Before everyone flips out, it is not another Splatoon-related thread, not on the game itself, but rather on a subject that was brought up a lot in the last months/year, last time with Splatton.
By your own definition, what is an incomplete game?
I'll state my opinion and explain and then I'd like to know yours just to get a grip on what goes on on gamers heads.
Low content game - content-wise a game might seem small. Low content games aren't imo, unfinished games. They're just that, low content games. I think Splatoon fits in this category. I've played just those 4 maps and haven't touched the single player, yet I've put in 10h+, basically since release (bought it day one) everytime I wasn't working, at the beach or watching football, I was playing the damn thing. Another example, one of my favourite games last gen was BF: bad Company 2 ont PS3, I didn't finish the campaign (found it to be a bit boring) but loved the multiplayer. I've sunk hundreds of hours into it, was my most played game on PS3, and it had like 4 maps I believe (aside from dlcs that I didn't bought, if there were any). Gameplay and replay value are very important on low content games, imo. Titanfall, for example, is deemed as a low content game with no campaign. However how many hours have you put into it?
Small game - This one is the real deal when it comes to "Am I willing spend 60/70 euros/dollars/pounds on this game?" cuz the experience can be brief but it has to be worth it. I a few examples on great games on this "category". Uncharted 1 and 2 which I've played, combined around 10/12 hours (and maybe a few hours multiplayer with my brother), yet those were 12 great hours and totally worth the money. Red Steel, another example, 2 I also loved it even though it had quite a short campaign.
Bug-filled game - By my own standards this is an unfinished product. Games with bugs, frame rate issues, etc, should not be allowed to be released cuz, imo, that's deceiving the costumer. Even if they patch things up a bit latter, whi release it bugged? Would you buy a broken tv? Or a new car with a çeak in the deposit even if the salesman tells you "came back a month later and we'll fix it for you"?
You've been hearing a lot lately that games are short for the money you oay for it. People said that about Splatoon, The Order, Titanfall, Destiny, etc. But are they really though? Don't you spend the same anount of time as you did last gen on those kinds of games? What's this new trend of calling everything incomplete?
I say no, they may be short or low-contented (did I just made up a word?) but what you gotta decide is if it'll be worth the money they're asking you for it.
