I really enjoy being stuck in a game for a long time, but only if the puzzles solutions are logical and generally make sense (Riven for example). It becomes an enormous con when the sollution is illogical and there is no way of thinking the solution without a walkthrough (Discworld), or the hardness of the riddle is based to infuriating and unexplained mechanics (for example safe riddles in many adventure games are almost impossible to solve due to the fact that there is no guidance of HOW you put the code to the safe...).
However:
The level of difficulty is not always the only parameter in game rating! I prefer a game that takes 5 hours and offers me a trully unique experience due to other factors (gameplay, world,etc) like Botanicula, or the Dark Eye, to a game that lasts twice as long but without givng me the same game intensity....
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