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Persona 5 Hype, Zelda of Thrones, & How Short Is Too Short?

The question to answer is, “How short is too short?” Because maybe $60 for a five hour game isn't a fair trade.

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GokuSolosAll3356d ago

Think about it like this; people pay $20 for a DVD. You get 90-120 minutes on average. But let's go big, count all the bonus features. You might get something like 10 hours if the filn is a long, extended edition packed with features like bloopers and behind the scenes.

So this is being pretty generous seeing as it's not even the main course, so $20 for 10 hours. If we want a 40 hour experience like a lot of gamers demand (not me) we'd need 4 such DVDs. At $20 a pop that's $80. A game of such length, not counting multiplayer, Trophies, or bonuses like we did for the films, is $60.

I payed $15 for Street Fighter II HD. I sunk too many hours to bother counting into online, and off, with a bit on SP thrown in probably totaling the length of a few films on its own.

I payed $15 for Child of Light and it took me 6 hours to do everything, maybe 10, I didn't keep track because I had a blast. People complained about CoL's length but I appreciated the lack of filler.

My point is games give you, on average, more bang for your buck. I hate arbitrary length bulketpoints companies try for. I do think a game and it's length should be weighed against it's price to some degree, but I'd happily pay $20 for experiences like Journey over a film any day.

SoulMikeY3356d ago

Movies cannot be compared to games. No one has "fun" watching a movie, they enjoy it. People have fun and enjoy video games. They are interactive, movies are not. Movies just give you a story in 1 1/2 hours, video games make you work for it. And often video games cost less to make than movies.

Anyways, my scale is no more than $2 per hour of gameplay. $60 games should be at least 30 hours. And most games don't even have to try. "Side quests" are just "go here, grab this, come back".

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wonderfulmonkeyman3356d ago

I don't think it's the length that counts, but the replayability.
Even a game with a short single player mode or not much extra content can last YEARS if the content is made fun enough to want to go back to again and again and again.

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The Sims 4 Party Essentials and Urban Homage kits land on 18th April

Two new stuff packs are coming to The Sims 4 on 18th April: Party Essentials and Urban Homage, bringing party gear and clothing respectively.

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The Best Sims 4 Challenges to Put Your Skills to the Test

The Sims 4 offers countless scenarios that make the game interesting. Power Up Gaming looks at the best Sims 4 challenges to spice up your gameplay.

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Zelda Could Introduce New Features By Bringing Back A Controversial Character

Screen Rant, "The return of one controversial character could have an incredible effect on The Legend of Zelda, prompting the introduction of new features."

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H973d ago

Honestly I really changed my mind on Fi with the remaster because they didn't make her interrupt your gameplay every 5 seconds, that drastically changed my views on her

Inverno72d ago

Technically she's in ToTK but obviously can't take any other form than the sword she was made into. Also the companion feature has been done plenty of times in Zelda, I don't think it'll add anything new. If anything should be brought back it should be the Minish.