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    Back in the day.

    I've only been into gaming for about 14 years of my 19 years on Earth. But what happened to the days when a game would take DAYS to complete. As consumers we should be demanding quality AND quantity for the amount of money we fork out each year.
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    i used to complete doom in 3 hours but Click here to enlarge lol

    but yeh i remember games like dungeon keeper and diablo and C&C taking weeks to complete. Even hexen/heretic, spacehulk took a while!
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    Doom and quake the exception.

    Commander Keen used to take at least a day.

    Games now a days are considered long if they take over 7-8 hours. Click here to enlarge

    Although, me considering that short could just mean I have less of a life than 14 years ago. Click here to enlarge
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by ChrisMarriott Click here to enlarge
    I've only been into gaming for about 14 years of my 19 years on Earth. But what happened to the days when a game would take DAYS to complete. As consumers we should be demanding quality AND quantity for the amount of money we fork out each year.
    it was probably because you were not able to devote the amount of time/attention to the game when you were younger
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    Maybe it's becuase the computers are so much faster now? Click here to enlarge

    Or reduced attention span ?

    Then again, I am currently playing Left For Dead 2 and D&D Online.

    Both games will take MONTHS or Years to play - though LFD2 will be much of the same, but then, so is Soccer or Cricket etc etc It's not where you are it's what you are doing, and who with...

    NFS Shift also takes quite some time to play - It seems to be shooters that are shorter, and as you are always moving and it's always different, it takes a huge amount of effort to make a map that you can run across in game time in less then 5 minutes. Even if it was 20 minutes, 30 maps means only 6 hours of gameplay if you are MOVING fast.

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    Super Mario Bros 1 on NES

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    attempted it again on the wii (can download old nes games) and did it in 15 lol
    Sure, we dont have to worry about viking raids or scurvy anymore, but instead we make a daily routine of sitting in flimsy, fibreglass (or metal) boxes full of gasoline which are propelled in opposing directions on the freeway at velocities matching that of low flying aircraft.

    This is a roundabout way of saying that cars are dangerous....

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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by ChrisMarriott Click here to enlarge
    Commander Keen used to take at least a day.
    What a brilliant game - found the old install disks a couple of years ago and played a couple of stages with a DOS emulator - brought back a lot of memories...

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    attempted it again on the wii (can download old nes games) and did it in 15 lol

    can you download those for free?
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by Vectracious Click here to enlarge
    can you download those for free?
    you can.. but it requires a modchip and download of all the games manually

    since thats too much effort for me (plus i bought an extended warranty lol) u can buy "wiipoints" and download it... only works out to be around 5 bucks or something so its not expensive
    Sure, we dont have to worry about viking raids or scurvy anymore, but instead we make a daily routine of sitting in flimsy, fibreglass (or metal) boxes full of gasoline which are propelled in opposing directions on the freeway at velocities matching that of low flying aircraft.

    This is a roundabout way of saying that cars are dangerous....

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    used to take me days to complete jeep command and/or choplifter on my old C64 - and that was about 23 years ago... mostly due to load times..

    now that takes me back..
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    The old Amiga500 games were the best, the likes of Flashback, Dragon's Lair etc...

    The old Bubble Bobble was also great with some beers/cones & a group of mates...

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