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In an interview with VGC following the game’s big reveal at Monday’s Ubisoft Forward showcase, Gerighty discussed how long the game will take to complete, as well as the decision to cut a significant feature from Massive’s original vision for the title.

“Very, very early on, we decided this is going to be a 25, 30 hours golden path adventure, 50 hours, 60 hours for completionists, and that is, for a guy with a family and a job, it’s still a fair amount of time.

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[acm2000]

is this supposed to be bad news or good news?

 

[Mr Hyde]

Sounds good to me. 30-60 hours depending on whether you're a completionist or not is the right amount of time to engage with an open world game. 150-200 hours is just bonkers these days and lead to fatigue half way through (unless you're something exceptional, like Elden Ring or FF7 Rebirth).

 

[The Cockatrice]

Main story 30 hours, 60 for 100%? Not bad. Hours dont matter as long as what youre doing in them is fun. Will the story and extra stuff be entertaining in this game? I have my doubts, but I do want more sci-fi games in my life so Ill play it.

 

[StereoVsn]

Yeah, that sounds pretty good or hell maybe even too much for an action adventure game.

 

[DeepEnigma]

is this supposed to be bad news or good news?

 

[semiconscious]

still waiting to hear/see something about this game (other than her hair, of course) that'll discourage me...

 

[phant0m]

good. I'd rather that then 80 hours of grind/repetitive content

also perfect to spend $15 on ubi+ and beat in a week or two then cancel

 

[Dacvak]

The shorter the better for me these days. I ain’t got no time anymore.

 

[poppabk]

Sounds excessive. I'm sure there will.be plenty of filler to get them to that number.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Fuck…Sounds awful

 

[Gamezone]

People don't finish their open world games these days, it's actually a fact. Just keep it short.

 

[Kurotri]

That's surprising to hear considering it's a Ubi game.

 

[LordBlodgett]

Just about perfect. Don't need 100 hour AC:Valhalla type games. I don't mind having extra things to do, but they need to be worth doing or they are just filler.

 

[danklord]

That's the right size for these kinds of games.

 

[ManaByte]

30 hours is perfect. I loved Mirage and that was about 30 hours. Felt like the perfect length after Ubi bloat.

 

[salva]

Will pretty much take me the rest of the year to finish.
Obligatory: $69.99 / 30 hours = $2.33 per hour. Bargain, lol.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

I'm not sure about what to think about this info.

 

[ReBurn]

So like 120 hours for me

 

[Red5]

If it means less Ubi bloat and I can focus on my Star Wars free roaming bounty hunting fantasy then that's great.

 

[March Climber]

Obligatory: $69.99 / 30 hours = $2.33 per hour. Bargain, lol.

I think you're obviously joking, but it's sad that some people are going to take this price ratio seriously lol.

 

[NeoGiffer]

yeh...but imagine if the protag was actually hot though

 

[CherryFalls]

 

[Quantum253]

Does anyone know when Trophy/Achievement lists are released? It seems that it's right around launch. I'm curious of what non-story related things/playthroughs it has

 

[Gambit2483]

yeh...but imagine if the protag was actually hot though

Or if the game wasn't letterbox'd...

 

[NeonDelta]

Sounds good to me, that’s my ideal length

 

[squidilix]

is this supposed to be bad news or good news?

Good

 

[Pharaoh 117]

I think this will be the first Ubi game I actually play since AC Unity.

 

[Denton]

Really hope it will not be bloated like Valhalla, and mediocre like Avatar.

 

[analog_future]

Still too fucking long

 

[Bungie]

Sounds good, 100% Spider-Man 2 in a little over 20 hours, 30 is usually a sweet spot for these type of games.

 

[Raven117]

Good. I’m tired of these bloated 50 hour plus collectothons

 

[mitch1971]

People don't finish their open world games these days, it's actually a fact.

I do.

 

[mckmas8808]

good. I'd rather that then 80 hours of grind/repetitive content

also perfect to spend $15 on ubi+ and beat in a week or two then cancel

This is the problem with our gaming industry.

 

[FunkMiller]

Would really like there to be more games where it wasn't just a choice of doing the main questline only for 25 hours, or doing everything at 70. What about a game where you can technically finish it in thirty minutes, if you make certain choices? What about more choice of runtime, dependent on the way you play it? How about a game where if you choose to be a psychotic madman, it ends one way in three hours, and if you chose to be a total pacifist, it ends in 45?

We've had a few rare examples of this, but game development seems stuck in such a fucking by-the-numbers rut, with Ubisoft being the kings of it. Maybe if they were developing for only the most advanced hardware things would be different, with more choice and more creativity.

 

[Rain432]

 

[EDMIX]

I do.

Same.

I'd argue most open world games I bought, I beat.

Like....vast majority.

Spiderman, Days Gone, AC Origins, Horizon Zero Dawn, Cyberpunk 2077, Mafia 3, Mafia 1 remake etc I'd argue open world games being beaten is more so based on the gamer then the game.

If you generally don't finish most games, I don't know if open world or not would matter. If the game is fun, engaging, has a good story etc, I'll generally finish it (that isn't to say those that I don't finish are bad, life happens some times folks)

 

[Mr Wonderstuff]

is this supposed to be bad news or good news?

Or news at all?