Are you satisfied with about 20 hours of gameplay?

[Mechagodzilla]

I think of it less as 20 hours and more as the length of seven feature films.

 

[Tiddalick]

I would of been, if the multi side wasnt cs

 

[KagePrototype]

1-2 of hours a day, should last a couple of weeks first run through, with Uni preventing me from getting too addicted. Sounds good to me.

 

[Asuka]

Yes - it's just right

 

[Dr. Freeman]

hmm...i think the poll is missing at least one option.. maybe even two options.
is 20 hours of gameplay bad? well no.. of course not.. but when u had Gabe saying a couple of months ago that they were aiming for 36 hours of gameplay, 20 hours is disappointing.. well to me at least and im not gonnna apoligize for that.

in case anyone is wondering where i heard Gabe talking about the 36 hour thingy.. here ya go..

Originally Posted by www.HalfLife2.net (FAQ)
Q: How long will the singleplayer game last?

The singleplayer game is split into 12 chapters each lasting around 3-4 hours which is roughly around 36 hours worth of game time in all.

i think a third option like "i was expecting about 30 hours of gameplay but am not totally turned off by the 20 the game offers"

 

[Prince of China]

I want a game that takes two months to beat if I played 6 hours a day. Banjo Kazooie gave me that.

 

[UnmarkedOne]

I'm definitely satisfied with the 20 hours. For one, the review I read explained that they played it on Normal mode and it would have taken far longer (I'm guessing 5-10 hours more) to complete the game on Hard.

My plan all along has been to play it this way, to drag out HL2's lifetime as far as I can. Secondly, I'm going to play with very few quicksaves, only allowing myself one every five minutes or so (whereas in HL I saved after gunning down practically every enemy I ran into). These two restraints, if I have the willpower to comply with them, will add probably another 20 hours of gameplay to the singleplayer.

When it all comes to an end, I won't worry though, because I've got HL:S, CS:S, and a crapload of other planned mods coming out to keep me busy. I'm even currently planning to design my own mod at a later date, so there's plenty to do between now and the HL3 release

 

[mitchferrari]

20 hours is good and there is lots of replay value

 

[Edcrab]

i think a third option like "i was expecting about 30 hours of gameplay but am not totally turned off by the 20 the game offers"

Heh, that covers what I think pretty accurately. Rather astute.

KoToR took me a fair amount of time to complete- and thanks to a rather unpretentious timer for save games I realised it took about 23 hours for me to do it (including milking most of the sidequests).

Around 20 hours for an FPS sounds fine to me. And when that FPS is HL2...

*goes back to humping inanimate objects*

...oh crap. Did I actually type that last bit?

 

[mchammer75040]

Would it really have been worth it if it was 36 hours though? From the reviews it sounds like its non-stop fun, always doing something new and situations constantly changing. Reducing it from 36 to 20 seems more like trimming the fat than anything, those extra 16 hours probably werent the best. Im very pleased with 20 hours, once again Ill get more value out of my 50 bucks then I have over the last few games I've bought.

 

[UKchaos2]

I pay for quality, not quantity.