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Game Informer played through MGS Ground Zeroes' main mission in [1.5hrs, not rushing]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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A Metal Gear fan would not think about getting another game over an MGS game. That is just stupid. If you really want the game then 20$ on your favourite video game series is not going to hurt you.
Those hypocrites are probably killing to get their hands on a 400$ console yet they aren't willing to pay 40$ on their favourite game series.
Yeah, you have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to the first three MGS'. You wait and scout the paths guards take, remember them, and then progress without killing anyone or causing a alert. Once you do that you figure out methods of making your path shorter or faster, and the AI in MGS2/MGS3 is designed to be manipulated in a vast amount of ways. Replay value, that's something MGS usually has in spades.
Maybe you should replay those games instead of continually shitting on them because you rushed through them a decade ago. "First tier stealth" isn't limited to Thief 1&2 and Chaos Theory.
presumably Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will be $60
RadioactiveLobster
Member
4 hours of gameplay, 54 hours of cutscenes
MGSV: Ground Zeroes is a standalone game so is MGSV: The Phantom Pain. Ground Zeroes will not be bundled with TPP. KONAMI wants to make money, bundling it won't make them a profit.
MGSV: Ground Zeroes is 20$/30$/40$
MGSV: The Phantom Pain will be 60$
Caffeine
Member
oh i think ill just get it on ps3 then....
I wouldn't mind that actually
even if it was 2 hours only, that's 4 times the size of The Tanker mission in MGS2.
is this confirmed? going to wait till GOTY edition or they're both heavily discounted.
I think that's still like 10 dollars too much, and the retail PS360 version is 30$. I like to buy retail and I would go with the superior 60FPS current gen version.
Pretty sure that was due to Platinum.
You think this is a bad thing? Remember the people who you are addressing. You know, Metal Gear fans. I doubt that there isn't s a small subset of that crazy fanbase that wouldn't prefer if the game were entirely cutscenes because "muh deep storylines and unexpected twists bananamachnes".
I would.
MGS 1-3 have pacing issues when it comes to cutscene abundance or interruption, but the gameplay and design make up for that fact. MGS4 feels sloppy, unedited, way too much plot explaining and not enough mystery or intrigue. I loved the narrative in the first three MGS', absolutely detest the narrative in MGS4.
its confirmed other than assuming the phantom pain will be $60 (which 99% likely it is)
are you willing to wait till 2016 for a GOTY edition? Goodluck on not getting the games spoiled.
Nah, it's probably more of a Peace Walker 4 hours.
The Faceless Master
Member
it's a videogame journalist 4 hours... so probably 1:45-2:15
captainwhat
Member
i'm gonna guess 3 hours of cutscenes, 1 hour of gameplay.
There's is no problem. You want more MGS? Buy it and have fun.
redblack85
Member
you complain, and we in Italy what we should do as the game will cost 49 retail?!
GAF people already have their impressions, they have predicted the length and the content of the game a long time ago. They have played the game and have been posting their impressions for quite some time.
Which was attached to a whole 5 hours of more gameplay time.
yeah well, if it's as tight and enjoyable as the tanker i'll be happy
Sephiroth503
Member
I'll wait for it to depreciate in value before jumping in. Not worth it IMO.
DigitalDevilSummoner
zero cognitive reasoning abilities
I'll agree with most people here that 40$ for 4 hours is a bit much, especially after paying 60$ for a 6 hour Rising. I'll wait, lot's of games coming anyway.
Raiden had no family.
Raiden had no family.
Brainiac 8
Member
Yikes, that's short.
but people were saying it was the Tanker mission in length. It is obviously not.
I replayed the Tanker mission tons of times, I see no reason why I wouldn't do the same for Ground Zeroes specially when the game offers a lot more than what the Tanker offered.
GameAddict411
Member
depending on the size of the game i might go with this solution(internet cap sucks), but still its a huge rip-off. I wouldn't be surprised if konami forced kojima to do this.
Future PhaZe
Member
won't buy it at any price if its included in the main game, too many good titles on my backlog for me to support this sort of thing to any degree, regardless of how much I love MGS
BibiMaghoo
Member
About what I expected, this is Tanker / Virtuous mission being sold as a stand alone game instead of a prelude to MGSV.
It stinks to be honest, although I'll probably still bite.
It stinks to be honest, although I'll probably still bite.
The absolute worst-case scenario of them all.
Space Runaway
Member
So 4 hours if we're lucky.... Though their quote reads like they completed the main mission and messed with the additional modes, all within 4 hours. I'm expecting the main mission to be like 2 hours on first playthrough...
it took you 4 hours to complete the Tanker mission? wow you must suck a lot at the games..
AHA-Lambda
Member
well done that is the most blatantly ignorant fanboyish statement I've seen on gaf. and I am a metal gear fan but fans shouldn't ever just willingly accept something cos of a name on a box; that's being a sheep not a fan.
but I shouldnt be surprised that someone with a Kojima avatar is unwilling to accept any other points of view that don't fawn over anything named metal gear.
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
There's nothing inherently wrong with a 4 hour playtime.
A tight, polished and fun experience that naturally ends at 4 hours is infinitely preferable to a tight experience that would have been 4 hours long but it was padded to shit with collectathons, back tracking, boss gauntlets, grinding for exp, all the other shit people do just to be able to put a 20+ hour bulletpoint on the back of a box.
A tight, polished and fun experience that naturally ends at 4 hours is infinitely preferable to a tight experience that would have been 4 hours long but it was padded to shit with collectathons, back tracking, boss gauntlets, grinding for exp, all the other shit people do just to be able to put a 20+ hour bulletpoint on the back of a box.
Ah, stop being so defensive about it. It could very well be the proportional equivalent.
yeah i'm okay waiting it out. i waited mgs4 out like 3 years or so.