fett on 28/10/2010 at 02:31
It took me about 28 hours to play TDP - I remember because I didn't realize until hour 25 that I'd spent an entire day playing it, and figured what the hell, I may as well finish it. That was on Easy, so needless to say I spent many happy hours afterwards playing it on Expert, ghosting, getting 100% loot, etc.
MILO1985 on 6/11/2010 at 04:26
When developers announce gameplay will be 10 hours long, that implies normal gameplay by average dumb console peasant.
It means 5 hours long by normal intelligent PC gamer, and this means the game will be dumbed down to coddle to console audience, and it will be heavily scripted.
Games that take 10 hours are usually script fests, Thief is exploration type of game, that indicates to me developers missed the boat.
Sulphur on 6/11/2010 at 10:56
That's a lot of ridiculous inferencing from a single number off a magazine mixed in with a lovely bunch of assumptions that may or may not be true.
Wait for until Deus Ex: HR releases, and if it is indeed a dumbed-down console kiddies game with no exploration or alternate route potential, then you'd have a base for half of your little screed to stand on.
Xiaopang on 6/11/2010 at 22:19
Quote Posted by MILO1985
When developers announce gameplay will be 10 hours long, that implies normal gameplay by average dumb console peasant.
No developer announced that Thief 4's gameplay would be only 10 hours long. That's the gameplay length Gamestar editors claimed it would have. Here's a literal translation of the sentences in question:
Regarding a plan the reporters spotted in the studio: "Immediately, Stéphane D'Astous explains to us that teams for design, graphics, sound and programming use this plan to coordinate their work and to change, expand or shorten the story if necessary. We memorize: According to plan, the next Thief game offers currently about 10 hours of gameplay"
So you see. No developer ever actually said anything about how long the gameplay would be. On the contrary. Stephane D'Astous made perfectly clear that the storyline isn't even finished right now and that it may very well expand. The reporters themselves made up that imaginary 10 hours without explaining how they actually calculated that number. I doubt that the plan in question had the expected gameplay length listed for each mission.
Quote Posted by Mike F.
It says that the actual plans are for a 10 hours-story, not that at this time they have already 10 hours of gameplay.
Actually, it doesn't say anything about the storyline itself. It's all about the gameplay.
Someone already said it: 10h just for a storyline is usually only done in RPGs and even that would be a massive one. I doubt anyone could name a game that offers 10+ hours worth of cutscenes.
Biohazard on 7/11/2010 at 15:18
10 hours of game play is still very short for a single-player game if that is to be believed. If you look at the current gaming market, most games that only offer 10-hours of single-player gameplay typically come out with some type of multiplayer component as well.
But then again it could be a false report or the 10-hour gameplay is for somebody rushing through the game and not taking in all there is to see and do. There haven't been any reports that Thief 4 will have multiplayer, but I personally would hope they don't go that route and instead spend their development type developing a rock solid single player experience that hasn't been dumbed down for console split screen matches.
Koki on 10/11/2010 at 08:16
Quote Posted by Sulphur
Wait for until Deus Ex: HR releases, and if it is indeed a dumbed-down console kiddies game with no exploration or alternate route potential, then you'd have a base for half of your little screed to stand on.
Isn't HR being done by completely different studio?
Quote Posted by Xiaopang
I doubt anyone could name a game that offers 10+ hours worth of cutscenes.
Every jRPG made after year 2000
Also Metal Gear series after and including Solid
Supremcee on 10/11/2010 at 19:15
Quote Posted by Koki
Isn't HR being done by completely different studio?
nope both titles are in production at EIDOS MONTREAL
jtr7 on 11/11/2010 at 00:45
Quote Posted by Supremcee
nope both titles are in production at EIDOS MONTREAL
Indeed. It's just two teams in one studio, on separate floors of the building.
(
http://www.eidosmontreal.com/)
Xiaopang on 12/11/2010 at 01:23
Quote Posted by Koki
Every jRPG made after year 2000
Also Metal Gear series after and including Solid
So every jRPG you say? I have a DVD containing all cutscenes of Final Fantasy X and its play time is less than 8 hours. Same goes for X-2. So much for your generalization...
inselaffe on 12/11/2010 at 02:01
Crikey, ttlg has a new king of snarky pedants. And it's not koki.
