500 hours is needed to fully complete Dying Light 2 Stay Human

Techland states gamers need to invest 500 hours in order to fully complete Dying Light 2.

[monkey602]

No thanks. Too long

[phoenixwing]

If it's like going to see lord of the rings long then I'll buy it for the quality.

[CanadianTurtle]

It's a zombie apocalypse game, bro. I highly doubt you'll get "Lord of the Rings" quality in a product like this. Zombie invasion fiction has been around for so long, I doubt this is going to break any grounds and be worth 100+ hours.

[CoNn3rB]

The first Dying Light was pretty good so here's hoping the quality carries over, 500 hours is a bit excessive but if I feel like I've had my monies worth after 100 hours I'll be happy

[sparky77]

Exactly, this number is nothing to be proud of.

They revised it to below 100hrs for just the story but that still seems over the top.

[CobraKai]

Yeah. I dunno, after 40 hours, I feel like I just want the game to be over already

[frostypants]

Guys, this is clearly just for getting every stupid trophy. If it's too long, don't obsess over being a completionist.

[Nikodemsky]

The main quest line will be probably around 50-70h, rest of the content might be challenges, different routes, subquests etc. which is important to keep more hardcore playerbase; i would be really suprprised if there wouldn't be same plan for releasing dlc's as for first game.

The keyword here is "fully complete".

[lelo2play]

500h seems like a lot unnecessary filling.
Better to have a good 20-30h open world game then a boring 400-500h open world game, that most people give up after a few hours.

[KyRo]

It's not really that long. The title is click bait.

[BrainSyphoned]

Yes the devs did post a very click bait marketing graphic. The title is accurate though. Devs putting an asterisk statement without an asterisk on the graphic isn't the titles fault.

[KyRo]

They said if you were to replay it and see all the different out comes of the choices you would make it somewhere around 500 hours. The game itself is not 500 hours

[Palitera]

Don't worry, you'll be able to buy "shortcuts" to have a proper progression curve, because "player-first".

[monkey602]

*shivers

[Knightofelemia]

Damn that throws my AC Odyssey hours at 165 out the window

[Kaii]

When AC throws up adverts like this I know it would be a long tedious journey, don't know how I feel when other IP's throw this out there. lol

[CaptainHenry916]

They say in the tweet: Note: "It's about 100% completion rate, most of the players who are in for story and side quests will be able to complete the game quicker, it will still be a solid experience though!"

[IanTH]

You have to hope a Platinum (or all achievements playthrough) won't require 500 hours to get. If so, expect basically no one to have one lol.

[Lexreborn2]

As long as it’s as great as the first one then I’ll probably barely notice.

[CrimsonWing69]

Yeesh…

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Whoever beat this game is going in a record book. I have never in my life spent anywhere near 500 hours playing a single video game. Not even 200. The average gamer plays 1500 hours a year playing games. So they want you to spend 1/3 of the year playing this? That's kinda disrespectful.

[dumahim]

I seriously doubt the average gamer plays 29 hours a week.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Eh you're right. Maybe 20.

[YodaCracker]

More like 5. We are not average gamers.

[TheColbertinator]

The unemployed surprise me with how many hours they pour into games.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

I'm not unemployed I just don't have kids.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

Meanwhile on YouTube a Speed runner will 100% the game week one...

[smolinsk]

Nice, love it. The longer the better. I'm all in

[camel_toad]

You just delivered up a heck of a "that's what she/he said" opportunity but I won't go there. Oh damn I did.

[Elda]

Nope.

[P_Bomb]

Sounds like work at that point.

[shaenoide]

Is that supposed to be a good thing ?

[MetroidFREAK21]

That's not a selling point to me. Like I'm not impressed by the length of everything in total. In fact, it pushes me away from wanting the game

[IanTH]

I'm happy to see the sentiment of "too long" become the majority over time. If it was 500 hours of quality content, I wouldn't argue, but I'm sure most of that is quantity over quality. Open world games can add a lot of cruft to really pad that runtime waaaay out. Lots of busywork & collect-a-thon stuff; I got the plat in AC3 and had to get all the feathers...that SUCKED. Not that kinda stuff please lol.

I want devs to focus on a tight, well crafted game stuffed with things to do in a reasonable timeframe. My sweet spot for a AAA game is one that's maybe 12 hours on the low end, or 30 hours on the high end. I can do 40-60 if the game is good, but I may leave & come back. There are exceptions, of course. In the past I've played some games like Diablo 3 for....more hours than I care to remember at this point...feels a lifetime ago, and a different time lol.

[Outlawzz]

Why can't we go back to the game length of 20hrs max ? anytime I reach that amount with any game I'm already reaching my tipping point, this is of course referring to single player stuff.

There's just way too many games and not enough time nowadays lol

[BrainSyphoned]

Probably 20 hours when you buy their "2h Night XP Boost" from the mt shop.

[Mr_Luke]

When they say "fully complete" it means that you need a looooot less to complete the game normally. But they're too ashamed of saying that it's not so long :P

[T2X]

People still complain. At least you get your money's worth.

[Profchaos]

Tbh it could mean getting every tiny price if the game done like rdr 2 is 300 hours to 100% and platinum both offline and online modes or 50 to complete the story.

Same with Witcher 3

[Killer73nova]

Uhhhhh like I can get if they want this game to be played for years but what percent of gamers are just going to plow 500+ hours into a game that is not a multiplayer game

[ManMarmalade]

People don't like long games? I put over 500hrs into the OG Demon's Souls and was on my 7th playthrough.

[EmperorDalek]

I liked Demon's Souls, but what took up 500 hours? 7 simple playthroughs wouldn't take half that

[ManMarmalade]

I can't enjoy things? There are a lot of games where I simply just enjoy the ambience and explore randomly.

[Outlawzz]

You are one of the very few.
Most ppl play a game in its entirety and move on to the next one. Given the amount of good games coming out it becomes a chore when games overstay their welcome with unnecessary padding that doesn't really add much when your just interested in playing the main story.

If you still find it fun after that much time then I'm happy for you, I couldn't imagine ever having the time to amass that amount of time on any one game.

[Bobertt]

People will complain about 500 hours then go put 2000 hours on CoD.

[CanadianTurtle]

The difference is that the people who are putting 2000 hours into CoD are actually having fun. They're playing because they enjoy the competitive online gameplay.

In a lot open-world games, the extra 400 hours of content feels like a chore. It feels like you're playing out of obligation rather than for fun. During the whole PS4/XONE generation, this has been a common problem for open world titles.

[ManMarmalade]

>having fun
>playing CoD
Pick one 😛

[REDGUM]

500+hrs?
Even 100hrs for just the main quests is a game I won't ever complete. I played the last one through, nowhere near 100% and that became tiresome to do.
I enjoyed it don't get me wrong but more of the same thing within a game isn't something that I, I stress I, need in a game. I want it to flow well & have plenty of things to keep me engaged & intrigued within the world.
I'm not saying this game won't hold me in there but at 100+hrs, which is usually double for me as I play casually and am not a brilliant gamer by any means, I'm now wondering if I should still commit to it!

[Ninver]

Too long, not enough time in the day for a working family man, let alone time for gaming. Really would like to play these but too long.

[gold_drake]

who has the time lol

[CanadianTurtle]

What's with these open world games giving players 500 hours of boring chores? Every time I touch these 500hour long games, they're mostly only fun for the first 10-30 hours, and then it just becomes a "job" because it's no longer fun.

I can't imagine wasting away my precious time for video game chores.There's a difference between playing a game for fun VS playing out of obligation.

[enkiduxiv]

That sounds like it needs some quality editing. Even Chris Avelone can’t write something that’s engaging for that long.

[pietro1212]

Didn’t they scrap his work due to the sexual assault allegations?

[enkiduxiv]

Probably

[Exvalos]

To long, main quest should be 30 to 50 hours max 70 to 100 hours with extras and sidequests 500 is to much

[NewTestDrive]

No novel mechanics, just more crunch...

[Abnor_Mal]

Meh, I don't see the point, and why would anyone be excited to play a game for five hundred hours.

It's just another rehashed zombie apocalypse game like all the others.

[pietro1212]

Story wise, yes but gameplay wise it was something unique in regards to the first title.

[eXclurel]

If it's good I am ok with it. Witcher 3 takes more than that if you want to 100% it and it was a very good experience.

[pietro1212]

I finished most of the Witcher 3 in 300 hrs. The only thing I didn’t do was play the gwent game.

[redrum06]

Jesus Christ, people acting like gaming is a chore. If it's that good of a game, why shouldn't it get you hooked for 500 hours?

[pietro1212]

Not every has/ wants to invest that much time into a game because of other priorities

[Tigerblud]

It was later reported this is incorrect and is 100 hours.

[DyaWannaCmaPecker]

Happily play it for 100 hours. First was brilliant . All the extra stuff taking it to 500 hours for completion is a big bonus.

[raiden_188]

This will take me a whole year to complete so think I'll pass

[Bathyj]

That's a turn off

[moriarty1889]

That’s a bit ridiculous.

[Kaze88]

I don't know rick, it looks like bloated numbers to me. Even leisure 100% of witcher 3 with all dlc is under 350h.

[ANIALATOR136]

Will most players be prepared to pledge 500 hours to this game though? Probably not

[Manubiggs]

thats why I like gamepass - I dont feel like I have to finish a game, I play till its no longer fun and move on. If I paid for it, i would feel compelled to finish the main story.

[Phoenix76]

Speed runners be like "challenge accepted" lol

[anast]

To 100% the game. There are a few games that are not MMOs that I have spent around 300 hrs, of course MMOs can go on forever. I would spend 500 hrs on a game if it's good.

[z2g]

Sounds like something I’ll skip then. At some point it stops being fun and turns into a job. Like reading a 4000 page book. No thanks.

[Goodkush]

Here I am scared to play the Witcher bc of how lengthy it is lol

[pietro1212]

If you don't do everything you can finish the Witcher 3 in 60 to 100 hrs. If you attempt to 100% you're looking at 300 +