Spector: 100-hour games are out

Iria · Jun 18, 2008, 11:57 PM

Junction Point's Warren Spector, best known for Deus Ex, spoke last week at the Game Education Summit in Dallas and expressed his belief that 100-hour games are on the way out. Gamasutra reports Spector expressed being tired of making games about "guys in black leather carrying guns," and that expectations for titles costing between $35 - 100 million are huge. He also pondered how many people actually finished GTA, noting a desire that players see the last level if he was going to spend $100 million on a game.
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Source: JoyStiq

OmegaRED · Jun 19, 2008, 01:08 AM

Good, I just don't have the time for these lengthy games anymore (racked up about 150 hours on Oblivion) and the titles just keep piling up as more good games are released. I like quick, 10-15 hour games which pack a wallop such as HL2: Episode 2 or CoD4.

SFOSOK · Jun 19, 2008, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Iria

Junction Point's Warren Spector, best known for Deus Ex, spoke last week at the Game Education Summit in Dallas and expressed his belief that 100-hour games are on the way out. Gamasutra reports Spector expressed being tired of making games about "guys in black leather carrying guns," and that expectations for titles costing between $35 - 100 million are huge. He also pondered how many people actually finished GTA, noting a desire that players see the last level if he was going to spend $100 million on a game.
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Source: JoyStiq

Good thing he doesn't know what the hell he is taking about.

By saying something and then saying your surprised at evidence that proves otherwise he is sounding like a moron.

Sorry Warren, I loved Deus ex and had about 150 Hrs put into it. Over 100hrs in Cod4 Multiplayer, Oblivion (alsmost 200 hrs), and some of the other GTA series.

Just shows how he is out of touch with the gaming community. Maybe he should sell a 15 min game and see how it fares.

BlueMak · Jun 19, 2008, 02:29 AM

Wow, I must have 1000+ hours on Steel Panthers series (now winSPMBT), but I guess I am wrong and I don't actualy play the game, only think that I do.
Or Renegade, 200-300 hours over the last 2 years.
Or Rainbow Six Vegas (100+)
Or ....etc.

I agree that most companies only make half ass attempts at games that they simply can't have more than few hours of gaming due to any number of reasons, like lack of desire, marketing reasons, bad games to begin with, wanting to sell more and more expansion packs etc, but that doesn't mean that "100-hour games are out".
I see that he now works for Disney, which explains a lot. What masterpiece of 5 hours will come out of this I wonder...

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Jun 18, 2008, 11:57 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Spector: 100-hour games are out Junction Point's Warren Spector, best known for Deus Ex, spoke last week at the Game Education Summit in Dallas and expressed his belief that 100-hour games are on the way out. Gamasutra reports Spector expressed being tired of making games about "guys in black leather carrying guns," and that expectations for titles costing between $35 - 100 million are huge. He also pondered how many people actually finished GTA, noting a desire that players see the last level if he was going to spend $100 million on a game. __________ Source: JoyStiq

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OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,688 Rep Power: 173 System Specs	Good, I just don't have the time for these lengthy games anymore (racked up about 150 hours on Oblivion) and the titles just keep piling up as more good games are released. I like quick, 10-15 hour games which pack a wallop such as HL2: Episode 2 or CoD4. __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

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BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Wow, I must have 1000+ hours on Steel Panthers series (now winSPMBT), but I guess I am wrong and I don't actualy play the game, only think that I do. Or Renegade, 200-300 hours over the last 2 years. Or Rainbow Six Vegas (100+) Or ....etc. I agree that most companies only make half ass attempts at games that they simply can't have more than few hours of gaming due to any number of reasons, like lack of desire, marketing reasons, bad games to begin with, wanting to sell more and more expansion packs etc, but that doesn't mean that "100-hour games are out". I see that he now works for Disney, which explains a lot. What masterpiece of 5 hours will come out of this I wonder... __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

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