Epic's Cliff Bleszinski praises Metal Gear Solid 4
- Posted July 10th, 2008 at 06:21 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games has praised the work of Kojima Productions on its recent stealth/action title Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, proclaiming that the Japanese developer is "the best at what they do."
“I’m a huge fan of Kojima,” Bleszinski told website CVG. “The kind of scenes they do in MGS4 are phenomenal. I think it has the best sound and real-time [cut scenes] I've seen in the industry and since they're the best at what they do, players love it.”
“It's the hallmark of the series - the camera angles and dramatic scenes and it's really taking film-making to this new digital level.”
Despite this, he added that 'as a gamer,' he preferred the shorter cut scenes, pointing to Epic Games’ own work as an example.
"In the kind of games we do, the cut scenes are around three to four minutes on average. It just says what needs to be said and moves on to letting you actually play the game,” said Bliszinski.
Bliszinksi isn’t the only one to share positive thoughts on Kojima’s latest entry in the Metal Gear Solid franchise, as you can tell from PSU’s own review, we though it was rather smashing too.
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Crazeegamer |
Solidus_91- 6:49am BST - July 10th, 2008
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That's right! Bow down to the best! MGS FOREVER! :)
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Staticneuron |
Staticneuron- 6:59am BST - July 10th, 2008
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Thank you! But its Funny how he compares cutscenes. If we were to compare stories then the cutscenes, then the length arguement makes much more sense. The people that want or prefer cutscenes wither do not have the mind for a deep story or they just believe that games as a medium should not have stories. Good luck with that.
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Undying_Darkness
- 7:25am BST - July 10th, 2008
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Until Cliffy B shows us some love than i couldnt give a F*&% what he says. Metal Gear Solid 4 is the best game ever created.
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McMasamune |
Mac590 and McMasamune ( MGO Name is $ol!dus $n@k3 )- 7:41am BST - July 10th, 2008
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yea the cutscenes are major loooooooong but beside that the game is freakin awesome!!!!
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MMDs |
MMDs- 8:10am BST - July 10th, 2008
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i really don't care what this Cliffy B(itchboy) says.
So far i've enjoyed MGS4 immensely, its one of the best Video games i've ever played.
The story is Epic, i love how everything ties in together with the previous games in this masterpiece of a game.
Epic should just change their name to CGK (chainsaw gun kill) instead.
I really don't see why there has to be an article on what this guy thinks about a PS3 game. Like he's this supreme developer, dev of devs, or dev of all time, when really he's not.
I would rather here about Kojima's next project.
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Odium_Generis_Humani
- 10:25am BST - July 10th, 2008
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If you weren't a MG/MGS gamer from the start, then the cutscenes were lost on you. All I have to say is knowing that, I'm deeply grateful Kojima made MGS4 for the fans anyway. He could have just as easily watered it down or dumbed it down for massive appeal, like make it a MGS FPS or something. But he didn't. And for as well as it sold anyway, it probably could have made more money. But Kojima did something that many visionaries fail to do nowadays for the dollar (or because they are controlled): They sold out and betrayed their own vision *ahem*George Lucas*ahem*. So to H. Kojima, thank you. Thank you for not selling out and instead choosing to make a true MGS game. I'm sorry I and other fans couldn't roll out enough money to make it a COD4 or GTA4-type hit, but you had to know that was coming. You know those games were made for the masses and lowest common denomonator-types. And after all, it still sold like gangbusters.
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PsychoMantis |
KuruptX- 10:41am BST - July 10th, 2008
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If MS didn't put the hype train on the tracks for GeOW then Cliffy would be a nobody. MGS4 pwns all end of story.
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Fatso |
Fatso- 12:30pm BST - July 10th, 2008
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It's just a matter of opinion if you like long cutscenes or short ones. I prefer the MGS4 style because it gives you a little break. I can eat some food while the cutscenes are going! I am currently playing through the old MGS games starting with MGS1. I forgot how amazing the story was even for that game. These are the best series and I can't wait to see what Hideo does with them in the future (even though they will POSSIBLY be without snake).
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edward_moffet |
edd- 1:16pm BST - July 10th, 2008
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i must say mgs4 is by far the best game i have ever played
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chomperbull
- 2:56pm BST - July 10th, 2008
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whats he doing playing on a ps3 he always talks crap about it
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Free_Agent
- 3:05pm BST - July 10th, 2008
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I don't know why people are talking smack about GOW. It's a great game, and 2 will be better. MGS4 was great too.
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McMasamune |
Mac590 and McMasamune ( MGO Name is $ol!dus $n@k3 )- 4:14pm BST - July 10th, 2008
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I guess people just have'nt played Gears of War because if anything that is also a terrific "Badass" game! I really cant wait for part 2! YIPPEE KIYA MØTH@FÜCK@
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Denali2 |
NEJI64- 5:52pm BST - July 10th, 2008
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if he was tal/king shid about mgs4 thats funny. i can imagen how him and his team look at mgs4 and then look at the power of PS3 and if they made there hit game on ps3 they could do 30 times better and more stuff. i bet they make a game for ps3 but about cutscenes 4mins 10 mins why really cares as long as the game play is up to par why care.
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1solidsnake |
solid1snake67- 6:40pm BST - July 10th, 2008
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dude. he's a little late. i've been praising MGS games since MGS1. MGS4 is epic no doubt about it. halo sucks monkey balls! this had a way better ending than halo will ever dream about. stick to the ps3 like it's white on rice!!!
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thegame97338 |
G_PIG79- 8:18pm BST - July 10th, 2008
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gears of war 2 will still only b 5 hours of gameplay, sucks.....
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BlueDragoon0 |
Lionheart0- 8:21pm BST - July 10th, 2008
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Hey thats cool, I hope Epic makes an Ip for PlayStation 3? Speaking of that does anyone know if they are or will?
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bnolan56 |
snowy311- 4:18am BST - July 11th, 2008
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@ McMasamune
GOW was terrible, filled with so much motion blur and Anti-Aliasing its ridiculous. I was dizzy everytime i moved my analog stick to throw a grenade. Its like a 5 hour long hackfest spinning in a circle. Terrbile plot. The only beneficial thing was the Multiplayer. And the graphics in GOW2 don't look that great either. CliffyB is just another nobody made famous by microsofts publishing skills. btw UT3 was trash compared to UT2k4
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McMasamune |
Mac590 and McMasamune ( MGO Name is $ol!dus $n@k3 )- 2:17pm BST - July 12th, 2008
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@ bnolan56
Dude The cutscenes in MGS4 was like 15 hours long while the gameplay was only 1 hour and a half...... Come on be serious at least the gameplay in GOW was more interesting AND LOOOONGER!!!! I'll fall asleep during a cutscene in MGS4, wake up and it would still be playing!?!?!?!? It would've been better if the gameplay was longer!
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supamariobrotha |
supamariobrotha- 5:18am BST - July 15th, 2008
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yeah we know now back to ms with you
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