This week’s Famitsu reviews include a perfect score for Kojima’s latest masterpiece, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and also reveals that the story is indeed 30-40 hours long.
The perfect score of 40 (meaning all four reviewers gave it a perfect 10) from the magazine may not come as a surprise considering Hideo Kojima’s last game, Metal Gear Solid 4, was given the same stellar score. What is surprising is the length the reviewers have confirmed the game to be. The previous MGS games have usually been just around the 10-12 hour mark at an average (though admittedly much less if you skip the cut scenes) so an MGS game going for double or even triple the length is certainly a welcome surprise. It’s also worth mentioning that this was achieved with just a single UMD for the title.
Other highlights of the review mention an absorbing single player and co-op experience, charming cut scenes that give an impression of an “evolved” Metal Gear Solid, and a deep “balloon” system that goes hand in hand with the “Peace Walker” subtitle.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is set to hit North American shores on June 8, 2010.
valleyshrew
April 21, 2010 at 3:29 AMThe mgs games always take me about 20 hours to complete and from a quick search it seems this is the most common playtime, not 10-12. I guess it depends how you play, you can rush through on easy mode and skip the cutscenes to complete in 5 hours. But if you take your time and play properly and absorb the story it should take at least 15. And big boss mode can be done in 3 hours but it’s probably more like 20 with the constant retrying to play perfectly.
Al Salazar
April 21, 2010 at 11:18 AMWell, I was just going off of my personal experience with the previous games (MGS1-4). Normal playthrough with no cut scenes skip take me around 10-12 hours with subsequent speed runs anywhere between 5-7 hours.
In hindsight, it really varies and could take anywhere between 10-20 hours depending on the gamer.