{"id":141,"date":"2015-11-30T08:13:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T08:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/gameland-wp\/?p=141"},"modified":"2015-11-30T08:13:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T08:13:15","slug":"its-a-shame-that-creators-need-to-justify-game-length-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annion.kingbig.idv.tw\/gameraiders\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"The game is a prequel to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lead\">\n<p>It&#8217;s not only the game&#8217;s length, but its price, that is getting some gamers riled up. Ground Zeroes will cost $20-$40 depending on your platform platform and delivery choice, which is well above the examples Amaro cited in defending Ground Zeroes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ground Zeroes will cost $20 on Xbox 360 and PS3 for a digital copy and $30 on those platforms for a physical unit. On Xbox One and PS4, digital copies are going for $30, while physical copies will sell for $40.<\/p>\n[miptheme_quote author=&#8221;said Garani&#8221; style=&#8221;pull-left&#8221;]When creators are forced to justify the length of a game, I think that&#8217;s one of the biggest failures of our industry[\/miptheme_quote]\n<p>His comments, of course, are in reference to the controversy surrounding Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, which you can reportedly finish in one sitting for its main story.<\/p>\n<p>Kojima Productions designer Jordan Amaro defended the game&#8217;s length earlier this week, saying the length of a title is not necessarily associated with quality. He cited games like Journey and Dear Esther as examples. The next day, Kojima himself responded to the drama, saying, &#8220;I believe people will be satisfied with the &#8216;play time&#8217; of GZ and will not stress the &#8216;clear time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not only the game&#8217;s length, but its price, that is getting some gamers riled up. Ground Zeroes will cost $20-$40 depending on your platform platform and delivery choice, which is well above the examples Amaro cited in defending Ground Zeroes. Ground Zeroes will cost $20 on Xbox 360 and PS3 for a digital copy and $30 on those platforms for a physical unit. On Xbox One and PS4, digital copies are going for $30, while physical copies will sell for $40.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"photobox\" href=\"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/gameland-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/game_mash_by_patrickbrown-d4ynh1r.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-53\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/gameland-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/game_mash_by_patrickbrown-d4ynh1r-707x1024.jpg\" alt=\"game_mash_by_patrickbrown-d4ynh1r\" width=\"350\" height=\"507\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Booooooyaaaa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n[miptheme_quote author=&#8221;Lily Bergamo&#8221; style=&#8221;text-right&#8221;]The most impressive one to me so far has got to be &#8216;speed&#8217;. As a video game console, that&#8217;s the part the stood out to me the most for the PlayStation 4. We make games, so we want to make them fun, and we also put a lot of effort into making them as appealing as possible. [\/miptheme_quote]\n<p>Players can decide for themselves when Ground Zeroes launches on March 18. The game is a prequel to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which is said to be &#8220;hundreds of times larger&#8221; than Ground Zeroes. Konami hasn&#8217;t set a release date for that game yet, but it might not be until the end of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Another high-profile developer has spoken out to praise the technical ability of Sony&#8217;s PlayStation 4, which recently crossed 5.3 million units sold worldwide to date. This time, the glowing words come from Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Goichi Suda AKA Suda 51.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to making games, having this &#8216;speed&#8217; available as an ingredient really puts us at ease,&#8221; Suda added. &#8220;Even as we currently develop, we can really feel the response of having it available.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not only the game&#8217;s length, but its pr &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[6,7,21,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annion.kingbig.idv.tw\/gameraiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annion.kingbig.idv.tw\/gameraiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annion.kingbig.idv.tw\/gameraiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annion.kingbig.idv.tw\/gameraiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annion.kingbig.idv.tw\/gameraiders\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/annion.kingbig.idv.tw\/gameraiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annion.kingbig.idv.tw\/gameraiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annion.kingbig.idv.tw\/gameraiders\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annion.kingbig.idv.tw\/gameraiders\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annion.kingbig.idv.tw\/gameraiders\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}