Do game devs need to respect our time better? Can shorter games be better?

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UnderwaterFunktown said:

Some games certainly have more bloat than they should have but I find the poll option "not like they used to" pretty funny because old school definitely did not respect your time with stuff like full game overs, tons of lot of trail and error design and RPGs having much more forced grinding.

Exactly. Older games didn't respect your time either but in a different fashion.

Now, as for newer games, there's an all too common sentiment that shorter games aren't worth a higher price tag (even if it's just the absence of bloat!) and you see it even among 'enthusiast' circles, so I wouldn't hold my breath to see that change anytime soon. Bloat is cheaper to develop too, so yeah.