When I was younger, I longed for rpg like games that would reward me with certain activities that I could do over and over and over. The more I liked a game, the longer I wished it to last.
Now, there is so much to do that small things like necessary grinding (or lack of achievements) will get a game put back on the shelf. The best games now are those that maximize and respect my time, preferring creativity, skill and strategy to brute repetition.
Cheers for gaming!
Both are so true... Even now, I wish that games last longer, but at the same I don't have much time to play everything.
I believe the best thing game creators can do, it to make a Trophy/Achievement for everything that can a lot of take time to do. (Not bad ones like beat X monster 999 times, I mean something like reaching lv.99)
My brain likes achievements! They make my gaming time feel so productive and purposeful ;p