Quality for me. I don't care if a game is an hour long if it's good.
I'd much rather play through Valkyria Chronicles at 40 hours while taking your time, than FFXII 70 hours taking your time. :X
Okay they're both long games but you see my point. 
I used to have a rule that if a game wasn't 40 hours long I would not buy it. That rule is pretty much dead primarily because of Dragon Warrior 7. After that game I sort of had an epiphany that so long as I like the game it doesn't matter how long it is. So I'm all about quality. 10 hours is enough if it's a great game.
Plus the fact of the matter is somewhere down the line my attention span doesn't really go past 40 hours anymore. That's like a cut-off for me now. If I'm playing a game and the ending doesn't seem near to be ending I usually can't force myself to play on. Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility and Rune Factory Frontier were both games I enjoyed a lot, but after a while. . . just couldn't play them anymore. DQ VIII is the only game in the last 5 years that's actually gotten more than 40 continous hours out of me.
I prefer shorter games that have lots of replay value.
I prefer longer games or games with high replay value.
sometimes quantity even puts me off, for example i'd very much like to play games like oblivion, fallout, KOTOR etc but i don't have the hundreds of hours necessary so i don't even bother to start them
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bugsonglass said:time is very scarce for me so i will say definitely quality.
sometimes quantity even puts me off, for example i'd very much like to play games like oblivion, fallout, KOTOR etc but i don't have the hundreds of hours necessary so i don't even bother to start them
That's the whole reason for putting off LKS. I just simply don't have the time for big games any more. I want to pick it up after I complete Batman
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobileYodariquo said:Value is a two-part proposition. We've heard a lot on the length side (ok, I invited that with my example) but the other side is price-point. The same question applies in terms of $10 for a good game, $30 for a great game.
in this respect i'm a total hobo in that i will very rarely ignore a bargain even if it's a 7/10 game or a game which wouldn't otherwise be high on my priority list.
but i do make full-price purchases if i feel one is a real great game and one i can't wait to get my hands on
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bugsonglass said:Yodariquo said:Value is a two-part proposition. We've heard a lot on the length side (ok, I invited that with my example) but the other side is price-point. The same question applies in terms of $10 for a good game, $30 for a great game.in this respect i'm a total hobo in that i will very rarely ignore a bargain even if it's a 7/10 game or a game which wouldn't otherwise be high on my priority list.
but i do make full-price purchases if i feel one is a real great game and one i can't wait to get my hands on
Same here, I'll buy anything if it's cheap enough. Hell, I've got to really really want a game to pay anything near full price for it.
travo said:bugsonglass said:time is very scarce for me so i will say definitely quality.
sometimes quantity even puts me off, for example i'd very much like to play games like oblivion, fallout, KOTOR etc but i don't have the hundreds of hours necessary so i don't even bother to start themThat's the whole reason for putting off LKS. I just simply don't have the time for big games any more. I want to pick it up after I complete Batman
Dont worry about that, you can drop in drop out in LKS whenever you want. Its not one of these long games that are impossible to get through and which you cant be bothered to return to if you take a break.
Dont put off buying this game otherwise it gets the image that its not selling then it drops in price, then people think its some budget game not worth full price. Then some hobo assholes pick it up from the trash can.
gamingeek said:travo said:bugsonglass said:time is very scarce for me so i will say definitely quality.
sometimes quantity even puts me off, for example i'd very much like to play games like oblivion, fallout, KOTOR etc but i don't have the hundreds of hours necessary so i don't even bother to start themThat's the whole reason for putting off LKS. I just simply don't have the time for big games any more. I want to pick it up after I complete Batman
Dont worry about that, you can drop in drop out in LKS whenever you want. Its not one of these long games that are impossible to get through and which you cant be bothered to return to if you take a break.
Dont put off buying this game otherwise it gets the image that its not selling then it drops in price, then people think its some budget game not worth full price. Then some hobo assholes pick it up from the trash can.
I already have a seat next to the dumpster.
Yodariquo said:Value is a two-part proposition. We've heard a lot on the length side (ok, I invited that with my example) but the other side is price-point. The same question applies in terms of $10 for a good game, $30 for a great game.
Price of a game greatly affects when I'll buy, but I won't buy a game that doesn't interest me at any price.
As a general rule, I like to get a minimum of an hour of gameplay for every $2 I spend on a game (up to a max price of $60). The quality of the title does not affect that rule much, if at all.
Dvader said:gamingeek said:travo said:bugsonglass said:time is very scarce for me so i will say definitely quality.
sometimes quantity even puts me off, for example i'd very much like to play games like oblivion, fallout, KOTOR etc but i don't have the hundreds of hours necessary so i don't even bother to start themThat's the whole reason for putting off LKS. I just simply don't have the time for big games any more. I want to pick it up after I complete Batman
Dont worry about that, you can drop in drop out in LKS whenever you want. Its not one of these long games that are impossible to get through and which you cant be bothered to return to if you take a break.
Dont put off buying this game otherwise it gets the image that its not selling then it drops in price, then people think its some budget game not worth full price. Then some hobo assholes pick it up from the trash can.
I already have a seat next to the dumpster.
At least clean the seat!
Both, if possible.
Generally, I favour longer gameplay and replayability, if it's at least average, or if it's a PC title with a good modding community. Example being arcadey shooters like Quake, Serious Sam, Painkiller, Left 4 Dead etc.
Listen to Iced Earth and play Doom
Naturally, it's no good to have a hundred hours of crap, but when it's good overall, it's definitely worthwhile. By contrast, there are some instances of brilliance that are relatively short and not repeatable.
Which way does everyone else go? For the cliched bang-for-your-buck, or for the most fun-per-minute? A hundred hours of good, or ten hours of great?
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