Hideo Kojima Address Concerns Over MGS V: Ground Zeroes Length

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Posted February 6, 2014 by Richard Lee Breslin in Gaming News, PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

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This week a huge hurrah was made following the March issue of Game Informer revealing that it took them 2 hours to fly through the main campaign of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, this included not playing any of the side quests or the console exclusive missions.  It was also revealed in the magazine that Ground Zeroes was being compared to the Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty ‘Tanker’ demo that featured in Zone of Enders from back in 2001.

The potential campaign length has caused a great deal of concern in regards to Ground Zeroes value for money and rightly so.  Well in aid to ease concerns of Metal Gear Solid fans, Hideo Kojima has taken to Twitter to release a statement.  In the statement Hideo talks of the side quests included in Ground Zeroes and the fact that the game encourages an open approach play style that will add to its replay value.

Here’s what Hideo Kojima had to say:

Hideo Kojima’s statement

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes includes the main mission alongside 5 Side Ops. All missions include elements such as “Trial Records,” where players can compete against each other online.

This is not a linear game like in the past. Ground Zeroes offers freedom of approach and play style, which we hope players will enjoy over and over again without boring them.

I believe people will be satisfied with the play time of Ground Zeroes and will not stress the “Clear Time,” which is a standard for linear games

Personally while the campaign length may very well still be a concern, I still believe that considering the main campaign, side missions and the console exclusive mission, hopefully we could still be looking at 5-6 hours during the first playthrough.  Which may not sound a lot, but considering you can pick the game up for around £20, 5-6 hours doesn’t seem that entirely bad (well to me at least anyway).  Then as with almost all Metal Gear Solid games, they tend to offer great replay value and with one being as open as Ground Zeroes that could certainly be the case.

I could obviously be totally wrong on my estimate, as ultimately the amount of value that you get from this game will depend on the gamer at hand.  Either way, I cannot wait to play Ground Zeroes, let alone The Phantom Pain. But what do you make of this situation as a whole? Do you trust in Kojima or do you believe that this statement as a defence mechanism?  Let’s hear you thoughts in the comments section below.

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will release on March 18th in North America and the 20th across Europe for the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.


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