10 AMAZING Video Games (That Are Too Damn Long)

10. Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

The latest entry into the Like a Dragon/Yakuza franchise is in many respects the epitome of everything it has been building towards all these years - a dizzyingly entertaining action-RPG that's by turns thrilling, hilarious, and heartfelt.

Infinite Wealth successfully passes the torch to new series protagonist Ichiban Kasuga while lending added emotional dimensions to former lead Kazuma Kiryu, but the game's many great achievements also bristle up against its outrageous length.

It's not just the 50-hour critical path that's the issue, but the pacing - Infinite Wealth gets off to one of the slowest starts in the entire series, and it's a surprising number of hours before Ichiban even ends up in the new central location of Hawaii.

Though the story is packed with all the cartoonish insanity fans of the series expect, it also overeggs the pudding by the end. 

The final few chapters in particular prove hugely patience-testing in the sheer number of enemies they throw at you - especially as many of these encounters are nothing more than never-ending hordes of general mobs.

The fine folk at Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio probably don't want to hear it, but where Like a Dragon is concerned, a "less is more" approach would benefit future entries.