Let's realize it: Some RPG just doesn't respect your time. They will dazzle you with wonderful worlds, deep lore and epic assignments and then make you dig through hours with busy just to get to the good things.
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The 13 longest RPG ever made
If you want the best battle for your money while getting an incredible RPG experience, look no longer than these games.
As much as we love the genre, it is difficult to ignore how often these games lean on inflated systems and endless pick -up assignments. This is not about hating long games. It is about calling out those who mistakes tedium for depth. So here it is, a loving frustrated look at RPG that really needs to learn when to get to the point.
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Kingdom Hearts 3
For a game that the fans waited for a decade to play, Kingdom Hearts 3 likes to stop. You will spend hours playing watered down Disney sites before the main history remembers it. Each world felt more like a detour than a real part of the story, which adds Runtime without really meant anything.
And just when the action finally kicks in, it loosens a flood by Lore that is impossible to follow if you have not played every spin-off. It is beautiful and polished, safe, but it is constantly testing your patience.
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Final Fantasy 13
Final Fantasy 13 is legendary for its hall -like structure, but the real crime is how long it takes to open. You are easily 20 hours before you get any real freedom. The fight is stylish but mostly on autopilot during much of that time, and the game continues to tease bigger things that never really land.
Even when it opens, it throws you in a barren over the world full of monster hunting and not much else. It is not the worst RPG ever made, but it is definitely one of the most inflated.
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Xenoblade Chronicles X.
The world is massive, wonderful and impressively detailed, but also full of nothing. Xenoblade Chronicles X requires a serious time investment just to get around, and even more if you want to unlock a Skell (MECH costume), which the game teases early but holds back for too long.
Assignments often feel repetitive, and the story is buried during pick -up assignments and opaque menus. It is a game that can be 40 hours shorter and lose absolutely nothing of value.
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Dragon Age: Inquisition
Here is a classic case of side content that has gone wild. The inland alone is enough to tear new players and attract you to a massive zone full of boring pick -up assignments and busy. The campaign itself is strong, but it is buried for hours with any content that feels anything but optional if you try to level up.
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If you only play a ridiculously long JRPG, make it one of these
Do you only have time for a long JRPG in your life? Make it one of these.
It's not that the world is not interesting; It's just exaggerated. There is good writing here, but it is often caught behind a to-do list that never ends.
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Persona 5 Royal
Persona 5
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September 15, 2016
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Yes, it's nice. Yes, the music bangs. But Persona 5 Royal pulls out to an almost absurd length. Between the social SIM segments, Dungeon Crawling, and added content from Royal Edition, this game watches in just over 100 hours.
Much of that time is spent on repetitive conversations and teaches you mechanics that do not need as much explanation. It is a fantastic game, but it also desperately needs an editor with a red pen and a feeling of urgent.
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Star field
Starfield promised the stars and gave us … loaded screens. This is a game that is obsessed with menus and quick trips. Do you want to explore a planet? Recharge. Do you want to board your ship? Recharge. Despite its massive reach, Starfield feels strangely small. Most of your time is spent on navigating interface layers and jumping between lifeless outposts.
The game hides its best content behind dozens of hours with uninspired assignments, resource grinding and warehouse debt. It is not about space exploration. It is about bureaucracy in space suits.
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Octopath Traveler 2
Charming on the surface, boring wonders. Octopath Traveler 2 gives you eight characters, each with their own story, and expect you to play them all. The problem is that the structure never develops. Each chapter feels the same: new city, new manager, the same formula.
There is hardly any interaction between the characters, which makes the long hours feel disconnected. The battle is deep, yes, but it is also slow and repeatedly repeated. You will meet the 60-hour brand and wonder when the party will finally feel like one.
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Killer's Creed Valhalla
Right now it's more RPG than stealth games, and it's very long. Valhalla floods you with content from the beginning, much of it feels like fillers. Each region has the same checklist of the goals, and the story carries thin long before the credits roll (which can take 100 hours).
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8 games with better side assignments than the main story
Not every game needs a fantastic main story, and these games put that effort in the side assignments instead.
Worse is that the level scaling means that side assignments are not really optional if you want to continue. You don't play a Viking. You are the moonlight as regional manager with many open tasks.
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Stories of arise
This one is tricky. The battle is flashy and fun, and the characters are liked. But wow, stories arise about speech. Every little event triggers another crap or a long -term dialogue. It is not uncommon to spend 20 minutes watching calls about dinner or vague philosophical dilemma before moving again.
The page's mission often involves running over several zones just to trigger another speech bubble. There is a fantastic game buried here, but it continues to stop hearing speaking.
Skyrim
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November 11, 2011
Omodded, Skyrim is quite lean. But when you start adding survival modes, realism and 200 extra hours adjust content from Nexus? You have officially wasted your life. Warehouse weight becomes a crisis. You spend five hours gathering wood so that your character does not freeze to death in Falkreath.
There is always another patch to fix something that broke another courage. Eventually you realize that you have not played the main assignment in several years. You have just adjusted the sliders. Congratulations: You turned a game into a job.
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