So I guess that means Kojima's officially crazy.

Riosan · May 23, 2008, 03:16:33 PM

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=189543

MGS4 will apparently have 90-minute cutscenes. Let me reiterate that. Multiple cutscenes that are as long as a feature film.

The article says, The good news is that you can now skip or pause the scenes. Hands up though, how many of you are actually going to sit through the full 90 minutes? As you'd expect, you'll spend a lot of time watching cut-scenes, so if you found previous games' story exposition laborious, then you'd better find yourself a nice cushion and plenty of teabags in readiness for MGS4's.
They can be skipped, but you'll be missing out on some of the finely crafted examples of FMV footage anywhere in gaming.

So there we go. Film-length cutscenes in a single video game. How 'bout that, folks?

Tupin · May 23, 2008, 03:33:01 PM

Just ONE cutscene is 90 minutes?

No WONDER he said that one Blu-Ray disc was too small. :|

Maybe he's doing this in preparation of the Metal Gear Solid movie.

Riosan · May 23, 2008, 03:37:11 PM

Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on May 23, 2008, 03:33:01 PM
Just ONE cutscene is 90 minutes?

More than one is 90 minutes.

That doesn't mean all the cutscenes combined is 90, they are 90 minutes EACH.

Tupin · May 23, 2008, 03:41:42 PM

Quote from: Riosan on May 23, 2008, 03:37:11 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on May 23, 2008, 03:33:01 PM
Just ONE cutscene is 90 minutes?

More than one is 90 minutes.

That doesn't mean all the cutscenes combined is 90, they are 90 minutes EACH.

I thought MGS was cutscene heavy before.

My god. I couldn't imagine it on the 360 with all those cutscenes.

SkyMyl · May 23, 2008, 03:42:02 PM

How high was he when he thought of this? This better be a joke, because playing the game will take a long freaking time.

Or perhaps someone got their facts mixed up?

Tupin · May 23, 2008, 03:44:26 PM

Quick, someone buy PSW Issue 108 to see if it's true.

Jono2 · May 23, 2008, 03:48:26 PM

You'll face enemies like this GIANT ENEMY CUTSCENE, a battle that actually took place in ancient Japan

Tupin · May 23, 2008, 03:51:18 PM

Quote from: Jono2 on May 23, 2008, 03:48:26 PM
You'll face enemies like this GIANT ENEMY CUTSCENE, a battle that actually took place in ancient Japan

Not funny.

Lotos · May 23, 2008, 03:51:31 PM

Quote from: Riosan on May 23, 2008, 03:37:11 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on May 23, 2008, 03:33:01 PM
Just ONE cutscene is 90 minutes?

More than one is 90 minutes.

That doesn't mean all the cutscenes combined is 90, they are 90 minutes EACH.

Who has the patience to sit through all of that? I can barely make it though a SSE cutscene without skipping it now.

Riosan · May 23, 2008, 03:52:36 PM

Quote from: Lotos on May 23, 2008, 03:51:31 PM
Who has the patience to sit through all of that? I can barely make it though a SSE cutscene without skipping it now.

I honestly couldn't see myself playing through MGS4 more than once without skipping every cutscene.

TheAnonymusElmo · May 23, 2008, 04:34:38 PM

I hope that the game is still long.

Linkman · May 23, 2008, 04:46:24 PM

thats kinda cool, to me at least....

ME86 · May 23, 2008, 06:05:46 PM

I'm still excited for it, if they're good cut scenes I have no problems waiting 90 mintues.

Tupin · May 23, 2008, 06:10:32 PM

Quote from: ME86 on May 23, 2008, 06:05:46 PM
I'm still excited for it, if they're good cut scenes I have no problems waiting 90 mintues.

I have no problem with story progression, but a 90 minute cutscene is ridiculous.

It should be 15 minutes at the most.

ME86 · May 23, 2008, 06:16:12 PM

Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on May 23, 2008, 06:10:32 PM
Quote from: ME86 on May 23, 2008, 06:05:46 PM
I'm still excited for it, if they're good cut scenes I have no problems waiting 90 mintues.
I have no problem with story progression, but a 90 minute cutscene is ridiculous.

It should be 15 minutes at the most.

Why put limits on things? They're probably at the begining, middle and end, it's not like they're going to come up after every hour of gameplay... Well, I hope not.