Why must they always be so long?
 

So I saw an article in some gaming magazine (I didn't actually read the article) entitled "In defense of short games" or something like that. And I thought, "Yeah, sometimes I like not having to play forever to finish a game. Especially if that game rocks."

So here are some of my favorite shorter games:
Shadow of the Colossus
Beyond Good and Evil


Anyone else?

Shinobi (PS2)- it's only long if you keep dying, over and over and over.....
God of War 1 & 2
Devil May Cry 1 & 3
Resident Evil games prior to 4

Well I thought god of war 2 was pretty short so thats my pick. (Took me 8 bloody hours but it felt short)

Lord of the rings battle for middle earth 2
And C&C 3 (Command and conquer 3)

Anything in the Smash Bros series would count.

Any 2D Metroid (Hey, they're all about getting to the end the fastest you can)
Kirby's Squak Squad was a 3 hour funfest (Lots of people were arguing this game was short)

Uh...I donno any others atm. I don't really complain about the length of a game myself as long as I get enough fun out of it. If its too short, but its fun, I just play it again, lol.

I second SoTC and GoW and also submit the MGS games. Two and a half hours for MGS2 is my personal best.

Of course, not all short games are so good. Dare I mention Enter the Matrix? *Shudder*

Compare Star Ocean for the PS2 to any game. You will think all other games are very short.

Cave Story ranks at the top for me. And Super Mario Bros 1 and 3.

Actually, most NES games work too. And there was a game for Genesis called Fatal Labyrinth that rocked the house out.

Fable?

Fable was fun for the time it lasted anyway.

Legend of Zelda - the Minish Cap was really good, even with its complete lack of legnth. And that was even with that stupid mid-game library "find all the overdue books" game.