How long is the single player campaign?

#1 Posted by falserelic (2564 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

I'm thinking about picking this game up on Sunday.Its looks interesting and fun. I'm in the mood for a fun lengthy single player game.So for people that have this game,can you tell me how long is the game and how much fun you had with it?

#2 Posted by DonChipotle (2162 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

Like 8 hours.

8 hours of fun.

#3 Posted by falserelic (2564 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

@VelvetLore04: Aswome!

#4 Posted by Zippedbinders (967 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

Yeah, just over 8 hours for me. But I enjoyed at least 95% of those 8 hours, and I really ended up liking the story. I could see people being disappointed with it though, as there is literally nothing else to do other than play the story. A New Game+ could have been a smart bonus to this game.

#5 Posted by falserelic (2564 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

@Zippedbinders said:

Yeah, just over 8 hours for me. But I enjoyed at least 95% of those 8 hours, and I really ended up liking the story. I could see people being disappointed with it though, as there is literally nothing else to do other than play the story. A New Game+ could have been a smart bonus to this game.

Yeah,it would have been cool if this game had new game plus.Maybe the developers might add it in as a update later on.

#6 Posted by WalkerTR77 (1260 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

Just over 10 hours for me.

#7 Edited by Icemael (6100 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

About 8-9 hours. It's mediocre. The presentation is great and it's pretty funny, but the combat is extremely shallow and easy and the boss battles suck.

#8 Posted by falserelic (2564 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

@Icemael said:

About 8-9 hours. It's mediocre. The presentation is great and it's pretty funny, but the combat is extremely shallow and easy and the boss battles suck.

Its that bad?seems like alot of people are enjoying it.

#9 Posted by JerichoBlyth (1044 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

8 hours of greatness. Videogame's finest...rental.

#10 Posted by spankingaddict (2402 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

I would say 8 hours, to. Imo, the perfect length for this game.

Everything except the last 30 min. was great.

#11 Posted by spankingaddict (2402 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

@Icemael said:

About 8-9 hours. It's mediocre. The presentation is great and it's pretty funny, but the combat is extremely shallow and easy and the boss battles suck.

Only the last 2 boss fights suck. The core gameplay was great, imo.

#12 Posted by AhmadMetallic (18957 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

definitely a 2012 purchase for me

#13 Posted by Icemael (6100 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

@falserelic said:

@Icemael said:
About 8-9 hours. It's mediocre. The presentation is great and it's pretty funny, but the combat is extremely shallow and easy and the boss battles suck.
Its that bad?seems like alot of people are enjoying it.

It's not bad. But the light shot is ridiculously powerful even if you don't upgrade it at all (it allows you to kill almost any enemy in a matter of seconds), making combat dull, and the boss battles are really slow and simple. I found myself getting bored just waiting for the next attack in every single boss fight.

This, by the way, was on Hard.

#14 Posted by Eristocrat (434 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

Combat is fine, I prefer it to RE 4&5 though I don't love those games. The point is to see the weird shit Suda came up with and he does not dissapoint. I hate all non mario/zelda boss battles but these were no worse than the majority of games out there and at least here they break the fiction less.

It is a fun 8 or 9 hours but certainly nothing mind blowing. I got it for 50 bucks and feel that was a fine price if Suda and Co. are getting a chunk of that.

#15 Posted by Hector (3204 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

It's about 8-9 but its so fun you're gonna want to replay it. They only thing missing is New Game Plus, if it had that it would be perfect.

#16 Posted by falserelic (2564 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

Well I got shadows of the damned,and its pretty damn fun so far. I'm on act 2 fighting some weird goat thing riding on a horse. I like the weapons in shadows of the damned and the goofy nature of the game. The puzzles are pretty cool in the game aswell.

#17 Posted by Ramone (2439 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

@Icemael said:

@falserelic said:
@Icemael said:
About 8-9 hours. It's mediocre. The presentation is great and it's pretty funny, but the combat is extremely shallow and easy and the boss battles suck.
Its that bad?seems like alot of people are enjoying it.
It's not bad. But the light shot is ridiculously powerful even if you don't upgrade it at all (it allows you to kill almost any enemy in a matter of seconds), making combat dull, and the boss battles are really slow and simple. I found myself getting bored just waiting for the next attack in every single boss fight.This, by the way, was on Hard.

Funny, I never used the light shot. Anyway it's about 8 hours long and pretty damn good too

#18 Posted by falserelic (2564 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

@Jonny7892: I'm having a blast playing so far. For me its worth the money.

#19 Posted by Yanngc33 (4472 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

@Hector said:

It's about 8-9 but its so fun you're gonna want to replay it. They only thing missing is New Game Plus, if it had that it would be perfect.

doesn't really need it since you upgrade real fast

#20 Posted by Redbullet685 (5743 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

Took me 6:52 on Demon Hunter (Normal) difficulty

#21 Posted by luce (4045 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

A friend of mine said he liked it enough to beat it 2 times and is on his 3rd. So I guess its re-playable

#22 Posted by protomessiah (49 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

I finished it in about 8 hours and really enjoyed it. A new game plus mode would have been really nice, but its still a fun game. A rental would be better than full price purchase I think, but new IPs should be supported in this world of sequels I guess.
More of my thoughts on it here if anyone is interested, http://www.giantbomb.com/shadows-of-the-damned/61-32684/user-reviews/?review_id=20091

#23 Posted by HelliSkelli (56 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

@falserelic: That most likely is not gonna happen. Something like that would require a lot of time and effort on the team because a NG+ usually entails a vamp up on difficulty, bringing over weapons and upgrades, Making it so special features go through and other things. All of this would need to be tweaked and balanced for game as a whole at that point and releasing it for free would be a would be ridiculous. If they add a new mode or something else in the process, it could mean it would be DLC and then they would at least be able to pay the employees for all the extra work.

#24 Posted by Hizang (8536 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

That is a good time, will keep my next weekend packed

#25 Posted by falserelic (2564 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

@HelliSkelli said:

@falserelic: That most likely is not gonna happen. Something like that would require a lot of time and effort on the team because a NG+ usually entails a vamp up on difficulty, bringing over weapons and upgrades, Making it so special features go through and other things. All of this would need to be tweaked and balanced for game as a whole at that point and releasing it for free would be a would be ridiculous. If they add a new mode or something else in the process, it could mean it would be DLC and then they would at least be able to pay the employees for all the extra work.

Thanks for letting me know. I didn't know it take so much to add that feature.

#26 Posted by JTB123 (1023 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago

Took me a little over seven hours on my first run.

Shadows of the Damned

As demon hunter Garcia "F**king" Hotspur, players must venture into Hell itself in order to rescue Paula, Garcia's innocent girlfriend, from the sadistic torments of Fleming, the Lord of Demons.

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