The briefing
The story-length report cites Rob Nelson discussing an approximately eighty-hour story-focused playthrough with The New York Times. It compares that experience with the shorter main campaigns of earlier GTA games and uses it to discuss the scope of the new release.
One person’s playthrough is not a fixed completion time for every player. Optional content, pace, retries and exploration can change the total. The figure should remain attributed to the interview rather than become a guaranteed eighty-hour main-mission requirement or a complete mission count.
Sources & further reading
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