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Mid day work thought: What is the longest single player campaign/story in console gaming?
- Thread starter SlasherMcGirk
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I remember a thread about it back when Dread was announced and AFAIR, Metroid was the only one that unequivocally predated Tekken, without qualifiers.
Persona 5 Royal is the longest game I've ever played, took me about 125 hours to play through it!
I agree. Was having a great time for the first 30 hours, then it was a chore
Didn't finish it
Such a shame, cool setting, combat was fun and all, but holy shit there was so much repeated content and totally empty open world.
Quite interesting how modern design is moving towards letting players choose how long their gaming experience is. So many recent big releases like TOTK, Elden Ring, BG3, Rebirth are much shorter if you just want to beat the game, but it's understood the average player won't do that (but nor will they try to complete everything in the game). While something like P5R has a different design where the player will have to spend c.100+ hours on the game unless intentionally speed running, so completion times will be more tightly bunched across its playerbase.
i would say Pathfinder Wrath of the rightous. In realtime mode on PC it took me around 180 hours to finish, and that was before all of the dlc's were released. On console, as far as i know there is only the turn based mode which takes way longer for each fight to be finished.
Wouldn't be surprised if you can scratch 300 hours on consoles
Wouldn't be surprised if you can scratch 300 hours on consoles
Same. By the end of the pyramid level, I had sworn off the entire series.
the world record Speedrun for Persona 5 Royal's true ending is 14 hours 23 minutes. I'm curious what games have a longer speedrun than that
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is definitely the longest game I've played, Steam says 250 hours and I only did one of the DLCs. it took me years to beat! I did play in fully turn-based combat mode though. Witcher 3 would be the next longest.
Okami is only like 25-30 hours so basically as long as a 3D Zelda game. It likes to pretend that you're near the end to reveal that there is still some left but the Zelda games do that as well so it's not a big deal.
Yup I'm probably not coming back for Persona 6 unless there's some drastic changes
Gotta be Persona 5.
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Hmm its technically Persona 5 if you don't count the simulator games.
Skyrim, Witcher 3 and AC Valhalla could technically count with their complete editions. And I think depending on difficulty and play style Elden Ring and Baldur's 3 are probably right under them.
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Hmm its technically Persona 5 if you don't count the simulator games.
Skyrim, Witcher 3 and AC Valhalla could technically count with their complete editions. And I think depending on difficulty and play style Elden Ring and Baldur's 3 are probably right under them.
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How are people spending 150+ hours on Persona 5 Royal? The game is rather linear and even on Hard mode, it only took me around 90-100 hours. Where's the extra 50 hours coming from? Are you just maxing out your levels and getting every single persona?
man, I almost understand feeling annoyed by Persona 5 Royal's length, but I was vibing so hard with that game that I wanted it to last forever
it has to be Assassin's Creed Valhalla my god that game NEVER ENDS.
i honestly thought it was a joke at some points, it just kept throwing me new areas and whole new (pointless) story arcs when i was SURE i'm about to beat the game. i wanted to cry, so many times..
i honestly thought it was a joke at some points, it just kept throwing me new areas and whole new (pointless) story arcs when i was SURE i'm about to beat the game. i wanted to cry, so many times..
Idk, The Witcher 3 is the longest game I think I've ever finished, and that safely passes the 100 hour mark, especially if you include DLCs.
I adore the (intentional? Unintentional?) double meaning of "Take Your Time" on Persona 5's loading screens.
On one hand, it's a reminder to chill out, appreciate the social life sim stuff, don't try to cram too much in or slog your way through marathon game sessions. It's fine, play the game at your own pace, take your time.
On the other hand, it exactly parallels "Take Your Heart", the mission statement of the Phantom Thieves. The meaning is clear: This game is going to take all of your time.
Not quite single player, but FFXIV's MSQ is easily pushing 300 hours now, and the vast, vast majority of it can be played alone apart from Trials (8 player boss battles) and the Crystal Tower raids.
This may be the actual answer if you don't add any qualifiers to "longest campaign." I made a thread about this topic before and decided to specify that it should be mostly unique human-authored content, because otherwise you get stuff like this.
This may be the actual answer if you don't add any qualifiers to "longest campaign." I made a thread about this topic before and decided to specify that it should be mostly unique human-authored content, because otherwise you get stuff like this.
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I wound up with 120 hours or so in vanilla P5, but I got stuck in a dungeon at one point and also liked to chill in mementos.
Both Persona 5R and Trails of Cold Steel III took me 140 hours.
DQVII was like 65 hours on 3DS for me. Maybe i should avoided the most enemies i could.
DQVII was like 65 hours on 3DS for me. Maybe i should avoided the most enemies i could.
Persona 5 Royal's main game is really long - it took me around 95 hours to beat (fast forwarding most dialogue - the speed allowed me to read it anyway, such a great feature). I can definitely see how it blows out to 140 without using FFWD.
Yakuza games' main stories aren't ever that long (even IW would only be 50-60 hours if you mainline it), but I always spend double or more that in them for side content (the real main game) - my timer in IW is at 199:50...
Yakuza games' main stories aren't ever that long (even IW would only be 50-60 hours if you mainline it), but I always spend double or more that in them for side content (the real main game) - my timer in IW is at 199:50...
Put well over 100 hours in games like Persona 3/4/5, Xenoblade 1-3 and the legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 1-4 & Reverie
Just "finished" Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie with 127 hours and still have some trails doors to finish.
Xenoblade 2 has me at nearly 200 hours but I remember the timer being borked for most of it
Xenoblade 3 is around 140 hours
Edit: Assassins Creed Odyssey has a ridiculous amount of content before you even get to the dlc! I'm well over 100 hours in that and haven't even touched the dlc.
Just "finished" Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie with 127 hours and still have some trails doors to finish.
Xenoblade 2 has me at nearly 200 hours but I remember the timer being borked for most of it
Xenoblade 3 is around 140 hours
Edit: Assassins Creed Odyssey has a ridiculous amount of content before you even get to the dlc! I'm well over 100 hours in that and haven't even touched the dlc.
It terms of a really dense and non-optional content, the longest single player campaign would be Persona 5 of the games I've played. Royal would make it even longer! Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and The Witcher 3 would be the next two.
I've put a lot of hours into other games (Skyrim, Dragon Age: Inquisition, various Fallouts, Persona 3 & 4, Xenoblade Chronicles 1 & 2), but their main questlines are a lot shorter.
I've put a lot of hours into other games (Skyrim, Dragon Age: Inquisition, various Fallouts, Persona 3 & 4, Xenoblade Chronicles 1 & 2), but their main questlines are a lot shorter.
I adore the (intentional? Unintentional?) double meaning of "Take Your Time" on Persona 5's loading screens.
On one hand, it's a reminder to chill out, appreciate the social life sim stuff, don't try to cram too much in or slog your way through marathon game sessions. It's fine, play the game at your own pace, take your time.
On the other hand, it exactly parallels "Take Your Heart", the mission statement of the Phantom Thieves. The meaning is clear: This game is going to take all of your time.
I'd like to believe all of the companies trying to break even on big budget JRPGs are aware of what they are now up against; day one players in a rush to the next thing, GaaS models, endlessly replayable multiplayer modes, and then "evergreen" games like Skyrim of all things that have warped the value of $60.
"Take your time" in that context is a tongue in cheek acknowledgement that you'll enjoy yourself more if you slow down, but the game (like the Phantom Thieves) will absolutely hold up its end of the value proposition.
Getting me to complete even a 10 hour game can be difficult sometimes (even if I like it!) so the fact that I beat a 100+ hour game twice is the highest praise I can give.
If you add up all four routes of Three Houses as all being part of the main story it probably has P5R beat, but it feels like a mad endeavour to actually do that. I got less than halfway through my second playthrough before giving up.
