How Long Is Dark Souls 3 (And Why)?

Exact Answer: 32 Hours

Dark Souls III is a video game developed by FromSoftware. It is a role-playing game wherein the gamers are required to play the roles of certain characters of the game. Dark Souls III is the fourth edition of the game series known as the Souls series and it is also believed to be the last edition of the three-part Dark Souls series.

The game has been published by Bandai Namco Entertainment is played from a third-person perspective. It was released worldwide on April 12 2016 and is directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, Isamu Okano, and Yui Tanimura. It can be played in both single-player and multiplayer mode and is programed by Takeshi Suzuki.

How Long Is Dark Souls 3?

The game can be played in four formats, to name, they are the Main Storyline Format, the Main story with extra plots, the Completionist format, and the All Play Styles format. Along with that, the gamer can play the game in three different modes, namely the rushed mode and the leisure mode apart from the normal mode.

The main storyline format of Dark Souls III can be played in a normal timeframe of thirty-two hours. However, it would take only twenty hours to finish the game in the rushed game while the same would take about 46 hours in leisure mode.

The main story with additional plots would take at least twenty-nine hours to be completed in rushed mode. The same would require fifty hours and 114 hours in the normal mode and leisure mode respectively.

The Completionist format of the Dark Souls III would take an average time of one hundred and one hours and a rushed time of sixty hours. However, it would take about 239 hours in the leisure mode.

Fifty-four hours is the average time taken to complete the All PlayStyles format of the game. It would take about twenty-nine hours in the rushed mode and about 238 hours in the leisure time.

Why Is Dark Souls III So Long?

Dark Souls has been made so long to be a good method of entertainment for gamers. The game fulfills the need of gamers searching for an exciting, thrilling, and action-oriented game. It is widely believed that more the time required to play the game, the more entertaining it will be.

In addition to that, since Dark Souls III is a game modelled on a story, the story will become long. Stories are longer and when a game is based on it there are additional activities like a better and more vivid description of events and the animated scenery depicting the surroundings. Moreover, the gamer needs time to take his decisions in the game which consumes a lot of time.

As with most movies and games, the start of Dark Souls III shows that the world is in a state of chaos and ruin. The First flame has died leading to the dying of the Age of Fire and the emergence of the Age of Dark. Thus, the gamers are required to rekindle the flame in the game for the betterment of the world.

In addition to that, there are factors like the business interests of the developers and publishers. They know that a long game will fetch more gamers than a two or three-hour game. A longer game fetching more audience would sell more and thus, the revenue will also be more.

Conclusion

The Dark Souls III can be completed within thirty-two hours. However, there are also formats of Story with additional plots, Completionist style, and the All Play Styles that can be played and take different amounts of time. Moreover, a gamer can also play it in leisure or rushed mode.

Dark Souls III is a game developed on a lengthy story. Moreover, the gamer also requires a great deal of time in taking decisions in the game.

References

1. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1473871617717075
2. https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/2626670