NowGamer looks at the longest games in different genres, from the longest FPS games, to the largest open worlds. This is a list of longest games by genre, NOT longest games full stop.
Yeah Total War is a beast. Looks like they chose Civ IV for the strategy genre though. Shogun 2 Total War will no doubt be massive when that launches too.
Total War is indeed a sweet series w a lot of content.
I think Dragon Warrior 7 on PS1 is one of the longest games, simply because the storyline takes a required 100+ hours to complete, not including sidequests.
Is there some rule that you have to mention HL2 to seem legit it video game journalism?
I remember completing this in the 8-10 hour range when it came out in 2004, then it took about 16 hours on PS3 a few years later. Don't ask me why it took longer the second time, maybe it has something to do with the controls.
AAAAAAANY WAY, the play time is short compared to the original, so why isn't this on a list of "Longest games ever". Has the author only played games from the last couple of console generations?
Half life 1 was a lot bigger maybe double HL2's size but sad as it is Hl2 is still a long game compared too nearly all action Fps. Although i did finish HL2 in at least 10 hours and just cause 2 at 24 hours by the games timer
"It's longer than most action fps games" - Does not matter, the list is "Longest Games Ever", not "Some of the Longest Games ever", or "Really long games that managed to capture my ADHD-afflicted attention"
"How many straight-up FPS titles do you see longer these days?" I think you're selling HL2 short (HL2 certainly features things you wouldn't find in a 'straight-shooter'), but that's besides the point, there are many FPSs that last longer: Wolfenstein, Far Cry 2, Borderlands, Operation Flashpoint 1 & 2, AmrA 1 & 2.
BG2 in particular is huge. Probably the most replayable game in my collection, I give it another playthrough every couple of years. I can't think of any other game that old that I still play on a fairly regular basis.
The Total War series really needs a mention too. Hell any RTS really eats up your time, like Age of Empires but I guess Civilisation represents them.
I thought Fallout 3 was pretty dam long. And what about those Pokemon games?
Dragon Quest games... the avrg game gives u 90 to 300hrs of gameplay.... Especially DQ8 on ps2.
i would say resident evil 4 is pretty long. it toke me about 20 some odd hours to go threw my first time and im still not done with mercinaries.
Is there some rule that you have to mention HL2 to seem legit it video game journalism?
I remember completing this in the 8-10 hour range when it came out in 2004, then it took about 16 hours on PS3 a few years later. Don't ask me why it took longer the second time, maybe it has something to do with the controls.
AAAAAAANY WAY, the play time is short compared to the original, so why isn't this on a list of "Longest games ever". Has the author only played games from the last couple of console generations?