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Monday, May 23, 2011

Batman: Arkham City Director On 40 Hour Game Length

Sefton Hill, director of Batman: Arkham City, spoke with The Guardian about the games' 40 hour length.

Hill says, "It takes over 25 hours to complete the main stories in Batman: Arkham City." Then, "We have around 15 hours of story that's off the main path." This is great news to hear but there is problem. In March, marketing manager Dax Grinn said, "I can tell you that our QA guys, who are ninjas and obviously know everything in the game, can do just the core story missions, nothing else, in about eight hours, just straight-lining. And they know exactly where to go, what to do - the most efficient way of doing it. So, someone who has no idea what to do and wants to complete everything it's going to be significantly more than that." So can a game that you essentially speed run in 8 hours be played in 25 hours in the first play-through? Maybe, although to me it seems like a stretch. Multiplying it by 2 equals 16 hours which is, honestly, quite fine. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Source: Guardian

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