God Of War: Ascension Is Only 8 Hours Long, Says Famitsu

God Of War: Ascension has been reviewed on the latest issue of Famitsu and while the game has received a nice score, 9/9/9/9, we still didn’t know the details of the review itself: today some more information regarding the game have surfaced and probably a few fans won’t be too happy about this.

According to the Famitsu review the single player mode of God Of War: Ascension can be cleared in as little as eight hours: while it’s not clear on what difficulty level the reviewer has played, it’s still disappointing. It’s true that the game has a multiplayer mode but still, some gamers just wanted to experience the Story mode of the game.

This detail has been pretty much confirmed by director Todd Papy who stated that the game will take around 10/12 hours to complete. God of War: Ascension isn’t the only action game as of late to be incredibly short: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance can be cleared in around 7 hours on the normal difficulty level. Paying full price for a game which can be completed in a single sitting isn’t going to make buyers happy, that’s for sure.

We will have to wait for the game to be officially released to know the truth about its length: Ascension will release later this month exclusively on Ps3.

Swin

You find that reviewers rush through games though, maybe due to a schedule. For example,in the Dead Space 3 review at IGN, the guy said the thing about ellies eye diddnt make sense, had he been paying attention he would of seen that its explained in the first 10 minutes of the game. He said the game lasts 10 hours when in reality the side quests alone can give you 10 hours of play, plus the insane amount of replayabilty was NEVER mentioned, i was appaled by this so called professionals.
http://twitter.com/ALTheGodofWar Alex L.

I’m calling BOLLOCKS! Critics just rush through games on easy missing most of the collectibles and then make stupid claims that a game is too short. Remember God of War III, critics were saying it was 7-8 hours when in reality most people took 10-12 hours to beat it first time on normal difficulty, I bet it’ll be the same case with God of War: Ascension aside from the fact it now has an amazing multiplayer component.
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  yep good point . i have noticed the trend in reviewers rushing through
PhoenixElemental

I’m not playing it for its running time, but for the experience! Heavenly Sword could be completed in about six hours, but wow, what an experience!