[Eorzea]

According to an interview conducted with Final Fantasy XIII's director, Motomu Toriyama, it should take around 50 hours to complete the main storyline for Final Fantasy veterans and about 60 hours for beginners.

I wonder how accurate those numbers are... :msnflushed:

Either way, it's a good sign!

[Nestorm]

Thats awesome, and it means it'll be like 70 -80 for me lol, i like to do as much as i can before i finish up the games :P

[Momotaru]

60 for beginners? I usually end up at about 70 or 80 hours for FF games too.

[Greenleaf]

my vote is 40 hours for veterans and 60 for beginners
and for me... 70-80 hours since I like to do everything lol

[Kurisu]

If the Crystal Points system is anything like the Sphere Grid then the hours I will put in to this game will probably be higher, due to the fact that I'll set someone on a path and then think "Actually, I don't want that" *reset game* etc. The same happened on FFXII with Licence points!

Anyway, this is a good length for the game. For some reason the back of my mind was telling me that this game was going to be really short.

[Val]

I had about 268 hours on one of my FFX saves.. I think i'll prob find something to do to rack up a lot of hours of fun... the 50-60 hours is based on just fallowing the main story? has it n been mentioned how many hours it woud take to do all the side content? gah.. the game is getting closer!!

[Momotaru]

I was a little worried about game content being cut for DLC sidequests.. Wasn't that talked about before?

[Val]

ugh.. that would be horrible... I mean.. nothing wrong wih adding to the game.. but taking it out just to sell it to you for more money... what has happened to the world we live in =[

[Nestorm]

yeah i know, sadly theres a lot of companies doing that now it seems :(

[MiniCloudz]

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Anyway, this is a good length for the game. For some reason the back of my mind was telling me that this game was going to be really short.

Me too, Kurisu! I'm glad this has been confirmed, thanks Eorzea! I wasn't really looking forward to spectacular visuals, sound effects and a short storyline. Most of the recent next gen console SE games I've played have been that way. Not that it makes them bad.. just less enjoyable. I'm happy that all this time we've spent waiting will finally pay off! :D

I'm sure it'll take me a while to get through the game, I like collecting and completing everything that's availible! If there is enough content in the game, which I'm sure there will be, then most players will probably score a high playtime. Think of all the previous FF titles we still play today and add up all that time! @_@; Crikey! :msnchuckle:

Taking content away from the game and releasing via DLC would suck... :/ By all means, add DLC! It's great, but just not the original content! :(

[Momotaru]

You'll never hear them say that, but you know it's going through the minds of everyone working on the game, particularly the superiors who only make decisions.. Also, if they plan on DLC, they really are working on it before the game even comes out, meaning it's a factor that must be part of planning the game, even in it's early and mid stages.. I'd be surprised if they didn't hold back where 5 years ago everything had to be packed in.. if it wasn't, the game may be delayed in order to do so.. at no additional cost to the consumer.

[Kurisu]

I can imagine SE releasing the original Japanese theme tune of FFXIII on the PSN / LIVE, as a lot of people are against the idea of Leona Lewis singing the theme tune for the North American and European version of the game.

I can also imagine SE releasing extra missions (hunts) via PSN / LIVE. This could maybe enable players to get item drops faster than usual, maybe being able to upgrade weapons at a faster rate.

Speaking of weapons...

...Ultima weapon DLC! Hmm, there are endless amounts of ways SE could leach off of us.