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Today, we were treated to a bunch of hands-on previews for Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, and as part of them, Ninja Theory studio head Dom Matthews told IGN that the team has found an audience that enjoys shorter games.

Matthews says that he's "really pleased" to see so many people liking shorter and very focused experiences in general, as the idea behind Hellblade 2 is for the "game length to be appropriate for the story that we want to tell". For the record, the length of this sequel is said to be around eight hours, which is very similar to the original.

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[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

A good 100 hour game will never feel too long.

A bad 2 hour game will never feel short enough.

[-] AlexanderTheGreat@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

That is a fantastic point.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Exactly this. I want to be actively engaged. That’s the opposite of padding a game with bs.

[-] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I think that's a valid point. I spent almost 100 hours in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, and didn't feel it was long.

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