It depends. 6 hours of an amazing story that I know I’ll replay? Sure. 6 hours of the same boring gameplay over and over? Meh.
Halo Infinites campaign was juuuuust fun enough to be okay with how short it was. My buddy and I got the map 100% in just about 8 hours. It was fun, but we were annoyed it was already over.
Sure if it’s 15 bucks, a 6 hours game is fine. Else I could use that money to buy games that are much longer and cost the same and bring me the same enjoyment. I’ve played enough games to tell you that no game exists, that is so much better, to justify 70€ for a 6 hours game. Not even something like Portal.
Can we stop doing price per hour as a value metric. People get thousands of hours out of candy crush, doesn’t mean it’s worth $10,000
It’s a great metric for games though.
Your time is limited and games are expensive.
Very few game experiences are worth that obscene an hourly cost. Look at something like Baulder’s Gate 3 a game you can easily sink 400 hours into for $60. Elden Ring - 200 hours for $60. Helldivers 2 - 200 hours for $40
I’ve got limited time and limited money and games cost both. I’m not sacrificing enjoyment just by being cheap - I just know that I can get way better deals out there and paying so much for so little would leave a sour taste in my mouth.
As I’ve gotten older I’d much rather pay $10/hour for a good game than less for something I’m not actually going to enjoy.
You’re in luck, Hellblade II is 8 hours long and only $50. But of course, you knew that having read the article.