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If a game takes more then five minutes to become fun then return it. I've returned plenty of games with under five minutes of play time, because I don't have the patience to purchase boredom.

Two hours is far more than enough to determine if a game is for you.



There are entire genres where that makes no sense. It would be like returning a book because the first page didn't immediately grab you. Not everything should be designed for attention deficit teenagers.


What genre takes more than 5m to find any indication of enjoyment from it?

4x, city builders, deck builders, RTS, RPG, etc; these can all be fun in short order, if the games are well designed.




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