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Really years? How so? I am not asking just to be a d*ck, I am genuinely interested in knowing how much time will it take me to finish them. I recently added all 4 (1, 2, 3 and Torna) to my collection/back log because I found them at a reasonable price on eBay and I want to know if I just need to say goodbye to thousand of hours.
@@reyesbaltazar9070 years is definitely hyperbole, but you could definitely get a couple hundred hours out of each of the three main games if you're a completionist, and then another 40 out of torna and 30 out of future redeemed. I definitely spent a pretty ridiculous amount of time maxing out my party's classes, gems and builds in XC3. If you just want to complete the games rather than going for full clear, I'd say each is about 30-50 hours.
According to howlongtobeat 136h + 13h for XC1 + "DLC" (included in the switch version) 256h + 38h for completing XC2 and Torna 173h + 34.5h for XC3 and DLC 650h 30' in total If you play 16h/week it will take 11 months to complete everything in all the numbered XC and their DLCs It personally took longer than 650, and I'm still completing stuff in xc2
@@reyesbaltazar9070 In my personal experience: I played XC1 + Epilogue about 220 hours (Only on switch, since I also played xc1 on Wii) I played XC2 + Torna around 500 hours (Spent a lot of time in postgame in this one) I played XC3 + FR around 300 hours
My first playthru of Xenoblade on my Wii was just over 200 hours...but a lot of that was due to trying to find stuff for the subquests (all 400+). For the Definitive Edition the main game took about 110 hours, and the epilogue another 30. I can hardly wait for the dev's next game. Certain parts of my anatomy would explode if they got the full rights to Xenogears, Xenosaga, and/or Chrono Trigger.
The Xenoblade Chronicles trilogy plus all three DLC expansions is easily one of the best trilogies in gaming and EXTREMELY highly recommended. Seriously DON'T skip these!
Monster Hunter GU is my perfect game because I can pick it up whenever I'm in the mood, do a quick hunt, then put it away for days, weeks, or months. There's no real story to remember, so it's easy to jump into whenever the mood hits.
You should do Funnest & Short Switch games actually worth completing. Voting for Arzette and the Jewel of Faramore. (3 hours for any% and 4 to 5 hours for 100% without walkthrough)
@@mridul3526 by not playing it all at once. I've been gradually 100%ing tears of the kingdom since it came out. The only things I have left to do are hunting down every hinox and every stone talus.
Same here. Don't do it all in one go. I did all the shrines first, then completed the main story. Now I'm coming back every once in a while to look for some Korok seeds. 🙂
I was coming here to say exactly this. I nearly fully completed the WiiU edition, and then restarted on Switch and fully completed it. I think it is the most hours I have put into any Switch game.
@@anonymousscience4095 About the same for me. I didn't go for full completion, as Link was still my only maxed out character when I stopped, but I did get max rank on all of the scenarios. I logged about 300 hours on it.
oh my god. i played a lot of xenoblade chronicles X and chronicles 1. And only 2 and 3 are on this list. I will never be able to have a life outside of work again. It's never ending
I can’t tell if you are being sarcastic or not but I actually agree. I was so bored the first 20 hours or so and then once you get to Uraya it becomes one of the greatest games ever made. I sunk over 150 hours into that game.
it also helps the combat click if you use an external tutorial video rather than the rather misleading in-game tutorials. A LOT of people find combat really slow then later figure out it's because they forgot to use mechanics like food buffs that quite literally make the game's entire combat system function 25% faster.
I personally ended up putting 450 hours into Xenoblade Chronicles 2. When you understand the battle system and dig into the end game content it's freaking fantastic.
Fire Emblem Three Houses 3 routes is 271+ hours. 4 routes is probably 300+ hours Rune Factory 4, just 1 playthrough is 150+ hours. I love it so much more than Stardew Valley or Harvest Moon or Story of Seasons
I’ve been going through the Xenoblade series over the last year and boy, am I happy I did. Just completed 2 and Torna last month and now I’m resisting immediately diving into 3 and playing some shorter experiences in between.
I really enjoyed Zelda Tears but I would have to say that the Xeno trilogy on Switch was def my favorite by far. I beat 23 games and got back to Sparks of Hope which is easy over the last 6 years. sparks of Hope I did 15% in 2 days.
SMTV (the first version) took me over 120 hours to beat. I /just/ beat Tears of the Kingdom, doing 95% of what the game had to offer and I came in at 280 hours. Absolutely massive.
I'm late to the party for Civilization 6, as I only ended up convincing myself to buy it when it was on sale for $12.99 for the Anthology (the definitive edition) but hot damn, if I didn't spend 300+ hours on here already! It's just been a month too! It's exhaustingly addictive.
@thelegacyofgaming2928 X is indeed a masterpiece, but so is 1, 2, Torna, 3, Future Redeemed. As for X not getting as much attention, it is simply due to being locked to the Wii U, and released before but not that far away from Zelda (Although it actually do certain things better than BOTW). But I do believe X will get a remake on Nintendo Switch sucessor next year, and with that, all the credit it deserves.
@thelegacyofgaming2928 Honestly I really dislike the combat in X and it makes some very questionable decisions design wise - looking at you Beagflea squashes and the final boss - but it's still pretty good. The music is brilliant too
I played some of these games. They are much longer than those hours. For example I highly doubt that you can finish dragon quest under 90 hours in normal difficulty. I skipped most of the side quests and my time was way more longer than that. That 3rd act was completely unnecessary. For totk I did all dungeons, side quests apart from few like taking photo of everything, all shrines. I opened entire map. I did not even try to collect all korok seeds. I don't know whether I completed all armor sets, and schemas or not. It took 290 hours. For XC2 and XC3, they are around 160-180 hours. For XC2 I did not do most of the side quests. Just did some blade quests. For XC3 I did almost all side quests. Persona 5 Royal 180 hours, Witcher 3 Wild Hunt wilt all dlcs 200+ hours. Those hours given in the video are quite conservative tbh.
You're right. I finished Dragon Quest XI yesterday, just under the 120h mark. I did absolutely nothing in Chronopolis and still had secondary quests to do. I decided it was enough for me. I finished Persona 5R earlier this year at 170h (I missed the added chapter... Oups..). I just started playing Mario RPG today. Finaly a shorter game ! lol
Fire Emblem Three Houses 3 routes is 271+ hours. 4 routes is probably 300+ hours Rune Factory 4, just 1 playthrough is 150+ hours. I love it so much more than Stardew Valley or Harvest Moon or Story of Seasons
You really should do a video solely on long switch games. I’ve got 7,000+ hours on the Switch version of Ark Survival Evolved. I have friends with 10,000+…
Hello there lovely Alex and all in Nintendo Life I really like there is Luigi from Super Mario 3D World with a long legs on the screen when i'm thinking about The BIGGEST and LONGEST Switch games actually worth completing are these AWESOME games: The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild & Tears of the Kingdom, Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, 2 & 3 and Pokémon Legends Arceus I list this small because I wanted to list the Nintendo Switch Exclusive games I know there is a lot more, but there was games that came to my mind first defienitily Botw & Totk and all Xenobalde games that I have Botw and Totk and Xenoblade games only 2 so I need to buy 1 and 3 defienitily 3 because Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is one of the BIGGEST and BEST Nintendo Switch games of all time with even a dlc and it's sad 3 is the last Xenoblade Chronicles game I sould LOVE to see Nintendo make more Xenoblade this video would be so good because it's about the Switch games thank you Nintendo Life and happy last Gamescom 2024 day sunday everyone! 😊❤
A great list indeed, here are a couple more that might fit on the list too, though some will really chew up your time, you have been warned... : Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen, No Man Sky, Terraria, Minecraft, Dragon Quest Builders 2, Red Dead Redemption, Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age, SubNautica + SubNautica Below Zero, Dying Light Platinum Edition, Monster Hunter Stories 2, Nier Automata. Last time I checked, I must have sunk like a couple thousand hours into these games... which come to think of it, is quite scary...
I don’t know if this counts, but to get the entire story of fire emblem three houses you really need to play through every house at least once black Eagles you need to do either a second play through or just have a save halfway through that run but to get the entire story, I was it Around 400ish hrs
Woop Woop! Galleria reference 😂 Always have to drive through the tunnel underneath to get to my Nan & Grampys. I say Galleria like you but the game as Gal-lair-ria.
I remember streaming a playthrough of XC3 on my Twitch channel once, and I'd played almost 12 hours straight due to exploring, fighting Super bosses, and gathering new hero while drinking Red Bull 😂😂😂.
I rarely hear people talk about Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. It's a massive game, has Dark Souls kinda atmosphere. Has all the elements of an RPG and has one of the best gameplay mechanics imo. You could easily sink 80+ hours when completing the base game and it's DLC. 100+ hours when you're a completionist. 9/10 game for me.
About Dragon Quest 11S, if you do miss the retro graphics and random encounters, you can enable that, as it has a mode you can turn on to make the game more akin to older Dragon Quest games, pixelart graphics and random encounters and all.
I think I'm close to 300 hours on Xeno 3? Truly one of my favorite games of all time, and I've been gaming since the NES. I'm trying to not touch it for a decade so that when I return to it, it feels as fresh as it can be.
My one playthrough of tears of the Kingdom clocks in at over 220 hours. I made sure to do pretty much everything possible that I discovered. That means dozens of side quests. All of the light Roots and shrines.
I'm 232 hours into "Tactics Ogre: Reborn" and I'm tecnically at 80% of the game's story mode
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88 hours of Disgaea 5 sounds like you've got plenty to do beyond that. I love the game, currently on 140hr and still playing it. Most of my team at around level 1,000.
Because half of that content is DLC, which isn’t factored into this list, and base game story isn’t all that long. The numbers they use for the list are a mean of average, non-completionist playthroughs of the base game, which according to their data source is 57 hours for Rise. The shortest game on this list is 90. Factoring in Sunbreak would bring Rise’s average to 141-ish hours, meaning it probably would be in top 5 of this list.
These long games are a main reason my backlog is so large. I’ve been playing Breath of the Wild since last December and I still haven’t finished. I might take a break when I finally finish and play some shorter games, then I’ll probably try out one of these.
I just finished the marathon that was the Xenoblade trilogy and their DLC’s. Far out that took up my life far longer than it should’ve. Onto pikmin at the moment …but lord Xenoblade requires a lot of your time. I got Xenoblade X…but I need a break lol one day I’ll get around to playing that one.
I didn't feel comfortable with praying to statues even though it's just a game so I only played for 60 hours. I did a glitch to get the master sword. I got the hyrule shield by sneaking sneaking around avoiding most of the enemies, a lot of tutorials. I only had half the hearts or maybe less than people had in end game
Currently playing Apollo Justice now! I picked the perfect year to become a huge Ace Attorney fan lol. Started with The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, then the OG trilogy and now Apollo Justice :)
I was unemployed when TOTK came out and for the first couple days my online friends saw the number of hours and were intrigued "is it that good?", 2 weeks in my friends were concerned "did u sleep?"😂😂 I mean I played till I drop repeatedly so yea it's good😂😂
Was thinking, “Omg how is Hades not on this list that game is AMAZING” and then realized that game probably takes way less time to complete for most people 😂 I played it for about 120 hours somehow though - there is so much content (especially if it takes a while to get good at combat like me I guess lol). But they included P5R which is my absolute fav, so can’t complain
How is the Apollo justice trilogy so long? I adore the series, but I never thought the games were all that long. Also, every mention of Divinity Original Sin 2 should be accompanied with the fact that it's one of the few switch games that supports cross save with PC.
I was kinda waiting to see No Man's Sky mentioned at the end. Not sure how long people stick with that game, but I'm definitely well beyond 100h, counting ps4, pc and recently the Switch. Good list, though. Will definitely save some of those suggestions.
Galleria the Moon society is sooooo good. I bought the physical when it launched and I absolutely love this game. (Come to think of it I have physical copies of almost all of these games.) I’m still on my first play through of Galleria but it’s definitely a banger.
Man I've sunk soooo much hours into Disgaea and I still don't think I've completed it. I just love my created characters and exploring the item world lol
I just completed P5R and was completely underwhelmed. It makes me worried about playing others on this list (Xenogears/DQ11/Trails) since they are also well reviewed and super long.
Surprised Fire Emblem Three Houses isn't on the list. To get all the story you have to play it 4 times! I'm on my 3rd play through and don't even want to look at how many hours I've put in 😅
I was real dissapointed to find out that Trails of cold steel 3&4 bundle pack was ps5 exclusive. If collections get a pass that one would have rocketed up the list. For the other collection on there with the ace attorney games, I end up playing those like reading a bedtime book. It's not several hour gaming sessions on weekends but more an hour or so before bed every night for 3 months until I get to the "certainly this must be the end" and accidentally play until 4 in the morning.
If BOTW has an “ending” then Animal Crossing has one as well and should be included on the list like Stardew Valley. The story basically ends once K.K. Sliders starts touring the island. 😊
SnowRunner: been playing it since mid-June for an hour and a half daily average playtime, sometimes 3-4 hours, maybe 4 days I took time off. I’m still in the first region (Michigan) and have advanced it 80%. But there’s many more regions… I dunno… 15 total with DLC (3 base game)… and I’ve yet to cross the 7% GLOBAL progress bar (I’ve got all the DLCs), plus there more DLCs coming and and there’s two other spin-offs and a successor has been announced (RoadWork)…. and, and, and … phew! Look it up and enjoy! Don’t get me started with No Man’s Sky….
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@2:22 Sid Meier's Civilization VI
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@4:00: Stardew Valley
@4:41: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
@5:25: Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
@6:15: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
@6:52: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
@7:44: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
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@12:58: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
@13:28: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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Thanks man,, appreciate this type of comment
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Thanks man this is awesome
Thank you so much!!
Any idea why some youtubers don't include timestamps in their video? Seems like common-sense to include it. For ads?
All three Xenoblades + Torna make the Switch worth it alone tbh. Years and years of playtime between them.
Really years? How so? I am not asking just to be a d*ck, I am genuinely interested in knowing how much time will it take me to finish them. I recently added all 4 (1, 2, 3 and Torna) to my collection/back log because I found them at a reasonable price on eBay and I want to know if I just need to say goodbye to thousand of hours.
@@reyesbaltazar9070 years is definitely hyperbole, but you could definitely get a couple hundred hours out of each of the three main games if you're a completionist, and then another 40 out of torna and 30 out of future redeemed. I definitely spent a pretty ridiculous amount of time maxing out my party's classes, gems and builds in XC3.
If you just want to complete the games rather than going for full clear, I'd say each is about 30-50 hours.
@@Highstar25 thanks! It still sounds like it's going to take a while to finish them all! Looking forward to start playing them.
According to howlongtobeat
136h + 13h for XC1 + "DLC" (included in the switch version)
256h + 38h for completing XC2 and Torna
173h + 34.5h for XC3 and DLC
650h 30' in total
If you play 16h/week it will take 11 months to complete everything in all the numbered XC and their DLCs
It personally took longer than 650, and I'm still completing stuff in xc2
@@reyesbaltazar9070 In my personal experience:
I played XC1 + Epilogue about 220 hours (Only on switch, since I also played xc1 on Wii)
I played XC2 + Torna around 500 hours (Spent a lot of time in postgame in this one)
I played XC3 + FR around 300 hours
My first playthrough of the original Xenoblade Chronicles was 100 hours long and remains possibly my favourite JRPG ever still
My first playthru of Xenoblade on my Wii was just over 200 hours...but a lot of that was due to trying to find stuff for the subquests (all 400+). For the Definitive Edition the main game took about 110 hours, and the epilogue another 30.
I can hardly wait for the dev's next game. Certain parts of my anatomy would explode if they got the full rights to Xenogears, Xenosaga, and/or Chrono Trigger.
Still one of the best games ever, Absolute masterpiece
The Xenoblade Chronicles trilogy plus all three DLC expansions is easily one of the best trilogies in gaming and EXTREMELY highly recommended.
Seriously DON'T skip these!
Monster Hunter GU is my perfect game because I can pick it up whenever I'm in the mood, do a quick hunt, then put it away for days, weeks, or months. There's no real story to remember, so it's easy to jump into whenever the mood hits.
Are you gonna be jumping on Wilds my boy?
Thts what Rise is too
I’m surprised not to see Fire Emblem Three Houses.
It is not long though...
yep easily 170 hours to complete all campaigns
1 play-through isn't that long to be honest. If you were counting all 4 routes sure, but thats more for completionists not the average person.
If they're only counting 1 route, it's just 70 hours, which doesn't cut it for this list
I've done two of the four routes and the DLC, and I've got 220 hours in it... Very surprised it wasn't here
You should do Funnest & Short Switch games actually worth completing.
Voting for Arzette and the Jewel of Faramore. (3 hours for any% and 4 to 5 hours for 100% without walkthrough)
I'll be voting for Dredge as well. I thought it's a long game based how expensive it is to purchase.
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My first playthrough of Tears of the Kingdom took me around 160 hours ... and I didn't even do the last sage. Game is ridiculously massive.
Took me nearly 400 hours to basically 100 percent the game. Only thing I didn’t do was grind for rare materials to max upgrade all the armor
Beat the story within 50 hours game so ez
I honestly need to know how you guys can keep your attention on a single game for so long
@@mridul3526 by not playing it all at once. I've been gradually 100%ing tears of the kingdom since it came out. The only things I have left to do are hunting down every hinox and every stone talus.
Same here. Don't do it all in one go. I did all the shrines first, then completed the main story. Now I'm coming back every once in a while to look for some Korok seeds. 🙂
I'm going to guess Dragon Quest XI is on here based on the music. I'm 70 hours in and still can't see the end.
Which Dragon Quest game is the best way to start on the Nintendo Switch XI, The Adventure of Dai or the Dark Prince? I like XI the most!
@@Leopez02 definitely XI. It was the first DQ for many players (including myself) and is a great entry point. Also, there is a meaty 10+hr demo
My favorite game ever
It took me 175 hours to complete everything in that game.
Every single second was worth it.
The ends after the final boss normally, did you look there?
Chained Echoes, Triangle Strategy, the Octopath Traveler games, TWEWY + Neo TWEWY
I spent something like 40 hours in chapter 3 of Xenoblade 3 alone, and now I'm horribly overlevelled. It's great.
Alex seems to be in great form!
A long game that's tons of fun but not worth completing is Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition
I was coming here to say exactly this.
I nearly fully completed the WiiU edition, and then restarted on Switch and fully completed it. I think it is the most hours I have put into any Switch game.
@@anonymousscience4095 About the same for me. I didn't go for full completion, as Link was still my only maxed out character when I stopped, but I did get max rank on all of the scenarios. I logged about 300 hours on it.
@@anonymousscience4095you… completed it? Are you OK?
oh my god. i played a lot of xenoblade chronicles X and chronicles 1. And only 2 and 3 are on this list. I will never be able to have a life outside of work again. It's never ending
You are in for a treat my friend. 2 and especially 3 are even better than those imo. Heck 3 is one of the best games ever made imo
Xenoblade Blade Chronicles 2 becomes really good around the 30 hour mark. Hang in there.
I can’t tell if you are being sarcastic or not but I actually agree. I was so bored the first 20 hours or so and then once you get to Uraya it becomes one of the greatest games ever made. I sunk over 150 hours into that game.
it also helps the combat click if you use an external tutorial video rather than the rather misleading in-game tutorials.
A LOT of people find combat really slow then later figure out it's because they forgot to use mechanics like food buffs that quite literally make the game's entire combat system function 25% faster.
He said he doesn't like the anime tropes like Pyra's boobs. 😂
Xenoblade 2 is my least favorite because it goes way too anime for me. Probably why Xenoblade X is my favorite, but who knows.
@@thelegacyofgaming2928 yeah I’m the opposite. 2 is my favorite and X is my least favorite. I liked them all though, even X had good moments.
I personally ended up putting 450 hours into Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
When you understand the battle system and dig into the end game content it's freaking fantastic.
Just like Luigi in the background, you could say these games have (sexy) Legs
I have to say my first playthrough of P5R was right about 120 hours.
I cant imagine diving into Trails with CS3 and CS4. As far as titles on Switch go, do Trails Through Daybreak or Trails From Zero first
XC 3: do it for dehydrated water cat girl finding water in wasteland. "Wa? Wa'ah? Wa'ah!!❤"
Fire Emblem Three Houses 3 routes is 271+ hours. 4 routes is probably 300+ hours
Rune Factory 4, just 1 playthrough is 150+ hours. I love it so much more than Stardew Valley or Harvest Moon or Story of Seasons
Xenoblade might be one of my top 3 favorite series ever.
Can we have indexes back or table of contents skip points please?
No Unicorn Overlord?!?
14:15 I'm an idiot, but same thing can be said to people who haven't played Unicorn Overlord.
Brilliant game
- Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age
- Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
- Persona 5 Royal
My holy trinity of JRPGs on Switch.
All brilliant games, but can I also introduce to you to our JRPG savior, Triangle Strategy. I adore 3 and 5R though, some of the best games ever imo
Did somebody say Xenoblade? I see Mio, I clicked.
Simple as that. ❤
I’ve been going through the Xenoblade series over the last year and boy, am I happy I did. Just completed 2 and Torna last month and now I’m resisting immediately diving into 3 and playing some shorter experiences in between.
3 is absolutely spectacular man. I'd recommend picking it some time, it's not only my favourite if the series, it's one of the best ever made imo
I want a 5000 hour RPG. I put over 3000 hours in some games of the past but they were mostly MMO games.
I really enjoyed Zelda Tears but I would have to say that the Xeno trilogy on Switch was def my favorite by far. I beat 23 games and got back to Sparks of Hope which is easy over the last 6 years. sparks of Hope I did 15% in 2 days.
DQ11, 89hrs? Hold my 🍺. I played the demo for 80 hrs while waiting for the game.
Suprised dragon quest builder 2 wasn't on this list
Agreed. 👍🏼
How long is that game?
@@thelegacyofgaming2928i played it for 165h. //
the game was super hype when it came out, was the reason i got a switch in the first place.
I got 1085 hours on Factorio, on Steam. Mods make for new experiences....
SMTV (the first version) took me over 120 hours to beat. I /just/ beat Tears of the Kingdom, doing 95% of what the game had to offer and I came in at 280 hours. Absolutely massive.
Getting an S rank on every game mode of Tetris Effect Connected is a good chunk of hours, and online multiplayer is infinite fun.
It's all connected!
Take a shot everytime a youtuber highlights Dragon Quest XI's long title
First of all Disgaea 5 is the absolute best, love that you included it.
I’m 200 hours in to 5 and still loving the grind
I'm late to the party for Civilization 6, as I only ended up convincing myself to buy it when it was on sale for $12.99 for the Anthology (the definitive edition) but hot damn, if I didn't spend 300+ hours on here already! It's just been a month too! It's exhaustingly addictive.
Xenoblade 2 is simply a masterpiece. 3 is amazing, 1 laid the groundwork, but 2 is the true peak of the franchise. So so good
The 3 (the 4 of them, X too) are masterpieces, and the same goes for their expansions.
I honestly think X is the masterpiece of the franchise. Sadly it isn't anime enough for mass attention.
@@thelegacyofgaming2928 I've heard it's getting the remake treatment for the switch 2
@thelegacyofgaming2928 X is indeed a masterpiece, but so is 1, 2, Torna, 3, Future Redeemed.
As for X not getting as much attention, it is simply due to being locked to the Wii U, and released before but not that far away from Zelda (Although it actually do certain things better than BOTW). But I do believe X will get a remake on Nintendo Switch sucessor next year, and with that, all the credit it deserves.
@thelegacyofgaming2928 Honestly I really dislike the combat in X and it makes some very questionable decisions design wise - looking at you Beagflea squashes and the final boss - but it's still pretty good. The music is brilliant too
Nice shirt, Alex!
Nintendo Life, I love your channel so much, I just had to subscribe!
I played some of these games. They are much longer than those hours. For example I highly doubt that you can finish dragon quest under 90 hours in normal difficulty. I skipped most of the side quests and my time was way more longer than that. That 3rd act was completely unnecessary.
For totk I did all dungeons, side quests apart from few like taking photo of everything, all shrines. I opened entire map. I did not even try to collect all korok seeds. I don't know whether I completed all armor sets, and schemas or not. It took 290 hours.
For XC2 and XC3, they are around 160-180 hours. For XC2 I did not do most of the side quests. Just did some blade quests. For XC3 I did almost all side quests.
Persona 5 Royal 180 hours, Witcher 3 Wild Hunt wilt all dlcs 200+ hours.
Those hours given in the video are quite conservative tbh.
You're right. I finished Dragon Quest XI yesterday, just under the 120h mark. I did absolutely nothing in Chronopolis and still had secondary quests to do. I decided it was enough for me.
I finished Persona 5R earlier this year at 170h (I missed the added chapter... Oups..).
I just started playing Mario RPG today. Finaly a shorter game ! lol
Fire Emblem Three Houses 3 routes is 271+ hours. 4 routes is probably 300+ hours
Rune Factory 4, just 1 playthrough is 150+ hours. I love it so much more than Stardew Valley or Harvest Moon or Story of Seasons
You really should do a video solely on long switch games. I’ve got 7,000+ hours on the Switch version of Ark Survival Evolved. I have friends with 10,000+…
I can't blame you, I play it regularly on PC and it just hits so nicely
DQ11 and XC3 are huge games. Money well spent.
appreciate the xenoblade bgm
He really said that he hasnt completed Xenoblade Chronicles 3... stop posting videos and go finish peak my brother in christ
Hello there lovely Alex and all in Nintendo Life I really like there is Luigi from Super Mario 3D World with a long legs on the screen when i'm thinking about The BIGGEST and LONGEST Switch games actually worth completing are these AWESOME games: The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild & Tears of the Kingdom, Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, 2 & 3 and Pokémon Legends Arceus I list this small because I wanted to list the Nintendo Switch Exclusive games I know there is a lot more, but there was games that came to my mind first defienitily Botw & Totk and all Xenobalde games that I have Botw and Totk and Xenoblade games only 2 so I need to buy 1 and 3 defienitily 3 because Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is one of the BIGGEST and BEST Nintendo Switch games of all time with even a dlc and it's sad 3 is the last Xenoblade Chronicles game I sould LOVE to see Nintendo make more Xenoblade this video would be so good because it's about the Switch games thank you Nintendo Life and happy last Gamescom 2024 day sunday everyone! 😊❤
A great list indeed, here are a couple more that might fit on the list too, though some will really chew up your time, you have been warned... : Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen, No Man Sky, Terraria, Minecraft, Dragon Quest Builders 2, Red Dead Redemption, Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age, SubNautica + SubNautica Below Zero, Dying Light Platinum Edition, Monster Hunter Stories 2, Nier Automata. Last time I checked, I must have sunk like a couple thousand hours into these games... which come to think of it, is quite scary...
You forgot Borderlands 3
I don’t know if this counts, but to get the entire story of fire emblem three houses you really need to play through every house at least once black Eagles you need to do either a second play through or just have a save halfway through that run but to get the entire story, I was it Around 400ish hrs
I love your humor and energy!
Woop Woop! Galleria reference 😂 Always have to drive through the tunnel underneath to get to my Nan & Grampys.
I say Galleria like you but the game as Gal-lair-ria.
I remember streaming a playthrough of XC3 on my Twitch channel once, and I'd played almost 12 hours straight due to exploring, fighting Super bosses, and gathering new hero while drinking Red Bull 😂😂😂.
I rarely hear people talk about Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. It's a massive game, has Dark Souls kinda atmosphere. Has all the elements of an RPG and has one of the best gameplay mechanics imo. You could easily sink 80+ hours when completing the base game and it's DLC. 100+ hours when you're a completionist. 9/10 game for me.
I love your first choice! Such a big fan of the game!
About Dragon Quest 11S, if you do miss the retro graphics and random encounters, you can enable that, as it has a mode you can turn on to make the game more akin to older Dragon Quest games, pixelart graphics and random encounters and all.
I think I'm close to 300 hours on Xeno 3? Truly one of my favorite games of all time, and I've been gaming since the NES. I'm trying to not touch it for a decade so that when I return to it, it feels as fresh as it can be.
Played skyrim over 1000hrs in multiple playthroughs and multiple systems for more than a decade
A "Look Around You" reference? Niche ha
My one playthrough of tears of the Kingdom clocks in at over 220 hours.
I made sure to do pretty much everything possible that I discovered. That means dozens of side quests. All of the light Roots and shrines.
"It would be odd to discount 9s and 10s."
I love your sense of humour Alex.
I'm 232 hours into "Tactics Ogre: Reborn" and I'm tecnically at 80% of the game's story mode
88 hours of Disgaea 5 sounds like you've got plenty to do beyond that. I love the game, currently on 140hr and still playing it. Most of my team at around level 1,000.
Why no Monster Hunter Rise? Its easily got the 2nd most content on the switch.
Because half of that content is DLC, which isn’t factored into this list, and base game story isn’t all that long. The numbers they use for the list are a mean of average, non-completionist playthroughs of the base game, which according to their data source is 57 hours for Rise. The shortest game on this list is 90.
Factoring in Sunbreak would bring Rise’s average to 141-ish hours, meaning it probably would be in top 5 of this list.
These long games are a main reason my backlog is so large. I’ve been playing Breath of the Wild since last December and I still haven’t finished. I might take a break when I finally finish and play some shorter games, then I’ll probably try out one of these.
"Hello, and welcome to the middle of the film." -Nintendo Life and Monty Python
Factorio definitely easily can go for hundreds of hours. I easily lost 3 days not realizing it. They should rename the game to Cracktorio.
I just finished the marathon that was the Xenoblade trilogy and their DLC’s. Far out that took up my life far longer than it should’ve. Onto pikmin at the moment …but lord Xenoblade requires a lot of your time. I got Xenoblade X…but I need a break lol one day I’ll get around to playing that one.
I have 500 hours in Fire Emblem 3 Houses playing all 4 routes…some more than once…but that is just me personally. 😅
I'm glad that you put twoTrails on this list. Now I can die happy XD
I'd love to see the same concept but applied to the shortest games that are worth playing !
Luigi makes a lot of sense for the concept of this video
My BOTW playtime is around 300 to 400 hours and TOTK is around 500
I didn't feel comfortable with praying to statues even though it's just a game so I only played for 60 hours. I did a glitch to get the master sword. I got the hyrule shield by sneaking sneaking around avoiding most of the enemies, a lot of tutorials. I only had half the hearts or maybe less than people had in end game
I still kept the game in my Switch though because of the environment, soundtrack, and the horse riding and the outfit and sound effects
Trails into Reverie seems longer to me than cold steel 3 and 4. Was it not reviewed? Is the endgame considered completionist instead of extra?
Ok the end of that was genuinely funny 😂
Technicaly the persona trilogy 3 4 and 5 bundle would be over 270 HOURS
HOLY SH*T
Currently playing Apollo Justice now! I picked the perfect year to become a huge Ace Attorney fan lol. Started with The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, then the OG trilogy and now Apollo Justice :)
I was unemployed when TOTK came out and for the first couple days my online friends saw the number of hours and were intrigued "is it that good?", 2 weeks in my friends were concerned "did u sleep?"😂😂 I mean I played till I drop repeatedly so yea it's good😂😂
I highly recommend getting The Binding of Isaac: Repentance it includes Rebirth, Afterbirth and Afterbirth+ expansions
Was thinking, “Omg how is Hades not on this list that game is AMAZING” and then realized that game probably takes way less time to complete for most people 😂 I played it for about 120 hours somehow though - there is so much content (especially if it takes a while to get good at combat like me I guess lol).
But they included P5R which is my absolute fav, so can’t complain
How is the Apollo justice trilogy so long? I adore the series, but I never thought the games were all that long.
Also, every mention of Divinity Original Sin 2 should be accompanied with the fact that it's one of the few switch games that supports cross save with PC.
Each is about 30 hours of gameplay x 3 plus DLCS = > 90 hours. (Plus replaying them seeing all the hidden details and other dialogue is so fun!)
Holy carp that Grizzco light is amazing!!!
Glad to see Isaac getting some love.
I was kinda waiting to see No Man's Sky mentioned at the end. Not sure how long people stick with that game, but I'm definitely well beyond 100h, counting ps4, pc and recently the Switch. Good list, though. Will definitely save some of those suggestions.
Didn't expect to see Gundam Cross Rays there.
Galleria the Moon society is sooooo good. I bought the physical when it launched and I absolutely love this game. (Come to think of it I have physical copies of almost all of these games.) I’m still on my first play through of Galleria but it’s definitely a banger.
You should do another video of 8+ ratings of games between 20 and 50 hours.
3 Houses is very big. Either they have it a 7 or below, or they only counted 1 route for timing, but is still like 60+ hours for 1 route
Man I've sunk soooo much hours into Disgaea and I still don't think I've completed it. I just love my created characters and exploring the item world lol
I just completed P5R and was completely underwhelmed. It makes me worried about playing others on this list (Xenogears/DQ11/Trails) since they are also well reviewed and super long.
Xenoblade Chronicles X REPRESENT!!!
Easily my favorite game to this day. The hidden gem of the franchise, and (I think) still the biggest open world game to this day.
Surprised Fire Emblem Three Houses isn't on the list. To get all the story you have to play it 4 times! I'm on my 3rd play through and don't even want to look at how many hours I've put in 😅
You should also put Trails into Reverie and Trails Through Daybreak
I was real dissapointed to find out that Trails of cold steel 3&4 bundle pack was ps5 exclusive. If collections get a pass that one would have rocketed up the list.
For the other collection on there with the ace attorney games, I end up playing those like reading a bedtime book. It's not several hour gaming sessions on weekends but more an hour or so before bed every night for 3 months until I get to the "certainly this must be the end" and accidentally play until 4 in the morning.
Monster hunter feels intimidating for me due to how long to complete, especially if you only play when you're free
If BOTW has an “ending” then Animal Crossing has one as well and should be included on the list like Stardew Valley. The story basically ends once K.K. Sliders starts touring the island. 😊
God I wish we got that Twin Snakes boxart for NA\
So glad that Gundam crossrays made the list haha
SnowRunner: been playing it since mid-June for an hour and a half daily average playtime, sometimes 3-4 hours, maybe 4 days I took time off. I’m still in the first region (Michigan) and have advanced it 80%. But there’s many more regions… I dunno… 15 total with DLC (3 base game)… and I’ve yet to cross the 7% GLOBAL progress bar (I’ve got all the DLCs), plus there more DLCs coming and and there’s two other spin-offs and a successor has been announced (RoadWork)…. and, and, and … phew! Look it up and enjoy!
Don’t get me started with No Man’s Sky….
Thanks for the video. What a best video
Love this list!