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A vast multitude of the general public like to say, “All good things in life are short”.
This is also true for gaming.
When longevity is mentioned in gaming, two games spring to mind.
Metal Gear Solid has flawless gameplay; a plot worthy of Hollywood standards and the audio and visual are fantastic. When you’ve just blown Liquid Snake away from the peak of Metal Gear Rex, you may feel a little miffed and want more. Despite the fact that the game is crammed on 2 discs, it still seems disappointingly short.
The complete opposite of this would be Vagrant Story. This game is only a disc long but it seems longer than the odyssey’s of Snake. Could it be that you get more engrossed in MGS than Vagrant Story and it just seems to be shorter? Could our minds just be playing games with us? I’m sure that the developers of Vagrant Story must have had to cut away a lot of the fat and gristle out of the game, or they had very little space left on the disc. Either way, MGS is still the better game, but Vagrant Story is still a great game.
Max Payne is another prime example of a short game. You could just be sinking your teeth into the madness of the game, when you kill the mob bosses and have avenged the death of your daughter and wife. Max Payne is an incredibly short game, but the graphics, sound and yes, Bullet Time make up for this in a BIG way.
You may say “Quality, not quantity”, which is true, but it is very frustrating when you’re having the time of your life, playing away happily, when you defeat your worst enemy and the screen reads “The End”, to your disdain. It looks as though all those man (or not so) hours of playing have been a waste. It only took me about 4 hours to complete Metal Gear Solid on my best day. That is showing something there. When MGS is pushed to the limits, a measly 4 hours is all that you get out of it. Max Payne has given me about 3 hours of play so far (I play it in small parts) but this is my first time playing the game, and I’m a little rough around the edge’s not knowing where the routes are, even though I’ve had it for a while. Final Fantasy 9 is as big as 8 Crash Bandicoot’s compiled together and almost 3 Metal Gear Solid’s, but it seems like a lot more! MGS has a lot of the video sequences, probably taking up most of the disc, but FF9 has a reasonable amount of FMV, but still delivers excellent gameplay and one amazing game, which is (by far) an understatement. Max Payne does not have a huge amount of video but a “safe” amount for a game of its stature. Final Fantasy 9 has given me 11 hours of pleasure in the first 3 days (yes, I’m an addict) and I would never regret buying (actually, winning it as a GAD) it for one second.
You may have thought of this post as a rant on short games, but is everything BUT that. I am simply stating that as the title says, “All good things in life are short”.
Shaneo.
This is also true for gaming.
When longevity is mentioned in gaming, two games spring to mind.
Metal Gear Solid has flawless gameplay; a plot worthy of Hollywood standards and the audio and visual are fantastic. When you’ve just blown Liquid Snake away from the peak of Metal Gear Rex, you may feel a little miffed and want more. Despite the fact that the game is crammed on 2 discs, it still seems disappointingly short.
The complete opposite of this would be Vagrant Story. This game is only a disc long but it seems longer than the odyssey’s of Snake. Could it be that you get more engrossed in MGS than Vagrant Story and it just seems to be shorter? Could our minds just be playing games with us? I’m sure that the developers of Vagrant Story must have had to cut away a lot of the fat and gristle out of the game, or they had very little space left on the disc. Either way, MGS is still the better game, but Vagrant Story is still a great game.
Max Payne is another prime example of a short game. You could just be sinking your teeth into the madness of the game, when you kill the mob bosses and have avenged the death of your daughter and wife. Max Payne is an incredibly short game, but the graphics, sound and yes, Bullet Time make up for this in a BIG way.
You may say “Quality, not quantity”, which is true, but it is very frustrating when you’re having the time of your life, playing away happily, when you defeat your worst enemy and the screen reads “The End”, to your disdain. It looks as though all those man (or not so) hours of playing have been a waste. It only took me about 4 hours to complete Metal Gear Solid on my best day. That is showing something there. When MGS is pushed to the limits, a measly 4 hours is all that you get out of it. Max Payne has given me about 3 hours of play so far (I play it in small parts) but this is my first time playing the game, and I’m a little rough around the edge’s not knowing where the routes are, even though I’ve had it for a while. Final Fantasy 9 is as big as 8 Crash Bandicoot’s compiled together and almost 3 Metal Gear Solid’s, but it seems like a lot more! MGS has a lot of the video sequences, probably taking up most of the disc, but FF9 has a reasonable amount of FMV, but still delivers excellent gameplay and one amazing game, which is (by far) an understatement. Max Payne does not have a huge amount of video but a “safe” amount for a game of its stature. Final Fantasy 9 has given me 11 hours of pleasure in the first 3 days (yes, I’m an addict) and I would never regret buying (actually, winning it as a GAD) it for one second.
You may have thought of this post as a rant on short games, but is everything BUT that. I am simply stating that as the title says, “All good things in life are short”.
Shaneo.
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Look at the title of this thread, see? You don't need that enlargement operation afterall!
:-)
I prefer long games to short games. But I'd rather have a game that's short and tight rather than one that drags on in a contrived manner. "Unlock this", "unlock that", you can't do that until you've acquired the "special power-up". All this kind of thing drives me nuts.
I hate short games, and longevity for me is almost as important as gameplay. I always consider the length of a game before I buy/claim it.
A vast multitude of the general public like to say, “All good things in life are short”.
This is also true for gaming.
When longevity is mentioned in gaming, two games spring to mind.
Metal Gear Solid has flawless gameplay; a plot worthy of Hollywood standards and the audio and visual are fantastic. When you’ve just blown Liquid Snake away from the peak of Metal Gear Rex, you may feel a little miffed and want more. Despite the fact that the game is crammed on 2 discs, it still seems disappointingly short.
The complete opposite of this would be Vagrant Story. This game is only a disc long but it seems longer than the odyssey’s of Snake. Could it be that you get more engrossed in MGS than Vagrant Story and it just seems to be shorter? Could our minds just be playing games with us? I’m sure that the developers of Vagrant Story must have had to cut away a lot of the fat and gristle out of the game, or they had very little space left on the disc. Either way, MGS is still the better game, but Vagrant Story is still a great game.
Max Payne is another prime example of a short game. You could just be sinking your teeth into the madness of the game, when you kill the mob bosses and have avenged the death of your daughter and wife. Max Payne is an incredibly short game, but the graphics, sound and yes, Bullet Time make up for this in a BIG way.
You may say “Quality, not quantity”, which is true, but it is very frustrating when you’re having the time of your life, playing away happily, when you defeat your worst enemy and the screen reads “The End”, to your disdain. It looks as though all those man (or not so) hours of playing have been a waste. It only took me about 4 hours to complete Metal Gear Solid on my best day. That is showing something there. When MGS is pushed to the limits, a measly 4 hours is all that you get out of it. Max Payne has given me about 3 hours of play so far (I play it in small parts) but this is my first time playing the game, and I’m a little rough around the edge’s not knowing where the routes are, even though I’ve had it for a while. Final Fantasy 9 is as big as 8 Crash Bandicoot’s compiled together and almost 3 Metal Gear Solid’s, but it seems like a lot more! MGS has a lot of the video sequences, probably taking up most of the disc, but FF9 has a reasonable amount of FMV, but still delivers excellent gameplay and one amazing game, which is (by far) an understatement. Max Payne does not have a huge amount of video but a “safe” amount for a game of its stature. Final Fantasy 9 has given me 11 hours of pleasure in the first 3 days (yes, I’m an addict) and I would never regret buying (actually, winning it as a GAD) it for one second.
You may have thought of this post as a rant on short games, but is everything BUT that. I am simply stating that as the title says, “All good things in life are short”.
Shaneo.
This is also true for gaming.
When longevity is mentioned in gaming, two games spring to mind.
Metal Gear Solid has flawless gameplay; a plot worthy of Hollywood standards and the audio and visual are fantastic. When you’ve just blown Liquid Snake away from the peak of Metal Gear Rex, you may feel a little miffed and want more. Despite the fact that the game is crammed on 2 discs, it still seems disappointingly short.
The complete opposite of this would be Vagrant Story. This game is only a disc long but it seems longer than the odyssey’s of Snake. Could it be that you get more engrossed in MGS than Vagrant Story and it just seems to be shorter? Could our minds just be playing games with us? I’m sure that the developers of Vagrant Story must have had to cut away a lot of the fat and gristle out of the game, or they had very little space left on the disc. Either way, MGS is still the better game, but Vagrant Story is still a great game.
Max Payne is another prime example of a short game. You could just be sinking your teeth into the madness of the game, when you kill the mob bosses and have avenged the death of your daughter and wife. Max Payne is an incredibly short game, but the graphics, sound and yes, Bullet Time make up for this in a BIG way.
You may say “Quality, not quantity”, which is true, but it is very frustrating when you’re having the time of your life, playing away happily, when you defeat your worst enemy and the screen reads “The End”, to your disdain. It looks as though all those man (or not so) hours of playing have been a waste. It only took me about 4 hours to complete Metal Gear Solid on my best day. That is showing something there. When MGS is pushed to the limits, a measly 4 hours is all that you get out of it. Max Payne has given me about 3 hours of play so far (I play it in small parts) but this is my first time playing the game, and I’m a little rough around the edge’s not knowing where the routes are, even though I’ve had it for a while. Final Fantasy 9 is as big as 8 Crash Bandicoot’s compiled together and almost 3 Metal Gear Solid’s, but it seems like a lot more! MGS has a lot of the video sequences, probably taking up most of the disc, but FF9 has a reasonable amount of FMV, but still delivers excellent gameplay and one amazing game, which is (by far) an understatement. Max Payne does not have a huge amount of video but a “safe” amount for a game of its stature. Final Fantasy 9 has given me 11 hours of pleasure in the first 3 days (yes, I’m an addict) and I would never regret buying (actually, winning it as a GAD) it for one second.
You may have thought of this post as a rant on short games, but is everything BUT that. I am simply stating that as the title says, “All good things in life are short”.
Shaneo.
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