MGS4's Opening Movie has been in Development for OVER ONE YEAR....:o !!!

this is EPIC!! :o

in his recent podcast rayon payton talks with one of the devs on mgs4 and he says that the Opening movie for MGS4 took over one year..thats the lenght of the development of some games!!!!

and apparently HIDEO KOJIMA is very--VERY impressed with the opening

what you think>? will it live up to the cost-time and hype?

BTW all the cinemaics in MGS seris including 4 ARE REAL TIME

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OMFG! You cows have been reduced to hyping CG movies?JayPee89

This is how you fail... its not complete CG.
You fail even more because all of MGS have great opening cut-scenes with plenty of easter eggs.

Anyhow heres the summary of whats none so far...

Its around 12 minutes, has some live action which was filmed in L.A and some CG. The opening trailer will have a mixture of the different PMCs, and will have some sort of player interactivety.
This game will be epic, the opening scene will be top ten of all time.

Umm sounds like a waste - work on the game not the into nubs.

Good job on wasting lots of cash!

1 year on a CGI movie :?

that an amazing waste of time IMO.

Just me, but I'd rather they spent their time on the game FIRST and then got the cutscenes finished after it was all polished and amazing. In other words, I think they need to get their priorities straight.TheEndBoss

Yes, because Hideo Kojima has no clue what he is doing, right?....oh wait.:o

[QUOTE="TheEndBoss"]Just me, but I'd rather they spent their time on the game FIRST and then got the cutscenes finished after it was all polished and amazing. In other words, I think they need to get their priorities straight.ironcreed

Yes, because Hideo Kojima has no clue what he is doing, right?....oh wait.:o

Kojima has nothing to do with it. I don't give a crap who the developer is, the game should always come first, if it didn't already.

1 year on a CGI movie :?

that an amazing waste of time IMO.

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

Just me, but I'd rather they spent their time on the game FIRST and then got the cutscenes finished after it was all polished and amazing. In other words, I think they need to get their priorities straight.TheEndBoss

1. The game is already finished. The opening movie is the last piece of data they need.

2. Logan made it, not Kojima Productions.

Just me, but I'd rather they spent their time on the game FIRST and then got the cutscenes finished after it was all polished and amazing. In other words, I think they need to get their priorities straight.TheEndBoss

cuz we all know this is going to make the game horrible....like all MGS games are

OMFG! You cows have been reduced to hyping CG movies?JayPee89

[QUOTE="TheEndBoss"]Just me, but I'd rather they spent their time on the game FIRST and then got the cutscenes finished after it was all polished and amazing. In other words, I think they need to get their priorities straight.hyperboy152000

cuz we all know this is going to make the game horrible....like all MGS games are

Please point out where in my post I said anything even close to that.

1 year on a CGI movie :?

that an amazing waste of time IMO.

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

MGS has never, ever, used CGI cutscenes. Why would you say something like this if you are completely ignorant about MGS?

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[QUOTE="TheEndBoss"]Just me, but I'd rather they spent their time on the game FIRST and then got the cutscenes finished after it was all polished and amazing. In other words, I think they need to get their priorities straight.TheEndBoss

cuz we all know this is going to make the game horrible....like all MGS games are

Please point out where in my post I said anything even close to that.

well im just saying when has making an opening movie after the game itself is already done going to make the gameplay worse? and this is the trend of all MGS games so it was mearly my POV thinking it was implied

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[QUOTE="TheEndBoss"]Just me, but I'd rather they spent their time on the game FIRST and then got the cutscenes finished after it was all polished and amazing. In other words, I think they need to get their priorities straight.TheEndBoss

Yes, because Hideo Kojima has no clue what he is doing, right?....oh wait.:o

Kojima has nothing to do with it. I don't give a crap who the developer is, the game should always come first, if it didn't already.

LOL, well considering that this is part of the game, I think it will contribute towards making it a better production as a whole. But, just because they put so much time into the opening movie, you just automatically conclude that the game itself is getting less attention? Again, I think they know what they are doing. Besides, just who are you to tell Kojima Productions that "they need to get their priorities straight?"

[QUOTE="Gh0st_Of_0nyx"]

1 year on a CGI movie :?

that an amazing waste of time IMO.

AgentA-Mi6

And FYI I hate party games :wink: Platformers are awome tho.

[QUOTE="TheEndBoss"][QUOTE="ironcreed"]

[QUOTE="TheEndBoss"]Just me, but I'd rather they spent their time on the game FIRST and then got the cutscenes finished after it was all polished and amazing. In other words, I think they need to get their priorities straight.ironcreed

Yes, because Hideo Kojima has no clue what he is doing, right?....oh wait.:o

Kojima has nothing to do with it. I don't give a crap who the developer is, the game should always come first, if it didn't already.

LOL, well considering that this is part of the game, I think it will contribute towards making it a better production as a whole. But, just because they put so much time into the opening movie, you just automatically conclude that the game itself is getting less attention? Again, I think they know what they are doing. Besides, just who are you to tell Kojima Productions that "they need to get their priorities straight?"

seriously. KP knows how to make fun games. Subsistance, AC!D 2, Lunar Knights, and Portable Ops.

[QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"][QUOTE="Gh0st_Of_0nyx"]

1 year on a CGI movie :?

that an amazing waste of time IMO.

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

And FYI I hate party games :wink: Platformers are awome tho.

Because he wants the open scene to be ****ing awesome.

Makes sense to me.

[QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"][QUOTE="Gh0st_Of_0nyx"]

1 year on a CGI movie :?

that an amazing waste of time IMO.

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

And FYI I hate party games :wink: Platformers are awome tho.

i guess you didnt hear that they are done with the actually gameplay part of the game

The epicness of this game will be epic.DarkCloud79

No what bothers me is there so focused on making an "epic movie" that I think there negelcting the ACTUAL game and gameplay elements. No other studio spends so much time on CGI movie's like kojima. Make no sense to me why they need a year to develope a opening sequence to a GAME.Gh0st_Of_0nyx

There is absolutely no CG movies in MGS. And Kojima Productions have been working on the game non-stop. It was Logan that made the opening movie.

one of the main reasons ive loved mgs since the beginning was the awesome cutscenes

but just the opening taking 1 year to make probably has more to do with it being obscenely long then anything else

[QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"][QUOTE="Gh0st_Of_0nyx"]

1 year on a CGI movie :?

that an amazing waste of time IMO.

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

And FYI I hate party games :wink: Platformers are awome tho.

it's not CGI. call it a real-time polygon demo, which is what it really is. MGS cutscenes are interactive, something that CGI is not.

you have no basis to assume they don't have the time or resources to focus on both gameplay and cinematics. what you think is not based on anything solid.

LOL, well considering that this is part of the game, I think it will contribute towards making it a better production as a whole. But, just because they put so much time into the opening movie, you just automatically conclude that the game itself is getting less attention? Again, I think they know what they are doing. Besides, just who are you to tell Kojima Productions that "they need to get their priorities straight?"

ironcreed

I'm referring to the "game" as in the "gameplay". And like it or not, it's still a possibility that they're giving more attention to the cutscenes and story than the gameplay. I'm hoping they're not doing that, but if they are, they need to get their priorities straight. The game (or gameplay if you're going to get technical with me) needs to come first.

That last comment is just priceless. This entire board is meant for commentary on the industry. You can apply that to just about every thread or topic ever made on this board. Who are we to criticize Microsoft for having defective consoles? Who are we to criticize the third party on the Wii? Who are we to criticize the lengths of games? You say that to me, you go ahead and say it to everyone else on this board.

I didnt know cutscenes werent part of a game, I suppose I should just skip them all :?

im sure i read somewhere that 20 people worked on the witcher's openning movie for a year.

but i dont have any links. :)

Just me, but I'd rather they spent their time on the game FIRST and then got the cutscenes finished after it was all polished and amazing. In other words, I think they need to get their priorities straight.TheEndBoss

Then you don't know what MGs4 is famous for.

[QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"][QUOTE="Gh0st_Of_0nyx"]

1 year on a CGI movie :?

that an amazing waste of time IMO.

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

And FYI I hate party games :wink: Platformers are awome tho.

First of all why do you care about a Ps3 exclusive :? ? ... Anyway... Ryan Payton said that the gameplay was already finished not long ago didn't he? They're bug testing right now, the game was delayed because Kojima wants to release an absolutely perfect product from the opening movie to the credits lol.

[QUOTE="TheEndBoss"]Just me, but I'd rather they spent their time on the game FIRST and then got the cutscenes finished after it was all polished and amazing. In other words, I think they need to get their priorities straight.thrones

Then you don't know what MGs4 is famous for.

Metal Gear Solid has an awesome story and cutscenes. Yes, I know that. But what I'm saying is I hope they gave this kind of attention to the game itself and the gameplay; if that's not good, those cutscenes an the story aren't going to have much of a point.

bring on the scores of people who don't know the difference between CGI and MGS cutscenes.Mordred19

what does it mean that they're real time?xenos4

like in the sutscene in mgs series you can control the camere.zoom in and out--switch to fps view and etc...now in MSG4 it will be taken to an epic scale

[QUOTE="ironcreed"]

LOL, well considering that this is part of the game, I think it will contribute towards making it a better production as a whole. But, just because they put so much time into the opening movie, you just automatically conclude that the game itself is getting less attention? Again, I think they know what they are doing. Besides, just who are you to tell Kojima Productions that "they need to get their priorities straight?"

TheEndBoss

I'm referring to the "game" as in the "gameplay". And like it or not, it's still a possibility that they're giving more attention to the cutscenes and story than the gameplay. I'm hoping they're not doing that, but if they are, they need to get their priorities straight. The game (or gameplay if you're going to get technical with me) needs to come first.

That last comment is just priceless. This entire board is meant for commentary on the industry. You can apply that to just about every thread or topic ever made on this board. Who are we to criticize Microsoft for having defective consoles? Who are we to criticize the third party on the Wii? Who are we to criticize the lengths of games? You say that to me, you go ahead and say it to everyone else on this board.

Sure, anythings possible, I have to give you the benefit of the doubt there. But considering Kojima's reputation, level of talent, huge expectations for this game from Konami, Sony and all of the fans, and also the fact that the movie sequences are being done separately by a completely different portion of the team, while Kojima and another portion of KP work on the gameplay, I think it more than stands to reason that it will all gel just fine.

As for your last comment, lol. Sure, it is easy for you to just spin my question by trying to use the justification of what everyone else says in here. I am well aware of all of the bashing and criticism that goes on in System Wars, and yes, this is indeed a board for commentary on the industry. But, for the sake of the conversation at hand, I was merely questioning what made you think that you were in any sort of authoritive position, or what credible reasons do you have to tell a development team that has the stature of Kojima Productions to get their priorities straight, when their track record thus far speaks for itself? Especially since MGS4 is supposed to be the proverbial 'cherry on top' of the cake that they have already built.

what an incredible waste of time for something most gamers probably skip. maybe they should work on levels instead.shoeman12

no body skips mgs cut scenes..it is the game

what an incredible waste of time for something most gamers probably skip. maybe they should work on levels instead.shoeman12

i would NEVER skip a cutscene in an mgs game. they're just too awesome

oh...and i dont think players are even able to