Just how long is too long?

Wow!

Now that took Aaaaages.

I don't know how mant hours I put into Forza 2, but I think it must be close to 80+...

80+ hours of driving around in circles!!

I'm pretty sick of the game now to be honest. I've managed to get 780 points from it, and could probably get another 40, possibly 60 within another 3-5 hours, but I just can't be bothered...

That's right. I cannot be bothered to play this game anymore.

It started out alright. I enjoyed the first 20-30 hours.

Then from 20-30 to 50-60 it started to get a bit repetitive. By this point, I was just trying to get to the end.

Then from 50-60 to 70-80 I was beginning to get sick of the game!

Same old tracks...

Same old cars...

Same old scenery over and over again.

For the endurance races I had to put the radio on, like I do on long drives, so I didn't have to give the game my full concentration.

Talk about way to ruin a game!

I don't really have time for long games these days. There are a lot that I want to play, and when I come across one that's just drawn out for the sake of it I get put off playing it.

It's a difficult balance to strike.

Forza 2 might have been able to hold my interest for the whole 80+ hours if it had a whole lot more variety in it's tracks and gameplay.

All you have is career, arcade, free run and time trials around a handful of tracks.

I enjoyed Test Drive Unlimited pretty much right up until the end, because it was over a whole Island, with loads of traffic, different types of road, different types of races/ missions and vehicles.

On top of that, there were other players driving around to have a quick race against, or just go cruising with.

I think I put about 70+ hours into that game, but I don't remember being so bored with it as I am with Forza 2.

Then there are games which are seen by most people as being too short.

Games like Gears of War, even though the online is so popular.

As I said, it's a difficult balance.

It's possible to take a very good game and stretch it out for so long that it just becomes boring by the end.

It's possible to take a really good game and not stretch it out enough, so that people who play it are left wondering why they only got half of the experience that they were expecting.

I think that around 40 hours is more than enough for any game.

Forza 2 was too long for what was in it, and even though I could probably get more points from it with relative ease, I have no drive to do so at all right now.

So I think I'll stick with the 780 points and move on to GRAW 2, which I bought a long time ago, but have barely played.

500 or so points from that is next on the list.