how long is this game?

[Sol4rSky]

average time to complete?

[Blitz4]

15-20 hours per https://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=18006
$4/15 hours =~ $0.27/hr

[Brisix]

like 10 hours

[Darth Plagueis The Wise]

Depends on if you know what you are doing, and how much time you spend messing around with the Nemesis System. I haven't played it yet on PC, but it shouldn't be that much different from the PS4 version that I've spent a lot of time on.

[Blitz4]

Even at 10 hours, it's a deal.
In general, I found anything under $1/hr is a good deal, if you enjoyed the gameplay.
Over $2/hr is too much and need to watch tons of reviews/lets plays (to spoil the likely little content the game already has), or wait for the price to drop.

[Darc]

3 buck man i buying it i mean 4 lol

[Grimmy]

Just bought it, sunk 3 hours into it and I've only finished one story mission after unlocking the free roaming so far. I'm having too much fun hunting collectibles and cutting the heads off orcs.

[leandrombraz]

Originally posted by Blitz4:

Even at 10 hours, it's a deal.
In general, I found anything under $1/hr is a good deal, if you enjoyed the gameplay.
Over $2/hr is too much and need to watch tons of reviews/lets plays (to spoil the likely little content the game already has), or wait for the price to drop.

Games are more than just the time it take to finish it, that's a really bad way to measure how much a game is worth. Some games are short but highly replayable, others are better short (horror games) and the time you spend playing is so intense, 1hr feels like 10hrs. Some games you will play for 300hrs but most of this time is doing dull tasks, more time doesn't necessarily means you got more value out of that game. A game that respect your time and keep it at the right length might be more valuable than a game filled with dull tasks that just waste your time. Also, by a developer point of view, a game that take 10hrs to finish and a game that take 100hrs can cost the same to make, the short game might even be more expensive, so charging the same for both games might not be as unfair as it looks.

As for Shadow of Mordor, the fun in this game is in the Nemesis system, not in the main quest, which is a tutorial that never ends, disguised as a vendetta tale that happens to use LotR lore. The value in this game isn't on how long you take to finish the main quest but in how much enjoyment you can take from the Nemesis system, which you might get bored of after 20hrs or keep messing with the system for 200hrs, depends on your taste.