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Thu 03/01/02 at 18:29
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Ok so some games are short but great still, like metal gear solid for example, but devil may cry took me 3.5 hours to complete and i got a tonn of orbs and good rankings although i didnt unlock al sercrets but its a bit short isnt it? BTW i cant find the shotgun in the game!!!!! i heard there is one can ne one help!
MM
Fri 04/01/02 at 17:30
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yer but i like long games like GTA3, i cant wait for ff10, but on the other hand im more exited by the shorter MGS2:SOL!!
MM
Fri 04/01/02 at 14:23
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Some short games are good as it's fun to complete them over and over again with no hassle.
Fri 04/01/02 at 13:16
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gta3 has loads of replay value seeing as no mission is exactly the same when you go back to repeat it. the guy your after will switch cars, roll the car himself or just try and make a run for it. it changes so much
Fri 04/01/02 at 12:31
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Reload wrote:
> I completed James Bond AUF today and was( i still am) terribly disappointed at
> how short it was. I had only felt the game had just started and in a blimp it
> ended. It's times like these that leave me in dispare, not knowing what to do
> next. I can do only one thing, which is to return it and get a longer game
> that's good to play at the same time....

...anyone got any ideas what PS2
> game i should return it for?

yeah i got it last night.......and haven't played it much at all and have already got near the end of the game....
bit too short for liking....
i think i will be returning it too as it just ain't worth 40 quid
Fri 04/01/02 at 11:50
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"Jim Jam Jim"
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WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
With regard to
> Devil May Cry, it's already taken me much more than 3.5 hours because I've had
> trouble with a couple of the bosses - and I don't *think* I'm anywhere near the
> end yet (I'm up to the boss with the ram's head in the sewer).

Iam on that boss. Done about 1 hr 15 mins. My friend has done 15 hours and hes on Hard on mission 20.

Jak And Daxter is a good game i've probably spent about 10 hours maybe a bit more or a bit less. I've got up to the level where you need to free the Sages. So maybe this level will take me an hour or so to complete, then the game is finished. But it is a great game while it lasts.
Fri 04/01/02 at 10:11
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I don't judge a game by how long it takes to complete it, but by how much enjoyment I got from playing it.

Jak & Daxter took me about 48 hours, which I thought was okay - but others have completed it in far less time. I did think it could have been longer, but then I had so much fun playing it that I didn't really care.

If you spend every waking hour playing a game, it's likely to seem to take far less time to complete; the 48 hours I spent on J&D were spread (because of work) from the Friday it was released until the following Thursday - longer than some people, but still less than a week's entertainment. But I enjoyed every minute of it, so I can't complain. I spent time exploring entire areas of the world. If you just charge straight through a game doing only what you have to, you can probably complete most games in the equivalent of a few days - there are few exceptions.

I know that at least one of the people who completed J&D quicker than me probably only did so because they asked me for help in a couple of areas because they weren't sure what to do or where to go; I'd only solved that part myself by exploring the level - had they done the same, it may have taken them longer than me!

With regard to Devil May Cry, it's already taken me much more than 3.5 hours because I've had trouble with a couple of the bosses - and I don't *think* I'm anywhere near the end yet (I'm up to the boss with the ram's head in the sewer). On another day I may have had better luck and gone through it quicker.

There are some parts of games that you either get through first time, or spend ages trying to do. The problem I had on Jak & Daxter was that I couldn't find a certain area (I think it was the Dark Cave) - the entrance is fairly hidden away (won't say where, in case I spoil it for anyone), and I spent 2 nights looking for it; it's just one of those things that you either find straight away, or spend ages looking for!

It's all little things like this that can determine how long a game takes to complete. And remember that us Western gamers are supposedly better at it than the Japanese who make the games like Devil May Cry... many games are made "harder" for the Western release! :-)
Fri 04/01/02 at 09:47
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If you don't have it already (and you're at least 18, of course ;-)), GTA3 has a lot of replay value, and a good variety of things to do. That's my tip, if you don't want to see daylight for a couple of months....
Thu 03/01/02 at 22:38
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I completed James Bond AUF today and was( i still am) terribly disappointed at how short it was. I had only felt the game had just started and in a blimp it ended. It's times like these that leave me in dispare, not knowing what to do next. I can do only one thing, which is to return it and get a longer game that's good to play at the same time....

...anyone got any ideas what PS2 game i should return it for?
Thu 03/01/02 at 22:25
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"Bah"
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LOL you seem to know a lot!
MM
Thu 03/01/02 at 20:22
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i read somewhere that developers are telling their staff to make games shorter and easier so people will complete it faster and then buy another game hopefully from the same company

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