The shortest game you have ever played excludes Pong, Pacman and tetras.

Hey, those games can literally go on forever.

Hm, I wonder if cheats or level warps count, because back in the day I could shoot through Super Mario Bros. 3 in an hour or two.

Probably God of War, Chains of Olympus.

I'm pretty sure we've had this thread like three times now.

Search Button FTW.

Lego Island 2...

Don't judge me.

Obviously Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest For Booty. I beat it in one sitting...and I'm never playing it again...it was that bad.

tomb raider legend. damn that was short. 8 levels? wtf? also puzzles never got really difficult. still an all around great game

Well, the question is how enjoyable the game had to be.

The best, shortest game that I've probably played had to be Portal. Epic funz.

As far as just being short in general, probably a fighting game, such as Soul Calibur IV, or the like. But, then again, it really depends on your definition of "Beating" a game...

Dino Stalker.
Great game but too short.

One of the Medal of Honour games (Rising Sun?) stopped just as it seemed it was about to kick up a gear,too.

BudZer:
Obviously Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest For Booty. I beat it in one sitting...and I'm never playing it again...it was that bad.

I thought it was good, but HOLY SHIT it was short, it's in the list of games I've beaten in a day.

Which are: CoD4 (on veteran too), Portal, QFB, and the HL/Sam and Max episodes.

Portal, best 2-3 hours of your life!

The first Sonic game on the megadrive 20 or so minuets for me.

TheGhostOfSin:
The first Sonic game on the megadrive 20 or so minuets for me.

That's actually quite impressive!
I've never beaten that game, and certainly couldn't do it in 20 minutes...

Did you get all 6 Chaos Emeralds? :P
(there were only 6 in the first one, before anyone says anything)

its a hard choice...
I'd have to go with
Pong

I mean, the replayability is high... but its like a few seconds of original storyline
so, what gives?

Apocalypse Tank:
its a hard choice...
I'd have to go with
Pong

I mean, the replayability is high... but its like a few seconds of original storyline
so, what gives?

What gives!? It was (one of the) first videogame(s) ever made! :P Cut those poor technology students some slack!

Humanfishboy:

TheGhostOfSin:
The first Sonic game on the megadrive 20 or so minuets for me.

That's actually quite impressive!
I've never beaten that game, and certainly couldn't do it in 20 minutes...

Did you get all 6 Chaos Emeralds? :P
(there were only 6 in the first one, before anyone says anything)

I did it last week but it took me quite a bit longer while trying to get all the emeralds, it's saved just before the final boss. 360 marketplace FTW!

Apocalypse Tank:
its a hard choice...
I'd have to go with
Pong

I mean, the replayability is high... but its like a few seconds of original storyline
so, what gives?

Well Pong is to easier answer, I want to hear about games today, like the darkness, I finished in a day.
Fable 1 ive finished just about 7 times and fusion frenzy 1.

Portal.

Short yes, but epic too.

Define "short". Most of the old NES titles could be beaten in under 45 minutes if you played them perfectly. It's just that they weren't very forgiving if you didn't play them perfectly. I could beat Atari's ET in about 4 or 5 minutes if I wasn't trying for a high score, but no one else seems to be able to beat it because they can't figure out what to do.

Shortest modern gen game? Heavenly Sword.

- J

Portal is probably the shortest game I've played recently.

But it was also the best.

so in short

short != bad.

army of two so good but so short

Pong! Two minutes of pure intensity.

prob pgr3. Took me 1 day. And it was only that long cos I fucked about on geomerty wars mini-game.

"The Great Waldo Search". A game with five levels that involve one button press each. Literally. It's two minutes and twenty Great British pounds of your life with no replay value.

For a game to be considered short, it has to have an ending.

Everything else is arbitrary. If the game doesn't have an ending, and is focused entirely on getting a high score, or beating your opponent in a single elimination game, then it can't really be called "Short"

You Have To Burn The Rope

Copter400:
You Have To Burn The Rope

the best game I've ever had a chance to play

thank you very much

in fact, I've not been so happy with the ending of a game since Portal.

Dragonball Z: Legacy of Goku for the GBA
beat it in 15 minutes, 1st run...horrible game...I miss my childhood :(

FEAR

Because running around completely lost in the terrible level design for the offices doesn't count in the total number of hours spent on that game.

Another World

One of my favourite games ever and it only lasts twenty-five minutes.

Oh Eric how we love ye.

Fallensky7:
Portal, best 2-3 hours of your life!

:P I've been playing that for 6 months (On and off) and still haven't finished it... *ashamed*

The HL:2 episodes.

you could easily mention games such as portal and the episodes of hl2 - but they were always intended to be shorter than the average 7-10 hour game play.

It is, however, rather irritating when you finally reach the end of a game and upon checking the time, find that it really wasn't very long. I always feel the game is lacking which no amount of multiplayer can rectify. For this i designate Battlefield: Bad Company. Unfortunately not very long. ho hum, onto the next game it seems...

burn the rope was awesome

I'd probably have to say Gungrave, the game runs under 5 hours (perhaps 3 or so). Still it's replayable heaps, because blowing stuff up is fun.

Halo 3. Played it on normal and had to get up in 4 hours because I finished it.