MGS: Peace Walker is 30-40 Hours of Gaming Perfection

This week's Famitsu reviews include a perfect score for Kojima's latest masterpiece, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and also reveals that the story is indeed 30-40 hours long.

[tavo1117]

OMG, I'd really like to have a PSP now.

[Jamie Foxx]

But ubisoft should be ashamed.

[SnuggleBandit]

MGS5.

[Neo604]

I got the pspgo and can't wait.

[Anorexorcist]

and that is why Konami needs to get going on porting Peace Walker to the PS3 by way of the PSN and remastering it in HD...

...Like Now!!!!!

[ThanatosDMC]

Jamie, do we need to add how long the other multiplayer aspects of the game besides the campaign/sp of the game? Oh yeah, replay value too.

I just bought a Go so now i have my original fat, a 2000, and now this shiny little Go. I hope it's available on PSN upon release.

[Jamie Foxx]

The 30-40 hour mark.....that's what's DISGRACEFUL

For a game that's been in development for soo long to have a 5hour campaign then basically its stealthy RIVAL comes out on UMD with a 30-40 hour SINGLE campaign hell yeh ubisoft should be embarrassed, this has nothing to do with 360/ps3 as much as fanboys would love it to be,this is to do with developers taking the piss out of gamers...simple

[Rock Bottom]

Kojima is now the third designer ever to have two games receiving a perfect score from famitsu, the other two being Yasumi Matsuno(Vagrant Story/FFXII) and Miyamota (Zelda:OoT/Zelda:WW).

Also MGS is now the second series to have two games on the perfect famitsu scores list.

[raztad]

"Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is set to hit North American shores on June 8, 2010."

Starting Jun 8 I'm taking a break from my PS3. MGS:PW you will be mine.

I hope pirates give the PSP and this masterpiece a break and buy, for a change, this game.

[execution17]

help kill the time when i do my internship this summer

[vhero]

A real MGS game made by Kojima himself for fans you cannot go wrong with this game.. Especially if its 30-40 hours.. No wonder scores are so high..

[avengers1978]

That's impressive for a umd. Most console games are less than 20 hrs now a days, so no matter what you think, you have to admit 30 to 40 hrs of game play on the psp is pretty damn good.

[Speak2theHand]

That includes sitting through 25 hours of cutscenes.

[rezzah]

Your better off with you head up your ass...Stay hidden.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Buy the Game.

And Emulate the Game in your PC.

There are Emulators for PSP.

[dabri5]

The games controls are horrible sadly. I wish they would just allow you to play the game from the PS3. I don't care if the graphics are still psp quality.

[Cerebellum]

"Your better off with you head up your ass...Stay hidden."

Or better yet, speak2thehand is better off staying hidden under a cardboard box with nothing more than a little peephole...or a old oil drum...lol

[gamingisnotacrime]

that is too harsh, but sooo true

Kojima delivers... on a umd!!!! lol

[N4BmpS]

Wow 30-40 hrs? Please I hope MGS: Rising is this long and not annoying. This makes me wanna buy PSP for real.

[JackBNimble]

And how much of that 30-40 hours is actual game play?

[DaTruth]

The Go is worth it on the pause function alone. I can pause the game and play music, watch videos and even play another game; Then, jump back into the game exactly where I was.

[duplissi]

@JackBNimble

hah! thats a cute attempt at trolling....

even if the game is half cutscenes it STILL would have 4 TIMES the gameplay of 90% of the games out now on CONSOLES!.....

[Acquiesc3]

Definitely much longer than your usual MGS game - I'd say that's a good thing though.

[theEnemy]

My first playthrough of MGS4 = 25 hours.

Then the big boss emblem run = 4 hours game time, 40 hours of real life game time. damn hard. :(

[Eamon]

Yeah, I finished MGS4 in 20 hours.

Unless this article means 30-40 hours in the hardest difficulty, this is quite impressive.

[El_Colombiano]

I beat it in 24 hours.

[Lirky]

and wrists.. amazing game itll be but the downsides of portable gaming.

[Jamie Foxx]

I think kojima really messed up not puttin this on ps3,great game as this is I would have loved to have seen this in HD in all its splendor,not to mention the ps3s install base is much greater since mgs4

[cmrbe]

your TV then.

[HolyOrangeCows]

But I have a PSP-1000 :(

[dabri5]

I just want to play it with the PS3 controller. I do not like using face buttons to control the camera.

[worm2010]

looks like i'm getting a psp

[Mo0eY]

Poor Splinter Cell... outdone by a UMD 8 times over, LOL.

Cry moar bots.

[Michael-Jackson]

and SCC stealth mechanics are poor and dumb down, you can't even drag bodys!

[NeutralGamer]

Splinter Cell: Conviction = 5 hour singleplayer + 3 hours COOP story
God of War III = 8-10 hour

Both owned by MGS: Peace Walker UMD. Both great games. Difference? One on Ps3, one on Xbox 360...

But I guess you fanboys cant take the truth and gonna give me alot disagrees now?

[clintos59]

Look at me still whining. My bad, I just would rather play this on my big screen in hd. I guess aslong as I know the story is going to be awesome, ill just have to deal with the psp mini screen.

[DaTruth]

I'll be playing mine on my bigscreen at 480p(not much less than a 360 resolution), with a PS3 controller.

But it is a little window, half the size of the screen. But that is still 23".

[duplissi]

@DaTruth

grr this makes me want to get a go so i can use a dualshock for the game....
this will be the first game in months for my psp 3000(i bought it for remote play mostly-i dont really like portable gaming anymore.)

[DigitalAnalog]

A 30-40 hour SINGLE-PLAYER campaign that's NOT an RPG?

Holy-shmoely..............

-End statement

[bjornbear]

or better, has a lot of RPG elements from squad upgrades to skills, trading members of squad, training, etc....

[Games4M - Rob]

I just picked up a PSP GO for this - awesome device.

[kvg88]

how in the world can it all fit on one UMD? lol

GOTY? Not likely - but should be!

[thief]

Pardon my ignorance – but can you play PSP games on the TV with a PS3 controller?
If so, would take the plunge and buy a PSP, because this is, without a doubt, the true MGS5. And desperate for some stealth gaming, just not too keen on handheld gaming.

[shopsmartash]

The PSP 3000 can hook into a tv and you use the PSP itself as the controller. The PSP Go has bluetooth so you can hook in a PS3 controller as well.

:Edit: btw Dell.com has a great sale on the Go

[thief]

Thanks - probably will opt for the PSP Go then

[DigitalAnalog]

I mean, a 30 hour campaign on a UMD???

NOW I know what Kojima meant when the PS3 is not sufficient enough to meet his dream.

DAMN!!!

-End statement

[monkpunk1]

I would pi$$ myself if this was a hoax.... If it is actually a ps3 game and Hideo has released low res images and a small demo based on the portable ops engine.

I would have a huge '!' above my head....

Still, i will enjoy it on psp anyway...

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi_]

Might pick up a PSP-Go just for this game(+i would get a few other PSP games of course) ;-P

+ Shame its not on the PS3 tho :-( SOB SOB...F-MGS:Rising tho its not even on my 'WANTS' List!!! ;-D

[NeutralGamer]

PSP Go?

You meant the failing console that Sony lied about could play all new PSP games and yet I cant play Kingdom Hearts when its out?

Get PSP 3000 <3 the real king of portable gaming

[GeoScore]

I hear ya dude.. Kingdom Hearts not coming to Digital download is really upsetting to me.. And Gamestop won't take my go for more than 50 bucks...

[cygnuszero]

Unfortunately this games controls are a total clunkfest. Love MGS but im passing on this. Hated the demo.

[DigitalAnalog]

Have you not learned anything from the GOW3 demo?

-End statement

[Batzi]

never thought it would be that long!

[Greysturm]

Once more we see who is the master of the stealth genre, both in quality and quantity poor splinter cell fans that cried to the 4 winds and their game didnt deliver.

[booni3]

i mean, this IS hideo kojima.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Well, I don't have a PSP.

But I can emulate games from PSP on my PC. So I will buy this game, and emulate the game.

[wissam]

Is there such a thing.

[capn_crunch]

not that works on anything more than a few games.

[TheAwesomessMan]

AWESOME!!! Day 1! (30-40 hrs.... wow) Hmm have they ever did a GOTY for PSP games at VGA's?

[capn_crunch]

How long did they consider MGS4 was? Because, that game was only 10-15 hours max. I think it was like 2.5 for the big boss badge IIRC.

[HoustonTexaz713]

I Bet When Metal Gear Rising Comes Out 5 HD DVD on Xbox 360

[SUPREME RULER]

Peace Walker put Splinter Cell: Conviction to shame! 40 hour vs 5 hours campaign.

[clarkdef]

wow really how big is a UMD?