short single player gaming experiences

[JoPh]

my attention span for single player video games seem to have shorten a lot. i can only play a game for a couple hours and then i move on cuase i get bored. i really struggle to beat games.

multiplayer is diff.

i am looking for games that are a short single player experience.

i know of these right now

mirrors edge - 5 hours
new prince of perisa - under 10hours


what else is out there..... i guess i should mention i have 360/ps3/wii


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games listed in posts below

cod4 -----beat this
uncharted
heavenly sword-
gow2
gow ---beat this
halo3 --beat this
re4 --own it for the wii but only played once.....
portal --beat this
l4d -beat it

 

[purbeast0]

heavenly sword
uncharted
gears of war
halo 3

 

[RedRooster]

Gears of War 2 on a low difficulty is a short game. Like 6-8 hours I'd say?
I blew through it on a low level cuz I wasn't really interested in the game, but the story ended up being pretty cool.

 

[JoPh]

Originally posted by: RedRooster
Gears of War 2 on a low difficulty is a short game. Like 6-8 hours I'd say?
I blew through it on a low level cuz I wasn't really interested in the game, but the story ended up being pretty cool.

really? i have that game rented but i thought it was kinda long. how long would it be on normal diff?

or is easy to easy? i tend to play stuff on noraml.

if its really a short experiance i might hit that up.

 

[JoPh]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
heavenly sword
uncharted

under 10hrs?

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: JoPh

Originally posted by: purbeast0
heavenly sword
uncharted

under 10hrs?

yea. i played uncharted on the hardest difficulty they allow from the start (you unlock an even harder one after you beat it) and i think i finished it in 11-12 hours. it would for sure be shorter on the easier difficulty.

uncharted is probably the best single player experience i had in 2007 for certain, the story sucks you in and the characters are very believable and the game is by far the most cinematic game i've ever played.

heavenly sword is like 5-6 hours.

 

[RedRooster]

Originally posted by: JoPh

Originally posted by: RedRooster
Gears of War 2 on a low difficulty is a short game. Like 6-8 hours I'd say?
I blew through it on a low level cuz I wasn't really interested in the game, but the story ended up being pretty cool.

really? i have that game rented but i thought it was kinda long. how long would it be on normal diff?

or is easy to easy? i tend to play stuff on noraml.

if its really a short experiance i might hit that up.

Ya, I think I played on easy cuz I just wanted to get it over with. Zipped through it in a weekend. I'm pretty sure it wasn't over 10 hours, time flew. Normal might be over 10 if you die a few times and have any trouble, on easy I didn't die once, so it was just straight through the game.

 

[rainypickles]

portal. can be on xbla as portal: still alive, or part of the retail game orange box.

 

[Kabob]

Originally posted by: rainypickles
portal. can be on xbla as portal: still alive, or part of the retail game orange box.

A HUGE +1, if you've not played Portal, give it a whirl. You might as well pick up The Orange Box so you can get Half Life 2 + expansions (all are relatively short-ish games).

Gears of War/GoW 2 aren't terribly long.

Also, if you've not played it Resident Evil 4 is a great game and can be beaten relatively quickly (I wanna say I was getting through it in ~ 6 1/2 hours). I haven't played the Wii version, it uses the remote to aim.

 

[oznerol]

No games to list, really, but I have the same issue. But instead of playing shorter games, I find I'll just play them on the easiest mode possible.

Particularly when achievements don't require you to be at a certain level, I'm all about playing on "easy/casual" and just mindlessly plow through enemies/missions/whatever.

Fallout 3, Saints Row 2, and Fable II (no difficulty setting, but the whole game is in "easy" mode) - are my most recent ones. No achievement punishment for playing on easy.

 

[blurredvision]

I always play games on the easiest setting. Heavenly Sword, Uncharted, MGS4, Gears 1/2, Halo, etc. I like the experience more than the challenge. I like to relax while playing games, not be pissed off .

Heavenly Sword tops my list of awesome short games. You can get through it 6 hours on the easiest difficulty.

 

[JoPh]

i tend to avoid easy. sometimes when u put it on easy the AI is so dumb it makes the game silly. thats why i usually stick to "normal"

 

[oznerol]

Originally posted by: JoPh
i tend to avoid easy. sometimes when u put it on easy the AI is so dumb it makes the game silly. thats why i usually stick to "normal"

From what I've seen, outside of sports games, "easy mode" doesn't make the AI dumb, it just makes your character god-like. I know in Fallout 3, enemies acted the same, but I was just running up to them basically unharmed and beating them to death with a pipe.

I'm a fan of the "win-button".

 

[vi edit]

COD4 single player was pretty short and had some of the coolest gaming levels I've played.

"All Guillied Up" and the "Death From Above" are brilliant.

 

[YoungGun21]

Originally posted by: vi edit
COD4 single player was pretty short and had some of the coolest gaming levels I've played.

"All Guillied Up" and the "Death From Above" are brilliant.

This. I was surprised how quickly I beat it.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: vi edit
COD4 single player was pretty short and had some of the coolest gaming levels I've played.

"All Guillied Up" and the "Death From Above" are brilliant.

This, but its the best 4-5 hours you will ever have. The flashback SGT. sniping mission alone is worthy. Man, my heart was thumping throughout that whole mission!

 

[AstroManLuca]

Half Life 2 is kinda long IMO, but Episodes 1 and 2 are pretty short.

++ on COD4 and Portal. I've also heard about Heavenly Sword being short but sweet, but I haven't played it.

 

[thirdeye]

MGS4 can easily be beaten in ~ 5 hours assuming you skip the movies.

 

[ubercaffeinated]

resistance 2 single player campaign. short but beautiful.

 

[JoPh]

Originally posted by: makoto00
resistance 2 single player campaign. short but beautiful.

i started that game. i think im on the third level.

how long is it?

 

[joutlaw]

Battlefield: Bad Company was pretty short. I liked the comical aspect.

I've had a lot of fun with it online too.

 

[Trader05]

isn't bioshock short? I just picked this game up and started it last night.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Trader05
isn't bioshock short? I just picked this game up and started it last night.

Not that short. I've heard 15 hours.

Dead Space might be a bit shorter. I haven't finished that one, but it's basically RE4 in space.

 

[BD2003]

You must play portal. One of my favorite games of all time, and its very short.

I also highly recommend left 4 dead. Its very bite sized with a ton of replay value, and theres nothing else like it.

 

[jdport]

There are a lot of good live arcade games too for people with short attention spans... when I want a short burst of gaming geometry wars 2 is a ton of fun.. well worth the $10.