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

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Dante9 said:

If I love a game, I want it to be long so I can enjoy it longer. FF7 Rebirth is very long if you do absolutely everything, and still I did not want it to end. And if a game is not your kind of thing, you will not be playing it in the first place.
Also, you can always cut the fat yourself by ignoring side content and only focusing on the main story. If you do that, most games are really not as long as you might think they are. It's always funny how people complain about content that is not mandatory to finish the game.
Many people enjoy games that actually have no end and you can go on forever. Doesn't seem to bother them. And there are always shorter games out there if that is somehow valuable to you.
I see no upside in making games shorter just to make them shorter. You know it's not going to affect the price, they are going to charge the same. So you will get less for the same price and stunted stories, yay.

You misunderstand the problem. I was enjoying FF7 Rebirths side content until yet another mini game popped up and it sucks to be on those side storyline paths only to hit a wall like that. After I quit the side stuff, like you said I cut the fat myself, I found the main path dragged without the side content to break it up and wad filled with many shitty techniques to extend gameplay.