Poll: Quality or quantity?

[dreadedcandiru99]

So I was talking to this guy at work about Portal, and while he agreed that it sounds good, he'd never buy it--even though I think it's just $20 on Steam at this point--because, in short, it's not a hundred-hour grindfest of a game.

I guess I'm just curious as to how many people out there agree with him...

 

[Radeonx]

Well, since it's cheap, and good, I'd buy it. But unless I didn't find it fantastic or am a lover for the series, I wouldn't spend 60 dollars for a game that is single player only and fairly short.

 

[Pezzer]

Value for money.
I is teh poor.

 

[IrirshTerrorist]

A truly good game has both, but forced to choose I go for quality.

Think of it this way; Would you rather have lots of ugly and unskilled sexual partners or one hot really good one?

 

[thatstheguy]

Well, even if the game is good, most people feel cheated when they spent money on a game they beat in one sitting. Making a game both great and long requires a lot of time and energy. Even then not everyone is going to like it. Especially if you're Yahtzee.

[/Yahtzee Joke]

 

[WrongSprite]

Length is my thing.

All my fave games are huge and open world, I can ignore flaws.

Oh, and I hate Portal...

 

[Radeonx]

Length is my thing.

All my fave games are huge and open world, I can ignore flaws.

Oh, and I hate Portal...

Really? I don't mean to give the impression that I don't understand the concept of opinions, but almost everyone I've met on this site has either loved Portal, or liked it to an extent. I found it to be above average, at least compared to the rest of the games it came with.
Interesting.

 

[Aptspire]

Quality
My games are: Portal, Silent Hill 2 and the Myst series

 

[Simalacrum]

quality, defo - no point of having a long game if its a complete dull fest.

 

[DuplicateValue]

Length is my thing.

All my fave games are huge and open world, I can ignore flaws.

Oh, and I hate Portal...

Yeah me too. I adored Oblivion even though according to Elder Scrolls fans it was the worst of them.

And I'm currently in the middle of playing Final Fantasy VII, X and XII........so, yeah.....quantity.

 

[WrongSprite]

Length is my thing.

All my fave games are huge and open world, I can ignore flaws.

Oh, and I hate Portal...

Really? I don't mean to give the impression that I don't understand the concept of opinions, but almost everyone I've met on this site has either loved Portal, or liked it to an extent. I found it to be above average, at least compared to the rest of the games it came with.
Interesting.

Yeah, I've never understood the zeal it generated really... to me it just seemed like an average puzzler with a nice gimmick, but there's far better puzzlers all over the market. Mind you, I still liked it compared to the other games it came with...

I'm not a Valve fan

 

[Xrysthos]

Quality and quantity aren't mutually exclusive.

So I choose both. You can't just pick one. It'd be like picking between two extremes, like Portal (a few hours of great fun) on one side (quality>quantity) and Pokemon (several weeks worth of rubbish) on the other (quantity>quality). It's about balancing, and it's about what the individual craves.

 

[Obrien Xp]

It really depends on the game. I don't care about quantity in an RTS, they tend to have great re-playability, though if the quality is poor I'll never touch it again. (example EEII was great, EEIII was not).

Though if the game doesn't have the best re-playability I'd go for quantity so long as the quality isn't ignored. (example RE4 was loooong imo, but I've gone through it 4 times, its loosing its appeal but it was good enough to re-play).

 

[Godavari]

Of course, and ideal game would be one that is increadibly well-designed and, of course, fun. Something as incredible as Portal with a random map-generating feature would fit the mould. However, when given the choice between one and the other, quality is infinitely more important. Saying you prefer quantity over quality is like saying you'd rather drink a sea of liquid poo than enjoy a single ounce of vanilla ice cream.

 

[Sassafrass]

Can't I say both?

I like quality AND quantity.

Well, you are a Final Fantasy fan which has both.

OT: Quality over quantity but in the case of RPGs, probably quantity as I'll most likely explore the world for a long time.

 

[zombflux]

Needs both. If your favorite game only lasted a couple hours, would you still have paid for it?

This is why I don't like Valve's "episodic" games.
Quality is more important, but it has to have reasonable quantity if they expect people to pay for it.

 

[A Weary Exile]

Did people actually vote 'Quantity'? Wow, I'm suprised.

Quality over quantity, my friends. Except in an RTS, where numbers are your friends.

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

Can't I say both?

I like quality AND quantity.

I think we all do, to bad Timesplitters isnt here to take the award.

 

[ArcWinter]

A combination of both, see Oblivion or Fallout 3.

Why choose when you can have both?

 

[teisjm]

Can't I say both?

I like quality AND quantity.

Me to, and tehres plenty of games out there of great quality with lots and lots of gameplay hours in them.