Can a game be too long?
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Only if it really drags things out. I remember someone telling me once that Halo (the original) was too long of a game and it took him months to finish. Obviously that's a bull shit claim, but whatever.
If it's not suited to a long gametime like an FPS etc, I'd give anything to have a never ending(ish) JRPG like Final Fantasy 
A game can be any length as long as the story keeps being engaging and the gameplay doesn't feel dull. It becomes quite a challenge to keep any game interesting past 50 hours, but it can be done.zega frega omega said:
Haven't read many of the posts before this but, I find a TON of games to be too long.
If it's boring, it's too long
If I'm mildly interested in the story but I have to drag myself through hours of terrible gameplay between any plot advancement, it's too long.
If a game only starts to get good 20 hours in, that shit's too long! (I'm looking at YOU FFXIII!)
Even with a really fun game, if it doesn't pull itself together and pay out some interesting plot sooner or later, it'll get old, so it's too long.
I often don't actually get annoyed at games being too short, because in my eyes a truly brilliant game will deliver as much as it can, in as short time as possible. That's not to say I hate games that are long, just that they need to consistently be fun!
Edit: Modern FPS campaigns? TOO DAMN LONG! I'm not kidding! I know they're usually only 10 hours or so, but they're boring as hell! I couldn't sit through more that 2 levels of the new Medal of Honor without getting incredibly bored of how repetitive it was, and thinking "This level is really dragging on..."
If it's boring, it's too long
If I'm mildly interested in the story but I have to drag myself through hours of terrible gameplay between any plot advancement, it's too long.
If a game only starts to get good 20 hours in, that shit's too long! (I'm looking at YOU FFXIII!)
Even with a really fun game, if it doesn't pull itself together and pay out some interesting plot sooner or later, it'll get old, so it's too long.
I often don't actually get annoyed at games being too short, because in my eyes a truly brilliant game will deliver as much as it can, in as short time as possible. That's not to say I hate games that are long, just that they need to consistently be fun!
Edit: Modern FPS campaigns? TOO DAMN LONG! I'm not kidding! I know they're usually only 10 hours or so, but they're boring as hell! I couldn't sit through more that 2 levels of the new Medal of Honor without getting incredibly bored of how repetitive it was, and thinking "This level is really dragging on..."
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Yes they can, but the "too long mark" varies depending on how interesting the gameplay and the story is. For example, I did not finish Lost Odyssey because I simply could not be arsed to climb another god damn tower. I had done it several times already, and every time it became anticlimactic. I know I was very close to the end, but frankly I felt no incentive to continue.
Same thing with Tales of Vesperia. Loved the game up to a certain point, but after I had gone though what felt like a final dungeon and defeated what seemed like a final boss, only to have the game continue, I lost all interest.
Finally, I had a similar problem with Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. When I got to the final area and the game begun throwing bosses at me that I had already beaten, I felt like I was knee deep in fluff. I finished the game, but I really didn't enjoy the final section, nor the final boss.
Same thing with Tales of Vesperia. Loved the game up to a certain point, but after I had gone though what felt like a final dungeon and defeated what seemed like a final boss, only to have the game continue, I lost all interest.
Finally, I had a similar problem with Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. When I got to the final area and the game begun throwing bosses at me that I had already beaten, I felt like I was knee deep in fluff. I finished the game, but I really didn't enjoy the final section, nor the final boss.
The only time a game gets too long for me is when I've not completed the story but I no longer want to. Personal opinions are MGS4, Fallout: New Vegas, and Fable III.
I am the same way, i like to see everything and do most everything in one playthrough. i usually do multiple for diff factions ie. fallout new vegas, but i get overwhelmed easy by large maps like thatPeePantz said:
Well I do assume it can feel like a drag when a game drags on. haha... Bad joke...Aylaine said:
Pretty much as I mentioned. Short games can feel like they take forever to beat, and then some games sap DAYS of your time and feel fresh