16 Little-Known Gaming Stats That’ll Blow Your Mind

8. The Longest Run-Time For Cutscenes In A Game Is 72 Minutes

A favourite of the gaming community, the Metal Gear series still isn't without its faults. Often mocked today, the series' heavy focus on narrative ended up translating to a bit of a bore-fest with 2008's Guns Of The Patriots, which had a whopping 72 minute closing section of cut-scenes following the defeat of the final boss - the longest of which was 27 minutes in length! It's always great when a game has a cinematic feel as well as a good story to tell, but when breaks from gameplay add up to over an hour's worth of content then things start to become just ever so slightly tedious.
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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.