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zeldaring on 25 July 2023
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Mnementh said:
zeldaring said:

90S was the best in terms of nostalgia, and being blown away as a kid. in terms of gaming though it's much better now. Nintendo was really the only one that had games that can take 25-40 hours to complete, everything else of quality was short unless you like JRPG which i don't. something like elden ring or botw would give you more playtime then 80% of 16 bit games lol.

But is length the same as quality? I would argue not. Modern Assassin's Creeds are far beyond 100 hours, but I usually stop playing after 20-30 hours, as that is the time it is fun to play. A game like 'A Short Hike' is only 1 or 2 hours long, but I think it is better than 80% of the 50+ hour games, it has what is needed and is impactful and doesn't overstay it's welcome. Games that are really engaging for all of 50, 70, 100 or more hours are actually pretty rare. So I wouldn't see the playtime (or content) as a mark of quality.

It all subjective. if you really enjoy a game these days you get like 10x the content of the 90s plus online play,  if you wanna finish that content it's up to you. Most of my top games of the 90s were not that repayable for me

MGS1 one and done
Resident evil 2 one and done

Mario 64 after 120 stars no reason to go back
Street fighter 2 franchise including street fighter alpha 3 and x-men vs street fighter. no online play back then 
Zelda OOT/LTTP after finishing it no side content really worth exploring. 
Gran turismo this had great replay value but no online play
Golden eye was fun but no online play 
banjo kazioo same as mario 64
sonic 2d
Mario 2d
nes as well

mega man x franchise as well

Nes. sega genesis, and and many super nes games get hurt by not having save states.

Let me compare my top games of 2010-2020

 

Sikero finished 5 times loved the combat and multiple endings and story

GOW 2018 finished 2 times

Bloodborne same as above but finished 4 times

Batman Arkham city 55 hours Got both endings, same for Arkham knight 

MGSV 80 hours 

RDR 70 hours

BOTW 100 HOURS

Last of us finished 3 times cause i loved the atmosphere and story much

Ghost of Tsushima 50 hours and wanna do a replay on ps5

GTAV  80 hours

Super Street fighter 2 turbo 400 hours in thanks to online play lol.

Spider man 60 hours before i got bored but was great fun.

There just wasn't that many big games in the 90s that had quality gameplay more then 25 hours for me.

Last edited by zeldaring - on 25 July 2023