[018] my play time is 25 hours now ! ... good or bad ?

I haven't played Final Fantasy XIII for a good few days now. It may even be a week. I've lost track. How tragic ! And yet I'm not really bothered. Surely I'm not about to let 25 hours of gameplay go to waste and forget about it ? But I'm just bored of it, like I eventually do of every long game I ever seem to play, especially the previous Final Fantasies. It's not that I dislike them, it's just I seem to have a very short attention span. And especially when things have been going quite well in the game, and then all of a sudden it gets difficult, and annoying bosses pop up and unleash stupidly ridiculous combos just when you've almost got him and then BAM, you're dead AGAIN. It turns boredom of the situation into slight resentment.

But then again, I dislike short games too. When I buy a game for £40 or whatever (well, £30 with discount) and then it only lasts like eight hours, I feel a bit cheated. Sure, there'll be online play most of the time, but the majority of them will be wastes of time (Haze, Killzone 2 pop to mind).

But then you'll think, "you're obviously just a fool who cannot keep their mind on one subject", but I object ! I have persisted and played a lot of long games. For example, my favourite games of all time have to be Half Life 2 and Fallout 3. Both very intense and indepth games (especially Fallout) which were so engaging and addictive that I couldn't bare to tear myself away. I'm pretty sure my playtime on one Fallout game (yes I've done more than one, eek) was about 40 hours. And even then I was slightly reluctant to end the game with completing the final mission.

I'm not 100% sure what I'm trying to say or get across. Yes, long games are good value for money, as long as they remain interesting and engaging throughout. I loved Final Fantasy XIII when I first got it, I thought it was the best one I've played (apart from 9, god I loved 9 lol) but then it suddenly got very old very fast.

Oh Final Fantasy. You're very pretty, I just wish I cared more about you :(