How long does it take to beat the game?

i did my first run through in 120 hours, that was pretty complete (minus a bugged quest or 4).

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@CasperTheLich wrote:

i did my first run through in 120 hours, that was pretty complete (minus a bugged quest or 4).

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and what XP level reached your ryder?

that first ryder was a level 76 mostly vanguard. (though completed the game at level 74 with her)

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did all those little hide and seek tasks too, or at least all the ones i came across

I skipped most of the bs misc go find me quests on the two runs I so far have completed, and both took about 60 to 65 hours and reached level 62.

First play was Vanguard/mostly on Normal.

Second play was Infiltrator/mostly on Hardcore.

It all depends on how much you wish to explore, most exploration is not mandatory and you can just focus on main quest which I believe takes perhaps 20 hours to complete, maybe less. If you do everything I would estimate about 110-130 hours.

It would depend on if you made a direct run through the main missions, spent some time doing the ones you think will be essential in the future, or try to go completionist and finish every possible quest.

I spent about 50 hours on the first playthrough and did not spend much time on obvious fetch/collection quests or worrying about mining setups. Didn't spend a lot of time crafting, mostly only crafted when I no longer was killing things and instead they were killing me. Ended it for level in the mid 50's. Beelining it you could shave quite a bit of time off that, going completionist you could add quite a bit as well.

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@sblantipodi wrote:

As title.
How long does it take (plus or minus) to beat the game in one run doing pretty all side quests?

50 hours?
100 hours?
200 hours?

how many hours plus or minus?

and what XP level reached your ryder?

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I'm currently sitting at 157 hrs and level 29 on my first play through, and it feels like I'm maybe about half way through.  I'm a habitual completionest, exploring all conversation braches that I can, as well as quests/tasks/scanning.  I also spend a fair amount of time crafting weapons/armor with augmentations.  I also rarely fast travel, only once I've covered most of a planet.  So your play time is really going to depend upon how you like to play.

First PT was 90 hours to 80% completion.

Second is 45 hours so far to 40% completion.

Around 120 hrs first playthrough, shorter for the others, completed most of my crucial stuff except the really crappy unmarked quest without map markers.  Took a lot of time scanning planets and at that time before the patch you cannot skip the animation thus took a long time, should be shorter now.  Approx level 60 upon completion.

I'm not big on side quests so my first playthrough was 57 hours and after they're shorter.

There is a point to it though because at some point I will do the side quests and then I'll have content I've never done before 🙂

Still, most RPGs I've played in recent years don't even get close to that many hours for me in a playthrough so that by itself was a nice surprise.