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[PapaJustify]

Come on. You don't intentionally misread that now, don't you? First of all I think there is more than one main mission. And if it is true what they say, then the main mission isn't even 4 hours long, because they also spend some of that time on extra modes.

I believe they played through the ONE main mission that was available in the preview build and that is all there is to it.

 

[brandonh83]

You can, easily. Just don't do it. Do they have your family hostage? Is it the terrorist's law?

Well, $40 isn't going to make me go bankrupt and I'm sure that despite the length I'll play it enough to justify the cost. They do have my family hostage though; I'll need to do something about that as well.

 

[enanogrande]

I don't think I can justify more then $20 for this ($15 would be a fair price for it I think). Wether this means I'll wait for a price drop or just buy the PS3 version though...

 

[pretty done]

I wonder how much of that four hours is cutscenes.

three hours


Anyway, digital is $30 on PS4 right? Gonna have to go with that. I don't need their extras.

 

[alr1ght]

When is redbox getting PS4Bone games?

 

[Dremark]

So it really is the equivalent of the tanker chapter from MGS2?

Tanker Mission is shorter than that.

 

[LudwigB]

Only 4 hours? That's very short indeed especially for a £40 game.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

WTF is wrong with Japanese publishers , are they this out of touch ?

Out of touch? This will sell very well, especially for what it is, so I don't know what you mean.

 

[kuppy]

Sounds to me like they played through it at night and day mode and tried to do it in different styles.
I'll wait till it's bundled with Phantom Pain or sooner if reviews are super good.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Wait this is my first time hearing its 40 dollars, did they give an explanation on why its 40?

 

[zackmorris]

Thread title seems incredibly misleading. They said they had a hands-on time of 4 HOURS on the game. Nowhere do they say that the game RUNS for 4 hours.

They said they played through the main story within their four hour hands on time. So it's obviously shorter than that.

 

[LTWood12]

I'll happily pay $40 for Ground Zeroes.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

So it really is the equivalent of the tanker chapter from MGS2?

Oh my goodness I forgot about that! I loved that thing! Sneaking around the huge group of soldiers while they were all watching a video on the projection screen was so badass.

 

[TheRealTalker]

:/

just got to wait for the full course (PP) then

 

[The_Monk]

That's a bit short indeed. I want to play this game but 40€ for 4 hours seems that won't squeeze the money I invested, on the other hand I just played MGS3 HD and I was getting ready for Ground Zeroes.

March is a month filled with many releases and for me, budgeting is key. I'm not sure if I'll have to skip this because the money/length ratio is short. Need to make a wise decision but I really want to play this Day one.

 

[Floex]

Need clarification, can be read in different ways.

 

[archnemesis]

Guess I'm waiting for a price drop then. Thanks for the heads up! Splitting the game in two parts was a bad idea to begin with.

 

[Daemul]

This is a prologue you can buy early with the main game shipping presumably 1-2 years later.

Ah ok. That seems like a major rip off though, paying $40 for a prologue and then $60 for the main game later on. A wise man would wait until the main game comes out before getting the prologue, which would be very cheap by then.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Still available for less than £25 from Gameseek, you can then trade it in to recoup some money to bring the price down further...

http://www.gameseek.co.uk/pd/VideoGamesknsehubh4n

 

[shinobi602]

Thread title seems incredibly misleading. They said they had a hands-on time of 4 HOURS on the game. Nowhere do they say that the game RUNS for 4 hours.

Seems accurate to me.

"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."

'Through' means to completion, on top of playing with extra modes.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Hmmm as other gaffers have said i will wait on a price cut and more details on GZ before buying.

 

[Dysun]

Not a surprise, but disappointed still

 

[Asd202]

I really don't understand why some you guys think GZ is a full game, it's a demo. Even Kojima called it a pilot episode.

 

[Goon Boon]

Delay the game however long it takes to include a beta of metal gear online that will last till Phantom Pain's release.

This is just fucking silly.

I really don't understand wy you guys think GZ is a full game, it's a demo. Even Kojima called it a pilot episode.

There were some holdouts trying to claim that it could be a decent length game still. I hope their spirits are crushed now enough to eat their pride.

 

[Omikaru]

So £10 an hour if you buy physical PS4, and that's not even considering that they played through the main campaign + side-mission stuff in that four hours, so it's likely to be even shorter.

I don't see this backfiring on The Phantom Pain at all. No way.

 

[maxcriden]

I'm sure it's not quite the same, but FWIW you can speedrun MGS2 (not skipping much other than some cutscenes) in about 4 hrs 45 mins without much difficulty. I understand they probably weren't speedrunning, though.

 

[Xater]

I wonder how much of that four hours is cutscenes.

One third to half probably?

 

[Trago]

So.....how much will this game cost at launch?

 

[Zomba13]

I'm still not clear on this. Is this going to be part of MGSV. Like, when The Phantom Pain releases will it include this as the first bit or do you only get to play GZ if you buy it separately?

 

[Derrick01]

Wait this is my first time hearing its 40 dollars, did they give an explanation on why its 40?

I don't think they did give a reason. Probably because lack of respect for the customer wouldn't fly with most people.

 

[kmax]

Boggles my mind why they're not releasing the whole complete game. This cashgrab move will backfire hard for them.

 

[Dr Dogg]

I might get getting a little confused but by saying they had four hours do they mean that was only the time they could spare or they played through it in 4 hours?

 

[Cyborg]

$10 per hour

Konami milking Metal Gear, I'm quite shocked.

Uhm.....how can they justify this

 

[Duxxy3]

Waiting for a price drop.

 

[ironcreed]

I don't think I can justify more then $20 for this ($15 would be a fair price for it I think). Wether this means I'll wait for a price drop or just buy the PS3 version though...

$15-$20 sounds more reasonable.

 

[nictron]

Take my tears Konami, take them all.

 

[zackmorris]

I am curious if they are including cut-scenes or if they skipped them because they only had 4 hours. If this is 4 hours with out cutscenes that seems reasonable. MGS 4 was about 4 hours of gameplay.

 

[Buntabox]

I paid $60 for a 5.5 hour game for Rising. I'll happily give my money for this.

 

[LuuKyK]

Grammatically I could see how someone could read it like you did.

We can ask: https://twitter.com/GI_AndyMc

There are also some Game Informer staffers that post on here if they want to contradict.

I asked him a while ago, now to see if he responds...

 

[Backfoggen]

They know we're going to buy it too. Fuckers.

 

[Bucca]

So is the Phantom Pain going to include the GZ prologue stuff when it gets released?

Do we know?

 

[PapaJustify]

Again: They played through ONE of the several main missions AND some extra modes within the 4 hours they had.

How can you guys not understand that? lol

 

[alr1ght]

THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME

 

[Brazil]

I am curious if they are including cut-scenes or if they skipped them because they only had 4 hours. If this is 4 hours with out cutscenes that seems reasonable. MGS 4 was about 4 hours of gameplay.

So you think Ground Zeroes being the same size as MGS4 is reasonable?

They didn't skip cutscenes. No way.

 

[Grief.exe]

That's a bit short indeed. I want to play this game but 40€ for 4 hours seems that won't squeeze the money I invested, on the other hand I just played MGS3 HD and I was getting ready for Ground Zeroes.

March is a month filled with many releases and for me, budgeting is key. I'm not sure if I'll have to skip this because the money/length ratio is short. Need to make a wise decision but I really want to play this Day one.

Wait for the heavily rumored definitive edition of Phantom Pain to land on PC Monk.

So is the Phantom Pain going to include the GZ prologue stuff when it gets released?

Do we know?

Yes.

 

[Corpsepyre]

Seems accurate to me.


'Through' means to completion, on top of playing with extra modes.

Yeah, I guess one should confirm from GI first and see what they meant. Hoping they didn't complete it One can hope.

 

[Coconut]

If the side mission stuff is as interesting as Peace Walkers stuff I'm sold.

 

[Kimawolf]

Ridiculous. No way id buy that crap. But it will sell millions im sure. And people wonder why they get over charged and nickle and dimed to death. Gamers deserve this ridiculous big budget industry.

 

[DieH@rd]

Day0 with cheaper digital version.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Not really surprised TBH.