When have people started to basically judge a game based on length alone?

[Mnementh]

GTAexpert said:

Mnementh said:

tiffac said:

Nah! The lenght of the game is only ammunition to downplay the game. The real reason its being hated is because its an exclusive.

This is known in the console wars. lol!

Really? Does Smash Bros, Sunset Overdrive, The Last of us, Bloodborne, Zelds get this much critics? The point is more similar to Watchhdogs: in the beginning the devs were creating high expectations and nearing release the expectations got smashed.

The developers never said how long the game is though. Watch Dogs had a severe graphical downgrade, The Order: 1886 looks the same now as it did during its E3 reveal.

True, but that's not how hype works. If you're hyped for something and the hyped thing lets you down, it doesn't matter if the letdown happens in the same area as the hype. The hype lets you feel you will get an overall great experience, so everything ruining it feels bad. The basic point is, that disappointed expectations (how justified the expectations were in the first place doesn't matter) is the reason the game gets flak, not being an exclusive. Watchdogs got flak without being exclusive, the exclusive I named didn't.