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Applies to campaigns rather than multiplayer.
A game should ideally be 2 to 3 hours long. Also if they were priced around the same mark as movies. I'd be happy paying £10-£15 for a 2 to 3 hour game.
A lot of games are just padded out to fill time. I'd rather have an intense 2 hour game than a waffling 40 hour epic.
Also I'd feel like I'm getting what I've paid for as I don't complete that many games. I'm guessing lots of other people are the same. You pay £30-£40 for a game then don't get to see it all.
I don't have a massive amount of time for games currently. Breaking it down I think there are two main reasons behind my suggestion:
1) Value for money. If I pay £40 for a game and don't finish it I feel like I haven't got value for money. As I don't have a huge amount of time to game this happens quite a bit. Looking at my history I'd say I've completed less than 10% of the games of played. If a game was £9.99 and lasted 3 hours I'd be happy with that as I feel I'm getting value for money (I know you can get a £40 game that lasts 300 hours but I don't have this time)
2) Time. As I don't have a huge amount of time I'd rather play and complete 10 smaller games in a year than say half compete 1.
A good example of what I'd like to see more of is the Dead Rising DLC that originally appeared on XBLA. That was fantastic. For £3-£4 I got a complete experience which lasted just over 2 hours. That was me done. I didn't need to go and buy the full game. There was some replay value in the game for those who felt 2 hours wasn't enough.
I'd like to see more of this. As I understand it the Dead Rising DLC was a big success and one of the best selling titles on XBLA (might have my facts wrong on that though). I'd happily pay for something similar that gave me a 2 hour story from say COD.
Finally to avoid getting flamed I should state that the longer games should remain but there should be more shorter experiences available like the Dead Rising standalone DLC.
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A game should ideally be 2 to 3 hours long. Also if they were priced around the same mark as movies. I'd be happy paying £10-£15 for a 2 to 3 hour game.
A lot of games are just padded out to fill time. I'd rather have an intense 2 hour game than a waffling 40 hour epic.
Also I'd feel like I'm getting what I've paid for as I don't complete that many games. I'm guessing lots of other people are the same. You pay £30-£40 for a game then don't get to see it all.
I don't have a massive amount of time for games currently. Breaking it down I think there are two main reasons behind my suggestion:
1) Value for money. If I pay £40 for a game and don't finish it I feel like I haven't got value for money. As I don't have a huge amount of time to game this happens quite a bit. Looking at my history I'd say I've completed less than 10% of the games of played. If a game was £9.99 and lasted 3 hours I'd be happy with that as I feel I'm getting value for money (I know you can get a £40 game that lasts 300 hours but I don't have this time)
2) Time. As I don't have a huge amount of time I'd rather play and complete 10 smaller games in a year than say half compete 1.
A good example of what I'd like to see more of is the Dead Rising DLC that originally appeared on XBLA. That was fantastic. For £3-£4 I got a complete experience which lasted just over 2 hours. That was me done. I didn't need to go and buy the full game. There was some replay value in the game for those who felt 2 hours wasn't enough.
I'd like to see more of this. As I understand it the Dead Rising DLC was a big success and one of the best selling titles on XBLA (might have my facts wrong on that though). I'd happily pay for something similar that gave me a 2 hour story from say COD.
Finally to avoid getting flamed I should state that the longer games should remain but there should be more shorter experiences available like the Dead Rising standalone DLC.
Sent from my mobile device using the AVForums app
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