Promising PS4 Title Firewatch Will Last Five to Six Hours

Sounds right for this type of game. Not every game needs to be a 20-40 hr epic. Short and sweet outs often superior IMO.

Sounds like a 5 to 6 out of 10 game to me.

OOOOOOH

@ShogunRok Sick burn!

Seriously though, that sounds about right, that's what I was expecting at least also that'll probably reflect in the price being under €20 which seems right for a solid 6 hour experience

I'm fine with 5-6 hours. Something I can finish in one sitting. Still looking forward to it though!

this has NO appeal to me!!

Way more appealing at 5-6 hours.

I'm really looking forward to Firewatch the 5-6 hour competion time actually adds to the appeal for me.

At least they told us ahead of time and were honest. The question is, will they still put a $60 price tag on a 5 hour game?

Between this and the witness later this month, along with finally playing the talos principle (seriously, how did I not buy that before it was on sale. So unbelievably good and challenging) I'm in indie heaven while also for some reason on a hardcore destiny grind now that I've taken a break from fallout.

Sounds great, hopefully they set a sensible price point.

"deals with the relationship that you build with the lady on the other end of your handheld radio" Hmm,not very appealing -Looks nice though,with gameplay to boot? Who knows.

I really unimpressed with this game so far, and probably I'll skip

Definitely getting this game. Hoping for a cheap price.

I spent about 5 hours with Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and I didn't mind that length at all. I actually really enjoyed it. I can't wait for this game though. It looks awesome

This is the first time I have had legitimate AAA game type hype associated with a small indie game before. I've been following this game for just about a year now. Absolutely can't wait to finally get to play it.

I'm not against this type of game at all, I've defended them in the past, but the more I think about it, the harder it is to justify buying it and playing it rather than just watching a complete Let's Play in an evening. It's not a skill-based game like a fighting game where you're embarking in a journey of improving your skill and understanding of the game, it's not something with loads of system depth like an RTS or other strategy games, it's not a building game or god game where you personally create something based on your imagination or understanding of the game...

Maybe they just haven't communicated it well, but it seems like there's nothing to do but go from point A to B and listen to what the radio says. If so, nothing will be lost by just watching it be played, sadly. Games like Until Dawn are really susceptible to this, yet even that had the thing of the fear being heightened if you were the one playing it, and more importantly that the whole thing unfolded based on your choices.

If this was a TV series, it'd have my interest. As a game, I'm not sure what's meant to be the appeal of not just watching it.

Another interactive PS4 movie, sound's perfect for VR if you like those interactive movie/game's. Sound's rubbish to me but each to their own.

@Matroska

This doesn't seem to be like Until Dawn,......it's a first person title that's more adventure - puzzler than shooter. I would rather play a game than watch 5 hours of a let's play........

As long as the price is realistic, who cares about length.

Seeing as it's not a game it doesn't appeal to me at all, if TV's came with joypads you could start a whole new way of watching some TV shows.

@banacheck

It is a game.......you move your character around the world in first person, you interact with the enviorment.

5 to 6 hours is perfect for a game like this. I'm betting it'll be similar to Life is Strange and Telltale's games with first person puzzles thrown in. Really looking forward to it!

@get2sammyb That's not what I was trying to do - I actually defended Everyone's Gone To The Rapture in the comments thread. Given that there's no fixed and total definition of what a game is, you can't say anything isn't a game. You could play a game of seeing how long you could stare at the wall.

I'm just thinking that with Let's Plays being so common nowadays, a game in which the gameplay is just walking to trigger the next dialogue to play doesn't seem to offer anything to you for actually holding the controller as opposed to watching someone else who's holding the controller. What are people actually paying for if they can legally get the same experience on Youtube? I was just thinking out loud, so to speak, more than anything.

@Matroska agreed

I really like the look of this. If it's got a decent story then I'll pick it up.

There is something cool about games set in the wilderness......we see so much sci-fi and urban scapes.

I wish some other games (Alien: Isolation) would have just 5-6 hours. So I got no problem with Firewatch being 5-6 hours, as long as it doesn't feel too short like The Order 1886.

Looked it up. I cant play these walking simulators, they bore me to tears. 5-6 hours will drive me bonkers, I'd rather spend that time working

Looks cool to me. I think anything that has an element of interaction is a game and the gaming industry needs new ideas and types of game to keep fresh. These types of games are good ways to introduce non gamers into the possibilities held in gaming. I am personally not a huge fan of RPG's as I find them too in depth for me. Doesn't mean that I dismiss them (of course, from a sales perspective, I am obviously in the minority).

At 5-6 hours I think it is nice to be able to fully finish a game without dedicating months to it, particularly if you have come off a large game.

A game thats 5-6 hours isn't worth my time or money. Thats about enough time to get invested in a game, its characters and its story, and then its over. No thanks.

The comparison to a movie trilogy is highly misleading, since in a game the majority of your time is spent exploring, reading, or trying to think through some game element (and often times not making any real progress). This is quite different than a Movie where there is always a forward momentum. If the game requires almost no thought on the users end, and its just about pushing a few buttons, then you could compare its play time to a movie, but anything else is just being disingenuous.