#120265 - 04/06/06 09:15 AM
Long, or Short?
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Do you gamers prefer games that are short, medium, or long? (in length, that is!) Or is quality more important to you than quantity? I love long games--games that take several weeks, or even months--to go through! A game that invites you to get lost in its little world, for a few weeks, that's what I like.
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#120266 - 04/06/06 09:20 AM
Re: Long, or Short?
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I definitely prefer good quality long games, longer the better. Using short games as a fill in. Nanjoan 
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#120267 - 04/06/06 09:29 AM
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I like long as long as the length is provided by a great story and interesting puzzles--not by needless minigames or to and fro---
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#120268 - 04/06/06 10:46 AM
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Same goes for me - the longer the better but they must be good games like all the Myst games or Keepsake and must have a lot of interesting and tricky puzzles/riddles. What I don't like is losing time with running around and to and fro for hours.
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#120271 - 04/06/06 12:43 PM
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I guess I have to agree with everyone here: long is better AS LONG AS it's a quality game that keeps my interest. One of my pet peeves (which sends me to a walkthrough) is going back and forth, back and forth, on and on.
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#120273 - 04/06/06 04:02 PM
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I prefer also long games with good quality stories and beautiful graphics to look at and explore...I like a lot of exploring, where games gives you that freedom, just to look and touch everything in sight..
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#120274 - 04/06/06 09:44 PM
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Long with lots of things to do and places to go, like Riven, JMan 3 Legacy of Time, Zork Nemesis and TimeLapse.  Just typing the names makes me want to pull them all out and play them again.
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#120275 - 04/06/06 10:09 PM
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Long, but it must be good too. It's not an either/or but has to be both. Melanie 
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