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Hmm. I liked that there was something more to do in the open world of Mafia 3, even though the open world activities weren't GTA-level.

One of my problems with the remake of the first game, there was just nothing to do after I beat the game other than sight-seeing. I also collected the collectibles, and a lot of those were only accessible during a story mission.
 

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That's not short that is a very solid length for a single player linear experience and the price is fitting. Too many games overstay their welcome these days. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was awesome, but it really started to drag by the third hub, especially with the collectibles.
 
That's not short that is a very solid length for a single player linear experience and the price is fitting. Too many games overstay their welcome these days. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was awesome, but it really started to drag by the third hub, especially with the collectibles.
Yeah, every game has it's own "right length". Equating length with quality is just a wrongheaded concept imo. Always feel like strong, linear experiences are forced to compete with open world games in this regard. So even if the former is really well crafted, it gets dinged for not having a lot of stuff it just doesn't need.

Also agree on Indy. Loved it, but I was feeling it's length by the end.
 
Yeah, every game has it's own "right length". Equating length with quality is just a wrongheaded concept imo. Always feel like strong, linear experiences are forced to compete with open world games in this regard. So even if the former is really well crafted, it gets dinged for not having a lot of stuff it just doesn't need.

Also agree on Indy. Loved it, but I was feeling it's length by the end.
I'd much rather have a fun, absorbing, thrilling 10-15 hours from a linear single player game that I enjoy replaying over and over again than 20-30 hours of mediocre filler or open world repetition.

The reviews are saying it is about the same length as the Mafia I remaster, which is a pretty perfectly paced single player game for my taste.
 
Its all about the quality not quantity.
What do 60+ hours mean if more than half of it is just boring or so?
I rather have focused games than big games.
Around 25 hours for a 50$ game seems fair to me.

I dont need large, long open world games when half of the time you just do stuff that feels clearly like they put it in to stretch the game.

It is the problem with modern gaming, so much is just empty visuals without depth.
Throwing out hundreds of millions for nice looking games that feel empty.
 

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