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author=Red_Nova
I haven't played it myself (yet) but A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky boasts over 50 hours of gameplay. And it's very good. Again, that's what I hear.

But honestly, I never understood why length is such a big deal. I mean, if your game isn't good, why would I WANT to play for 50+ hours? Personally, I would leave games longer than 15 hours to professional developers. Plus, if the game is not commercial in any way, it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I suppose it looks really good on your resume, but I would rather have played 50 different games that last 1 hour than 1 game that lasts 50 hours. Hell, even breaking up that 50 hour game time to smaller, episodic games would be a better strategy! Some of my favorite games on this site are less than 5 hours in length.

But that's not the point of this topic. This turned into more of a rant than I intended. Never mind me...

EDIT:

I don't mean to imply that long games are inherently bad. Far from it! But most of us on RMN aren't professionals. We just like to make games. Personally, I would only make a 50+ hour long game if it was getting some form of compensation, like if it was going on Steam or something.