I started this a couple of days ago, actually enjoying it a lot (but lets not get into that), and i decided to listen to a oldie bombcast where vinny and jared talk quite a bit about DA2, and Vinny says he was on chapter 1 (before the expedition) with 30 hours, and i think Jared said it took him about 20hours until the expedition...
 
...err, well i've passed the expedition, and i have about 13 hours. I havent skipped any cut scene, im actually reading EVERY dialog option (because i like them), and ive done every sidequest ive found (i had about 80gold before the expedition, alot more than you need)... so whats up with THAT? The expedition itself was like...1 hour if that? Am i missing a bunch of hidden sidequests, or are some people grossely exagerating how long the game is, and ill finish it in 20hours?

You could actually very well finish it around 20-30 hours the first chapter is the longest chapter and it generally depends on whether or not your spending money to buy new items or just hoarding all the money to get to the expedition faster.

You could actually very well finish it around 20-30 hours the first chapter is the longest chapter and it generally depends on whether or not your spending money to buy new items or just hoarding all the money to get to the expedition faster.

I don't know how the fuck Vinny hit 30 hours or whatever by the expedition. Yeah, I get he likes to collect everything, talk to everyone and fuck everything ect., but that's exactly how I like to play games too, including DA2 despite it's incredibly monotonous side stuff, and I hit around 10 hours by the expedition. Vinny must of been walking the entire way or something. 
 
The full game is still pretty hefty, and I think my own playtime hit around 48 hours with me still missing a couple of side quests. It's very possible to finish the story at around 20 hours, but if you carry on like you are you should get a sizable amount of playtime out of the game. 
 
EDIT: It was on hard mode too I should add.

@Rhaknar said:

@Rawrnosaurous said:

You could actually very well finish it around 20-30 hours the first chapter is the longest chapter and it generally depends on whether or not your spending money to buy new items or just hoarding all the money to get to the expedition faster.

so if i was spending the money more quest would have popped up or something?

No, you get the same amount of quest regardless of the money you have or you may have spent. You always have available, though, a quest that covers the cost of the expedition, which you can choose to accept or not, depending on the state of your wallet. You can spend as much as you want, don't worry about the money for the expedition. At most, you'll have to accept that quest and later on repay the debt... or not, if you don't want to.

Each act takes around 10 hours each if you do everything and you do everything efficiently.

The game clock was messed up and could read stuff like 30 hours even though you've been playing 15.  I don't remember how or why, but I do remember the clock throwing people off.

Yeah I don't think I spent more than 33 hours on any of my playthroughs and I was as thorough as possible.

@TearsInRain said:

Each act takes around 10 hours each if you do everything and you do everything efficiently.

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@Rhaknar said:

@Rawrnosaurous said:

You could actually very well finish it around 20-30 hours the first chapter is the longest chapter and it generally depends on whether or not your spending money to buy new items or just hoarding all the money to get to the expedition faster.

so if i was spending the money more quest would have popped up or something?

No, you get the same amount of quest regardless of the money you have or you may have spent. You always have available, though, a quest that covers the cost of the expedition, which you can choose to accept or not, depending on the state of your wallet. You can spend as much as you want, don't worry about the money for the expedition. At most, you'll have to accept that quest and later on repay the debt... or not, if you don't want to.

It was about 60hours for me on Nightmare, I played the game tactically and paused alot so i wouldn't get owned.   Rock Wraith itself was almost about 1 hour fight.

It was about 60hours for me on Nightmare, I played the game tactically and paused alot so i wouldn't get owned.   Rock Wraith itself was almost about 1 hour fight.

I spent about 60 hours on it.