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Xxain on 02 April 2016
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Aeolus451 said:
Xxain said:

Im not saying Shorter is better either, though that could be argued. Just that being short should not automatically be detriment to a any game based off some supposed standard vs what the actual games delivers in that 20 hours.  

If the game can be beaten in 20 hrs or less but a normal playthrough is 40 to 100 hours of gameplay/content, I'm fine with it. It's not much different than a Elder scrolls game. You can beat the game very quickly if you wanted to skip everything but the main story but it can hundreds of hours of gameplay from the rest majority of the game.

If everything in the game can be done in about 20 hours of gameplay for a rpg, I would have a big problem with it.

I pick a random jrpg and I play it to finish. During my time:

I enjoy the story of the  of game.

I enjoy the characters.

Phenomenal music

Attractive art direction

Fun engaging battle system

Good amount of side quest/Post game content

Satisfactory ending leaves me fulfilled.

I look at my end time and its 26 hours. Why does it matter if I was delivered a enjoyable game? Why does not being 40+/60+/100+ even matter? Why is a arbitrary number even thing?