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Square Enix addresses length concerns.
Square Enix announced Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII has at least 50 hours of gameplay, as IGN reveals. During an interview with gameplay director Yuji Abe, in which the countdown aspect of the game was discussed, it was revealed the content will be lengthier than people expect.
“The way the game moves, one period of 24 hours within the game world itself will take play time in the real world around two or three hours of actual, real time. Having said that, opening menus, customising your characters, talking to some people or just listening to certain things will cause time to stop. So it isn’t quite as short as you’d think.
Overall, when I did the test plays during the development period, I played through from start to finish trying to see almost all of the aspects of the game and it took roughly about 50 hours.
So no, I think this is one that’ll take a good chunk of time, and people will be able to enjoy it for a good long while.”
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII releases in Japan in November, while North America and Europe get it in early February.
