"Wait, the game is already over?"

Ace Combat 4. Just when I got settled into it, the last level was right up on me. Took me awhile to figure out, but the road getting there completely blew by. I was disappointed to see Belkan War was only 18 missions long.

Also, Ys: Ark of Napishtim...I thought it would be a tad larger than it was. The end was like: Major Boss Battle, Next-to-Last Boss Battle, Last Boss Battle, End. I fully expected there to be another level between 'Major Boss Battle' and 'Next-to-Last Boss Battle'. Oh well, at least I still have the Trials of Alma to screw around with.

And I'm playing Princess Peach and New SMB very slowly right now...Reason being, I don't want to beat them too fast, considering how long the wait has been for awesome new 2D platformers. I could probably knock both out tonight if I wanted to (I'm in World 6 of Mario, World 5 in Peach), but I just take them level-by-level.

And I'm still amazed how Suikoden 1 gets everything into under 20 hours everytime. Even my 108 Stars run was only 20 hours. It's just a lot of stuff happens in a short amount of time.

Oh, and Street Fighter EX3...6 fights and you're at the end, none are 2 out of 3 falls. Normally doesn't take even 8 minutes. I second The Bouncer as well...Early PS2 gamers weren't exactly getting much in the way of length for the money.

Somehow the story mode in Dynasty Warriors 5 is only 5 or 6 fights long (at least for Sun Shang Xiang). Pathetic, compared to the 20-30 hours and 18 or so levels it can take to finish DW4.

Lot's of classic games that could've benefitted from being longer...I could handle Ducktales in maybe 20 minutes as a kid, I normally pull it out in 8-10 now.

Jam it back in, in the dark.