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I often hear about adults buying games but not really playing them. As long as this is happening, there isn't any economic incentive to aim for quality over qua
by apike 16y ago
I often hear about adults buying games but not really playing them. As long as this is happening, there isn't any economic incentive to aim for quality over quantity in gameplay. Game reviewers play a big part in this since adults tend to buy games based on reviews, but reviewers consider length to be a good thing. Only when games that are shorter sell better will publishers' perspectives change.
- hugh3 16y agoA good game should be enjoyable regardless of how long you play it. I mean, how long was Pac Man? A few minutes, perhaps, but people would play it for hours. How long was Sonic The Hedgehog or Super Mario Bros? Maybe half an hour once you got good at it, but you'd have to play it a fair few times before you got good enough to beat it -- even once you had though, it was fun to play through again. Modern games are mostly just one long hard slog that you play through once and forget about. Nothing wrong with some games being like that, but it'd be nice to have the other type of game back as well.