# \[Poll\] How fast will you finish RtMI?

**URL:** <https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159>\
**Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\
**Created:** [September 1, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159 "2022-09-01T11:28:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/1 "2022-09-01T11:28:40Z")

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How fast will you finish RtMI?

_Poll ([view on site](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/1))_

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/2 "2022-09-01T11:45:40Z")

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I voted “a week”, but I actually don’t know. Not knowing how long the (full version of the) game will be, I can’t actually make any educated prediction.

I would like to slowly sip it as a cup of good tea, without rushing it too much, but locking myself down for too many days would also not be feasible for me.

So I hope to enjoy it for a few days before I re-enter the public spoiler universe and, as I did with Thimbleweed Park, replay it later to find out all the things I missed on the first run. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/3 "2022-09-01T11:49:03Z")

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I voted two weeks, but I feel like I’m in “probably going to see spoilers” territory there. I feel like on the day of release some news site will post what the secret is in a headline, so it’s how long I can avoid the internet completely while I’m playing.

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**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/4 "2022-09-01T11:53:47Z")

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> [@Paul](#):
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> I feel like on the day of release some news site will post what the secret is in a headline

Considering that most of these sites want you to click on the link, I hope that they will adopt the usual click-baiting jargon:

# [You WON’T BELIEVE what the secret of Monkey Island is!](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-real-secret-of-monkey-island/1742)

# We played _Return_ to discover “the secret” and then this happened…

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**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/5 "2022-09-01T12:00:06Z")

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I _hope_ that’s what they’ll do, but I’ve seen people be spoilered by news sites over TV show finales several times before (I’ve usually managed to avoid those by just not going on the internet until I’ve seen the finale).  
I don’t know what sites gain by putting actual spoilers in headlines, but it seems to happen pretty often.

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**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/6 "2022-09-01T12:03:19Z")

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Obbligatory clickbait satire:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f4FuOi9rvKw/maxresdefault.jpg "clickbait") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4FuOi9rvKw)

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/7 "2022-09-01T12:04:56Z")

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I voted “two months or more”, because I’ll be playing it alongside my 11- and 8-year-old children. They’re in school now, so our play sessions will probably be Saturday mornings, but not ALL Saturday mornings.

EDIT: Sam and Max is a series I play alone. Right now I’m on Season 2, Episode 4. Yes I know the Season 3 spoiler, or the gist of it.

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/8 "2022-09-01T16:43:42Z")

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Pretty difficult to judge, as one or two “hard” puzzles could greatly increase the time required, unless they are so hard I give up and look up the solution.

I went with a week, as a P&C adventure targeted at a wider audience is possibly more casual, but I hope it’ll last longer.

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/9 "2022-09-01T17:22:59Z")

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I don’t know, probably a week?

I want to try and solve the game without an external guide, because I’ve never solved an MI game without one. But I will use the in-game hint systems if I’m stumped. So I guess I wouldn’t be solving it on my own after all.

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/10 "2022-09-01T21:11:24Z")

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I voted a month as I hope the game will be long enough to last that long. I guess it will come in parts like the others did, so I know I can pace myself to finishing only one part per week. Or less.  
I think I spent about three weeks to finish TWP, but I have less time these days, so… perhaps I will need to stretch it to 2 months.

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/11 "2022-09-01T21:19:01Z")

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> [@Sushi](#):
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> I guess it will come in parts like the others did, so I know I can pace myself to finishing only one part per week. Or less.

I think Tales is the only MI game that had relatively equal Parts/Acts/Chapters. Enforced by episodic releases. 😆

Wasn’t there a Part or two in Thimbleweed that only lasted as long as a cutscene?

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/12 "2022-09-01T21:28:33Z")

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I voted for two month or more. Similar to @Sushi I hope that the game will be long epic. Beside that, I can’t play during my vacations (two weeks! 😱 ). And my work and my family only permit about an hour of play each day.

(Maybe I have to add a vacation of four weeks on a lonely island with my computer. 😉 )

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/13 "2022-09-01T21:37:08Z")

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One thing I will have at the new place is fiber, so I can download Return extra fast.

(Technically I could’ve had it here for a few months now but I didn’t want to spend time or money on that.)

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/14 "2022-09-01T22:58:28Z")

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> [@Someone](#):
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> lonely island

“THIS IS THE TALE… OF CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW!”

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/15 "2022-09-02T07:05:27Z")

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To those who voted “two months or more”: how will you manage your Internet navigation to avoid spoilers for such a long time? Or is it OK for you to read spoilers?

> [@Frenzie](#):
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> One thing I will have at the new place is fiber

Nice, that’ll be good for your digestive system.

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/16 "2022-09-02T08:24:55Z")

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> [@LowLevel](#):
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> how will you manage your Internet navigation to avoid spoilers for such a long time? Or is it OK for you to read spoilers?

I will not go on Twitter, not on YouTube, not visit here and only read national news until I finished it. Easy!  
I have been training by not reading any of the posts here that dissect the trailers/screenshots that have been released, which I barely looked at. I have watched the trailer once and found it too spoilery.

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/17 "2022-09-02T08:29:45Z")

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> [@LowLevel](#):
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> Or is it OK for you to read spoilers?

To me: Unfortunately yes. My time to play the game will be limited anyway. And if I have to decide to meet a great community here or to be in internet quarantine during six month, I will accept the spoilers. 😉

> [@Sushi](#):
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> I have been training by not reading any of the posts here that dissect the trailers/screenshots that have been released, …

I’ve tried that too, but not with a huge success. 😉 Here and there I read some of the discussions incidentally.

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/18 "2022-09-02T08:40:44Z")

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> [@Sushi](#):
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> I will not go on Twitter, not on YouTube, not visit here and only read national news until I finished it. Easy!

Oh, wow. I can understand staying away from game-specific forums like this one, but for me not visiting YouTube for months would be really impossible. The same goes for news aggregators that personalize my news. Kudos to you for managing!

> [@Someone](#):
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> To me: Unfortunately yes.

🫤

I really don’t expect this game taking months to be solved, though, not even if you can dedicate to it just a few hours/week.

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/19 "2022-09-02T08:59:04Z")

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Well, I want to ENJOY the game, that means reading everything, trying even the useless things.  
The most difficult part will be avoid the spoilers, posts, walkthroughs, videos that will appear online everywhere.  
But I can do it.

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-how-fast-will-you-finish-rtmi/5159/20 "2022-09-02T09:23:07Z")

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> [@LowLevel](#):
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> I really don’t expect this game taking months to be solved, though, not even if you can dedicate to it just a few hours/week.

I guess that it will take a little bit longer than TWP.

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