Quote Originally Posted by Aussie2B View Post
I can't say I agree with this one either. At least in the sense that, even if if it can be completed that fast by speedrunners and experienced players and such, I think it's highly unlikely that a first-time player who doesn't want to rush and/or follow a guide the whole time will have it beat remotely that fast. I took nearly 40 hours when I played the SNES version.

With super popular RPGs like the Final Fantasy series, I think, when people talk about how long they take to beat, they're often thinking in terms of how long their nth replay would take them. A lot of people forget what it's like to be a first-time player when they've been playing a game over and over since childhood. Well, that and I think some people just want to brag, given that speedrun culture has made people think that the quicker somebody gets through a game, the more impressive it is.
I agree 10 hours might be a bit short for a first time player, but Final Fantasy 4 is fairly good at letting the player know where to go. If it's not completely obvious which rarely it is, the game actually tells you exactly where to go or you can only go pretty much to one location from where you're at. I honestly don't think that this game should clear 20 hours even for a first time player.