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The Importance of Game Length

Posted by Zonk on from the waiting-for-the-1000-hour-game dept.

Gamasutra's regular 'Question of the Week' feature touches, this week, on the ideal length of games, and the importance of game length. While the overwhelming opinion was 'quality is better than quantity', there were a range of opinions along that scale. From the article: "I would say as a gamer on the more casual side (30+ years) the game length is fine around 20-25 hours. If you are having fun while playing. I never have time to finish anything longer. It makes me more satisfied to have played through the game in 20-25 game hours than never even reach half way. - Joachim Carlsson, Massive Entertainment"

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  1. They forgot... by GoodbyeBlueSky1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Game girth is a factor too. Really, it is.

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    why? forty-two.
  2. Re:Length doesn't matter. . . by Slicebo · · Score: 2, Funny

    DOH!

  3. Re:It's not the size that matters... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There's nothing better than causing some nice explosions, steal a few cars and beating up some hookers after a frustrating day at work.

    It's even better when you go home and play GTA afterwards.

  4. Re:It's not the size that matters... by Bugs42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's nothing better than causing some nice explosions, steal a few cars and beating up some hookers after a frustrating day at work. And after THAT, you go home and load up GTA, right?
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    Programmer: an ingenious device that converts caffeine into code.
  5. Re:Genre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    20-25 hours a day only ? I can do 36 hours a day in WoW !

      In soviet russia, games play you.