God of War Ragnarok Game Length Is Reportedly Worthy of Jörmungandr Himself

Well if I have to take on my Valkyries for the platinum, might as well up that to 100 hours.

When it comes to this tale, more is better!
Bring it on.

It's just DLC they said 🙃

That's how much time I spent with the 2018 version, so 40 hour sounds good! I do hope there's new traversal mechanics to make side questing interesting and enjoyable tho rather than more of the same

This actually made me less excited,,,the first game was an intro to the norse mythology and was around 25 hours (we barely saw a new God),,, and this one is only 20 hours?!?! Either they are going to rush everything and skip showing many Gods or creatures or they will rely heavily on side quests which is not good for a gow game imo

I thought the original was pretty much spot on, perhaps just a smidge too long, so this sounds about right.

3.5 hours of cutscenes though.... eurgh.

I think I'll spend much longer time in this game when trying to hunt down most of the trophies not to speak of trying to go for Platinum, phew.

The longer the better as far as I'm concerned. I'm not on board the campaign to make games shorter at all.

The first can be 40hrs if you're chasing down Valkyries and other side quests, so this might be 80hrs for completionist style. Good to hear. That reminds me, still stuck on Queen Valkyrie but beat the much feared Malenia in 20mins.

40 hours sound great for a god of war game 😊 👍.

I‘d prefer two seperate 10-20 hour games instead of one 20-40 hour game. My free time for gaming is not the same as it was as a teenager, and I don’t want to invest all of my gaming time of one month for only one game.

I saw the gameplay trailer for the first time Yesterday and was pretty underwhelmed. It’s very much a PS4-era game. I’m sure I’ll enjoy the game a lot because I love GOW but it’s hardly a system showcase for the PS5, sadly.

@Ah-Void
2018 I finished in less than fifteen and most playthroughs I find online never quite hit the 12 hour mark. Also God of War 3 was less than 10 and that tied up the Greek mythology nicely so if anything they might drag this out more than needed.

30-40 hours is the very least amount of playtime I would spend on a game to get my moneys worth. May get this

Seems like a solid length. Honestly more excited for the boss fights themselves. Hoping this time it will have a better variety.

Also wonder if the game will have NG+ at launch or will be sdded at a later update.

@PegasusActual93 Check howlongtobeat website, you can see that the average time is 20 hours, I played on hard so it was around 25h for me. Also it is not fair to compare it to gow3 since the new ones are basically rpg games and old ones are hack and slash.

@Max_the_German then imagine that it's two games bundled together as a combo deal. I'm not sure what splitting it in two achieves other than extending development times and letting them charge twice as much?

@Ah-Void
Howlongtobeat isn't the definitive average because only a small percentage of people who actually played the game are reporting their playtimes on the website and most people don't actually time their playthroughs which gives them the impression of the game being longer than it actually is. Plus the comparison I believe is perfectly fair as the genres are not different enough for it to have any impact on the pacing of the plot itself. Only difference is that in the old games Kratos fought more gods somewhat more frequently.

@theheadofabroom If you spend less than 100 bucks/quids/euro per month for gaming, because you have only limited time for gaming, then money is not an issue for many here. What is a problem is that I want to have a game and its story finished after max 2 weeks. There is a reason why most TV series seasons are limited to 10-15 episodes, a 30-40 episode season would deter many people of starting watching.

@Max_the_German Investing all of your game time for one game saves money y'know. But hey if you have the money to spend fine, however you should understand long games are also made for people who want to spend hours on a single masterpiece and feel like they've gotten their money's worth. Can't be buying 15hr campaigns for £60.

so closer to 16hours. with 3hrs+ cutscenes. for a new AAA title i would have thought it would have been around 25hours.

so much mythology to cover, i hope it isnt rushed. wonder if its signaling dlc to cover some.

As long as side quests aren't mandatory I'm fine with them adding bloat for those that have 40 hours to spend on the game.

@UltimateOtaku91

Who the hell says it's dlc? People that don't know what sequels are?

Spent approximately 100 hours between my first and new game plus runs. One of the few games where I felt like my 100 hours was worth every last second.

Cool.Another masterpiece incoming.kratos the g.o.a.t. 🐐. 👑. About 40 hours or more depending how you play it or side quest.its all good.word up son

@theart this is a 16hr campaign for $70 as there is over 3hrs cgi in the 20hr campaign.... so yeah.

@CapGod xbox fanboys and twitter enthusiasts were calling it DLC

The more the better imo

@stvevan thats 17hrs though

So, 30 hours then.

This seems like a good balance. Too many games are way too long now. And with the amount of games. Most adults can't be throwing 80 hours at every game.

@tallythwack. its 3.5hrs cgi, so 16-17hrs campaign for probably your biggest IP for me is a little short for a true AAA game.

regardless it will play great, look stunning etc. for me im just hoping it hasnt meant that mythology and lore has been rushed.

@Max_the_German then consider each main mission a story, and you've got loads of short little games. Meanwhile those of us who don't have more money than time get to enjoy a satisfyingly complete experience for our money. As @TheArt says, not everyone can justify spending £70 on a 10 hour game when that's a few week's food budget, and they can fill their time in less satisfying games from a subscription service.

Meanwhile, there's so much lore they never touched on in the first game, and which is hinted at in the teasers, and you probably need that 3+ hours of cutscenes to do it justice. If the cutscenes were much more than 10% of the game's playtime (including side content) then it probably wouldn't feel much like a game.

If I like the game, why do I want it to end early so I can play another game instead? That sounds like adhd to me.

@theheadofabroom you do realise thats 3.5hrs cgi in the 20hr campaign, so its close to 20% not 10.....

@stvevan Well I hardly play games ignoring side quests, I love to do most if not all especially when I realize the main campaign is short, like Cyberpunk 2077 or even Witcher 3. So to me this GoWR is 40hrs+. Then again usually when journalists or gaming insiders say 20hrs, it's actually say 30hrs. They said a straightforward game like TLOUPT2 was 25hrs, most people ended up spending 35hrs+.

@theart you said in your post.... cant be paying $60 for a 15hr campaign..... so yeah thats why i said that, for me i find insiders to over state.

tlou2 was much closer to 25hrs imo. just like horizon series.

still it will be awesome im sure.

I think this is the perfect length for this game. I’m fact, I spent about the same amount of time in the 2018 version, and got the platinum. The downfall is that November and December are going to be very busy for me; I’m getting married in the beginning of December, going on a honey moon, and couple that with a full time job, Thanksgiving, and wedding preparations, I don’t know where I’ll find the time.

With all of that said - I’m excited to see how they handle the open world in Ragnarok. Personally, I thought it was fantastic, and unique in 2018. It was one of those awe moments because the old became new again. I also hope there are new finisher animations. Only a month left to find out!

@PegasusActual93 it’s not definite, but it often feels fairly reliable. It’s not a bad source.

Sounds spot on..40 hours+ is nothing really when i looked at how many hours i've spent in elden ring and i'm still playing it..i need help..

@stvevan and you did read the part where I was explicitly including side content? It was right there in parentheses. The target demographic I was referring to are unlikely to skip half of the game.

What I want to hear is more unique bosses. I liked the story on the previous one, but was highly disappointed in the lack of unique boss encounters. It felt like a bunch of ogres (or whatever they were called) and valkyries with varying patterns, oh and Baldur a few times.

I hope this one is not just ogres/valkyries/Thor.

I'm taking a huge breath to get this game this year. Current gem games got really expensive, this will be only my second full price one. But it will be worthy.

I am happy if the sidequests are like Witcher 3 sidequests. So far this is the only game that deserves this name. Others are timefilling get and do things.

@KaijuKaiser I suppose its the need to 'finish' a game that is driving this mindset. I've personally got dozens of games that I haven't reached the end of, it doesn't bother me, maybe I will one day maybe I won't.
It doesn't change my opinion that creators shouldn't need to make their games shorter just to please a certain section of the player base though.

I recently re-started 2019's on the immensely challenging 'give me god of war' mode (new game + hard) and almost every fight has taken me 2-3 tries to beat, so I can see my hours racking up beyond the expected...

I hope it's not filled with them lame ass puzzles like 2018. Hoping the exploration in this game is better because that sucked too. The world was so uninteresting.

@IAM1982 If PSVR2 will be inexpensive enough (= less than the price of a PS5 disk model) and receive a Astro Bot 2 with a 10-12 hour campaing, I am all in.

As a wise man once said ...

"It's not about the length, it's how you use it."

Exploration and side-questing were the best parts of GoW2018, so glad to hear it. The less cinematic forced walking story stuff the better.

As with all the great story based games (TLoU / Uncharted and Horizon) I do a first playthrough on story / easy. to get into the story and let it flow as it should and not get stuck replaying sections / boss fights. then I go back and replay on harder difficulty for a challenge at a later date, get to enjoy the game more than once that way.