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I never understood that. Seems that focusing on how many hours it takes to complete or play through a game would ruin the fun of it. I'm not sure if I feel this way because I grew up with the 8-bit and 16-bit era when young, where exploration and actual gameplay was the most relevant thing, not how many hours are clocked it, even if there were some games that did include that, like the Pokemon games. Thinking back to Ocarina of Time for the N64, I think it says that the amount of time it should take to complete it is 8 hours. I know I had more than that because I actually explored, wandered, experimented, etc. and I feel this is how the game was meant to be approached, not how many hours you clock in.
IMO, unless you're getting some kind of bonus or reward or is an actual part of the game mechanic, I feel that it's unnecessary and will never understand people's obsession with it. What happened to just playing the game?
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