“A single game” is somewhat of a misnomer. The original FF7 took about 40 hours to play from start to finish, and about 80 hours if you wanted to really 100% everything. FF7 Remake took about 40 hours to play from start to finish, and about 80 hours if you want to really 100% everything.
Is the root of your concern that you’re paying too much for too little gameplay? Considering rebirth takes about 50-60 hours to beat and ~80-100 hours to 100%, I don’t understand the criticism.
If the answer is that you expected over 100 hours of base gameplay for $70, the problem isn’t with Square-Enix, imo. That’s before taking however long the 3rd game takes to beat into account, as well (which according to the devs is going to be at minimum the same length as rebirth – bringing it to over 150 hours of base gameplay for the trilogy.) I think expecting 150 hours of base gameplay in a single purchase for a story-driven JRPG is unrealistic.
Flip side, the joy of these games eventually coming out on PC means if you wait long enough, you’ll be able to get all 3 and DLC for like $50 total, so there are options for everyone.
It’s not a single game. It’s a whole new piece of software. They decided to make three games on the same Engine to streamline production but it’s not an hd remaster of an old game. They are brand new games.
I can understand the perception that it should be one game because it’s the story from an old game that has been split up. However if you play it, you’ll find out pretty quickly it’s actually a whole new story.
There are plenty of cash grab titles out there but I don’t think this is the cash grab I think you make it out to be.
both games have dozens of hours of content and expand upon the original game significantly, this is such an entitled gamer thing to say
I’m not paying $70 for a single game, much less multiple $70 installments. If you want to choke on what they give you, be my guest, but I’ll pass.
Maybe high budget games just aren’t for you
“A single game” is somewhat of a misnomer. The original FF7 took about 40 hours to play from start to finish, and about 80 hours if you wanted to really 100% everything. FF7 Remake took about 40 hours to play from start to finish, and about 80 hours if you want to really 100% everything.
Is the root of your concern that you’re paying too much for too little gameplay? Considering rebirth takes about 50-60 hours to beat and ~80-100 hours to 100%, I don’t understand the criticism.
If the answer is that you expected over 100 hours of base gameplay for $70, the problem isn’t with Square-Enix, imo. That’s before taking however long the 3rd game takes to beat into account, as well (which according to the devs is going to be at minimum the same length as rebirth – bringing it to over 150 hours of base gameplay for the trilogy.) I think expecting 150 hours of base gameplay in a single purchase for a story-driven JRPG is unrealistic.
Flip side, the joy of these games eventually coming out on PC means if you wait long enough, you’ll be able to get all 3 and DLC for like $50 total, so there are options for everyone.
And here I am 120h into BG3, and still haven’t finished it.
To be fair, BG3 is very much the exception. It’s a fantastic exception that others could learn from, but an exception nonetheless.
To be fair, it’s the new standard for me. Full price? Better not be MTX and needs 100h+.
I’m with you on that front. I almost never pay full price for games and loathe microtransactions.
It’s not a single game. It’s a whole new piece of software. They decided to make three games on the same Engine to streamline production but it’s not an hd remaster of an old game. They are brand new games.
I can understand the perception that it should be one game because it’s the story from an old game that has been split up. However if you play it, you’ll find out pretty quickly it’s actually a whole new story.
There are plenty of cash grab titles out there but I don’t think this is the cash grab I think you make it out to be.
Peter Jackson is a piece of shit for filming the entire LOTR trilogy at once but releasing it as 3 movies I think it’s absurd there was only one book