The official RB "how many hours should it take me?" thread

[YoshiEgg25]

Portal

Should take around two or three hours.

[noiseredux]

Portal

Should take around two or three hours.

is that it? Really? Hmm.

[dsheinem]

Portal

Should take around two or three hours.

is that it? Really? Hmm.

Yeah, it is pretty short. But...it requires some fairly precision moves towards the end, which were fine on a keyboard/mouse but I can't imagine them with being fun with a dualshock, especially for someone like you who doesn't really play FPSs...

You may need to build in some trial-error-frustration time to that estimate.

[noiseredux]

good to know. Still, I didn't realize it was such a short game.

On the same token, how long would I expect the first two Half-Lifes to run?

[dsheinem]

good to know. Still, I didn't realize it was such a short game.

On the same token, how long would I expect the first two Half-Lifes to run?

closer to 10, iirc, especially for a first time run through

[alienjesus]

Whilst I still think this is a pretty good thread, I thought I'd also drop this link here for you guys

http://howlongtobeat.com/

[noiseredux]

Whilst I still think this is a pretty good thread, I thought I'd also drop this link here for you guys

http://howlongtobeat.com/

^that's awesome! I wish I had known about that site earlier.

[dsheinem]

Whilst I still think this is a pretty good thread, I thought I'd also drop this link here for you guys

http://howlongtobeat.com/

^that's awesome! I wish I had known about that site earlier.

indeed

[alienjesus]

Whilst I still think this is a pretty good thread, I thought I'd also drop this link here for you guys

http://howlongtobeat.com/

^that's awesome! I wish I had known about that site earlier.

indeed

It's pretty good for the big name games, but I still think this thread would be more useful for older or more obscure games.

[isiolia]

Yeah, it is pretty short. But...it requires some fairly precision moves towards the end, which were fine on a keyboard/mouse but I can't imagine them with being fun with a dualshock, especially for someone like you who doesn't really play FPSs...

You may need to build in some trial-error-frustration time to that estimate.

Portal 1 really had only a few puzzles like that (my first playthrough was on Intel GMA, and a trackpad...got for Christmas, and I didn't want to wait until I drove home to play it). I (begrudgingly) played Portal 2 on the PS3 initially, and the gamepad controls aren't all that cumbersome. Not as good as a mouse, but not as big a handicap as you'd think.

Portal 2 is a bit longer, perhaps double the playtime, depending.