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Why a 6-10 Hour Game is More than Enough

Most gamers try to get the biggest bang for their buck when purchasing their games. However, not every game needs to be 20+ hours. Find out why a 6-10 hour game is more than justified in our latest editorial!

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ABizzel15576d ago

Depends on the genre and if it has multiplayer.

A single player only game needs to be 10 - 12 hours for me to shell out the cash, or else I might as well rent it for the day and send it back with gamefly or Redbox (yes redbox let's you rent game for $2 now.)

ATiElite5575d ago (Edited 5575d ago )

A game being only 6 hours long means that the game must be all about the MP component Like COD. The single player is short but most people buy it for the MP.

It really sucks that games on consoles are $60 but developers and publishers are brain washing consolers to happily accept a 6 hour game with a stapled on MP. Then they charge you $15 for DLC that is already on the disc or just cut from the game.

These types of games have Zero replay value and are rentals at best. Your epic 20 30 40 50 hour games are the ones worth buying.

kancerkid5575d ago

I can only play a game about an hour a day. I usually end up playing a game for more than one week.

Maybe some people should get lives if they are beating games in one sitting and stretch out the experience a little.

Focker4205575d ago

@kancerkid

Myabe you should stop feeling so high and mighty.

Army_of_Darkness5575d ago (Edited 5575d ago )

I get about 2-5hrs. A week due to work, GF and partying, but that dont mean i wanna settle with short 6 hrs. Games!!! I still love my long games;-) i had eternal sonata since nov!! 40 hrs. In and still only half way through!! Lol! Still enjoying it though along side deadspace 2.

ian725575d ago (Edited 5575d ago )

If a game is full of action, good story and replayability then 6-10 hours can be enough. Its just that there are a lot of games releasing now that are only 5-7 hours long and after 1 playthrough you're done, and not interested in replaying them.
There are also games that go on too long and the story or gameplay gets boring. Longer games need to keep you interested more. Those games do need a very good story and nice gameplay.

DanSolo5575d ago

Yeah I agree with your comment about some games can seem to drag on and get a bit boring.

Sometimes you want that short burst of great game condensed into a shorter time span. But then unless there is some sort of multiplayer or replayability then those are the games I just like to rent.

DanSolo5575d ago (Edited 5575d ago )

Well that is long enough for a rental... but unless it also has multiplayer that is not enough to buy.

I just played Heavy Rain the other day, I rented it and completed it in 2 days. I enjoyed playing it, but I have no desire to replay it as I know the story and different endings will not persuade me to replay. So it was a great rental, but would have been a bad buy.

A game like COD or Killzone however it is not so bad if the single player seems a bit short (although its still better to be a bit longer) as alot more hours will be spent by most people on the multiplayer than on single player.

Single player games like Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Mass Effect are worth buying though as they obviously have a long shelf life!

geth1gh5575d ago (Edited 5575d ago )

any shooter shouldn't have more than a 10 hour campaign. even with a great story line and some new additions, it all comes down to the same thing. Run and Gun. Go up head to head with 10+ AI enemies and win without a problem. Just seems dumb to me now.

I buy games for multiplayer these days anyways.

Motion5575d ago (Edited 5575d ago )

You should try out Half-Life (1, 2 and Episodes), just for starters.

ATiElite5575d ago (Edited 5575d ago )

Half life 2 is like 20+ hours. By the time you start fighting the Antlions most other games would be completed but in HL2 your only a third of the way finished. it's so long yet it never gets boring.

Episode One was short but a lot harder where as Episode 2 was fast pasted the whole way through.

Such a great game.

5yN4MWQU5575d ago

Your website doesn't work in my browser, can't view it :(

GamersXTREME5575d ago

Really? Which browser are you using? I've tested it out on IE, Safari, Firefox and Chrome and they seem to work fine on those. Let me know so I can look into the issue you're having. Thanks.

OhMyGandhi5574d ago (Edited 5574d ago )

^^^
I didn't know that N4G had Onstar...

5yN4MWQU5574d ago

I had tried it in Opera earlier, but I just updated it and can view it now. I guess the older version of Opera didn't like it for some reason.

Anyway, not that I can see it, nice post :)

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Best Selling Resident Evil Games US Revealed by Circana Data

Circana data shows Resident Evil 5 as the best selling Resident Evil game in the US, ahead of Resident Evil 4 remake and Village.

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SimpleDad87d ago

So the most successful RE is the one where a white man is killing Africans.
This can't be real.

bryght86d ago

i love resident evil from 2006

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Insider Reveals Cancelled Resident Evil Projects, Denies RE5 Remake

New leaks from Dusk Golem detail cancelled Resident Evil projects, including a Rebecca focused Revelations game, while stating no Resident Evil 5 remake is in development.

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__y2jb103d ago

Capcom's willingness to invest in experiments and scrap them sets them apart form many other developers (Nintendo have a similar methodology). Far too often companies push a game setting or game mechanic that is just not that good and the final product is middling or poor.

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No Resident Evil 5 Remake Announcement This Year as Code Veronica Remake Is Scheduled Next

Dusk Golem claims a Resident Evil 5 remake is not coming this year, with a Code Veronica remake expected instead.

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Neonridr127d ago

I mean 0, 1 and Code Veronica should be way before we get into 5 or 6.

Darkseeker126d ago

5 and 6 are so bad that even Capcom want to pretend they don't exist.

Levii_92126d ago

Dude Code Veronica is bad too but RE5 and 6 were mega successful and to me it makes much more sense for Capcom to do them instead. Nobody cares about Code Veronica except niche fixed camera era RE fans, i bet most modern RE fans probably don't know Code Veronica even exists. Based on all that i don't believe CV remake is coming but we will see i guess.

MehmetAlperTR126d ago (Edited 126d ago )

Actually RE5-6 was not Classic RE game.. They are not even Survival Horror game.. They are just an action game with coop and named by RE... And for me RE Code Veronica was masterpiece.. I remembered the first time i played it in Dreamcast.. It was absouletly excellent game. And specially for RE6.. I was quit from game after the camera shakes when Leon's kick to zombies.. There's a video about RE6 and they are telling the truth about that shitty game https://www.youtube.com/wat... here it is.. Enjoy it..

Neonridr126d ago

people are DYING for a Code Veronica Remake. Not sure who you are talking to, but the die-hard RE fans of the series are very familiar with every entry. That's what it means to be called a die-hard fan.

neutralgamer1992126d ago

Levii

I am sure If they were to remake CV that it 2ont have fixed camera angle. I hope whatever they do they take their time like RE2/4 remakes and not rushed with cut content like RE3 remake

Before they should do RE5 they should go back and remake earlier games. In a perfect scenario we would get CV and RE/Zero before RE5/6

Tapani126d ago

Code Veronica on Dreamcast was absolutely AWESOME.

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LucasRuinedChildhood126d ago (Edited 126d ago )

It makes more sense for them to remake earlier games like Code Veronica. RE5 is a good game though - it's not THAT different from RE4.

RE5 just doesn't really need to remade in general. The co-op element makes it tricky - you'd probably add more moments where Chris is by himself enhance the horror but some would want co-op to stay.

thesoftware730126d ago

RE:5 Was and still is a great game, with hands down the best Merc mode, that I still play from time to time with my brother.

RE:6 blah, I agree, it was awful.

Redgrave126d ago

Other than Code Veronica, 6 is the one ai want to see remade the most only because pretty much everything has to be redone; can't streamline that hot mess.

DarXyde126d ago

6 was pretty bad. 5 just tried too hard in being an action-oriented RE4.

In some fairness to Capcom, 5 was the first Resident Evil on then-new hardware for them (X360 and PS3). And it was pretty damn hard to follow up RE4.

Imagine everyone's surprise when EA of all companies dropped Dead Space.

Alos88126d ago

The first half of 5 wouldn't be too hard to do in the more grounded style the remakes have gone for, but the second half gets pretty silly and uncomfortable at parts.
6 is a wash. You'd have to basically make a whole new game to salvage that one at this point.

__y2jb126d ago

6 is garbage. 5 is excellent.

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_Decadent_Descent126d ago

Hopefully if and when they do a RE5 remake, they give it the RE3 remake treatment, because this is certainly one title that I don't want a faithful remake of.

gerbintosh126d ago

I need a Parasite Eve remake

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