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MGS4 install times revealed

Someone over at NeoGaf has posted the in-between-chapter install times for MGS4.

This comes at the same time as an in-game conversation between Snake and Otacon is revealed where Otacon is telling Snake he doesn't have to change disks because of the capacity of Blu-ray.

Spoilers through the link.

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Euphrate5817d ago

While installing?

Very smooth...

Mike Bowden5817d ago

Reminds me of the Alannis Morrisette song. :)

chaosatom3335817d ago (Edited 5817d ago )

On Xbox... Otacon- Snake, It's time to insert disk 9, do you see the disk labeled disk 9?
Snake-No. I there I found 8 and 10, but 9 is missing.
Otacon- Don't worry snake, just skip this cutsene and you will be on disk 10 anyway.
Snake- Okay! That makes a lot of sense.
Otacon- Sorry Snake, they wouldn't let us use the HD-DVD disk. Something about making better sales even if it is a 16 disk box set.
Snake- Washington?
Otacon- No, Gates... Well at least there is no madatory install.
Snake- Hmm. This is getting too stressfull... Bang...
Otacon- Snake? Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaake!

Bolts5817d ago

Whats wrong with installing? At least you're watching a great cutscene and it help make the game load faster, a win-win situation.

CrazzyMan5817d ago (Edited 5817d ago )

x360 couldn`t hold such game without INSTALLATION, unless would be DOWNGRADED.
So it`s not about 10 sec swaping disc, it`s about HDD power.

Come ON, it`s a KOJIMA, if he could use Game without INSTALLATION, Just like Uncharted is, HE would.
That means HDD is necessary to PLAY MGS4 at THIS quality, otherwise, you couldn`t run it.

gameraxis5817d ago

i told you that we'd probably be watching a cutscene during the installs and that sessler is a huge stain who didn't understand the guidelines, and then though konami (ryan payton) was compromising with him when he was just explaining to sessler wat the guidelines meant... (on the sesslers soapbox thread, if u don't believe me)

Mainman5817d ago

This multi-disc joke is not to diss the 360 (not intentionally at least). It is a wink at MGS1.

When you play MGS4, and you see this codec convo, make sure you check what part of the world Snake is.

ravenguard885817d ago

Good observation, funny how some of the biggest Kojima fans are those who understand him and his humor the least...

I've alway loved Kojima for his subtle sarcasms, seemingly always poking fun at the players.

Shadow Flare5817d ago

mainman how did Kojima refer to mgs1 with that joke? lol. If he was refering to mgs1 being on 2 discs, he would have cracked that joke on mgs2. Nope, that sir was taking the piss out of the xbox 360

Homicide5817d ago

So it's installing while watching a cutscene? That's awesome. We won't have to notice that an install in going on.

MADGameR5817d ago

AND STILL have to swap like 4-5 discs

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Maverick_5817d ago

hahahhahahhahahhahahahahhahaha

MGS4 coming in 3 days BIOTCHES!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA

trancefreak5817d ago

Dude!!! I cant take it. I wish it was out now. these last 3 days are painful :)

FAQS5817d ago

Q: I WANT THIS GAME!
A: ME WANT IT TOO!

juuken5817d ago

OH DEAR, THERE GOES THIS GIRL'S TUMMY AGAIN. IT DID ANOTHER FLIP FLOP. THREE MORE DAYS!

Pain5817d ago

but hahaha at the jab, good one .

ravinshield5817d ago

WAIT B3YOND AND INSTALL B3YOND

Don Ahid5817d ago

I ave it and i ave Completed it

Ali_The_Brit5817d ago

i wonder if ravin knows he keeps owning himself terribly? probabaly not ah well jump out and go play gaylo 3 or something while il be playing the greatest masterpiece of a game made this year, pitty youl never be able to

syanara5817d ago

all these xbox fanboys all talk dissaprovingly (in other words talk sh!t) abut ps3 install times but the same company microsoft makes you install games on the PC. I mean the irony in that is pretty funny. what I think is that. install times are not something excrutiatingly painful or anything they are okay I mean you can take a few minutes to install mgs4 so it runs better and faster OR you can swap disc and you better make sure you can find all 7 of em lol installs are better than swaps for another reason. it costs more money to manufacture more disk so technically its cheaper too.

MGS4 is a great game no doubt about it, no matter who talks bad things about it its a great game just like halo is a great game (over-hyped) but still great.

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Fishy Fingers5817d ago

Nice, there's a SPOILER right there in the caption.

put SPOILER as the first f**king word in the title for the love of god. N4G admins have issued a warning that if spoilers isnt listed the contributor can be banned.

Mike Bowden5817d ago

I think it's obvious by the title that there are spoilers. But yeah, you've got a point, I'll contact admin see if they can edit the title.

Fishy Fingers5817d ago

^No, surprisingly I was expecting times. eg....

Primary Install > 6 minutes

Chapter install > 3 minutes (etc)

Not what happens during the installs. Maybe I'm being picky.

LJWooly5817d ago

Yes, it is a spoiler, but just be glad that you don't know who the final boss is... ;_;

liquidsnake5817d ago

I have to agree fully with fishy fingers, this was unacceptable from my part.

projectile5817d ago

thats not so much better than just changing the disk is it?

I know i'm going to get flamed... But in those 3 mins you could change the disk. They give you a cool cinematic while they are at it so I guess its not so bad.

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Dir_en_grey5817d ago

F***ing Spoiler...
Yes it is a spoiler because it matters...
They don't want reviewers to talk about install time for a reason, now I understand...

Ashton5817d ago

I m afraid of spoilers :P,,,just wanted to show some love for MGS4

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The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX66d ago (Edited 66d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro66d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv7266d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_66d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga66d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos65d ago (Edited 65d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt2365d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball200066d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin66d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole66d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix66d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198966d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor66d ago (Edited 66d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel198966d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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Hideo Kojima laments that Metal Gear Solid 4's digital battlefield 'is no longer science fiction'

Game creator Hideo Kojima is and probably will always be best-known for his creation and stewardship of the Metal Gear series at Konami, which since his departure has been more-or-less on permanent hiatus (don't mention Survive). In his almost three decades these games evolved to the point where they predicted certain problems of the information age (MGS 2), took aim at contemporary topics like Guantanamo Bay (MGS: Ground Zeroes), and ended on a profound sense of sadness about our species' inability to break the cycles of global conflict (MGS V).

It's not clear what sparked this reflection, but Kojima's been thinking about Metal Gear Solid 4, an entry that was (and unfortunately still remains) a PlayStation 3 exclusive. In that entry the player controls an aged Solid Snake in the year 2014, caught up in a civil war being fought between Private Military Companies (PMCs).

Dirty_Lemons376d ago

That was a great fucking game/ movie.

DarXyde376d ago

To this day, it's one of those games where I refuse to skip the cutscenes, no matter how many playthroughs I've done.

But if you ask me...MGS2 was bloody prophetic and has aged like fine wine. That game was blasted as the weakest entry, and yet it's so enduring. I replayed it some time last year and it was remarkable.

sadraiden376d ago

Heed not the lamentations of people that say that MGS2 is bad because of the Snake/Raiden bait and switch. Every MGS game has its own merits, and while most people consider 3 to be the best, they all shine equally in my opinion.

porkChop376d ago

@sad

I would generally agree but with the exception of MGSV. It had truly excellent gameplay/combat, but dull and largely empty open world(s), and a narrative that is literally only half finished.

I really wish Kojima hadn't tried to go open world with MGS. It just wasn't right for the series. But I get it. He didn't want to make MG anymore but he wasn't allowed to make anything else. So he had to experiment within that franchise. Still, it was the wrong direction.

Santouryuu376d ago

I have been thinking about this a lot, MGS2 being the weakest and getting blasted.
My conclusion, for some years now, it's my favorite game of the series.
Going from MGS1 to MGS2 was such a big leap, in graphics, mechanics, etc.
And now it's even more relevant for being 'bloody prophetic' as you stated.

Maybe dust of my vita and play it again...

porkChop376d ago

It's a shame we never got a remaster of MGS4. The original game only rendered at 1024x768, and it ran anywhere from like 20fps to 60fps depending on the area. A remaster could have very easily cleaned up the visuals and performance. It's such a great game. I just want to play it again but in its best possible state.

MIDGETonSTILTS17376d ago

I agree, but they did all sorts of tricks to make use of the ps3’s cell processor….they’d probably have to rebuild the game in order to make it run on another machine. And, if that involves remaking those cutscenes somehow, then itll never happen, unfortunately.

porkChop376d ago

Nah. There have been plenty of remasters of PS3 games and they've turned out fine. It can be done.

ANIALATOR136375d ago (Edited 375d ago )

You can get near enough 4k 60 with it on RPCS3 these days

FallenAngel1984375d ago

War... war never changes. Or does it? The war has changed ...did it? The answer is no! Unless it is yes! No, of course it is! Is war! Yes! No! Yes?

PitbullMonster375d ago

Ah a man of culture. Duty calls

cell989376d ago

He was always ahead with this series. MSG1 taught me about the importance of passing on our genes into future generations but in a responsible way, for they are bound to what we experienced in our lifetime. Sons of liberty taught me about global control and simulation runs to test society in a grand scale, the importance and dangers of control of information. MGS3 taught me about patriotism and how that can blind you into doing things you never would have otherwise, all for the sake of politicians who only see you as another pawn in their grand scheme of things. MSG4 taught me war is inevitable and always orchestrated because it's great for the economy. Soon simulation systems will start dictating who goes to war and why, all run through proxies. Privatization of military company are already here. We already started to see how a small group of elites dictates everything that happens. Nothing is done, nothing happens without strings being pulled.

Eidolon376d ago

You learned all this from MGS?

RNTody376d ago

All that was literally the themes and core story of each game, so not surprising he learned that from MGS. Metal Gear Solid 2 in particular is so relevant today, it was more than a decade ahead of its time and a work of genius. Kojima saw what the digital future was going to become when it was in its infancy. Even MGS 5 despite being unfinished and less of a traditional Metal Gear Solid game with regards to story, had a fair bit to say about language and control over it that is relevant today.

It's a highly acclaimed series for a reason, and one of my favourite.

Eidolon376d ago

I've watched my brother play the MGS games, but I only beat MGS1 myself on the PSP in 2014, and MGSV in 2016. I took the themes and plots as lore, tbh.. trying to piece together the story of MGS rather than relating them to our current times.

RNTody376d ago

It's definitely social commentary, Eidolon. You should read the "themes and analysis" section of the Wikipedia page for MGS2: Sons of Liberty for a start! Game was heavy on this.

Eidolon376d ago

I'll take a look, thanks. Actually might pick up MGS2 again (PS Vita), It's been years since I last played. Might start a new game tbh.

sadraiden376d ago

MGS2 literally predicted digital manipulation of information that we see today all the way back in 2001. MGS2 became Zucc's playbook.

Knushwood Butt376d ago

MGS taught me not to pee my pants.

cell989375d ago

Yes back in 1998 when I was 13. Throughout the years more information has been shown on this subject matters, but go back to early 2000s and information wasn't as prominent. Kojima was ahead of the game

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MaxiPower90376d ago

He was on the ball about many things. A true visionary.

sadraiden376d ago

If it wasn't for the retconning of how FOXDIE works, including clunky scenes with Naomi and Liquid, MGS4 would be a perfect game. There are so many gameplay options. It felt like us PS3 owners got something truly unique and special.

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