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Yuji Horii: "Have I been significant since the 16-bit-era?"

What the I don't even.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Someone doubting Horii's relevance, someone who doesn't like Chrono Trigger and someone with an irrational hatred of non-TV gaming.

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[kai3345]

Don't like Chrono Trigger, FF VI, FF IX and Dragon Quest VIII. But I love FF VIII X-2 and XIII.

Not bashing CT I swear.

How is this even possible?

 

[Lafiel]

And this is the EXACT reason why Japanese games have terrible, god-awful pacing. They write a 15 hour story and drag it over 40 hours because they think it needs to be that long.

Yuji horri games are always well-paced though with the possible exception of DQVII or DQVIII. (haven't finished / haven't played). Heck he was apart of CT, which i consider to be the best paced j-rpg ever made.

 

[zoukka]

How is this even possible?

I'm not touching this.

 

[RockmanWhore]

I disagree with the idea that every RPG needs to last 40 hours. Especially when it's exactly the same gameplay since the NES era. I think I would prefer my DQ to last 20 hours. After playing DQ VII and VIII, I feel like I have played enough DQ for my whole life.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

"you want to have the value of the game"

Yeah, I want value for the games I buy but 1 hour per $1 is not a value. If I want that low of value for entertainment I'll rent a movie. 10 hours per $1 is a real value.

Who is giving away that kind of value?

 

[Dedication Through Light]

"you want to have the value of the game"

Yeah, I want value for the games I buy but 1 hour per $1 is not a value. If I want that low of value for entertainment I'll rent a movie. 10 hours per $1 is a real value.

lol, well that would mean in my case for Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice, that Im at 158 hours and the game cost 49.99, thats its been 31 cents per hour, I guess. Hm and Im nowhere close to finishing, I might get that amount.

Ultimately, I think 10 is a bit too steep, maybe 3 -5 hours per dollar is at least a bit more realistic, in that one can account for getting all accomplishments/medals/trophies/completing a monster compendium/generating every weapon/item in a game?

Only massively addicting online multiplayer games can achieve 10hrs/dollar, lol, and JSRPG's

 

[sprsk]

I'm sorry, but how disciplined do you have to be to doing "just the story" to possibly get through the story in 20 hours? I'm at like 35 now, and I'm MAYBE closing in on half-way.

I'm a no frills gamer! Though maybe the story was more like 25-26 hours.
Still, the point stands. Developers shouldn't be scared of packing in content, as long as it doesn't stand in the way of getting to the end of the game.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

ouch! :lol

Lord Horii hath brought down the hammer on me!

 

[Glass Soldier]

Who is giving away that kind of value?

Steam-Sales.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

The ideal length of a Role Playing Game is 40 hours, Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii told Kotaku today.

This guy must hate Dragon Warrior VII.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

ouch! :lol

Lord Horii hath brought down the hammer on me!

oooohsnap

 

[thetrin]

Someone should tell Monolith Soft that 40 hours is the sweet spot for RPGs. I'm almost at the 70 hour mark in Xenoblade, and it took Bebpo 114 hours. T_T

 

[Mael]

SAYS THE MAN WHO CRAFTED A 150 HOUR BEHEMOTH

just kidding. Love you Yuji <3

About that.....he didn't only do DQVII.....he did dqviii and ix...

 

[Mael]

8 and 9 are not as long as 7...

Well yeah, but they're still a metric longer than your usual SquareEnix stuffs like Final 50 Fantasy (seriously XII is the only one I did in more than the usual 50 at lvl 50).