Topic: Which would you choose?

[K-man]

I suppose my question boils down to quantity vs quality.



Let's assume that the three game option contained games that were legitimately good and weren't trash.  But they weren't enjoyable enough for you to explore every square inch of what the game had to offer.  The one game option is a game that grabs you and does not let go until you have wrung every ounce of enjoyment out of it.

Let's also assume that quantity of free time isn't a factor.  Choice 1 would be the obvious one if that were the case.

[MysterD]

I'm not selecting any option. Here's why. A lot of this is subjective.

IMHO, we do need games that "ain't the best thing EVER" to remind us how awesome the great ones are.

About game length - that's subjective. I want a game to be as long/short as it needs to be to actually be worthwhile. I don't need every bloody game to be like Skyrim and take me 9,000 years to finish. I can't do Skyrim - or long games like it, much anymore - in a fashion of playing 100 hours without playing something else in-between. I need to take a break from it & throw something else in-between - and then eventually, go back to Skyrim. Sometimes, I just need that Call of Duty FPS game w/ the 5-10 hour campaign w/ guns blazing, linear as Hell, shut my brain off and just kill and blow stuff up. Sometimes, I just need a Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter game and do the SP ladder and hopefully win the final battle in a half-hour to an hour or so. Sometimes, I just need a MP competitive experience and just battle some online players fir a bit.

I don't find myself often in games looking for "Every nook and cranny". Often, if the Main Quest is done, I'm done with it.

[idolminds]

I think I would prefer the first option, but that seems to happen rarely.

[Quemaqua]

First option. Those games always outweigh by far the numerous good games I play, they're the ones I remember and think back on and come back to later to replay again. And of course, you spend far less money. But even if money weren't an issue, I'd still choose option 1.

[Cobra951]

No brainer all around?  I'd always choose one game that captures my imagination longterm over any number of games that I just complete and set aside, let alone a mere 3.