There are some people who like to measure the value of their games in how long they are compared to how much they spent. Personally I'm not a fan of this, I would much rather pay for a short game that's engaging all the way through, than a long game that's just engaging most of the time. Of course, everything has its limits, but I feel like it's better for a game to be as long as it needs to be, than pad out its length with filler content. Case in point, Mafia 3 would be a lot better if they had skipped the whole "take over the city" part, and just had the story missions. That's not to say that games should be short, imagine if Pillars of Eternity had been a 4h game, that would not have worked with that kind of story.

But here are some giveaways for some games that are not super short. Do note that I am asking something of you if you're winning one of these, so read the descriptions.
Reading is good

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thanks a lot ! if i ever won one of the two i joined, i wish you could let me 2 month instead of one, because really, it takes ages to download games here xD

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Could you allow me to re-roll one of them instead? (You do of course get to chose which one you can keep)

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oh, i said if i won one of them since i don't believe the RNG gods would let me won both haha. but hey, if it ever happen, i won't see any problem with rerolling one of them !

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It's more like
"Awww shame it's so short, I want more!"
Only to find there's no sequel :(

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Happy Cake Day

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Happy cake day!

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I like to get 1h/$1, but... I still buy short games if they look like they'll be a lot of fun.

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I very often find 1h/€ to be too long :P Most games can't support that length, even if you buy them at 10€.There are of course plenty of exceptions, but most games tend to overstay their welcome, with me wishing they were shorter, when they start approaching the 10h line.

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Yah, thing is I don't base it on the games retail price though, I just rarely buy games the moment they release, and instead wait for a sale to get the value. I still have tons of games I haven't played, so never in a rush to get anything.

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10€ would, in most cases, imply a major discount, after a price drop, for a big budget game. For an indie, 10€ is a normal base price, or a price after a minor discount though.

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"Your account is flagged as having some unactivated Wins or your profile is Private."

Anyone know why this may pop up if my profile is public and I have activated all of my Wins?

Also, BUMP!

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Oh alright, I missed that. Thanks for the info! :D

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I keep setting it on public but it stays on Friends only...

EDIT: I finally got it work via browser. No idea why it didn't work from the client.

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Nice train :)
Thank you Fnord

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Thank you for the train. I didn't enter anything but those are really nice games from what I've heard :)

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I don't really mind the length of the game. All that matters is if I enjoy playing it. ;)

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Thanks! Entered only on those interested in :) HQ train to say at least!

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Thanks for these amazing giveaways, Fnord :)

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As long as the game is good and I like it, length doesn't really matter for me.

After all- if a game feels like it was too short that just means it didn't overstay it's welcome, right? :)
(As opposed to a game that significantly overstayed its welcome and pissed all over the carpets but you still kept it around because you're an achievement hunting nut like me... cough The Binding of Isaac cough).

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As long as the game is good and I like it, length doesn't really matter for me.

Agreed! Contrary to popular belief, length doesn't matter.

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I don't mind width either. I know some people prefer a narrow linear experience and some a wide open-world one. I'm fine with either. :-)
We're still talking about video games, right?

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I mean I can see the appeal of the really huge ones I guess, but sometimes the smaller, shorter ones will give you just as much pleasure.
Yes, totally.
Do you think you can get banned on SG for... implying suggestive content?
Not that we are. Totally a nice, polite discussion about games. Yep.

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Awesome games. Quality of content is how I judge a game, at the same time some terrible games technically are just a blast to play so I always preface recs for music, games, movies, anything. ex.
His voice is terrible but he picked a musical style that it can hide behind and personally wrote meaningful lyrics
or
The main storyline was cliche but every inch of exploration and nearly all combat was fleshed out and fun to play around with.
Bump this one, great train. Thank you.

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I like both long and short games. I typically have a long game running, usually an RPG, and will take breaks and play shorter games. I don't like to take too long of a break from an RPG because it's hard to "get back into character." When I finish a long games, it feels weird not having it to play anymore and it takes me a while to find something else to get into.

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Sorry I didnt read before answering "maybe" on ITH

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Thanks and bump.

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Thank you very much for the giveaways, Fnord!

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bumperino

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Those are some really awesome games. If I win guess I can cut short a bit on Overwatch. Thanks! ;)

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