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Metal Gear Solid 4 currently holds the Guinness World Record for "Longest Cutscene in a Video Game", at 27 minutes; some sources, however, claim that the cutscene in question is even longer, at 71 minutes. In light of this, GameRant writer Tom Bowen stated in a 2020 article that "it's not exactly clear how the team at Guinness World Records decides what constitutes a cutscene and when to award records," pointing out that if one follows Guinness' 27-minute claim and not the alternative 71-minute one, the true record holder should instead be a 46-minute cutscene in Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Despite this, Guinness' website still lists both Metal Gear Solid 4 and the 27-minute runtime as of 2024.
Guinness World Records page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20241208234523/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/86547-longest-cutscene-in-a-videogame
Sources claiming that the cutscene in question is 71 minutes:
https://web.archive.org/web/20241121122506/https://www.thegamer.com/longest-video-game-cutscenes/
https://web.archive.org/web/20240627194039/https://barrierfour.us/longest-cutscenes-in-video-games-history/
Article contesting MGS4's record:
https://web.archive.org/web/20231019211136/https://gamerant.com/video-games-longest-cutscenes-history/#freedom-planet-13-minutes
https://web.archive.org/web/20241208234523/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/86547-longest-cutscene-in-a-videogame
Sources claiming that the cutscene in question is 71 minutes:
https://web.archive.org/web/20241121122506/https://www.thegamer.com/longest-video-game-cutscenes/
https://web.archive.org/web/20240627194039/https://barrierfour.us/longest-cutscenes-in-video-games-history/
Article contesting MGS4's record:
https://web.archive.org/web/20231019211136/https://gamerant.com/video-games-longest-cutscenes-history/#freedom-planet-13-minutes
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