Originally Posted by
ToriJ
I understand their concern if they're looking to attract the average person who doesn't like to spend hours on games, but I think they're also underestimating the groups who sits through long open-world games like Skyrim just a tad bit. I don't think those people are going to bat an eyelash at 40 hours, unless there isn't anything to engage you in said open-world, which I feel is a valid concern moving forward. Whenever they get a complaint about linearity or worlds being too open they go so far in the other direction it's ridiculous. It's like they can't find a middle ground, which is sad when you take into consideration everything X-2 did.
To be fair to SE, I believe they are meaning that the
story will take about 40 hours, if you focus on that. I think 40 hours is reasonable for that. Hell, technically if you do this for FFVII you could finish within a few hours via speedrun tactics. Skyrim's speedruns are around 40
minutes.
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