the cutsence in this game is somethig u can only see in a hollywood movie, ...look at the vamp vs raiden fight and the cutscence that makes u feel for snake and niamoe,...and the bike mission was like a cutscence but u could still shoot and intarct with the game.......... this is the best game i have ever played in a long time, i can only imagine how GOD OF WAR 3 will look like after seeing what the ps3 can do with mgs4.>>>>> best graphics on a console to date i dont care what any body tells me because i have the game and i have playd it for my self and i love every thing about it !

Bravo bravo finally someone finally says it. Cut the cutscene crap already it was like a 10 hour game without the cutscenes.

Is Final Fantasy much different? And FF is considered some of the best games around...

Yes MGS4 left me craving more gameplay, but i LOVE the voice acting and story telling. That's what MGO is for :P

it took me 9hrs and 20min to finish mgs4

We that own MGS4 and are playing it shouldnt even comment on threads like this because it keeps them around. We all know the game is amazing and we all love the cut scenes and we all have varied gameplay hours. WHO CARES. Leave these stupid articles alone and go onto playing Metal Gear. Next.

buy why do that? The game is fun. It is about being stealthy. I try to explore as much as I can while picking my spots to fight. I expect to get 20+ hours of gameplay out of it b/c I am in no rush to finish it. It is the best game I've played in a long time...definitely the best since Mass Effect. B/c I have a bigger attachment to Snake, it's better IMO than Mass Effect.

my first play through was about 26 hours and that was doing and seeing everything I could.

The second time through, with the carry-overs, I'm looking at about 14-17 hours. And that is skipping over many of the cutscenes and going from point A to B in a timely manner.

You can infact play over thirty hours in the game, there is even an emblem that you can get from doing so. Similarly there are many emblems for beating it under 6 hours.

In short, MGS is as long as you're willing to invest in it. Period.

Some of the report comments are funny though. Fanboys.

"billed as 40 hour gameplay"

Wow! Serious exaggeration.

I never once heard about the 40 hour gameplay for MGS4. What I heard was 20 hours of gameplay and 9 hours worth of cut-scenes. This guy is trying hard to downplay MGS4.

If they had played the game, they'd know that the cut-scenes are GAMEPLAY. Act 3 confirms this.

9 hours in and in the middle of act 3. Kick A$$ game though

Is that it doesn't properly use the medium to tell the story.

The story in a game needs to unfold around the player, like in cod4 and half-life. Relying on cutscenes is so last gen and that should really be reflected in the scores.

Lots of people can make an interactive movie, where people have to preform an action to get to the next scene, but only few can make a game and story revolve around the character without relying on them.

And more exaggerations on the cutscenes!
People seem to forget that you can actually skip them if you can't stand seeing them!

I've been playing for around 18 hours and I think around 60% of that was cut-scenes. Although coming nearer to the game, I appreciate it now for that - its truly a masterpiece. The mission briefs, however, I just skip.

GTA4? people loved it during it's initial launch and maybe two weeks after, then everyone started feeling the same symptoms everyone felt with big game franchises. Boredom and over-obsessive critique. It's true MGS4 has far too many cut-scenes and less gameplay, but what other game out there actually has you glued to the screen in light of cut-scenes to begin with?

...and have just started Act III. How many acts does the game have??

My biggest problem with the game is that I will have to get through it and it will end. As this is the first MGS game I have ever owned or played to any extent I'm constantly being blown away by it.

As for the cut scenes, I don't know the back story but wow, they are fantastic and focus on story telling as well as some deep character development. I have not skipped one cut scene nor have I been bored watching them.

the cut scenes are the best cutscenes ive ever seen.

isn't that true to all games? Without cut scenes the gaming experience will be shorter? isn't that true? I think so.

MGS is known for having a great story line and that is why cut scenes is one of the factors that made the MGS franchise the way it is today.

I'm paraphrasing from GameSpot they said that you can skip the cut scenes if you want to but you will miss a big part of the story in MGS 4 and I absolutely agree.

Why don't idiots just skip the scenes?
"buh buh i wanna get the story" Then WATCH them until you get enough story. THEn skip. The majority are skipable.

I hate when non fans of the game talk crap about it. I LOVE the cut scenes, it adds to the entire gaming experience. You don't rush through MGS4 you try to beat it by being the most stealth you can.

Yeah you CAN rush through it, just like you CAN get a Kobe Beef Steak Well done.

MGS4 is the best game many people have played this generation. Sad that everyone can't get into it because they are too used to nonsensical button mashing and a short Halo3 like single player.

sounds like a great game.

if it is 10 hours of cut scenes and 10 hours of gameplay...
thats still not bad for gameplay, and the cut-scenes sounds like a moive experience which is different for a game and a bonus. But if they are boring like this guy said, then that would suck.

best games this gen are less than 10 (Halo 3, COD4, Uncharted) unless its a RPG or GTA :)

Now I'm playing on the hardest difficulty and I'm sure it will take a hell of a lot longer..
Also if you are at act 4 and 25% done and all you have is 5hours of gameplay you probably just rushed trough every single level..not sneaking at all just run and gun, probably on the easiest difficulty.

I don't understand how can anyone disagree with what I said :D

the person who wrote this obviously never played MGS

in 22 hours and 45 minutes.

with the exception of the ending cutscene, i didn't even notice the LENGTH of them, i was too caught up in the awesome epicness of the game. the only reason i noticed the length of the last cutscene (which is NOT 90 minutes long), is because it was 6:30 in the morning, and me and my fiance were tired as hell (she just HAD to see the ending, which i have to say, made her cry. in fact, she cried numerous times during the game. she even went so far as to say that "this is the best game ever made," and she didn't even TOUCH the controller ONCE! she's a gamer, and she's watched me play all the Metal Gears, and thinks Snake is the most bad@ss guy around, so her opinion has weight to me. well, that, and she lets me touch her boobs. lol).

i'm on my second playthrough of MGS4 now, and as much as i want to, i STILL can't skip the cutscenes. they are just too amazing. some of the codec conversations i'll fast-forward (not skip), but the cutscenes are works of art. works of gorgeous, melodramitic art, but art nonetheless.

i have to say that the production values of this game rival that of any summer block-buster i've seen, and the way that it intermingles the gameplay and cinematics is fantastic.

it certainly didn't FEEL like there was more cutscenes than gameplay, and the maps in this game are HUGE! there are so many different ways to move through the areas, and so many different ways in which you want to tackle the enemy via stealth or confrontations. and the weapon customization adds some surprising depth to the gameplay, not to mention the number and variety of the weapons and items you get.

and anyone who thinks that it's JUST sneaking around will be pleasantly surprised later on. LOTS of intense moments.

it's truly a masterpiece, and genuinely worthy of the praise it gets, unlike ANOTHER game that released in April (which i happen to love also, but MGS4 blows it away in every category), and received quite the ball-licking and perfect scores by the gaming media.

MGS4 is an instant classic in every since of the words, and the PS3 haters need to just accept it and move on. it's not the only great game on the PS3, as those who have actually played one can attest to, but it's almost certainly the BEST.

here at Vivendi, most, if not ALL of my co-workers and their friends, roommates, are trying to hunt down PS3/MGS4 bundles, or just picking up the system and game separately.

hell, one of the guys i was talking to this morning doesn't even HAVE a Playstation 3, but he picked up MGS4 because he had to play it, and he only plays a little bit at work, on the dev PS3. he says he'll try and pick up a PS3 of his own asap, but at the moment, he can't.

this game can, will, and HAS sold Playstation 3s.

i have to agree with my fiance that it's a "masterpiece." it truly is, and should silence ANYONE who questioned how powerful the Playstation 3 is, and how viable it is as a games console.

it ain't just a Blu Ray player folks.

I have been searching for all the extra goodies, so I finally finished ACT 1 in 2 days. Yea I got a job and a life. Bite me.

but they count mass effect's meaningless dialogue that has absolutely no change on gameplay what so ever right?

If this guy is rushing through the game and is shooting every person in sight, then yes, it's possible to beat a Metal Gear Solid game really fast, but that is not the way to play a Metal Gear Solid game. And it's obvious that the guy is doing little to no exploration at all.

I've heard some reviewers say that they had spent 4 hours just playing Act 1, and everyone plays games differently, but most of the reviewers have said that MGS4 is about a 20 hour game. Plus, once you beat MGS4 one time, your journey has just begun because MGS4 is a game that was meant to be played more than one time. But, only the die-hard Metal Gear fans will be playing the game over again to unlock all of the tons of secrets in the game and MGS4 has plenty of replay value.

If you can complete the game quickly w/ minimum cautions, minimum kills and also using cqc plus special items.....YOUR GOOD,

Finding all the easter eggs in the game, should keep you bz for a while.

it took me 22 hours, in normal mode.

For my second time around, i'm only using mk gun w/as many headshots as possible, minimize my kills/cautions/alerts etc.. and skipping most cut scenes. This should lower hours played.

Third time around, gonna try to sharpen my cqc skills

The cutscenes in MGS4 are very boring NG2 has cutscenes which are 10 times better and it has a story which is 100 times better than any of the MGS games.

I read here on N4G that in total there was 20 hours of actual game play. I assume that means for those of you who play the game thoroughly. Thoroughly meaning, takes the time out to explore the nooks and crannies of every area. I don't know who came up with 40. Also, Metal Gear games on average probably run around 15-18 hours on average anyway. Also, anybody who has followed the series knows right off the bat that the games all have long cut scenes, so immediately upon the purchase this thought will already be in the minds of most fans. Just take the time to sit back, enjoy and appreciate the cut scenes. I have yet to even play the game, but I sure know what to expect.

PRICK!

my first MG game an the cut scenes are actually pretty entertaining. its taking me about 4 an a half hours per act an I'm on act 4 now. its reading about 15 hours.

First play through it took me 23hrs to finish because I took my time and watched all the cut scenes... second playthorugh I skipped ALL the cut scenes and finished it at 9hrs I thought it was a little short but the game is superb

MGS is one of those games that you can play however you want, you could clock it in 10hrs but then you wont be getting all the depth of entertainment that MGS gives, personally I am 12 hrs in act 4 and I have been playing 'quick' because I am gripped by the story and am dying to know the end. I am gonna play through at least another 2 times through though so who cares!

When did this mythical hour count become so important; I noticed last year when Heavenly Sword came out that this thing became important suddenly for some reason; quality not quantity folks!

This is my first MGS, and it took me a little over 8 hours to complete act 1. And what's wrong with long cutscenes? I love every second of them.

I'm 12 hours into it and only just started act 3.

im nearly finished on the game....i cant remember the hours so far but i think its around 16

best games of this generation:

1. Bioshock
2. MGS4
3. Gears Of War

The game is 80 percent movie, 10 percent loading, and 10 percent game play. I have played the series since the 80s, and I was let down, the story was great, but I wanted a game, not an interactive movie!

lmfao . owned. sorry, droids. enjoy your movie player!

MGS4 rocked. It's where games are going. Buy Msg4!

if you wanted to, sneak to every corner, collect every item, take down every enemy (by tranq., head shot, CQC).

MGS4 defines the word epicness.

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who fricken cares, the cutscenes are awe inspiring.

At least it doesnt repeat all the same sh1t all the time like GTA IV did... All you did in GTA 4 at the end is chase a car -> eliminate target.. get to a location -> eliminate target. The same thing repeated for many hours.. GTA 3 and Vice City had a much better story than GTA IV.

that gameplay alone can make up for all the long cutscene.

FALE

The cutscenes are what make MGS4 an absolutely brilliant expereince in seeing how the story unfolds.

Damn... i'm on the 3rd act, the beginning and... 19 hours...

N4G....i laugh at your topics of discussion...really,lol,is this what its come too?..MG4 has more than double gameplay in it than 95% of games out there,lets leave it there shall we......

XBL = supasharpshoter
PSN = supasharpshoter

Is better than your generic dull HALO and GTA4

This is one of the greatist games i've played this year.
Its funny how when it comes TO a PS3 Exclusive it gets bashed like crazy
But when it comes to 360 games do u ever see these types of Articles No people need to get over it and stop trying to make a great fantasic game look like its crap.

u seem to be also forgetting that all the mgs games have always had long cutscense,.....dont write a post if u dont know any thing about the mgs games, mgs is know for its stealth, cutscence,and story telling in dialoges that way it caputures the true fans of the game more.,....one more thing if u dont like the cutscence then just skip the damn thing,......every one wants to find somethin bad to say about mgs4,if it is not the revies are fake it is the game is only 33g or the story is to complex ,....shut the f up all u mgs and sony haters, i have the game and i love every single second of it,...this is not like gta4 that was over hyped mgs4 lived up to the hyped when we finaly played and i love the game so all this negative news post about from people bashing the game dose not mean nothing to me.

took me 26 hrs on solid snake. I am playing on the boss mode and its freaking good (hard but good experience) where it pays for sneaking. No way, you can do run and gun on that mode. Without cutscene, it will take me about another 26 hrs for sure on the boss mode.

What's with all the xbots today!?!?! I guess the PS3 section has turned into the PS3 bashing section. I think they are all just mad that one of the greatest games ever cannot run on their crappy system.

I just find it ridiculous that people are claiming this to be the best game ever when all it really is, is a freaking long drawn out movie.

I beat it last night. Normal Snake = 15 hours 30-odd minutes. I'd say that a good, maybe, 4 hours of that is cut scene time? Let's just round it off to 10 hours of gameplay. Now, I don't think that's total game play available to me, as I want to play through again. That's the sign of a good game, to me. I've played through Uncharted probably 8 times, that game kicks butt!! MGS4 seems to encourage and reward multiple plays through (this is my first MGS game).

The cut scenes really suck, for the most part. I hear people talk about how cool the romance scene is, but it's awful!! Who acts like that?? I liked the jokes, the action cut scenes, and that's about it. For me, the cost of entry was earned by the amazing game play. The boss fights, the motorcycle chase, etc.

I’m beating a dead horse here… but Resisitance FOM gun lay out was so fun, multiplayer was one of my top favorite experiences. Insomniac nailed it and I would love a remaster and maybe a redo with Reisistance 2. They listens to players who were wanting a Halo killer and it kind of lost its character from the first.

Warhawk, if they had just remade the first one not Starhawk which offered nice things like the build and battle.. but Warhawk was the best arcade shooter I ever played. Back when you didn’t have battle passes and you actually had to get certain amount of kills or ribbons to unlock different paint skins on the Warhawks and armor for your player.. Look at the success of Helldivers 2, it’s a fun game and it reminds me of Warhawk in a way. I’ve been wanting a remake or sequel since the beginning of the ps4 gen.. it’s hurts to have hope nowadays. Even with the demise of the studios Sony has a steady fan base.

Killzone game after Killzone 2 play style would be nice

Motorstorm would be epic with the visual upgrade, maybe this game would be a harder sell with the genre being not as popular nowadays..

Resistance franchise, Motorstorm and Dirt 2 which was fun as heck. Add Dead Space 2 as well.

I quickly looked and only saw the words PS5 Remaster and a picture of Fall of Mans logo

Ahhhh shit, well maybe one day

Resistance 1-3 remastered with online

Kill zone 1-3 remastered with online

God of war PS3 games and PSP games collection

Infamous 1-2 with all dlc please we need this. It’s such an underrated franchise and so much potential. In this age of super hero media craze Sony should utilize infamous

White knight chronicles 1-2

Warhawk and starhawk

Motorstorm series

MGS4

Easy money would be to remake Resistance and Killzone series, rather than just a remaster. And PS5 desperately needs some couch co-op shooters so this would scratch that itch.

Infamous 1+2 and KZ 2+3

Deus Ex Human Revolution

GTA IV needs one.
Still stuck on PS3 and 360.

PS3 ended up been a beast of a console, slow out of the gate, picked up steam, smashed through the finish line. The 1st PS3 slim is still one of my favourite consoles. So solid, great games, by the time GTA5 and the last of us had come out it was a clear winner for me

Nice to see that they included Pupetteer in this list.

"PS3 may not have been the strongest generation"

Meanwhile...just looking at exclusives alone and not even third party titles

Uncharted was born
Demon's Souls was born
Metal Gear Solid 4
God of War 3
The Last of Us was born
Little Big Planet was born
Warhawk
Killzone 2 and 3
Infamous was born
Resistance was born
Motorstorm was born
Gran Turismo
Heavy Rain
Journey
Shadow of the Colossus returned paving the way for the remake in the PS4 generation
PS Plus was born

Sorry bud, but the PS3 generation was amazing and featured the greatest console comeback in history.

That said, I'd love it if Warhawk returned or Metal Gear Solid 4. It needs to not be shackled to the PS3 generation anymore. A Killzone 2 remake would be insane with modern graphics and that art direction.

I really miss this gen of gaming. It felt like the last truly "great" era for videogames before the modern approach really took hold.

The PS3 was such a glorious console. The UI, the games, the free online...just incredible.

Add Mag to that list.

I would pay good money for a Warhawk remake. Socom too. The last Socom game just didn’t do it justice. Folklore could use a remaster or remake as well.
Several other titles I would like to remade with the amount of visual fidelity the current gen has over the past consoles it could help articulate the games that we’ve loved growing up. I would love even some ps2 titles to remade.. Dark Cloud from ps2, Legacy of Kain series but don’t know what will come of it sense it was bought by Embracer group and all there layoffs.

This strategy is exactly what helped ruin Xbox. Sony more than Microsoft know when to let a franchise go and that is important to keep things fresh. The old games are there if you want to play them.

Resistance series and Killzone 2 & 3 remasters/remakes. Make it happen. They will print money.

FF13 is top of this list for me. No matter your opinion on it, it being the only numbered offline FF out of all 16 not to be on new consoles is odd. GTA IV would be great too

The only reason my PS3 is still connected is because of the Resistance, Heavenly Sword, Motorstorm games that I still love to play. I am for remaking or remastering them.

Would absolutely love a remastered collection of the resistance games

Resistance 1-3 and Killzone 1-3 too. Folklore and 3 Dot Heroes are underrated gems.

Why remaster games that ps5 players can't access when you can remaster a 4 year old game like tlou2 that was already patched with ps5 improvements

Would love a remake of the first Resistance game and also Tools of Destruction.

A gem of a gen, imo! So much IP to pluck.

Infamous 1&2 will sadly always be ignored by Sony, not even a ps4 remaster the whole gen, smh but uncharted, horizon, even days gone had next gen upgrades sheesh 🤦🏽 mane even tho Sony is still doing pretty good in the console business they are a lil big headed lol, I never played the resistance series but it would of been dope to see those games updated as well, we fans get lil surprises here n there but things we really are into having and being vocal about gets passed over like a mf 🤣😩

Remasters are a waste of time and developer resources. Real Devs make new games.

God I would live a Killzone or Resistance collection. Really hoping for a new one in either franchise down the line, loved both series.

I’d say new sequels instead.

Got be resistance /prototype as well

How much prefer the killzone universe to that of Horizon's.