Dragon Quest IV is nowhere near those 11 hours, I run pretty much forward without basicaly any grinding and finished the game several levels below suggested and that game took me 35 hours. I've got lost 2 times, so we can take 2 hours down + going twice 2 dungoens. But no way first timer will finish under 30 hours unless he is playing speedrun by the manual.
MY HYPE LIST: 1) Gran Turismo 5; 2) Civilization V; 3) Starcraft II; 4) The Last Guardian; 5) Metal Gear Solid: Rising