Length? Content? Replayability?

[Pareod]

This game is definitely up my alley, but for $25 I'm going to need a good bit of the above. So how is it?

[Markus Kruber]

Ive put in 50 hours and im not done playing it yet. still one more achievment then i can start tackling the leaderboard

as for playthrough length it took me 15 hours of playtime to beat the game on both difficulties. but then you want a better rating and useing practice mode and doin speedruns. if you get into it you can play it until they make a new one(please i need more of this)

[Ebon Wolf]

Originally posted by Montana:

Ive put in 50 hours and im not done playing it yet. still one more achievment then i can start tackling the leaderboard

as for playthrough length it took me 15 hours of playtime to beat the game on both difficulties. but then you want a better rating and useing practice mode and doin speedruns. if you get into it you can play it until they make a new one(please i need more of this)

Prertty sure he's talking real content and not achievement hunting.

[Boolus]

Originally posted by Ebon Wolf:

Originally posted by Montana:

Ive put in 50 hours and im not done playing it yet. still one more achievment then i can start tackling the leaderboard

as for playthrough length it took me 15 hours of playtime to beat the game on both difficulties. but then you want a better rating and useing practice mode and doin speedruns. if you get into it you can play it until they make a new one(please i need more of this)

Prertty sure he's talking real content and not achievement hunting.

Some people consider that real content though.

[Ebon Wolf]

Originally posted by Boolus:

Originally posted by Ebon Wolf:

Prertty sure he's talking real content and not achievement hunting.

Some people consider that real content though.

Achievements aren't content and you'd be dumb to think so.

[ibsen]

Well Ebon, some of us come from an era of gaming that didn't consider mandatory open-world fetch quest gather pickup ♥♥♥♥ to be content either.

Sometimes the challenge of self improvement is enough. This game is gorgeous and rewards those that invest time in it.

Most achievements are empty collect quests or exhausting a story branch. These are legitimate challenges that feel great to tackle. Huge difference.

[Pundit]

The game is a performance and skill gauntlet. It provides metrics on your performance like how many times you've been hit or K.O.'d and grades you based on your efficiency. It's very Kamiya-esque (not surprising, the devs credit him and Platinum as a heavy influence in their credits sequence.) If you're not into that then the game might not be for you.

I do hesitate to say that though, because even at $25 it's worth one play through on Furi alone, let alone the more intense and satisfying Furier.

[king size carl]

Originally posted by Ebon Wolf:

Originally posted by Boolus:

Some people consider that real content though.

Achievements aren't content and you'd be dumb to think so.

Achievements worth are subjective.

[Markus Kruber]

I love how much of a circlejerk that coment became, never even said achievments were content i said the base game was 15 hours.

[Pareod]

But so achievement debate aside... how long is one playthrough, and how replayable is it?

[Neko_urself]

depends how good you are, finished my 1st playthrough in 8 hours on deafult difficulty. theres also multiple endings 2 main ones and 2 optional (i think).

[Super Fight Man]

First playthrough took me around 4 hours. So yeah, it really varies on player skill and on top of that the difficulty settings actually change the length of the game by a lot. Playing it on promenade means the bosses will have fewer phases and attack patterns and they will die a lot quicker. Meanwhile the unlockable furier mode is clearly going to require a significant amount of practice.

So to summarize, this game mostly leans on replayability. If you are a video game consumer, it probably won't entertain you for very long. If you are a video game player, it can become a very different story.

[Boolus]

Originally posted by Super Fight Man:

If you are a video game consumer, it probably won't entertain you for very long. If you are a video game player, it can become a very different story.

...what?

[fingerless]

Treat it like a Platinum game. Over the top crazy wears thin after too long. Not too many people give Revengance, Dishonored or Bayonetta ♥♥♥♥ for being short on their first run, and they were $60 at launch. Sometimes a short game isn't bad, more killer less filler, as they say. Doesn't hurt that it's replayable as hell. Heck, some short games, like Hotline Miami, leave lasting impacts on you.