Long, or Short?

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.

I definitely prefer good quality long games, longer the better. Using short games as a fill in.

Nanjoan

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---

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.

Gimli

Most definately long...like TLJ but maybe a little less talk, but then it wouldn't be as long lol.

Goes without saying all the myst related games.

lor

Long is always better! The Delaware St John games drive me CRAZY because they are so short. I agree with Gimli, though- a bunch of running around and to and fro-ing just to make the game seem longer is just aggravating.

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.

It depends on the game. If it's a bad game, I'd just as soon get it over with as quickly as possible (if I finish it at all).

If it's a good game, long is good, but not 200 hours long.

How long is long? How long is medium?

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..

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.

Long, but it must be good too. It's not an either/or but has to be both.

Melanie

I guess I am in the minority here... I prefer short and medium length games. The Delaware games are a nice size for the short ones, and the Nancy Drew games are what I consider medium ones. If the game is too long, I will never get around to finishing it. (I am still trying to finish playing Ripper, which I have had to restart multiple times since 1997!!)