Pacing is vital to any form of entertainment product, be it films, books, or even music. So it stands to reason that video games should also pay due attention to how a game is structured, how long it would take players to do the critical content and how long it would take to see all that the game has to offer. When ignored, games can bloat up with oodles of content that result in an inconsistent experience at best and a repetitive slog at worst. To that end, here are 10 games with pacing issues.

Please note that many of these games are really good games, and pacing issues aren’t indicative of them being bad by any stretch. With that out of the way, let’s begin.