Game Length?

[Sevrys]

To those of how who have beat this game if any, how long is this game? Thinking of getting it.

[doodlepigs]

Same Question. I hate games with timer and that rushes the gamer with fake timer like FTL stupid gameplay.

So does this game has a reasonably long timer so that you can really sink your teeth into it? or does the mom dies in an obscenely short period of time

[Huckelbubi]

Depending on the level of difficulty, the time runs faster over 1 day. The day starts at 8 o'clock in the morning and from 23:30 Anling's condition becomes critical so that you have to go to bed at some point, otherwise the game is over. Later, you can delay this critical state by one hour or, depending on your decision, avoid it altogether.

The game has a total length of 60 days depending on the decisions you make later.

On the lowest difficulty level, one hour ingame takes about 1 minute 10 seconds. As the day runs from 8am to midnight / 1am - you can say 1 day ingame is about 20 minutes. More or less, I just stopped an hour ingame and extrapolated.

[doodlepigs]

Wow thanks for such a detailed reply.

But it sounds like quite a short game play per playthrough ... so might not be my cup of tea but that is just me I suppose. btw does opening the inventory and menu and activities such as reading books/ scrolls/ letters (if there are such in game) stop the game time?

[Huckelbubi]

I have noticed that the game pauses when you are in the inventory or reading hints/notes.

The playthrough isn't overly long, but it's not that short either. The story itself is gripping and as you can't do everything in one day, you have to visit some areas several times in a row. Time management is part of the game, especially when crafting things or travelling long distances. But there were also days later on that I practically skipped. Get up, eat, drink, maybe take care of some planted things and then go straight back to bed. I could only do some things (achievements) in the second playthrough because I didn't have the items in the first one. Short spoiler: After the end of the game, you can take many things with you into the next playthrough, such as weapons and some materials.