[Lukeas14]

Next biggest problem is that, in reality, Medieval duels rarely lasted more than a minute before one side was fatally injured. Not nearly long enough for a video game.

[chc]

It doesn't seem like many video game battles last more than a minute. If you're still fighting somebody after a minute, that's either a very slow game or one or both of you are playing very conservatively.

[robryan]

Disagree, no harm in being short as you can have many duels.

[damncabbage]

I'm curious; do you have a source for this?

[shriphani]

I was one seeing an olympic fencing event on TV. The duels were incredibly short.

[reddit_clone]

Ogami Itto can slice up 15 people in 2.3 seconds. Does that count?

[vacri]

A minute is a long time for a single fight in a video game.

[jere]

Are you not familiar with rounds?

A lot of fighting game rounds are over in under 10 seconds.