I vividly remember playing MGS4 with my friends as we were getting ready to go out. “Just after this cutscene” I said. Queue the next 40 minutes of teasing and blue balling culminating in my friend dropping to the floor and screaming “DEAR GOD JUST LET IT END!” We still had 30 mins left.

@spencergwin9454

17 күн бұрын

Did the "go out" plan still happen after the marathon of cut-scene?

@DS-si5cp

17 күн бұрын

That said, I did understand what was happening by the end of the cut-scene. I don't know how the Batman Gambits could even possibly have normally happened, but considering everything about the story is that everyone does their intended role on purpose, I guess it gets a pass?

@Macapta

17 күн бұрын

@@spencergwin9454 of course, if anything it was more needed than ever. To escape the sheer sledgehammer of exposition we were being assaulted with.

@andrewgrasham4604

17 күн бұрын

Don't forget the added bonus of none of the plot making any g****** sense.

@TeryJones

17 күн бұрын

One of the multitude of reasons why I have no respect for Hideo Kojima. He has no respect for our time.

This is just gonna be Kojima, innit?

@ResidentKen

17 күн бұрын

Ha I was about to say I haven’t even started the video and the final cutscene for MGS4 (45 min long) has to be on here.

@MySuperhappyfuntime

17 күн бұрын

Just starting, all 7 have to be MGS.

@Feasco

17 күн бұрын

or Squaresoft

@braynjohnson4302

17 күн бұрын

@@ResidentKenFinal Cut scene for Death Stranding is longer than a movie

@BaronVonSlap-DeBak

17 күн бұрын

INNIT!!!

I love that this list is basically Square Enix RPGs and Hideo Kojima

@durk5331

17 күн бұрын

Right?! XD 3 Squenix Games & 2 from Kojima x3

@Windmelodie

16 күн бұрын

That also explains why all the characters in the JRPGs had like the exact same face models (1 for the guys and 1 for the girls to share, respectively)

@XenoPon2

15 күн бұрын

And doesn't actually feature the 7 longest cutscenes in gaming history 🙄 There are plenty longer cutscenes than the ff7cc 21 minutes they included Xenoblade Chronicles 2's 30 minutes cutscene for example. In what world is 21 more than 30?

@doddynuryanto3800

15 күн бұрын

@@XenoPon2 Yes, I though Xenoblade 2 and 3 would be include

@SirThinkALot42

14 күн бұрын

exactly as I expected

As someone once said: "Just make a film Kojima. Someone will let you make a film!"

@Pepperham04

17 күн бұрын

And then they announce a Metal Gear Solid movie directed by.... Not Kojima.

@jodinsan

17 күн бұрын

@@Pepperham04 I mean... a MGS movie directed by Kojima would be 8 hours of indecipherable nonsense. So... good job?

@renaigh

17 күн бұрын

if Kojima made a film, no one would be leaving the cinema.

@paternusowen2106

17 күн бұрын

I want off Kojima-san's wild ride

@SomewhatSlightlyBored

17 күн бұрын

better make it a tv series just to be safe. it may as well be already anyway.

Andy’s face after MGS4’s “tender mid-fight smooch” is frickin hilarious

@dunstonlion1342

17 күн бұрын

The added little shoulder shrug is just *chefs kiss*

@Pimpolicious12

17 күн бұрын

⁠@@dunstonlion1342*Ocelot’s kiss

@mf_from_hell

17 күн бұрын

That got me good as well.

"It's that he bought it in a shop," and the dead-eyed stare got me.

@joshp8535

17 күн бұрын

It was the shrug after the MGS4 smooch for me.

@jonathanking218

17 күн бұрын

His comic timing gets me every time.

@tarekmoneimsaid

16 күн бұрын

and that's very welcome, by the way :D Not every single thing has to have a meaningful origin story, like the dice in the Han Solo movie (seriously, google "Han Solo's dice", it's hilariously overcomplicated for a prop that shows once in the entire OT)... couldn't he just have bought it in a small gift shop? xD

Full credit to the RGG team that I had absolutely no idea the Yk0 ending was that long, and sat through it happily!

@TheInuyashee

17 күн бұрын

I was shocked when Andy said how long it was. Masterclass in great cut scenes.

@CeliriaRose

17 күн бұрын

This. When they mentioned that cutscene was over 40 minutes long I was surprised. I've literally sat through it multiple times on multiple playthroughs and never realized it was that long of a cutscene.

@pclouds

16 күн бұрын

@@CeliriaRose Yeah. I mean at that point most players (at least on first playthrough) were so hooked in the story, that if it kept going, I'd bet they would still continue watching it with zero complaints. I think I was up at 1 or 2 AM and didn't realize it.

@Airlord3670

14 күн бұрын

I knew it was long but because it jumps around so much it didn’t feel it. I have learned my lesson though and never do anything that seems plot relevant in a Yakuza game without at least 30 minutes of free time ahead of me. 90 minutes if it’s the end boss. It’s mostly served me well but 5 was an absolutely ridiculous sequence of fight, cutscene(s), fight, cutscene(s) without end…

@spidermarcel

2 күн бұрын

Yeah it doesn't feel nearly as long as something like the chapter 9 "the plot" from Yakuza 3,that one felt eternal

At some point in MGS 4, I put down my controller and by the time the cutscene finally ended I had genguinely forgotten I was playing a game 🤣😂

@CommanderJPS

16 күн бұрын

yeah... certainly makes it harder to go for another playthrough when your rewarded with a film at the end lol

@persona3rulez

7 күн бұрын

​@@CommanderJPSgotta love Big Boss emblem run

Metal Gear literally has to make the character turn directly at you to remind you to pee.

@ericb3157

17 күн бұрын

oh, Death Stranding actually has a command to make Sam pee... AND there's a silly gimmick where several players peeing in the same place makes big mushrooms appear! REALLY nuts! i also heard that in one of the early Metal Gear Solid game, if you look up at the right time, a pigeon will poop on the camera lens!

@neesuman3759

16 күн бұрын

You can also make a pee grenade to throw at enemies in Death Stranding! The Mastermind, Hideo Kojima everyone! 🙌

@christopherbowers7236

16 күн бұрын

Its Mgs 2 if i remember rightly. Theres seagulls on the big shell that poop on the camera screen. Also.if you shoot enough of them the Colonel and Rose phone you up to admonish you​@@ericb3157

@MarenWW

15 күн бұрын

​@@ericb3157 Metal Gear Solid 2 my favorite. There's also a part where you're sneaking under an enemy who's peeing off a ledge and you have to walk through it.

@SomewhatSlightlyBored

11 күн бұрын

@@neesuman3759 You can also just directly pee on the enemies.

I don't know how I've never heard the phrase "Butt-numbingly long" used before today but I know exactly how I'm going to use it going forward.

@typacsk

17 күн бұрын

Wrecked 'em

@jameshart2622

17 күн бұрын

​@@typacskDangit, I'd forgotten that one. And now I'm sad about Luke leaving. (Yes, I'm still following him. Not the point.)

I adore that at the end of MGS4 you just straightup have to sit through a feature-length film.

When the cutscene is so long your controller goes to sleep multiple times

I can't believe the insane cutscene at the end of FFXIV A Realm Reborn wasn't included. There's literally a warning to get settled in before it starts because it's basically just a movie! Lmao

@talithmara2589

17 күн бұрын

"Several cutscenes will play in sequence. It is recommended that you set aside sufficient time to watch them in their entirety."

@VixenIcaza

17 күн бұрын

Yup or the Shadowbringers one. Although that does have a dialogue choice in it.

@gaz-l621

17 күн бұрын

Teccccccchnically the ARR one stops midway... to make you manually walk 8 steps down a hallway

@diadojikiko

17 күн бұрын

So glad i saw someone else put this on here, was just about to say so myself. All the endings are long but that one OMG that first one.

@Ktjnn

17 күн бұрын

XIV does this a lot. With how meaty the story and Lore is, they kind of have to have long CS.

The ending cutscenes to A Realm Reborn in Final Fantasy 14 runs for FORTY-EIGHT MINUTES. Can't believe you've missed this one. But honestly, there are DOZENS of FFXIV cutscenes well over 20 minutes in length. One of them is even a cutscene that then has a cinematic WITHIN the cutscene.

@GayBearBro2

17 күн бұрын

To be fair, a lot of stuff happens to really shift the direction of the story in those 48 minutes.

@GabrielMichaelDels

17 күн бұрын

Ayo I cannot😂

@chrismanuel9768

16 күн бұрын

FF14 is a series of cutscenes with an MMO nominally built around it

@LordKhuzdul

16 күн бұрын

@@chrismanuel9768 Yoshi-P wanted to make a movie, but they wouldn't let him.

@tejatheslayer1586

16 күн бұрын

Thank goodness someone said it! I was so shocked not to see ff14 on the spoiler list 😅

Honourable mention to Quantum Break. Not its in-game cutscenes per se, but each act is bookended with with a ~25 minute live-action "episode" that you have to sit through.

@IndependentOreo

9 күн бұрын

the “quantum break show” weren’t bad cutscenes, but they were awful to sit through because they needed internet connection. Every time I would lose connection and would have to wait for the cutscenes to resume.

Longest cutscene I've ever encountered was in FF8, when Rinoa is drifting through space... Turns out if your cat walks over the Playstation and hits the eject button, Rinoa drifts off to the right and you just get a constantly scrolling empty view of space. No error message, no crash, just spaaaace till you fall asleep and wake up with it still playing the next morning.

@SomewhatSlightlyBored

11 күн бұрын

My first copy of the game was glitched at that point on ps2 (either a scratch or defect on the disc itself), couldn't get past it until i borrowed a friend's copy.

Tamiya's info-dump in Yakuza 3 would like a word with this video

@Zezlemetkun

17 күн бұрын

That's what commenters edition are for

@dancefroggodance

17 күн бұрын

Tamiya is truly President of Yapan speaking pure Yapanese

@zangoon4546

17 күн бұрын

The Yakuza series is notorious for this. Even infinite wealth is plagued with exposition-heavy dialogue scenes.

@I8ALLYOURBACON

17 күн бұрын

Ah Chapter 9: The Plot

@lankyGigantic

15 күн бұрын

Buracku Mondei

I thought the longest Final Fantasy cutscene was Advent Children. Hardly any playtime at all.

@Veelofar

17 күн бұрын

I love this joke, but 14 still has it beat.

@LegendaryDorkKnight

16 күн бұрын

@@Veelofar Yep. ARR's credits are 1 hour and 38 minutes, a whopping 37 minutes longer than the original Advent Children run time.

@westrim

14 күн бұрын

If you did have some playtime during Advent Children, you may need an evaluation.

Mock me if you must. But I legitimately teared up when Axel, Roxas, Shion, and the rest all were reunited on the clock tower. I’d been waiting so long for them to come back together and was very happy for them.

@Monkeyzforever

16 күн бұрын

No mocking here, seasalt trio are the best 😭 (honestly I was crying non stop from like halfway through the keyblade graveyard with only brief breaks due to fighting Xehanort - and then Remind made it even more emotional!)

@midnights2631

16 күн бұрын

Same. 365/2 days always broke me as a child. The friend group getting torn apart, with Xion being forgotten, Roxas rejoining Sora, Axel sacrificing himself- it hurts.

@PikaLink91

16 күн бұрын

@@midnights2631 358 has a beautiful story and I'll die on that hill. I especially loved the dual screen effect on the DS with how your memory of Xion fades on the bottom screen WHILE you fight Riku on the top screen.

"Twistier than a tornado in a pretzel factory." Im nicking that one.

@cyberra0180

17 күн бұрын

I was watching this video with headphones, and the gigglesnort I let out at that phrase got me weird looks from my parents XD

Final Fantasy XIV. "Several cutscenes will play in sequence." If you know, you know.

@WardOfSouls

17 күн бұрын

Final Fantasy: Prepare to Cry Edition. Which leads in nearly to Final Fantasy: Their Clothes For Left In the Ether Stream edition for two characters.

@frankbrodie5168

17 күн бұрын

To be fair to FFXIV it's mostly skippable. And all of those certainly are.

@marneus90

17 күн бұрын

That whole thing was the wildest ride, where a whole game's worth of storytelling, worldbuilding, and characters, paid off. And then it *kept* paying off for another 4 expansions. (I haven't started Dawntrail yet)

@mistformsquirrel

17 күн бұрын

@@marneus90 I'm in 6.4 patch stuff but I'm honestly even enjoying the patch content so... broadly hopeful Dawntrail will remain true to form!

@hiatusinc

17 күн бұрын

be prepared for like 20 of these in DT

Wait wait, aren't you guys forgetting about Xenoblade 3? End of Chapter 5-beginning of Chapter 6 was basically 2 hours of cutscenes.

@Schadenfreude90

17 күн бұрын

It’s a crime XC3 isn’t here. I started that cut scene right before bed, and let’s just say I ended up heavily sleep deprived the next day

@funnynameforme4091

17 күн бұрын

It's about 1.5 hours but I think they're talking about one unbroken cut scene. The end of chapter 5 to 6 has: First part of jail A Step Away Mio talking to Noah Mio's Homecoming (Chapter break) The memories which are technically broken up between game play for the solo reason that you control Noah to walk forward N's breakdown. I don't remember if XB3 had a event theater but the would break it up to be more than one cut scene.

@Schadenfreude90

17 күн бұрын

@@funnynameforme4091 not when I played it. It was one continuous cut scene. Maybe they patched in breaks later because it was truly stupidly long

@lucyward5787

17 күн бұрын

@@Schadenfreude90I played it at launch the breaks have always been there

@funnynameforme4091

17 күн бұрын

@@Schadenfreude90 The breaks are the fade outs. If it was one long scene there would be no need for transitions.

Ff14 has the longest cutscene in any game I’ve played, the iconic (and devastating) 2.55 cutscene is over 40mins long

@chrismanuel9768

16 күн бұрын

FF14 isn't a game. It's a series of movies with a customizable character

This is why when I play JRPGs, I don't do the final boss fight if I don't have two hours available- 45-1 hr for the fight itself, then the final cut scene plus cut scenes for the clear save.

@jekw23

17 күн бұрын

Sensible. That’s also assuming you beat it first time I guess.

@gilded_lady

16 күн бұрын

@@jekw23 I can tell pretty quick if I'm not going to beat it and will bail out and restart. The two hour window is usually big enough to give me the cushion I need for 1-2 restarts too. I do tend to try and save the attempts for Friday night/weekend so if I end up needing more time it's not a big deal.

Video Pitch: Seven Awkward Anguished Yells. Example: Cloud in Crisis Core Or Dante in Devil may cry , you know the one

@diarmuidallen5899

17 күн бұрын

Lego star wars Yoda yell

@Viviantoga

17 күн бұрын

And Zero in... I wanna say Mega Man X6?

@juanortiz9123

17 күн бұрын

@@Viviantoga X4

@arashimifune2853

17 күн бұрын

Chris Redfield in Resident Evil: Vendetta. I know, I know, that's a film, not a game, but it fits the subject xd

@Viviantoga

16 күн бұрын

@@juanortiz9123 tyty

No mention of the end of chapter 5/beginning of chapter 6 from Xenoblade Chronicles 3? Nearly 2 hours of gut punching cutscenes with no warning. Sleep was lost.

Ooooh Crisis Core... Started crying 5 minutes into the cutscene and didn't stop until the end... My sister came in from another room to check if I was ok... Good times XD

As an unabashed and lifelong fan of jrpgs, could I please request more videos taking the piss out of them? I think it is hilarious. Also, thanks for showing the end of Yakuza 0 because now I'm crying at work.

@pclouds

16 күн бұрын

Your tears help make Yakuza stronger! -- RGG, probably

@Monkeyzforever

16 күн бұрын

Second this!

It's pretty funny that Hideo Kojima got himself on this list twice. Man should just make movies... except then he'd have to restrain himself to a reasonable runtime.

@Alsebra

3 күн бұрын

I feel as though he'd do so if a movie studio basically afforded him infinite time and money...but, like game developers, they're unlikely to do so.

Incredibly surprised the bloody banquet from FFXIV isn't on here, TBH

@HollyriousYT

17 күн бұрын

YUP same

@leezahbat

17 күн бұрын

I came to the comments to point this out as well, I'm glad I'm not the only one. XD

@oneearrabbit

17 күн бұрын

I said the same thing. How is a 45 min cutscene not on this list?

@Boyzby

17 күн бұрын

That patch was the first instance of them giving a warning how there's going to be a sequence of cutscenes and it really did deserve it. Very few other times they give the warning really warranted it IMO.

Shout out to my king Eternal Sonata that has an 8 minute death cut scene with like 4 fake deaths and some insanity thrown in.

@MattWensley1992

17 күн бұрын

Also to Fire Emblem Engage, with a death sequence so long, people reported their switches going into low power mode because there hadn't been any input in 10 minutes

@Audieon

15 күн бұрын

NO because like nobody talks about how insane Eternal Sonata is especially that ending. Chopin dies in the dream world then dies in the real world and gets brought back to the dream world while Polka dies too but gets brought back as a baby and then her and Chopin play piano in the meadows with the most beautiful end credits sequence ever

@Alsebra

3 күн бұрын

​@@Audieon, I think that stems from the absolutely bizarre premise of the game. I read the back of the case and was intrigued...but I can definitely see where the story would scare off a lot of possible players.

Xenoblade 3: At the end of chapter 5 there are a row of cutscenes that are over an hour after you fight against N and M. While shortly after the loose, you can move, it is only (you are in prison) to trigger the next scene that is just a bit over an hour.

How could you not include Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn ending cutscene? It even warns you before the scene to set aside time because it’s 45 minutes long!

@monogreen

17 күн бұрын

The confusion here seems to be that this video is about single cutscenes which is apparently different from a sequence of cutscenes, a video I would now like to see.

@oneearrabbit

17 күн бұрын

@@monogreen At the same time if there is no obvious break in the sequence it should pretty much count as one cutscene IMO, especially if it’s telling a single story.

@monogreen

17 күн бұрын

@@oneearrabbit I'm not disagreeing with you. I think that way too. However what this video defines as a single cutscene is different from that which is why ff14 doesn't make the list. I wish they'd do another video of continuous cutscenes so that we can all get the video we thought this one would be.

Alternate title: 7 Cutscenes that are longer than this video.

I'm shocked we didn't get the Chapter 5 end/chapter 6 start for Xenoblade Chronicles 3. If I remember correctly, it was well over an hour long, and was so long they put a save point half way through it.

@thomassparrow5230

4 күн бұрын

I think due to the save point between the two chapters, they’re counted as two seperate cutscenes, at least in the Event Theatre… even if Chapter 5’s end nears half an hour length

@Ms666slayer

2 күн бұрын

It's like 1 hour and half, but is separated in 2 so is not technicaly just 1 cutscene, even then it didn't felt like it was that long, because man that shit was so well done.

Can imagine that researching this video felt like time being stretched to braking point by a singularity. Thank you for your sacrifice!

At the end of the 6th Palace in Persona 5 Royal you're given a popup basically saying, "Hey, you're about to get *a lot* of story, do you want to go ahead and save now?"

Okay but the writing is honestly the beat part of yakuza zero. It’s a masterclass in writing/voice acting. With that final scene nearly making me weep, doubt many would’ve cared if it was over 42 minutes haha

@goldenfiberwheat238

17 күн бұрын

You would if you needed to go to bed

@PikaLink91

16 күн бұрын

@@goldenfiberwheat238 What's that?

@goldenfiberwheat238

16 күн бұрын

@@PikaLink91 oh right I forgot sleep is for the weak

Have you done a 7 Longest Intervals until the Title Screen? Game starts, you get some cutscene, bunch of gameplay that keeps going and going. Then... Title Screen?! Feels like we're well into this relationship, Game, and *now* you're going with the introduction?!

@imrpovking845

17 күн бұрын

Got a couple of JRPGs and an Assassin's Creed game for that list.

@FelisImpurrator

16 күн бұрын

​@@imrpovking845That's got to be AC3, right? That game should get an award for Longest Tutorial, considering said tutorial is about two-thirds of the main storyline.

@imrpovking845

16 күн бұрын

@@FelisImpurrator That's the AC game I meant.

@SomewhatSlightlyBored

11 күн бұрын

Or games that do the title screen twice? Once at or near the proper beginning and another time at the end of the (exceptionally long) prologue. Feel like I remember Kingdom Hearts 2 doing that.

I can thank god that I have seen none of these cutscenes. I feel blessed.

Feel like FF6 could squeeze a spot in here somewhere, the final cutscene, which for a mercy is overlayed with the credits, gets longer depending on how many characters you've recruited, at its longest lasting over 30 minutes

@asmodeusr1578

5 күн бұрын

And that's without voice acting or camera angles...or acting of any kind! It'd be over an hour in 3D.

@armorvil

4 күн бұрын

it doesn't get longer since the visuals are tied to the a meddley of all characters themes so if there's someone you didn't recruit, you'd see their portrait just as long as the cutscene would have lasted.

The relief I felt when I discovered the opening cutscene was skippable in the Okami remaster. 16 minutes is a bit long for a cutscene the first time, but when you're gearing up for your fourth playthrough it feels like an *Eternity*

I believe someone forgot about the entire second disc of the original Xenogears. That's basically several hours of dialogue broken up by about three dungeons. I mean, you could argue that it doesn't count because they aren't cinematics but button advanced text crawls with a lot of static images, but it should get an honorable mention.

@Bullman422

17 күн бұрын

Not me. I remember the second disc when I beat the game around 12 midnight and fell asleep at least four times while trying to get through that nightmare.

@Sotanaht01

8 күн бұрын

The reason it doesn't count is because button advanced text does not have a fixed length. A cutscene can be 1 hour and 10 minutes. Those dialogs can be anywhere from like 10-20 minutes if you mash through to all day.

One of the streamers I regularly watch does a yearly Metal Gear Solid marathon. The last time that cutscene was on, he just left it running and walked away from his stream to take his dogs out and grab a bite to eat, and it was still playing when he returned. He's actually played... most if not all of the games featured here, actually. I've managed to miss the cutscene day for all but the MGS4!

@Flinch9000

7 сағат бұрын

George Salonikh? He’s the one YT channel I know who usually does that, I think. Or is it someone else?

Might not have been the longest but that freaking cutscene before Riku s boss fight in kingdom hearts 1 certainly felt like it took forever. Especially given how hard that boss was for me to beat as a kid (I was definitely underleveled lol). I must have watched it like 20 freaking times

@keyblademasterclark

17 күн бұрын

OMG yes! That fight was brutal when I was younger. "Forget it! There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart"

@seracila432

17 күн бұрын

Oh yes.. 'cause in the PS2 original there was no shipping cutscenes. I'm so glad they put the option to skip in the 1.5s.

@SomewhatSlightlyBored

11 күн бұрын

BEHOLD

@keyblademasterclark

11 күн бұрын

@@SomewhatSlightlyBored it is I. Ansem, seeker of darkness

I remember star ocean. I miss part of that game because cutrscenes couldn't be paused and sometimes you have to go to the rest room or pick up the phone. It was common back in the day to have unpausable, unskippable cutscenes. So glad most games have moved away from that and let you pause or skip.

@edmg7

17 күн бұрын

If you mean the XBOX360 version of the game, you actually could pause the scenes. Just press the XBOX button in the middle of the controller, the one that brings up the console menu.

@samuxan

16 күн бұрын

@@edmg7 This also worked on ps3 but not on all cutscenes and you wouldn't know after you missed it

@georgegood5646

12 күн бұрын

The combat system was the worst for me, I just couldn't play The Last Hope at all. And I loved the series.

If we wanted to watch cutscenes this long we’d watch a movie. Those Japanese devs sure love a long cutscenes.

@channel45853

17 күн бұрын

Yeah, maybe most of them don't do cutscenes like this, tho.

I didn't even realize that the Yakuza 0 cutscene was that long. Mostly because of the tears.

Not surprised KH3 makes this list. Remember beating the Olympus boss and saying I’ll go to bed as soon as I get to the save point. About an hour later (so many cutscenes, which included a boss fight) I finally got to the Twilight Town save point.

@KeybladeMasterAndy

17 күн бұрын

Yeah, as a KH fan, not a big fan of the "forced intermission" approach. I tend to just skip those on replays and watch the scenes when I begin my next play session.

Yeah, you forgot to mention how MGS4's 70 minute epilogue got a Guineas Book of World Record for Longest Cutscene.

@kyuofcosmic

16 күн бұрын

They mention multiple times, it’s the longest cutscene in video game history?

What No Eternal sonata? The final Cutscene is close to an hour!

9th?! lol you wish! KH3 is actually the 13th game in the series 😂

My brain auto skipped the spoiler warning and I was quite surprised at all the spoilers.

Upon proceeding to the Sultana's bedchamber, several cutscenes will play in sequence. It is recommended that you set aside sufficient time to view these scenes in their entirety.

I remember MGS I was hanging out with my friend and he goes “Wait, is this a game or a movie?” I just looked at him and said “I’m not sure”

I think the ending of Yakuza: Like a Dragon is around the same length as Yakuza 0's ending.

You missed the Final Cut scene of the FF14 A realm reborn. Around 45 mins long. So long they had to preface it with a warning that you’ll need to set aside “sufficient time to view it in its entirety”.

Here to also chime in with the bloody banquet at the end of patch 2.55 for FFXIV: A Realm Reborn. When the game warns you to set aside time to watch cutscenes, you know you're in for it.

I did the Crisis Core and it had me crying at the end especially since the fight against the Shinra troopers was endless

71 minutes? I'm walking away to do dishes and coming back when it's done.

@Latias38

17 күн бұрын

At this point you were prob done with the dishes like 30 mins ago. Now your prob asleep at this point.

@grandiloquentgeekgenre

17 күн бұрын

@@Latias38 No kidding. Even I'm not that slow at dishes.

Kojima 🤝 Takahashi Extremely long cutscenes

@EonStormcrow

17 күн бұрын

At that point, you'd basically be buying an, "interactive" film.

I really wasn't ready to hear 'the Price of Freedom' today. Breaks my heart every time i hear it

4:50 "Imagine losing a whole planet!" Having a pop at Obi Wan Kenobi there?😂

I instantly had to think about the twist enemy reveal in Xenoblade Chronicles 1, from the point where you defeat Egil to the parties stay at Colony 6. While you could argue that inbetween were a few minutes of gameplay (two encounters and a short escape sprint back to the ship), these were so obvioulsy scripted, that I think it counts to a solid 30 minutes of cutscenes

@tatltails3923

17 күн бұрын

Every Xeno game could be on this list honestly

Deus Ex Mankind Divided's opening recap cinematic is exhausting and overly detailed. Couldn't even skip it

I love when they just groan in kingdom hearts it reminds me of the old lego games

Them: Crisis Core- Me: *starts sobbing already*

@killuaviado

9 күн бұрын

accurate

You can't make a comprehensive list of games with long, meandering cutscenes and not mention Eternal Sonata. The game truly lives up to its name. A truly bizarre, aimless JRPG where every game chapter is punctuated by roughly 20 minutes of documentary about Frederic Chopin, and the ending cutscene is over 45 minutes long.

I love DS. Having said that, that ending in Episode 13 where Sam wanders around his own Beach with intermittent cutscenes left me wondering how long is this going to take, rather than trying to understand what was going on.

As a Metal Gear fan, I love those cutscenes. Monkey aside, they're really important conclusions and there's a lot of emotional stuff in there besides Big Boss.

@Shuyin128MK4

17 күн бұрын

MGS4 is the true ending to the franchise. Anything that was released after it was bonus content in my eyes. I really hope MGS4 is in Master Collection Vol. 2, I will throw several hundred more hours into this game again.

@Nudgeworth

16 күн бұрын

I love the Metal Gear cutscenes. MGS4 was heaven to me, all of the cutscenes I could ever want.

@gab_gallard

4 күн бұрын

Totally. Returning fans of the series like us come back at the games totally expecting those. The thing that sets them apart is how well directed they are. It is really like watching a great piece of film.

I think that the cutscene in Hollow Bastion preluding the Riku fight is one of the longest ones ever in the original PS2 version of KH. It doesn't last that long, but it really starts to feel excessively long when you have seen it 10 times already because you can't skip them.

I remember finishing MGS4 back in the day, it was about 00:30 and i thought "yes! Now i can watch the ending and go to bed" ... Little did i know!

I remember playing Xenosaga and wondering if the director had actually wanted to make an anime instead of a video game.

@Nudgeworth

16 күн бұрын

I played the original Xenogears and was really really REALLY looking forward to the first Xenosaga game. The highly repetitive battles drove me crazy and I couldn't finish it.

@doddynuryanto3800

15 күн бұрын

Actually Takahashi also have that question by fans, but He doesn't like much about anime and his spiritual successor Xenoblade also have more than 1 hour cutscene and now canon with Xenosaga

Umm... FFXIV says HI! The final cutscene sequence for the A Realm Reborn patch quests runs a good 45-50 minutes if you let the dialogue play out entirely.

Only 1 minute long outro, Ellen? Missed opportunity there XD

The epilogue in KH3 cutting to black before Luxu says what his role is…that’s nothing more than Nomura trolling the universe harder than ever! Also, I’ve sat through the Star Ocean The Last Hope cutscenes enough times that I can skip them without losing any of the plot (while my ears BLED hearing Edge’s grating English voice…thank GOD the later releases on PS3, PS4, and PC have a dual audio option xD)

I was playing Eternal Sonata with my bf, and there was suddenly a string of cutscenes that took nearly AN HOUR to sit through.... We saved the game, went out to dinner, and never played it again. I will never know the end of Eternal Sonata, for, much like that string of cutscenes, it is unfortunately "eternal".

@molybdaen11

17 күн бұрын

Just let it run during lunch.

What I have learned from this video is that in Japan, nobody ever actually sleeps. They just work/study and then sit through cutscenes longer than most people's careers.

Legend says that Zack Fair and Forest Gump are the same time traveling alien absurdly guiding our entire history because they survive on narrative.

Xenosaga, my all-time favorite jrpg trilogy has made one of your videos ! My life is complete! 😆

@BelowAverageGaming13

17 күн бұрын

Clicked on this video with Xenosaga specifically in mind. I was so grateful they would give me save points in the middle of them. But then I was like... "Why should I need save points in cutscenes?"

@Boyzby

17 күн бұрын

I can't believe they have never gotten remasters

@Bigd2k

17 күн бұрын

@@BoyzbyI’d love a remaster of them.

I was so ready to point and laugh at all the silly drawn-out cut scenes but I didn't think you'd hit me with that cutscene from Y0; that game could be one 40 hour long cutscene and it would still be absolutely iconic

@bustinarant

17 күн бұрын

The best part of that is they tell you at the end it was all entirely expected behavior. So he spends half the game sneaking around for what he was expected to do. No wonder he's completely insane for Kiryu and his straightforwardness lol

@joshp8535

17 күн бұрын

100%. Love the Yakuza series. Not as wild about the post-Kiryu arc, but I'm giving then a fair shake. The Judgement games are pretty good, too.

Normally i just listen to these videos, but hearing a Crisis Core song out of nowhere made me watch the whole thing

I definitely prefer shorter cutscenes. I don't need or want to watch a movie in the middle or at the end of my game. FromSoftware is pretty good about keeping them short, especially compared to these. I do recall being rather surprised at the length of the cutscene to get to Placidusax in Elden Ring. At least there was nothing monologue-ing at me during it. I do love just how many of the cutscenes in FromSoftware games are entirely because the Chosen Undead/Bearer of the Curse/Ashen One/Hunter/Tarnished/etc couldn't keep their hands to themselves.

A feature all games should have is a media archive, skippable cutscenes, and adjustable playback speed. That way you can skip the scenes when you replay a game or to get to the save point that's only available after the cutscene, watch the cut scene after, watch it faster, etc.

@persephoneunderground845

14 күн бұрын

And *pausable* cutscenes. Seriously weird that this isn't standard. Skip is not a replacement for pause!

@DavidWeinehall

14 күн бұрын

@@persephoneunderground845 Definitely!

Long cutscenes are one thing; unskippable long cutscenes are another and should be punishable by walking a long corridor of floor Legos barefoot.

@Cyfrik

17 күн бұрын

What about unskippable long cutscenes that occur before boss fights and the save point is before the cutscene?

@michaelandreipalon359

17 күн бұрын

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus suffered because of this.

The funny thing for me is contrary to the usual experience, to me the MGS4 cutscene actually felt short first time playing through it. I was anticipating "the longest cutscene ever" for so long that I was like "Oh that felt short" when it actually came, before looking at my watch.

Not surprised that majority of these are JRPGs. Crisis Core was such a great game - I cry every time the ending starts.

The Xenosaga 3 one made sense only if you go in order of 1 2 3 and play the entire game including side missions as some of it is explained in game 1 why it is happening at the end of game 3. Some is in the flash backs in game 2. So if you only played 3 it will make no sense. When i wanted there to be another one back then i read they condensed 7 games into 1 for Xenosaga 3 and some story was also cut for not being important enough to keep. Said story would have made some of the 3rd game make more sense. It also helps if you do not take breaks when playing so you can keep up with and not forget the longer than normal for back then story.

My respects for using original Crisis Core psp footage so we can hear the iconic Rick Gomez as Zack 🥲

When someone remembers Xenosaga, brings a real tear to my eye 🥲

I honestly didn't even notice how long that last cutscene of MGS4 even was. 😂

I seem to remember spending more time WATCHING “MGS2: sons of liberty” than I did PLAYING. There weren’t as many “cut scenes” per-say but, holy crap, that was a LOT of codec conversation!

@Hellblazer1138Audio

17 күн бұрын

I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!

@michaelandreipalon359

17 күн бұрын

At least they're codexes, which are really nice to revisit in my eyes.

@phuzz00

15 күн бұрын

Death Stranding feels like that at times, because it starts with what feels like an hour plus of cutscenes, and finishes with even more, broken up by pointless running around

6:40 You should play more Xeno games😂.

i remember MGS4 cut scenes going for so long that id put my controller down but it would then suddenly do a QTE and i'd end up fking it up lol

just got recommended a video from you guys for the first time in a few years. glad to see you guys are still around :)

Place your bets! I'm guessing six from Kojima games, one from Kingdom Hearts.

@merepseu

17 күн бұрын

So close!

@distant_planet7780

17 күн бұрын

@@merepseu I greatly underestimated the length of the bog standard JRPG cutscene.

"Buckle up, we have about 73 plot points to cover that we couldn't figure out how to make interactive."

Staying on topic, I suggest top 7 longest ladders in videogames

I haven't played any Metal Gear games after MGS2, but even that has a 45 minute cutscene (including the Codec calls) in between the Rays fight and the Solidus Snake fight. And it's pretty heavy stuff spanning Kojima's thoughts on deep state covert ops, the illusion of free will, proliferation of misinformation and AI, and the nature of existence itself.

This is just going to be Kojima games, isn't it?

@Feasco

17 күн бұрын

kojima and square enix