MGS: GZ is less than 2 hours - Kojima Defends

Game Informer has a MGS blowout for their March edition and talked about Ground Zeroes. They had an exclusive play of the game and they finished the main mission along with extra modes in about 4 hours.

We had four hours of exclusive hands-on time with Ground Zeroes, which we used to play through the main mission and experiment with extra modes.

UPDATE: Judged just by the core story mission, Ground Zeroes is short," Game Informer writes in the cover story (only available in the magazine, not online). "We completed it in just less than two hours

At first thought they meant they only had 4 hours with the game but they state they got through the main mission in that time. Kind of disappointing considering the price point for GZ

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Let's not forget that this is just the intro to MGS V (the phantom pain) and it costs $30 retail for PS360 and $20 digital but $40 PS4 and X1 retail and $30 digital. Not only that but Kojima has said if Ground Zeroes doesn't do well that they will delay MGS V.

Kojima has defended the length of the game but made things slightly worse by detailing what was actually in the game. The main mission, 5 side missions and a time trial like mode

Wasn't the original MGS super short too?

MGS1 on playstation? That game is really damn long

And what is the price point of Ground Zero? $4.99? Or free with pre-order of MGS5?

EDIT: nevermind, holy shit, $20 digital and $30 physical on Xbox 360 and PS3, $30/$40 digital/physical on PS4 and X1... and being an MGS game that probably means 1 hour of gameplay 3 hours of cutscenes

Hmm 4 hours including the cutscenes?

Damn *sad face*

scraches one off the list...

No it's not :/ ... It's about a 5 hour game, 7 or 8 without skipping cut scenes.

I'll probably wait for it to drop below £20 before I pick it up. You can already preorder it for like £25

Um more like $30 physical copy, $20 digital for PS360

PS4 and X1 is $30 digital and $40 retail

Oh, ok...rewrites back on list

Because consoles, ladies and gentlemen. On consoles, games dont need to be good anymore. Fanboys will hype them anyway.

At least metal gear rising is good.

Well I haven't played it in years so maybe my memory is clouded. It feels like it was longer

Well MGS is a console franchise so I don't see your point

nice stealth edit BTW

Lol, I wish PC had MGS V

isn't it just an intro for mgs 5? like the tanker in mgs 2?

MGS1 is pretty short. It's one of the few games that I have almost the entirety stuck in my head. And MGS1 was a full game game. This is only supposed to be a "prequel" or whatever....

So you could finish it in 4 hours.

Yea I remember thinking it was a super long game but in reality it's fairly short, I played through it again about a year or two go that's the only reason I know that it's short :P

At least you can afford March now!

Does that include both parts?

Ground zeroes and the Phantom pain are two parts to the same game, right? So are they just talking about ground zeroes or what?

haha yep lol

It only includes Ground Zeroes, the intro to the phantom pain. The same demo we've been seeing over and over again of snake infiltrating that base

Cutscenes included, I assume?

It's not that bad considering the pricepoint. MGS games never were that lengthy to begin with. You can go through them in less than 5 hours.

It's with the whole main mission and extra modes so yeah I'd assume it's cutscenes and all. The fact that it's an intro to a bigger game and an introduction to get people used to the mechanics means the price is bullshit. Pay up to $40 for this and then full price for the full game after that. That's like an upper maximum of $100 just for the full experience

I remember skipping cut scenes and beating the game in ~5 hours.

Yeah apparently it IS short and I just can't remember. But it was like 12 years ago when I played it last so I'll take you guys' word for it over my nostalgia :P

You could also just wait until the actual game launches and probably find this for less than $10 at that time.

Lol I just realized with their history of long cutscenes I wonder how long the actual gameplay is.

What gameplay XD

@W1NGMAN-: True, but not on first playthrough, which I'd reckon is 12-16 hours.

So going by that (admittedly very unscientific) measure, GZ is less than 1/4 of the length of MGS1 (remember the journos did side stuff too!).

Still that is twice-ish as long as the tanker sequence in MGS2. Bit expensive for what it is I think.

Yeah, it's lame, but this shit happens. Same with GT: Prologue.

Something you just gotta deal with.

So 30 minutes of actual gameplay?

mostly because of cutscenes, boss fights and back tracking though. i wouldnt be surprised if mgs1 had about 4 hours of pure gameplay

Get it for 40 dollars than pay more for the full game, so anyways who's idea was it to get gamers to pay that much money lol?

Kojima san, No.

As a fan I will gladly pay. Kojima has made some great games that I enjoy every time.

You are wrong

How many of those 4 hours are cut-scenes ?

GT Prologue.

Anyways, if this is true. I have just lost all interest in the game.

Seems fair. It's only $30. And the open world nature of the levels seem like they lead themselves to multiple replays.

Metal Gear Solid 1 took me around 8-10 hours to beat. Fantastic game despite only playing it in 07.

This is why I am waiting for the INEVITABLE MGS5 Complete Edition for $50-60.

Bloody ripoff to get this. 4 hours?! I can beat it in a one night!!! I was happy with how MGS4 closed the franchise so I am watching this one closely

Good thing you're getting your moneys worth.

@seanmcloughlin: Is there something else in that article that suggests they completed the entire main mission? To me it read like they had 4 hours in which to play the game and in that 4 hours they played some of the main mission and the extra modes.

Needs more cutscenes.

This is just suppose to be more like a extended demo. 4 hours is fine.

nanomachines

they state they got through the main mission in that time

This to me sounds like they did the whole main mission, otherwise they'd say they got through SOME of the main mission

That's why I was worried about the weird prices between all the different versions. It's weird enough to have a 10$ difference between digital and retail, but to have an extra $10 premium between last gen and current gen is absurd.

Not surprising, Kojima has to cater to the xbox fanbase's attention span after all.