Konami asks Reviewers to Omit Technical Details of MGS4

If you haven’t been checking it out, last week Stephen Totilo of MTV’s Multiplayer Blog was running several posts on different issues surrounding games reviews.  He’s got several interesting tidbits, but I thought that Friday’s was the most intriguing.

According to rumor, MSG4 is sporting two cinematic scenes approaching 90 minutes in length, and large install times of the PS3, two technical details that Konami asked print reviewers specifically not to mention in their review of the game.

EGM has taken action against these sanctions by refusing to review the game.  It’s an interesting spin on something that happens all the time–publishers throwing their weight around to influence how review scores come out. 

It’s all part of the game, but lately it seems as if one of two things are happening–either these limitations are becoming more and more restrictive, or the gaming media is becoming less averse to telling us about it.

–WG