Short & sweet, or long & engrossing?

**Man1c M0g** · 11-08-2003

Well, I've just finished Max Payne 2, and although it was kinda short, it was still tons of fun whilst it lasted. The question remains, though - are games better when they are short and sweet, or longer & more engrossing, at the expense of a little polish?

NB. This question excludes RPGs, of course. Hell, if an RPG was short it would kind of eliminate the point of the genre...

Order · 11-09-2003

To be honest.. I prefer games that are short, sweet and difficult.. makes it all the more rewarding in the end.. and you still keep your life...

inimitabLe · 11-09-2003

Short and Sweet.. long tedious quests // puzzles are really irritating... It's basically manual labor =p.

Evdawg · 11-09-2003

Short and Sweet, BUT ONLY if it's FUN AND VERY REPLAYABLE

**Man1c M0g** · 11-09-2003

I think in terms of replayability, the original Unreal is the king for me. I still have it installed on my system and play the occasional cooperative multiplayer game even after 6 yrs!

Evdawg · 11-09-2003

I dunno m0g, i think that may be addiction and not replayability...

ConceptualMind · 11-09-2003

Short, sweet, & replayability do it for me.

inimitabLe · 11-10-2003

It's all about the multiplayer though. Multiplayer keeps the game going years and years down the road, like Starcraft.

and I especially hate RPG's that drag on forever and ever.. You're king, now you have to slay another dragon to win a shiny cape!

ConceptualMind · 11-10-2003

Multiplayer!! Yes! I agree. That's probably what makes a game fun.

Honestly, I think RPG's are overrated. It takes wayy too long. I get bored fast. Those aren't my type of games.

Evdawg · 11-10-2003

You know what game i'm still playing? Super Mario World for the SNES.

I actually prefer older games, they are simple, fun, and down to earth. Games these days just focus all on show and are too complicated.

Also i think that online gaming is killing single player....

ConceptualMind · 11-10-2003

I love Super Mario World dude! It's awesome!

Those were the good days.

I also like Space Invaders.

Young Spartan · 11-15-2003

Agreed Evedog, online gaming is the bomb. Kileld single player for me.. but I'm glad it did.

inimitabLe · 11-18-2003

There's nothing that can compare to competing against other people.

Once in a while I may go offline to play a game or two, but it's always back online where the real competition is. That's where you earn bragging rights, etc.

And also, my favorite games are RTS and single player RTS is you know, crap.

Milkdrop · 11-19-2003

short and sweet are great, long and broing are bad. I hate games when they are long and repetative, it has to have some variation, to be good.

ConceptualMind · 11-19-2003

That's the exact reason I don't like RPGs. Too long, too repetative. Overall... boring.