Black Ops Is The "Fastest Finished" Video Game
We've seen polls for all sorts of things. But this might be a first, and it's worthy of discussion.
A new poll was conducted at video game comparison marketplace website Playr2.com; it asked gamers to estimate how long it took them to complete single-player adventures for a title. In this way, they took data from 1,671 people and compiled a list of the "fastest-finished" games. Check out the summary, which shows that Call of Duty: Black Ops is at the top of the list: only 2 days on average was required to finish the campaign. And here's the Top 10 fastest completed titles according to the research:
- 1. Call of Duty Black Ops – 2 days
- 2. Terminator Salvation – 2.5 days
- 3. Resident Evil 5 – 3.2 days
- 4. God of War 2 – 3.3 days
- 5. Uncharted – 3.8 days
- 6. Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands – 4.1
- 7. Assassin’s Creed II – 5 days
- 8. Uncharted – 6.6 days
- 9. Metal Gear Solid 3 – 6.8 days
- 10. Grand Theft Auto IV – 8.2 days
Said Playr2.com founder Simon Kilby:
"Games can be incredibly addictive once you start playing them, so with this research we really wanted to look into which games gamers had completed the fastest. Given the huge amount of hype that surrounded Call of Duty Black Ops’ release last year it wasn’t surprising to see it at the top of the fastest completion chart, as many would have played this until completion as soon as they’d unboxed it."
It would help to know which of those Uncharted titles are where, but we get the idea. Also, it's interesting to see super long games on the list, like ACII and GTAIV; that sorta proves how hooked gamers can get on those awesome open-world sandbox titles. We wouldn't be surprised if inFamous wasn't far down on the list.
Related Game(s): Call of Duty: Black Ops
Tags: cod, call of duty, black ops, gaming culture
7/21/2011 10:45:22 AM Ben Dutka
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Comments (77 posts)
Mornelithe
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:36:58 AM
maxpontiac
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 12:17:31 PM
Mornelithe
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 12:23:17 PM
The Mario World thing was super easy though, hell, even I know how to do that speed run heh.
maxpontiac
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 4:15:34 PM
Mornelithe
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 5:10:45 PM
But yeah, watching him do it was pretty amazing. He can even beat the original Zelda without having to resort to walkthroughs OR reading any of the text lol. He just knows where to go by heart. Long story short, my brother memorized Ninja Gaiden and the Legend of Zelda lol.
LimitedVertigo
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:07:22 AM
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jimmyhandsome
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:07:50 AM
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LimitedVertigo
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:12:26 AM
Fabi
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 12:27:48 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 1:27:23 PM
Killa Tequilla
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 6:27:57 PM
NiteKrawler
Saturday, July 23, 2011 @ 1:37:54 PM
bigrailer19
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:09:24 AM
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Mornelithe
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:16:16 AM
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As for the 'super long games', AC2 and GTAIV don't require you to finish all the side missions in order to beat the game. In fact, in GTAIV, you don't even have to do 'everything' in order to obtain a 100% rating, which is kind of lame. Anyone who went through Vice City and San Andreas for 100% knows that GTAIV was NOTHING...though, I can't wait for GTAV...given the franchises history, the first game on a new engine is always primative in comparison to the 2nd and 3rd games. Of course, the improvements to the gameplay in IV, are what really excite me about the prospects of V, simply because so much improved from San Andreas engine-wise.
Give a few more years of dev and tinkering...yeah, GTAV is going to kick major major a$$.
Btw, just to be fair, I can still beat the original call of duty on veteran with a pistol and a bolt action rifle. So, flying through the CoD series has never been 'difficult', by any means.
Last edited by Mornelithe on 7/21/2011 11:21:33 AM
LimitedVertigo
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:17:30 AM
Mornelithe
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:19:19 AM
godsdream
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 12:24:07 PM
LimitedVertigo
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 12:30:30 PM
BeezleDrop
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:29:50 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 1:28:38 PM
duomaxwell007
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:35:32 AM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 12:07:49 PM
Jawknee
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 12:20:31 PM
duomaxwell007
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 12:33:03 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 12:39:24 PM
duomaxwell007
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 2:15:17 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 2:36:39 PM
...and you know, people have lives. They have things to do. If you're beating a 7-8 hour game in one day, you are either a student, unemployed, or have no life. ;)
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duomaxwell007
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 2:45:19 PM
Sancho
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 7:50:34 PM
Clamedeus
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 8:57:34 PM
Underdog15
Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 12:12:28 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 1:30:06 PM
maxpontiac
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 4:16:57 PM
Highlander
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 12:29:04 PM
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Uncharted 2 might take that short a time to finish is you played straight through, and didn't do much for the days involved except play the game. Black Ops on the other hand has a very short SP campaign. the point being that this list mixes apples, oranges, limes and pears. The reasons for a quick play through vary by game.
D1g1tal5torm
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 1:53:22 PM
How can you compare UC2, which is all about the SP experience, with COD which is all about the MP?
Of course COD is going to be short, because that's not the focus.
Do you know what gets me? Why cant different titles co-exist? There's a market for all.
I'm even enjoying sniper ghost warrior at the mo. It's never gonna win any awards, but its still fun in it's own way.
Darwin1967
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 12:44:59 PM
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CanadianGuy420
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 1:06:59 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 1:32:15 PM
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sniperflash
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 2:19:44 PM
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Lord carlos
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 2:31:38 PM
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AcHiLLiA
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 5:11:20 PM
Underdog15
Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 12:16:43 PM
I say both, because if K/D is good, but win ratio is bad, it probably means you play only to get kills and don't really contribute to the team as a whole. Win ratio alone could be used, I suppose, but someone like me who ONLY plays when other friends are online, are likely to win often because I play with the same people over and over. So I know what to expect from them and how to play with them.
Mythic
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 3:25:51 PM
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Underdog15
Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 12:18:13 PM
Sancho
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 3:46:30 PM
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And Terminator only took me 2 days because how irritatingly terrible the game is on Hard with THE worst save points I've EVER seen in a game.
Last edited by Sancho on 7/21/2011 3:48:02 PM
Underdog15
Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 12:18:49 PM
Nas Is Like
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 3:59:41 PM
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sha4dowknight05
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 5:25:07 PM
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Underdog15
Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 12:20:22 PM
NLCanada
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 6:06:20 PM
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CanadianGuy420
Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 6:50:40 PM
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Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 5:01:09 AM
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one of the shortest, most diappointing games ive ever played!
took me allot longer to finish black ops then it did KZ3, and if you crank up the difficulty its also allot harder.
not to mention the zombie mode,so much fun blowing he undead, and some of the presidents remarks are so funny!
COJ the cartel was really short too, only took me like 5 hours to finish.
Underdog15
Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 12:25:36 PM
Besides, these are measurements of how long games were completed after release, I believe. "Completed" likely means platinum or all achievements. Seeing as how my friend beat Black Ops campaign the same day it released. (took no time, really)
Gamer Girl Gemo
Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 6:06:25 AM
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I'm not necessarily a gamer that rushes through a game, just a naturally fast-paced gamer. Besides, I always usually go through the game more than once to see everything I may have missed. And, in my second playthrough, I usually deliberately take it slow.
As for the list, I can agree with Black Ops being number one. The storyline was super easy and somewhat fun. Doesn't really have those "stand out" moments, but maybe they've been shoved out of the way by its massive MP...
Caanimal
Sunday, July 24, 2011 @ 8:50:43 PM
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I just finished my first play through of Call of Juares: The Cartel in just over 8 hours total play time, awesome game that makes me want to play as the other 2 characters.
As with some of the other posters, some of the games listed took me much longer to finish than are posted here, but then again I have been averaging less than 4 hours of game play per day because of work and life. GoW3 took me a good 2.5 weeks; ACII, a good 3 weeks, GTAIV I still haven't finished but have played over 125 hours(admitedly there is a LOT more to do than just the story missions and I got caught up in all that stuff)...
So, I wonder just how accurate this "survey" is...

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maxpontiac
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Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 11:02:27 AM
EDIT - After looking at this, some of those games took me a month.
Last edited by maxpontiac on 7/21/2011 11:03:28 AM