[StreetsAhead]

https://twitter.com/PG_inaba

About to post some important tweets, so please pay attention. It seems someone posted their MGR results screen and that people (mainly in the West) are shocked it says the clear time is 5.5hr. Here's the truth: First of all, cutscenes ARE NOT INCLUDED in that counter.Next: For every chapter you play in the game, it ONLY COUNTS YOUR FASTEST TIME. It doesn't track your total play time.What that means is if you replay a chapter for 10 hours, but you finally clear it in a time of 10 mins. Only 10 mins will be counted. So please don't get fixated on that end screen Clear Time being total game time because it is not. As I said, it is not how long you've had the power on playing MGR, it is a record of your best efforts playing the game. We came up with this clear time counting system as a way to fairly evaluate players. It hasn't changed since Bayonetta. However, I will say it is really disappointing that people try to use a single screen in the game to try and create negative buzz.

Inaba dropping truth bombs.

(Thread title is a reference to the Kamiya thread...)

[dragonflys545]

Uh oh...

So 5 hour gameplay, 10 hour with CG... Yep it's a MGS game alright.

[SolidSnakex]

Uh oh...

There's really nothing "Uh oh" about it when you read his tweets.

[Mechazawa]

I'm sorry Papa Inaba, I contributed to this. :(

But at least we more or less cleared up, on this forum anyways, that the timer probably wasn't accurate.

[Riposte]

Ah yes, so it is like Vanquish then.

Any confirmation on having to unlock Revengeance difficulty?

[JazzmanZ]

find out next week...in game magazines

[DaBoss]

If IT IS a good game, then so it should be fine. Though there is always something gamers have to complain about. :p

[Wario64]

I didn't know people were complaining about it to begin with. These type of games are never that long, what are we whining about here?

Unless there's no replayablity, which I'd be very surprised

[LiK]

Inaba was definitely annoyed.

find out next week...in game magazines

where some reviewers will play on Easy and complain it's too easy or short.

[RoboPlato]

Uh oh... So 5 hour gameplay, 10 hour CG... Yep it's a MGS game alright.

Did you read the tweets?

[Sir Ilpalazzo]

Ah yes, so it is like Vanquish then. Any confirmation on having to unlock Revengeance difficulty?

That Spanish article from a few weeks ago said the highest difficulty has to be unlocked.

[Hot Coldman]

Multiply that 5 hours by at least two, because there's no way I'm just gonna play through this thing the once if that demo is anything to go by.

[alr1ght]

DmC starts counting when you hit the start screen.

[Skilletor]

Uh oh... So 5 hour gameplay, 10 hour CG... Yep it's a MGS game alright.

It's like you have no reading comprehension.

[The Bookerman]

I'm here and I don't see any complaining.

[DJMicLuv]

Uh oh... So 5 hour gameplay, 10 hour CG... Yep it's a MGS game alright.

At least read the bloody OT once.

Edit: But 10 hours of CG? At least :-)

[RoboPlato]

Multiply that 5 hours by at least two, because there's no way I'm just gonna play through this thing the once if that demo is anything to go by.

Seriously. I played through the demo seven times and had to delete it to keep from going back for more. It's an old build too so it's not even as polished as the final game will be. I cannot wait for this. Even if five hours was accurate, I wouldn't have an issue with it.

[FrostuTheNinja]

Good to hear that it's not overly long.

[dragonflys545]

Did you read the tweets?

Yea 5 hours without cut-scenes.

[rvy]

Uh oh... So 5 hour gameplay, 10 hour CG... Yep it's a MGS game alright.

Wrong on all accounts. And Rising not being an MGS game is great.

[Reiko]

Wow. PG actually made a full on MG game. Even in total play time.


The longest MG I own is actually Peace Walker...

[Dusk Golem]

Ask your mom.

[Holy Order Sol]

Uh oh... So 5 hour gameplay, 10 hour CG... Yep it's a MGS game alright.

dude

[Alcoholikaust]

fast paced action games grow long in the tooth after a few hours... happy about this :)

[blind51de]

Is kneejerk spazzing over people's opinions on clear-time some sort of defense measure if you think your gameplay is bad and won't stand up to multiple playthroughs?

Because MGS2 was short as hell. But I replayed at at least ten times over because I loved the gameplay. Then again, most people at the time were complaining about Raiden. Look where we are now.

[digita1alchemy]

Even if it was 5 hours who cares, 5 hours of a Platinum game is better than 10 hours of just about any other game.

[Inorigo]

You S-ranked that thread title, OP.

[Jintor]

Uh oh... So 5 hour gameplay, 10 hour with CG... Yep it's a MGS game alright.

tweets are tl;dr

[BHK3]

Things have changed since Bayonetta, the games got shorter and shorter.

[RoboPlato]

Yea 5 hours without cut-scenes.

It doesn't count deaths and retries either. Say you die on a section twice but the first time you played for 10 minutes and the second was 5. Despite you having played for 15 minutes, it'll only count the five. It'll only keep track of your fastest completion time for a section.

[StreetsAhead]

Yea 5 hours without cut-scenes.

Are you illiterate?

[JDSN]

Uh oh... So 5 hour gameplay, 10 hour with CG... Yep it's a MGS game alright.

Its a tweet, every message is less 140 characters, read the damn thing.

[LiK]

Uh oh... So 5 hour gameplay, 10 hour with CG... Yep it's a MGS game alright.

worst first post evar.

[chickdigger802]

Wonder how long the cutscenes are though.

[Jarmel]

Inaba dropping truth bombs. (Thread title is a reference to the Kamiya thread...)

Wow you put that twitter post into the most annoying format possible for reading purposes.

[lupinko]

Ah yes, so it is like Vanquish then. Any confirmation on having to unlock Revengeance difficulty?

So great game or greatest game?

[dragonflys545]

Guess I can't read... LOL oh well still day 1. Can't have this game be bombing like DmC.

[StreetsAhead]

Kamiya joining in:

ベヨの時も発売前に「クリアまで３時間」て情報出てたっけなぁ…

"Right before Bayonetta released, people were saying you could clear it in 3 hours too..."

https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/301151232272257024

[2San]

Put me in the camp that doesn't understand what the fuss is about. That seems about the expected length.

[rvy]

You guys are entertaining.

Kamiya joining in: "Right before Bayonetta released, people were saying you could clear it in 3 hours too..." https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/301151232272257024

The fuck, what is it... like 8 AM in Japan? Go back to sleep, my bald headed prince.

[LiquidSolid]

It really has to suck for developers, having to deal with bullshit "controversy" like this. Just look at the idiots in this very thread that seem to have trouble reading.

[AB12]

If it is as fun as Vanquish, with a touch of MGS magic, that would be a great result.

[Riposte]

Yea 5 hours without cut-scenes.

I suggest reading the tweets until it makes sense or see a doctor for that odd liquid leaking out of your ears.

[Manmademan]

Yea 5 hours without cut-scenes.

how does it feel to be functionally illiterate?

[noffles]

The fuck, what is it... like 8 AM in Japan? Go back to sleep, my bald headed prince.

It's Monday. Guy has to go to work, man.

[Ixion090]

Meh, I don't care if it's short. I have had more fun with games like MGS or Portal 1 and 2 than with long games like Skyrim. So it's more about the quality, not the quantity. In other words, you better give me a good game.

[RoboPlato]

I remember being really confused when I played Madworld and it said my completion time was 3.5 hours, even though I knew I had played significantly longer than that. Seems like this is the same kind of counter.

[DaBoss]

It's Monday. Guy has to go to work, man.

Tuesday in Japan time lol.

[Himself]

This is the sort of shit that made people not buy Vanquish until it was $15. Don't fuck this up again people.

[Jarmel]

Kamiya joining in: "Right before Bayonetta released, people were saying you could clear it in 3 hours too..." https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/301151232272257024

I'm wondering who said that as that's pretty much a speed run.