About how long is the game ?

[VienxInqa]

I an wondering how many hours the game is supposed to take ? I know it varies on how many side quests you do, how long it can take you to read all the texts and if you choose to do the dungeon in your keep.

How long should the game take if you only do the main story ?

[Vita, Mortis, Careo]

I'm 31 hours in. Completed Act I. Haven't started Endless Paths. Why would I want to rush through this magnificent game?

[Radene]

50 hours in, completed act 2, but taking it slow and easy, no rushing.

[VienxInqa]

I'm 30 hours in. Just got to Act 2. I wonder how many Acts there are ?

[Matthew]

I'm guessing 60-80 for a first playthrough. Steam says I have 60, but first day I had game minimized for, well, most of it :P

But I also didn't finish the Endless Paths and a number of other side quests, which could have easily taken up another 20-ish hours.

Additional playthroughs would go much quicker.

[Matthew]

3 Acts.

Length varies when you get to the checkpoint to flag it. My Act 1 took forever because I avoided Defiance Bay until everything else was cleared, but Act 3 was short because I didn't do some of the later side-quests.

[Dorok]

The main story only is only a small part of the game, that is the optional stuff is most of the game, but story wise most of this optional stuff has strong links with the main story but it's still optional:
www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a630044/majority-of-content-in-pillars-of-eternity-to-be-optional-says-obsidian.html

[Adrian]

60 hours for two playthroughs. Was using the fast move all game though.

[Boink]

40-50 hrs if you 100% it.

[Matthew]

Originally posted by Adrianlsa:

60 hours for two playthroughs. Was using the fast move all game though.

Damn! How much side-content was involved?

[Dorok]

30 hours to beat the game, I doubt it's a significant duration. :-)

EDIT: Easy diff, pure real time, rush through main story to get the end.

[Katreyn]

I will admit my first time through I completed the main story in 40 hours on Normal.

But I missed a TON of side content. I just had this urge to continue the story in Act 3 only to pass the point of no return when I should of known better. :(

[Matthew]

Yeah same here Katreyn. I knew it was the end, but I was already getting antsy to start a 2nd game on a higher difficulty, and I wanted to see what was going to happen. I guess immersion works both ways... too immersed to break off and finish random side-quests.

[[]]

ive completed the game in 23h on the normal difficulty.
tried not to skip side quests and spoke with every NPC with unique names.
the only thing that ive skipped entirely is Endless Paths
Now im playing on Hard and honestly i think thats optimal difficulty - the normal was too easy.

[Dorok]

With only 4 achievements unlocked despite you play all the game including any subquests, whoo the achievements are totally bugged. :-)

EDIT: Did I mentioned I beat the game in 16 hours Hard difficulty and did everything? Too easy.

[akaikem]

I beat the game in 4 hours on Path of the Damned and did everything. Also I soloed.