What now-gen games can learn from Radiant Silvergun

Length
Radiant Silvergun isn't very long, mainly due to its arcade origins. But many classic games are also of comparative length. Before battery-backups enabled game saves, many games didn't go for passwords, instead cramming everything into a one-hour burst of excellence. Early Sonic and Mario games come to mind.Andan hour-long game thatstill warrants regular replaying is a classic indeed.Game devsshould try this once in a while - although there's often public outcry when a new release doesn't take more than 15 hours to complete, as many a man has said in defence: length isn't everything.

Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.