discussion How long does it take you to get through games?

[panicdragon]

Obviously a question that's hard to quantify, but I often see people say "Oh this game is great, but too short" - I'll download it, but it takes me ages. If the script is good, I generally try and read everything. If I find I'm skipping through dialogue, it's probably not the game for me, unless the visuals are top notch. Honestly though - quality in script usually goes hand in hand with visuals from everything I've seen.

Thoughts?

 

[SergeMaximuz]

I play A LOT of RPGs and heavy-content games, so usually around 100 hours.

 

[Yeyehehe]

When people are saying that a game is "too short", I imagine they mean that the the story/gameplay remained fun enough that they could've kept playing beyond the ending if the content was there to allow it - so even if a game took them 100 hours to complete, they could happily have continued for another 30.

For myself, it really depends.
If I'm enjoying the game, I'm probably a bit slower than average because I like to be thorough and explore everything there is without guides or walkthroughs.
But I have also speedrun through games that I enjoyed the scenes of but got bored of the gameplay loop due to there being too much grind or the loop itself not being interesting enough to justify the game's length.

 

[SergeMaximuz]

When people are saying that a game is "too short", I imagine they mean that the the story/gameplay remained fun enough that they could've kept playing beyond the ending if the content was there to allow it - so even if a game took them 100 hours to complete, they could happily have continued for another 30.

For myself, it really depends.
If I'm enjoying the game, I'm probably a bit slower than average because I like to be thorough and explore everything there is without guides or walkthroughs.
But I have also speedrun through games that I enjoyed the scenes of but got bored of the gameplay loop due to there being too much grind or the loop itself not being interesting enough to justify the game's length.

Modern Resident Evil games hardly take more than 10 hours if you know what to do, but the replay factor is outstanding.

 

[Yeyehehe]

Modern Resident Evil games hardly take more than 10 hours if you know what to do, but the replay factor is outstanding.

Oh I agree 100% - I really enjoy what they've captured where a first playthrough can take between 10-20 hours, but a replay might only take 5, because it makes it all the more tempting to do so.
RE1 and RE2 both did it so well by having multiple characters with unique content for each, and timed events that make you want to aim for a perfect run on replays.

 

[ublooking]

games like VN - Ren'Py - DAZ - Desert Stalker [v0.21.4] [Zetan] i play super slow as the story is realy nice
but games like Ren'Py - [HS] - Sweet Affection [v0.12.4] [Naughty Attic Gaming] you just cant play at a normal rate, as the game is beyond grindy, and you just have to spam ctrl spacebar and miss alot of side stuff, its a nice game but man its long

and some games i give up doto grind or super bad story and just download a gallery mod/unlocker

 

[ΔL!¢Σ]

Depending on what games they are, there are a few games that are regarded as high tier, those take me about a few (sometimes up to 6) months to get through. Then there are VNs that will take me roughly a month (maybe two) to get through. All of these take me that long because of my busy lifestyle so longer games like rpgs I'll play 1 to 2 hours at a time, and VNs are finished quicker because I do enjoy reading, so any opportunity I have I'll take.

 

[SilentHunter]

Depends on the game. If we talk specifically about games (without considering VN), then a normal game will consume 100+ hours of pure time, this is the minimum. The grind consumes a lot of time here. Besides, I like to read, big texts don't scare me, so I enjoy playing text-based games, but reading certainly takes extra time. VN - it's different theme, but if you don't strive to go through all the storylines, then you can do it in a few evenings (let's take 5-6 days as a guideline). Although there are tiny VN for half an hour or an hour. But I really don't like such VN. But I'm talking about completed projects.