I got this game the day it came out. Usually I can beat a game in about a week or a week and a half. This one though.. I'm like ten hours in and on the first mission after you get your apartment (like the third mission overall?). For some reason, despite loving the game, I only feel like playing it once in a great while. When I do, I tend to hack every computer, silently take down every guard, and explore everything. When I had to go to the police station I literally spent like 90 minutes combing all three floors for stuff.

I want to hurry up and finish it (Dead Island, Space Marine, Resistance 3, and Red Orchestra 2 are all purchased and sitting here, not to mention Gears 3 next week). For some reason though it's taking aaaages.

Yes.

I don't want to admit how much time I've spent playing basically none of the game. (I'm just in Detroit and have yet to find my way in to the Police Station.)

But yes, I am compelled to explore EVERYTHING. And then if I upgrade an ability that enhances exploration (eg. jumping, better hacking) I feel like doing it all over again.

Plus, I'm playing on PC, so there's a lot of experimentation and saving/reloading.

Yeah, I have a feeling I'm going really slow. I stop and read everything, hack things when I already know the passcode, talk to everyone, etc. My playtime is at 25 hours and I haven't even gotten to the part they talk about in the DLC trailer, which I guess is about halfway through the game.

I took 85 hours to complete my first playthrough. My total playing time is now 100 hours. Starting my second run because I didn't get the Pacifist the first time around. I'm taking a long time, but I'm loving every minute of it.

My first playthrough (on "Give me a Challenge", pacifist, no alarms) took me more than 45 hours - my second playthrough ("Give me Deus Ex", free for all solutions) "only" took about 15 hours :)

So... Yes!

why rush? 
 
I beat the game playing stealthy.  Got Resistance 3; played it a bit. Got Dead Island; played it a bit. Then put Deus Ex back in and am playing it a 2nd time; gunning everyone down this time. 
 
Game is GOTY for me so far. Until Dark Souls.

@handlas said:

why rush?

Because there are loads of games to play and I have very little free time. This is why I enjoy 5-10 hour games.

I'm playing it on the hardest difficulty and I'm about 7 hours in and only to the first boss fight.

I spent ages stealthing all the missions early on but towards the end I just started wasting everyone cos I just wanted to get through it. I've never said this about a game before but it is too long.

Dude, it's taking forever for me even to buy the game.  I refuse to play a Deus Ex game on the consoles so I need to upgrade my computer first so god knows how long that will take. 

Yeah, I got the game last week but have only put about ten hours into it and I just got done with the police station. Playing on Give Me Deus Ex, adaptive (mostly stealth though), clearing as much side-content as I can before advancing the campaign. I'm really loving it, the sense of tension when any fight can mean death and guards really are a threat, but the long loading after every death suuuuuucks.

Yup. Kinda like you, just sort of playing in bursts. Got a little frustrated during that second boss fight, so I haven't done a lot since I beat her.

Yeah, I definitely took my sweet time with that game... I went non-lethal and stealthy and I just HAD to takedown every guy, and hack every computer and alarm, and find out ALL the alternate paths, etc.
"Thankfully" I have chronic insomnia and I was able to advance through the game at a very steady pace during my sleepless nights ^^
 
I guess my only advice would be to maybe alternate between DEX:HR and all those other games you've already purchased? :)

I'm with you as well. I've played about eight hours, and I don't know. I reeeaally like it, but I'm playing it in half-hour chunks, basically. Bought it on launch day, played eight hours, and I read and explore everything. My friend who also bought it a couple of days ago is already way ahead of me, and is spoiling stuff without really noticing himself. I just left Sarif Industries and am exploring Detroit. I have done on sidequest (Cloaks & Daggers) in Detroit, but it took me days to get through because I wanted to explore...

I feel like this is going to be a game I enjoy beside the other games I will play this fall, and might even stretch into next year for me.

In a strange way, the game reminds me of Grand Theft Auto. I often get distracted and spend a lot of time exploring, hacking every computer, sneaking into every area I can find and seeking out every box of ammo and power bar that I can find. (I was talking to everyone (NCP) and reading every e-book I could find, but was not all that rewarding). I am in no rush to complete the missions (especially the main missions) until after I have run out of other things to do, including some silly achievements.

I compared this to Grand Theft Auto, because I also get distracted from the main quest in those games, whenever I see a cool car, find a side quest (like collecting cars for a garage) or just go racing around town at top speed until I do something to get the police on my tail (and soon after the feds and then the army).

I played for a good four or five hours last night and banged out two side missions and a main mission (including the first boss). I'm finally getting my character upgraded enough that I'm enjoying playing more.

It all depends on how you play the game. I'd guess I spent about 30+ hours to complete everything (why does it not track statistics?), and that was playing a stealth build.

Similarly like Fallout its relatively brief if you focus on just the story missions, honestly it took me around 5 hours doing just this. Its definitely a game that is enhanced by how much of the world you take in, I loved the variation in nearly every environment.

I was really drawn into the world and how it felt, cyberpunk is one of my most favourite settings. So I pretty much finished it in 2-3 sittings during the friday/weekend. Still took about 40 hours since I wanted to explore everything.

Some games will strike a particular chord in me and compel me to take my time and wander. This is one of those games-- I've been playing on and off for three days, and only now getting around to the final mission in Detroit 1. No stone is left unturned.

At least it's not as free-form as Fallout 3, wherein I spent over 300 hours before finally deciding to move on to another game. Ultimately, it's all about the degree to which you're willing to imaginatively invest.

I found I was taking ages too; on my first playthrough I clocked in at about 20 hours and was still doing missions in Hengsha. Like others, I like to explore all the rooftops, all the nooks and crannies, and have been hacking everything I can.

I love this game.

you want to finish the game? then don't hack all fucking computer, don't sneak around every fucking room which you don't need for finishing the game. this is what I do for first time when I play new game. I only follow main mission. other side quests will be partially done or delayed until I finish the game. you still have tons of time to do side quests and other things after all.

plus, when I completed all achievement, I don't play any game anymore.

I know what you mean, man. I've played for, like, 16 or 17 hours according to Steam and I'm just before the first boss. But I don't care. I love exploring and hacking everything and playing super stealthily so I can knockout every guy in a room without being seen. Game's rad.

63 hours for me. I got my money's worth, and the interst for another playthrough in a year.. I'm starting to worry about GEars of war3, but maybe there is a good bit left. But I have resistance 3, alice, and Rage is pre-ordered, so..

I just can't finish it. Mission 15 glitched out on me and I just went, fuck it.

Third playthrough right now. I think 80% of the achievements done, only ten left.

I come and go with this game. I like it, but it's not something I am really excited to play. Will get to the finish eventually.

Nope. I finished the game in 2 (very, very long) sittings. 

I took it slow, but once I got to the Pangu it got really good, and I've since made it back to Detroit.

Taking forever here but loving the world the game has set, then again as I'm playing the game as stealthy for most of the time with hacking anything I find, the game does take forever. Plus finding a great tip in Act2 for the laser grid, instead of sneaking through it, if playing like me of going to exploring everywhere, just find the 2nd vent, throw a box to get the guards alerted then hide & take them out individually. I'm glad that they are marking all the routes for the main/side quests to be able to just explore everywhere ever in this game for all the things to find.

I play the same way, my game took around 50 hours to complete. But yeah I actually sit down and played it ;p. Still it took me about 2.5 3 weeks to beat it. Oh how I long for the days when I was a punk kid and could skip school to play video games.... Damn job actually expects me to show up and stuff, crazy man crazy!

I bought it back in December and finished it a few weeks ago. At first I didn't like it at all, but it just clicked after a while and I ended up really liking it by the end.

i completed it pretty fast. loved it. have allready completed it 2 times once the way i wanted and the second time was without killing anyone and on hardest. now im going to do the 3rd at some point just to clear up the last trophy's but im not in a hurry.

@Klei said:

I beat the game three times, for a total of 56 hours played, within the first two weeks of its launch. So yeah.

I love your cat. For some reason every orange cat I've ever met was the coolest cat around.

@mordukai said:

@Klei said:

I beat the game three times, for a total of 56 hours played, within the first two weeks of its launch. So yeah.

I love your cat. For some reason every orange cat I've ever met was the coolest cat around.

Yeah, Horace is indeed badass.

I was but then I decided to embrace the fact that I just flat-out don't like it. It's sitting on the shelf pretty mostly unplayed and I have no intentions on popping it back in any time in the near future. 
 
Very regrettable purchase for me but who knows, it wouldn't be the first time that I pop something back in a year or two later and have it "click". 
 
I just don't get it. So many people have said so many great things but when I play it the gameplay just feels absolutely terrible.

@ProfessorEss said:

I was but then I decided to embrace the fact that I just flat-out don't like it. It's sitting on the shelf pretty mostly unplayed and I have no intentions on popping it back in any time in the near future. Very regrettable purchase for me but who knows, it wouldn't be the first time that I pop something back in a year or two later and have it "click". I just don't get it. So many people have said so many great things but when I play it the gameplay just feels absolutely terrible.

I'm with you. I've tried starting it 5 times now, each time thinking "this is the time it'll be fun". And then I make it to the police station and realize I absolutely hate how the game handles things like conversations. Plus, going through the metro station and seeing the same idiots breakdancing, always breakdancing, they never stop. No matter how many hours you wander the city, you go back and they're still there, breakdancing. Stupidly enough it's a total immersion killer for me. "Oh look, those clowns are STILL breakdancing". And I want to shoot them. The inventory system is via System Shock 2 circa 1998, the keyboard/mouse controls are not sharp, and the guy sounds like a guy trying to sound like Clint Eastwood. And just shut up with your big ol spiky hair Clint Eastwood faker guy. You suck. I like video games a lot, and I reaaaaaaaaaaaaally want to like this game, but hot damn it is just balls.

I'm making a similar experience with this game. I feel very excited about it but hesitate from actually playing it, because I want to "save it". lol. It's the same with movies sometimes. I refuse to watch them because I want to keep the feeling of anticipation.

I found this game to be one of the more enthralling story experiences on the console, just couldnt put it down for the 23 or so hours i spent with it, definitely not a quick play game

@Rolyatkcinmai: Yep got up to the point were the objective is past some sparking wires and cant get past them.

@CosmicQueso said:

@ProfessorEss said:

I was but then I decided to embrace the fact that I just flat-out don't like it. It's sitting on the shelf pretty mostly unplayed and I have no intentions on popping it back in any time in the near future. Very regrettable purchase for me but who knows, it wouldn't be the first time that I pop something back in a year or two later and have it "click". I just don't get it. So many people have said so many great things but when I play it the gameplay just feels absolutely terrible.

I'm with you. I've tried starting it 5 times now, each time thinking "this is the time it'll be fun". And then I make it to the police station and realize I absolutely hate how the game handles things like conversations. Plus, going through the metro station and seeing the same idiots breakdancing, always breakdancing, they never stop. No matter how many hours you wander the city, you go back and they're still there, breakdancing. Stupidly enough it's a total immersion killer for me. "Oh look, those clowns are STILL breakdancing". And I want to shoot them. The inventory system is via System Shock 2 circa 1998, the keyboard/mouse controls are not sharp, and the guy sounds like a guy trying to sound like Clint Eastwood. And just shut up with your big ol spiky hair Clint Eastwood faker guy. You suck. I like video games a lot, and I reaaaaaaaaaaaaally want to like this game, but hot damn it is just balls.

Here's the thing though, he actually does sound exactly like that. This is the voice actor's (Elias Toufexis) real voice. Look up his work.

Also the police station is the one of the best levels in the game. With the Casie augment, you can talk your way through the front desk and wander in the police station without any repercussion. You can also sneak in by the sewers or the nearby alley. So many ways to tackle this level, love it.

I'm having trouble playing though it, still on the first mission after becoming robocop after a couple weeks. I think it's because I want to explore every inch, but am worried that I'll get caught by guards so I try to avoid them at all costs, so I feel like I'm missing a bunch of stuff by hurrying past guards that's putting me off.

Still on the second hub. Reading, exploring every room, every computer that the game throws my way. Loving every minute of it.

Just bought the game like an hour ago and a few others. So it'll take me forever since I'm in college too.

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

For some reason, despite loving the game, I only feel like playing it once in a great while. When I do, I tend to hack every computer, silently take down every guard, and explore everything. When I had to go to the police station I literally spent like 90 minutes combing all three floors for stuff.

omg and I thought I'm the only one.

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

Resistance 3

I seem to praise this game weekly, so consider this routine.

Play it; hype; etc.

@Morrow said:

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

For some reason, despite loving the game, I only feel like playing it once in a great while. When I do, I tend to hack every computer, silently take down every guard, and explore everything. When I had to go to the police station I literally spent like 90 minutes combing all three floors for stuff.

omg and I thought I'm the only one.

@GetEveryone said:

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

Resistance 3

I seem to praise this game weekly, so consider this routine.

Play it; hype; etc.

Gotta love when a 13 month old thread gets bumped and suddenly I have @ replies from an ancient topic.

@Rolyatkcinmai: That's how you meet new people :D