Fantastic but short unfortunately

[Lancelot]

I absolutely loved the game. It was fantastic. Story, chracter depths, combats, etc were all superb. I was only disappointed by the length of the game. It was too short. I would like at least double of its length.

[GeneralGonzo]

Too short ? I´m in mid of act 2 with 40 hours on my back....

[Lancelot]

Originally posted by GeneralGonzo:

Too short ? I´m in mid of act 2 with 40 hours on my back....

I finished whole game in 54 hours and didnt skip any missions or hasted to the end without any comfort. Game should be at least 80+ hours content wise imo. I hope next expeditions game would be longer than this.

[sidorf]

Originally posted by GeneralGonzo:

Too short ? I´m in mid of act 2 with 40 hours on my back....

This. At the end of the game i had 62 hours. In what world this is a short game.

[[Heretic]Rivga]

Originally posted by Lancelot:

Originally posted by GeneralGonzo:

Too short ? I´m in mid of act 2 with 40 hours on my back....

I finished whole game in 54 hours and didnt skip any missions or hasted to the end without any comfort. Game should be at least 80+ hours content wise imo. I hope next expeditions game would be longer than this.

I think most will have around 60+ hours, but even 54 hours is a solid game, I would rather have 50 hours of solid play than 100 hours of busy work, aka Assassin's Creed - which is actually 50 hours of great game play and another 50 hours of busy work.

[Cutlass Jack]

I've already gotten enough hours of enjoyment for the price and I'm still in act 2. That's without even considering a second playthrough I plan to do. Its a very solid amount of game in my opinion.

[mfvm70]

What does "short" mean? I've just played Act 1 (+60h). You have to face 20 Legion batles, a similar number of tactical missions and a ton of dialog choices. Batles are not hard but, tactical IA is smart enough to force several reloads.
For me, the game is good but it has several design problems.

The main one is to be very slow because...
1-You have to waste time wandering at the end of the scenarios to loot corpses.
2-You have to waste time wandering across the Legion Outpost to manage their facilities.
3-You have to waste time in transitions going in/out of Legion Outpost to make game time flow.

The second problem is the Legion Outpost Management interface. It's beautifull to see the Camp, but it will be much better to have a summary managemetn screen wit ALL the facilities (the ones available, the missing, their construction costs, their resources,....) Something similar to XCOM base or HM&M cities.

The third problem is the management of characters inside Tactical Missions. It's not possible to see the character sheet in the selection screen neither inisde the mission. So you have to go out from the selction screen, rearange your characters, and go back.

[Queco Jones21]

Its great. And no where near short. Hell, i started 1 character and probably got 1/2 threw act 2 before i decided to restart with 2 new characters doing different decisions (and knowing how I want to build my characters now) Now both of those characters have finished act 1 and are starting act 2.

I am loving this and it has plenty of content. Especially when running with different avatars. My current are a princips (shieldwall for the win!) and a triarius and in both i need to play very different.

[Asgar]

I found the game a bit too long actually.

Or rather, I could've just done without the pacification mission and random "bandit assault"-type battles. More story arcs, locations you can visit, quests and decisions and such? Sure, with pleasure.

[Brakiros]

Short? In no way is it short it took me a week to finish this game that is far from short.

[Ebyl]

Yeah, I don't see this as being a short game at all.

[FredDie]

Took me 48 hours...one more act and 60 hours total would be perfect imo. But still, this is much better than games like pathfinder kingmaker or DoS2, when its just too much of a chore to finish.

[Luvz]

Short game? Wth?

I'm almost done with Act 2 with 78 hours. Granted, I'm moving at a very comfortable pace and leave the room fairly often, but I would assume it's still around 60 hours of actual gameplay.

[RobOda]

50 hours to finish, that's long enough tbh.

[Gregorovitch]

Originally posted by Lancelot:

I finished whole game in 54 hours

I think that's a fast, possibly a very fast playthrough compared to average. I would say you play your games quickly.

[Ricinius]

I finished the game quickly, did everything, took 50+ hours. The actual main story IS short. Just there is a lot of BS that forces you to kill time and is not fun. The whole legion building, Provence conquering, centurion legion battles, forced praetorian missions, base building, etc I did not enjoy at all.