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I completed Modern Warfare 2 in 4 Hours 44 Minutes and 23 seconds – Is that a record? Flame On
   November 10th, 2009 clock image 11:00 am

Tooshort

We often debate how long a game needs to be before it can really be classified as a full game. Well for my review of Modern Warfare 2 I turned the difficulty level onto Recruit and played through the game.

I don’t normally game for longer than 2 hours at a stretch so it did feel like a decent amount of time by the time the awesome credits started to roll but how long had it been?

Thankfully I didn’t need to check the clocks as the game stores the time for you and accordingly I was informed that I completed the game in 4:44:23 which is not very long for a full priced game.

I wasn’t trying to race through it but merely just playing the single player as it came and enjoying the experience fully.

Is under 5 hours to short for a game? Is it excusable seeing as the multiplayer is going to eat years of my life and the spec ops section looks pretty beefy as well?

Have you beaten the game faster than that? Please do let us know what you think.

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  • WitWolfyZA

    u serious? dang

  • Reaver

    Well I finished MW1 in about 7 hours, and I took my time. But honestly, I didn’t mind one damn bit coz it was a thrill ride the entire way. Too often games are valued by their length, when a lot of these so called games have hours of filler sections that don’t grip you at all.

    MW1, Max Payne 1 & 2, Republic Commando. These are all just games off the top of my head, that were all 8 hrs or less, yet remain some of the best games I’ve ever played.

    • http://www.lazygamer.co.za LazySAGamer

      I agree 100%.. but 8 hours or less is a lot more than 4 hours 44 minutes…

      I don’t regret paying for the game at all though and I guess that is what really counts in the end

      • Akeem

        8 hours OR LESS could be lower than 4 hours and 44 minutes

    • CrimsonIdol

      Both Max Paynes took a lot longer than 8 hours for me from what I remember, and I’m pretty sure I’m not that retarded. But I’m not getting this game anyway so its not my money :P

  • Kirsch360

    The question I have is why on earth would you want to play MW2 on Recruit, I have started the game on Veteran and im sure i’ll be looking at 8-10 hours easily on the single player campaign alone

    • http://www.lazygamer.co.za LazySAGamer

      Because I am more a multiplayer gamer and only played the single player through today to review it :)

      And reviewing on recruit is way easier since Infinity Ward are so damn good at making games hard

  • 0rk0

    In my opinion a game must be at least 8 hours long when running through the single player experience, unless it’s marketed as an online or multiplayer game.

    If somebody bought the game without the intention of playing online, due to whatever reason, then they won’t be getting their money’s worth in only 4 hours.
    Then you can rather go watch 3 movies at the cinema and you will get 4.5 hours at +/- R150 instead of R600.

  • eXp

    What difficulty did you play it on?

  • sparky

    yeah that is kind of short will pick it up after dragon age , uncharted, forza 3 so maybe next year march lol
    seriously there r so many great games out there but cod is mostly for fans of multiplayer is it not?

  • RSA-Ace

    Does the game include all the time you spend dying on a section. Or is it total game time (including all the time you spend dying on a section)?

    • http://www.lazygamer.co.za LazySAGamer

      Not sure actually… my real time timings were pretty close so I would go with it including your death and replay times

  • John

    Play it on Hardened idiot.

    • Goose

      Sigh…

      • bboy

        lol, yeah

    • Recon

      Veteran difficulty would definitely make it harder and if you can do that in under 5 hours, then maybe people have some belief.

      My sister’s boyfriend finished CoD:WaW in under 5 hours on easy. He’s still working on Veteran and can barely finish each level.

      • thegamerchick

        Your sister’s boyfriend’s a wanker! I finished it on Veteran and I’m a chick for god’s sakes!

  • Fred

    Ah what the hell , most people jump into multiplayer before even doing the single player anyway , but yes they could have made it at least an 8 hour campaign on standard difficulty. CAN WE GET SOME FREE DLC ACTIVISION , OR IS THERE A BETTER CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE KALAHARI…

  • Goose

    I know the Multiplayer for this will be amazing but 5 hours (albeit on easy) is way too short in my opinion.

  • MrCrimson

    I beat it in 7 on vet.

  • Jay

    Hey, John – reading not your strong point, eh? Idiot.

  • TeRRoRoFdEaTh

    South African Gamer making headlines on N4G!! yay go SA!! :cool: :cool:

  • Q121

    I like short games, more chance I will actually finish it :)

    :pirate: > :ninja:

  • WitWolfyZA

    i have enough war games for the time being ill just stick to what i have

  • Dan

    You say that you didn’t race through it but yet you admit to playing through it to see how long the campaign lasts.

    In all likelihood you may not have purposefully ‘rushed’ through the game but I’d wager that you didn’t spend time taking in the little details and the atmosphere that the game has to offer.

    I fired it up this morning and I tried the assault course alone three times before moving onto the next section.

    • RSA-Ace

      WTF?

      Your first sentence is terrible. What makes you think playing through the campaign to see how long it lasts means that you have to race through it.

      Why do you need to defend the game so much? It still got rated highly and that is without the multiplayer.

    • http://www.lazygamer.co.za LazySAGamer

      I played through the game to get a review out on Launch day seeing as we didn’t get the game early.

      I didn’t rush but I didn’t investigate my surroundings either. I did watch all the cut scenes even though I don’t know if they count towards the time.

      You can read the review through the link at the top left if you like, the game is awesome :)

  • john

    5 hours for ANY game, whilst being played normally is too short imo. Give me a game with 12hr+ baby!!

  • Ndibu

    Hey Terror, what’s the big deal? If N4G was a respectable site your comment would have merit, instead its overrun by fanboys from the Microsoft Camp and Sony Defence Force and being featured on it is no great achievement

  • TeRRoRoFdEaTh

    @ Ndibu

    Well its just good to see some South African content being published on International websites, regardless of whether its a fanboy site. South Africa’s getting some publicity!

  • Face13

    That’s a deal breaker for me I was on the fence about buying this game an know i know its not for me. That’s just too short for $60.

  • Ndibu

    @Terror
    South Africa’s getting publicity?? Dude we are hosting the most important sporting event, the World Cup. It’s not like we are some obscure lil town in Peru or something

  • HardBoiE

    Dude, put it on a harder difficulty and give your self a challenge. Then it will take longer. Dont blame the game, its a very good story and with the amount of time spent playing multi, you will get your money worth easy. Divide hours of play by how many dollars it cost you. In just a month the game may end up costing only $1/hour in a year way way less than that. Everyone just needs to stop winging about games and just be happy to play… You’ve all been way to spoiled by, now if a game is remotely dissapointing… you all egt on the cry wagon.

  • kapy

    Am I the only one to think this “too short” obsession with a Call of Duty game is a bit ridiculous because those games are now so multiplayer-oriented? Of course, if you don’t intend to play the game online, it’s short and you have to wonder if it’s worth the full price. But since Infinity Ward puts so much effort in the multiplayer side of the game, playing only single player is also passing on a huge chunk of the game…

  • David Macphail

    Yes, 5 hours is far too short for a game that costs £40. No, a beefy online mode does not excuse the wimpy single – player mode, not even a bit.

    Look at the TRUE AAA games of recent years – GTA:IV takes around 80 hours to finish to 100%. Metal Gear Solid 4 takes over 50 hours.

    I, personally, felt that the 2 Uncharted games were a tad too short (They clock in at around 12 hours each). 4 and 3/4 hours for a campaign mode is absolutely pathetic, it’s an insult to gamers. I’m glad i didn’t buy this game now.

  • www.wikus.co.za

    Seriously that sucks, I used to love RPGs like the FF series which took 80+ hours to complete the first time round and currently Borderlands which I’m enjoying at my own pace and have 12 hours already under the belt. It’s an experience you want to remember and if you got STML like me you’re screwed. :angel:

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  • Chris

    Welcome to the generation of expensive development. It seems developers simply don’t have the time these days to pump out games of expected quality and have them also be lengthy. Dragon Age Origins was credited for its length by a number of reviewers, yet such a factor would have generally been ignored and an expectation last generation.

  • BeenThereDoneThat

    It’s shameful that we have to pay $65 for a less than 5 hour single player mode! Single player sound like an afterthought by the developers. A LOT of us like a long single player experience. I shouldn’t have to play it in HARD mode to get extra time…that’s a stupid excuse. I like the multiplayer too, but it’s not the only reason I buy games. I have a BUNCH of multiplayer games, and don’t really need another one. This one just got knocked down a few notches on MY “must buy” list.

    • Matt

      Your whole point goes down the drain by truly believing you are spending $65.00 on a less than 5 hour single player game. That’s so incorrect it’s ridiculous. People are spending their $65.00 on a great but short single player story, 23 co-op special opes missions, and an update (which by update, we’re not just talking a few more weapons and different maps) to arguably one of the best first person shooter multiplayer games of all time. Go look at the reviews on IGN and other sites. They all admit the single player could have been longer, but overall, this is one of the better packaged games this year and potentially ever.

  • TeRRoRoFdEaTh

    @ Ndibu

    Publicity in the way of gaming.

  • Matt

    Try playing it on Veteran. You can’t complain about a game being short if you’re already making it quicker and easier by simply playing on easy or even normal. That’s just lame. While I will say this time around was quite a bit easier on Veteran, Modern Warfare 1 is one of the hardest games I have played on veteran. It took me a while to beat because of the difficulty

  • easy

    i’m not sure what the fuss is all about?
    the sp portion of the game is a just a bonus, and the main attraction is the mp part. battlefield 2 (not the bad company spin offs) didn’t have a campaign and was at the time one of the best shooters out there… at it was at full cost.

    mw2 is all about online, and raking up 100+ hours makes it one of the cheaper games out there in regards to value per hour played.

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  • whyman

    I also think it was way to short. Finished it in one sitting. :pinch: About 5 hours.

  • klarax

    in uk game = £40

    8 hr game / £40 = £5 per hr playtime

    4 hrs would be = £10 and hr

    seems pricey…

    • Matt

      Either you play only single player games, or you aren’t thinking straight….

      Let’s say someone who wants a challenge plays it on Veteran mode.

      10 hours – single player

      Then add in multiplayer – 30 hours (low number for most when it comes to the first modern warfare)

      Then the New Special Ops Mode…
      This mode is said to take even longer than the single player mode. Let’s hand it 15 hours in getting all 3 stars on each of the 23 levels.

      So do the math. 55 hours total play, and that is a low number IMO. that makes the game about $1.00 per hour. Now take the number to where I think it will be for the average player, about 75 hours. Less than a dollar an hour. So you cannot just base it off of single player.

  • Gaz

    I suppose it goes how good you are at games, how many hours a day you spend playing them. And some people spend soooooooooo much time playing them because they’ve got nothing else better to do in their life. But at £45+, no game is worth that much. It makes no difference to me how long a game lasts for, I buy used games and I swap them. Gaming can be cheap if you stick by your guns…

  • fr1dg3

    If you buy Modern Warfare 2 on any platform just for the SP then you are waisting your time and money…I got it last night midnight and have played more MP than SP…Just started the SP and yes its short but very challenging on higher difficulties and the story is brilliant imo…Show me a fps that is longer than 7 or 8 hours in anyway…

    COD was alway and will always be a MP game with a side order of awesome SP…

  • karlos

    i completed it on veteran in 4 hours 11 minutes and 28 seconds beat that

  • cdisnumber1

    HOW MANY HOURS HAVE YOU SPENT ON MULTIPLAYER?????
    multiplayer is now the bread and butter for mst fps games
    Ex 1: Halo 3, a story that just kind of make a square peg fit in a round hole, AND MULTIPLAYER
    Ex 2: Killzone 2, bad story bad dialouge cliff-hanger ending GAY, ANd MULTIPLAYER

  • cdisnumber1

    cod sux you sux england sux america sux and your mom sux

  • ps3fan001

    teh 360 version suxor so bad that god tried to smite teh develepers

  • 360rulezson

    dude don’t be an ass why don’t you go back to the playstation forums and beat off to the two girls who post there

  • Snip

    I finished MW2 on Veteran in just over six hours. Since there are no more infinitely respawning enemies and grenade spam, the game is much easier than any other COD has ever been. Now you can just stop and pick off the bad guys until they are all dead, then move on. You can take quite a bit more damage on Veteran than you ever could before. If you are having a hard time, it’s because you are rushing in to move the line forward, something that no longer applies. All in all, I was surprised how easy the game was.

    But whatever, we don’t buy COD for the single player anyway.

  • ps3fan001

    you and your system suxor tell your mom ill be over soon

  • 360rulez

    omfg shut up and ted i’ll see you tomorrow at school

  • ps3fan001

    ima hump yo girl

  • 360rulezson

    really “cuz my girl” is your sister

  • ps3fan001

    you be gay “son”

  • 360rulezson

    and that is why your a flaming homosexual

  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za LazySAGamer

    Not to ruin all your fun but the randomly generated Wavatar image kind off shows everyone that your email address is the same ps3fan001, 360rulezson and cdisnumber1?

    You may want to change your email address for each of your multiple personalities

  • TheMostAwesomeDude

    F_CK infinity Ward-a-pus…I was gona buy it for the single player….Now this is a definite rental game for me….sigh…(~_~)…

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