Plenty of time to spill blood: Prototype will be 18-20 hours

I flew out to Las Vegas Tuesday afternoon to get a better look at the much-anticipated Prototype (the full preview will up later this afternoon, so keep an eye out for that!), and as you may be able to imagine, one of the key questions on my mind was the game’s length, especially considering that news of inFamous being rather short has had a lot of gamers feeling like they deserve more. Luckily, what I heard was good news.

Max Belanger, Prototype‘s producer, told me that gamers playing through the main campaign can expect “eighteen to twenty hours of gameplay” without deviating from the main path. If you do decide to dig into the game’s side missions and boost up your evolution points, you could be busy for quite a bit longer. There’s also full trophy and achievement support, so if you’re a completionist, look forward to some cozy long hours spent with this game. See, no matter what the ladies tell you, it is length that counts.