| pokoko said: I'm the exact opposite. As someone who doesn't have as much time for games, I want more deep, immersive games that I can play for dozens of hours over a period of weeks. Those are the games I'm willing to buy at full price, or nearly full price. Fallout 4, Borderlands 3, Dragon Age 3, Persona 5, the next Valkyria Chronicles (if it ever appears) are on a very short list. Other games, like the next Saint's Row, Gran Turismo, and Far Cry, I'll probably pick up when they hit the $30 mark. The kind of games I really like have depth and a lot of content that keeps you in that world for a long period of time. As for value, that's absolutely relative. If I had money to burn, I wouldn't mind buying a 4 hour game at $60, but that kind of thing does not fit within my current budget. |
I agree budget is a massive problem, which is one of the reasons I tend to buy games late. I'm currently playing games from 2010 on my PS3 because I can pick them up for £10 or less, new, off Amazon. That said I'm on a fixed income and almost never buy games on release.
I actually find I get frustrated with games that take too long and frequently don't finish them because I end up building up a back catalogue. Some really quite short games I've still yet to finish just because I can't find the time. Despite being unemployed and in the house all day, I rarely get more than 3-4 hours game time per week. Right now for example, I'm on this forum typing away but my pain levels are way too high to focus on a video game, I feel dizzy, I feel nausiated. If I attempted to play now I'd get angry, likely launch the controller across the room... etc. not good. I need to be calm to play because it's so easy to take my pain out on whatever's nearby and with chronic pain that's an issue for me.
One big thing that puts me off on long games, is if I missed a side-quest, story element, or even just a rare useful item, it can make me want to quit a game completely because I feel like I'm only playing part of the game, or like I'm playing a game with missing peices.
