I'm watching Gamespot @ E3 live, and they're interviewing the Journey design director. 
She just said that the game will take 2.5 to 3 hours to beat 
 
 
Since alot of people seem interested in this title, i thought this would be important to mention.

Dont care. This is a unique experience from thatgamecompany. So I'll take whatever they're giving  :D

duration of a title is completely unimportant to me. it's what you do with that time that counts.

That sounds around the same as their other games, maybe even a little more. So ... yep. Sign me up. I was sold anyway, nothing outside of learning the game would cause a Ringu-esque death curse to be put upon me would keep me from playing it.

Saying that Journey has a ''campaign'' seems so dirty.

I seems weird to call it a "campaign".

Flower took like 45 mins... so..... 

I wish it was a little bit longer but to be honest it's only because I'm so excited by the idea of it that I want it to go on for ages. Having said that I would rather it was only long enough to not outstay it's welcome and if they think 3 hours is the amount of time, then I trust their judgement.

3 hours of solid gameplay is better than 300 hours of boring crap.

3 hours of solid gameplay is better than 300 hours of boring crap.

Stars Wars Episode 4's non interactive "campaign" takes around 2hrs to complete and yet that had 20 years worth of interest and repeat play.

They were talking about this so much on the podcasts, and I have never heard of it.  Feel bad for the guy who was on there.

Stars Wars Episode 4's non interactive "campaign" takes around 2hrs to complete and yet that had 20 years worth of interest and repeat play.

They were talking about this so much on the podcasts, and I have never heard of it.  Feel bad for the guy who was on there.

Oh yeah...you realize that a games length does not determine it's quality right?  I beat Portal in 2 hours the first time I played it and I beat it in under an hour the last time I played it.  Still probably one of the very best games I've ever played.  
 
I'd say a games length is no more relevant than it width with regard to how good or bad a game is.

@SeriouslyNow said:

Stars Wars Episode 4's non interactive "campaign" takes around 2hrs to complete and yet that had 20 years worth of interest and repeat play.

Meanwhile the classic Star Wars Episode 2's 2 hours 22 minutes continues to prove that bad things come in threes. And this is their third game, so...

I don't care if it's longer or shorter than their previous games as long as it's better.
 
I'm not a huge thatgamecompany fan.

@Tebbit said:

@SeriouslyNow said:

Stars Wars Episode 4's non interactive "campaign" takes around 2hrs to complete and yet that had 20 years worth of interest and repeat play.

Meanwhile the classic Star Wars Episode 2's 2 hours 22 minutes continues to prove that bad things come in threes. And this is their third game, so...

You mean Empire Strikes Back?  That's a great movie. Nuts, you are.

It isn't like the game is going to be a $60 retail release. It is going to be a downloadable game....so there isn't that big of a deal.

Any male who liked flower needs to have ALL his man cards revoked. That is just unacceptable.

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Tebbit said:

@SeriouslyNow said:

Stars Wars Episode 4's non interactive "campaign" takes around 2hrs to complete and yet that had 20 years worth of interest and repeat play.

Meanwhile the classic Star Wars Episode 2's 2 hours 22 minutes continues to prove that bad things come in threes. And this is their third game, so...

You mean Empire Strikes Back?  That's a great movie. Nuts, you are.

Star Wars Episode 2: Empire Strikes Back  Yep

Any male who liked flower needs to have ALL his man cards revoked. That is just unacceptable.

@Pinworm45 said:

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Tebbit said:

@SeriouslyNow said:

Stars Wars Episode 4's non interactive "campaign" takes around 2hrs to complete and yet that had 20 years worth of interest and repeat play.

Meanwhile the classic Star Wars Episode 2's 2 hours 22 minutes continues to prove that bad things come in threes. And this is their third game, so...

You mean Empire Strikes Back?  That's a great movie. Nuts, you are.

Star Wars Episode 2: Empire Strikes Back  Yep

did you miss the word 'classic' in his post?

Don't try and justify your love of the fruity game with ridiculous analogies. Too funny! It's like a dude saying "Yeah man, my girl made me watch that stupid, sappy movie The Notebook again. I hate when she does that!" They try to play it off, but they know they watch it by themselves and cry....they know. LOL

Dont care. This is a unique experience from thatgamecompany. So I'll take whatever they're giving  :D

@HotToddy74 said:

Any male who liked flower needs to have ALL his man cards revoked. That is just unacceptable.

I love Devil Wears Prada.

@HotToddy74 said:

Don't try and justify your love of the fruity game with ridiculous analogies. Too funny! It's like a dude saying "Yeah man, my girl made me watch that stupid, sappy movie The Notebook again. I hate when she does that!" They try to play it off, but they know they watch it by themselves and cry....they know. LOL

The Notebook is a lovely movie, even though I hate ryan gosling

Don't try and justify your love of the fruity game with ridiculous analogies. Too funny! It's like a dude saying "Yeah man, my girl made me watch that stupid, sappy movie The Notebook again. I hate when she does that!" They try to play it off, but they know they watch it by themselves and cry....they know. LOL

Don't try and justify your love of the fruity game with ridiculous analogies. Too funny! It's like a dude saying "Yeah man, my girl made me watch that stupid, sappy movie The Notebook again. I hate when she does that!" They try to play it off, but they know they watch it by themselves and cry....they know. LOL

@SSully: I never said I did.  Portal 2 took me a good 8 hours to beat.

Odd how some people haven't heard of it given the recent coverage it's getting for a small title. Anyway, three hours sounds about right for this type of game. I just hope they don't charge too much for it. Flower was great and all but a little pricey for what it was.

@phish09 said:

@SSully: I never said I did.  Portal 2 took me a good 8 hours to beat.

Oh you said Portal, not Portal 2. What I said in my first post still applies to portal 1. I cannot imagine someone beating that game in 2 hours on their first play through. 4 is do able, but not 2.

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

I'm watching Gamespot @ E3 live, and they're interviewing the Journey design director. She just said that the game will take 2.5 to 3 hours to beat Since alot of people seem interested in this title, i thought this would be important to mention.

Limbo was 2 to 3 hours and it was great. I don't have a problem with this.

Also, how do you say your name?

Journey looks interesting and I like what they're doing with the multiplayer component. The art style is so reminiscent of ICO that I'd buy it based on just that, really. It's a real pleasure to look at.

@SeriouslyNow: Sorry but I am not following this guy around and sucking his cock.  I dont follow games for a living and just read what is up on the news stories here, ign, kotaku ect.  I just have never seen anything on this game and I know I am not alone.  So what I feel bad for is that his game is not getting much coverage since it obviously hasn't caught the attention of anyone but those who busted a nut over flower.  

Journey looks interesting and I like what they're doing with the multiplayer component. The art style is so reminiscent of ICO that I'd buy it based on just that, really. It's a real pleasure to look at.

@TheHBK said:

@SeriouslyNow: Sorry but I am not following this guy around and sucking his cock.  I dont follow games for a living and just read what is up on the news stories here, ign, kotaku ect.  I just have never seen anything on this game and I know I am not alone.  So what I feel bad for is that his game is not getting much coverage since it obviously hasn't caught the attention of anyone but those who busted a nut over flower.  

You come to games website regularly.  One of its Star journalists loves the game Flower and it has been mentioned many times on the Bombcast aside from everywhere else, just as flOw was too before it.  Sure, Chen has some fans who know more than that but even so this game has been mentioned and trailered a few times here already. 

@TheHBK said:

@SeriouslyNow: Sorry but I am not following this guy around and sucking his cock. I dont follow games for a living and just read what is up on the news stories here, ign, kotaku ect. I just have never seen anything on this game and I know I am not alone. So what I feel bad for is that his game is not getting much coverage since it obviously hasn't caught the attention of anyone but those who busted a nut over flower.

There have been videos on the front page recently about it, including just before E3 if I remember correctly. Never played flower before and the video made me extremely interested. Other sites haven't seemed to be covering that much though, very sad.

@SeriouslyNow: Empire Strikes Back = Episode Two? What have you been smoking.

Yeah that is very short, but they said the same thing about Flower and I was able to squeeze almost 10 or so out of it by collecting everything, finding a few secrets and stuff.
 
Also it will probably be just 10 bucks so... I think it will be worth it, especially since it seems the kind of game you would be playing again from time to time, like Flower is to me.

@SeriouslyNow said:

@TheHBK said:

@SeriouslyNow: Sorry but I am not following this guy around and sucking his cock.  I dont follow games for a living and just read what is up on the news stories here, ign, kotaku ect.  I just have never seen anything on this game and I know I am not alone.  So what I feel bad for is that his game is not getting much coverage since it obviously hasn't caught the attention of anyone but those who busted a nut over flower.  

You come to games website regularly.  One of its Star journalists loves the game Flower and it has been mentioned many times on the Bombcast aside from everywhere else, just as flOw was too before it.  Sure, Chen has some fans who know more than that but even so this game has been mentioned and trailered a few times here already. 

It has been shown as SeriouslyNow says, I knew nothing about Journey till I saw a news article on it here and I am very interested, i never played flower or FlOw but if this is any good I'll be looking into checking them out.

If this is 3 hours it's either going to be hit or miss, based on whether or not this experience can really keep up with what it is about for that long a period of time.

He also stated replayability and that number is assuming you are actively trying to complete the game without exploring and finding all the other shit, which, is not how you play that game.