Date: July 4th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: michael doodikoff
https://www.ign.com/articles/how-much-of-kojimas-games-are-actually-cutscenes-we-did-the-maths
The results are:
Metal Gear Solid: 20.29% (11hr, 30m average playthrough, 2hr 20m of cutscenes)
Metal Gear Solid 2: 23.21% (13hr average playthrough, 3hr 1m of cutscenes)
Metal Gear Solid 3: 26.35% (16hr average playthrough, 4hr 13m of cutscenes)
Metal Gear Solid 4: 40.63% (18hr 30m average playthrough, 7hr 31m of cutscenes)
Metal Gear Solid 5: 8.13% (45hr 30m average playthrough, 3hr 42m of cutscenes)
Death Stranding: 15.75% (40hr 30m average playthrough, 6hr 22m of cutscenes)
Death Stranding 2: 15.97% (37hr 40m average playthrough*, 6hr 1m of cutscenes)
It is important to note that this percentage relates to cinematic cutscenes only. Codec calls or other such in-game conversations are not included, as they require some player interactivity to progress.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746142&forum_id=2...id#49072102)