Neverwinter Nights 2: Game Length: 20 Hours?

There's a fascinating discussion going on over at RPCodex about some quotes taken from a German interview with Feargus Urquhart. You can read the whole 20 page thread here (beware that the Codex folks are VERY opinionated and..um...blatant in their likes/dislikes) but here are a few interesting quotes:

Q: How long will it take to beat NWN 2?
A: Its difficult to estimate it exactly, but you'll play 20 hours for sure. We want to ensure that a maximum number of players completes the game, and there are only few who play longer then 20 hours. ***emphasis mine: Kalia***

Llyranor: The devs already pointed out that story/writing is technically done. One wonders in a way if what happened with KOTOR2 is actually a contributing factor in a potential shortening of NWN2. Heh.

The length of NWN2 (whatever its true hours wind up being) has very recently been modified based on what is an acceptable level of quality for Obsidian. That is, we want to make certain that every area that goes into the finished game has a high level of quality from art and design and that every area has a healthy amount of testing.

And we are very aware of how gamers received the end of KotOR2.

The length of the OC has been modified? :o How so? Longer? Shorter (my bet)?

As a nearly exclusive MP, I'm not bothered by this particularly but it's illustrative of yet more things being altered, seemingly at the last minute.