Length does matter!

[Vault101]

Ok ill start by saying yeah this is opinion and what ever...so here is mine

there is a very annoying trend with FFP's you all know what it is, and I recently read an article about upcoming Homefront, somthing I was looking forward to untill I heard the dreaded words "5 hour campaign" my faith in that title has droped somwhat (even though they did dispute it , im still unsure. wait and see I supose)

this also apears to be the case with Bulletstorm..somthing ill probably get but not anytime soon

Fact is, taking multiplayer out of the equasion 5 hours is hardly worth $80, I mean sure that may be a mind blowing 5 hours but I might as well get a really good film and ill get the same entertainment value out of it

If I play a short game then Ill probably have to buy another game once im finished, as in spend more money

Oh sure some people might point out portal as the pinicle of short games being good....but as great as portal was it was not a stand alone title, and I dont think I would pay $80 for portal on its own

also length can make you feel liek youve completled somthign truly epic...like yourve on on a long journey, thats how I felt at the end of half life 2 and Bioshock

 

[Merkavar]

its because these games are NOT single player games. they are multiplayer games with a single player campaign tacked on to show you the story and why you are in each of the multiplayer maps.

for example COD wodern warfar 2 has like a 5-6 hour campain i have played it twice. so i have 12 hours played on sigleplayer but i have 120 hours on multiplayer. thats less than a $1 per hour of game play. that seems well worth it.

 

[Catalyst6]

While length does matter, it only matters up to a point.

Look at the Final Fantasy games. They are very long, but that's because they're stuffed to the brim with fluff while the good bits are spaced far apart.

It's true, I wouldn't pay 60$ for a five-hour game (let's pretend that multiplayer isn't accounted for). Then again, I've adopted the same policy towards any game that I expect less than 20 hours of play out of, and GameFly the rest.

The thing is, at what length does it become justified? Six hours? Eight hours? Ten hours? Think about how short an hour really is.

 

[Vault101]

its because these games are NOT single player games. they are multiplayer games with a single player campaign tacked on to show you the story and why you are in each of the multiplayer maps.

for example COD wodern warfar 2 has like a 5-6 hour campain i have played it twice. so i have 12 hours played on sigleplayer but i have 120 hours on multiplayer. thats less than a $1 per hour of game play. that seems well worth it.

yes that is fair enough

but it seems that there isnt a FPS that dosnt follow this annoying trend, plus homefront boasted having a good story and all that, 5 hours hardly seems to do a good epic story justice, it was promotoed as "story" focused, the news is disheartening

 

[crudus]

Shadow of the Colossus was short and it really did make it "feel liek youve completled somthign truly epic" as you put it. I mean they are fucking giants. I felt accomplished after fighting the one in the demo. It is true that I wouldn't spend $80 on a five hour campaign (I would probably buy used if they were that expensive regardless), but you have to remember that there are games that is solely multi-player like Counter Strike.

 

[Saelune]

There is a reason Morrowind is my favorite game ever. Its 2011, it's sequals' sequal is coming out in less than a year...I am STILL playing it.

 

[Merkavar]

There is a reason Morrowind is my favorite game ever. Its 2011, it's sequals' sequal is coming out in less than a year...I am STILL playing it.

thats just cause your boring and scared to come out of your safe little morrowind bubble

OT: there are plenty of games that offer a long single player. like deadspaces and bioshocks and im sure there are others

 

[Vault101]

There is a reason Morrowind is my favorite game ever. Its 2011, it's sequals' sequal is coming out in less than a year...I am STILL playing it.

thats just cause your boring and scared to come out of your safe little morrowind bubble

OT: there are plenty of games that offer a long single player. like deadspaces and bioshocks and im sure there are others

that is true but for some reason it affects the FPS genre horribly

as I said before Im now unsure about homefront and bulletstorm

 

[Saelune]

There is a reason Morrowind is my favorite game ever. Its 2011, it's sequals' sequal is coming out in less than a year...I am STILL playing it.

thats just cause your boring and scared to come out of your safe little morrowind bubble

OT: there are plenty of games that offer a long single player. like deadspaces and bioshocks and im sure there are others

I am unsure if you made a bad joke I am taking wrong, or if you are trying to offend me. I am curious what you mean with that comment of yours.

 

[migo]

If it's just a single player campaign to show you the ropes, it should just be called multiplayer only with a tutorial mode.

 

[Merkavar]

There is a reason Morrowind is my favorite game ever. Its 2011, it's sequals' sequal is coming out in less than a year...I am STILL playing it.

thats just cause your boring and scared to come out of your safe little morrowind bubble

OT: there are plenty of games that offer a long single player. like deadspaces and bioshocks and im sure there are others

I am unsure if you made a bad joke I am taking wrong, or if you are trying to offend me. I am curious what you mean with that comment of yours.

i was just joking around. no need to get offended.

 

[Saelune]

There is a reason Morrowind is my favorite game ever. Its 2011, it's sequals' sequal is coming out in less than a year...I am STILL playing it.

thats just cause your boring and scared to come out of your safe little morrowind bubble

OT: there are plenty of games that offer a long single player. like deadspaces and bioshocks and im sure there are others

I am unsure if you made a bad joke I am taking wrong, or if you are trying to offend me. I am curious what you mean with that comment of yours.

i was just joking around. no need to get offended.

Well, this is why I give people a chance to explain themselves. I try not to get bad, but when it comes to TES, and Morrowind particularly, I am borderline fanatic.

 

[Random Fella]

Wow misleading thread name is misleading

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Wow misleading thread name is misleading

Oh good, and here I thought I wasn't the only one that thought that.

OT: Length doesn't really matter to me, but if it's really short and the selling point is the multiplayer then you lost me. This is why I don't buy many shooters, the campaign is super short and they expect you to play the multiplayer.

 

[Vault101]

Wow misleading thread name is misleading

Oh good, and here I thought I wasn't the only one that thought that.

OT: Length doesn't really matter to me, but if it's really short and the selling point is the multiplayer then you lost me. This is why I don't buy many shooters, the campaign is super short and they expect you to play the multiplayer.

really? the point I was making was that length does matter when taking a game into account and weather or not im justifyed in not buying it,

I mean seriously which is abetter purchase in my case?

a game that ill finish in two sittings, like a FPS or a game like DA2 where ill be playing happyly for many hours, my $80 goes to DA

 

[Vault101]

Wow misleading thread name is misleading

ohhhhh wait...I think I get the joke...haha silly me

 

[Dorian6]

meh

Length isn't nearly as important as girth.

doesn't matter how far it goes, if it's not scraping the sides, no one's having fun.

wait....what were we talking about?

 

[Johnnyallstar]

meh

Length isn't nearly as important as girth.

doesn't matter how far it goes, if it's not scraping the sides, no one's having fun.

wait....what were we talking about?

No hotdogs down the hallway for you eh?

 

[bushwhacker2k]

its because these games are NOT single player games. they are multiplayer games with a single player campaign tacked on to show you the story and why you are in each of the multiplayer maps.

for example COD wodern warfar 2 has like a 5-6 hour campain i have played it twice. so i have 12 hours played on sigleplayer but i have 120 hours on multiplayer. thats less than a $1 per hour of game play. that seems well worth it.

Uh... that's his complaint, dude. He isn't buying a game for multiplayer.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

If I play a short game then Ill probably have to buy another game once im finished, as in spend more money

Are you crazy? Don't tell them that, otherwise they'll start making games short intentionally.