Community Voice is something we do every week at Spawnkill.com where we want to hear from you the reader. This week we discuss Game Length, whether short games are a waste of money or whether longer games give you more bang for your buck. Check it out and lets us know if you agree with some of our comments.

Today, many of us lead busy lives, perhaps with multiple jobs, families, kids, and other hobbies that reduce the amount of time we can spend gaming. As a result, many are drawn to a fun, compact 5-10 hour experience, rather than a 100-hour odyssey that many will never get to complete. According to Murray, only 10-percent of people completed Joe Danger, with average playtime for all those who downloaded it resting at 20-hours. Apparently, most journalists only played about half-way through. Does this mean that Joe Danger is too long? Obviously, Murray doesn’t answer this question, but it’s a valid point to consider. So, what do you think?
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    Dragoon* Aug 28, 10
    Depends really. I can get into games for handheld consoles almost instantly. But it can take me months of playing a game on and off before I can really get into on consoles.
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    hoggys2much Aug 28, 10
    I like my games to be really long as I dont work or have a family or anything so I have all day to play games.

    Also when I get a new game I tend to hammer it meaning I can be on it all day.

    Also I dont have the money to keep constantly buying new games so I need them to last.
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    Zero and X Aug 28, 10
    It depends on the genre. I expect a shooter to be relatively short, but either long enough to justify the purchase, or have an excellent online. If it's an action game like Devil May Cry, the length of the game itself isn't as important to as the replay value since I can replay Devil May Cry 3 on the harder difficulties and continue to advance my character and get extra stuff. However, if it's an rpg, my usual cut off point is 30 hours, if it's shorter than that I usually don't go for it because I think rpgs should last a long time and to me a 30 hour rpg is short.
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    Lupin_the_third Aug 28, 10
    Shooters I expect to last atleast 3 monthes for the online

    Everything else I tend to play for about a week or so Until i've mastered most of what I wanted and go back to some online shooter.
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    Gamesta100 Aug 29, 10
    These days I like game that take at least 20 hours to beat because I don't buy games very often anymore.I used to buy at least 1 PS3 every two weeks, a lot of the time 2 every 2 weeks. These days I tend to buy maybe one old game a month.

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