Approx play time of episode 3?

[RE-L124C41]

Have to know because of time schedule.

[Kerobe]

Took me like 2h30 - 3h, depends how you play this game

[Jackalope_908]

I got through it in about 4 hours, if I'd spent more time puttering about (having every conversation, poking and proding every artifact, drawing on every surface) I could have taken up to 6. It would be an effort to go beyond, that, though. For me. Your milage may vary.

[Pvt. Martin]

It took me about 4 hours, but I took my time and explored everything average playthrough is like 2 1/2 hours maybe 3?

[LawlOfZero]

Took me only 2 hours and 10 minutes. I found the key and got a lot of things right the first try.

[RE-L124C41]

Ok, thanks guys.

[Jackalope_908]

Are you sure "thanks" is the right word? None of us gave the same answer. ^_^

[RE-L124C41]

I am on the slow side too with this game, so I will have about 3-4h playtime then ;)

[Battlekruse]

Four hours for me.

[MarcoCash]

It looked to me as the shortest episode of the batch, surely shorter than the second. It took me something less than 4 hours, and I am a very slow player when it's LiS.

[RE-L124C41]

Maybe I have to open another thread, but is it worth to be played compared to the first two? Still anxious to play.

[charly4711]

If you're anxious to play, do it, but unplug your computer when the credits roll :P

[RE-L124C41]

?

[S_Borealis]

Steam is telling me I have 15 hours logged in the game total. That means I've spent roughly 3-4 hours playing episode 3.

Man...

That, by the way, is a single play through. I've not gone back into the game since completing it.

I hadn't expected it to be that much. I, by the way, talk to everyone and read every little thing. I also listen to all the songs.

My usual gaming habits tend to be extremely fast-paced/intense games, so games like Life is Strange and Dear Esther I play when I'm in a more contemplative mood. I'm guessing quite a few of my logged hours come down to me just leaving the game running and having some relaxing music playing in the background while I do something else.

I'd say it's worth playing. It's not the same as Life is Strange - the tone is very different - but I think it's still a good experience, and interesting. Episode 3 has proven itself to be quite divisive so far, and I understand why, but I think it's deliberately left itself open for a second game.

As charly4711 says, if you haven't played LiS itself yet, you MUST skip the credits. I cannot stress this enough. If you have, well, brace yourself.

[MarcoCash]

Originally posted by S_Borealis:

As charly4711 says, if you haven't played LiS itself yet, you MUST skip the credits. I cannot stress this enough. If you have, well, brace yourself.

Thinking about it, if someone hasn’t played the first game that ending scene won’t make a particular impact. It shocked the players of LiS1 because they know what is happening, for all the others it will probably just be a giant “what was that?”.

[S_Borealis]

You're right, but should they choose to play LiS afterwards then it pretty much spoils the ending - there's forshadowing and then there's making it just a little too explicit. I think it would be too easy to guess for a new player well before you're supposed to guess.