Dragon Age II: Barely Longer Than An Expansion

[Trolldor]

Valid point.

DA:O is longer. The Origins give DA:O a bit more replay value also.
Both games are padded, DA:O with trash mobs and DA2 with frequently reused areas, so that's not the reason for it.
Maybe someone could actually quantify the actual amount of content in some way, then we'd have a true comparison.

DA:O Travel times can add the better part of half-an-hour to your experience depending on how often you travel.

 

[Trolldor]

This has to be a speed run doing only story missions and skipping dialogue/cut-scenes. You could get through either Mass Effect game, and even the first game in a short enough time like that.

Even then, 2-3 hours? Unless you're using some metric way of time measurement, I call shenanigans.

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He said 2-3 hours LONGER THAN Awakenings.

You misread. He actually completed it in 18 hours.

...so 18 hours isn't long enough?

The original DA:O I could complete in 14, doing all character quests and boards, as well as what few sidequests I walked in to.

 

[veloper]

Valid point.

DA:O is longer. The Origins give DA:O a bit more replay value also.
Both games are padded, DA:O with trash mobs and DA2 with frequently reused areas, so that's not the reason for it.
Maybe someone could actually quantify the actual amount of content in some way, then we'd have a true comparison.

DA:O Travel times can add the better part of half-an-hour to your experience depending on how often you travel.

Alright, so substract 0.5 hours from DA:O playtime, then how many have you got left? Half an hour doesn't seem very significant (though it is a waste I'll grant).

 

[SageRuffin]

Don't worry I got it, but you replied before I did.

Nice to see someone else who understands tone of voice, on the internet no less!

To stay on topic, I stand by my notion: I think the OP is talking sideways for the sake of argument. 8-10 hours I can believe, but 2-3? No way.

We later find out he means 2/3 of the time for DA:O, and that he played 18 hours with skipping Merrill and Bone Pit on hard and not hitting level 20. So there is intentional skipping as well as what I suspect is accidental skipping of content.

I'm pretty sure I'm at at 8 hours on mine(could have sworn I had more time in) and my GF is at 27 hours on hers. Where I have just hit level 9 on my characters and have not started the Deep Roads expedition, I have no idea where my GF is right now as I am at work but I'll be editing this when I get the info from her.

Edit: She is at level 20 and thinks she is just about at the end of the game.

So I was right. It was something akin to a speedrun, probably deliberately skipping companions and side-quests. But even then, since when was 18 considered short? I'm sure most of us wouldn't wanna work 18 hours, even with breaks in between.

This has to be a speed run doing only story missions and skipping dialogue/cut-scenes. You could get through either Mass Effect game, and even the first game in a short enough time like that.

Even then, 2-3 hours? Unless you're using some metric way of time measurement, I call shenanigans.

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He said 2-3 hours LONGER THAN Awakenings.

You misread. He actually completed it in 18 hours.

...so 18 hours isn't long enough?

The original DA:O I could complete in 14, doing all character quests and boards, as well as what few sidequests I walked in to.

Agreed. And really, any game can be completed in a fairly short - or long - amount of time depending on how much dicking around you feel like doing.

So if you managed to clock in 18 doing just story missions and skipping certain parts, imagine how much time may be invested if you try to explore everything. I'd say 18 hours at lowest is pretty good if not average in this day and age.