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More "shorter games" propaganda, huh? -sigh- Players don't finish games because they get bored, or they can't. Not because they don't have time. Because som

More "shorter games" propaganda, huh? -sigh- Players don't finish games because they get bored, or they can't. Not because they don't have time. Because something else is more interesting. Red Dead Redemption is an excellent example! I love GTA-style games. I fully expected to love RDR. I played about 10 hours and then felt I had done everything that I cared to and quit. It was boring. The open world was too open, and not enough world. Travel took too long and had nothing interesting along the way. Quests were simple and boring, and didn't require any thought. It might have gotten better, but I'll never know because I got bored and found something better. Other games (GTA San An, Oblivion, FO3, FO:NV) held me to the end and then some. They kept me interested the whole time and I kept coming back for more, no matter how busy my schedule got.

notintokyo 15y ago
Many people with GTA or Red Dead Redemption might actually just ignore all the missions and explore the open world freely.
jpd 15y ago
"Players don't finish games because they get bored...It was boring...Quests were simple and boring...It might have gotten better, but I'll never know because I got bored..." You're kind of sending mixed messages here. You say it's not boredom, then you say you quit because you got bored... But I think I understand what you are trying to say. That people stop playing these games because they no longer expect good games, they expect inspired games. If the games just keep repeating the same thing over and over again it's going to start feeling like work. I think a good example of the problem of repetition is the game reviews for Alice: Madness Returns, where they said the first 5 hours of the game were flawed, yet fun, and then kept going. And going. By the time they reached the end they were just sick of it. If a designer can't make a game that can hold your interest through the entire gameplay they are doing something wrong.

notintokyo 15y ago

Many people with GTA or Red Dead Redemption might actually just ignore all the missions and explore the open world freely.

jpd 15y ago

"Players don't finish games because they get bored...It was boring...Quests were simple and boring...It might have gotten better, but I'll never know because I got bored..." You're kind of sending mixed messages here. You say it's not boredom, then you say you quit because you got bored... But I think I understand what you are trying to say. That people stop playing these games because they no longer expect good games, they expect inspired games. If the games just keep repeating the same thing over and over again it's going to start feeling like work. I think a good example of the problem of repetition is the game reviews for Alice: Madness Returns, where they said the first 5 hours of the game were flawed, yet fun, and then kept going. And going. By the time they reached the end they were just sick of it. If a designer can't make a game that can hold your interest through the entire gameplay they are doing something wrong.