Why do games these days need to be so massive and sprawling and

>>382460067
Because normies are retarded.

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I chuckled at this because I imagined some raging autist in the past crying the same thing.

>>382460067
How about start playing nintendo games?

>>382460067
its easier to throw a million collectibles on the map and bunch of repetitive quests and call that content than it is make a focused game like you want.

>>382460067
Because it's easy to sell. Now that graphics have peaked you can't just say 'MUH GRAFIXXXX' and shit out an 8 hour game. People won't fall for it unless it's something like Prey. So "open world" is now the new carrot to convince a generation of normalfags that your game is impressive and worth $60 in a few soundbytes.

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>>382460067
Normies can't into basic game mechanics
>can't shield in Smash
>can't go fast in Titanfall
>can't fucking drift in any kart racer seriously how do you not learn to do this?
I could go on but basically devs saw empty-ass GTAV and Skyrim succeed and that was it, apparently normies love long travel times and arbitrary crafting and 'harder' (recolored with more health and damage) enemies.

>>382460067
Because you, /v/, and reddit insisted on spamming

>8 HOURS

all over the internet every time a short game came out

>>382461043
It's not even like short games are bad so long as they're fun enough that you'll want to replay them or have more content outside of the story mode.

>>382460067
>Hurr durr i don't want my game to be long, i want to spend 60 bucks for playing just for 3 hours
How about you go fuck yourself, you trash weeb? There's literally nothing wrong in having a long durable experience with tons of content and wide open spaces with detailed environments. It has been the wet dream of gamers for years and now that we have them you want to go back playing shitty platformers with fake lenght gimmicks like playing a second time or making the game insanely difficult?

>382461870
your post is so bad its not even worth a (You)

>>382461870
How are pointless collectibles and empty open world's not fake length gimmicks? Just because it's open world doesn't meant it can't have stupid gimmicks to unnecessarily increase the length of the game?

>>382460067
Skyrim sold well didn't it?
If it bothers you so much just don't play open world games, then.

>>382460067
It's the only way to make single player games appeal to casual scum. Most people use the $1/hr metric for games so they won't buy an 8 hour single player game anymore even if it's amazing.

I have fun with them. I put over 100 hours into games like witcher 3, persona 5, yakuza 0, etc. That's not to say I don't enjoy shorter games, though.

>>382460357
I never did beat this on anything but the easiest setting
The dark mazes are confusing

>>382461870
>if it's not one extreme it has to be the other
>implying every game has to cost $60
Fuck off retard

>>382460067
>It would lower production time and improve quality and replayability, most people don't even finish their games so there's no financial downside.

I seriously doubt that DOOM, Wolfenstein or Dishonored 1 had lower production times than lets say Far Cry 4 or Primal.