I loved the pace and progression of Resident Evil 4, and it took me around 25 hours. It just felt like a perfect amount of game time, when I felt the story should soon end, it did.
And with Twilight Princess I had fun for 70 hours before beating the final boss. Again I felt there was a perfect pacing, much more than when I played Wind Waker which dragged on for way too long IMO. And that was even shorter too.
Early this year I played Ni no Kuni, and that game dragged on for WAY too long... but the first 70% of the game was awesome. I played for over 90 hours when I finally finished it.
All in all, some games have better pacing and is just better games, so my opinion on this matter varies along with the game, genre etc. Twilight Princess clicked with me right away, while Wind Waker never reached the same heights.
But OT: I never play games to just pass time, but when I have to pass time, I do play games.
Yep.
