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OXM: Five games that should be shorter

OXM UK: "Keep the baby, throw out the bathwater."

Knight_Cid5210d ago

no game should be shorter ever

Neckbear5210d ago

If it was an exchange of quantity for quality, then yes, they should. I'll take ten hours of fun over thirty of tedium.

gigreen5210d ago

I didn't feel a second of tedium in Mass Effect 2, which this articles mentions.

Information Minister5210d ago

I take it you never scanned planets for resources then.

_Aarix_5210d ago (Edited 5210d ago )

There shouldnt be a sacrafice of quality in the first place.

Games like gears of war shown us that you can have the best of both worlds.

gigreen5210d ago

@Information Minister

Planet scanning and upgrades are optional so that doesn't count.

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GraveLord5210d ago (Edited 5210d ago )

If all games were 100+ hours, most of us normal people would only have time about 6 games a year if we're lucky.

Ness-Psi5210d ago

is it just me or is this xbox360 site trying really hard to not review xbox360 games lol. last week they even recommended buying the PS3 version over the 360 one. ha

John Kratos5210d ago

Bioshock wasn't too long, it was around 14 hours, just the right amount of time for a single player experience, hark ens back to the PS2 days when there was a good amount of length to a game that wasn't a RPG, a few examples, RE4 and God of War 1 and 2.

ChocolateGiddyUp5210d ago

Bioshock was pretty sweet, but...if only I could get less for my money...

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Next ‘BioShock’ Game Changes Leaders After Development Turmoil

The fourth game in the ‘BioShock’ series has been in development for more than a decade

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toxic-inferno294d ago

Bioshock is one of my favourites franchises. I love all 3 games and have played each several times. I even have a room in my house that is loosely decorated around the theme of Bioshock (with a Lighthouse, coral models and postcards styled as though they are from both Rapture and Columbus).

And yet I am going to find it extremely difficult to get even remotely excited about any future episode in the series after all the problems this has had in its development cycle.

Leave the franchise alone. Remaster them again if you have to. Then put whatever talent you have to use on something brand new.

Furesis294d ago

Since ken levine isn't involved i'm not surprised what's going on. i'm more excited for his next game which looks like bioshock. Yet he still works under take2 and they are making bioshock 4 without him, strange situation.

toxic-inferno294d ago

Yes. Judas. Looks brilliant, but it's one of those games that seems to never have had a release date. Instead it's had release windows that keep getting pushed back.

Once it's ready, I'll be there for it though. Ken Levine is an excellent developer.

I get the feeling he dissolved Irrational Games simply so that 2k couldn't tell him what to do. It seems it will pay off, but I feel sorry for those who worked as part of Irrational before it was dissolved, who hadn't independently made a name for themselves.

ActualWhiteMan293d ago

He didn’t even want to make 2, that’s why they did it without him.

Rebel_Scum293d ago

tbh it wouldnt be a Bioshock game without development hell. They all had it.

Michiel1989293d ago

bioshock 2 was 2.5 years after 1, so much of a development hell it was......

-Foxtrot293d ago

"Remaster them again if you have to"

Well apparently they were doing a remake but that got cancelled

Relientk77293d ago

It sucks this game is in development hell because I love BioShock and would love a 4th game. I hope it turns out great, but I guess we'll see.

P_Bomb293d ago

Love Bioshock. It’s too bad what’s going on. At least we have Judas.

Yui_Suzumiya293d ago (Edited 293d ago )

It's been in development hell since 2014. This is nothing new. It saddens me because it's one of my favorite series. At this point, Judas may end up releasing first.

BABI-PANGPANG293d ago

Bioshock 4 (if it ever comes out) will probably still look and play like a Bioshock game, but without Kevin, it might miss that spark that made the originals so special. Honestly, Judas might end up feeling more like the real spiritual successor.

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Final Fantasy and SaGa series veteran Kazuyuki Shindo leaves Square Enix after 27 years

Kazuyuki Shindo, who worked on games including Legend of Mana, Final Fantasy XIII, and SaGa: Emerald Beyond, has left Square Enix.

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Mass Effect Companion Tier Ranking

One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!

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IAMRealHooman529d ago

Bro missing companions: Legion, Grunt, Samara/Morinth, Javik, EDI

anast529d ago

Legion, Zaeed, and Jack are my favorites.

RiseNShine529d ago

To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.

anast529d ago

They lost too much talent.

IAMRealHooman529d ago

some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier

anast529d ago

Liam lol I can't stand that dude.

IAMRealHooman529d ago

it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me