UPDATE: 90-minute cinemas in Metal Gear Solid 4? Not so fast

New reports claim Metal Gear Solid 4 has 90-minute cutscenes and a 4.6 GB install size. The trouble is, at least one of these rumors is false.

Maybe I should have brought a clock...

Maybe I should have brought a clock...

From CVG today comes a pretty wild rumor about Metal Gear Solid 4: the final title in the Solid Snake series will feature rather lengthy cutscenes. How lengthy? Try 90 minutes. And that's not 90-minutes in total, that's a 90-minute cutscene.

Trouble is, the claim isn't accurate. Will MSG4 have lengthy cutscenes? Yes, says GamePro's own Sid Shuman, but nowhere near 90 minutes.

"I've completed the game twice, and am the author of the forthcoming [GamePro] review," Shuman said. "Ninety-minute-long cinemas in MGS4 sounds like an exaggeration. Like the other MGS games, MGS4 definitely has a cinematic quality. And yes, some of the cut-scenes in the game are elaborate and occasionally lengthy. But not a one, to my recollection, even approaches 90 minutes."

"I think it's safe to say that the '90 minute cinemas' claim is a pretty big exaggeration," he told GamePro News.

Unknown at this time is whether or not the cutscenes, 90-minutes or otherwise, are skippable. UPDATE@1:15 EST: Cut scenes are skippable, and can also be paused.

That said, there's one more rumor out there today that looks to have some weight to it. A purported pic of a MGS4 display case revealed that the game could come with an oft-maligned PS3 mandatory install. In this case, it appears to be about 4.6GB.

GamePro will update as we learn more.

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AANTHUNDER

I gonna have to install a bigger Harddrive on my PS3 pretty soon with all these mandatory DL. A 90 minute cutscene is ridiculous by any standards.

Fat_bot

I remember a lot of people I knew had issues with MGS2's cutscenes, but frankly, they add a lot to the game and are some of the best stories in gaming.

VivaLeResistance

these games installs are getting ridiculous, you'll have to update your HDD just on install space alone.

salrang2002

Well 90 minutes is a super long cutscene. Well 50GB wasn't enough so maybe it's true.

VivaLeResistance

Fat_bot Posted at: 05/23/08 at 9:33 AM PST I remember a lot of people I knew had issues with MGS2's cutscenes, but frankly, they add a lot to the game and are some of the best stories in gaming.
I thought that some were boring, but that's me. btw the skip option is always a must in these games.

LIVINGLEGEND69

i trust that sid is telling the truth. damn you beat the game twice. you have a awsome job. 90 minutes or not im getting this game day 1

Se7entySe7en

Time to clear out some HD space... so I can watch a movie while waiting to play for 5 minutes before watching another movie j/k. The game is going to rock and I love Kojima's cinematics... just wish they weren't so long or were a little more interactive.

salrang2002

LIVINGLEGEND69 Posted at: 05/23/08 at 9:39 AM PST i trust that sid is telling the truth. damn you beat the game twice. you have a awsome job. 90 minutes or not im getting this game day 1
I guess this game has to be awesome and have some serious replay value to play through it twice.

reg1985

thats ridicolous 90 min cut scence and 4.6 gig install which thats going to take atleast a hour this sucks, i bet its going to take ppl awhile to beat this game based on the freakin cutscense boy i wish there was a 360 release muti disc but no install

Train_of_Thought

Wait. so it was just "1" cutscene that was 90 minutes? I thought that was the entire game. it better be worth this fuckin' shit with its near 5GB installation.

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