Witcher 3 had 80+ hours of fun stories and gameplay that wasn't repetitive at all. It was compelling and enjoyable. So there is one example, Elder Scrolls games are another.
yeah but neither of those games had spent 2 million on a Denuvo license lol
We know that, developers know that, the accountants and publisher board members don't know that.
That's one reason I respect the developers of Witcher 3 so much, they're against these protections like Denuvo and they spend that extra money on the -game-, and the game is bigger and richer for that. I think Human Revolution was better narratively speaking, and a longer story as well, and I don't think that had an expensive protection license.