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SegataSanshiro on 26 November 2016
mountaindewslave said:
SegataSanshiro said:

Not true. Xenoblade Chronicles X for instance the first hour is just the intro of the game. Persona 4 doesn't get started until you are like 3 hours in. If you are playing Gunblade or Dynomite Deka 2 well then an hour you can beat them. It totally depends on the game. Instead of an amount of time it should be based more on percentage. Let's say 40-50% of a game. By that time you should have the gameplay down and a good idea where the game is going.

but the first few hours of Persona 4 isn'T BAD. If a game's start for an hour or two is literally not fun then that is pretty telling

Where did I say Persona 4 is bad? Is that why I have so much Persona 4 stuff because I think it's bad? I'm a real wierdo then. The first hour of the game nothing really happens tho. It's silly to judge it when the mechanics have not even been taught yet.



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Roar_Of_War on 26 November 2016

Feel like this is a joke topic. 



SegataSanshiro on 26 November 2016
m0ney said:
Usually I can tell within the first seconds if the game is any good.

I can tell a game is good or not when the idea first enters a developers head.



Angelv577 on 26 November 2016

Uncharted 4 dissagree.



Jpcc86 on 26 November 2016
mountaindewslave said:
Jpcc86 said:
Its enough if its a shooter or a battle arena game. An RPG, adventure or action game requiere a lot more.

not really though, if the first hour of Zelda or Chrono Trigger were bad then that would be a fairly telling sign. Almost universally speaking good games are good from the start

bear in mind the developers are generally going to put more effort to the beginning than anything else after all, and at times rush the endings of games 

Can't agree with that.  FFXII is one of the best of the franchise and takes a while for you to get in on the good parts.  Hell, Suikoden V takes like 4 hours to get good, but once it gets good its fantastic. That's my problem with this kind of thinking, story driven games requiere a set up. Not every great game has started like Dark Souls where you just pop in some random place and start killing stuff for whatever reason. 



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JRPGfan on 26 November 2016

People mentioning FF12 are right... that one takes abit of time before it really starts to grow on you.

People mentioning Persona 4... huh? I liked it, even the first hour of it.



m0ney on 26 November 2016
SegataSanshiro said:

I can tell a game is good or not when the idea first enters a developers head.

I can tell before Chuck Norris tells if it's good or not before the idea enters developers head.



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Azuren on 26 November 2016
m0ney said:

Unless it's the best game ever, the original Deus Ex, it takes a bit to get going.

Is this post to show blatant bias, or are you serious?



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Augen on 26 November 2016

I can tell a game is to my tastes often within ten minutes watching a gameplay video.



m0ney on 26 November 2016
Azuren said:
m0ney said:

Unless it's the best game ever, the original Deus Ex, it takes a bit to get going.

Is this post to show blatant bias, or are you serious?

It is regarded as the best game ever by more people than any other game so it is not blatant bias.



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