Acceptible length for a game?

[AvsJoe]

The longer, the better, especially if there is little filler, padding, and grinding. I miss the days of 60 - 70 hour games from the PS1 era.

If your refering to the RPGS i'd like to ask. Which one didnt have grinding filler and padding.

Not hating though. Im gonna admit it i dont mind grinding at all.

The Vandal Hearts series doesn't allow you to grind; you jump from one stage to the next without going back. You also don't really need to grind for FFVII, but everyone does.

 

[Netrigan]

FPS or other linear action games: as bad as it sounds, between six and ten hours is usually preferable to longer. Unless you have enough content to spread around, that's about when fatigue sets in. Maybe if they went back to the Episode structure of early games like Doom 1 or Duke Nukem (three or four episodes of eight levels each), but games like Doom 2 and Unreal just droned on and on, with not nearly enough locations, enemies, and weapons to make the entire game enjoyable.

Sandbox games: Finishing up the main missions and story driven side quests should take 20-40 hours. If it goes on too long, I find I lose the thread of the story, which is usually weak enough. The beauty of such games is that they encourage you to fap about by making it loads of fun to do so.

RPG: I'm just starting to get into these again with Fallout and Fable. Fable is really closer to a sandbox game and has about the right amount of content. Fallout probably ends up having way too much content in relation to its story, but I could definitely go for more story driven quests in it. But I really don't have enough of an opinion on RPGs to say what's a proper amount... but over 40 is better than under.

 

[Worgen]

action game 10-15 hours rts 20-30 hours rpg 30-45+ hours
some exemptions apply

 

[mr. genocide]

24-75 hours consisting of "ONLY" single player and more for an RPG. A 7 hour long game is O.K. if it has a f***ing kick-ass Story, multiple ending or replay value. if you finish a game in less than a day it is s*** like say legendary/CoD: MW2

 

[baddude1337]

10-20 hours is a good length for a game that isn't and RPG or RTS. I hate that games these days only have 3-6 hour singleplayer games and just focus on the multiplayer.