Metal Gear Shorted
We are getting a taste of Metal Gear Solid in 2014 — next month, in fact — in the form of Ground Zeroes. which will serve as a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Game Informer has a huge MGSV cover story and in it we learned the “core story mission” can be completed in “less than two hours.“
This doesn’t include sidequests, console-exclusive missions, or any other replayability scenarios — apparently Game Informer played for four hours in total — but it could be seen as a bit short for the money it costs.
On PS3/360, Ground Zeroes is $20 or $30 for a digital or physical copy, respectively. On PS4 and Xbox One — where you might want to play it because the saves commingle with Phantom Pain in some way — it’s $30 or $40.
Avid Metal Gear fans are free to spend their money however they want. I just hope less informed consumers don’t drop $40 on a prologue. Do you feel metal gear shorted by this prologue release or are you and Kojima still metal gear solid? I’m too busy being in love with that cover artwork.
March Cover Revealed – Metal Gear Solid V [Game Informer]
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Is Short. Really Short. [Kotaku]
