MGS4 to have 90 minute long cutscenes?

[shio]

DTG said:

starcraft said:

Oyvoyvoyv said:
Why do you complain? This is taking story to the next level, if you dislike story, buy the mindless shooter games, they outnumber games like this by at least 5:1.

The best games integrate most of their story into the gameplay, ala Bioshock.

 

I disagree. Bioshock has nowhere near the scope of storyline MGS games have. You cannot integrate story into gameplay, it is impossible because it can only make for a superficial narrative. You can imply certain themes and ideas but not tell an actual word by word story. Nor can you impart a well argued social and political commentary that is so integral to MGS games through gameplay. Bioshock failed miserably when it came to delivering a truly mature storyline. It juggled with some philosophical ideas that the writers tried to raise yet it failed to explore any of them in any meaningful manner, percisely because there was not enough storyline behind it to provide substance.

Planescape: Torment almost completely integrates the story in the gameplay, and Planescape has the best story in videogaming history. Hell Fallout 1&2 have their stories fully integrated in the gameplay, and those stories are some of the best ever.