20 hrs of story content...your thoughts?

[funtimefreddy]

I am really looking forward to this game however I am very curious to know what people's thoughts are about the length of story content. The game was announced all the way back in 2016, so it is interesting...

Source: https://wccftech.com/granblue-fantasy-relink-interview-and-first-impressions-20-25-hours-of-story-up-to-100-hours-of-content/

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Hard to tell. I don't mind if a story is short. What do mind is if a story is disinteresting. GBF's story quality varies a lot from story arc to story arc. The first half of the Phantagarde Skydom is a snooze compared to the second half. This year's 8th Anniversary event storyline was a mixed bag. The first 1/3rd set during the war 2,000 years ago was very good. The second 2/3rd about Lucifer and Cosmos was okay. The last 3/3rd about Zooey and Geo was terrible. And so on.

[funtimefreddy]

Quality vs quantity, gotcha and good point. I'll remain hopeful, thanks for your insight.

[daggoth1408]

I don't mind 20 hours for a story, but it better be a good story. If its 20 hours of rushed nonsense, then its worthless to me. Also granblue isn't exactly consistent with quality of story telling. So, fingers crossed its an actual half decent story for those 20 hours.

[Faiyez]

Self contained story. Do not expect narrative of the year type quality.

[Kyota]

Could care less about the story, JRPGs in general are slightly above average when it comes to story-telling.

What really matters is the combat. It needs to be excellent.

[ele]

As long as it's cheap that's fine, $40 or less.

[RenRen]

Originally posted by ele:

As long as it's cheap that's fine, $40 or less.

The game will be 59.99 and there will be another edition that costs 70 i believe

[Hakimoto]

After playing the long drawn out BS of Trails of Cold Steel, it will be nice to have a concise no BS story.

[PewPew]

I play monster hunter games, what story? The faster I can get to end game the better.

[Fish]

20 hours for the main campaign is totally fine imo. It's not like the whole game only gives you 20 hours worth of content and then you're done or something. We know this is the estimate for just the single player story.

There are still side quests, fate episodes, the online quest mode which is known to have 100+ quests of varying difficulty, etc.

Besides, if you look at most AAA action adventure games with a single player focus, as long as it's not open world design, a lot of them clock in at around the 20ish hours mark. The Last of us, Tomb Raider, etc. to name a few example.

Game time value wise, the value should be there. The bigger question I'd say is: whether or not there is sufficient variety for the quest mode or if things will get repetitive fast. That to me is something I would care a lot more than how long this story campaign is.

[xHans]

20 hours of story isn't that bad of lenght. There are visual novels that are ¹⁰/¹⁰ that are only 12 hours long. But its kind of telling that the world of granblue fantasy won't be fully explored. We'll have to see what the post game content looks like.

[pRogz]

https://noisypixel.net/how-long-is-granblue-fantasy-relink/

This site says 20 hours, then 100+ completionists


Cygames has announced that their upcoming action JRPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink will have a playtime of 20 hours for just the main story. Additionally, those who seek to complete quests alongside the main story and after clearing it should expect around 40 hours of content.
UPDATE: An unspecified “additional scenario” is unlocked after completing a series of quests after the credits roll for the main story. This is expected to make the total playtime roughly 40 hours.

However, upon completing all story content, more challenging quests will be unlocked, implementing a gameplay loop where more powerful foes and equipment can be discovered. Completionists who seek to do everything Granblue Fantasy: Relink offers should expect to spend at least 100 hours of playtime.

[MORESTER]

Originally posted by pRogz:

https://noisypixel.net/how-long-is-granblue-fantasy-relink/

This site says 20 hours, then 100+ completionists

This is actually somewhat concerning, if you only need 20 hours to finish the main story then how bad and repetitive will be the side content to stretch it for extra 80 hours? There's no way they'll make 80 hours worth of good side content.

[Toyosatomimi no Miko]

Originally posted by MORESTER:

Originally posted by pRogz:

https://noisypixel.net/how-long-is-granblue-fantasy-relink/

This site says 20 hours, then 100+ completionists

This is actually somewhat concerning, if you only need 20 hours to finish the main story then how bad and repetitive will be the side content to stretch it for extra 80 hours? There's no way they'll make 80 hours worth of good side content.

You ever played a Monster Hunter game? They're saying it's going to be 20hrs for the main story mode thing if you rush it and 100ish hours if you complete every multiplayer mission once plus enough to get a single character geared for the stronger ones.

MH Rise, for example, doesn't take that long to beat, 20-30Hr to reach the end of high rank assuming you're playing solo, add another 40 at least for Sunbreak assuming you want to complete all the content that was added post-game minus the ever-scaling anomaly investigations and uncap your MR to 999 (which means beating all urgent quests). But if you want to sit down and complete EVERY HUNT and try to reach anomaly rank 200 and actually reach MR and HR 999 instead of just unlocking the ability to reach them, that's going to take you hundreds of hours, even using the grinding missions.

[Cyiel]

Originally posted by MORESTER:

Originally posted by pRogz:

https://noisypixel.net/how-long-is-granblue-fantasy-relink/

This site says 20 hours, then 100+ completionists

This is actually somewhat concerning, if you only need 20 hours to finish the main story then how bad and repetitive will be the side content to stretch it for extra 80 hours? There's no way they'll make 80 hours worth of good side content.

If the gameplay loop is goot it's not a problem, like Toyosatomimi no Miko said, take MH, the gameplay loop is short (Hunt monster, craft armor/weapon with their component, hunt a bigger monster. Rinse. Repeat) but that doesn't matter because the gameplay is appealing and enjoyable.