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Naughty Dog: The Last of Us at least around 12-16 hours long
- Thread starter shinobi602
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It's always been spot on with naughty dog games for me.
Thank goodness The Last of Us doesn't sound like what you're describing!
terrdactycalsrock
Member
Counting hours is silly. The game should be as long as it needs to be, meaning there should be enough time to explore the game mechanics, story, etc and thats it. Its also silly because everyone is different. I never go back and play games on harder difficulties, but others do. Some people even go back to the game at a later date because they enjoyed it the first time so much, which I have done
This isn't exactly an action game. Far from it, actually.
shinobi602
Member
Nice of you to lump all action games together.
I see you've had extensive hands on time with this game to call it all flash and no substance?
I was going to say 10 but yea basically the same thing
Its a action game but not a Uncharted type action game.
I completely disagree. Especially at the $60 price. A game is not worth $60 to me unless I know I can get at least 15-20 hours out of it.
I'll settle for that!
I feel games can be intended to be however long they want no matter the genre as long as they are engaging and enjoyable.
MrCookiepants
Member
I hope it's well paced. 16 hours sounds way too long for a game like this.
Salacious Crumb
Junior Member
If the game play is as freeform as some people suggest I'll play it for much longer than that. If it's a more conventional super linear stop and pop game then it's bad news.
ND said it was "wide linear". So idk what they mean. Possibly more sandbox like encounters?
Probably like Dishonored, Bioshock, etc.
Those are wide-linear to me, at least.
EDIT: Wait, are we talking environment?
i feel the same, but does replayabilty count? because Metal Gear Rising is probably 3 hours without cutscenes but its so worth it.
Uncharted got boring around 2/3rd in every game, so it doesn't seem like ND handles length well
I reckon think of the demo at E3 last year. You're not fighting down through a corridor. You're fighting down through a corridor with adjacent rooms, terraces, windows, balconies etc.
Depends on the experience. If the game gives me the experience that is worth $60, I'm all for it.
People pay above >$100 for a baseball game which may or may not last 2 hrs.
Yeah, so its in the same vein as them.
That's the perfect game length for us with backlogs TBO
My thoughts exactly! I can play some of my backlog in the summer while I have it free.
Freezasaurus
Member
Maybe I'm just getting older, but unless it's an RPG or something that's intended to be a long game, I find that anything over a dozen hours or so starts to drag on.
toastyToast
Member
Nice
I'm gonna wait until after the "What do you mean 8/10?" phase before I pick it up though. Hope it turns out good.
I'm gonna wait until after the "What do you mean 8/10?" phase before I pick it up though. Hope it turns out good.
dragonflys545
Member
It'll probably be the best 8-9 hours of my life. HELL YEA!
Callibretto
Member
there will be optional stuff to do. example from magazine
npc told you that there are weapon and supply on building A, but also said there are infected in there, it's up to you if you want to go in there and try getting those supply.
optional area also sometime prompt dialog between Joel and Ellie to flesh out the character a bit more, like in e3 demo, joel commenting on some werewolf movie poster.
Yeah, this game will end up near 30hrs for me. ><
TacticalFox88
Banned
Wat.
flipswitch
Member
It took me roughly 15hrs to complete the previous Uncharted games. I'm thinking it'll be 20hrs plus on The Last of Us.
MuddyDonut
Member
Some of these lengths are ridiculous, what do you guys spend an extra ten hours doing in some of these games?
Exploring, retrying, scavenging, upgrading, and questing if allowed. That's what I do. I don't see how it's ridiculous.
KingofGourds
Member
How long the game ends up being is secondary to how much I enjoy playing it.
MuddyDonut
Member
Maybe a reference to how long some of the loading Uncharted 3 but once you go through it once then you'll never experience it again in one play through.
And I thought my troll was bad.
giancarlo123x
Banned
What? After the initial load in all 3 Uncharteds you can play the whole game through without a loading screen.
ChosenPredator
Banned
that means people will probably pass it in 2-3 days
If it's fun and the game makes me want to, yes. I'll also be willing to count all gameplay modes into that if they're fun too.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
God yeah, I remember wondering why the fuck the game was so hard too. Turns out it wasn't hard, I was just trying to play a stealth game in a third person shooter :\
But in all honesty, I don't think length matters too much if it feels appropriate / if it creates incentives for more replays.
Like I thought portal 2 felt too long and that ultimately took a toll on my enjoyment of the game, I began wishing it was just a movie instead of a game. Also if journey was longer the games message and pacing would have been destroyed and there is no way it would have been as impacting. While MGR may have only been 8ish or so if you watched every cutscene the first go around but being able to beat it quickly is amazing as i've probably dumped close to 50 hours into that game running through it multiple times.
But rarely will a game that has a beefy campaign length plus incentive to replay comes along, for me that's really just RE4. I could play that forever.
Domcorleone
Member
perfect length for a game like this. 15 hours is max for me when it comes to none rpgs. This game will probably take me 12-15. I always play my games on hard (if I like the game enough).