RE4 20 hours long / RE5 10 hours long WTF?

What is it with short games nowadays? Game complanies tack on a multiplayer component and leave out half the game. Isnt itbad enough we're paying $60 for games now and then they make them shorter. I swear I'm starting to hate gaming more then ever.

Apparently running through it's around 10-12 hours long, but if you take the time and explore, it's expected to be around 20-22 hours long. So it's just a matter of waiting to see.

Apparently running through it's around 10-12 hours long, but if you take the time and explore, it's expected to be around 20-22 hours long. So it's just a matter of waiting to see.

lundy86_4

Apparently running through it's around 10-12 hours long, but if you take the time and explore, it's expected to be around 20-22 hours long. So it's just a matter of waiting to see.

lundy86_4

That sounds about what RE4 was.

RE4 wasn't 20 hours long. It took me 16 hours to beat it the first time through and like 8 the second time through.

10 hours? lousy. ill probably just rent it and beat it in a few days....

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Apparently running through it's around 10-12 hours long, but if you take the time and explore, it's expected to be around 20-22 hours long. So it's just a matter of waiting to see.

jdc6305

"If you plow through without scouring every nook and cranny, expect RE5 to last you between 10 and 12 hours. But if you want to uncover everything, expect to easily invest double that." So I would say expect 15-17 hours if you play through regularly

I hope the game has a lot of replability, otherwise this game sounds like a rent.JunkTrap

The IGN reviewer said it was one of the few games where he fired it up straight away for another playthrough.

Remember they might of cut out parts and will charge for them as DLC later down the line.

Remember they might of cut out parts and will charge for them as DLC later down the line.

clyde46

Oh Capcom, you greedy sneaks. If that's the case that really is milkage.

[QUOTE="JunkTrap"]I hope the game has a lot of replability, otherwise this game sounds like a rent.lundy86_4

The IGN reviewer said it was one of the few games where he fired it up straight away for another playthrough.

I guess they tried to "Westernize" it. I'm not a fan of this trend where Japanese developers are trying to appeal to the Western audience by shortening single player and focusing more and more on multiplayer. But that's just me :)

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Apparently running through it's around 10-12 hours long, but if you take the time and explore, it's expected to be around 20-22 hours long. So it's just a matter of waiting to see.

jdc6305

If you plow through without scouring every nook and cranny, expect RE5 to last you between 10 and 12 hours. But if you want to uncover everything, expect to easily invest double that. [/qoute]

The development cost is so much higher these days that 10 hours is what is pretty standard.

. If Sheva ends up being too much of a hassle it could be a game breaker for me. Silent-Hal

[QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]. If Sheva ends up being too much of a hassle it could be a game breaker for me. loco145

Let's not exagerate people. And... you don't have to wait for anything. You give her covering fire and she will make every effort to open the door.

The development cost is so much higher these days that 10 hours is what is pretty standard.

MBP_King

Color me funny, but has there been a shooter whose average game time, under normal circumstances, exceeded 20 hours in the history of gaming? Everyone's complaining about games getting shorter and shorter, but I have to wonder if it's more a matter of perception than reality.

What seriously ? and it's selling at $82 in my country I think I'm gonna buy second hand copy :(

10 hours is the minimum playthrough, I doubt your average gamer is going to spend only that little time on it.

If you consider the fact that this game is highly replayable via co-op/online co-op, there's a lot of additional hours there.

To put things into perspective, an average RPG clocks in at around 20 hour, so RE5 isn't short at all.

Gamers have such high standards these days. No wonder developers are breaking their banks trying to create games, only to have them critized by ungrateful people who are impossible to please.

I know one thing. This game better be something special, because unlike everybody else, so far I am not impressed.

Took me ~16hrs to complete RE4 (which i've now played through 6 times) and ~12hrs to complete RE5 (which I will also be playing again). Both games are worth their weight in gold.

What is it with short games nowadays? Game complanies tack on a multiplayer component and leave out half the game. Isnt itbad enough we're paying $60 for games now and then they make them shorter. I swear I'm starting to hate gaming more then ever.

jdc6305

It's just the "norm" on the consoles nows. No matter how pitifully short it may be.Stevo_the_gamer

Not reading reviews and over-exagerating game length FTW!!!

RE4 wasn't 20 hours unless you completely stunk at it.

What is it with short games nowadays? Game complanies tack on a multiplayer component and leave out half the game. Isnt itbad enough we're paying $60 for games now and then they make them shorter. I swear I'm starting to hate gaming more then ever.

jdc6305

I beat RE4 my first time through on Gamecube Early 2005, in about 9 hours and change, and that was after messing around.

If RE4 took you 20 hours, I'm sure RE5 will take you 20 hours too.

RE4 wasn't 20 hours long. It took me 16 hours to beat it the first time through and like 8 the second time through.

Dingerious

This one, if I didn't stop to smell the roses I'm sure a 10 hour play through on the first try wouldn't of been a problem.

RE4 was like 8-10 hours

lamesauce/10

*waits for mikami project to be unveiled*

This is why I'm up in the air about buying it. I love RE, but $60 for a 10 hour game is usually a no-no for me.

Then again, I tend to only spend an hour at a time playing games (except Fallout 3) and that artificially extends the time it takes for me to beat them. I'll end up flipping a coin or something to decide.

If things keep going this way next gen games will be an average of5-6 hours long.

im still getting it because im a long time resident evil fan. I love chris' storyline, also wesker is bad ass.

This is why I'm up in the air about buying it. I love RE, but $60 for a 10 hour game is usually a no-no for me.

Then again, I tend to only spend an hour at a time playing games (except Fallout 3) and that artificially extends the time it takes for me to beat them. I'll end up flipping a coin or something to decide.

cametall

I beat RE4 so many times to tell you its nowhere near 20 hours long.

But ya, RE5 campaign seems a little short.