Tag: length

Last week I posted my review of the Fortress of Winds dungeon in The Minish Cap and mentioned briefly how I loved the change of pace this moment provided, but I thought I could expand on it a bit. In particular, I noticed that in the comments of that review, a lot of people said they were mad that the Wind Element wasn’t found in that dungeon, and that really confuses me. Take it from my perspective: When I first…

Kotaku has a short article up that talks about how long Skyward Sword is. We’ve heard Shigeru Miyamoto say that Skyward Sword would have at least 50-100 hours of gameplay. So was he right? Apparently so, because the author of this article states he reached about nearly the same amount during his playthrough of Skyward Sword. But the length of a game is, to a developer, like the size of a fish is to a boastful fisherman. Was Miyamoto embellishing?…

Alright, so we all know Miyamoto has said The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will have between 50 to 100 hours of gameplay. Very exciting news for fans that hate short games and want this experience to last as long as possible. I remember they promised Twilight Princess to be around 60 hours and maybe it is because I had so much fun playing the game, but it seemed like lasted a lot less. Even when I was doing a…

Zelda Informer has posted another great article for your reading pleasure. Not As Long As Me Right Now is a look at the claim that Zelda games have been continually decreasing in length and play time. The claim that is disputed, though the author does empathize, is that older games such as Ocarina of Time offer 100+ hours of gameplay, while newer games like Twilight Princess only last a measly 40 hours. The author agrees that yes, a first play…