"We have around 15-20 hours of mainline quest gameplay, we have around 15-20 of side and open-world exploration content gameplay," associate game director Will Kennedy told Polygon. "And then, of course, the life systems are limitless, so you can play them for as long as you want."

This is actually fills me with confidence in the game. I hate games that are 80 hours long, and just empty game or convoluted and grindfest to get to these playtimes (Ubisoft I look at you).

~20h is a great length for a video game. Enough to feel like a substantial experience but doesn't wear out its welcome. Apparently there is another 15-20h of aide content, which puts it in the 30-40h Goldilocks zone of not too long and not too short for me.

We should normalize appropriately long games. The prospect of starting a 100h+ juggernaut game doesn't feel exciting these days, only exhausting.

speedruns the whole game in 4 hours using glitches that skip 60% of the game

"They lied to me!"

15of those is getting the login to work. Authenticator

20 to mainline the story, double that if you do all the side content. Sounds good to me

After seeing the combat physics in the gameplay trailer where the brute guy doesn’t react at all to hits except for the 5th or 6th in a row I’m gonna have to pass on this game. It looked promising, at first, but hopping around a boss and landing multiple hits without any reaction just seems lazy from the devs. Microsoft and Sony are both churning out some bullshit to try to appeal to millennial gamers and it’s not working.

There were games I couldn't play because of games for Windows live login requirement and their backend remained broken. I don't trust them for the long run.

The only way I would buy this is if it didn't require Xbox login, and that ain't happening anytime soon.

"Yeah, it took me a good 20 hours to beat this game. It is crazy hard, so be prepared, Gamers!"

~Interview with an IGN Game Journalist after completing the Fable demo.

oof, so it'll be 5 hours long and sold at 89.99€$

Here's hoping they keep to the original and don't do anything too crazy. The sequels were good but the first was a masterpiece. I still remember my loadout: 1 handed weapon with force push, assassin rush, and fireball on page 1. Eventually swap to 2 hander (solus greatsword obvs) with berserk and slow time. Tear those summoners a new ass.