One of the biggest upcoming titles on the PS3 is, apparently, Metal Gear Solid 4. Lots of people seem to be getting very excited about it. I don't understand why.
Admittedly, I've not played any of the previous titles in the series, but based on the dull introductory video ("war has changed" - yawn), which looked little different from any other shooter set in the Middle East, and now the news that there are several cut-scenes in the game that are approaching 90 minutes long, I remained resolutely unimpressed.
In the words of one of the commenters on Ars Technica, referring to the game's developer Hideo Kojima, "If he wanted to make a movie that's what he should have done. Games are meant to be played."
Quite.
