Assassin’s Creed Mirage will take just 25 hours to complete – or less, if you’re not looking to do a "completioni…

  • Homeschooled316@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I think too many people have tricked themselves/each other into thinking long games are bad because they are long. No, it’s because 95% of the time (moreso today than in the past), a high hour-to-complete time signals a game with 10 hours or content stretched out to an absurd extreme, often in support of MTX/live service type features available ay launch.

    An 80 hour game can be good if it has 80 hours of actual content. A 25 hour game can be bad if it’s still just 3-4 hours of real game stretched out to 25-30.

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      1 year ago

      Very true.

      Some of my recent games below. Good long games:

      • Elden Ring (~120 hours first playthrough)
      • Divinity 2 (some parts do slog)

      Bad long games:

      • CrossCode (I know this game is well loved, so a bit of a hot take). I did complete it, but I would have been far happier if it were half as long.