Shortest Game You've Ever Played

[Cyketor]

The shortest game you have ever played excludes Pong, Pacman and tetras.

 

[Eiseman]

Hey, those games can literally go on forever.

Hm, I wonder if cheats or level warps count, because back in the day I could shoot through Super Mario Bros. 3 in an hour or two.

 

[OverlordSteve]

Probably God of War, Chains of Olympus.

 

[Jobz]

I'm pretty sure we've had this thread like three times now.

Search Button FTW.

 

[Theo Samaritan]

Lego Island 2...

Don't judge me.

 

[josh797]

tomb raider legend. damn that was short. 8 levels? wtf? also puzzles never got really difficult. still an all around great game

 

[Tsuki Tanaka]

Well, the question is how enjoyable the game had to be.

The best, shortest game that I've probably played had to be Portal. Epic funz.

As far as just being short in general, probably a fighting game, such as Soul Calibur IV, or the like. But, then again, it really depends on your definition of "Beating" a game...

 

[The_Deleted]

Dino Stalker.
Great game but too short.

One of the Medal of Honour games (Rising Sun?) stopped just as it seemed it was about to kick up a gear,too.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

Obviously Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest For Booty. I beat it in one sitting...and I'm never playing it again...it was that bad.

I thought it was good, but HOLY SHIT it was short, it's in the list of games I've beaten in a day.

Which are: CoD4 (on veteran too), Portal, QFB, and the HL/Sam and Max episodes.

 

[Fallensky7]

Portal, best 2-3 hours of your life!

 

[TheGhostOfSin]

The first Sonic game on the megadrive 20 or so minuets for me.

 

[Humanfishboy]

The first Sonic game on the megadrive 20 or so minuets for me.

That's actually quite impressive!
I've never beaten that game, and certainly couldn't do it in 20 minutes...

Did you get all 6 Chaos Emeralds?
(there were only 6 in the first one, before anyone says anything)

 

[Apocalypse Tank]

its a hard choice...
I'd have to go with
Pong

I mean, the replayability is high... but its like a few seconds of original storyline
so, what gives?

 

[Humanfishboy]

its a hard choice...
I'd have to go with
Pong

I mean, the replayability is high... but its like a few seconds of original storyline
so, what gives?

What gives!? It was (one of the) first videogame(s) ever made! Cut those poor technology students some slack!

 

[TheGhostOfSin]

The first Sonic game on the megadrive 20 or so minuets for me.

That's actually quite impressive!
I've never beaten that game, and certainly couldn't do it in 20 minutes...

Did you get all 6 Chaos Emeralds?
(there were only 6 in the first one, before anyone says anything)

I did it last week but it took me quite a bit longer while trying to get all the emeralds, it's saved just before the final boss. 360 marketplace FTW!

 

[Cyketor]

its a hard choice...
I'd have to go with
Pong

I mean, the replayability is high... but its like a few seconds of original storyline
so, what gives?

Well Pong is to easier answer, I want to hear about games today, like the darkness, I finished in a day.
Fable 1 ive finished just about 7 times and fusion frenzy 1.

 

[Caliostro]

Portal.

Short yes, but epic too.

 

[tiredinnuendo]

Define "short". Most of the old NES titles could be beaten in under 45 minutes if you played them perfectly. It's just that they weren't very forgiving if you didn't play them perfectly. I could beat Atari's ET in about 4 or 5 minutes if I wasn't trying for a high score, but no one else seems to be able to beat it because they can't figure out what to do.

Shortest modern gen game? Heavenly Sword.

- J

 

[Altorin]

Portal is probably the shortest game I've played recently.

But it was also the best.

so in short

short != bad.