Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31564869-20170422142156/@comment-24412830-20170423222142

Mystic Monkey wrote: Most games these days take about half a week to finish. If I decided to buckle up and play Zelda:BotW purely for the story, I'd probably get all the divine beasts in under a week. Maybe a whole week for sure if I stop by shrines along the way to help in travel points, weapons and spirit orbs for hearts and stamina. If anything it would take me longer just to get the Master Sword.

I've still yet to finish the game because I like taking my time.

Problem with Sonic games is that they sort of encourage speedplaying and playing a stage casually takes about 2-3 minutes. So sadly most Sonic games can be done in a weekend. I remember It only took me a whole day to complete Sonic Generations without even breaking a sweat. It felt all too easy with the speed boosting ability which moved things a tad too quickly and how I mostly already knew how to take down the bosses from previous games.

When I play shooters like Halo or Call Of Duty I can beat them all in an hour or 2, even on hard mode. Usually they took a week for me to complete. These days they don't provide me enough of a challenge or content to last.

At least with RPGs like Elder Scrolls, I can play for months before I complete the main quest while being distracted by other quests and strategies I need to improve my player character before then.

The point is, I at least expect Sonic Forces to provide enough of a challenge for me to play it longer. Sort of what Sonic Unleashed provided with its Action Stages (except for Werehog stages of course) that made them challenging for even me to clear. If we had stages like that again, then we would be playing a longer game.