circ said:Games are actually getting longer and longer. Take some of the stuff on the C64 for instance. A lot of that you can play through from 10 mins to an hour or two max if you know how. Then again you have stuff like Elite. Baldur's Gate? Not that amazingly long either. Action games like FPS's are getting longer too. But the problem isn't length, length is always nice though. The problem is content. Somewhere along the way of stretching out already superficial story lines to more hours of gameplay, the dialogue turns to shit and the plot likewise. And this without significant improvements in performance or eye candy. Either way, it does beg the question - What the fuck are they doing?
Grifthin said:Wasn't Mass Effect Longer than Jade Empire ? I remember finishing JE in one sitting.
But then there's the third step. It's called Warden's Keep and it'll cost you seven dollars to download. It adds a new party camp that includes storage so you can free up backpack slots when you're adventuring. Bioware claims this was created after early reviews complained about the lack of inventory space. But rather than fixing the game by giving everyone a storage locker, they opted to use the problem as a way to make more money.
The bottom line is this: the lack of inventory space is a problem given the way the game was designed. The solution to this problem will cost you seven dollars above and beyond the money you paid when you bought the game. Dragon Age, as sold, is slightly crippled by design. Once again, Electronic Arts pushes the limit for how to bilk you for more money. Here's a wonderful single-player RPG and the publisher is doing their level best to make you keep paying for it even after you've already bought it.
Shame on you, EA.
AlaCarcuss said:FFS, just torrent the DLC it's easy to install and there's no DRM.
Multi-headed Cow said:Nah, they don't work. The current "Install with DAupdater and change addins.xml" scheme makes them show up as installed and working in the in-game DLC menu, but when you try to start the quest in the game itself it bugs out and doesn't work.
Then I want BG2 gem bags so my gems aren't taking up space.Volourn said:STOP WITH THE FUCKIN' WHINING ABOUT 'LIMITED' INVENTORY SPACE IN DA. IT'S FUCKIN' DUMB. THE GAME GIVES YOU 70 FUCKIN' SLOTS AND ALLOWS YOU TO CARRY 70 SUYITS OF FUCKIN' ARMOUR. FFS TO SYA IT'S LIMITED IN ANY WYAY IS FUCKIN' BULLSHIT. IT GIVES YOU FUCKIN' TOO MANY! FUCK!
Volourn said:"JE and KOTOR were shorter than any previous RPG, ME again shorter than any previous one."
This is bullshit. Most 'old skool games' weren't that long. 20 hours or shoter for 99% of them. Stop that shit. Fuckin' FO could be finsihed in less than 10 hours without trying.
Volourn said:Done in under 50 hours.