Explain this.
>>334819939
sauce
>>334819939
wtf is combined?
>>334820076
http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=26803
>>334819939
>implying
Finished DS2 with all DLCs under 60 hours.
First DS1 playthrough is 40 hours tops
Clocked 50 hours in DS3 so far, still yet to beat Dragonslayer Armour and explore Untended Graves and Archdragon Peak. Missed or fucked up majority of NPC quests.
>>334820365
How?
I am on NG+3 with only 30 or so hours.
>>334820365
you're playing as a completionist, not rushing the main story
>>334819939
Dark Souls 3 confirmed shit
>>334820632
There's no 49 hours of gameplay in DS1's story.
>>334820918
it's an average of first playthroughs
>completed the main game
>killed all the bosses
>Completed all the NPC quests that I could
>Grinded souls for a while to buy all the boss armors
>32 hours
I'm soing NG+ so I can get the secret ending but that shouldnt take me that much loner
I'm at 28 hours and I just got to the Profaned Capital. I've co-opped a bunch and I'm having a blast.
If the main story of DS1 and 2 took you that long you either played slowly/thoroughly or died a lot
2 is the largest game. 3 is in between 1 and 2. If you're complaining about 3 being short you just got gud and failed less.
>>334820441
ok hardcore gamer bro
Took me 23hours for all boss on first run.
I rushed 1/4 at the end, did not cared about any npc.
It's a legit 30hours i would say
(btw i did DaS1 faster)
>DS1 full playthrough: ~28 hrs
>DS2 full playthrough + DLC: ~33 hrs
>DS3 full playthrough + opt areas: ~23 hrs
DeS was my first souls game
Havent played BB yet
>>334825109
Fuck forgot to add DLC to DS1
>>334819939
This: >>334820126
>>334819939
My first Dark Souls run was 100 hours, I did fucking EEEVERYTHING before I entered NG+
DS2 took me about 50 hours
DS3 I beat around 60 something hours
I spend a lot of time in my first playthrough
It would appear dark souls 3 is shorter than dark souls 1 and 2. Not much more to say than that OP
>>334822885
What did you call me?
>>334819939
35 hours in, im in the dungeon. Taking my time enjoying the game. Your chart means shit to me.
>>334819939
I did DaS in 50 hours and DaS3 in 41. DaS2 doesn't count because it was bullshit.
>>334823142
it's also likely that DS1 was their first souls game, so DS2 and DS3 were easier to get through as they already knew how to play
The length isn't a problem really. The problem is that the game's not very replayable thanks to the boring linear world design. Its short length would be fine or even preferable if it was as replayable as DS1 but it isn't.
>>334825529
The question asked to explain, not describe
no wonder you failed school :^)^)^)^)^)
>>334825750
That is the only issue so far I have with the game. I need to actually kill a lot of bosses to progress to the weapon of my choice thus I'm forced to level up wepon I'm not intended to play with to clear bosses. Shit's stupid.
>>334821026
DS 1 the first time took me about 20 . DS2 Took about 18.
It's not 60 unless you got downs friendo
>>334825865
What is there to explain other than that the first two take longer than the third because they have more content, regardless of the actual quality?
>>334826186
I don't like speedrunning.
>>334819939
players got better/games follow a certain formula/DS3 just came out so only people who beat it are the hardcore fans
>>334826194
Dark Souls 3 doesn't have quantity, and to be fair excluding like one or two areas, it doesn't have quality either.
>>334819939
I don't know. I'm 30 hours into my DS3 gameplay, and from the boss list, I'm just shy of half.
>>334826375
Dark Souls 3 is just a smaller game anon. It's got less areas, less bosses and the areas it does have are mostly small with little to explore (with several of them being fucking tiny to the point there is nothing to explore, it's a 20 second walk from the bonfire to the boss).
>>334819939
anyone who completes any of those games under the shown hours by 10+ hours is a faggot who uses strategy guides and watches videos other faggots put on youtube
>>334826461
This retard probably got stuck at Ornstein and Smough for 20 hours and listed DS1 story as 50 hours
DS2 is the longest of them by far
>>334826461
>>334827052
Didn't mean to quote sry
Took me 20 hours to beat Dark Souls 1 the first time and I haven't played any other game in the series.
>>334827402
I assumed it was an rpg and actually grinded levels for hours
am i retarded?
I beat the entirety of vanilla DaS2 in 24 hours. Thats a blatant lie
>>334827805
Wouldn't you need to grind for 10 hours or so just to get an extra hit worth of HP?
What's the point? It's easier to get good.
>>334819939
Thats bullshit
Get Bloodborne, if you want a good game
Plus in DS1 there was no teleport.
>>334825750
>>334826129
Welcome to literally the same problem in Bloodborne
>>334828085
I know nothing about Bloodborne but one thing, I've heard you need to grind to get health potions and it's tedious as fuck.
>>334820365
Well I had 24 hours clocked in DS/ when I finished it. I just finished my second playthrough at 37 hours.
>>334826279
Are you seriously that retarded?
Just got to Boreal Valley at the 25 hour mark. Don't know if I'm near the end or not.
>>334828230
I finished my last playthrough with over 400 blood vials that I bought instead of leveling up mid to late game. You don't have to farm them.
>>334823142
2 is the largest game but that's no surprise since the content is unfinished trash
>>334828534
How did you buy them without grinding souls?
>>334819939
no dlc
>>334828612
Doing chalice dungeons trying to get to the queen.
>>334828230
Whoever told you that is someone who haven't played the game as well
I never had to farm for blood vials on my first playthrough, they just came from enemies i killed on my way
DS1:
>8-9 Hours. ~30 hour to play through everything
DS2:
>Don't know, only completed it once. Killed every boss in the game and completed it in 32 hours
DS3:
>Completed once and killed every boss. 35 hours.
DS3 has the most content. I didn't do any of the NPC questlines. OP is full of shit.
>>334819939
The times are correct, took me 35h to beat DaS3 including all optional shit.
But that's not a problem, because the game is consistently good throughout, meanwhile the second half of DaS is a mess, and DaS2 is shit in it's entirety
>>334828976
>>334829073
Took me 26 hours to do all the shit in DS3.
>>334829142
>Took me 26 hours to do all the shit in DS3.
That's believable, I got 35, but I spend a lot of time on AW and Pontiff, I also fucked around on multiplayer for a long time.
>people who fucking rush through Souls games and don't meticulously explore each nook and cranny
Truly the worst kind of people.
>>334828976
How the fuck did you rush a first playthrough without cheats or guides
>>334829256
The only boss I had to try more than 2 times was the Nameless king because of the awful camera in the fight. I also spent around an hour helping people fight bosses.
Dark Souls world record:
>51 min
Dark Souls 2 world record:
>56 min
Dark Souls 3 world record:
>1 hr 40 min
CHECK MATE POORFAGS
>>334829528
>awful camera in the fight
stop locking on m8
>>334829482
the main story takes about 8 hours. 9 hours tops if you're bad. Done it in way less time.
>>334828304
>taking your time and enjoying the game is retarded
Whatever you say faggot.
Bamco figured everyone would buy it anyway. So fuck making a longer game.
>>334819939
Longer =/= better. At least half of Dark Souls is shit. Almost all of Dark Souls 2 is shit. Around 20% of Dark Souls 3 is shit.
>>334829646
I'm reminded of how blue shift takes longer to speed run than half life or opposing force
>>334829679
That's what I did.
yeah but 3 is the best
And BB is shorter than 3
>>334829761
it only took me about 1 hour, you must be pretty bad
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>>334829935
I don't speedrun. I play it normally.
>>334829943
Don't worry about it. Hitting 35 hours on one build that is fighting Gundyr. I don't even die much, it just takes me a while to get through these games because I spend so much time taking in the environments, and doing co-op.
>>334829646
got around 52 minutes on my first playthrough.
git gud
>>334829943
You played almost 10 hours everyday since it came out? Don't you have a life or something else to do, obligations?
>>334829943
Acheevos:
20 out of 43
Anon... how?
>>334829646
>Dark Souls 3 world record:
>1 hr 40 min
the DS3 wr for all bosses is 1 hour 13 minutes
>>334829943
Dude, I played 35 hours and I'm only missing 5 acheivements. They come naturally. What the fuck are you doing?
>>334830135
Not him, but
>internet is out
>play the game offline
>finish it offline
>internet comes back on
>time played is listed, but none of my achievements have unlocked
>have to play through it again for them
I was gonna play through it again anyway, and I don't care about achievements, but what the fuck is with that?
>>334826186
First playthrough of das1 for me and I'm at 22 hours and halfway through blighttown
Who fucking cares?
Why do you nerds constantly nag on everything completely irrelvant to the game itself?
People can either rush through or take time and enjoy it you know like what you are supposed to do when you play a video game. Or have you all forgotten how to actually ENJOY a video game and instead just want to post dank memes about it
fucking hate this place
>>334830409
>tfw will never have the Link the Fire Ending because fuck losing total map access and farming 300k+ souls to heal the dark sigil
>>334826279
my first playthrough of DS1 i finished in less than 30 hours, so maybe the average dark souls players are bad at games. the whole game is just learning boss mechanics anyway
>>334830540
this feels about right
>>334830609
Start a new character and do a speedrun.
>>334821026
If this is an average of first playthroughs then why is it a surprise that people complete the third game in the series faster.
What is even the point of this thread.
>>334830552
wow are you cynical
>>334830110
No
>>334830409
Invading
>>334830815
I don't think you know what that word means
churning out games is only fine on /v/ if it's a souls game
I'm 10 hours in DaS3, and I just beat Vordt. How I'm doing? My first playthrough of DaS1 was 120 hours btw.
>>334820126
>>334825309
multiple play styles like completionist and speed run or main story and speedrun etc.
>>334820441
You are the 1%. Congrats
>>334830754
what's also stupid is i'm sure the prequels are including the DLC not just the main so naturally those would be longer since DaS3's dlc isn't out yet
>>334832023
I was in Anor Londo at 10 hours. Kill yourself kiddo.
>>334819939
DS2 takes less than DS1 to do a full playthrough? My ass
>>334832424
I'm sure it's possible, but a lot of these, "It was my first run and I did it in 20hrs" posts smell like bullshit to me.
>>334819939
severely inflated numbers due to DkS1 and DkS2 being the first games for a lot of people in the franchise.
>>334832557
>calling someone kiddo
>rushing the game
maybe you should kill yourself?
>>334832557
people who rush dark souls with guides need to get out
>>334833831
1v1 right now you pussy.
Ds1 is like 20 hours maybe less if you don't distract yourself
>>334834046
Maybe with a guide, blind its easily 40-50h.
I'm 35 hrs into the game and I'm only up to Pontiff. I might be considered in the "completionist" category since I'm exploring everything, but I feel like my first playthrough is gonna be closer to 80-100 hrs
>>334820365
Well yeah because you're pausing to read guides. Of course that adds to the length.
>>334832557
>using a guide
10 hours in, I was utterly lost in Undead Settlement.
>>334834046
Having played it before or your first introduction to the Souls series?
>>334833971
>>334834356
Never used a guide. Maybe stick to Nintendo games seeing as you're both mentally handicapped.
>>334834387
Not him but after playing DeS and moving onto DaS it took me like 25 hours to beat DaS
First time playing through each game
Dark Souls - 39 hours
Dark Souls 2 - 51 hours
Dark Souls 3 - 42 hours
Bought all at launch. If I spend $50+ on a game and get at least 30 hours out of it I'm satisfied. Between all three I've spent about 200 hours total, plus another 50 on DeS.
>>334819939
>DaS1 completionist
>109 hours
What the fuck?
Literally did this before DaS3 release and took me a maximum of 30 hours
>>334819939
Maybe people have already played souls games before and know what to do? My first playthrough was dark souls one, which took me around 65-70 hours due to not knowing what to do at all in the beginning, experimenting with pvp and summoning, exploring and trying out new weapons, and dying a LOT. Dark souls 2's which I think we can all agree has more content than ds1, took me 50 or maybe a bit less to complete for the first time. Demon's Souls took me like 20 hours tops to beat. Bloodborne only about 30, since I already had thousandths or hours in all the soul games and breezed through it. In this game, I'm about 40 hours in, and near the end. I just beat the twins and only really have Ancient Wyvern, nameless king, and the final boss left. I did take my time exploring everything and getting every single treasure and glowing thing, but I didn't grind or play online at all.
>lol i beat the game under this time, look how smart i am
this is what you all sound like
>>334826186
DaS is average 50 on release buddy
>>334828085
>no teleport in DS1
>babby never got the Lordvessel.
>>334819939
50 hours for first dark souls
no? I did all-bosses in my first run and it took my like 20. dark souls ii took like, 25.
>>334819939
Absurdly wrong.
There is no way that it takes 50 hours to finish Dark Souls 1 main story without doing any side content, no way, it takes 20 to 30 hours AT MOST.
I'm 26 hours into DS3 and I'm yet to kill my second Lord of Cinder.
>>334819939
Its so sad that this misinformation is going to be used as a bait image for shitposting for the years to come.
>>334835987
hltb is not trustworthy
http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=2224&s=completions
you can see that people have listed their new game+ runs, and completionist runs under 'main story'
im 25 hours in to dark souls 1, just before blightown at level 74
is that good or am i going too slow?
>>334835446
55 hours here without going into artorias dlc
ur wrong
>>334819939
I'm 25 hours in and I don't see the end near
>>334839924
savor it f.a.m, you only get your first playthrough once. Don't listen to these nerds
>>334832557
>Implying
I don't nees any guides, nor am I getting lost nor am I bad at the game. I'm farming the knights to get their sets, exploring everything, trying out new weapons. It's been a lot of fun. I also learned to parry the knights quite perfectly, and killed Vordt on my first try actually.
This is the last Souls game. I ain't gonna rush it - I'm going to savour every minute.
>>334839512
>Level 74
What the fuck.
25 hours is not a lot for that much grinding
>>334819939
>Not spending hours on pvp
Why people do this.
