Friday, May 23, 2008

Madness Rewarded, Expanded

So CVG is reporting that Metal Gear Solid 4 will have... Well, here, read this:

We know the Metal Gear Solid series is famous for its long cut-scenes, but this tops everything! Metal Gear Solid 4, the latest installment in Hideo Kojima's seminal stealth series, has cut-scenes (note the plural) that approach the 90 minutes mark.

And herein lies one of the biggest faults of the series and Hideo Kojima as a game designer; He doesn't know he isn't a fucking filmmaker. I'm not the kind of player that skips cut-scenes and dialogue and all the narrative bits because unless it's really bad I often enjoy those, but you've got to be kidding me with this. If you want to make a movie go make a goddamn movie, not a video game, you fucking lunatic.

-K.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hate to doubt Kyle the Great, but I think the plural is meant to imply that the cut scenes collectively total 90 minutes, if not, we are in serious trouble.

Kyle said...

No, there are separate cut-scenes that approach the 90 minute mark. All cut-scenes together adding up to 90 minutes would actually be an improvement over previous titles.