Another Perspective

Friday! One week has passed since The Order:1886 has got into our gaming hands. While I have enjoyed playing through the game. I was left wanting more. So to me if the game was bad I would want it to be over and done with. Now I have received a lot of feedback on my various posts regarding the game, but for this week's Reader Post I think I would leave it to Thorn to give you his take on the game.

I don't know what all the negativity is about with this game, I swear alot of people (Including some reviewers) haven't even played the game or have not played enough of it and have just jumped on the pre-release uncalled-for negativity train!    Especially the American reviewers on the so called 'reputable' gaming sites like Gamespot and IGN, if its not a COD or BF clone made in the US then they don't want to know about it especially if it isn't related to a Microsoft console.   It's like Sony are the enemy and anything that is created for the Playstation is evil.

My feel of the game?    Been playing it for 5 hours (The total amount of time that some idiot concluded it took him to the complete the whole game pre-release) and I am only up to chapter 2!    I don't get it, how do some people play these games?  Power-game through from point A to B like a robot without exploring or taking their time to admire the amazing detail the devs have put into this remarkable game?   Then they complain it is boring and too short and make sure everyone knows how they feel?      

So far I think the game is great,  the mechanics work nicely, the charachters are exceptionally well done and thaught out, the graphics as others have stated are probably the best released on any console to date, and the sound is a perfect fit for a game set in this time period!   It's also quite scary in certain spots, I won't give spoilers but the hospital section is pretty creepy and the graphics and animations just make it even more so!

I am having a blast so far, I would rate it a 8.5/10 with only points deducted for the black bar up top and bottom of the screen.  Seriously if you haven't played the game,  please don't comment or Troll until you do.

Thank you to Thorn and everyone else who sent something in. This would not even remotely possible if all of you weren't the passionate gamers that you are and want you voice heard so thank you and enjoy your weekend!

How Much Is Enough?

So this question especially with recently playing through The Order:1886 got me thinking. When you buy a game how much time do you expect you should get out of it. With The Order only slight over 5 hours of story time and nothing really besides that I feel although the game was different and looked beautiful wasn't really enough in it.

Now of course different game types will have different views. Games which have active mulitplayers as their main draw really don't suffer from a shorter campaign. What about games who are short in length 5-8 hours but have multiple ways to play through the game to get different endings? Do we count this as more playtime. Do players actually play through multiple times to see the story?

I know if I was playing an RPG anything less than 20 hours would be an insult to me. There has to be time to develop the characters and the story. Otherwise it really isn't an RPG. I can think for an ARPG depending on the end game I expect at least 10 hours of story when it really comes down to it. Then again ARPGs end game sometimes is playing the game itself over and over. So that leads to more questions.

So I have though like this for days wondering if there really is some sort of magic number and really I can't say that there is. When you play a game you are either satisfied with the time you put into it or you aren't. There will always be those times when you wish there was more, but that is different feeling then this game actually needed more.

This really isn't about sidequests even though they can make the game more enjoyable. Sometimes they are a distraction from the true length of the game. Some games actually do a very good thing about hiding this from you. Same goes for collections lead you off the main path for just that amount of time to add an hour there or an hour there.

So when it comes down to it I guess I don't actually have an answer other than you will know when you are down. If you have concerns about play length of a game don't get it day 1 and check out a play through or a review on par time of the game itself. After all the most important thing is you as a gamer using your game time in a worthwhile fashion.