Kojima Designer Defends Ground Zeroes' Length

Following reports that the main mission of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes can be finished in two hours, Kojima Productions designer Jordan Amaro defended the prequel's length.

[hypermetalsonic]

Length isn't the problem, it's the price you're asking for.

[elitegodfathers]

I'd buy it if it was 20 minutes long. I trust Kojima implicitly.

[Teeheehee]

The difference is that Journey and Dear Esther don't cost 40 dollars

[BmanX]

I don't think they realize it's necessarily the length that has people mad, it's the length with still having a $20-$40 price tag. Journey and Dear Esther were like $15, so that's not too bad. If Ground Zeroes was that price, I wouldn't be mad. But I was planning on getting the PS4 digital version, which is $30, which seems pretty steep for a 2 hour game.

[kroser]

$40 for a short 2 hour rather go get my self something nice to eat

[Vivec]

Yeah but.... Journey and Dear Esther aren't 40$

[TheCrimsonCat]

Calling it now.  After Phantom Pain releases, there will be a complete edition that has both Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes, as well as all the DLC.

[Ionic]

for 40$ for less than 2 hours? no thanks!

[MisgnomerProductions]

The difference is that Journey was only $15.

[lleon]

Yes, but Journey is $15, that's the great difference here.

[Dantehavok]

It would make me feel better if you got a discount on the full game

[ArteviusHardin]

A 2 hour MGS game? What's that about an hour of cut-scenes and a tutorial?

[kyloctopus]

Less than 2 hours to beat? So that's about 15 minutes of actual gameplay.

[iscrewy]

Journey and Dear Esther were still masterpieces at launch, despite their length? Lol, sure, but they were 15 and 10 USD respectively.

[MVMusicMan]

Us metal gear fans are getting it, don't give two shits if other people are gonna buy it or not lol

[cosbusta]

Kojima-san should realise already that the problem is not length but cost.

[AngryLoo]

Yo yo yo journey may be 2 hours but that ain't no prologue and that don't cost no 40 dollars neither.

[themastac]

I'll buy it for ten bucks or I could just watch it on YouTube.

[Splitside]

For 2 hours plus side quests tops knowing the work that was put into it as a metal gear solid game I think 30 dollars would be fair. Forty is pushing it even for a franchise I love so much.

[mkiller]

Next we'll hear about 1 hour final fantasy game and a linear GTA game