriously sick and tired of games that want you to play for more than 20 hours

[sunt viu, exist]

What do you mean 4 hours ? Wtf ? That is extremely short... you can't call a game like that a metroidvania

[Doctor TacoChocolate]

Originally posted by 76561198155937739:

What do you mean 4 hours ? Wtf ? That is extremely short... you can't call a game like that a metroidvania

It's barely even a Metroidvania. There's basically no backtracking and it's almost completely linear.

[sunt viu, exist]

ok ... I don't know why some videos who review metroidvania kept mentioning this game as a really good upcoming metroidvania games - guess they were delusional and this game is not for me

[Outsider]

Originally posted by Evil Tiger:

Originally posted by Chumbaceus:

thats quite disappointing

No that is good amount of hours.Seriously sick and tired of games that want you to play for more than 20 hours

Like what? Gimme some.
I wanna some long and huge 2D action game like Astlibra, doesn't matter if metroidvania or not.

[Broso]

Originally posted by Evil Tiger:

Originally posted by Chumbaceus:

thats quite disappointing

No that is good amount of hours.Seriously sick and tired of games that want you to play for more than 20 hours

A metroidvania should offer at least 8-10 hours of gameplay. Some of the best ones offer a multiple of that, like 20-30 (i.e. Bloodstained, Hollow Knight, Blasphemous).

[scythewielder]

I don't think it's bad to make a shorter game, as long as the quality is good. Besides, if it does well and people like it, they may add something extra later on.

[Zleven]

Yeah the pixel art alone is amazing, but at the current price with that length, might as well wait on a sale if ever. :(

edit: Dev said it might be about 8-10 hours now, gotta wait till someone actually plays it before maybe buying :D

[sanae_kochiya]

Originally posted by Outsider:

Originally posted by Evil Tiger:

No that is good amount of hours.Seriously sick and tired of games that want you to play for more than 20 hours

Like what? Gimme some.
I wanna some long and huge 2D action game like Astlibra, doesn't matter if metroidvania or not.

In that case i recommend Rabi-Ribi, don't let the cover fool you, pretty hardcore and well made game with a surprisingly deep yet simple on the surface combat system and crazy movement, if you go for everything you can do in that game (Such as playing as the other character, playing with 0% item completion and the achievements that encourage you to play in a weird order or way) then you will get easily more than 100 hours, or about 300 if you go full completionist, and as for the main game + all the DLC content i would say its about 35 hours or so (Without DLC i think its still around 20), i have almost 500 and there's things i still want to do, not because i feel like i have to but because it's fun.
The aesthetic of the game might be the only thing that would hold you back but other than that it's a legit amazing game specially if you look for hardcore games.
Most people would agree it's a better designed game than bloodstained and around the same level as hollow knight but still very different in gameplay style from those two.
And if you like roguelikes for more playtime , there's the Randomizer available right there at the in-game's workshop.

[Khroniclas]

5 hours seems really nice. Low commitment for a full experience. I'll definitely get it now.

[sanae_kochiya]

And to stay on topic, 5 hours seem okay, remember that's the best case non-speedrunning scenario and it could mean "just beating the game when you already know the game" but who knows, it could take you 8 hours or something like that if you take your time and get stuff.
From what i see, the game's store page doesn't advertise itself as a metroidvania, it's tagged as such because some people have a very loose definition of what a metroidvania is.
If it's a linear game (i have yet to figure that out myself) then 5 to 7 hours is ok it's not a capital sin to make a short game, metroidvanias take longer not necessarily because they are longer games but because a lot of time is spent backtracking or exploring.


Or to put it simply, a game's worth is not determined by the time it takes to complete, but by the enjoyment and engagement it provides during that time.
When you like a game and it's fun enough you might end up playing double than what people say.
Judging from the playtime of the people who already finished the game they average around 10 hours so there's that

[halberdstudios]

Hey guys!

It's hard to say how long the game will take since that depends on the player a lot, but in terms of room count, power-up count, and the number of bosses, the game is very similar in size to Super Metroid.

The average playtime is between 8-10 hours! Some people might take less or more from that range! :)

[>-FISH-D]

Originally posted by DiegoMayorga_HS:

Hey guys!

It's hard to say how long the game will take since that depends on the player a lot, but in terms of room count, power-up count, and the number of bosses, the game is very similar in size to Super Metroid.

The average playtime is between 8-10 hours! Some people might take less or more from that range! :)

Nothing wrong with shorter metroidvania games at all. Any new game+ or hardcore mode that unlocks after to interest the player in a 2nd playthrough?