The first time I played it, I had a week off work (5 days), and played it for around 10 hours each day - and finished it on the Friday at 5pm. I was really drawn into it. So discounting install time, lunch time, probably around 40 hours. Second and third times played probably around 25 hours. There's a lot of spoken dialogue, some long cutscenes (one of them lasts for half an hour) - but it's all good stuff, it's not repetitive or boring, it's all really well written and either adds to the plot or the atmosphere. One of my favourite "puzzles" is listening to people of one of the magical race tell their myths, and then answering questions on them to get in to see the Elder - some of the tales last for 10 minutes of spoken word, and are really written in the style of old folktales. The attention to detail is fascinating - it's not like they couldn't have put a different puzzle in its place, they actually chose to write these stories and have them as integral parts of the game.
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