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IGN: "Suicide Squad can be beaten in 9-10 hours based on capture time"
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
1 hour for each year of wasted development time
Nice
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analog_future
Resident Crybaby
This isn't an Arkham game though. It's a GaaS game. 9 hours is ridiculously low for a GaaS game that's been in development for 9 years.
TheUsual
Gold Member
Makes you wonder if the year delay was to build out that content and keep the window for new content releases very short from initial release. Which could help with the longevity of the game.
Luipadre
Member
9 hour is actually long for a gaas game story.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
the end game is where gaas hours matter. the story mode is just the start.
xrnzaaas
Member
I may not be an expert in the genre, but I don't think gaas games use the main story as the main selling point to keep people playing. More like an introduction to what you're going to spend the next xx hours doing, that's of course assuming the game has been prepared well to keep the players coming back.
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ShadyAcshuns
Member
What's with these short games and high prices?
FeralEcho
Member
Kacho
Gold Member
This isn’t a one and done story game. It’s all about the end game grind + battle pass nonsense.
MiguelItUp
Member
I feel like IGN keeps whinin' lol. What's funny is 9-10 hours for a live service campaign sounds pretty standard and in some cases generous.
But a long campaign was something the game was never meant to have. I don't think you should expect that for any live service game. It's primarily about the gameplay loop, loot, etc.
But a long campaign was something the game was never meant to have. I don't think you should expect that for any live service game. It's primarily about the gameplay loop, loot, etc.
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SportsFan581
Member
I assume they are going to be releasing new mini campaigns for this along with characters and such. Like Avengers.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
so its a 4-5 hour game
Luipadre
Member
well the joker reveal had some cutscenes already so yeah probably an hour, hour and a half long story witch each character
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Should have been f2p then.
StueyDuck
Member
I am shocked destin is still employed in the industry to be honest, he's always been a bit of a chop.
OT: I mean for a co-op superhero game that's not so bad. We don't have any indication how much of that playtime was dedicated to completionist activities and so on.
The question is how good are those 8-10 hours vs how padded they are.
Yamisan
Member
All they did was say how long it took to beat it, if anything you sound salty against IGN.
Hugare
Member
Look, this game is probably gonna suck, but this Destin guy is on a hate train against the game and it shows
Same dude who did that IGN preview hating the game, then recently tweeted about some major character being killed, complained about playing "with vilains" and now this
Dude is beating a dead horse for a living
Same dude who did that IGN preview hating the game, then recently tweeted about some major character being killed, complained about playing "with vilains" and now this
Dude is beating a dead horse for a living
The Cockatrice
Banned
Love it when idiots defend everything. The fact that his game has much lower main story hours than a game that came out 15 years ago on a much inferior budget with what 5+ years of development is absolutely pathetic. Even if this was Spider-man levels of quality I'd still shit on it. Fuck outta here you dumbasses.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
I already have 8 hours clocked. Granted I’m doing all side missions so far… but even then I’m very skeptical on that unless you just do nothing but focus main story and skip cut scenes?
I’d be surprised if I’m bout to beat the game since I’m nowhere near feeling like I’ve even hit the 1/4 or half way point?
tusharngf
Member
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
They haven’t made a game in eight years, and it’s not even 10 hours long? What the hell is going on over there. Did they have multiple canceled projects? Holy crap
rabbity-thing
Member
What's the big deal? So it can be beaten in under 10 hours. Haven't y'all heard, GAAS games are infinitely replayable.
DanielG165
Member
For me, the Arkhamverse has officially ended with Knight. Suicide Squad is just some weird, bizarro fever dream.
Astray
Member
It just really hurts how much time money and good will is wasted on this.
SolidQ
Member
i assume thats what episodes are > we have two face and scarewrow up first season. i will pick this up at some point but right now i have no free time, but the internet just keeps spoiling this game its a mind field. Who do we reckin the next 2 playaber characters of season one are ? i reckon one has to be at least batman and
maybe mr freeze.
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Cyberpunkd
Member
It's a GAAS game, just replay the levels for some digital useless shit and wait for them to add new content.
9 hours sounds quite ok for someone with a family and limited free time. However this is a GAAS game that prioritises engagement so fuck this.
Kerotan
Member
It depends. Destiny campaign could be beaten in less than this but fan's would spend thousands of hours on the game regardless. The main campaign of a GAAS isn't the most important part.
FunkMiller
Banned
If you've read any of the spoilers about the post season content, it'll become painfully apparent that they stripped the main game down so they can sell you more crap down the road.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Not really.
It reminds me of when in the early UE3 days every game was slathered with specular highlighting because its an eye-catching effect. Also, note the aggressive use of fish-eye projection used when Batman is in flight, giving an illusion of greater speed and space travelled than is the actual case.
Its funny how most people simply don't notice how so much of the "wow" factor is basically smoke and mirrors.
GymWolf
Member
Nah ign is pretty salty.
They have released 4 tweets with bad veiled attempts to troll the game, first the price cut news before launch, then the spoiler, then another one that i can't remember and now this one, there is clearly a pattern and you don't see them doing this shit with beloved and hyped games, they are a bunch of salty whiny fuckers and tbf WB kinda deserve it because they got mad at at a negative preview, they deserve each other really, there is no good guy in this whole story.
Wb fucked up and ign has been unprofessional instead of just being only ridicolous as their usual.
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Xtib81
Member
2015 vs 2024
DAYUM !
One really gotta wonder what took them this long honestly. I feel like they're working on this game for a decade ^^
GermanZepp
Member
That's like 3 call of duty
lughnasadh123
Member
Having a shorter campaign length for a GaaS is totally fine so long as there's fun activities to do outside of that or the story itself is just that excellent.
It'll be...interesting to hear the discourse on Hellblade 2's length when that launches.
It'll be...interesting to hear the discourse on Hellblade 2's length when that launches.
SportsFan581
Member
Yikes. The haze added so much to the atmosphere of the old game, even if it was primarily there to limit draw distance. Something about the way the neon lights are utilized hits harder in the earlier game as well.