I sometimes feel that for all the glitzy graphics, some games nowadays are trying to distract us from their waning length.
Examples I present of a game with a good length would be Resident evil 4, a game without a sand box mechanic and yet a rather linear progression, but that never for me and for many others never ceased to entertain and amuse players with it a revolutionary spin on the survival horror genre with its precision over the shoulder gun play and heavy emphasis on crowd control style mob battle, and Metroid Prime, with its ingenuities and unique play style and focus on exploration of your surroundings and hunting for missile tanks and extra energy. Both games are 10 hours plus if you?re a regular Joe, who?s not planning a speed run and willing to invest sometime.
However I feel with the latest innovation in graphics and technology that many games have sold looking pretty for length, since games such as Dead Space, Gears of War (1&2) and Batman: AS (games which I thoroughly enjoyed no less) all have roughly 10 hour campaigns that can be, with dedication, be sat through in a single sitting.
The award winning Modern Warfare series is a prime offender of this game having criminally short campaigns, clocked at roughly 8-10 hours.
My point is I feel that games aren?t as long as they used to be, forsaking length for multiplayer or sandbox features as padding, well I?m sick to the back teeth of having these lean single player campaigns, and more so the price of these game, many games now I enquire as to their length before I buy, because a ten hour game can easily be polished off in 2 decent sittings which leaves me feel somewhat cheated out of my money, which has also lead me to buy more second hand games than I did during the last console generation when games tended to last just that little bit longer, or maybe the next gen has made me a little cynical.
But the fact that Modern Warfare 2 was £55 over here and has a 8 hour campaign takes the biscuit and gives me a turd in return it?s ridiculous, and it?s only there?s going to be a third part to it too, this is getting somewhat side tracked but as a sub point the fact games are being broken into squeals seems like another contrived reason for short campaigns at these prices, to wring just a little more money out of us the players.
ANYWAY, I want your opinions, are you happy with the length of games today?
Happy unhappy or are you just bothered about you online gaming?
Looking forward to your feedback.
-update
I played Monster Hunter Freedom (arguably the best game on the psp) for at least a good 300 hours and that's not counting the squeals, i played that series till i couldn't stand it yet it came back for more, for me the psp Monster hunter unite is a brilliant game with the possibly to theoretically limitless hours of game play with a friend or 3, since it's multiplayer is tailored for a class based 4 man face off against a variety of be ugly monsters it's by far one of the longest games i've ever played on console and hand-held alike.
Examples I present of a game with a good length would be Resident evil 4, a game without a sand box mechanic and yet a rather linear progression, but that never for me and for many others never ceased to entertain and amuse players with it a revolutionary spin on the survival horror genre with its precision over the shoulder gun play and heavy emphasis on crowd control style mob battle, and Metroid Prime, with its ingenuities and unique play style and focus on exploration of your surroundings and hunting for missile tanks and extra energy. Both games are 10 hours plus if you?re a regular Joe, who?s not planning a speed run and willing to invest sometime.
However I feel with the latest innovation in graphics and technology that many games have sold looking pretty for length, since games such as Dead Space, Gears of War (1&2) and Batman: AS (games which I thoroughly enjoyed no less) all have roughly 10 hour campaigns that can be, with dedication, be sat through in a single sitting.
The award winning Modern Warfare series is a prime offender of this game having criminally short campaigns, clocked at roughly 8-10 hours.
My point is I feel that games aren?t as long as they used to be, forsaking length for multiplayer or sandbox features as padding, well I?m sick to the back teeth of having these lean single player campaigns, and more so the price of these game, many games now I enquire as to their length before I buy, because a ten hour game can easily be polished off in 2 decent sittings which leaves me feel somewhat cheated out of my money, which has also lead me to buy more second hand games than I did during the last console generation when games tended to last just that little bit longer, or maybe the next gen has made me a little cynical.
But the fact that Modern Warfare 2 was £55 over here and has a 8 hour campaign takes the biscuit and gives me a turd in return it?s ridiculous, and it?s only there?s going to be a third part to it too, this is getting somewhat side tracked but as a sub point the fact games are being broken into squeals seems like another contrived reason for short campaigns at these prices, to wring just a little more money out of us the players.
ANYWAY, I want your opinions, are you happy with the length of games today?
Happy unhappy or are you just bothered about you online gaming?
Looking forward to your feedback.
-update
I played Monster Hunter Freedom (arguably the best game on the psp) for at least a good 300 hours and that's not counting the squeals, i played that series till i couldn't stand it yet it came back for more, for me the psp Monster hunter unite is a brilliant game with the possibly to theoretically limitless hours of game play with a friend or 3, since it's multiplayer is tailored for a class based 4 man face off against a variety of be ugly monsters it's by far one of the longest games i've ever played on console and hand-held alike.
