The Order 1886 Review Thread - Meta: 66

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Angelus said:

Angelv577 said:
Now that I think of it, makes me wonder how MGS 4 got a free pass. I mean, it has awesome gameplay but it was no more than 8 hours I believed and it was interrupted by long lasting cutscene, which one of them lasted about 30 minutes if I'm not mistaken.

You are absolutely right to question that. MGS is one of my favourite franchises, 1 and 3 (particularly 3) are some of my favourite games of all time, but 4 is a sorry excuse for a game. The whole thing was a cheap shot fanfare production rehashing every possible plot point they could from previous games with a never ending sea of cutscenes of outrageous length. It even regressed in many key areas on the gameplay side of things from the third game. It's honestly one of the most disappointing games I ever played. Fortunately Phantom Pain looks to be the game that MGS4 always should have been IMO

 

I have to play The Order before I can make an objective comparison, but MGS4 was VERY long and loaded with content. By cinematic comparison, a game with 6-8 hours of footage would warrant a blu-ray movie price tag of $60 (Most movies are overpriced at $20, but that's the going rate.). I think one issue (problem) MGS4 had was the need to wrap up every plot point, because it was supposed to be the finale.