100%.. I don't get how people can put hundreds of hours into games these days unless their not working or have zero social lives/obligations. For me I won't even touch a game if it's over say 20 hours, because I know even that is going to take me some time to get through.
@@shannonbayley3684"these days" so you clearly did it too at some point. You understand that not everyone's life is exactly the same as yours at the exact same moment.....right? Edit....you have 100s of comments. Clearly your life isn't that full.
Agree. Nothing triggers me more than when I play a great 10-12 hour story and then hear people complain the game was too short because it wasn't a bloated empty open world filled with pointless side quests.
One game i was really expecting to make the cut was Titanfall 2. 6 hours of amazingly paced satisfying movement shooter. Which does fall under the "short campaign tacked on a multiplayer game" but it's one of the best examples of that ever.
Agreed, finally got around to playing it a couple years ago and its legitimately a really fun campaign with some neat ideas. Perfect example of short and sweet.
We need more lists like this. As a 40 year old gamer with two remote jobs and a family to maintain, I have learned to really appreciate short but great game experiences, including even shorter games like To the Moon, Gris, Hot Line Miami or Benva which I find amazing. As a JRPG fan myself, I can understand games of certain genres can take 100 hours or more just to complete the main story, but I utterly HATE that nowadays every big studio out there want to pad their AAA games to make them about 60 hour in length and even worse try to use that atrociously artificial length to advertise their game, as if gamers only care about the hours of gameplay we can get from a 60/70usd game. I can invest that time on a game that's actually fun and interesting to play, but not on a game with 300 identical side quests just for the sake of trying to justify the price tag.
I completely agree, and I also just want to say that whenever again is exceptionally good, it doesn’t need to artificially pad the length because people are going to go back and play it again again, and again and again! Games like fighting games for all the fighting fans like Tekken & Soul Calibur and Gran Turismo and AssettoCorsa.. yeah I know that racing games and stuff like that usually don’t make a list like this but, games, like grand theft, auto and back in the day games like driver, and all of the resident, evil and Dino crisis type games, silent hill, all of these were games that I still go back to and play today because they were so good, because they are so good- Couldn’t tell you how many hundreds of hours I put into each grand Turismo game from 1998 until now, each individual game?!?! I know it’s a lot!
I highly recommend Uncharted: The Lost Legacies (it's best to play the previous games or at least watch them on UA-cam) and Deliver Us the Moon. Both are less than 10 hours long (main story + some side missions), the story is great and the gameplay is fun.
100% agree with you. Over the past year I've found myself subconsciously moving away from bloaty AAA titles that feel like an extension of my job to short, perfectly formed games that actually make me think. Transistor, Limbo, Shadow of the Colossus and other similar experiences in 2023 have stayed in the mind far longer than the usual Ubisoft side-quest-athon, and at the very least you can actually finish them in a few weeks with minimal spare time.
@@AlFrash84 if you like strategy/stealth type RPG games with interesting characters and exactly what you described as far as a nice cohesive story and experience that you can get done in less than 30 hours or less? Try out a game that came out. I think in 2018 called “mutant year zero Road to Eden” I found it to be one of the most fun strategy games I had played since fire emblem, and I beat it in about 20 hours or less… Fully Voice-acted characters, and a very unique and interestingly told story, the government was genetically modifying humans with animal DNA to try to create super soldiers and things went wrong and the apocalypse happened… NO… not that, never?!?! It’s really fun and easy-going, but it also makes you think and strategize! Part of your comment is also why I’ve loved always games like silent Hill, and the resident evil series, more so the old school games but I like some of the newer ones also..
Asylum really deserves more recognition for what it did for moving gaming forward. A lot of what they accomplished in that game from stealth to combat and just overall gameplay has now been replicated as a gold standard amongst games even today. Many developers still go back to that game as a crucial stepping stone to some of the most beloved action games coming out today.
I'm replaying through it now and My GOD we took for granted that era of gaming. I'm partial to Arkham City but Arkham Asylum is arguably ***the greatest*** CBG to ever exist.
I'm a dad, I work full time and have typical life priorities. My back log is HUGE, but it's hard sitting down and taking a month to finish a single one of them. Seeing as I do have a few of these, I appreciate the heads up here. Honestly, being able to complete a game nowadays is such a sense of accomplishment lol
A lot of these on this lists I can say are most likely very good from reviewers and word of mouth. So I say maybe go down their list here and start with the cheapest one or one that's on sale until you play most of all you are interested in. Happy playing!
@@Cl0udy5ky Game would've been pretty good if it wasn't for the tedious gameplay loop. The cutscenes, characters and stories were awesome, just a shame the crap in between was boring.
A Plague Tale is freaking phenomenal, like wow..just wow. The voice acting is superb and the graphics match it. Not to mention the story and characters that you're going to fall in love with, so worth a play.
So finding out Ghostwire was supposed to be 10-12 hours after I just finished it at 65 hours is wild. I did spend a lot of time just exploring because I was surprised by the environment. Definitely a solid game
It is weird that it gets critique. The open world is very Ubisoft like with collectibles and small things to do, but the atmoshpere in the world is very eerie and really makes you feel like you're the only human in Tokyo.
Yeah, 10 hours. Provided that you skip the side missions, don't collect the collectibles, and totally neglect the dlc (school side mission and the spider's thread mode)
METRO 2033 was so good, and it nearly perfectly nailed the open-world-linear shooter hybrid. I genuinely hope that we get more games that do Metro's hybrid approach to open-world design, because too many modern games (which I still love) tend to go way too open-world in a way.
Playing Batman Arkham Asylum for the first time is an experience that I'll never forget. Expectations were low (you know why) and then they deliver that masterpiece! It was a game changer.
Hi-Fi Rush is the most fun I've had with a game this year, period. I don't think I've played anything else in my life that left me with a smile plastered across my face so quickly and consistently. I don't typically care for character action games, so the fact that they managed to not only make one so excellent but also perfect the idea of rhythm action after people have been trying (and arguably failing) to do that right for years is a huge achievement. Plus, it's freaking beautiful.
Definitive Edition was trash. Only game I've ever finished (massive anticlimax, fyi) only to feel like I got very little out of the experience, very irredeemable game.
Man, Dead Space Remake really deserves more love. Not that RE4 Remake and Alan Wake 2 aren't both fantastic titles in their own ways, but Dead Space nails exploration more than either of those, and also has some truly amazing gore that improves the limb-cutting that makes the series' combat so great. Also, Gunnar Wright remains utterly fantastic in the role of Isaac, and I'm glad that he got to officially fill that role in the story of the first game now. It really feels like it gets overlooked just because of how early in the year it came out. It may not be a speedrunner's dream like RE4 Remake, and doesn't have the storytelling chops of Alan Wake 2, but it's the best the Dead Space series has ever been.
@@devd3l I honestly think DS2 holds up so well that remaking it would do more harm than good, especially with how great the writing and acting are in it already (especially for Isaac, Stross, and Ellie). It also already has a "seamless" world in terms of having no loading between levels, and similar improvements to kinesis and the weapon upgrades like what we got in the DS1 remake. I agree that a new game in the franchise would be a good idea, though I also kind of want a full retcon of Dead Space 3. It was such a step backwards from DS2 and did so many stupid things with the characters that I would much rather see a new followup to DS2 that ignores DS3 and goes a different direction. Whatever the case, Motive definitely seem to understand the best things about the series, and I'm hoping that whatever they do with it next turns out great.
I didn't like the new Dead Space because it felt so janky just to aim my weapons. Like combat would be challenging for me just because I couldn't aim worth a fuck. I don't know if that is by design or what. Maybe a skill issue. It was just uncomfortable.
I love the remake and the added detail to the story but maybe for nostalgic reasons I wish they had kept the same voice actors from the original. But I believe everyone should play Mafia 1 and 2. Some of the best storytelling in gaming history.
I stoped playing Senua because i thought the gameplay is extremly bad. The Fighting System felt awful and the riddles with the perspective are annoying and unfun
Depends on the price. A 10hour game should never cost 50-80 bucks. Games like Witcher 3 or Red Dead Redemption 2 are big but also very high quality. RDR2 is about 40-60 hours and Witcher 3 is even longer. A 10hour game with the same quality should NEVER cost nearly the same. That's why many people criticize short games. If RDR2 costs 50-60 bucks, the 10hour game should only cost 10-20 bucks, but often they're priced the same.
For some reason the normal difficulty on Alan Wake Remastered feels like hard on most other games. The atmosphere is the best thing about the game, really enjoyed it.
Kena Bridge of Spirits is a very good game. The adventure ,the music, graphics, characters and story everything is done really great. Must try if you love those adventure, puzzle, exploring games.
Detroit Become Human was also a great 10-12 hour experience if I remember my playtime correctly. Great narrative with lots of alternative storylines based on your decisions.
I was expecting Titanfall 2 campaign at the top of this list. I'm in awe at the level design every time I play it. Edit: Not many people know about it after so many years. It deserves more attention.
It's crazy to think that games "ONLY" take 10 hours. I remember games being an hour, but they were so hard that I still haven't beaten them 30 years later.
I really loved Mafia and Hifi Rush. Another shorter game I would recommend, if one likes narrative games, is Lost Words: Beyond the Page. A mixture of platforming and puzzles, but it is the story that makes this game great.
Great list! More lists like this please! The sweet spot for me is 10 to 20 hours. I don't have time for all these 100+ hour open world / rpg games. I preferred when games were shorter and more focused like on the xbox 360. So many great shooters like Halo, Gears of War, Bioshock, Fear, etc. And there was a long game every now and then like Fallout 3, Skyrim, Dragon Age, Mass Effect.
One addition I would suggest to Indie lovers is the combination of Limbo and Inside! Together they’re probably a little less than 10 hours but incredible playthroughs. PlayDead did an amazing job with these two very indie games but they are well worth it!! To go along with that I would also recommend Hellblade: Senua’s sacrifice; another amazing story and crafted world and probably around 10 hours! I cannot recommend those three more!!
I finished DREDGE recently and thought it was a very pleasant short game. It’s a chill game at its heart but it has a good spooky atmosphere. Dave the Diver is a good companion to it and it’s not that long either if you aren’t out to level up and collect everything.
I’d want to add The Order: 1886 to this list, but anyone who completes it is in danger of immediately replaying it, like I did, which would double the brisk, 8-hour campaign
When you guys mention games that I played years ago, It takes me back to that time and reignite many beautiful feelings. And I have realised that It's one of the main reasons I watch you guys. Thank you for that.
Mafia: DE and R&C: Rift Apart are definitely amazing games and I highly recommend it to anyone who's never played them. I always enjoy a good story and good gameplay to get away from the real world.
I always prefer a good well written 10 hour story compared to an over-bloated 60+ hour story that only leaves you wanting to finish the game by the time you reach the end. Very few are able to keep me caring enough.
Depends on the price. A 10hour game should never cost 50-80 bucks. Games like Witcher 3 or Red Dead Redemption 2 are big but also very high quality. RDR2 is about 40-60 hours and Witcher 3 is even longer. A 10hour game with the same quality should NEVER cost nearly the same. That's why many people criticize short games. If RDR2 costs 50-60 bucks, the 10hour game should only cost 10-20 bucks, but often they're priced the same.
Surprised Stray didn't get a mention. Beautiful environments, really good graphics and a great story. Maybe it was too short of a game for the 10 hour criteria
Probably less than ten, but I agree Stray was awesome. Incredible art design, and so much more memorable than another vapid Ratchet and Clank identikit installment.
I'd throw in Guardians of the Galaxy on this list somewhere. Great banter amongst the characters, fights are a bit repetitive after a while but they throw different abilities in the mix throughout. I enjoyed it a lot.
Totally agree. Too bad it release after the turd that is The Avengers so people were probably a little burned still, I think it definitely deserves a lot more attention. Super fun game, decent story and great banter indeed.
Broooooo i first played plague tale early last year and i was surprised at how the story kept me going and then BOOM i got covid and had to take off work right when the sequel came out so i played it immediately. Theyre both great if you want a chill game with a great story but i was totally grateful for the more combat selection options you had in the 2nd one.
Mafia remake was absolutely amazing. Loved playing through the definitive edition. Phantom Liberty expansion for cyberpunk was also not to long and was a ton of fun to play (I think it’s honestly better than cyberpunk base😂, almost finished the main story but phantom is awesome)
Thank you, I don't have much time to play even since adulting lol, Im trying to mainly play story games to feel that reward feeling when it's done but multiplayer stills catches my attention and competitive side
Hearing you mention Jet Set Radio unlocked memories I had forgotten but now I remember playing that game for hours with my older brother on the orignial Xbox. good times.
Here I was already commenting something like "omg I can't believe you didn't mention Kena: Bridge of Spirits" and boom it just pops right at the end! Well played Falcon 👏🏻
Funny enough, the Dead Space Remake, Ghostwire Tokyo, Robocop Rogue City, and Kena Bridge of Spirits are all currently on sale on the Playstation Store at the moment and I may end up getting some of those games (If I have enough money by later this week before the sale ends in early January) right after I finally go and get myself a PS5 Slim later this week. I can't wait : ). Merry Christmas everyone.
Congrats and Merry Christmas friend!! You are going to LOVE your PS5!! And this is coming from a diehard Nintendo fan. PlayStation is a close 2nd tho and have been narrowing the gap IMMENSELY once I finally got and experienced my PS5 and what "next-gen" games are currently capable of. PlayStation Studios is becoming synonymous with the Nintendo Seal of Quality, and as a gamer that couldn't make me happier!! 😊❤
I haven't played the others but I personally had a lot of fun with Ghostwire Tokyo. Still really hoping for a sequel just so I can have more Ghostwire lol
Kena was a one sit game for me, it really caught me, took me around 14 hours but it got me in a weekend with no other plans so I just completed it. I would still recommend it, on PS plus extra sub you have it included, with Rachet and Clank as well so if you're planning to play these holidays it might me cheaper to get get 1-2 months of the extra sub and play them instead of buying the games ^^. Edit: Merry Christmas everyone (just cause I forgot >.
I have "bout" tattooed on my left wrist and "eleven" on my right. It has nothing to do with games that last that long, but what led me to this video is the fact that I've been extremely busy and need an entertaining game to play for chill time. About the tattoo, long story short, it's a family inside joke. We say it constantly and i love it when other people say it. Especially when someone says it as many times as I heard you say it. I'm usually not one to comment, but I could not help but share. I love your videos bud! Bout eleven outta ten! 🙃♥️
Some of what I consider to be the best, most iconic games ever (not just nostalgia, though they are definitely full of that, too, which I consider a good thing) were well-under ten hours: games like the PS2 Spider-Man 2, Sonic Heroes (I know the controls could be considered wild, but that’s kind’a the appeal, I always thought: it gives a real feeling of speed and the power, sometimes challenging-to-direct power, of it), and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. They were just a different style of game: one with soul, hard-hitting and elegant at the once-they were not short, for ten hours is a time, but it was the solid span that provoked thought and drew up sentiment in the spirit. Beautiful experiences, I say! 😊 While the fifty-plus hour game has its own wonderful place, I honestly wish the gaming scene saw even more ten-hour-or-less, smaller but more intense experiences, like it once did, and that story, rather than just good graphics, was honed more finely and more often, once again, and brought to bear with its full might. Videos like this warm my heart, because they show that there is still a desire for that, and that such games are still being made, at least on some level. Someone once said that stories are little pieces of the soul, and I think that’s what was most appealing about games of that kind. 😁
I feel like another great single player linear series, much like Metro, deserves a shout on this list as well. That'd be Wolfenstein old blood or new order both of which were amazing.
I personally wish that Resident Evil Village was a few hours longer. I would've liked to explore a bit more of Castle Dimitrescu and the village area before rolling credits. But still, for a 8-10 hour RE game, I found it solid enough.
Thank you. We older gamers with jobs & families tend to get a bit overlooked by studios. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing "regular" games, for eg., I enjoyed Zelda TotK, & am now playing RE4 remake & like it a lot. However, it's hard to find time to game. So, it's nice if a title is short & sweet, & enables me to roll credits over the occasional free weekend.
The mafia remake game is fantastic. Tommy Angelo is a great character. Actually I think he’s on the same level as Arthur Morgan and John Marston. The ending to the mafia remake actually made me cry
I also really love when narrative-focused games are around 10 hours, give or take, because more often than not it shows that the story is not padded out and is the right length it needs to be. Some of my favourite single-player games that take around 10 hours (or slightly more) to beat: Half Life 2, Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain, pretty much most Telltale games (I'd recommend to start with Walking Dead season 1), and some lesser known games - State of Mind, Mars: War Logs, Dry Drowning, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments, Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements.
A Plague Tale Series has one of the best story out there, along with the beautiful visuals (and horrifying!!). Gotta be one of my favorites. 100% recommended to anyone looking for an adventure, a sense of depth, and a story you can get lost in.
I'm happy you mentioned Metro, they were the first thing I thought of when I saw the title. Amazing games, well worth a play and they usually end up going on sale pretty often where you can normally get the entire trilogy for like $10 or if you only want the original 2 shorter ones it ends up being like $4 to get both games.
Love to see a Ratchet and Clank game in one of these lists. Always are incredible games with tons of replayability, also the first series to really capitalize on New Game+ modes.
New game plus has been around since super mario bros came out at least. Chrono trigger coined the term in 1995 and mastered it. By the time ratchet came out plenty of games did a great job with it in some form or another. Especially games made by Japanese companies.
Personally i can't trust these official time estimates, i have played every single game on this list and took at least 30% longer for me to beat them the first time. I never play games in a rush though.
Me too. I start thinking I'm just slow sometimes, but if I like a game I really start looking around at everything. Like a kid in a candy store lol. And that's just the exploratory aspect. If graphics intrigue me, that's a whole other aspect of looking around lol.
As someone who's having lesser free time with each passing year i really appreciate this list. A part 2 would be nice as well.
100%.. I don't get how people can put hundreds of hours into games these days unless their not working or have zero social lives/obligations. For me I won't even touch a game if it's over say 20 hours, because I know even that is going to take me some time to get through.
@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist.Stop yapping
@@shannonbayley3684can you explain why this is? Why not just balance it out
@@shannonbayley3684"these days" so you clearly did it too at some point.
You understand that not everyone's life is exactly the same as yours at the exact same moment.....right?
Edit....you have 100s of comments. Clearly your life isn't that full.
@@phantomfire7205 I work 50hrs a week, I go to the gym, I see my son. Not much room for a lot more.
I love 10 hour gaming experiences. No third act fatigue. They never overstay their welcome.
Same... I could finish that in a week
I think tomb Raider games deserves a mention
yh the first reboot is incredible@@funprop9004
@@funprop9004Same as Uncharted
For example, Days Gone… I was ready for it to finish when a whole new third of the world map gets revealed and I was like Nooooooooooooooo!!!
Ah nothing like a good ole 10-12 hour single player experience with a great narrative.
Couldn't agree more with that statement!
Especially on holidays like these.
Agree. Nothing triggers me more than when I play a great 10-12 hour story and then hear people complain the game was too short because it wasn't a bloated empty open world filled with pointless side quests.
One game i was really expecting to make the cut was Titanfall 2.
6 hours of amazingly paced satisfying movement shooter. Which does fall under the "short campaign tacked on a multiplayer game" but it's one of the best examples of that ever.
For 70 bucks?
A smaller one about 6 hours is the titanfall 2 campaign. Great singleplayer campaign and really fun multiplayer too
Definitely
Agreed, finally got around to playing it a couple years ago and its legitimately a really fun campaign with some neat ideas. Perfect example of short and sweet.
best FPS campaign of all time. Possibly the best FPS multiplayer of all time, too.
You know Falcon likes himself some Effect and Cause.
We need more lists like this. As a 40 year old gamer with two remote jobs and a family to maintain, I have learned to really appreciate short but great game experiences, including even shorter games like To the Moon, Gris, Hot Line Miami or Benva which I find amazing. As a JRPG fan myself, I can understand games of certain genres can take 100 hours or more just to complete the main story, but I utterly HATE that nowadays every big studio out there want to pad their AAA games to make them about 60 hour in length and even worse try to use that atrociously artificial length to advertise their game, as if gamers only care about the hours of gameplay we can get from a 60/70usd game. I can invest that time on a game that's actually fun and interesting to play, but not on a game with 300 identical side quests just for the sake of trying to justify the price tag.
I completely agree, and I also just want to say that whenever again is exceptionally good, it doesn’t need to artificially pad the length because people are going to go back and play it again again, and again and again!
Games like fighting games for all the fighting fans like Tekken & Soul Calibur and Gran Turismo and AssettoCorsa.. yeah I know that racing games and stuff like that usually don’t make a list like this but, games, like grand theft, auto and back in the day games like driver, and all of the resident, evil and Dino crisis type games, silent hill, all of these were games that I still go back to and play today because they were so good, because they are so good-
Couldn’t tell you how many hundreds of hours I put into each grand Turismo game from 1998 until now, each individual game?!?! I know it’s a lot!
I highly recommend Uncharted: The Lost Legacies (it's best to play the previous games or at least watch them on UA-cam) and Deliver Us the Moon. Both are less than 10 hours long (main story + some side missions), the story is great and the gameplay is fun.
100% agree with you. Over the past year I've found myself subconsciously moving away from bloaty AAA titles that feel like an extension of my job to short, perfectly formed games that actually make me think. Transistor, Limbo, Shadow of the Colossus and other similar experiences in 2023 have stayed in the mind far longer than the usual Ubisoft side-quest-athon, and at the very least you can actually finish them in a few weeks with minimal spare time.
@@AlFrash84 if you like strategy/stealth type RPG games with interesting characters and exactly what you described as far as a nice cohesive story and experience that you can get done in less than 30 hours or less? Try out a game that came out. I think in 2018 called “mutant year zero Road to Eden” I found it to be one of the most fun strategy games I had played since fire emblem, and I beat it in about 20 hours or less…
Fully Voice-acted characters, and a very unique and interestingly told story, the government was genetically modifying humans with animal DNA to try to create super soldiers and things went wrong and the apocalypse happened… NO… not that, never?!?!
It’s really fun and easy-going, but it also makes you think and strategize! Part of your comment is also why I’ve loved always games like silent Hill, and the resident evil series, more so the old school games but I like some of the newer ones also..
To the Moon! \o/
Asylum really deserves more recognition for what it did for moving gaming forward. A lot of what they accomplished in that game from stealth to combat and just overall gameplay has now been replicated as a gold standard amongst games even today. Many developers still go back to that game as a crucial stepping stone to some of the most beloved action games coming out today.
I'm replaying through it now and My GOD we took for granted that era of gaming. I'm partial to Arkham City but Arkham Asylum is arguably ***the greatest*** CBG to ever exist.
I'm a dad, I work full time and have typical life priorities. My back log is HUGE, but it's hard sitting down and taking a month to finish a single one of them. Seeing as I do have a few of these, I appreciate the heads up here. Honestly, being able to complete a game nowadays is such a sense of accomplishment lol
A lot of these on this lists I can say are most likely very good from reviewers and word of mouth. So I say maybe go down their list here and start with the cheapest one or one that's on sale until you play most of all you are interested in. Happy playing!
Shouldve pulled out
@@gamechaser94 Games>Procreation. Lol, just kidding.
Steam tagging such games would make them easier to find.
@@gamechaser94and oh look… the human race is extinct
I love it that we can look back at The Order 1886 with a positive nostalgia. Happy Holidays, Falcon, Jake, Andrew and crew!
They didnt even mention the order 1886 though lol. I loved that game
The Order 1886 is great, but the story doesn't feel complete
@ausbrecht doesn't have to be complete. It's a great game regardless. Sure it's a bit short, but the game play and story was just perfect
@@ausbrecht yeah, it's sad to imagine it will never get a sequel or become a series. There was/is a lot of potential.
@@ARIXANDRE totally agree
Mafia 1 & 2 are masterpieces that every gamer should experience in their lifetime. IMO
Never had better atmosphere than in the snow in Mafia 2
and then there is mafia 3 which is the annoying third wheel of the mafia series.
@@Cl0udy5ky Game would've been pretty good if it wasn't for the tedious gameplay loop. The cutscenes, characters and stories were awesome, just a shame the crap in between was boring.
2 is boring atleast for me but 1 is better and 3 is enjoyable
i can concur having played through mafia 1 and 2 (the new ones) that they're absolutely amazing.
A Plague Tale is freaking phenomenal, like wow..just wow. The voice acting is superb and the graphics match it. Not to mention the story and characters that you're going to fall in love with, so worth a play.
I noticed the comparison to The Last of US. That's my girl's favorite game so do you think she would love this game as well?
So finding out Ghostwire was supposed to be 10-12 hours after I just finished it at 65 hours is wild. I did spend a lot of time just exploring because I was surprised by the environment. Definitely a solid game
It is weird that it gets critique. The open world is very Ubisoft like with collectibles and small things to do, but the atmoshpere in the world is very eerie and really makes you feel like you're the only human in Tokyo.
came to say the same thing. when ghostwire popped up i was like 'uh nah fam that game took me a solid 70 hours to do for complete exploration."
Yeah, 10 hours. Provided that you skip the side missions, don't collect the collectibles, and totally neglect the dlc (school side mission and the spider's thread mode)
@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist.no
And me the same i had a lot more than 10 hours have a lot of side missions too and many different places to discover
METRO 2033 was so good, and it nearly perfectly nailed the open-world-linear shooter hybrid. I genuinely hope that we get more games that do Metro's hybrid approach to open-world design, because too many modern games (which I still love) tend to go way too open-world in a way.
I just completed the Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light. So good. But the open world approach in Metro Exodus is a little let down.
2033 and Last Light were awesome! Exodus felt like a grind with a longer game and some very bad level designs.
Playing Batman Arkham Asylum for the first time is an experience that I'll never forget. Expectations were low (you know why) and then they deliver that masterpiece! It was a game changer.
i actually don’t know why expectations were low?
Hi-Fi Rush is the most fun I've had with a game this year, period. I don't think I've played anything else in my life that left me with a smile plastered across my face so quickly and consistently. I don't typically care for character action games, so the fact that they managed to not only make one so excellent but also perfect the idea of rhythm action after people have been trying (and arguably failing) to do that right for years is a huge achievement. Plus, it's freaking beautiful.
You should try Patapon.
The first Mafia in the definitive edition was amazing! Can't wait for the new one. Love the channel! Merry Christmas!
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Mafia 3 is ... interesting Same thing over and over.
Definitive Edition was trash. Only game I've ever finished (massive anticlimax, fyi) only to feel like I got very little out of the experience, very irredeemable game.
Man, Dead Space Remake really deserves more love. Not that RE4 Remake and Alan Wake 2 aren't both fantastic titles in their own ways, but Dead Space nails exploration more than either of those, and also has some truly amazing gore that improves the limb-cutting that makes the series' combat so great. Also, Gunnar Wright remains utterly fantastic in the role of Isaac, and I'm glad that he got to officially fill that role in the story of the first game now. It really feels like it gets overlooked just because of how early in the year it came out. It may not be a speedrunner's dream like RE4 Remake, and doesn't have the storytelling chops of Alan Wake 2, but it's the best the Dead Space series has ever been.
Bro, I just basically said the same thing but in less words. I love Dead Space.
Hopefully they remake the second one or revive the franchise with a new entry
@@devd3l I honestly think DS2 holds up so well that remaking it would do more harm than good, especially with how great the writing and acting are in it already (especially for Isaac, Stross, and Ellie). It also already has a "seamless" world in terms of having no loading between levels, and similar improvements to kinesis and the weapon upgrades like what we got in the DS1 remake.
I agree that a new game in the franchise would be a good idea, though I also kind of want a full retcon of Dead Space 3. It was such a step backwards from DS2 and did so many stupid things with the characters that I would much rather see a new followup to DS2 that ignores DS3 and goes a different direction.
Whatever the case, Motive definitely seem to understand the best things about the series, and I'm hoping that whatever they do with it next turns out great.
I didn't like the new Dead Space because it felt so janky just to aim my weapons. Like combat would be challenging for me just because I couldn't aim worth a fuck. I don't know if that is by design or what. Maybe a skill issue. It was just uncomfortable.
Mafia is a masterpiece. Best storyline ever.
I love the remake and the added detail to the story but maybe for nostalgic reasons I wish they had kept the same voice actors from the original. But I believe everyone should play Mafia 1 and 2. Some of the best storytelling in gaming history.
I gave up on it because of the damn "protect the truck" missions, otherwise yeah it's great.
"Ever"?
If only it was 60 fps, I cry a lil every time
@@isaaismail3676 not just truck. The racing also was painful.
I can't recommend Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice enough as well for a list like this. Pretty good gameplay and atmosphere with an interesting story.
That and playing with 3d audio headphones or surround sound intensifies it
I stoped playing Senua because i thought the gameplay is extremly bad.
The Fighting System felt awful and the riddles with the perspective are annoying and unfun
I enjoyed it but the gameplay could definitely use some polishing if they ever decided to do another game.
Yup using earphones while playing definitely gives the chills
This was the first game that came to mind when I saw the title of this video.
Good short games will always have an audience! Its the quality that matters.
Depends on the price. A 10hour game should never cost 50-80 bucks. Games like Witcher 3 or Red Dead Redemption 2 are big but also very high quality. RDR2 is about 40-60 hours and Witcher 3 is even longer.
A 10hour game with the same quality should NEVER cost nearly the same. That's why many people criticize short games.
If RDR2 costs 50-60 bucks, the 10hour game should only cost 10-20 bucks, but often they're priced the same.
I’m glad Robocop made this list. I really loved this game and just had so much fun with it. I miss AA games.
I played it too and thought it was great. It did a great job capturing the dark humor of the films.
These kind of videos are great for updating the wishlist. Thanks!
I just completed Alan Wake Remastered on my PS5. Took like 8 hours on normal difficulty. Highly recommended.
For some reason the normal difficulty on Alan Wake Remastered feels like hard on most other games. The atmosphere is the best thing about the game, really enjoyed it.
Kena Bridge of Spirits is a very good game. The adventure ,the music, graphics, characters and story everything is done really great.
Must try if you love those adventure, puzzle, exploring games.
its not.
Me and my girl love that game
I loved it! but I think it took me way more than 10 hours.
Kena was a surprisingly good game. I bought it with with a little skepticism, but I was shocked at how well and fluid everything played.
That game was boring to me. Enough said.
Detroit Become Human was also a great 10-12 hour experience if I remember my playtime correctly. Great narrative with lots of alternative storylines based on your decisions.
I was expecting Titanfall 2 campaign at the top of this list. I'm in awe at the level design every time I play it.
Edit: Not many people know about it after so many years. It deserves more attention.
Its only 6 hours, not 10
@@o_s_byron2319 There were games with more than 10 hrs of game time as well in the video.
Had my Xbox for 2 years and titalfallv 6:26 2 remains the only gave IV really finished
I feel like all of The Hitman games takes around 10 hours to beat and I love that series
A Plague Tale is my favorite gaming series ever so I‘m happy to see it included here! Love these games a lot!
Dead space most definitely felt like a long game but 12 hours playing it is a whole new level
you just never run out of ideas for videos, you gotta love it
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It's crazy to think that games "ONLY" take 10 hours.
I remember games being an hour, but they were so hard that I still haven't beaten them 30 years later.
Ok boomer
@@KapitanPazur1not only that, 30 years ago there were already games that took 20+ hours to beat.
Like Lion King on the Super Nintendo xD 20 hour games were considered really long at that time
@@megakoni1 but they existed, chrono trigger, secret of mana, FF IV-VI and earthbound for example.
Glad to have you back at 💯, Falcon!
I really loved Mafia and Hifi Rush. Another shorter game I would recommend, if one likes narrative games, is Lost Words: Beyond the Page. A mixture of platforming and puzzles, but it is the story that makes this game great.
Great list! More lists like this please! The sweet spot for me is 10 to 20 hours. I don't have time for all these 100+ hour open world / rpg games. I preferred when games were shorter and more focused like on the xbox 360. So many great shooters like Halo, Gears of War, Bioshock, Fear, etc. And there was a long game every now and then like Fallout 3, Skyrim, Dragon Age, Mass Effect.
There is literally no difference if you play multiple 10-20hour games or one 50hour game. It's literally overall the same playtime
One of the better lists i've seen here
One addition I would suggest to Indie lovers is the combination of Limbo and Inside! Together they’re probably a little less than 10 hours but incredible playthroughs. PlayDead did an amazing job with these two very indie games but they are well worth it!! To go along with that I would also recommend Hellblade: Senua’s sacrifice; another amazing story and crafted world and probably around 10 hours! I cannot recommend those three more!!
Played all three of these last year and I'd entirely agree.
I finished DREDGE recently and thought it was a very pleasant short game. It’s a chill game at its heart but it has a good spooky atmosphere. Dave the Diver is a good companion to it and it’s not that long either if you aren’t out to level up and collect everything.
Just finished Dredge yesterday. Great little game. I also liked Firewatch.
I played Dredge in the Steam Deck and absolutely loved it. It probably took me about 10 hours.
THANK YOU! Been looking for this.
More lists like this please. 💯❤
I’d want to add The Order: 1886 to this list, but anyone who completes it is in danger of immediately replaying it, like I did, which would double the brisk, 8-hour campaign
Merry Christmas Jake and Falcon and everyone at Gameranx!
Merry Christmas
@@gameranxTV Thanks!
Thanks, I recently upgraded my pc so it plays the games released after 2012 and I needed this.
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When you guys mention games that I played years ago, It takes me back to that time and reignite many beautiful feelings. And I have realised that It's one of the main reasons I watch you guys. Thank you for that.
Mafia: DE and R&C: Rift Apart are definitely amazing games and I highly recommend it to anyone who's never played them. I always enjoy a good story and good gameplay to get away from the real world.
Thank you for putting BombRush Cyberfunk & Kena Bridge of Spirits on this list the developers deserve so much more recognition for their work
I always prefer a good well written 10 hour story compared to an over-bloated 60+ hour story that only leaves you wanting to finish the game by the time you reach the end. Very few are able to keep me caring enough.
Depends on the price. A 10hour game should never cost 50-80 bucks. Games like Witcher 3 or Red Dead Redemption 2 are big but also very high quality. RDR2 is about 40-60 hours and Witcher 3 is even longer.
A 10hour game with the same quality should NEVER cost nearly the same. That's why many people criticize short games.
If RDR2 costs 50-60 bucks, the 10hour game should only cost 10-20 bucks, but often they're priced the same.
I've never seen anyone discuss Plague Tale and I'm so glad I now have
Surprised Stray didn't get a mention. Beautiful environments, really good graphics and a great story. Maybe it was too short of a game for the 10 hour criteria
Probably less than ten, but I agree Stray was awesome. Incredible art design, and so much more memorable than another vapid Ratchet and Clank identikit installment.
I'd throw in Guardians of the Galaxy on this list somewhere. Great banter amongst the characters, fights are a bit repetitive after a while but they throw different abilities in the mix throughout. I enjoyed it a lot.
Totally agree. Too bad it release after the turd that is The Avengers so people were probably a little burned still, I think it definitely deserves a lot more attention. Super fun game, decent story and great banter indeed.
I’ve been planning to play this but didn’t get around to it yet. It looks really fun
@@Ahrimaneits free on epic store
@@Ahrimaneif you have a PC, Epic is giving it for free right now! I just downloaded it to play tomorrow.
This is a great list. . thank you for not being afraid of timestamps. . .we stay for the insight you bring bro.
Yh its great, now i know what to not play
Great list! Thanks and Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas
*You have me inspired to start making vids. Much love and major props to you* Gameranx 😙☺️
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Broooooo i first played plague tale early last year and i was surprised at how the story kept me going and then BOOM i got covid and had to take off work right when the sequel came out so i played it immediately. Theyre both great if you want a chill game with a great story but i was totally grateful for the more combat selection options you had in the 2nd one.
Mafia remake was absolutely amazing. Loved playing through the definitive edition. Phantom Liberty expansion for cyberpunk was also not to long and was a ton of fun to play (I think it’s honestly better than cyberpunk base😂, almost finished the main story but phantom is awesome)
YESSSS Ive been wanting a list like this, Merry Christmas Gameranx!
Thank you, I don't have much time to play even since adulting lol, Im trying to mainly play story games to feel that reward feeling when it's done but multiplayer stills catches my attention and competitive side
The fact that you put Arkham Asylum and Mafia 1 on the list makes my day so much. 2 of my favorite games ever
Stray was a nice surprise and isn't very long.
Hearing you mention Jet Set Radio unlocked memories I had forgotten but now I remember playing that game for hours with my older brother on the orignial Xbox. good times.
Titanfall 2 - had an excellent single company
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Here I was already commenting something like "omg I can't believe you didn't mention Kena: Bridge of Spirits" and boom it just pops right at the end! Well played Falcon 👏🏻
Funny enough, the Dead Space Remake, Ghostwire Tokyo, Robocop Rogue City, and Kena Bridge of Spirits are all currently on sale on the Playstation Store at the moment and I may end up getting some of those games (If I have enough money by later this week before the sale ends in early January) right after I finally go and get myself a PS5 Slim later this week. I can't wait : ). Merry Christmas everyone.
Congrats and Merry Christmas friend!! You are going to LOVE your PS5!!
And this is coming from a diehard Nintendo fan. PlayStation is a close 2nd tho and have been narrowing the gap IMMENSELY once I finally got and experienced my PS5 and what "next-gen" games are currently capable of.
PlayStation Studios is becoming synonymous with the Nintendo Seal of Quality, and as a gamer that couldn't make me happier!! 😊❤
I haven't played the others but I personally had a lot of fun with Ghostwire Tokyo. Still really hoping for a sequel just so I can have more Ghostwire lol
Kena was a one sit game for me, it really caught me, took me around 14 hours but it got me in a weekend with no other plans so I just completed it. I would still recommend it, on PS plus extra sub you have it included, with Rachet and Clank as well so if you're planning to play these holidays it might me cheaper to get get 1-2 months of the extra sub and play them instead of buying the games ^^.
Edit: Merry Christmas everyone (just cause I forgot >.
I have "bout" tattooed on my left wrist and "eleven" on my right. It has nothing to do with games that last that long, but what led me to this video is the fact that I've been extremely busy and need an entertaining game to play for chill time. About the tattoo, long story short, it's a family inside joke. We say it constantly and i love it when other people say it. Especially when someone says it as many times as I heard you say it. I'm usually not one to comment, but I could not help but share. I love your videos bud! Bout eleven outta ten! 🙃♥️
Some of what I consider to be the best, most iconic games ever (not just nostalgia, though they are definitely full of that, too, which I consider a good thing) were well-under ten hours: games like the PS2 Spider-Man 2, Sonic Heroes (I know the controls could be considered wild, but that’s kind’a the appeal, I always thought: it gives a real feeling of speed and the power, sometimes challenging-to-direct power, of it), and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. They were just a different style of game: one with soul, hard-hitting and elegant at the once-they were not short, for ten hours is a time, but it was the solid span that provoked thought and drew up sentiment in the spirit. Beautiful experiences, I say! 😊 While the fifty-plus hour game has its own wonderful place, I honestly wish the gaming scene saw even more ten-hour-or-less, smaller but more intense experiences, like it once did, and that story, rather than just good graphics, was honed more finely and more often, once again, and brought to bear with its full might. Videos like this warm my heart, because they show that there is still a desire for that, and that such games are still being made, at least on some level. Someone once said that stories are little pieces of the soul, and I think that’s what was most appealing about games of that kind. 😁
I'm just happy there are so many great single player games out there! Keep them coming!
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I've been enjoying the MGS Master Collection. MGS2 and MGS3 took me about 9-12 hours a piece (I'm new to playing both).
I love it, I love it, I love it! Yay, short games!
to this very day dead space gives me goosebumps
I feel like another great single player linear series, much like Metro, deserves a shout on this list as well. That'd be Wolfenstein old blood or new order both of which were amazing.
I personally wish that Resident Evil Village was a few hours longer. I would've liked to explore a bit more of Castle Dimitrescu and the village area before rolling credits. But still, for a 8-10 hour RE game, I found it solid enough.
If every section would be 2-3x as long, it could've been the perfect Resi game.
Right now, it's a great Resi game, but not an amazing one.
Just finished Batman Arkham Asylum, dmn such a great game, one might think is too old at first, but it still stands for itself. Definitely worth it.
metro 2033 was so damn good. Wonderfully paced, fantastic atmosphere and beautiful when it was released.
Bulletstorm is another hugely entertaining fps game in my opinion. Need more games like that one.
I would definitely put “Inside” into this category too. Perfect length, beautifully made piece of art. Completely captivated me.
Thank you. We older gamers with jobs & families tend to get a bit overlooked by studios. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing "regular" games, for eg., I enjoyed Zelda TotK, & am now playing RE4 remake & like it a lot. However, it's hard to find time to game. So, it's nice if a title is short & sweet, & enables me to roll credits over the occasional free weekend.
The mafia remake game is fantastic. Tommy Angelo is a great character. Actually I think he’s on the same level as Arthur Morgan and John Marston. The ending to the mafia remake actually made me cry
I also really love when narrative-focused games are around 10 hours, give or take, because more often than not it shows that the story is not padded out and is the right length it needs to be.
Some of my favourite single-player games that take around 10 hours (or slightly more) to beat: Half Life 2, Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain, pretty much most Telltale games (I'd recommend to start with Walking Dead season 1), and some lesser known games - State of Mind, Mars: War Logs, Dry Drowning, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments, Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements.
A Plague Tale Series has one of the best story out there, along with the beautiful visuals (and horrifying!!). Gotta be one of my favorites. 100% recommended to anyone looking for an adventure, a sense of depth, and a story you can get lost in.
I'm happy you mentioned Metro, they were the first thing I thought of when I saw the title. Amazing games, well worth a play and they usually end up going on sale pretty often where you can normally get the entire trilogy for like $10 or if you only want the original 2 shorter ones it ends up being like $4 to get both games.
A plague tale was an experience and Mafia was my childhood glad to see them both here. Solid games building amazing foundation for the sequels.
"My childhood"??? These games aren't that old, what are you 15??
@teknomax7883 the first Mafia came out 21 years ago lol. It's of legal drinking age now
YES!! This is why I love the Uncharted series so much!
Love to see a Ratchet and Clank game in one of these lists. Always are incredible games with tons of replayability, also the first series to really capitalize on New Game+ modes.
New game plus has been around since super mario bros came out at least. Chrono trigger coined the term in 1995 and mastered it. By the time ratchet came out plenty of games did a great job with it in some form or another. Especially games made by Japanese companies.
Falcon is DaMan! Merry Christmas to you and the entire Gameranx crew!!
Metro is so immersive that you don't feel time playing it they done a great job making it
I am happy to see Kena mentioned. I enjoyed that game much more than I anticipated. Really pretty with great combat.
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Brilliant list i absolutly love Pleague Tale games and Batman Arkham Asylum
I recently went back and did the Army of Two campaign mode and it only took me around 5-6 hours with the exploration trophies but i really enjoyed it.
Loved those games, wish we could get a remake like Deadspace or a new one.
Genuinely a great list. Nice one Falcon.
Personally i can't trust these official time estimates, i have played every single game on this list and took at least 30% longer for me to beat them the first time. I never play games in a rush though.
Me too. I start thinking I'm just slow sometimes, but if I like a game I really start looking around at everything. Like a kid in a candy store lol. And that's just the exploratory aspect. If graphics intrigue me, that's a whole other aspect of looking around lol.
Thank you Gameranx for this and merry Christmas. Thanks for a year of great content
I had fun playing ghostwire tokyo it's one of those games you'll get to experience exploration and side quest has interesting stories.
really i played for almost 2 hours i felt like there was nothing to explore i was just on a linear path the whole time
Ghostwire Tokyo was free yesterday on Epic Store. The Outer Worlds Spacers Edition is free now
No Uncharted, no Hellblade. List negated.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is around 15 hours and very good :) good to see it as a bonus
More of these vids pls, I want to game but don’t have the time to do ridiculous hours
A Plague Tale? Hell yes! This was some fresh wind between the many games that follow strictly specific Patterns to be a specific genre.
Finally a real person narrating their own video. none of this AI voice nonsense. Love your style.
I love Falcon's voice. I love your voice Falcon. Good bass, but your inflection is what sets you apart and puts you at the top. Don't stop V.O. ever.
Thanks for keeping us fed with content through the holidays!