On the 6/2 X-Play Adam talked about EGM choosing not to review the game, and MTV’s Stephen Totilo joined him to discuss the Konami restrictions and the overall state of game reviewing (Adam called it a seedy business). Both of them agreed it was fine for Konami to demand reviewers not give away important plot spoilers, ut that it was not OK to try and hide not only the 90 minute cutscenes, but technical issues, like the large amount of space taken up on a PS3’s hard drive by the install of the game. They thought if someone had a 20 gig PS3, they are entitled to know that the install is 1/5 of the hard drive, so the might need to remove other content just to play MGS4. Adam added that many gamers only have limited time to play a game daily and they deserved to know that there are cutscenes that are as long as a full movie.
They also discussed the fact that many gaming companies are allowing early reviews if they are favorable, but will not allow poor scores to be released until after the games been released. Though that has been discussed on this board many times, it was nice to hear it reach a bigger audience via X-Play.
After several other features and reviews, Adam closed the show, and Morgan piped in "I guess Konami's in trouble, huh?". Adam shook his head and said "90 minute scenes........", continues to shake head. End of show.
I know the game is going to get great reviews, but tonight's broadcast only focused on the negatives.
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