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Title: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Wrath2X on August 22, 2015, 11:46:12 AM
I saw a spoiler thread but nothing else, so here's a lazy one. Enjoy.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 22, 2015, 11:55:52 AM
Random gifs of the game

(http://i.imgur.com/liPrc1M.gif)
(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/rlocxyuwnlwwmk6zsc7z.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/JAsZUN3.gif)
(http://giant.gfycat.com/SlimElasticBrontosaurus.gif)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 22, 2015, 12:13:41 PM
Probably because there's very little story/character hype. We know the fates of every character ten times over, the journey/plot of Big Boss has been laid out for a very long time. To MGS V's credit though, impressions from almost everyone have been that story bits are much shorter and less cryptic than before, shit is simplified when it comes to overall plot. Ridiculous shit still happens, but the game doesn't trip over itself trying to tell the player the core themes of the game. The cutscenes themselves look like they're directed really well.

MGS V is guaranteed to be better than MGS4 on almost every front. The MGS V previews we've gotten have showed more gameplay shit each time, what we're seeing is what we're gonna get.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 22, 2015, 12:24:39 PM
Something that's sorta fucked is MGS2 has a similar amount of exposition as MGS4. MGS2 has around five hours of cutscenes/important codec calls and around 4-6 hours of gameplay. MGS4 has around eight hours of cutscenes and 6-8 hours of gameplay.

A lot of that time in MGS2 was to fuck around with the player, or to add backstory to the characters and environment around you. MGS2 is long winded but still a fun ride nonetheless. MGS4 has humongous dialog dumps about shit that adds nothing emotionally, nor do MGS4 cutscenes add anything significant to the overall MGS universe.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 22, 2015, 02:22:45 PM
http://i.imgur.com/JAsZUN3.gif

That's so fucking ridiculous.  :lol :lol :lol Grenade shot by Quiet(?) into a helicopter.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 22, 2015, 03:17:55 PM
"game"
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on August 22, 2015, 03:31:00 PM
Someone please tell me this is like Red Dead Redemption + MGS doofiness, I haven't really been tracking this game and am curious
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on August 22, 2015, 04:52:55 PM
seeing people talk about this game is like watching a kid burn his hand after his parents tell him not to touch the stove
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: archie4208 on August 22, 2015, 05:36:38 PM
"game"

Gameplay in GZ was superb breh.   :hitler

Someone please tell me this is like Red Dead Redemption + MGS doofiness, I haven't really been tracking this game and am curious

Kinda yeah.  It's open world.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on August 22, 2015, 10:33:26 PM
Ran through GZ again today on PS4. I'd forgotten how good it was. I'm way more hyped for 5 now.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: El Babua on August 23, 2015, 09:45:04 AM
Don't care much about story. Gameplay looks superb however.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on August 23, 2015, 03:42:08 PM
How does the gameplay in GZ compare to 4?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 23, 2015, 04:38:32 PM
How does the gameplay in GZ compare to 4?

Totally apples and oranges. It feels like 4 devolved the 1-3 formula while 5 changes it up slightly.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on August 23, 2015, 07:13:59 PM
What interests me here is the structure of the game, breaking up the game into missions might be a good idea. MGS is at his best when you're at liberty to play around given settings (like the Ocelot unit fight in MGS3 was pretty fun, or the boat setpiece in MGS4, or the Tanker) and I hope it will put back the gameplay up front. It was really a pain in MGS4 to access the good parts on a whim, you always to go through the terrible install and/or the bad parts. It is also through to an extent for the former games while in Chaos Theory you could fire up any mission to replay, the format was better.

The whole building up the base and all that jazz sound like a terrible mechanic though, totally bloated and gimmicky, padding... I'm not too sold with the partner idea as well. Might be fun but an AI always has terrible shortcomings. I haven't played PW and I know they did the missions there and people had mixed feelings about that...
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 23, 2015, 08:24:46 PM
I'm not too sold with the partner idea as well. Might be fun but an AI always has terrible shortcomings.

So don't use them? Outside of cutscenes at Motherbase and losing morale, they aren't forcing you to use them on missions if you don't want to. Want to solo? Go solo.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 23, 2015, 09:46:04 PM
"game"

If anything one of the complaints levied against it right now it the lack of cutscenes and exposition. Fucking nerds can't make up their mind.

"Not enough game"

"Too much game"

"My eyes are dry"

(http://i.imgur.com/HTTtcb8.jpg)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 23, 2015, 09:54:05 PM
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain

95% after reviews from IGN, Gamespot, Game Informer, Destructoid, Gametrailers.

"But reviews don't matter!  Look at MGS4 or _____"   :brazilcry

Anyone that uses that rhetoric should clamp up, and realize that blindly hating on MGS V is some butthurt, dumbass shit.
 :rash

Shit talk a game that's been looking good for more than a year brehs.

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rman on August 23, 2015, 09:59:41 PM
So reviews are saying this is a game game lol.

Thank fuck!

Poor cutscene loving MGS fans, though.  Kojima trolled them.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 23, 2015, 10:02:03 PM
So reviews are saying this is a game game lol.

Thank fuck!

Poor cutscene loving MGS fans, though.  Kojima trolled them.

Eh, a year or two ago Kojima or someone from his team said "don't expect that much story or cutscenes in this one". Paraphrased from my end.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 23, 2015, 10:57:51 PM
So reviews are saying this is a game game lol.

So was MGS1 and 3. :umad

2 and 4 was :ufup because Kojima attempted to do the batshit Patriot plot. MGS3 kinda steered clear of that with the exception of tying it into the plot within the last like 15 minutes of the game.

If anything, people should be complaining about the Codec change. I can understand why they did that (it goes against the F.O.B. "always online" system they are going for with "invasions"/attacks on your F.O.B.) but Ground Zeroes didn't really inspire confidence in me and I wish I could bind that codec button to something else because it's (IMO) useless here. Rising at least buried it in a submenu to where if you wanted to listen to a lot of sidelines you could while you could ignore it and get into the meat and potatoes/hack and slash of that outing.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on August 23, 2015, 11:18:14 PM
good god the week hadn't even started and already the internet's insufferable
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: El Babua on August 24, 2015, 02:59:22 AM
Love hearing that even Kojima is throwing the story to the bushes for this one.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on August 24, 2015, 03:33:09 AM
Without going into  :hans1 mode, reviews should be taken with a massive grain of salt. Not that I want to trash the game, but it's generally good to wait for the hype hangover to get a fair assessment.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 24, 2015, 03:38:34 AM
Without going into  :hans1 mode, reviews should be taken with a massive grain of salt. Not that I want to trash the game, but it's generally good to wait for the hype hangover to get a fair assessment.

#facts
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Yulwei on August 24, 2015, 04:42:01 AM
Agreed that less story is a good thing. I think even MGS3 went a little overboard with the info dumps, so if there's less of those then that is good news to me.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 24, 2015, 08:46:56 AM
"game"

If anything one of the complaints levied against it right now it the lack of cutscenes and exposition. Fucking nerds can't make up their mind.

"Not enough game"

"Too much game"

"My eyes are dry"

(http://i.imgur.com/HTTtcb8.jpg)

The problem with MGS5 from what I played (Ground Zeroes) is that they replaced a highly crafted on rails experience with the usual open world bonanza missions.

And obviously the controls are still not that good, not as bad as 4 but still pretty bad.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 24, 2015, 09:12:20 AM
The problem with MGS5 from what I played (Ground Zeroes) is that they replaced a highly crafted on rails experience with the usual open world bonanza missions.

And obviously the controls are still not that good, not as bad as 4 but still pretty bad.

That shit ain't obvious, the controls in general are easy to understand and play around with. Maybe you mean player movement/how Big Boss moves around? There is weight and momentum when you move around, which I prefer over being floaty and gliding everywhere.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on August 24, 2015, 10:17:47 AM
Wait and see mode. If general consensus from people is that it's good I might pick it up on PC later but I'm not super excited for this. A lot of the stuff I've seen about the game make me iffy.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 24, 2015, 11:20:34 AM
BioShock Infinite and TLOU both got great review scores, just sayin...

:hitler
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 24, 2015, 11:31:57 AM
BioShock Infinite and TLOU both got great review scores, just sayin...

:hitler

Yeah, and both weren't sandboxes. :hitler

:paul "Cinematic Cover-Shooting Experiences" that aren't Uncharted. :yuck
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 24, 2015, 11:47:47 AM
I regret making this thread.

Shit could be incredibly worse in this thread :ufup

The people that are excited are mildly excited and don't give two shits about the story or discussing the story  :ufup

There are threads out there right now with hundreds of posts talking about shit that may or may not be real  :ufup
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on August 24, 2015, 12:01:49 PM
So do we know what we can expect for the poorman version on PS3 ? It seems content should be the same.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 24, 2015, 12:02:42 PM
I've been avoiding threads for the game cuz I wanna play it on a blackout. I haven't even seen the trailers an stuff cause I want everything to be new and I know Kojima likes to tease a bit too much.

Just one more week! :hyper
 
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 24, 2015, 12:09:25 PM
So do we know what we can expect for the poorman version on PS3 ? It seems content should be the same.

I'd assume so yeah but there hasn't been much info besides screenshots of last gen versions.

I'm probably going to pick up the 360 version when the game launches.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 24, 2015, 12:29:04 PM
I'll play it but the reality is that outside of Metal Gear Solid on psx I don't really love the franchise at the same level that many forum people do.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on August 24, 2015, 12:39:59 PM
So do we know what we can expect for the poorman version on PS3 ? It seems content should be the same.

I'd assume so yeah but there hasn't been much info besides screenshots of last gen versions.

I'm probably going to pick up the 360 version when the game launches.

Keep up posted then. I don't care for any of the online functionality. If the content is there and the game not a terrible mess on the technical level, I'll probably bite some time in the future.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on August 24, 2015, 12:42:19 PM
I should play this on PSTriple without having played Solid 4 or any of the canon PSP games (I played the card-based tactics games). :rash
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on August 24, 2015, 01:13:01 PM
It's weird, I love the MGS series (well, 1 and 3 and some parts of 2 and a small part of 4), but part of me isn't super hyped for this one. Hearing that it's 40+ hours long and open world makes me worry the game has a ton of feature creep and isn't nearly as tightly designed as the others. Not to mention I haven't played PW yet nor beat Ground Zeroes.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on August 24, 2015, 01:51:09 PM
Yeah, haven't followed the game much aside from watching my brother play Ground Zeroes. Been thinking I should play that already to get used to the controls.

Gonna do the same. Pre-ordering MGS5 on Steam gives you Ground Zeroes for free.

Fuck it, I think this looks dope. Someone said Red Dead + MGS and I get that vibe. Don't care about the story, but I enjoy the Kojima wackiness (to an extent, 4 was too much) and it's looking like this delivers on the gameplay like my old favorite MGS3.

Reviews are turning out better than I expected and yeah, MGS4 got great reviews but the situation's different this time around. Fans aren't as desperate and I think expectations are more grounded.

This is multiplat too so console warriors can't use it to validate their console of choice like MGS4 during those early PS3 struggle years :kobeyuck
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on August 24, 2015, 02:00:16 PM
Just saw you can xfer GZ PS3 data to V on PS4. Thank god I don't have to 100% that game again to get my stuff on PS4.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on August 24, 2015, 08:06:40 PM
never forget

(http://i.imgur.com/wzBcSIJ.png)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2015, 10:05:31 PM
"game"

If anything one of the complaints levied against it right now it the lack of cutscenes and exposition. Fucking nerds can't make up their mind.

"Not enough game"

"Too much game"

"My eyes are dry"

(http://i.imgur.com/HTTtcb8.jpg)

MGS has a diverse fanbase. It's pretty simple.

The MGS fanbase can be divided into multiple categories:

1. Those who play for the experience and just play it once, and then drop it. These people treat MGS like any other game and are there for experience of it. These people tended to enjoy 4 highly and seem to be the bulk of MGS' audience.

2. Players who are into MGS for the story and plot and characters almost exclusively, or if not that, it's still the main draw for them. They tend to replay every few years or so for story, but never for new gadgets, unlockables, and whole shebang. These are the players that mostly got something out of MGS4. Since they primarily play for story, and MGS4 was insanely story-focused to a fucking stupid degree, they got enjoyment out of the game.

3. Players who are completionists. These are the players who beat the game on normal first, then replay it on normal or hard mode but with a specific Fox Ranking in mind. They may want to complete the game without any kills and no alerts, or they may want to kill everyone, or maybe the're playing for speed. Then they go from mode to mode to mode and unlock everything, trying to beat the hardest modes in 3 or so hours, skipping cutscenes along the way on each replay. These people (aka people like me) hated 4 because the fact you have to install every chapter made speed running impossible, and the game has too many fucked up forced story areas that are completely unskippable (like that one part where you follow that guy in Act 3 while dressed up Snatcher style) so speed running is tedious anyways, even with the installs fixed. The noticeable lack of gameplay is a huge black mark on the game. This doesn't mean that completionists don't appreciate MGS' humor or zaniness or characters (I especially do) but 4 took it to a fucking dumb ass level. See Positive's post above as an example.

4. Those who are all three.

The MGS fanbase is pretty diverse and we have multiple people playing these games for seemingly COMPLETELY different reasons or if not that, they enjoy different things about them in a different manner.

The fact the story/cutscene fans are getting shit on in this entry is pretty :preach and makes me want to buy this game on day one just to support their tears and them fueling Kojima into making such a travesty of a game after a gaming masterpiece in Metal Gear Solid 3 and 2 Substance. Fuck MGS4 fans. I don't care. Fuck them.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2015, 10:11:56 PM
I got Ground Zeroes and it's :preach

It's the real deal.

No tutorials.

Gameplay that pushes the player in classic MGS style, forcing experimentation and learning through sheer experience. Gameplay makes the latest Splinter Cell games look like cow dookie.

:bow Barely any cutscenes. :bow2 Fuck you :piss MGS4 :piss2 fans.

Lots of methods of play.

Takes the goal oriented approach of MGS and puts it in one centralized location with lots of hidden stuff and see and do, without having the game on rails like in past games.

If MGSV is anything like this demo....:rejoice But I can't get my hopes up. I WON'T. I CAN'T. :stahp But GZ is. SO. GOOD.

Knocked out most of it so far, and when I'm done with that I'm gonna speed run the fuck out of it on hard mode. Game is the real MGS deal. No fucking cutscene shit or stupid diarrhea jokes. :rejoice
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 24, 2015, 10:20:06 PM
Told you, Himu. :jawalrus
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 24, 2015, 10:29:20 PM
From the sound of things, MGS V will have around 2-3 hours of cutscenes with around 40-50 hours of gameplay if you want to do all the main missions and side missions.

This has made some fans furious, but the story telling in Ground Zeroes is to the point and the actual direction in the cutscenes is excellent. MGS4 had very lazy cutscene direction, the camera movements and such were still lifted from PS2 MGS games. Ground Zeroes felt very cinematic and it doesn't have typical videogame cutscene direction.

Even the dialog and demeanor of characters is a lot more simplified and more down to earth in Ground Zeroes. Getting 2-3 hours of storytelling when Kojima is in his prime and cutting out the bullshit is what this franchise needs after MGS4.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 24, 2015, 10:29:43 PM
So do we know what we can expect for the poorman version on PS3 ? It seems content should be the same.

Less lights, less vegetation, basically scaled back graphics and resolution with pop-in. Otherwise the engine is 1:1 in terms of gameplay.

Fox Engine is pretty well optimized for cross-gen, weakness of last gen console power aside.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 24, 2015, 10:30:37 PM
Himu: Which version did you get?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2015, 10:33:16 PM
From the sound of things, MGS V will have around 2-3 hours of cutscenes with around 40-50 hours of gameplay if you want to do all the main missions and side missions.

This has made some fans furious, but the story telling in Ground Zeroes is to the point and the actual direction in the cutscenes is excellent. MGS4 had very lazy cutscene direction, the camera movements and such were still lifted from PS2 MGS games. Ground Zeroes felt very cinematic and it doesn't have typical videogame cutscene direction.

Even the dialog and demeanor of characters is a lot more simplified and more down to earth in Ground Zeroes. Getting 2-3 hours of storytelling when Kojima is in his prime and cutting out the bullshit is what this franchise needs after MGS4.

I really enjoyed the storytelling in GZ.

Nice intro cutscene telling why you're about to go on this sneaking mission. Nothing besides that until you manage to get Chico. The amount of cutscenes and their straight forward direction is akin to MGS1 and MG2: SS.

I really like listening to the tapes as well. It's a good replacement for Codec. Oh that's another thing. Fuck 4's Codec. :piss I hate that game. :brazilcry Does V have Codec?

I got it on ps3.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 24, 2015, 10:35:08 PM
I got it on ps3.

Grab the Steam version when it's on sale in the Winter(? Or this coming week?) and let me know how your Core 2 Duo fares. I'm curious how it performs. Worst case you'd have to refund it.

Also while you're playing:

http://i.imgur.com/qk8JApG.jpg

People are saying you should do all this if you plan to transfer your save to Phantom Pain. The PoW's give you Mother Base people to start off with in Phantom Pain and the NPC's that are important (Eye/Finger) have achievements associated with them anyway.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 24, 2015, 10:37:41 PM
everbody on the train leggo

https://youtu.be/NImW-Rs8eK8
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 24, 2015, 10:37:51 PM
MGS has a diverse fanbase. It's pretty simple.

The MGS fanbase can be divided into multiple categories:

1. Those who play for the experience and just play it once, and then drop it. These people treat MGS like any other game and are there for experience of it. These people tended to enjoy 4 highly and seem to be the bulk of MGS' audience.

2. Players who are into MGS for the story and plot and characters almost exclusively, or if not that, it's still the main draw for them. They tend to replay every few years or so for story, but never for new gadgets, unlockables, and whole shebang. These are the players that mostly got something out of MGS4. Since they primarily play for story, and MGS4 was insanely story-focused to a fucking stupid degree, they got enjoyment out of the game.

3. Players who are completionists. These are the players who beat the game on normal first, then replay it on normal or hard mode but with a specific Fox Ranking in mind. They may want to complete the game without any kills and no alerts, or they may want to kill everyone, or maybe the're playing for speed. Then they go from mode to mode to mode and unlock everything, trying to beat the hardest modes in 3 or so hours, skipping cutscenes along the way on each replay. These people (aka people like me) hated 4 because the fact you have to install every chapter made speed running impossible, and the game has too many fucked up forced story areas that are completely unskippable (like that one part where you follow that guy in Act 3 while dressed up Snatcher style) so speed running is tedious anyways, even with the installs fixed. The noticeable lack of gameplay is a huge black mark on the game. This doesn't mean that completionists don't appreciate MGS' humor or zaniness or characters (I especially do) but 4 took it to a fucking dumb ass level. See Positive's post above as an example.

4. Those who are all three.

The MGS fanbase is pretty diverse and we have multiple people playing these games for seemingly COMPLETELY different reasons or if not that, they enjoy different things about them in a different manner.

The fact the story/cutscene fans are getting shit on in this entry is pretty :preach and makes me want to buy this game on day one just to support their tears and them fueling Kojima into making such a travesty of a game after a gaming masterpiece in Metal Gear Solid 3 and 2 Substance. Fuck MGS4 fans. I don't care. Fuck them.

I'm number 4, but MGS4 made me peace out from the franchise for a while. Think that game has that effect on a large part of the fanbase. 

And then the HD collection, Metal Gear Rising, and Ground Zeroes happened   :lawd

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 24, 2015, 10:40:05 PM
4 was bad because it was too many cutscenes and overwrote melodrama. I don't mind Kojima's diarrhea jokes, nor did I mind Meryl/Johnny (as stupid as the scene was) but there is literally twelve hours of cutscenes for like... what... 4-6 hours MAX Gameplay? :lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 24, 2015, 10:41:11 PM
everbody on the train leggo

Fuck that 13 seconds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mx4RE3jrTs
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 24, 2015, 10:42:46 PM
i knew that was gonna happen you fell for my trap all according keikaku
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 24, 2015, 10:45:34 PM
4 was bad because it was too many cutscenes and overwrote melodrama. I don't mind Kojima's diarrhea jokes, nor did I mind Meryl/Johnny (as stupid as the scene was) but there is literally twelve hours of cutscenes for like... what... 4-6 hours MAX Gameplay? :lol

There are 8 1/2 hours of cutscenes and probably 6-8 hours of gameplay on your first playthrough.

Biggest problem is you get talked at for four hours while the other four hours are briefings and drawn out cutscenes. MGS2 has a ton of interruptions and cutscenes as well, but the endgame for all that exposition are some outrageous plot twists and the best mindfucks in all of gaming.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2015, 10:47:28 PM
I got it on ps3.

Grab the Steam version when it's on sale in the Winter(? Or this coming week?) and let me know how your Core 2 Duo fares. I'm curious how it performs. Worst case you'd have to refund it.

Also while you're playing:

http://i.imgur.com/qk8JApG.jpg

People are saying you should do all this if you plan to transfer your save to Phantom Pain. The PoW's give you Mother Base people to start off with in Phantom Pain and the NPC's that are important (Eye/Finger) have achievements associated with them anyway.

I saved Chico so one of those POW's is dead. Oh well. I'll get him next time.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2015, 10:57:23 PM
4 was bad because it was too many cutscenes and overwrote melodrama. I don't mind Kojima's diarrhea jokes, nor did I mind Meryl/Johnny (as stupid as the scene was) but there is literally twelve hours of cutscenes for like... what... 4-6 hours MAX Gameplay? :lol

MGS1 came out when I was 13. I was in the main target audience at the time. I thought Johnny's toilet jokes were funny. It was never overwrought or had him running to a barrel in the middle of a battlefield to take a dump. He was a small bit minor joke character with literally two lines of dialogue. All the Johnny jokes in 2 and 3 were similar. Johnny has no reason to be a main character, and making his entire schtick into poop jokes when originally, the poop jokes were pretty fucking minor is just way too much.

I love Metal Gear cheese. It's hilarious. A fucking dude cuts off your brothers hand and now talks like him? Amazingly stupid. :rofl "CAN LOVE BLOOM ON A BATTLEFIELD?!?!?" "This is like one of my animes!" Amazing. :rofl But I have a limit for the shit pulled on in 4. The Mt Rushmore? The entire thing they did with Raiden? The Meryl/Johnny cutscene? A 40-50 minute cutscene? The ending that ruins a lot of characters I *liked*? The wedding? Anything related to Johnny and diarrhea? It was too much and too fucking stupid. In the past, Metal Gear was pretty self aware that it's being fucking dumb and when it wasn't, it was still fucking "holy shit a cyborg ninja sliced all these dudes in half in the hallway and I have to fight him?" on a scale of cool as shit. But 4 felt like it wasn't in on the joke and there's nothing badass about that game at all.

I dare you to speedrun MGS4. You're taken all over the place and the lack of centralized area really hurts it. There's a lot to bitch about in regards to MGS4. Acts 1 and 2 were amazing, but beyond that? Just bad cutscenes and a complete lack of anything that makes Metal Gear good . :yeshrug
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2015, 11:01:51 PM
everbody on the train leggo

https://youtu.be/NImW-Rs8eK8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Jm2iSokug

:)

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 24, 2015, 11:03:42 PM
Johnny shitting himself actually has a plot relevance in 4 though. (Which I found kinda neat in a stilted hack-eyed way. :lol ) The Mount Rushmore on the sub was stupid as fuck, though. Yeah. :lol :lol :lol :snoop

Raiden actually became pretty cool in 4. I didn't mind him so much in 2, but him being able to cut off Rose and become this Ninja by replacing most of his body parts was neat in an "anime" way. That scene with Vamp was just Kojima homoeroticness cranked to 11.  :heh Plus, that change gave us Rising and Senator Armstong so :bolo

I got it on ps3.

Grab the Steam version when it's on sale in the Winter(? Or this coming week?) and let me know how your Core 2 Duo fares. I'm curious how it performs. Worst case you'd have to refund it.

Also while you're playing:

http://i.imgur.com/qk8JApG.jpg

People are saying you should do all this if you plan to transfer your save to Phantom Pain. The PoW's give you Mother Base people to start off with in Phantom Pain and the NPC's that are important (Eye/Finger) have achievements associated with them anyway.

I saved Chico so one of those POW's is dead. Oh well. I'll get him next time.

You have to do it quickly if you save Chico or Paz first. It's honestly easier to go to him first (he's literally in the camp two steps away from your starting area) and extract him from your mission start (or if you want a less "helicopter may be seen" approach, carry him to Chico's camp while tranqing anyone you come across and put him in a cave and haul him + Chico + PoW at Chico's camp into the helicopter after). EZ.

4 was bad because it was too many cutscenes and overwrote melodrama. I don't mind Kojima's diarrhea jokes, nor did I mind Meryl/Johnny (as stupid as the scene was) but there is literally twelve hours of cutscenes for like... what... 4-6 hours MAX Gameplay? :lol

There are 8 1/2 hours of cutscenes and probably 6-8 hours of gameplay on your first playthrough.

Biggest problem is you get talked at for four hours while the other four hours are briefings and drawn out cutscenes. MGS2 has a ton of interruptions and cutscenes as well, but the endgame for all that exposition are some outrageous plot twists and the best mindfucks in all of gaming.

I replayed the game when the trophy patch hit and with all the cutscenes seen it took me nearly an entire day to finish. Like I started at like 8-9 in the morning and the last damn cutscene was playing at midnight. :-\ (Act 3's stupid follow mission is the worst part of the game)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2015, 11:08:15 PM
Johnny shitting himself actually has a plot relevance in 4 though. (Which I found kinda neat in a stilted hack-eyed way. :lol ) The Mount Rushmore on the sub was stupid as fuck, though. Yeah. :lol :lol :lol :snoop

Raiden actually became pretty cool in 4. I didn't mind him so much in 2, but him being able to cut off Rose and become this Ninja by replacing most of his body parts was neat in an "anime" way. That scene with Vamp was just Kojima homoeroticness cranked to 11.  :heh Plus, that change gave us Rising and Senator Armstong so :bolo

I got it on ps3.

Grab the Steam version when it's on sale in the Winter(? Or this coming week?) and let me know how your Core 2 Duo fares. I'm curious how it performs. Worst case you'd have to refund it.

Also while you're playing:

http://i.imgur.com/qk8JApG.jpg

People are saying you should do all this if you plan to transfer your save to Phantom Pain. The PoW's give you Mother Base people to start off with in Phantom Pain and the NPC's that are important (Eye/Finger) have achievements associated with them anyway.

I saved Chico so one of those POW's is dead. Oh well. I'll get him next time.

You have to do it quickly if you save Chico or Paz first. It's honestly easier to go to him first (he's literally in the camp two steps away from your starting area) and extract him from your mission start (or if you want a less "helicopter may be seen" approach, carry him to Chico's camp while tranqing anyone you come across and put him in a cave and haul him + Chico + PoW at Chico's camp into the helicopter after). EZ.

That's exactly my point. In 1-3, Johnny is like almost an easter egg or in-joke. Just something for the fans, that lasts all of five seconds. In 4, it has actual plot relevance it's just ???

I didn't like what they did with Raiden. I was always a fan of him. JACK WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A TV?!?!?!?!?!?!?

And that was my plan. I didn't see the last POW because I went there after they executed him. You don't have to tell me how to do it and spoil strategies. :brazilcry

Can you even speed run MGS4 with the existence of Act 3? ???
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on August 24, 2015, 11:19:31 PM
Another reason why 4 sucked: the recycled rinse and repeat boss fights.

I only have 3 to compare it to and that game delivered when it came to interesting boss fights.

The End :preach
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 24, 2015, 11:20:16 PM
I didn't like what they did with Raiden. I was always a fan of him. JACK WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A TV?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Him not having Rose actually helped him out. I didn't mind either character, but Rose's constant codec interruptions actually hurt both of them. Raiden just becoming the modern Cyborg Ninja was cool because I wank to the Cyborg Ninja.

Quote
And that was my plan. I didn't see the last POW because I went there after they executed him. You don't have to tell me how to do it and spoil strategies. :brazilcry

Eh, it's not that huge of a spoiler. The main mission plays out the same. I think Phantom Pain may actually have the same issue where the scripts/etc. are mostly the same but tackling the problem will be different based on what you do. Anyway, that'll be the only one I'll spoil for you. :badass
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2015, 11:22:46 PM
MGS has a diverse fanbase. It's pretty simple.

The MGS fanbase can be divided into multiple categories:

1. Those who play for the experience and just play it once, and then drop it. These people treat MGS like any other game and are there for experience of it. These people tended to enjoy 4 highly and seem to be the bulk of MGS' audience.

2. Players who are into MGS for the story and plot and characters almost exclusively, or if not that, it's still the main draw for them. They tend to replay every few years or so for story, but never for new gadgets, unlockables, and whole shebang. These are the players that mostly got something out of MGS4. Since they primarily play for story, and MGS4 was insanely story-focused to a fucking stupid degree, they got enjoyment out of the game.

3. Players who are completionists. These are the players who beat the game on normal first, then replay it on normal or hard mode but with a specific Fox Ranking in mind. They may want to complete the game without any kills and no alerts, or they may want to kill everyone, or maybe the're playing for speed. Then they go from mode to mode to mode and unlock everything, trying to beat the hardest modes in 3 or so hours, skipping cutscenes along the way on each replay. These people (aka people like me) hated 4 because the fact you have to install every chapter made speed running impossible, and the game has too many fucked up forced story areas that are completely unskippable (like that one part where you follow that guy in Act 3 while dressed up Snatcher style) so speed running is tedious anyways, even with the installs fixed. The noticeable lack of gameplay is a huge black mark on the game. This doesn't mean that completionists don't appreciate MGS' humor or zaniness or characters (I especially do) but 4 took it to a fucking dumb ass level. See Positive's post above as an example.

4. Those who are all three.

The MGS fanbase is pretty diverse and we have multiple people playing these games for seemingly COMPLETELY different reasons or if not that, they enjoy different things about them in a different manner.

The fact the story/cutscene fans are getting shit on in this entry is pretty :preach and makes me want to buy this game on day one just to support their tears and them fueling Kojima into making such a travesty of a game after a gaming masterpiece in Metal Gear Solid 3 and 2 Substance. Fuck MGS4 fans. I don't care. Fuck them.

I'm number 4, but MGS4 made me peace out from the franchise for a while. Think that game has that effect on a large part of the fanbase. 

And then the HD collection, Metal Gear Rising, and Ground Zeroes happened   :lawd

Naw. I don't think they alienated a large segment of the fanbase. When I played it and posted my thoughts on places where I posted about past MGS games (2 and 3 at release) I was the only one who disliked 4 and they thought I was insane. Some were really offended that while I *can* enjoy MGS for story, that I don't *play* MGS for story. Was a great reminder that all of us are into this for completely different reasons. They didn't give a fuck about replaying. They're about the first run. More than that, they thought what *was* in 4 was perfectly fine despite it being complete and utter ass and having literally hour long cutscenes. They were fine with it. We even have a lot of people like that here on The Bore. They just haven't posted in this thread yet. Sceneman and Fistful will vouch for 4. Fistful told me I wasn't a real MGS fan because I hated 4 so much.

Another reason why 4 sucked: the recycled rinse and repeat boss fights.

I only have 3 to compare it to and that game delivered when it came to interesting boss fights.

The End :preach

Hour long boss fight.

Still the best boss fight I've ever had in a 3d game.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on August 24, 2015, 11:32:20 PM
I did speedruns of mgs4. I got big boss ranking on mgs4.

IT SUCKED
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2015, 11:33:28 PM
You HAVE to tell us about your experience. How bad was it? I thought it'd suck ass and didn't even bother.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 24, 2015, 11:40:35 PM
Watched a game trailers review and it actually ended up getting me far more interested in the game. It praised the game but wasn't fanboy-ish or idiotic. Hopefully its as good as some of the stuff they were saying.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 24, 2015, 11:43:18 PM
Naw. I don't think they alienated a large segment of the fanbase. When I played it and posted my thoughts on places where I posted about past MGS games (2 and 3 at release) I was the only one who disliked 4 and they thought I was insane. Some were really offended that while I *can* enjoy MGS for story, that I don't *play* MGS for story. Was a great reminder that all of us are into this for completely different reasons. They didn't give a fuck about replaying. They're about the first run. More than that, they thought what *was* in 4 was perfectly fine despite it being complete and utter ass and having literally hour long cutscenes. They were fine with it. We even have a lot of people like that here on The Bore. They just haven't posted in this thread yet. Sceneman and Fistful will vouch for 4. Fistful told me I wasn't a real MGS fan because I hated 4 so much.

Its hard to tell 7 years later I'd say. I was a huge MGS4 hater while I was on Gaf in the past few years and a lot of people support the idea that MGS4 was and will forever be trash. There would always be superfans though that would decry MGS4's criticism and try to divert all that criticism towards another entry, mainly MGS2.

At the time though? You're right. Very few people actually called the game out as a terrible entry in the franchise and that it wasn't worth getting a PS3 for. A lot of the people that enjoyed that first time with MGS4 eventually came to the conclusion that they didn't really like the game much and the hype/experience itself is what made the game enjoyable.

It is the least speedrunned Metal Gear game by a metric fuck ton. I watched the MGS speedunning channel Uknighted a lot last year and all three main casters hate MGS4 for it's story and gameplay, these dudes run through all the games on European Extreme and get the highest rating in each game, they've been doing so for many years now.

I personally love playing the fuck out of the first three MGS games and getting better at them, along with digging into the story when I'm in the mood to do so. MGS4 at release seemed toxic to why I enjoyed the series and I didn't fuck with it much.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on August 24, 2015, 11:44:42 PM
mostly what I remember is that enemy placement made it waaaayyyy more annoying than the older games. like sometimes it was really really hard to get enemy movements down and figure out a way to proceed. but all that was heaven compared to the games' scripted sequences. sweet fucking Jesus.

there are loads of areas where you have to do everything PERFECTLY our you will fail.you will fail and have to sit thru so much load time. think the part where you have to escort a tank, any vehicle riding section, and the crying wolf battle. enemies running all over the place and you have to have know where they're gonna spawn and have your crosshairs ready or you will spotted or damaged enough that you can't make it thru the map.

special shout out to the bike ride part in chapter 3. everyone thinks the first part off the level would suck (and it does), but the bike ride is the worst part of the game. enemies will kill you dead if your shots aren't perfect, and you have to use that dumb boktai gun that needs to be charged up. FUCK THAT PART I HATE IT SO MUCH.

there's so many other thing I can remember that were annoying, but the jist of it is that it was really luck-based and boring as shit.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2015, 11:47:30 PM
I was going to mention the bike ride. How the fuck do you tranq that part? ???
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 24, 2015, 11:48:10 PM
What about them MGS4 boss fights that consist of pumping ammo into each generic hot chick and that's the extent of those confrontations  :noah
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 24, 2015, 11:48:28 PM
I didn't hate 4 as much as most people on here and on GAF now hate it. And I didn't like 2 very much at all and a lot of people really love that one now.

It's a mix for me. I have to like the story and the gameplay to some level to enjoy metal gear. And when I really hate one aspect (like the story in 2) it can drag down what is an otherwise fun game for me in that case.

I'm not really going to replay any of these titles (I have played Metal Gear Solid twice many years apart because that title holds a special place for me) so the first time through experience is generally what I judge them on.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 24, 2015, 11:59:59 PM
Put me in club "I was cool with MGS2 Raiden and thought it was fucked up how he was butchered to become a cyborg ninja now"
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 25, 2015, 12:03:06 AM
I have always loved 2. :noah

For me, the gameplay has to be on the mark, but I also enjoy MGS for the characters (as opposed to story) as well. Story is a nice bonus with MGS for me. The cutscenes and their direction are a bonus as well, but not what I define as making a definitive MGS game. I treat MGS how people treat Diablo. The first run is to get the full experience that the game developers made, and usually my most cherished run. If I cannot stomach the game the first time (and there's only been one Metal Gear like that for me) then I cannot appreciate on later replays. A lot of people gave 2 grief for cutscenes, but I felt at the time that it struck a good balance. The main game had a very weighted story, but there were also a lot of modes and things to do as well. The gameplay is just about perfect for what it is.

So for me, Metal Gear is about balance. I got a lot of that balance in the Ground Zeroes. You could dedicate your entire time to just sneaking around and doing the game, or you could also sit and relax and enjoy the audio messages as well for some backstory and pretext.

Naw. I don't think they alienated a large segment of the fanbase. When I played it and posted my thoughts on places where I posted about past MGS games (2 and 3 at release) I was the only one who disliked 4 and they thought I was insane. Some were really offended that while I *can* enjoy MGS for story, that I don't *play* MGS for story. Was a great reminder that all of us are into this for completely different reasons. They didn't give a fuck about replaying. They're about the first run. More than that, they thought what *was* in 4 was perfectly fine despite it being complete and utter ass and having literally hour long cutscenes. They were fine with it. We even have a lot of people like that here on The Bore. They just haven't posted in this thread yet. Sceneman and Fistful will vouch for 4. Fistful told me I wasn't a real MGS fan because I hated 4 so much.

Its hard to tell 7 years later I'd say. I was a huge MGS4 hater while I was on Gaf in the past few years and a lot of people support the idea that MGS4 was and will forever be trash. There would always be superfans though that would decry MGS4's criticism and try to divert all that criticism towards another entry, mainly MGS2.

At the time though? You're right. Very few people actually called the game out as a terrible entry in the franchise and that it wasn't worth getting a PS3 for. A lot of the people that enjoyed that first time with MGS4 eventually came to the conclusion that they didn't really like the game much and the hype/experience itself is what made the game enjoyable.

It is the least speedrunned Metal Gear game by a metric fuck ton. I watched the MGS speedunning channel Uknighted a lot last year and all three main casters hate MGS4 for it's story and gameplay, these dudes run through all the games on European Extreme and get the highest rating in each game, they've been doing so for many years now.

I personally love playing the fuck out of the first three MGS games and getting better at them, along with digging into the story when I'm in the mood to do so. MGS4 at release seemed toxic to why I enjoyed the series and I didn't fuck with it much.

gaf isn't a good thing to base any fan reception on though. GAF mostly didn't like GTAIV but talk to any GTA fan on the street and they'd more than likely say it was great. MGS4 was similar.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on August 25, 2015, 12:03:54 AM
What about them MGS4 boss fights that consist of pumping ammo into each generic hot chick and that's the extent of those confrontations  :noah
Another reason why 4 sucked: the recycled rinse and repeat boss fights.

I only have 3 to compare it to and that game delivered when it came to interesting boss fights.

The End :preach

Bruh, they were terrible.


Reminder that GAF voted MGS4 2008 GOTY.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 25, 2015, 12:04:58 AM
I actually prefer MGS2 Raiden to MGS2 Solid Snake and I feel Raiden is on par with MGS1 Snake.  :yeshrug

MGS4 Raiden is shit. Rising Raiden is a return to form. 

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 25, 2015, 12:11:46 AM
What is Raiden like in Rising?

MGS4 Raiden :stahp

Snake sucks in MGS2. Thank the Lord we had JACK YOU DON'T HAVE A TV. :rejoice Doing cartwheels while shooting rocket launchers and cutting fools with katanas :rejoice
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on August 25, 2015, 12:12:37 AM
I just played GZ on PS4 (I think I played it on PS3 previously) and holy fuck rocking that game at 1080p and 60fps is kinda amazing. Also I liked the fact that there weren't any bullshit tutorials, it just lets you go. This time around I hijacked a truck and drive Paz the fuck out of there instead of Ramboing everyone  :lol

I think I'll preorder MGSV
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 25, 2015, 12:13:27 AM
What is Raiden like in Rising?

MGS4 Raiden :stahp

Snake sucks in MGS2. Thank the Lord we had JACK YOU DON'T HAVE A TV. :rejoice Doing cartwheels while shooting rocket launchers and cutting fools with katanas :rejoice

Not trying diver discussion and stuff here but style, story and cutscene wise Rising and Rising's Raiden is very classic MGS:
https://youtu.be/lPhevvVci7k
Codecs are great too, some of my favorite in the series.

Should also note that Rising has some of the coolest MGS boss designs.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 25, 2015, 12:22:25 AM
Rising is a spinoff that somehow still has a ton of MGS influence. Easily a contender for best boss fights in the franchise and best boss fights out of all character action games.

This image gets posted a lot but its true:

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/577890220475596472/6C7B20ABF2052785A88919316B1E9C337EEE415F/)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: BrokenVerses on August 25, 2015, 12:25:57 AM
Reminder that GAF voted MGS4 2008 GOTY.

Twice. 
spoiler (click to show/hide)
:neogaf
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 25, 2015, 12:34:37 AM
What is Raiden like in Rising?

Raiden: "One sword keeps another in the sheath".
Prime Minister: [impressed] A soldier *and* a philosopher. You are full of surprises, Mr. Lightning Bolt.

Raiden: I was wrong. You're not greedy... You're bat-shit insane!

Semi-spoilers:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Raiden: "Bullshit! Typical politician, big promises but all talk. "Jump start the economy"? What a load of bullshit. All you care about is lining your own pockets. That, and your approval ratings. You've got no principles, just like all the rest. If Americas gone to shit, you're just another maggot crawling in the pile."
[close]

MAJOR SPOILER:
spoiler (click to show/hide)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yl1ZDymR2Y
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It basically took MGS4 Raiden, un-"emo"d him/stopped his alcoholism and "failure to save the world" or whatever reason he cut off Rose and made him give no fucks. Then throw in THIS PARTY IS ABSOLUTELY GETTING CUHRAZY on it.

The last boss. :rejoice
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on August 25, 2015, 12:36:32 AM
himu play rising
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: El Babua on August 25, 2015, 01:26:00 AM
Rising fully accepts the fact that MGS is some ridiculous ass shit and runs with it 100%

Best game in the series since MGS 3 easily :rejoice
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 25, 2015, 02:21:56 AM
Getting Paz out is nuts. :o

:o The cutscene direction in the GZ mission ending.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 25, 2015, 03:46:59 PM
Final trailer, mainly is a remembrance of the entire series.  Spoilers at the end, new Metal Gear is shown in its operational state:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9JV0EvCkMI

Definitely feels like this is Kojima's goodbye to the franchise  :brazilcry

He's probably wanted to work on something that isn't Metal Gear for the past decade, series should've ended a decade ago, but this is the best way to go out.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 25, 2015, 05:46:59 PM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Metal Gear Gundam  :ohhh
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 25, 2015, 05:52:31 PM
I got it on ps3.

Grab the Steam version when it's on sale in the Winter(? Or this coming week?) and let me know how your Core 2 Duo fares. I'm curious how it performs. Worst case you'd have to refund it.

Also while you're playing:

http://i.imgur.com/qk8JApG.jpg

People are saying you should do all this if you plan to transfer your save to Phantom Pain. The PoW's give you Mother Base people to start off with in Phantom Pain and the NPC's that are important (Eye/Finger) have achievements associated with them anyway.

Thanks for this. I just got GZ on PC cause my previous save was on PS4, but the Nvidia deal for MGS5 doesn't include GZ.  >:( Need to burn through that and get these before TPP is out.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on August 25, 2015, 08:14:54 PM
omg I just read the big spoiler for this in the other thread and the rage is gonna be glorious
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: El Babua on August 25, 2015, 09:33:46 PM
Kojima trolling?

YES :lawd
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 26, 2015, 03:26:29 PM
Pretty much. As long as it plays well, shit looks cool and we get a dope cutscenes every now & then with grumpy voiced military dudes being serious I'm good.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 26, 2015, 07:54:31 PM
https://youtu.be/QRzTDdqenhc
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 26, 2015, 09:12:27 PM
Went through four of the five starting missions in Ground Zeroes and got all the PoWs in them + Hideo, The Finger, The Eye and Prisoner 12282. I'd really forgotten how enjoyable the base gameplay is, as well loving how the game just dumps you in without attempting to baby you through controls or anything. Plus I love how flexible the game is in satisfying me when I'm either in a stealthy mind-set or just want to kill everyone in my path.

I think it's better off like it is now, but I do miss some of the easier aspects from MGS1 and MGS2. I miss having infinite suppresors for all my shit and being able to shoot cameras with no repercussions.  :'(
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 26, 2015, 09:46:09 PM
Went through four of the five starting missions in Ground Zeroes and got all the PoWs in them + Hideo, The Finger, The Eye and Prisoner 12282. I'd really forgotten how enjoyable the base gameplay is, as well loving how the game just dumps you in without attempting to baby you through controls or anything. Plus I love how flexible the game is in satisfying me when I'm either in a stealthy mind-set or just want to kill everyone in my path.

I think it's better off like it is now, but I do miss some of the easier aspects from MGS1 and MGS2. I miss having infinite suppresors for all my shit and being able to shoot cameras with no repercussions.  :'(

Is there a guide for this?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 26, 2015, 10:56:18 PM
Went through four of the five starting missions in Ground Zeroes and got all the PoWs in them + Hideo, The Finger, The Eye and Prisoner 12282. I'd really forgotten how enjoyable the base gameplay is, as well loving how the game just dumps you in without attempting to baby you through controls or anything. Plus I love how flexible the game is in satisfying me when I'm either in a stealthy mind-set or just want to kill everyone in my path.

I think it's better off like it is now, but I do miss some of the easier aspects from MGS1 and MGS2. I miss having infinite suppresors for all my shit and being able to shoot cameras with no repercussions.  :'(

Is there a guide for this?

The image thisismyusername posted earlier pretty much has what you need. There's always going to be 2-3 PoWs to rescue in the camps to the right no matter the mission you're on, except for Hideo's. The rest involves either extracting the dudes that the mission otherwise asks you to kill as well as some dudes that might be in the same place Paz and Chico are in the GZ mission.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 26, 2015, 11:09:19 PM
For cameras, take it out and then hide immediately, then get the jump on the guard. Takes some guts but with practice you can do it.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 27, 2015, 02:13:39 AM
Ez enuff, I just miss when I could take out cameras with impunity without having some jerk come inspect it and have the whole base go on caution/alert.

Gonna try to do the last mission tomorrow, and maybe Deja/Jamaius Vu if I feel like it.
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Post by: Himu on August 27, 2015, 02:48:18 AM
MGS5 strives a good balance. On one hand, enemies inspect cameras. BTW it's not an area wide alert. I took out a cam one run and still had no alerts that run. On the other hand, because since 2, you could shoot radios out that gave you a brief period of time before they alerted the premises of an intruder. In V, they go into alert instantly and there's radio to shoot. So Reflex comes in handy there and gives you an upper hand. I find it pretty fair, and much more balanced than past games.

At the same time it's not as sluggish as 3 and you're not in the grass 24/7 because of stealth index. MGS3's slowness is exactly why MGS2S is my favorite Metal Gear. MGS3 is too slow. MGSGZ strikes a nice medium without having soliton radar and not having that slow as fucking molasses stealth index.

Changing guard patterns depending on situation too, is really refreshing for the series. Try to get Paz out first. It's nuts.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 27, 2015, 03:22:51 AM
Yeah, I rescued Paz first in one of my first runs on the PS4 version. Its so trivial, but I was super impressed with the mere fact that I was allowed to "sequence break" the series' normal linearity if I already knew were to go/was skilled enough to do it.

I love MGS3, but I don't like replaying it too often cause of stuff like camo index, yeah. It makes sense for the era the game takes place in, but I really do miss the soliton radar in that game. I liked my pointy cones of vision.

If there's one gripe I still have about GZ, its that the enemy vision can be /too/ good at times. Sometimes I'll be crawling/crouching, pop reflex and see that I got spotted by a super tiny smidgeon or gap that its impossible for me to do anything about. :'(
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 27, 2015, 06:01:20 AM
Jesus the interrogation tape  :o
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 27, 2015, 05:38:11 PM
If the guard gets a whiff of you head out of dodge and don't panic. Try to retreat to a darker area, or better yet, get the jump on them and cqc the shit out of them. You can make it. The ai is still ai. One dude caught wind of my presence once and so I wrapped around him after climbing a CLIFF, snuck up, and held him up.

Another benefit of no soliton is that the game fucks with you. Like there's cactuses near the coast, and the guards on that mission wear green raincoats. Near the coast it's dark and there's three guards patrolling after a point. One time I thought a cactus was a guard because they're the SAME COLOR.

Managed to get no alerts and topped off the mission in less than 20 minutes. I don't miss Soliton. Figuring out the cones of vision in this one is pretty fun and can be tense as fuck.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 27, 2015, 08:42:58 PM
I didn't mean just catching a whiff of me, I mean straight up seeing me and alerting everyone to my presence.  :lol Like, I'll be going up one the road on the east side of the base, some soldier is walking towards me from the upper road, and he fully spots me while his head is only inches above one of those waist-high things that are everyone. Completely unable to CQC/tranq him, had to force a checkpoint restart cuz of it.

Either way, its still just a super minor gripe and me being lazy. I'm completely fine with the current implementation of stuff.  :itagaki

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 27, 2015, 08:45:58 PM
Are you using reflex?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 27, 2015, 09:06:07 PM
Yup! I ain't about the high score life, I enjoy the mechanic a lot.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 27, 2015, 09:06:58 PM
Naw I ask because l'm surprised you didn't go into reflex.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 27, 2015, 09:26:16 PM
I did. Like I said, from the angle from which he saw me, there was no way for me to shoot at the guy. Too far away to reliably get a hit on the barely visible part of his head that was peeking above the barrier.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 27, 2015, 09:33:34 PM
That happened to me when a dude in a boot caught me
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 27, 2015, 10:13:19 PM
Can't believe how much gz has resurrected the inner metal gear fan girl in me :brazilcry I thought that part of me was dead! :tocry
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 27, 2015, 11:48:27 PM
Random impressions from Gaffers, no spoilers:

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Intro is phenomenal but the player doesn't do much. Kojima' direction is top notch, best work he has done.
The game is overwhelming, so many game systems being shown to you. It happens piece by piece but even then it's a lot to take in.

The gameplay is perfection, I have never felt so perfectly in control of a character, I feel like my options are near limitless.

The world is massive, mostly empty, the purpose is to get to the bases.

I played splinter cell blacklist this year for the first time and loved it. The first optional outpost in mission 1, not even the main base, was bigger and had more complex geometry than most levels in blacklist.

The slow drip of items is so great, first you begin with basically what you start in GZ, then get a box, then you can make weapons, and so on. Perfect progression.

Music is great, the OST must be amazing to listen to. Love the 80s songs so far.
Speaking of cassettes, most of the story and big boss talking happens on the tapes. There are a ton, some good info in them.

The freedom in how you play is the most apparent quality this game has. It might be too much freedom for some.

You can make some of these missions super easy or very complex depending on how you approach. It is up to the player to make things interesting for themselves. The game will give you the playground and it will change things up but it's still your moment. I wonder if people who are so used to the linear scripted MGS games will know how to do that.

Scouting a base is so awesome.

Guards have eyes like Hawks during the day, they will spot you from any where.

Must collect all animals.

You will not miss DD, it's impossible, not sure if they changed that since before some say they almost missed him.
Mother base is big but most of it is still closed off so not much for me to do there. Management is a bunch of menu hopping like PW.

Most everything I made is created instantly. Only one item had a timer, and that lasted like 20 minutes. Servers are not up so I can't play online, no way to know about microtransactions. But they seem totally unecessary.
Collecting stuff means something, there is junk around the world but unlike a Ubisoft game where most of it is shit, here you need it. I need lots of materials to expand the base, better start interrogating guards for locations.
Back to the gameplay, like I said its about making your own moments, I have yet to stick to a style, I am have been playing realistically, if I get caught I keep going. I see the mission replay options with new objectives, that's when I will go for specific runs.

Minor spoilers for mission 3.............. You have to kill a mark, I snuck my way into his room and took him out with my hands. Then to escape was a mission as like 6 guards where surrounding the building. So I started throwing out grenades to distract them, they all freaked and looked in that general direction. I snuck out the back, took out a few guards still in my path, hopped on the horse, activated my c4 to blow up some optional marks and rode off untouched. Thrilling.

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So far, completely different. It's very minimalistic. You don't have tons of exposition and the game doesn't really stop for long cutscenes ever. The cutscenes are more integrated into the gameplay in the beginning especially.

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- Opening is absolutely phenomenal and harrowing, only downside is most of it was in the trailers IMO. There's also not much control and it's purely 'cinematic' like an ND set-piece. But it's stunning and will be remembered for decades.
- Game takes absolutely ages to get going, drip-feeding each MB feature bit by bit over the course of 5+ hours. Once you've got access to more of it, it really starts to open up and becomes just, godly with all these different systems.
- Horse controls could be better, I've had a few stupid janky moments with it.
- You won't miss DD, they make him really obvious and he appears quite soon. He's still a baby pup atm.
- Game has a Far Cry 2-esque way about it at times, just my opinion. But WAY better obv. Lots of outposts and checkpoints but it's always a joy to take them on.
- MB's scale is enormous, like town-sized.
- AI is absolutely superb, the way outposts contact each other and reinforcements come is really natural and just amazing.
- It's full of isolated, real-time moments where you just get into loads of shit and have to think your way out. Moments that feel like set-pieces that you created with your decisions.
- You will fuck up. There'll always be about 1-5 enemies you didn't pre-emptively tag because they were out of sight.
- Getting spotted, and then circling around the entire outpost to go for your mission objectives whilst the enemy completely clears out to investigate where you last were, is a joy. Using distractions and setting off explosives is excellent, like it was in GZ.
- Feels much harder than Ground Zeroes, like somewhere in between Normal and Hard in that game. Enemy LOS is pretty realistic and far, to the point where sometimes I get spotted and I'm like "REALLY? From there?" But this is a good thing.
- Had a hilarious moment where I ploughed through a straight line of four guys with a jeep.
- Also had a moment where I was circling an APC, firing at it with a grenade launcher on horseback, fucking badass.
- Outer Ops are back and they bring in the big bucks and materials (and recruits).
- Don't forget jeeps and cardboard box fast-travel, they'll save you time. Jeeps are good for quick getaways from bases.
- That 'sizzle' noise happens whenever you look at the sun, too. I know you guys appreciate the little things.
- Kleptomaniac game. You'll be snatching plants and raw materials like a motherfucker because it all means something.
- Normally in MGS, I'm a non-lethal guy. With this game, however, my playstyle has become ruthless, almost as a reaction to the difficulty. It'll be good to go through some of these missions again later and actually not murder everyone I see.
- It's super addictive, there's so much to do at any one time, and the hours fly by when you play it.

People have the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions but they haven't posted impressions of those versions yet.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 28, 2015, 12:37:33 AM
:noah
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Post by: Positive Touch on August 28, 2015, 12:39:26 AM
:( well fuck it I'll be getting soon
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 28, 2015, 12:41:40 AM
Get GZ first
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on August 28, 2015, 01:41:02 AM
I will hold on geez
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 28, 2015, 10:24:52 AM
Found videos of the 360 version, there was a video yesterday but all of the videos from that uploader were choppy as fuck. These new videos from a different uploader look really good, the 360 version's framerate doesn't fluctuate that much and the graphics are passable.

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 28, 2015, 03:45:03 PM
Finished the Intel collection mission in GZ. I had to split up the recoveries between two missions cause the bald guy didn't show up on my first attempt, and I didn't need to contact the first agent on my second attempt cuz I already knew where casette #1 was.

Read that unlocking Deja Vu and Jamais Vu involves getting all the XoF patches in the main mission, so I'll pass on those. I'm ready for Tuesday.  :hyper
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 28, 2015, 04:11:19 PM
yea im only focusing on rescuing dudes, not the patches or tapes
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 28, 2015, 04:11:59 PM
There's only 9 patches y'all. I'm gonna YouTube it
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Post by: thisismyusername on August 28, 2015, 04:41:23 PM
Can't believe how much gz has resurrected the inner metal gear fan girl in me :brazilcry I thought that part of me was dead! :tocry

I told you, sis. :jawalrus

Like I said: I was in the same "Sandbox in my Metal Gear? :kobeyuck " boat as you. Then I played it and was all " :gladbron "

There's only 9 patches y'all. I'm gonna YouTube it

Defo do. If you don't use a guide, you'll probably never get the last one. :lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 28, 2015, 05:05:48 PM
Calling it a "sandbox" seems stretching it. The game is a sandbox, but only within the confines of stealth genre. It's a sandbox in that there are overwhelming amounts of ways to accomplish the same goal, not that it's a "do whatever you want/I'm going to travel to that mountain" kind of "sandbox". The sandbox should be barren. It's Metal Gear. :yeshrug It's about sneaking or blowing up bases of armed people.

Honestly, I find the approach refreshing. Too many "sandbox" games these days seem purely interested in quantity over quality, and cramming as much bullshit you're never going to interact with anyways as far as the eye can see in some race to make the biggest, most vapid, boring world in a game ever. The game seems only concentrated on its bare bones and allowing the player ways to accomplish their mission rather than being some stupid overly large breeding ground of mountain climbing and vapid Quest Checklists.

Thank God.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 28, 2015, 05:08:11 PM
Like I said: I was in the same "Sandbox in my Metal Gear? :kobeyuck " boat as you.

I was never on that boat. It always seemed like the next step after 4's city shit that it never fully explored (and totally should have). I was on the "Metal Gear Solid 4 is a shit game and completely ruined a decade of good will, love, and fan dedication and I'm not sure I can ever love Metal Gear again" boat.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 28, 2015, 05:21:59 PM
Shadow of the Colossus was almost nothing but scope when it came to traveling. You could kill lizards or what not to get more grip, but the game itself is quite empty.

But like Queen said, that style of open world is refreshing nowadays. I replayed a bit of SotC a while ago and loved how I could just take the world in and not worry about missing out on anything. Its also one of the reasons why I enjoyed Windwaker so much, the nothingness makes the sense of discovery even better than if you ran into shit constantly. The non Los Santos map areas in GTA V were a lot more fun to explore and fuck around with than Los Santos.



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Post by: mormapope on August 28, 2015, 08:33:05 PM
No, I knew you were talking about Phantom Pain. The over world being empty has been a common criticism thus far. It sounds like you don't like the cutscenes much, having watched the prologue of MGS V and having seen MGS4 played in its entirety recently though, the cutscenes in MGS V are way better. People actually have human like demeanor when talking to one another, whereas MGS4 feels like a 8 hour stage play.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on August 28, 2015, 08:56:04 PM
Kiefer hasn't wowed me with his performance, but his line delivery seems a lot less lazy than what Hayter has been putting out since MGS3. Hayter's best performance is still from MGS1, its been a slow trend downhill ever since.
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Post by: toku on August 28, 2015, 09:05:15 PM
I like Kiefer snake.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 28, 2015, 09:10:40 PM
I've barely noticed Kiefer Snake. By the time MGS4 rolled I definitely noticed Hayter Snake because he sounded awful. Kiefer's performance isn't amazing but it's not terrible either.
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Post by: thisismyusername on August 28, 2015, 10:53:15 PM
https://twitter.com/Anaugi3/status/637415919149412352

:uguu
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Post by: Positive Touch on August 28, 2015, 11:36:56 PM
is there an option to have the girl wear clothes?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 29, 2015, 12:11:40 AM
yes
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 29, 2015, 12:12:12 AM
Did that day time assassination mission. Jesus Christ, this thing is tough. Metal Gear during day time in wide open spaces is WOW. AND they can see a mile away!
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 29, 2015, 12:58:48 AM
Did that day time assassination mission. Jesus Christ, this thing is tough. Metal Gear during day time in wide open spaces is WOW. AND they can see a mile away!

The one with the eye and the finger? Yeah that one was rough. The finger was easy to get too but I ended up pushing my luck a lot and improvising a ton for the finger. Mainly a bitch because I was going for the rescue option instead of assination though.
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Post by: thisismyusername on August 29, 2015, 01:01:36 AM
Did that day time assassination mission. Jesus Christ, this thing is tough. Metal Gear during day time in wide open spaces is WOW. AND they can see a mile away!
It's actually really easy once you know their spawn locations and what you're doing. :lol
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Post by: mormapope on August 29, 2015, 03:37:43 AM
Found a 50 minute video of the 360 version on youtube, shit looks really good. Framerate dips in the open world section I've heard, but visually it looks better than Ground Zeroes did on the 360. Last gen versions look like they weren't thrown in the gutter

 :rejoice

Since vids on youtube get struck down really quickly, I've uploaded the footage on Daily Motion.

The entirety of the prologue is spoiled just about.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33ivmw
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Post by: Positive Touch on August 29, 2015, 08:42:25 AM
doesn't ps3 and 360 versions of ground zeroes have different exclusive missions?
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Post by: Himu on August 29, 2015, 09:18:05 AM
Did that day time assassination mission. Jesus Christ, this thing is tough. Metal Gear during day time in wide open spaces is WOW. AND they can see a mile away!
It's actually really easy once you know their spawn locations and what you're doing. :lol

I'm going to give the mission another shake.

Found a 50 minute video of the 360 version on youtube, shit looks really good. Framerate dips in the open world section I've heard, but visually it looks better than Ground Zeroes did on the 360. Last gen versions look like they weren't thrown in the gutter

 :rejoice

Since vids on youtube get struck down really quickly, I've uploaded the footage on Daily Motion.

The entirety of the prologue is spoiled just about.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33ivmw

What about PS3?
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Post by: Himu on August 29, 2015, 09:19:59 AM
Did that day time assassination mission. Jesus Christ, this thing is tough. Metal Gear during day time in wide open spaces is WOW. AND they can see a mile away!

The one with the eye and the finger? Yeah that one was rough. The finger was easy to get too but I ended up pushing my luck a lot and improvising a ton for the finger. Mainly a bitch because I was going for the rescue option instead of assination though.

No. You have to assassinate two targets.
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Post by: thisismyusername on August 29, 2015, 11:11:43 AM
doesn't ps3 and 360 versions of ground zeroes have different exclusive missions?

No. Not anymore. That was a "six month" thing, after that they patched them to allow the X-box/PS3 exclusive missions (Raiden/Solid Snake) to the other platform.

So like PC you can do both of them and get the Raiden/Solid Snake/Gray Fox outfits from them.

Did that day time assassination mission. Jesus Christ, this thing is tough. Metal Gear during day time in wide open spaces is WOW. AND they can see a mile away!
It's actually really easy once you know their spawn locations and what you're doing. :lol

I'm going to give the mission another shake.

I could totally spoil the locations, but they're completely easy once you know where exactly they are. I'll give you a hint, you're going to find one of the tapes near where one initially spawns. So if you found the tape there you're good for one.

Did that day time assassination mission. Jesus Christ, this thing is tough. Metal Gear during day time in wide open spaces is WOW. AND they can see a mile away!

The one with the eye and the finger? Yeah that one was rough. The finger was easy to get too but I ended up pushing my luck a lot and improvising a ton for the finger. Mainly a bitch because I was going for the rescue option instead of assination though.

No. You have to assassinate two targets.

That's the mission he's talking about. The Eye and The Finger.
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Post by: Himu on August 29, 2015, 11:15:38 AM
I already beat the  mission. I already know where they are. :lol

When I mean "another shake" I mean playing it over and over until I S-rank it. First time I didn't bring my sniper rifle. I already know how I'm going to handle this mission to get an S.
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Post by: mormapope on August 29, 2015, 02:58:24 PM
I found someone doing a PS3 playthrough, looked stable performance wise.

Digital Foundry has an article about the last gen versions, but its trash. Long winded as fuck with not that much tangible info, the framerate will randomly dip in the open world, doesn't dip below 20 fps though. 360 version is better during cutscenes when it comes to performance, gameplay wise they're very similar.

Comparatively, Phantom Pain on last gen runs better than most Rockstar open world games. I loved Rockstar's output last gen, but performance for all their games were sorta fucked.
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Post by: toku on August 29, 2015, 07:41:51 PM
this double agent side mission kinda fucking with me
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 29, 2015, 10:01:48 PM
This thread is confusing as fuck. Who is playing Ground Zeroes and who is playing Phantom Pain?
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Post by: thisismyusername on August 29, 2015, 10:02:48 PM
This thread is confusing as fuck. Who is playing Ground Zeroes and who is playing Phantom Pain?

Wrath is the only one with Phantom Pain right now.
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Post by: Cheddahz on August 30, 2015, 11:09:14 AM
Feel like I should finally give Ground Zeroes a try (and the digital copies of MGS2 and 3 I have on my 360), cause uh...I've never played a MGS game and this new one sounds dope
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Post by: Positive Touch on August 30, 2015, 12:41:58 PM
maybe you should play the ones you already own first. start with 3.
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Post by: archie4208 on August 30, 2015, 02:31:03 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/qogQWTd.png)

:rock
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on August 30, 2015, 04:36:22 PM
I wasn't a big fan of Ground Zeroes, but I didn't hate the game. Got TPP pre-ordered so I'll start playing it over Labor Day Weekend.
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Post by: thisismyusername on August 30, 2015, 04:55:45 PM
http://i.imgur.com/qogQWTd.png

Wait, what? Did you get it pre-loaded? I thought it wasn't out on Steam yet. Or am I mislooking because you highlighted it.
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Post by: Mods Help on August 30, 2015, 05:29:35 PM
Really disappointed this game has so little story! The only reason anyone plays Metal Gear is for the story and characters! I bet this doesn't even have Codec! I'm glad this is Kojima's last game with the series because it shows he has lost the plot and has targeted Splinter Cell fans rather than genuine Metal Gear fans! Betrayal!
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Post by: mormapope on August 30, 2015, 05:34:11 PM
The 80's music they put in the game is pretty rad.

Except for kids in America, fuck that song.
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Post by: Himu on August 30, 2015, 05:40:21 PM
Really disappointed this game has so little story! The only reason anyone plays Metal Gear is for the story and characters! I bet this doesn't even have Codec! I'm glad this is Kojima's last game with the series because it shows he has lost the plot and has targeted Splinter Cell fans rather than genuine Metal Gear fans! Betrayal!

Mods help.
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Post by: mormapope on August 30, 2015, 06:08:12 PM
There's a bajillion cassette tapes of characters talking to each other, but that isn't really the same as codec stuff from past MGS games. Still neat how you can listen to those convos during gameplay or free roaming.

MGS1 and MGS2 have the best codec stuff in the series. MGS3 was alright, but I didn't dig the support team that much. MGS4 barely had codec stuff.
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Post by: archie4208 on August 30, 2015, 06:19:34 PM
http://i.imgur.com/qogQWTd.png

Wait, what? Did you get it pre-loaded? I thought it wasn't out on Steam yet. Or am I mislooking because you highlighted it.

Nah I just finally got off my ass and bought the game.
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Post by: thisismyusername on August 30, 2015, 07:05:07 PM
http://i.imgur.com/qogQWTd.png

Wait, what? Did you get it pre-loaded? I thought it wasn't out on Steam yet. Or am I mislooking because you highlighted it.

Nah I just finally got off my ass and bought the game.

Oh. I was gonna be like: You son of a bitch, tell me how you downloaded it. :lol I'm sitting here waiting for the ability to download it.

@Wrath: I'm glad you're enjoying it. But one thing: You can use the binocs to see which of the guards you should fulton out. This isn't a huge deal right now, but once you're hitting the limit of soliders to send back (200?) and your levels are stagnating you'll have to start to learn to hold-up->GET DOWN'ing people instead of knock-out->Fulton'ing.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on August 30, 2015, 09:28:55 PM
Really disappointed this game has so little story! The only reason anyone plays Metal Gear is for the story and characters! I bet this doesn't even have Codec! I'm glad this is Kojima's last game with the series because it shows he has lost the plot and has targeted Splinter Cell fans rather than genuine Metal Gear fans! Betrayal!

Mods help.
Nah, I enjoy the story and characters. Codecs were also pretty fun and could be charming. The tapes aren't the same and I loathe having to actually find them just to have a semblance of story. Fuck that audio diary trend.

What really sucks is the absence of a rogue unit and it's boss battles. That is a defining MGS thing and it honestly is a big mark aginst this game for it's lack of them. Even if many of the bosses lacked importance in the story, they still usually had presence to them. Something that made them memorable. Plus, the battles themselves were pretty fun and creative.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 30, 2015, 09:49:51 PM
I actually love Codec and I do not find tapes to be a good replacement.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 30, 2015, 10:08:41 PM
You can listen to the tapes while in-between missions. Cruising around fultoning people to recruit and/or animals plants hunting. This means less gameplay interruptions. It's a good thing.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on August 30, 2015, 10:23:32 PM
Yep having to grind by fulton and find the story through tapes. Thanks PW.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on August 30, 2015, 10:41:09 PM
Don't you people realize that story IS the gameplay?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on August 30, 2015, 10:47:33 PM
you sound like police
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Cheddahz on August 30, 2015, 10:48:16 PM
fuck stories in video games
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on August 31, 2015, 12:34:18 AM
You can listen to the tapes while in-between missions. Cruising around fultoning people to recruit and/or animals plants hunting. This means less gameplay interruptions. It's a good thing.

Honestly, I like the tapes, but I like character interaction from Codec. It was the interaction and exchanges I liked. Not too a big deal because I *do* like the tapes.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on August 31, 2015, 12:51:15 AM
Got convinced to do Deja Vu and Jamais Vu since I got told the costumes from them carry over. Did both of them on hard mode, so now I'm truly ready for tomorrow.  :hyper

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I probably won't touch the game until the weekend.  :goty2
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: qq more on August 31, 2015, 02:59:55 AM
Oh wow it does come out tomorrow! Time flew by. :D

Shame the Steam version doesn't have pre-loading so I can't boot it up at midnight. :lol  Anyone knows how big the game is?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: bork on August 31, 2015, 01:07:13 PM
Got convinced to do Deja Vu and Jamais Vu since I got told the costumes from them carry over. Did both of them on hard mode, so now I'm truly ready for tomorrow.  :hyper

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I probably won't touch the game until the weekend.  :goty2
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Working on that now and same deal...I doubt I'll touch TPP for a little while.   :'(
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: demi on August 31, 2015, 01:15:15 PM
Should I get this? Muckhole is offering to buy it for me cuz hes a fat slut.

I got 1000 on Ground Zeroes.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: demi on August 31, 2015, 01:23:19 PM
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This game so far is basically RNG missions the game with one or two actual story missions thrown in every 5 hours or so most of the time they are pretty short and don't offer any development.

Eww.... maybe I'll just play Metal Gear HD Collection instead
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on August 31, 2015, 06:19:42 PM
If you're getting it free from Joe, I don't see why not. You're basically out $0 unlike Joe if you don't like it.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on August 31, 2015, 11:20:48 PM
I don't like how GZ throws you in there with no hand holding or nothing :brazilcry

Last game I played was MGS4 back in 09 :foxx
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 01, 2015, 12:08:03 AM
It's on Steam now. :hyper :hyper :hyper
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 01, 2015, 01:07:21 AM
I am playing it right now and the craziest shit is going on and I'm not even done with the first hour of gameplay

We have clearly reached the point where Kojima can do whatever he wants and nobody will ever, ever tell him no
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 01, 2015, 01:42:42 AM
Get past the first hour of anime bullshit, and you've got an open world splinter cell that looks incredible and runs at 60fps all the time

I am totally okay with this game
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 01, 2015, 06:18:10 AM
what the fuck happened in the prologue
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 01, 2015, 08:40:26 AM
Near the end of it you're like lol whut are you serious

Then you get to the first open area and you're like  :rejoice
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: pilonv1 on September 01, 2015, 09:09:03 AM
Get past the first hour of anime bullshit, and you've got an open world splinter cell that looks incredible and runs at 60fps all the time

 :ohhh

So as someone who hates MGS, anyone involved with it, and anyone who worships it, but loves Splinter Cell, is this likely to be something I enjoy?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 01, 2015, 09:58:41 AM
You're gonna have to get past the first hour which is pretty rough, after that it's pretty baller
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 01, 2015, 11:39:02 AM
So as someone who hates MGS, anyone involved with it, and anyone who worships it, but loves Splinter Cell, is this likely to be something I enjoy?

No, since you're still gonna have to deal with the story.

That said: :umad

what the fuck happened in the prologue

Bullshit, but the fire whale was pretty cool.

I was laughing at other impressions calling the opening "amazing" and "incredible". Shit was trash, and thank god the game recovers quickly.

I gotta agree. I love Kojima, but that opening was so "what the fuck" that I have no clue what it was going for. I guess it's "okay" as a tutorial and trying to bridge Ground Zeroes to Phantom Pain, but the whole
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supernatural bullshit like Volgin being in it
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is just "WHAT!?"

I guess we'll see how that ties in later on, but I'm not a fan of it right now.

Finally got Mother Base opened up. :rejoice Time to R&D the shit out of this game. :rejoice
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on September 01, 2015, 11:59:49 AM
Splinter Cell hasn't been good in ten years.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 01, 2015, 12:07:14 PM
Splinter Cell hasn't been good in ten years.

Blacklist was alright, muuuuch better than Conviction, but yeah: Post X-box Double Agent (NOT X-box 360 Double Agent) Splinter Cell has been kinda weak.

If anything, Blacklist was kinda lifted with Phantom Pain/Ground Zeroes' sandbox, but it's still level gameplay versus Open World gameplay.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 01, 2015, 12:10:05 PM
What's the Rushdie influence? The doctor?

I didn't mind the level so much. But the supernatural shit after Ground Zeroes' opening kinda flew in the face of the "serious story/tone" Kojima wanted. Like I said, we'll see how it ties into the story but it just felt out of place. Double so if you played Ground Zeroes RIGHT BEFORE starting Phantom Pain like I did this morning.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: archie4208 on September 01, 2015, 12:53:19 PM
First hour is hilariously stupid but dat sweet sweet gameplay afterwards.

I've played 4 hours and only completed 1 mission.  I'm too busy goofing around in side ops.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on September 01, 2015, 02:25:48 PM
ie the opening something you'll be able to skip thru easily on replays?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 01, 2015, 02:55:01 PM
Himu you're gonna love the game for sure. It's super open. As someone who has played all the MGS games but haven't really been there 100 spirit wise since 2 this is really good. You pick your mission, get dropped off a couple km out and do your thing.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on September 01, 2015, 03:15:03 PM
ughhhh
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: demi on September 01, 2015, 03:23:18 PM
I decided to let Muckhole generously buy this for me, I must join in the festivities of vagina bombs
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 01, 2015, 03:29:15 PM
I decided to let Muckhole generously buy this for me, I must join in the festivities of vagina bombs

#rippazthx4theshrapnel
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on September 01, 2015, 04:17:27 PM
ie the opening something you'll be able to skip thru easily on replays?

You can skip the cut scenes, but not some "gameplay" parts.

I know cause I watched my brother play it first, and then when I did my save I skipped everything I could. Shaved off like 35 minutes but it was still around 20 minutes of nothing.

I don't mind this because going by Ground Zeroes, the game is way too long to speed run in a normal metal gear manner. Instead speed runs will be about S-ranking each mission and finishing them as fast you can now. Are all missions ranked like GZ? Can I go for S-ranks?

Positive you shouldn't worry about it. The missions come on a drop down, and you can replay them any time, as far as I know.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 01, 2015, 04:29:11 PM
I haven't got one yet but the missions are definitely ranked. Best score so far for me is A.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: demi on September 01, 2015, 04:34:57 PM
There are achievements for getting S ranks on every mission
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Himu on September 01, 2015, 04:35:56 PM
So the missions ARE replayable like in GZ. Yeah, it's fine.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on September 01, 2015, 04:52:58 PM
ok that sounds fine. and judging by wraths other comment about skipping chapters,  it sounds like it might be possible to find clever routes to speedrun the entire game.  we'll see.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 01, 2015, 05:29:12 PM
Playing the 360 version.

The Prologue is long winded but its like 30-40 minutes, after that there's almost no training wheels for gameplay stuff besides the really quick motherbase tutorial after rescuing Kaz. Gameplay wise after the prologue, this shit is pretty dope. A lot of people moaned about this not having MGS styled gameplay, but the main missions and free roam stuff feels like constant infiltration, you feel like an agent on the move constantly and getting shit done. You're doing shit Big Boss and Solid Snake would do outside their known story beats. 

People have criticized the open world aspects being too empty, but the extra space helps with planning tenfold. You're able to peruse the perimeter without getting your ass hounded by apeshit guards. And I don't feel like traversal is that much of a chore compared to a other open world games, the open world itself isn't that large either. Big and spacious when it comes to stealthing around, but not so big that it feels like you're doing nothing for long periods of time.

I believe any main missions can be replayed after you first complete them. Side ops can't be replayed. Missions are meant to be replayed to get higher grades, you barely have any equipment at the start of the game. I'm playing with most visual aides off and reflex mode off, not killing dudes, getting B on the main missions thus far.

In short, a pretty dope game with a long winded intro but shit opens up quick.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on September 01, 2015, 07:21:24 PM
Not gonna lie, its pretty intimidating. I forget that supply drops are a thing half the time and run around without a tranq suppressor way more often that I should.  :lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: demi on September 01, 2015, 07:23:28 PM
This game has a 2-3 week wait on amazon... well i guess muckhole can preorder me something else instead
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 01, 2015, 08:36:49 PM
This game has a 2-3 week wait on amazon... well i guess muckhole can preorder me something else instead

He can pre-order your dick in his ass while you wait.  :-*
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 01, 2015, 10:15:37 PM
Just got a S rank on a main mission by ordering the helicopter pilot to land right on top of the objectives and then destroying the objectives with a minigun while murdering a bunch of dudes at the camp.

 :neogaf :lawd


Being allowed to murder dudes and still get high grades to due a really fast clear time is satisfying.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on September 01, 2015, 10:19:48 PM
https://youtu.be/P8RCD2KAbX4

(http://i.imgur.com/NIixQ3C.jpg)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 01, 2015, 10:20:53 PM
Yeah, I felt the same with GZ. It's the first time since MGS1 where I kill guys willingly but only because I have to sometimes. The extraction mission is easy when killing them, for instance. But when I extract them it makes me feel like a bad gamer, so I end up killing them anyways.

So far in V, the AI is so ruthless that I'm killing them because I feel like I need to in order to succeed.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 01, 2015, 10:59:42 PM
Playing MGS V without markers or enemies being marked makes shit a lot more tense. Amount of challenge is perfect, and the rate you unlock stuff is paced well.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 01, 2015, 11:02:52 PM
Also, I've probably put around four hours into the game since the prologue and there have been around 10-20 minutes of cutscenes. Showing how Big Boss builds motherbase up with actual gameplay rather than direct exposition is refreshing to say the least. Kiefer is a pretty decent voice actor, comes of as being natural.

Big Boss talks a lot less in cutscenes, which I would view as neither a positive or negative.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 02, 2015, 12:00:38 AM
I am totally ok with Jack Bauer voicing Snake, the other guy was so gravelly and ridiculous I couldn't take it seriously

CRAB BATTLE
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on September 02, 2015, 12:09:10 AM
Only played past the intro and to the part where you unlock the base... game seems extremely complicated so far (I haven't played PW and only played a bit of Ground Zeroes) but still really cool. The controls are pretty smooth (though I hate holding down on the analog stick to run), graphics are stunning... will have to play some more to see how things go.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 02, 2015, 12:30:26 AM
Only played past the intro and to the part where you unlock the base... game seems extremely complicated so far (I haven't played PW and only played a bit of Ground Zeroes) but still really cool. The controls are pretty smooth (though I hate holding down on the analog stick to run), graphics are stunning... will have to play some more to see how things go.

Uh... it's click to sprint. You don't ever have to hold it to sprint.

(Nor should you really be sprinting anyway outside of open areas, and even then you should have Diamond Horse right now for covering those distances)

My problem right now is finding minerals/materials to increase Mother Base. I hope getting the Spy/Intel team will fix this and the flower hunting because those could get annoying really fast having to go around the entire map to find non-depleted areas until the ones you already took respawn. >:|
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 02, 2015, 01:43:12 AM
Kaz sounds like he's about to cry on the Origin of Diamond Dogs tape. Staying loyal to something indeed bro  :'(
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 02, 2015, 02:13:04 AM
Played through the prologue. Yep, it's a Kojima game.

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i kept thinking that it would've been cool if the psycho mantis and fiery Volgin dudes were actually there to rescue you.
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 02, 2015, 02:52:54 AM
Cool feeling pulling a prisoner out on your back in a fairly big base camp in broad daylight with no alerts.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 02, 2015, 02:57:57 AM
What about the grind ? There's definitely options that have a mandatory paywall (every FOB beyond the first). Is someone far enough to see how bad the farming get ?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 02, 2015, 04:54:34 AM
What about the grind ? There's definitely options that have a mandatory paywall (every FOB beyond the first). Is someone far enough to see how bad the farming get ?

Single player seems good when it comes to unlock pacing. You'll probably have to grind to max level gear, but that's the case for most games with RPG elements.

For example, by the 10th story mission you'd earn 150,000 GMP per mission. Besides story missions, there's side ops that are netting me 80,000 points on completion. Level 2 & 3 gear ranges from 80,000 GMP to 120,000 GMP, there are six tiers of gear. Tons of diamonds laying everywhere in the game, which will usually net you 10,000 GMP or 100,000 GMP per diamond.

I've had around 300,000 - 800,000 GMP for the past few hours. You have to find resources as well, but if you comb all the areas you go through, resources shouldn't be a problem either.
 

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 02, 2015, 11:03:21 AM
Yeah, going through the bases for Materials help. GMP is so easy to get that people worrying about grind are overblowing it a little. You can interrogate enemies for diamonds that'll jump GMP. Or fulton them, animals, and (once you get the upgrades) equipment to sell for GMP as well. It's really the Materials that'll be the frustrating bit while you upgrade your "material increased on gain" support ability to jump that up.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 02, 2015, 04:04:35 PM
Game seems ok so far. The open world seems pretty pointless though. The episode structure is kind of stupid and just makes everything feel disjointed. Feels like the missions won't be anything special and I already hate the PW infused bullshit of R&D weapon leveling. Hopefully the next Metal Gear just does away with that bullshit.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: demi on September 02, 2015, 04:16:51 PM
he thinks theres gonna be a new metal gear
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 02, 2015, 04:22:49 PM
There will be. They already have said they started staffing up for it. It probably wont be as big or grand as this one and it won't be by Kojima, but that's a positive in my book. Kojima hasn't made a good MGS since 3.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 02, 2015, 06:17:18 PM
Silent Hill and Castlevania sure ended up peachy when older creative talent left or weren't allowed to work on what they wanted to work on.
 :hitler

This game fucking rocks. Kojima and his team made a MGS game revolving only around gameplay just about. Feels like MGS universe lore combined with Hitman mission freedom, with entirely new gameplay mechanics for the stealth genre.

MGSV is the best game Kojima has worked on. Does it have the best MGS story and awesome trappings? No. Is it a blast to play for hours on end? Yup.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: archie4208 on September 02, 2015, 06:18:58 PM
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I beat Quiet and spent the next 15 minutes listening to crappy 80s music in her cell.
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GOTY
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 02, 2015, 06:57:28 PM
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(http://i.imgur.com/KfjwOSA.png)
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 02, 2015, 07:32:33 PM
MGSV. The MGS for people who don't actually like MGS.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: archie4208 on September 02, 2015, 07:38:53 PM
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 02, 2015, 07:44:34 PM
MGSV. The MGS for people who don't actually like MGS.

MGS5: The MGS for people that like MGS and hate bullshit cutscene lengths, more like.

MGS3 > MGS1 > MGS5 > MGS:PW >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MGS2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Taking a dump > MGS4
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 02, 2015, 08:19:34 PM
MGSV. The MGS for people who don't actually like MGS.

 :heh
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 02, 2015, 08:21:20 PM
If I had to rank all the games including MGS V

1. MGS2
2. MGS V
3. MGS3
4. MGS1
5. Ground Zeroes
6. Peace Walker
7. Metal Gear 2
8. Metal Gear 1
999. MGS4

MGS1 is still an awesome game, but the stealth parts of the game have almost no depth. MGS1 is essentially the best boss rush mode extended into a rad as fuck melodramatic military thriller. MGS2 has my favorite storytelling, themes, and dialog in the series, however it has awkward as fuck writing and fucked pacing. Still my favorite in the series though. The gameplay additions from MGS1 to MGS2 were pretty significant as well. 

MGS3 is the goofiest game in the series. Subsistence's new camera made the game a lot more enjoyable versus the original release. Some of the best boss fights in the series with the dumbest boss designs in the franchise. Volgin being such a shitbag made him a fun villain. Great additions to stealthing around. MGS3 in general is a really fun game in spirit, pacing towards the end is phenomenal.

MGS V has made open world/sandbox games feel new again. This doesn't follow the GTA3 formula whatsoever, whereas almost every open world game ever revolves around going to a mission marker, being given tools to use for very specific circumstances, rinse and repeat.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 02, 2015, 08:30:33 PM
MGSV. The MGS for people who don't actually like MGS.

If that's the case, this is an excellent game with some of the best design and mechanical decisions made for open world games and stealth games. If micromanaging for two to five minutes spurts after running around and doing shit for an hour bothers you, and is enough to tank the game when it comes to gameplay, that's pretty petty.

If you wanted a typical revenge story that has six hours of cutscenes, then I guess that would be more legitimate. 
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 02, 2015, 08:32:23 PM
A legit problem with the game is ambiguous checkpointing. I've had to redo shit that I wasn't expecting to redo because of reloading a checkpoint.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 02, 2015, 10:26:45 PM
Revengeance has 10-15 min long codec conversations. It's a metal gear game.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 02, 2015, 10:53:34 PM
MGS3/MGS2
MGS1
Reveangence





MGS5






Trash

Portable Ops












POS






4 and PW

My rankings.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 02, 2015, 11:22:51 PM
When it comes to GMP, you have to really fuck up hard to be broke or to go into the red. I'm sitting on 900,000 GMP after doing all the side ops that come my way, I've completed around 11 story missions. Multiple groups (R&D, support, intel, ect.) are at 2/4 bases built at motherbase.

Just completed a mission where I rode on horseback with a rocket launcher blowing up APCs with this blasting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZ3Qhn5dW8
 :lawd

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on September 03, 2015, 12:08:25 AM
I love doing side ops cause i try my absolute best to keep kills at 0 while doing the main ops, but since you aren't scored on side ops i can just unleash my inner rambo and headshot every fucker in my path (after checking to see what their stats are).

I love using explosives in this game. Even just putting C4 on a random harmless thing just to blow it up later and make every guard go check it out and leave me alone is a good use of an explosion, and it doesn't count as an alert like it would in previous games.  :lawd
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 03, 2015, 05:01:51 AM
MGSV. The MGS for people who don't actually like MGS.

If that's the case, this is an excellent game with some of the best design and mechanical decisions made for open world games and stealth games. If micromanaging for two to five minutes spurts after running around and doing shit for an hour bothers you, and is enough to tank the game when it comes to gameplay, that's pretty petty.

If you wanted a typical revenge story that has six hours of cutscenes, then I guess that would be more legitimate.
Well yes I wanted an actual Metal Gear game with fun characters and engaging story.

Here for instance the boss battles are pretty boring. No memorable characters or real intersting ideas in them.

The story feels nonexistent and pointless at that. This is like the one Metal Gear game where I feel like nothing is happening and the one actual twist is one of the worst in there series. Even the garbage in MGS4 felt actually eventful.

You call it petty, but I find disliking the entire Mother Base stuff to be pretty logical. it's boring, tedious, and encourages repetitive and unimaginative gameplay. It's even worse here than in PW because now I have more resources I have to grind just so I can develop fucking anti shake pills for my Sniper Rifle. Past MGS would just give me that when I actually needed it, not this guessing game that  this one offers.

This is a terrible open world game. The open world is so pointless. I'm not sure why this game is open world. The episode strucutre and constant return to MB disconects the open world to me. I see no reason to explore it and because of how you deploy my focus just becomes on the area of the mission. A linear game with open levels like say Hitman could have achieved the same thing. All the open world does is create tedious land to wade through. I also feel in the end the missions all play out the same and the game is missing amazing variety in senerio design and set pieces because of it. A linear MGS would not lack those.

I just don't like this game and hate how my favorite series has gone to crap with this game not bunking that trend.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 03, 2015, 06:42:53 AM
I found your PSN profile since its the same as your username, and you completed the prologue and took over an outpost right after the prologue based on trophies. Sounds like you're complaining about things you haven't reached or done yet :lol

I was assuming you were sorta full of shit based on your boss battle point (since boss fights are spread sparingly throughout this game, which is around 30-40 hours long). Wasn't really looking for a gotcha moment, just wanted to see if your criticism was legit or not.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 03, 2015, 06:57:55 AM
I've watched all of the boss battles and all of them look terrible, plus none of them are actual talking characters.

No I probably won't be playing 30 plus hours of it since the first 5 hours is already as terrible as PW.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 03, 2015, 09:23:06 AM
In this thread: Rah whines while the rest of us enjoy the game.

What else is new? Don't even bother engaging him, Morma.

(since boss fights are spread sparingly throughout this game, which is around 30-40 hours long).

Is it? I'm taking my time and just finished the 6th mission at like 12 hours.  :lol :lol :lol :lol :'( Doing side-ops and upgrading things before tackling the main missions feel good. You can get some really powerful stuff.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: demi on September 03, 2015, 09:48:32 AM
Metal Gear Ghost Babel > Metal Gear Acid > Metal Gear Acid 2 > all the rest who cares
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 03, 2015, 11:43:03 AM
In this thread: Rah whines while the rest of us enjoy the game.

What else is new? Don't even bother engaging him, Morma.


Its like the opposite of every other bore related video game thread then. Where I actually enjoy games while everyone hates on them cynically!

But you like PW so you're clearly open to this game's crap.

But yes I'm sorry for intrupting the GAFesque circle jerk. I thought this forum was supposed to be better about dissenting opinions. Guess not.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 03, 2015, 12:55:19 PM
How do you set a song for your helicopter to play when it comes in? I got the speaker but not sure what to do next.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 03, 2015, 12:55:40 PM
A legit problem with the game is ambiguous checkpointing. I've had to redo shit that I wasn't expecting to redo because of reloading a checkpoint.

This is annoying as fuck. I wish the game would just let you save on your own.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 03, 2015, 01:12:39 PM
How do you set a song for your helicopter to play when it comes in? I got the speaker but not sure what to do next.

When you go into cassettes and select any music, there should be a prompt for it to be used on a helicopter. So hover over the song you want and the prompt should be on the bottom of the screen.

You can also set a song or a list of songs to repeat during gameplay by pressing right trigger while something is playing and going through the walkman settings.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 03, 2015, 02:09:59 PM
I'm on episode 14 now, Africa feels a lot different than Afghanistan.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 03, 2015, 03:27:23 PM
racist  :wag
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 03, 2015, 05:16:04 PM
Don't own the game and haven't played it yet so I have no real comments.

One funny thing I've noticed either via youtube or twitch is that a lot of casuals have picked up the game because of the hype or prestige and they are struggling and sucking and hating the game.
 
That says nothing about the quality of the game. I just find it funny when casuals get themselves into these situations.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 03, 2015, 06:47:29 PM
you get fultoned
you get fultoned
you get fultoned
you get fultoned
you get fultoned
you get fultoned
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 03, 2015, 07:27:29 PM
One funny thing I've noticed either via youtube or twitch is that a lot of casuals have picked up the game because of the hype or prestige and they are struggling and sucking and hating the game.

Everyone telling them "nahhhhh you don't really need to play the previous games" gets a :wag from me. There's a reason this is the "5th" of the main series.

In other things:

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KOJIMAAAAAAAAAA.  :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 03, 2015, 10:44:39 PM
Knew that my current mission ended with a skulls battle. I fultoned a few tanks earlier when doing side ops, decided to use a tank.

I destroyed all the APCs that were meant to protect the truck I had to steal. The transport truck was still in hiding an waiting for the APCs to escort the cargo. I raided an outpost with my tank and Quiet as my buddy, found intel that ended up being useless, Kaz said that himself. As of now, I have no clue what should happen or if I failed the mission.

The driver of the truck radios in and says his protection never showed up, a different guard gave him the go ahead and to proceed without protection.

The truck wasn't marked anywhere on my map. So I decided to send Quiet scouting at different places in the mission area. After she infiltrated almost every point in the mission area, I get lucky and she finally scouts out the truck. The truck was in the middle of the map, so I raced my tank ahead of it. The truck stopped at a heavily guarded outpost. I blew up a watchtower and the driver panicked and drove towards me.

The skulls pop out, I blast them with the tank and easily clear the battle. Got in the transport truck and exfiltrated out.

S rank.

 :lawd
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 04, 2015, 12:30:20 AM
what the fuck happened in the prologue

Some of that shit kinda dragged on. Like being a cripple.
Sure it makes sense but, I don't want to spend 20 minutes of watching my character struggle to stay conscious and ooze around on the floor.

Yeah, whole lotta wtf. Like floaty fucks motivation and the demon that reks helicopters but is bested by sprinklers.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 04, 2015, 01:10:57 AM
That was your "boss" battle. Rocket a bunch of people as you dodge their sword slash. That was pretty boring. Can Kojima not create inventive boss battles anymore?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 04, 2015, 01:18:19 AM
Lel
Somehow I got QTE prompts for those fucks and you subsequently do a one shot counter attack on them.

Really made them a lot more silly.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: benjipwns on September 04, 2015, 01:24:25 AM
No idea if these have any real spoilers, but apparently the speaker upgrade for the chopper is essential according to people I know who have been playing the game:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrXAy4m3bkI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aGKA_3JXfU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiHR2LJxxX4
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 04, 2015, 02:46:13 AM
one of the first things i did
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 04, 2015, 12:23:32 PM
First Africa mission I went through super stealthy, felt like a badass, then a guy saw me through the floor of a grating like an amateur and the thing I was hiding behind blew up.

Second time through I carpet bombed the place with air strikes and my rocket launcher and had a great time, still got a B rank.

This game rocks.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: demi on September 04, 2015, 12:50:52 PM
Game is back in stock on Amazon I guess, ordered one.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 04, 2015, 01:22:44 PM
First Africa mission I went through super stealthy, felt like a badass, then a guy saw me through the floor of a grating like an amateur and the thing I was hiding behind blew up.

Second time through I carpet bombed the place with air strikes and my rocket launcher and had a great time, still got a B rank.

This game rocks.

Do the sidemissions with no fucks given. Smoke the enemy, they get stunned. Proceed to freight train sprint up and CQC slam all of them in a chain. :lawd
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 04, 2015, 01:43:40 PM
The twin barrel hunting shotgun has versions/upgrades that give it the same effective range as assault rifles 

:leon

Gun customization can change how a gun can be used entirely. I got the Bambetov sniper rifle, which is a semi automatic sniper rifle that took .308 ammo. .308 magazines only hold 8 rounds and you get a total of 42 rounds of ammo.

I switched out .308 ammo with 7.62mm ammo, which means I now have 20 round magazines and a total of 210 rounds of ammo. The only setback is I have less penetration power, but the penetration is still way better than any assault rifle, along with having triple the damage and a lot more range.

Mission 18 is pretty rad.

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Escorting a group of African child soldiers through combat was pretty tense  :brazilcry
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 04, 2015, 05:18:39 PM
WAT @ Quiet's backstory. :lol :lol :lol :lol Oh, Kojima... this is too out there even for you.

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I'll allow it for that sweet sweet tranq sniper long-range support. :lawd
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 04, 2015, 05:26:58 PM
Is there any real point to playing this game stealthy? It seems like it's much easier to go guns blazing since the controls work, enemies won't get back up, and all together they aren't hard to kill.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: archie4208 on September 04, 2015, 05:39:56 PM
S ranks
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 04, 2015, 05:47:42 PM
Is there any real point to playing this game stealthy? It seems like it's much easier to go guns blazing since the controls work, enemies won't get back up, and all together they aren't hard to kill.

maybe some ppl like playing it stealthy
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 04, 2015, 09:11:57 PM
http://warisboring.com/articles/the-true-story-of-metal-gear-solids-fulton-recovery-system/
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 04, 2015, 10:46:35 PM
Going through Mission 21 in a Rush. :lawd Dolphin Diving errywhere to avoid the sniper. Only fuck up was against the VIP's where I had to clear a few army dudes around them to extract them but once done BAM. Easy.

Mission 22 pretty much an offline Dark Souls.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 04, 2015, 10:48:19 PM
MGSV intro is everything wrong about modern experience gaming. Lots of bloat, lots of action without saying one damned thing important after an hour of clock time, that could have literally been handled with a five minute cutscene. "But it lets you EXPERIENCE it!" No. Hanging on to dear life and crawling on the floor and being interrupted with something every few seconds is not fun nor is it an enlightening game experience. The superpower and supernatural stuff in the intro, too, are fucking awful and come off like a bad anime. Replay any MGS 1-3 intro, and aside from MGS2 Ocelot hand thing, they are all understated "this is a sneaking mission" thin that gives you a reason to sneak. Going from Ground Zeroes' straight forward storytelling and complete lack of hokey pretension and going to TPP's intro is like night and day. Like what the fuck.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 04, 2015, 11:29:21 PM
S ranks
Do those unlock anything? Do the "bossess" drop special stuff if you don't kill them? Are there any special things you get for not killing anyone? Is it just scores? Because at this point I might as well just go loud and speed this game up. Though I guess I still have to capture people in order to avoid grinding and to have stuff. So much for options.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 05, 2015, 12:20:09 AM
complaining about this shit when the only glaring flaw the game has is that you can't fucking manual save.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 05, 2015, 01:15:23 AM
Lol what the fuck kind of open world design is this game?

So most of Afghan is rock mountain which means traversing is extra annoying because you constantly run into literal walls. So you have to run around making traversal even more tedious since this games fast travel involves awesome waiting and loading.

But you don't even have D Hoarse if you decide to use any other buddy, making travel even more of a pain. Of coarse while just walking your bound to run in the Far Cry 2 esque respwaning bases. Which means you either have to fight them, stealth through them, or just run and pray.

Great open world here.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 05, 2015, 03:52:53 AM
Fultons and mother base and resources are great. Mother base is empty, but who cares? The real meat is collecting soldiers and unlocking new r&d. Futons are in all practical sense the new dog tag. :bow

Went through Phantom Limbs again and got that S. No achievement? :(
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 05, 2015, 02:10:12 PM
Ranking Metal Gear? I missed it.

1. MGS2 Substance - until MGSV, had the best gameplay flow and gameplay period. VR missions, Snakes Tales, Euro Extreme, dog tags, scissors 61.
2. MGS: Ghost Babel - nails everything from story to gameplay.
3. VR MISSIONS - holy fuck
4. MGS3 Subsistence - best story in the series, The End is the best boss fight in a 3d game. Game would be the best in the series of it did not have camo index and injury healing, which hamper the game and slow things to a stupid crawl and isn't fun to replay.
5. Regular Mgs2
6. Regular mgs3
7. Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake - is essentially MGS1 in 2d. The direction and cinematic feeling is ahead of its time. Has excellent design and builds upon everything MG1 laid out. The perfect sequel.
8. MGS1 - the most special MG in my heart. Has the best cast, the best script, VR missions are basic but good, memorable boss battles, best location in the series but the shooting and stuff haven't aged too well and it feels primitive compared to later stealth games. While it may not be the best MG, it's still my favorite due to the memories and for changing my ideas on what a game could be in 1998.
9. MG1 - not much to say, but it feels ancient now.
10. Twin Snakes - not terrible as people say but still not as optimal as the original MGS. Still good if you're an MGS1 fan for the harder modes and dogtags.

MGS4 does not exist. I did not play Peace Walker beyond the awful demo (lol aiming with face buttons) on psp because my faith in Metal Gear, a series I played the shit out of (see above) betrayed me. :brazilcry
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 05, 2015, 02:47:20 PM
Went through Phantom Limbs again and got that S. No achievement? :(

There's an achievement for that? There's only an achievement if you do ALL the side-objectives for the main missions. I haven't done that yet since I'm trying to get the Sleep Gas grenades but given how advanced the enemy is now that I've done like 50% of the Side Ops, that's probably not a worthy goal anymore.  :lol :lol :lol :'(
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on September 05, 2015, 02:51:25 PM
you can tell how young an mgs fan is by how high they place 2
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 05, 2015, 02:54:01 PM
???


Went through Phantom Limbs again and got that S. No achievement? :(

There's an achievement for that? There's only an achievement if you do ALL the side-objectives for the main missions. I haven't done that yet since I'm trying to get the Sleep Gas grenades but given how advanced the enemy is now that I've done like 50% of the Side Ops, that's probably not a worthy goal anymore.  :lol :lol :lol :'(

Thought there would be a achievement for getting an S period.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 05, 2015, 03:05:13 PM
Nah, it's for all main-ops.

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  • Accomplished - Complete all missions.
  • Executed - Complete all mission tasks.
  • Elite - Complete all missions with an S rank.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 05, 2015, 06:16:27 PM
MGS V on last gen consoles is one of the most inconsistent open world games I've played, when it comes to visuals and performance. Some areas literally look like something out of a PS1/PS2 game, mainly if you zoom in a horizon. Other areas look really detailed and some of the best stuff a 360/ps3 could accomplish. Framerate in some areas is stuttery as fuck, while in others it seems to run at a consistent 30 FPS.

As of now, MGS V and Street Fighter V are the only games I really want a current gen console for. Can't wait to play this in 60 FPS somewhere down the line. The leap will be like MGS3 on PS2 to MGS3 HD running at 60 FPS.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Barry Egan on September 05, 2015, 07:48:34 PM
lol Rahx throw a toilet tantrum over this game is hilarious.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 05, 2015, 09:07:37 PM
How do I manage my staff and make sure morale is high? Also, how do I get lots of resources?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 05, 2015, 09:35:06 PM
If you click in the right analog stick while in staff management you get the option of the game automatically placing people in that unit or for all units. Early on getting everybody you bump into matters. Let the game sort everybody for you or sort people right as you get them. Eventually you upgrade your binoculars so they scan the rankings and skills soldiers have.

The more you play/the more groups get upgraded the talent pool of soldiers changes, eventually you don't want to extract people that have E or D ranks. I've done a shitload of side ops so all my units are in mid 20's or mid 30's when it comes to unit level, so now I fulton soldiers that have B or A ranks instead of fultoning random dudes.

Its also worth noting that I heard if your unit is full, fultoning a solider that has a better rank for that unit will automatically cause the lowest ranked soldier to be dismissed and the higher rank solider replaces them. This is seemingly true, at least in my experience. 

For resources, pick up everything you see when you go into outposts or bases. Eventually you upgrade the fulton so you can extract those huge shipping containers. Once you reach that point, periodically go to a big base somewhere on the map that has tons of those containers and extract all of them. Make sure you have at least 200,000 or 300,000 GMP when you do this though, as fultoning one container costs 10,000 GMP. 
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 05, 2015, 09:45:47 PM
How do I manage my staff and make sure morale is high? Also, how do I get lots of resources?

go to your base and run past the dudes to increase morale
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 05, 2015, 10:05:19 PM
If I Fulton a lot of people and then go to abort mission do I keep the people I sent up?  :)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 05, 2015, 10:11:22 PM
Its 50/50 on that. Until you see the message about what was recovered at motherbase, the extraction won't count until you trigger a checkpoint of any kind. Also if you go into iDroid, it'll say fulton in progress on the bottom right of the screen if they haven't reached motherbase yet. So you have to either wait or trigger some sort of checkpoint for it to count for sure.

When it comes to aborting the mission and it counting, if you get the message about them getting there or reach a checkpoint, it should count. Not sure though, you'd have to test it.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 05, 2015, 10:33:22 PM
So if you go on a Fulton run or whatever you can't just do that and then abort and have your shit? You have to actually successfully complete the mission? Big oversight on a game stressing replaying missions as much as this. Chalk that up as another flaw. More of a nitpick, but a big one.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 05, 2015, 11:54:28 PM
So if you go on a Fulton run or whatever you can't just do that and then abort and have your shit? You have to actually successfully complete the mission? Big oversight on a game stressing replaying missions as much as this. Chalk that up as another flaw. More of a nitpick, but a big one.

No, you don't have to complete the mission. If you go on a fulton run, like he said: It's 50/50 if you quit before the "fulton recovery" happens. You either 1) wait around or 2) chance it. Most of the time the guards will count. But now and then they won't. It's better to wait until the "fulton recovery" in the iDroid is done before quitting.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 05, 2015, 11:59:04 PM
Also while I was running around in the sandbox between missions and traveling on the ground instead of ACC'ing to the next side-op...

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 :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol Two Hyena's came in and killed the two guards that were about to notice me. The guards shot one of them (while the one killed a guard) and I killed the remaining after the Hyena that was still standing was about to notice me.  :lol :lol :lol :lol This game at times. I think I only saw that once in Assassin's Creed 3 where there was an achievement for it. I hope I can trick the guards into running into Wolves and a Bear later on.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 06, 2015, 12:05:49 AM
Did A Heroes Way. Time was ASAP I think. It was night time and then a sandstorm started. Using this to take a chance I went straight for the radio tower to get a vantage point. Shot the light out because sandstorms cause deafness. He heard it and called in. They sent a patrol of four guys to my location to see wtf was up. So I knocked him out, fultoned him, then when the four went in looking for him I threw a smoke nade, they fell for it, and I knocked them all out one after the other before the smoke cleared. Then I fultoned THEM. At this point, the sun started to rise and I still hasn't accomplished my mission, so I went in, scouted, knocked out everyone, then fultoned my target in broad daylight. Then I rode out with the sun rising while on horseback.

GOTY.

Didn't get an S because of time (18 minutes) but I got pure stealth, no kills A rank on my first time.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 06, 2015, 12:13:36 AM
I did a "rescue the prisoner" side op in Africa and hyenas/something attacked and killed the few guards that were there.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 06, 2015, 12:38:19 AM
I did the extract the Russian interpreter side op and when he got there it said the landing killed him...
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 06, 2015, 12:43:02 AM
http://gfycat.com/PleasingClassicCow

(http://i.imgur.com/QkMN2MY.gif)

You don't deserve this game, Rah.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 06, 2015, 01:12:14 AM
lol Rahx throw a toilet tantrum over this game is hilarious.
I don't see what the problem is. I just think the game has a lot of problems and elements that I dislike. And seeing as how this is my favorite series....
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 06, 2015, 02:12:58 AM
Eh, Wahx is right about a few things.
Terrain being one of them.

How do I manage my staff and make sure morale is high? Also, how do I get lots of resources?

Alternatively. Smoke a Phantom Cigar on the deck to raise morale without running around.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 06, 2015, 02:15:54 AM
I'm not sure what people expect with the terrain. Were you expecting bustling cities?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 06, 2015, 02:19:30 AM
Getting around can be annoying as your character won't climb.

With regards to a lively open world, there really wasn't a point since there doesn't seem to be anything to explore. Just locations to tackle for various missions.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 06, 2015, 03:13:29 AM
You need to navigate via roads in Afghanistan. Africa is completely different, its essentially a gigantic field with hills and mounds.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 06, 2015, 03:43:10 AM
Getting around can be annoying as your character won't climb.

With regards to a lively open world, there really wasn't a point since there doesn't seem to be anything to explore. Just locations to tackle for various missions.

There's nothing to explore but you have to traverse it though. It creates more possibilities for emegent situations.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 06, 2015, 04:39:18 AM
Just built my sneaking suit  :-*

Just went back to mother base and caught Ocelot training soldiers and giving the same speech Boss did in MGS3 about engravings giviing no tactical advantage and forgetting what hollywood taught you

:lawd
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 06, 2015, 12:47:10 PM
I need MGSV gifs.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 06, 2015, 01:29:31 PM
Just built my sneaking suit  :-*

Just went back to mother base and caught Ocelot training soldiers and giving the same speech Boss did in MGS3 about engravings giviing no tactical advantage and forgetting what hollywood taught you

:lawd
Yeah that was an awesome scene. Then I listened to the tape about Quiet where he said that Quiet deserves to be treated with respect because shes a human. All in his strange texas sheriff voice. I was like is this the same torture master?

Ocelot really sucks in this game. His character makes no sense and he just feels boring with none of the little quirks he had in the previous games.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 06, 2015, 04:07:24 PM
Ocelot has sucked since 2. He was good in 3 but that was whatever. Not sure why anyone would have any expectations for the characters or story after mgs4.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 06, 2015, 06:43:30 PM
You need to navigate via roads in Afghanistan. Africa is completely different, its essentially a gigantic field with hills and mounds.

Yeah, which makes it an annoyance to get anywhere without lengthy chokepoint paths. Loop de loop around the map to get where you want.
Got to Africa, much better. I can approach from way more directions that just a narrow road.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 06, 2015, 06:53:31 PM
eh there's usually at least one path in afghanistan to each base that isn't immediately clear to you because you have to climb or go through some tiny pass to get to an overlook
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 06, 2015, 07:03:44 PM
Reading the map really well reveals hidden off the main paths that you can reach.

These paths are hard to find and that's the way they should be. It should take effort to find better vantage points.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 06, 2015, 08:33:14 PM
https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/3jwy5z/why_are_there_so_many_white_soldiers_in_africa/

(http://i.imgur.com/4NVLDqS.gif)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 06, 2015, 09:08:44 PM
Mission 6 is better than the entirety of MGS4; no hyperbole.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 06, 2015, 09:53:36 PM
Mission 6 is better than the entirety of MGS4; no hyperbole.

Haha took forever to do, just dragged my ass the whole time then I ended up resupplying at the worst possible moment. Ended up going loud for the last third of it but still came out with a B rank and a new animal rating of Fox.

Got 22 headshots that mission
 :yeshrug


You became a demon for such little weapons as that?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 06, 2015, 09:57:48 PM
Mission 6 is better than the entirety of MGS4; no hyperbole.

Haha took forever to do, just dragged my ass the whole time then I ended up resupplying at the worst possible moment. Ended up going loud for the last third of it but still came out with a B rank and a new animal rating of Fox.

Got 22 headshots that mission
 :yeshrug


You became a demon for such little weapons as that?

"Guest starring"
Brings every mission down because you're never surprised by mission enemies.
Definitely for 6. Would have been great if you weren't expecting the special folks.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 06, 2015, 10:07:07 PM
How come each mission has a dumb credit roll and tells you the cast anyways?

Also how do I resupply? I nearly ran out of tranquilizer bullets.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 06, 2015, 10:10:26 PM
Cause Kojima is an egomaniac who wants to make movies.
Hence why in the credit the name you see for longest and that has its own page is Kojima.

Either throw resupply frags or use your Ipod and look over the options in the tab where you call in helicopters. Should be support options.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 06, 2015, 10:11:06 PM
Resupply frag?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 06, 2015, 10:12:48 PM
Look in the development tree.

I think it is actually a flare. It is equipment you can equip to replenish equippables. Make sure to equip it in the equipment slots.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on September 07, 2015, 12:16:58 AM
If you complete a side-ops mission, i.e. extract a prisoner... but then die before getting back to a safe point, do you still get the rescued prisoner in your base?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 07, 2015, 12:26:13 AM
If you complete a side-ops mission, i.e. extract a prisoner... but then die before getting back to a safe point, do you still get the rescued prisoner in your base?

I believe as long as you get that text update on the left side of the screen you got them.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 07, 2015, 01:41:19 AM
Mission X is better than the entirety of MGS4; no hyperbole.

FTFY. You're welcome.

MGS4. :kobeyuck

If you complete a side-ops mission, i.e. extract a prisoner... but then die before getting back to a safe point, do you still get the rescued prisoner in your base?

Like Toku said: If it said you extracted and you got the Yellow Rewards/GMP: Then yes. You can also see on the top-right that the Side Op is complete. That prisoner will count because the game auto-saves on Side Op/Main Op completion.

frags? Just use the iDroid, that's what I do and it's pretty easy.

He means the resupply flare which is like the helicopter flare: Useful if you're in a rush and busy fighting without needing to use the iDroid. I dunno if the resupply flare allows you to change weapons like the iDroid drop request does, but IIRC it'll resupply ammo and fultons like the iDroids "fulton/ammo" drop.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 07, 2015, 04:32:40 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/1a6aC02.jpg)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 07, 2015, 08:30:45 AM
So this game is basically an expanded MGS: Peace Walker in terms of base building and research/upgrades? Also "open world" zones where you go around completing mini side missions like finding intel, rescuing people, etc? Then there's also main missions that move the story along? Also the story is subdued and BB doesn't speak much.

Is that a decent reduction of this game?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: archie4208 on September 07, 2015, 08:34:47 AM
Nail on head.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 07, 2015, 11:33:02 AM
I'm only echoing the remarks of a gun nut acquaintance there but it seems somewhat valid: he is really let down by how few the game captures its setting material wise. Lots of fictional guns compared to previous entries and very futuristic hardware overall. MGS3 was great at that even though it took some liberties (the flying platforms or the M16 prototype were somewhat period accurate, the Hind was pretty egregious though). The setting of V is so science fictiony that it's not really consistent with the period or even with some of the other games. To be fair, given the whole ubiquitous New World Order the plot peddles since 2, the USA / USSR existence itself in this universe seems pretty meaningless.

Minor point but curious if someone had any opinion on that.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 07, 2015, 01:06:03 PM
I'm only echoing the remarks of a gun nut acquaintance there but it seems somewhat valid: he is really let down by how few the game captures its setting material wise. Lots of fictional guns compared to previous entries and very futuristic hardware overall. MGS3 was great at that even though it took some liberties (the flying platforms or the M16 prototype were somewhat period accurate, the Hind was pretty egregious though). The setting of V is so science fictiony that it's not really consistent with the period or even with some of the other games. To be fair, given the whole ubiquitous New World Order the plot peddles since 2, the USA / USSR existence itself in this universe seems pretty meaningless.

Minor point but curious if someone had any opinion on that.

He's right. I dunno if they let go of the weapon research team (which was a big deal in MGS4's development videos IIRC) or what, but yeah: with the iDroid and other science-fiction stuff, I guess Kojima was like "yeah making real guns is too much work and not worth it" or something. Disappointing, but not a huge deal.

I'm wanting to see if someone figures out the modding process for the PC version so /k/ommandos (or whatever the Reddit equiv. is) will mod in the real-guns actual names in the menus.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 07, 2015, 01:16:59 PM
It strikes me as really weird coming from Kojipro as they previously exhibited the gun nuttiness you expect from your average otakus. People speculate it's either because Konami won't bother through the proper licensing*, Kojima had an ethical change of heart (Not impossible but I have a real hard time buying that) or because the level of customization they wanted to implement ingame was unrealistic with actual guns of that era.

Honestly apart the music tapes the game seems indeed really not to do a lot there. Ground Zeroes, between the Big Boss outfit and the whole pseudo Guantanamo setting felt like a pseudo-contemporary piece and not something taking place in 1974.

* I've always been really curious at how firearms licensing works because it has deep implications. I would expect it exists but as far I can remember I've never seen gun makers credited...
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 07, 2015, 04:25:20 PM
* I've always been really curious at how firearms licensing works because it has deep implications. I would expect it exists but as far I can remember I've never seen gun makers credited...

They are in most FPS.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-01-shooters-how-video-games-fund-arms-manufacturers
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 07, 2015, 06:55:54 PM
No fucks were given long ago when pisswalker with its flying AI railgun bots released.
That was in the 70s, like 10 years before holographic ipods.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on September 07, 2015, 07:10:13 PM
Got to Africa, finally. Still enjoying the game tons, much more so now that I got D Dog and he just scouts locations for shit all around me.

If you haven't done so already, go to the medical platform and look around for a room with a blue light over the door. Completely stumbled upon that without the game making any hints about it being there.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 07, 2015, 07:39:26 PM
Make sure you do the Wandering Mother Base Soldier Side Op first
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on September 07, 2015, 09:52:33 PM
Really enjoying the game but damn I am still terrible at it... seems half the time it's blind luck for me to survive. Right now I'm in Mission 12 but haven't been able to beat it.

Quick question, what's the whole deal about people on the base infighting?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 07, 2015, 09:57:06 PM
Am I correct in firing staff that cause trouble at mb?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 07, 2015, 10:41:38 PM
Quick question, what's the whole deal about people on the base infighting?

Your morale is low. Go to Mother Base and wander around to raise it. Or send people on Combat Missions.

Am I correct in firing staff that cause trouble at mb?

Yes, if you want to save yourself from having employees killed by them.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 07, 2015, 11:02:09 PM
Oh good. I always fire those fuckers.

Can you have any squad mates join you on missions or anything? I just leave them at MB and build me stuff.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on September 07, 2015, 11:21:57 PM
This game overwhelms me(http://i.imgur.com/eRpc4EX.png)

I skip all the cutscenes. Not even bothering with that bullshit.

Why can I read the steps/parts of the mission beforehand, but once the mission is underway these same steps/parts are hidden and displayed as "? ? ?"?

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 08, 2015, 12:43:10 AM
Can you have any squad mates join you on missions or anything? I just leave them at MB and build me stuff.

No, but you can have them be in Big Bosses' deployment place if they're part of the combat unit.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mods Help on September 08, 2015, 12:47:04 AM
Can you have any squad mates join you on missions or anything? I just leave them at MB and build me stuff.

No, but you can have them be in Big Bosses' deployment place if they're part of the combat unit.

Huh? You can play as them?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 08, 2015, 01:05:06 AM
Can you have any squad mates join you on missions or anything? I just leave them at MB and build me stuff.

No, but you can have them be in Big Bosses' deployment place if they're part of the combat unit.

Huh? You can play as them?

If they are in your combat team, yes. On "sortie" just choose to play as them instead of Big Boss.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on September 08, 2015, 02:24:00 AM
la le lu le lo
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 08, 2015, 08:51:50 AM
Just got to Africa

This is the finest game to come out of Japan in forever
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 08, 2015, 10:56:58 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/SyBi6jG.png)

Our game is broken !  :-\
(Good on them to warn players, but it's just the Twitter ! Formulation ! RT ! #theinnerbugdemonofbigboss that makes me laugh.)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 08, 2015, 01:29:28 PM
Haven't gotten Quiet yet, but is she better than the dog?  :doge seems like he'd easily be the best Buddy.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 08, 2015, 03:20:46 PM
Haven't gotten Quiet yet, but is she better than the dog?  :doge seems like he'd easily be the best Buddy.

She borderline breaks the game, and I haven't even equipped her with the silent versions of her weapons. Towards max bond level, you get the command "cover me", she fires at any target in the area until there are no targets left. She can clear most outposts by herself.

If you complete the main mission 45 or 46, she disappears forever though. Think that's her story ending essentially. If that worries anyone here, read up on it. If you use a butterfly as your emblem thingy, she stays for good but you don't unlock the mission and a side op.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on September 08, 2015, 03:25:26 PM
Does anyone know what I'm talking about here?

Why can I read the steps/parts of the mission beforehand, but once the mission is underway these same steps/parts are hidden and displayed as "? ? ?"?

It makes completing the optional parts of the mission a pain in the ass because I don't know what to do, unless I write that shit down before the mission starts.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 08, 2015, 03:43:28 PM
If you use a butterfly as your emblem thingy, she stays for good but you don't unlock the mission and a side op.
That's a weird reason for her to stay but I'll assume there's some distinguished mentally-challenged story reason for it. I'm still super early in the main missions, just been doing hella side ops

Also can you still go back and play the game after the story ends? Just curious if I should be trying to S-rank missions before a certain point or if I can go back after it's all done and S-rank them then.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 08, 2015, 03:50:26 PM
There's no concrete ending to gameplay. Once you get and complete the true ending, you can still play every mission in the game. 
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on September 08, 2015, 04:34:37 PM
So I was reading a bit about chapter 2 in this game and it seems like

spoiler (click to show/hide)
you have to re-do a lot of the old missions with much tighter and more challenging restrictions.

Is this the case? Are missions 32-50 unique enough to attempt to do? I'm only at mission 12 and struggling, can't imagine this getting any tougher...
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 08, 2015, 04:41:53 PM
Yeah. Chapter 2 of the game is mainly story shit that has nothing to do with main missions, but even more so compared to chapter 1. You do random missions and then you get zapped away to motherbase for story stuff.

Without spoiling anything, a lot of fans are really angry over something that happens in the story, and how weak the story is in this MGS. I know the big story moment/thingy and I thought it was neat. But the plot in this is incredibly minimal. Barely anything happens. If you've followed the game and watched all the story trailers, you've seen the entire game just about.

Cassette tapes are pretty well done at least.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 08, 2015, 08:12:17 PM
Haven't gotten Quiet yet, but is she better than the dog?  :doge seems like he'd easily be the best Buddy.

She borderline breaks the game, and I haven't even equipped her with the silent versions of her weapons. Towards max bond level, you get the command "cover me", she fires at any target in the area until there are no targets left. She can clear most outposts by herself.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Rambo: Blood Cosplay > Wallhack dog.

Even if enemies have helmets, they'll be alerted and still go into war with her and still lose.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 08, 2015, 10:35:31 PM
I love watching DD unsheathe his knife and cut throats. It never gets old.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 08, 2015, 10:51:17 PM
Got the wormhole fulton. So fucking worth it, everything has a 100% success rate for extraction no matter what, can get containers and dudes from inside buildings.

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: helios on September 08, 2015, 11:32:19 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/CcNhuk7.jpg)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 08, 2015, 11:47:21 PM
Is it worth it to be using traditional camo gear over sneak suit?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on September 09, 2015, 01:44:33 AM
Is it worth it to be using traditional camo gear over sneak suit?
I've yet to have a moment where using normal camo beats the GZ sneaking suit. Low cost to deploy and I value being able to sneak up behind dudes waaaaaaay more.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 09, 2015, 02:38:21 AM
This really would have been the best MGS if only the story was better.


And a boss unit, but thats just my personal opinion.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 09, 2015, 08:24:43 AM
So I'm confused, I need to get the Transportation Specialist from a certain mission. I replayed it, and evaced him, but then at the end of the day he didn't show up at Mother Base. What's the dealio? Note that I died in a later checkpoint in that mission so maybe I have to beat the mission clean in one run?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 09, 2015, 09:08:33 AM
In my experince you did'nt have to complete the mission. You just had to be clear that he got to mother base(I think the game deliverers stuff as you get away from outposts) and then you could leave the mission.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 09, 2015, 09:42:28 AM
Got the wormhole fulton. So fucking worth it, everything has a 100% success rate for extraction no matter what, can get containers and dudes from inside buildings.

I have the GMP, but not the support (or whatever the non research one) level yet. :beli I've got a ton of A/A+'s for that one in the Brig, so basically I'm waiting.

Does it use precious materials like the special hands do? I want to abuse and use Jehuty, but it requires the Precious Minerals that I want to use for the Stealth as well. :beli
---

That rain scene, tho... :beli "Ashamed of my words and deeds," indeed.

Is it worth it to be using traditional camo gear over sneak suit?

Less easy to see in the day time versus the Sneaking Suit. Otherwise at night it's louder than the Sneaking Suit.

It's a matter of preference, really.

So I'm confused, I need to get the Transportation Specialist from a certain mission. I replayed it, and evaced him, but then at the end of the day he didn't show up at Mother Base. What's the dealio? Note that I died in a later checkpoint in that mission so maybe I have to beat the mission clean in one run?

Check your iDroid next time, if "fulton recovery in progress" is at the bottom right of the map you aren't safe. If it's not there, you're safe to quit the mission or restart the checkpoint.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 09, 2015, 02:14:51 PM
I'm still early so maybe things change and I get that it builds upon the Peace Walker format, but it's really weird seeing a big budget AAA console title that feels like a portable game.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 09, 2015, 02:30:25 PM
Chapter 10. One of the prisoners in the broken wings mission I think.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 09, 2015, 04:50:01 PM
Where can I find the transportation specialist? What missions? Might need to do that soon.

You do know if you highlight the story missions, it lists what you can find in them at the top right, right? :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 09, 2015, 05:46:46 PM
how the fuck are ppl beating this game already
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: demi on September 09, 2015, 05:53:08 PM
Probably cuz they dont care about the garbage filler.

I got my copy today. What's OP dudes so I dont get frustrated with this farce of a Metal Gear game. Should I just go play HD Collection instead? Twin Snakes?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 09, 2015, 06:06:42 PM
Twin Snakes  :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 09, 2015, 06:43:02 PM
Wow at the OSP for the Susistence variants. They really should've had these as options for ALL missions. Goddamn it, Konami. :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: FatalT on September 09, 2015, 09:31:44 PM
I love this game so much. I've been uploading a lot of videos of all the neat moments I've come across in-game to my Facebook page. I'm trying to do ALL the side-ops when they pop up as well so I'm only on like Mission 14 or so but I've put almost 40 hours into it. I just got Quiet to use as a buddy!
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 09, 2015, 10:05:43 PM
Wow at the OSP for the Susistence variants. They really should've had these as options for ALL missions. Goddamn it, Konami. :doge

To add, this is probably the challenge Rah seeks, though probably without the "no alert" stipulation. It's bar far the closest thing to the older Metal Gears where you drop in with no weapons and have to pick them up yourself.

No suppressors though.  :lol :lol :lol :'(

I'm trying to do the "Total Stealth" variant which is doing me in because I can't seem to get them to NOT notice the fulton extractions I'm doing in the area. Ugh.

Edit:

Oh shit, that's all I have to do?  :lol :lol :lol :snoop

spoiler (click to show/hide)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q97Pb3fYtoQ
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I guess it's one way of solving it, but still.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 09, 2015, 11:42:51 PM
STAFF IS ALWAYS GOD DAMN FIGHTING

EDIT:
Also yea the way ranking in this works, you can kill as long as you do what you're doing quickly and they never get a full spot on you.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 09, 2015, 11:46:46 PM
Fire everyone with the Troublemaker skill. I had a bunch of them and once I got rid of them, my staff haven't fought once
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 09, 2015, 11:49:23 PM
Fire everyone with the Troublemaker skill. I had a bunch of them and once I got rid of them, my staff haven't fought once

Thanks!
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 10, 2015, 12:07:44 AM
Well, got more of Quiet's backstory.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
She's infected with the parasites, like I figured. But the question is: Was she a sleeper agent sent by Cipher to be captured after her failure to kill Big Boss, or did she fall in love with him like Ocelot did?  :doge
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 10, 2015, 01:59:43 AM
Fire everyone with the Troublemaker skill. I had a bunch of them and once I got rid of them, my staff haven't fought once

I just heard about this today at work, so I fired everybody too. Now my base is running as as silk
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 10, 2015, 02:00:25 AM
By the way, I heard that the fastest way to get an airlift is to Fulton yourself, but I can't figure out how to do it. I think it has to do with vehicles, but you can't Fulton something that you are sitting in, as far as I can tell.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 10, 2015, 05:07:49 AM
About the Quiet bug :
http://www.konami.jp/mgs_portal/jp/info/?id=677
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 10, 2015, 07:40:25 AM
fuck this stupid fucking game being so fucking fuck
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 10, 2015, 07:49:06 AM
By the way, I heard that the fastest way to get an airlift is to Fulton yourself, but I can't figure out how to do it. I think it has to do with vehicles, but you can't Fulton something that you are sitting in, as far as I can tell.

Apparently you can do it in a box, but I haven't tried to fulton a box.

A shipping container will work. Climb on it, fulton it. Prompt will come up. Fulton grab. Extract.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 10, 2015, 08:30:40 AM
Marvelous, thank you sir!

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 10, 2015, 08:34:51 AM
if you're on a side op you can just pause and hit return to ACC
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 10, 2015, 09:07:26 AM
if you're on a side op you can just pause and hit return to ACC

Why do that if he's already extracting a container though? Just get on the last one you're extracting and hold on. :doge :doge :doge :doge

Apparently you get a Heroism hit if you leave a buddy behind doing this, but I haven't ran into that. So... :lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 10, 2015, 01:22:44 PM
I have no shame in destroying the satellite array and then calling in an airstrike from the gunship on the Honey Bee mission.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 10, 2015, 03:17:52 PM
I have no shame in destroying the satellite array and then calling in an airstrike from the gunship on the Honey Bee mission.

That mission sucked, I murdered everyone
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 10, 2015, 07:59:35 PM
I have no shame in destroying the satellite array and then calling in an airstrike from the gunship on the Honey Bee mission.

That mission sucked, I murdered everyone

I try to Fulton a good number every mission, but yeah, I'm a walking talking shotgun-toting murder machine.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 10, 2015, 09:13:39 PM
the skulls are the worst part of the game so far
spoiler (click to show/hide)
mission 16 sucks
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 10, 2015, 09:26:23 PM
You need to extract a tank, and for hands on weapons use either the long range twin barrel shotgun with a rocket launcher or a grenade launcher with a rocket launcher. Seriously though, a tank will fuck the skulls up in that mission.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 10, 2015, 10:14:36 PM
Playing the game now in between finishing up Witcher 3.

Only about 5 or 6 missions in so I can't really say anything definitive obviously.

I can see the divide on how its splitting the fan base via open world versus a more scripted design. I like it so far. I like the organic nature of executing a plan. And its especially new to me since I didn't play Ground Zeroes. We'll see how I feel once I get more missions in or not and if it starts to feel repetitive which I hear is a complaint.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on September 10, 2015, 11:43:04 PM
Got to Africa, did the first mission and now am back in Afghanistan catching up on side ops.

Honestly I think I'd have preferred the game to be a bit more linear, while I do love the 'enemy base' areas and how many ways you can approach them, it's got all that open world filler stuff between them. And I'm not really feeling the whole base building stuff, but other than that I'm having a blast.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 10, 2015, 11:55:03 PM
You need to extract a tank, and for hands on weapons use either the long range twin barrel shotgun with a rocket launcher or a grenade launcher with a rocket launcher. Seriously though, a tank will fuck the skulls up in that mission.

I ended up just pulling them away from the target then calling in an airstrike  :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 11, 2015, 12:05:18 AM
I definitely need a break from the game. I've put an embarrassingly large amount of hours into MGS V, and I'm really burnt out. This is definitely a game that you need to play when in you're in the mood to do so, and rushing to get to 100% makes the game a drag.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 11, 2015, 12:31:18 AM
the skulls are the worst part of the game so far
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mission 16 sucks
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Just wait till you get to Mission 42.

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The Extreme Sniper fight is also insane unless you do this trick:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G_SA9OJiBI
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Weird that the AI won't be able to see through that, but fuck it. I got my S-rank that way. Now I have to do the side objective in it. But I think I need to research a few items to make that easier.

2 story missions left. Like 10-20 side-ops left. I'll probably blow through the side ops tomorrow. Should be quick and easy.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 11, 2015, 12:37:30 AM
Not surprising since its both a japanese game and a kojima game but it doesn't really explain itself very well. I'm constantly having to search for answers for things via google to make sure I'm doing things "right". Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but still.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 11, 2015, 01:22:05 AM
do I have to do extreme missions to get the real ending or some shit?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 11, 2015, 01:23:40 AM
do I have to do extreme missions to get the real ending or some shit?

No, grind side-ops. But if you want to get the "complete all missions/S-rank" achievements, you do.

They aren't that bad once you know the trick to them. But Jesus at the sniper fight.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 11, 2015, 08:35:13 AM
Kinda wish this game wasn't open world. Feels like a design decision circa 2 years ago and the game is just late to the party.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 11, 2015, 09:49:41 AM
Just got to Africa, and it really does change the game. I'm liking the terrain and layout so much more than Afghanistan

I'm hoping the resource amounts you get step up in Africa though. The requirements for level 3 (and I assume 4) mother base upgrade are crazy on the resource front
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 11, 2015, 11:33:51 AM
It'll be listed under their skills. There's Troublemaker (Violent)  and Troublemaker (Unsanitary)

Might have to hit Y/triangle on the staff list to get to a view where it shows their skills.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 11, 2015, 03:12:49 PM
It'll be listed under their skills. There's Troublemaker (Violent)  and Troublemaker (Unsanitary)

Might have to hit Y/triangle on the staff list to get to a view where it shows their skills.

You don't, the default view will also show it, but's slower than going down a list that shows all staff with more skills shown.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 11, 2015, 06:09:10 PM
Yeah, it really seems like development had issues.
Probably why Konami took action. Weren't going to fund Kojima fucking around for another year and trying to rack up a GTAV budget.

Just got to Africa, and it really does change the game. I'm liking the terrain and layout so much more than Afghanistan

Yeah, it is much more pleasant to transverse than winding paths through samey outposts.

I'm hoping the resource amounts you get step up in Africa though. The requirements for level 3 (and I assume 4) mother base upgrade are crazy on the resource front

Unfortunately, I think resource extraction expects you to shell out for a FOB or two.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 11, 2015, 06:45:55 PM
I have a question about FOBs. If I understand correctly the game wants to force your hand in creating it, logging you online to add your FOB to ther servers, there's apparently no way to opt out of it when it happens during one of the main missions ? Plus your FOB can be raided by other players even if you're offline and you lose some resources there (that will appear if you sync up by logging on) ? What happen if you don't have an internet connection ? Surely the main single player game is not held by the thread of a mandatory online component in the middle of the campaign that will make it unplayable in a few years when Konami will shut servers ?

That's really shitty design. It seems the whole FOB stuff doesn't support your friends lists and have obtuse mechanics on top of that.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 11, 2015, 07:32:23 PM
F.O.B.s are FORCED if you login to Konami's servers. Which... you auto-login to on boot-up.  :doge :doge :doge :doge

If you want to avoid that, disable your console/PC connection on bootup and avoid the auto-login like the plague. Once you try to login to say get Konami's "daily" bonus (of MB coins or resources) you're FORCED to go through the tutorial with no backing out. Some people have said they were able to back out, but it'll pester you relentlessly to do it.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 11, 2015, 07:41:32 PM
OK, did I understand correctly that this login / tutorial is triggered in game by a mission ?
If you don't login ever while playing the game you can skip that part or whole ?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 11, 2015, 07:47:04 PM
OK, did I understand correctly that this login / tutorial is triggered in game by a mission ?
If you don't login ever while playing the game you can skip that part or whole ?

No. You'll do the tutorial anyway if you reach Main Mission 21. Main Mission 22 if the F.O.B. tutorial. IIRC you can skip that but even then once you do Mission 22 the tutorial offline or online will start. But it'll AUTOMATICALLY start if you login to Konami's servers. So basically you have to dodge it for what is (or was told to people/sold as) "a totally optional opt-in mode."

What sent my alarms ringing was the achievement list has one for invading someones F.O.B. so if it was totally optional, why would there be an achievement for it?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 11, 2015, 07:47:28 PM
In other news:

http://ingsoc.org/

30 mins boys. It's happening. The ruse cruse is going to detonate.  :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: archie4208 on September 11, 2015, 07:54:53 PM
It's a shitty indie horror game.  Nothing to see here.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 11, 2015, 08:02:37 PM
Won't elaborate here and there's so much crap flying around with pseudo-insiders from Twitter and pseudo-leaks from the data in the game that it's hard to know what's what, but it seems pretty obvious the game was rushed to release (or that Kojima fucked up something fierce). Just like the Last Guardian, hope we'll have a postmortem at one point, the drama behind doors must have been gigantic. As I said elsewhere, MGS4 already felt pretty rough at points. Konami may be a bunch of terrible motherfuckers but they would be pretty justified to boot Hideo if he was hogging their money.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 11, 2015, 08:15:19 PM
Kojima did not want to make MGS4 at all. He was incredibly mopey and depressed throughout development, said he would rather be making Wii games than a AAA game on PS3.

MGS V seems like a game he really want to make, but there had to be some serious beef between him and people at Konami. Ground Zeroes being its own separate game doesn't make sense, large amounts of story stuff was cut, Chapter 2 doesn't make sense when it comes to progression or pacing in Phantom Pain.

MGS V being a project he wanted to make, but fully couldn't, stings more than MGS4 being a trainwreck when it comes to everything. MGS V is an excellent game, but it could've been better, that's clear as day.

Konami may be a bunch of terrible motherfuckers but they would be pretty justified to boot Hideo if he was hogging their money.

I wouldn't be surprised if Kojima felt spiteful enough to not care about budget issues.  He always got pushed back into making a MGS game since MGS2.

So he could've went "You guys want me to make MGS? Fine, I'll make it, but you gotta give me what I ask for."

Konami: "Okay."

*Kojima uses way more money than expected

Konami: "You're done."
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 11, 2015, 08:20:36 PM
I still haven't unlocked the true ending, but finished the final "main mission"/repeat today. Yeah, there's a ton of shit that was rushed/cut. It's stupid that Konami and Kojima couldn't come to an understanding or at least have the team give it a proper ending.

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Where's Naomi? Where's the end of the child soldier's story? Where's the Outer Haven? It's still Mother Base in Chapter 2! Big Boss saving Grey Fox/Null!?
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 11, 2015, 08:23:43 PM
Oh god, the ingsoc.org countdown redirected to a Rooster Teeth short.

A Rick Roll would've been better.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 11, 2015, 08:32:06 PM
huh...well it sorta worked. i forgot rooster teeth even existed until now.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 11, 2015, 08:34:12 PM
Oh god, the ingsoc.org countdown redirected to a Rooster Teeth short.

A Rick Roll would've been better.

I was seriously hoping it'd be that cut mission. :'(
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 11, 2015, 08:39:09 PM
Oh god, the ingsoc.org countdown redirected to a Rooster Teeth short.

A Rick Roll would've been better.

Nah there's some bullshit written black on black and still more pieces to this stupid charade. The thing is, Kojima did make an hoax when he kicked off the marketing of TPP with the Mody Dick thing and whatnot but he did it properly, through gaming media. Not with a nonsensical charade that reeks of cheapness.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Take My Breh Away on September 11, 2015, 08:47:24 PM
Oh god, the ingsoc.org countdown redirected to a Rooster Teeth short.

A Rick Roll would've been better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBVjwCdEqU
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 11, 2015, 11:33:30 PM
feeling kinda burned out tbh
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 12, 2015, 01:18:38 AM
Oh god, the ingsoc.org countdown redirected to a Rooster Teeth short.

A Rick Roll would've been better.

Well, this keeps getting stranger. They just changed the link to not be a link and now there's a background image instead of "only the chosen will see the truth."

So either it's an indie game that's still cashing in on Kojima's name/pedigree (dick move) or something more. I'll probably keep an eye on it, hoping for that cut ending.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 12, 2015, 01:40:29 AM
https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/3klvn0/mgsv_spoilersa_certain_model_found_in_the_game/

Oh snap. There was going to be a third chapter. Holy shit, no wonder Konami wanted to push this out when they did. This probably would've been 2020 at the rate Kojima was going?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 12, 2015, 04:53:01 AM
Konami: "You're done."

Wasn't he an associate vice president or something ? Maybe it was mostly honorific status but then again Kojipro was in charge of the Fox Engine, which was to be pretty important (or at least they tought so a few years ago, like Capcom with the MT Framework). I get the feeling Kojima was sanctioned both as an obsolete white elephant game designer and as a failed executive. Plus a somewhat douchebaggish public face for the company, with his ridiculous tweets and al.

https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/3klvn0/mgsv_spoilersa_certain_model_found_in_the_game/

Oh snap. There was going to be a third chapter. Holy shit, no wonder Konami wanted to push this out when they did. This probably would've been 2020 at the rate Kojima was going?

It's always difficult to assert how, why and when those assets were created but I think it was already evident by MGS4 that Kojima was undergoing a serious case of Molyneuxisation (The whole "it will be a real battlefield with several independant factions doing their thing, etc..."). In itself, significantly having to scale back your ideas and designs to reality is nothing out of the ordinary. The problem is how Kojima was so public with some features that obviously haven't been worked out, and not that long ago (The whole "you will go back to Camp Omega and do something that was never seen before" was 18 months ago). Makes it seem like Kojima is somewhat out of touch with the actual technical implementation of his scattershot ideas for design. Also obviously bad for Konami's image.

Just the amount of unused Sutherland's lines in there (which I guess are pretty expensive words) is testament that something must have gone really gone way wrong in production.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 12, 2015, 05:19:59 AM
No Konami execs saw any of their talent as not obsolete. Take a look at all the franchises under Konami and the trajectory they all follow.

Also, Kojima was vice president for the videogame division of Konami from April 2011 onward. He's responsible for canning the original version of Metal Gear Rising (which he barely had any involvement with) and forming a partnership with Platinum to salvage a failed project. Based on wiki reading, it sounds like he wanted to do a bunch of shit, but never got the okay to work on anything, even after he was vice president of the gaming side in Konami.

If you take a look at what Konami published from 2011 onward, it was two HD Collections that had a ton of issues (Silent Hill and ZoE). MGS HD collection which was excellent. Silent Hill Downpour, a Silent Hill Vita game, Soccer games, Metal Gear Rising, and now MGSV. 

This is Konami's corporate structure in Japan:

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Konami Corporation
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Konami Sports & Life Co., Ltd.
Konami Real Estate, Inc.
KPE, Inc.
Konami Manufacturing and Service, Inc.
Konami Facility Service, Inc.
KME Co., Ltd.
Takasago Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Hudson Soft Company, Limited: On 2011-01-20, Konami Corporation announced turning Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. as its wholly subsidiary via share exchange. The exchange became effective on 2011-04-01.[12]
DIGITAL GOLF Inc.: On 2011-01-20, Konami Corporation announced the acquisition of DIGITAL GOLF Inc. via share exchange. DIGITAL GOLF would become a wholly owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation. The exchange became effective on 2011-03-01.[13]
Internet Revolution, Inc.
Biz Share Corporation
Combi Wellness Corporation
THE CLUB AT YEBISU GARDEN CO., LTD.

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 12, 2015, 05:32:04 AM
I feel the argument that Kojima is really bad at managing resources or money is really dumb. MGS1 to MGS2 meant two and a half years for development. MGS2 to MGS3 was three years, while re-releasing MGS2 and porting the game with extra content on three platforms in 2002/2003. MGS3 to MGS4 was three and a half years for development. Then came Peace Walker, which had a two year development time.

Zone of the Enders 1&2 also came out in 2001 and 2003. He also worked on Boktai.

The most resource hungry period was the creation of the Fox Engine and then creating MGS V alongside that.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 12, 2015, 05:52:50 AM
Yeah it's maybe not Kojima specific. Pretty much all Japanese publishers decided to go all-in on the bet that they could turn one of their franchises into either a GTA or a COD/AC on top of the fact they thought they could do their own engines, and they all failed. That Kojima and MGS were pushed in that position of being the supreme ace in the hole (And I think his executive promotion at the time was a symbol of that) is probably not of his own doing and I'm sure whoever calling the shots was pretty down with whatever design document Kojima submitted for MGSV.

I still think Kojima took the habit of communicating a bit like a diva and that bit him in the ass.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 12, 2015, 06:12:05 AM
He definitely sounded like a diva when it came to some of his work. This is a pretty good interview with Jeremy Blaustein:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sx7yttJm0I&list=PL2FF748455E930FD8

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: chronovore on September 12, 2015, 09:21:43 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87YXRvfMDlM
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 12, 2015, 06:04:20 PM
The Blaustein interview is interesting. It's refreshing to have someone be so frank about stuff that usually stay within the companies. Seems pretty down to earth as well. I think the interview was a little bit too freeform, it could have been conducted with much more focus but heh. I don't feel it gave so much on Kojima though, Blaustein have only met him a few times, but more about a possibly toxic entourage and the reality of company politics and dubbing in general.

Otherwise that model swap is so great. It really drives home how ridiculous the poses and directing are.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 12, 2015, 06:23:19 PM
That swap doesn't give me Ocelot's bikini'd ass though. :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 12, 2015, 09:20:53 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/dXw9s9J.gif)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 13, 2015, 01:42:46 AM
how come some side ops reappear even though they're already "ticked" in the left side?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on September 13, 2015, 04:00:53 AM
I figured those were there as a recurring source of MGP if you need it, without providing you super easy A/A+ rank soldiers like some of the side ops do.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 13, 2015, 10:18:04 AM
I figured those were there as a recurring source of MGP if you need it, without providing you super easy A/A+ rank soldiers like some of the side ops do.

Nah, you can do some of them and get A+/S rank soldiers if the RNG gods are smiling on you today.

Though it really isn't worth it. Just do the main OP's and if you're man enough the extreme 49 boss fight to get fast GMP.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 13, 2015, 11:17:18 AM
God I hate the skulls fights. Need more advice for putting down these dicks
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 13, 2015, 12:04:44 PM
God I hate the skulls fights. Need more advice for putting down these dicks

Do you have the Brennan anti-Material rifle available?

If yes: research it.

Done? Shoot them in the head until they die. :-*
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 13, 2015, 12:04:51 PM
Best place to fight them is where there's a lot of cover, they do a bullshit amount of damage easily, gotta sprint away and hide for a bit to recover your health. Best weapons are against them are shotguns, anti material rifle, rocket launcher. Grenade launcher doesn't do much I feel. Use the big boy armor suit.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 13, 2015, 12:06:02 PM
Using Quiet (despite that save bug :doge ) with her own anti-Material rifle/Brennan will kill them even quicker if you set her on Cover Me! and just hide out. :doge :doge :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 13, 2015, 03:25:39 PM
I just powered up Walker Gear with a chaingun and tore those supernatural fucks apart in one go. S-ranked it on my first try and Kaz was like "OH MAN BOSS YOU'RE SO AWESOME" and I was like u better believe it son

BTW, the missions in the mid-20s basically require you to truck through them pretty quick in a row at risk to your staff, not sure that I like that.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 13, 2015, 04:57:01 PM
I just powered up Walker Gear with a chaingun and tore those supernatural fucks apart in one go. S-ranked it on my first try and Kaz was like "OH MAN BOSS YOU'RE SO AWESOME" and I was like u better believe it son

BTW, the missions in the mid-20s basically require you to truck through them pretty quick in a row at risk to your staff, not sure that I like that.

You don't need to. You just need to
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quarantine the Kongo language/"Kikongo" speakers
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but yeah, powering through as quick as you can is probably better than that micromanaging.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 13, 2015, 06:53:46 PM
Heh so I took Ground Zeroes. Gonna need to wait for TPP PS3 to hit the bargain bin to make up for that.
I only started the main mission with all visual aids off (apart items and weapons) and no reflex. I rescued Chico so far. The open setting is pretty cool, you need to scout out the surroundings and the guards positions is much less evident to keep a track on here. The detection is pretty brutal as well and going into hiding is not easy. The game also fucked with me in good ways, like when fresh guards came in the detention area. It's pretty challenging but I'm a bit rusty.

I'm not too sold on the ugly damage status on screen and I find the iDroid pretty confusing (I had to fiddle for 3 minutes at how to call the chopper, I kept looking for the option on the map). I also had some issue with the controls especially with holding L1 to actually handle weapons, but I honestly don't remember anymore how the previous games managed that (couldn't you fire from the hip ?).

Also, is there a reason not to have night vision on most of the time, except it turns the game green ? It highlights guards and important stuff. Would have liked that to be toned down to a real NVG.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 13, 2015, 07:55:13 PM
The sneaking suit looks like the suit Snake uses in MGS1 and that's great.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 13, 2015, 08:49:17 PM
The sneaking suit looks like the suit Snake uses in MGS1 and that's great.

Yeah, but Giant Penis though... :fbm

Old Sneaking Suit > New Sneaking Suit.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 13, 2015, 09:01:15 PM
"There's no room for angels in our heaven."
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on September 13, 2015, 11:50:13 PM
At mission 18 and it's pissing me off so much... seems like a no win situation for me:

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just rescued the African kids from the mine. On the way out, there's an encampment of about 6 or 7 enemy soldiers, if I try to take them out stealthily, it'll take too long and enemies will find the kids... if I alert them to my presence, the chopper comes and kicks my ass. Quiet is no help. Most of the stuff I have is stunner stuff. Any advice?
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 14, 2015, 12:46:33 AM
At mission 18 and it's pissing me off so much... seems like a no win situation for me:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
just rescued the African kids from the mine. On the way out, there's an encampment of about 6 or 7 enemy soldiers, if I try to take them out stealthily, it'll take too long and enemies will find the kids... if I alert them to my presence, the chopper comes and kicks my ass. Quiet is no help. Most of the stuff I have is stunner stuff. Any advice?
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Use the tranq gun. If no silencers, ammo drop one. You should be able to tell the kids to adequately WAIT so long as you don't go more than like 50m ahead of them. The guards will be 1-2 at a time until the end and if you're fast enough the helicopter won't come in until the final area where you have to tranq 4 really quickly. So make sure before you get there (a checkpoint will happen with an overpass "bridge") to clue you in, ammo drop another silencer, pop them three times in the knees each and GTFO as fast as you can.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 14, 2015, 03:28:04 PM
So finished the main mission in Ground Zeroes. The mad dash to the chopper was pretty exciting. Kinda feel the ending cinematic was a wasted opportunity, could have been gameplay (not as a bombastic action scene). Kojima manages to be hamfisted in a 90mn demo, that's pretty impressive, I mean that whole scene in the chopper is teenage movie stuff, shock for sake of it. A better translation would have been funnier...

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"Spill the beans bitch" by Kaz, or something like that.
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Pretty sad about the writing to be honest. James Horan does a great job as Skull Face here and there's glimpses of good stuff in what he has to say. His little tirade about Nicola & Bart could have meant something about order vs chaos, I dunno... That's maybe more for the spoiler thread, but I'm a bit confused at the people who awaited Big Boss descent in the heart of darkness. Yeah, KojiPro are guilty of hyping up the "missing link" but it's the trap of those prequels : they ended up spreading the stuff thin and it becomes this giant bloated mess (especially with Kojima at the helm). I mean Big Boss and his staff are already there, Huey brags that they will fool the nuclear inspectors and parade as beacons of peace when in actuality they're a rogue mercenary outfit with nuclear capacity. But it's hard to get this sense of vilainy to come through when you're playing the guy and the game itself continues to glamourize him.

Anyway, I found the gameplay solid, the base design was cool, the open approach worked but it's hard to get a real feel of the stuff in such a limited time. I wasn't ecstatic while playing too. I know a Splinter Cell Chaos Theory system with a concealment and sound meter is "gamey" but I wished sometimes the game was more explicit about whether I was concealed or not, especially since detection can be instantaneous. Paradoxal of me to say that when I turned off most display signs... but in previous MGS the boxier environments were less difficult to navigate even without a radar. I guess you get a feel for it after a point.

EDIT : Also Konami, it's cool to let me have a custom soundtrack, but the implementation man... An awkward in game menu that loads all it finds (with a hard cap, there was maybe 1/3 of the music I do have on my PS3 at best) on your hard drive, without any sorting options, and a preview function that takes a good 30 seconds to load the file, freezing everything else. In play, the game will stutter hard everytime the track changes while you navigate Camp Omega. Awkward japanese design in action.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 14, 2015, 05:31:01 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/G4XDHcB.jpg)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 14, 2015, 06:42:58 PM
Did two of the sideops in GZ. The double whack job on Marines is pretty good but on a second playthrough, scripts became apparent. I wanted to kill the first guy at a specific zone, but Kaz kept rolling every couple minutes or so the same line about how I should check the briefing. You have to advance at a certain point to get the guy starting his patrol, meh. I also got busted after shooting said guy, and the game respawned me at an arbitrary point with no alarm but with the target registered down. Checkpointing is a bit wonky. The turkey shoot mission sucked ass without no reticule display and no possibility to get the way too powerful scope off the rifle. Plus the display of vanity by Hideo here is a bit sad.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on September 14, 2015, 09:44:39 PM
The Blaustein interview is interesting. It's refreshing to have someone be so frank about stuff that usually stay within the companies. Seems pretty down to earth as well. I think the interview was a little bit too freeform, it could have been conducted with much more focus but heh. I don't feel it gave so much on Kojima though, Blaustein have only met him a few times, but more about a possibly toxic entourage and the reality of company politics and dubbing in general.

Otherwise that model swap is so great. It really drives home how ridiculous the poses and directing are.

That is almost exactly what I do every time it rains though
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 14, 2015, 11:29:01 PM
That infamous Shower scene... :beli

Ocelot watches despite not being amused she stops him from bucketing me. :beli

Kojima... :beli
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on September 14, 2015, 11:54:48 PM
So anyways, I finally beat that pesky Mission 18. The first time I "beat" it, I escorted all the kids to the chopper, and then jumped in and left the mission... but it didn't count because I didn't kill/extract the prisoner on the plantation! So that pissed me off big time... I'm not sure whether or not I could have just jumped back into the mission and just killed the guy and left the hot zone and it would have counted as a completion. So I went and killed the prisoner (wasn't able to extract because Quiet got to him first), and then did a silly little trick at the mine:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
I tranqued all the kids and called in a few vehicle drops. Then I put the kids into the vehicles and fultoned them away... Got credit for saving the kids and got the "rescued all the kids without being spotted" objective completed.
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As per classic Kojima, I like how there's a 'proper' way to play and a way to cheese through the missions, especially since this isn't the first time I got oh so close but fucked up one way or another.

I also need to play through GZ. Is it too late to import my save into TPP?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 14, 2015, 11:56:19 PM
Haha holy shit that's an awesome way to beat that level
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 15, 2015, 12:34:27 AM
Late game/post-game spoilers.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/3kzv9t/mgsv_spoilers_no_clue_if_this_was_posted_before/[/url]

I dunno if this'll be up in 24 hours since it links to 4chans image servers, but:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
The psychic kid is controlled by various characters. Look at the details on him.
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 :gladbron
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And yes, I totally intended to double spoiler that.

I also need to play through GZ. Is it too late to import my save into TPP?

No, but given where you are you'll already have one of the perks from Ground Zeroes available. :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 15, 2015, 08:49:52 AM
Anyone on PC suddenly having performance issues? I loaded it up today and the game is hitching and I'm getting 40/45fps. Previously I was getting steady 60fps. Doesn't matter what settings I change the graphics to, it doesn't change.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: chronovore on September 15, 2015, 09:26:09 AM
Haha holy shit that's an awesome way to beat that level

Isn't he a DJ? I'm pretty sure DJs are accustomed to providing relaxing pharma to young people.  :-*
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 15, 2015, 07:03:19 PM
Late game/post-game spoilers.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/3kzv9t/mgsv_spoilers_no_clue_if_this_was_posted_before/[/url]

I dunno if this'll be up in 24 hours since it links to 4chans image servers, but:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
The psychic kid is controlled by various characters. Look at the details on him.
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 :gladbron
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And yes, I totally intended to double spoiler that.

I also need to play through GZ. Is it too late to import my save into TPP?

No, but given where you are you'll already have one of the perks from Ground Zeroes available. :doge

Doesn't the game basically spell that out in the cassettes though.
Like literally.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 15, 2015, 08:09:12 PM
Not that I'm aware of.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 16, 2015, 07:08:37 PM
The latest patch has completely fucked the performance for me. And from what I can read on the Steam forums it's happening to others. It's completely unplayable now. Incompetent fucks.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 16, 2015, 07:24:18 PM
FOX... PATCH ?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 16, 2015, 10:04:58 PM
PATCHDIE
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: helios on September 16, 2015, 10:12:52 PM
Such a lust for patches? WHOOOOOOOOOO?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 16, 2015, 11:41:50 PM
Such a lust for patches? WHOOOOOOOOOO?

I love this meme.

I finally finished the game. I didn't mind the twist, but the whole thing was kinda stupid. You put in all that work because...?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 17, 2015, 12:39:07 AM
 OK, so I am in the mid 30s in terms of main mission progress. Unfortunately, I've gotten into the subsistence and extreme levels, and I really don't want to play these. Am I going to have to slog through all of this stuff in order to get to the end?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 17, 2015, 01:25:01 AM
OK, so I am in the mid 30s in terms of main mission progress. Unfortunately, I've gotten into the subsistence and extreme levels, and I really don't want to play these. Am I going to have to slog through all of this stuff in order to get to the end?

No. But you will have to slog through the side-ops instead.  :doge

There's only 2-3 story missions left anyway. Do the side ops until those pop (and you might need to listen to cassettes for the ending) and then forget it.

Also MGO continues to look like ass everytime I see it. Why Kojima Productions continues to spend time trying to shoe-horn multiplayer into the series... I'll never know.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rufus on September 17, 2015, 04:40:45 AM
I finally finished the game. I didn't mind the twist, but the whole thing was kinda stupid. You put in all that work because...?
Build the legend!
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 17, 2015, 08:30:32 AM
OK, so I am in the mid 30s in terms of main mission progress. Unfortunately, I've gotten into the subsistence and extreme levels, and I really don't want to play these. Am I going to have to slog through all of this stuff in order to get to the end?

No. But you will have to slog through the side-ops instead.  :doge

There's only 2-3 story missions left anyway. Do the side ops until those pop (and you might need to listen to cassettes for the ending) and then forget it.

Also MGO continues to look like ass everytime I see it. Why Kojima Productions continues to spend time trying to shoe-horn multiplayer into the series... I'll never know.

Ok cool, so doing a certain number of side Ops will override the requirement to do those missions? That's weird.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: bork on September 17, 2015, 09:09:00 AM
I did Mission 12 last night.  First mission in Africa.

Already losing interest in this game.   :-\
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 17, 2015, 05:00:12 PM
OK, so I am in the mid 30s in terms of main mission progress. Unfortunately, I've gotten into the subsistence and extreme levels, and I really don't want to play these. Am I going to have to slog through all of this stuff in order to get to the end?

No. But you will have to slog through the side-ops instead.  :doge

There's only 2-3 story missions left anyway. Do the side ops until those pop (and you might need to listen to cassettes for the ending) and then forget it.

Also MGO continues to look like ass everytime I see it. Why Kojima Productions continues to spend time trying to shoe-horn multiplayer into the series... I'll never know.

I just did Mission 30 and I only have like 6 or 7 side ops that aren't done.

Did I fuck myself out of using them for grinding or do more appear soon?

I can skip all the retread missions and just wait for unique ones to appear without missing out on anything?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 17, 2015, 05:11:04 PM
Yes, you can skip the retreads if you do the side-ops.

That said I did all 133 ops before the final story missions, so I had to do the retreads. :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 17, 2015, 05:28:54 PM
Oh so if you've been doing the side ops as they pop up you won't be able to do them to trigger the final missions and have to do extreme mode missions?

That's complete bullshit.

Honestly, outside of the fantastic gameplay everything about this game is kind of shitty.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 17, 2015, 06:02:16 PM
Aren't side ops permanently there ? They just cycle if too close in a zone. I'm pretty certain with everyone I read that the Extreme missions are not requisite to unlock the final one. Most logical if you grinded all side ops is that the game would flag those as done.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on September 17, 2015, 07:16:26 PM
Yo guys. How do you view mission tasks while undertaking the mission? Some of the tasks become question marks once you start the mission, but are displayed beforehand :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 17, 2015, 07:21:27 PM
I wish I knew. That shit is distinguished mentally-challenged
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on September 17, 2015, 07:26:20 PM
I was kind of hoping I'm the distinguished mentally-challenged one and overlooking a menu :derp

That's bonkers if that's really how it is.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 17, 2015, 07:39:54 PM
Aren't side ops permanently there ? They just cycle if too close in a zone. I'm pretty certain with everyone I read that the Extreme missions are not requisite to unlock the final one. Most logical if you grinded all side ops is that the game would flag those as done.

Yes. Exactly. You can probably do the ones you've already done and are available to replay, but I didn't do that because I wanted to do missions I haven't done. :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 17, 2015, 08:40:07 PM
I only have one or two replayable Side Ops. Does the medical platform shooting range count towards unlocking the last mission?

I just finished mission 32 and the next two are retreads. Is now the time to blitz Side Ops then? Or should I wait for even shittier retreads to present themselves?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 18, 2015, 01:05:57 AM
You only need like 2-3 side-ops to unlock the next story bit. I don't think the Target Practices count but try it and see? IDK, like I said: I did all the side-ops available to me before I even progressed the story so I had to do the retreads in a fashion because those were the only "new" things for me. :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 18, 2015, 02:37:27 AM
Not that I'm aware of.

Film canister mission, cassettes from that.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 18, 2015, 04:10:43 AM
You only need like 2-3 side-ops to unlock the next story bit. I don't think the Target Practices count but try it and see? IDK, like I said: I did all the side-ops available to me before I even progressed the story so I had to do the retreads in a fashion because those were the only "new" things for me. :doge

Aren't the "trigger" missions marked in yellow ?
(How come I know so much of the game without having it  :neogaf )
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: archie4208 on September 18, 2015, 10:00:56 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/amom4qz.jpg)

 :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 18, 2015, 01:01:01 PM
Not that I'm aware of.

Film canister mission, cassettes from that.

Yeah, the intel one explains it. But still, if you don't read that tape ( :doge ) you probably won't notice that mask and stuff unless you replay. I didn't notice the Skullface mask or Eli's control of him.

You only need like 2-3 side-ops to unlock the next story bit. I don't think the Target Practices count but try it and see? IDK, like I said: I did all the side-ops available to me before I even progressed the story so I had to do the retreads in a fashion because those were the only "new" things for me. :doge

Aren't the "trigger" missions marked in yellow ?
(How come I know so much of the game without having it  :neogaf )

Yeah, and the retreads have []'s for the limitation in that mission. The main story ones don't have those brackets/limitations.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 18, 2015, 01:13:41 PM
Did the supply drop trick on Quiet the other night. Heh.

I love the freedom you're allowed in completing objectives. I try to be stealthy for a while, but then normally say screw it with a shotgun, rocket launcher and helicopter support once I've my way inside the objective zone.  :lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 19, 2015, 03:31:51 AM
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/2fd6c3248c3d7d15eebfe3a6df6302ab/tumblr_nusrb8uE1t1re9ccno1_500.png)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 21, 2015, 02:09:30 AM
Jesus fuck the caravan mission in Africa is a pain in the dick. Spent almost an hour just fucking around with it trying to get perfect stealth with no luck. Then I just said fuck it, rolled out with my robot, shot everything to pieces, and fultoned the truck. Got an S rank  :lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 21, 2015, 09:05:52 AM
Jesus fuck the caravan mission in Africa is a pain in the dick. Spent almost an hour just fucking around with it trying to get perfect stealth with no luck. Then I just said fuck it, rolled out with my robot, shot everything to pieces, and fultoned the truck. Got an S rank  :lol

You mean 16? I'm sure it's possible to perfect stealth, but well... the scripted event kinda makes that not a stealth event. :p
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 21, 2015, 09:40:37 AM
Yeah, 16. I did manage to actually Fulton the truck without being caught once but then one of those fuckers caught me randomly as I was hopping on to D-Horse to get away.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on September 21, 2015, 09:51:45 AM
Up to mission 28, made some real nice progress on Sunday. Storyline seems to be picking up slightly, and game is still a lot of fun. Not looking forward to doing the "extreme" missions, but I'm gonna try to beat all of the missions. No way in hell will I be able to S-rank or get the achievement for completing all the optional objectives, though.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 21, 2015, 12:14:10 PM
Up to mission 28, made some real nice progress on Sunday. Storyline seems to be picking up slightly, and game is still a lot of fun. Not looking forward to doing the "extreme" missions, but I'm gonna try to beat all of the missions. No way in hell will I be able to S-rank or get the achievement for completing all the optional objectives, though.

Once you develop the Stealth Camo and stick to one map, it's pretty easy to get all the side objectives. Now S-ranks? That's easy to abuse. Just go Super Sanic and finish the missions, alerts be damned.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 22, 2015, 10:25:57 AM
Just finished Mission 43.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
My poor glorious Diamond Mans. Can you imagine David Hayter delivering those lines instead?
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 22, 2015, 02:20:06 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=houDtgBNPCA

Kind of agree with this.

The backlash against 5 is going to be harsh.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 22, 2015, 04:09:20 PM
It definitely has major issues and as a final product it feels sorta fucked.

Pros:
Enemy AI is excellent and variable, super AI or AI that can't be played around with tanks a stealth game.

Tranqs have been nerfed significantly. I love MGS3, but the tranq pistol ruins all difficulty when it comes to sneaking around. In MGS V, unless you constantly request supply drops, you can't skate by via tranqing nearly as much as previous MGS games.

Stealth is perfect for an open environment. The options you're allowed to turn off are fair and makes the game more challenging. Enemy sightlines are far but its easy to know when someone sees you. Hiding after being spotted or going into alert mode is a great mix of moving and waiting. Sneaking around and not getting caught feels really, really good.

Gameplay options decided upon by the player. You can completely fuck up a mission in your own unique way and figure out how to salvage your mistakes. Tons of options when it comes to infiltration, tons of options when it comes to combat. Very rarely does it feel like something is wasted when it comes to gameplay options.

Cassette tapes are pretty damn good. Fantastic performances from everyone on those. Huey being a monster, really welcoming to see a Emmerich be a complete and utter fuck up.

Great licensed music.

Cons:
Repetitive side ops, way too many. Halving the amount of side ops, making each one more unique, and upping how much GMP you get for each side op would've gone a long way.

Plot is bare bones as fuck, storytelling is fine/good. Almost nothing happens in MGS V, every other MGS it feels like there are high stakes for someone or something, shit is going down and you're in the middle of it. In MGS V, a handful of events occur and some of them don't matter more than five minutes.

It doesn't feel like the 80's. You could tell people this takes place in 2015 and everything would make sense besides the Walkman and reliance on cassettes. Ball was dropped really hard here.

Around 35 unique main missions, the rest are repeats, some of the repeats are neat at least. If the lack of plot seems fucked up, the fact that Kojima and his team couldn't make enough story missions to connect the plot with gameplay is telling. Something went wrong in the middle of development.

Characters are more interesting in tapes than in cutscenes. Bringing back characters for almost no reason and/or making past characters kid masterminds. New Metal Gear was simply alright.

What we got is a great game, but what we weren't given will always be a bummer mystery. Something happened while this was being baked in the oven, and it clearly fucked up the baking process.

   
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 22, 2015, 04:20:21 PM
It doesn't feel like the 80's. You could tell people this takes place in 2015 and everything would make sense besides the Walkman and reliance on cassettes. Ball was dropped really hard here.

Definitely. Much of the tech in the game feels way too advanced for 1984.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: archie4208 on September 22, 2015, 08:23:25 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=houDtgBNPCA

Kind of agree with this.

The backlash against 5 is going to be harsh.

Super Bunnyhop's critique was better.

Now that the luster has worn off it is certainly a flawed game and a wet fart of a finale.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 22, 2015, 08:54:57 PM
It doesn't feel like the 80's. You could tell people this takes place in 2015 and everything would make sense besides the Walkman and reliance on cassettes. Ball was dropped really hard here.

Definitely. Much of the tech in the game feels way too advanced for 1984.

Well, it's not like Peace Walker didn't have some weird tech as well yeah?

I still rank the game within the top 3-4 of MGS for me. But yeah, the story is really apparent that something was fucked in the process this year with Konami rushing this out the door. I'm still wanting to know what that Chapter 3 was filled with given that "leaked" list that was nearly on the nose.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on September 22, 2015, 09:35:04 PM
This game is kind of becoming a chore. Only on Mission 14, but I've been going through all the Side Ops available. 23% complete.

Maybe it's just the repetitive nature of Side Ops missions, but I hear some of the main missions are repeats too? Fuck that.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 23, 2015, 12:19:01 AM
This game is kind of becoming a chore. Only on Mission 14, but I've been going through all the Side Ops available. 23% complete.

Maybe it's just the repetitive nature of Side Ops missions, but I hear some of the main missions are repeats too? Fuck that.

The repeats of the main missions are later and skippable if you do the side-ops a bit later. 3 undone side-ops = new story missions.

So basically if you're finding the side ops a chore, go finish the game until there is no more main missions, then do the side-ops to unlock the last few.

I didn't mind the side-ops since outside of the vehicle escort ones, you can just straight up murder all the others in minutes.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 23, 2015, 01:10:00 AM
Mission 16 reminds me that I suck at Metal Gear.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 23, 2015, 01:18:12 AM
Mission 16 reminds me that I suck at Metal Gear.

You mean the caravan one?

Trigger the event, if you have Cargo+2 you can fulton the truck by pulling aggro and losing the scripted enemies in the airport area. Lift the target. Then get on a cargo container and fulton yourself out.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 23, 2015, 12:39:41 PM
I'll give it a try.

Its funny, for some reason I bought the guide, but it's really not all that helpful.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 23, 2015, 10:44:40 PM
And finished Quiet's arc.

Say what you will about her attire (I didn't mind it) but she's probably the strongest character in the game given her story arc. Yeah, there's stupid contradictions in the entire thing, but it's probably one of the stronger arcs Kojima wrote this outing.

I don't like how that mission particularly ends given some the problems with the "in-engine cutscene" since you could be wearing the Battle Dress which kinda nullifies the entire ending but well... I can see why they set it up that way.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 24, 2015, 08:35:35 PM
Such a lust for mods (http://www.nexusmods.com/phantompain/mods/28/?)

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 24, 2015, 09:57:57 PM
Anytime a missions says "Suggested Weapon: Missiles" I pretty much know it's gonna suck and not be fun.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: The Legend of Sunblade on September 25, 2015, 10:24:03 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjjHMIYnm2Q&feature=youtu.be&t=62s

I love this game's ranking system :rofl
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 25, 2015, 10:28:36 PM
https://youtu.be/rkfCJrljvKA
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 26, 2015, 04:38:30 AM
Yeah I'm done. These Extreme and Stealth only repeats aren't fun and the game is bullshit. I have to play these and 157 missions of the same thing just to unlock a semblance of an ending. This is one of the shittiest games I've played in a long time. This may be worst then MGS4. No it is, MGS4 did'nt feel like a lifeless exercise in lazy design.

I don't care if the game has decent level design and good stealth gameplay if it's surrounded by such horrendous padding and tedious design. This game is a peace of shit. Never have I played a MGS game with such unmemorable characters, cutscenes, scenario design, and boss battles. I've hardly played any games with such a lack of respect for your time to the point of just thinking it's ok to rehash everything wholesale and all for nothing. This is a terrible game. I can't believe it got such good reviews.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 26, 2015, 10:23:00 AM
^Okay.gif

Extreme isn't that bad outside of two fights, one of which isn't that bad if you're properly geared and still have Quiet. :doge The total Stealth is a bit bullshit if you have everyone riot geared but you can knock that gear off with a combat deployment mission.

The REAL problem with those redux missions is having to redo the secondary objectives while having the Total Stealth on top of it. Ugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjjHMIYnm2Q&feature=youtu.be&t=62s

I love this game's ranking system :rofl

It's kinda stupid.

"Thousands of Alerts? OH BUT YOU FINISHED IN TWO MINUTES!? S-RANK!"  :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 26, 2015, 03:01:03 PM
Oh yeah what a great solution. Hopefully your geared up and grinded enough to beat these lazily designed crap. MGS5 so good!

This is such a terrible game and so bloated with crap. I'm 83 hours end and this game just needs to end, but nope there's 50% of it left just to get any sort of ending. Though this 50% is exactly like the previous 50%. So fun!
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 26, 2015, 03:17:58 PM
OK it's been fun but I think I'm done with my MGS experience after 100 hours or so. Finished up the story and the "other" endings. Pretty kool game bro, pity about the running out of money part
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on September 26, 2015, 08:00:02 PM
Finally finished this up around 70 hours (all story stuff, still have about 50% of the side ops if I wanna bother, which I don't) and man that was a terrible story.  It's just as bad as MGS4 for exactly the same reasons in that it tries to connect and fit into everything and so it all comes across and really, really dumb.  Though I don't know how to explain why Peace Walker's story was also really dumb, but maybe Kojima is just not a good story concept creator anymore on top of not being a good writer and not being a good cutscene direction outside of action cutscene direction.

But man is he a legendary game designer.  Gameplay is so freaking good.  Just too bad about all the story everything.  Graphics/music are really nice too.


Kojima was probably a lot better before he got all big and got that big creator ego going.  I think if he had a team of really good editors reigning him in on story concept, pacing and direction his last couple of games would've been far better.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on September 26, 2015, 08:03:43 PM
Also, I haven't played it in English but in Japanese Skull Face seriously has the best voice acting in the entire MGS series outside of Snake.  I really wish he talked more.  His Japanese voice is super creepy but not in the usual old man way, more in a holy fuck I don't want to mess with this guy way.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 26, 2015, 08:13:59 PM
The storytelling, the methods and ways in which cutscenes play out are fine or good. That isn't the issue. The issue is there's barely any plot, and time/money was a huge issue with development. The game's entire plot was spelled out via game trailers. Like, every trailer shown makes up 80% of the story.

No other MGS game has this problem, this is a very different scenario compared to MGS4. MGS4 was loathed by Kojima during its entire development, but in the end its a fully realized story and has plenty of plot points.

How MGS4's plot points were demonstrated was the issue. Cutscenes that went on for 30 minutes could've been cut down to 5 minutes. Over explanation for the most smallest details and really botched characterizations and the bringing back of some characters.

MGS V barely has a plot. No editing in the world could salvage how little actually happens in the story.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on September 26, 2015, 08:23:19 PM
The storytelling is not fine, as shown by you're saying there's barely any plot, when there is a bunch of plot it's just told and paced extremely poorly.  The cutscene direction is also pretty visionless most of the time without a consistent directorial style.  But at it's core the problem is that for all the plot that is there in the game through what's told on-screen and off-screen...it's a pretty dumb, silly, uninteresting story with lots and lots stupid plot points IMO.  A lot of it feels even more stupid because it just feels like Kojima is feeling forced to connect EVERYTHING.  Stuff like
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the Man on Fire being zombie volgin is dumb and doesn't need to be connected to the MGS mythos.  Kojima could have simply made a new MAN ON FIRE character without the baggage if he wanted.
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  MGS4's plot suffered from the same problem of trying to shoehorn everything in so that every single plot point and character connected to somewhere else in the MGS timeline and it made it so MGS4 didn't have anything of its own to be its own personality and the story was forced, over-explained and just stupid.

And then Peace Walker's story was dumb sort for similar reasons because Kojima just could not let go of making connections to the MGS timeline, so instead of a neat fun original story, you get THE BOSS COMES BACK AS ROBO AI POD.  Hell, I think Portable Ops was the last time Kojima told a good story and that probably because Portable Ops was a "mostly" independent story of Big Boss doing a mission, meeting Campbell, and gaining respect of the soldiers around in and finding his place as a leader.  The end.  Nice and simple.  The only dumb part in that one was again the "connection" stuff with Frank Jaegar/Ninja which was totally unneeded and stupid.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 26, 2015, 08:30:32 PM
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The storytelling is not fine, as shown by you're saying there's barely any plot, when there is a bunch of plot it's just told and paced extremely poorly

Disagree pretty heavily there.

Outline of MGS V:

Venom Snake breaks out of hospital
Kaz is rescued
Quiet is captured or killed by Venom Snake
Huey is captured
Liquid is captured
Parasite outbreak at Home base
Codetalker is rescued
Outbreak is cured
Skull Face dies, Metal Gear is captured
Random stuff
Second outbreak
Quiet's ending
Twist/ending

In the world of MGS, that's is almost nothing.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on September 26, 2015, 08:31:27 PM
Most of the game's plot is off-screen either told in the tapes or referred to as events that happened.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 26, 2015, 08:40:23 PM
MGS1, a five or six hour game, by comparison:

Solid Snake is captured and is given a mission by a past Commanding Officer.
Snake meets up with fake darpa chief, who suffers from a heart attack.
Snake meets Meryl and Psycho Mantis fucks with him.
Snake fights Ocelot, Gray Fox shows up, Ocelot loses a hand.
Snake talks to Armstech president, suffers from heart attack.
Snake battles with Vulcan Raven.
Snake battles with Gray Fox.
Snake meets and chats with Otacon, who tells him what Metal Gear is.
Snake meets up with Meryl, she discusses her motivation and past.
Snake battles Psycho Mantis, who reveals his past and motivation.
Sniper Wolf wounds Meryl, Snake is forced to backtrack to save her and continue his mission.
Snake defeats Sniper Wolf and is captured.
Snake either withstands torture or gives in. Escapes.
Snake fights head to head with Liquid. Defeats him.
Snakes fights Sniper Wolf again, defeats her, her past and motivation is revealed.
Revealing of Fox Die/Naomi going rouge.
Snake reaches Metal Gear, attempts to disarm any nuclear capability.
Metal Gear is armed, Miller is revealed to be Liquid.
Gray Fox dies protecting Snake, Metal Gear is defeated.
Liquid explains his past and motivation, Snake defeats Liquid.
Snake either escapes with Meryl or Otacon, Liquid is killed by Fox Die.
Ending.

Most of the game's plot is off-screen either told in the tapes or referred to as events that happened.

Codec stuff in MGS1 and to a greater extent MGS2 influenced the story greatly, but those codec conversations were a lot more important than the tapes in MGS V, barring the tapes revolving around Zero, Strangelove, and Codetalker.

The tapes were really well done, credit is due there. MGSV has the same amount of cutscene time as MGS1, MGS V is a 40 hour game at the very least.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on September 26, 2015, 09:21:47 PM
The tapes are different than codecs.  Codecs add to the plot, tapes are like "this scene and this event and this scene happened offscreen so I'll tell you about it when in other mgs games you would have run into these scenes and seen them happen yourself"

It feels like they were so afraid to get hit by the mgs4 criticisms of too long too many cutscenes that they went the opposite far end and put half the plot in optional tapes.

It doesn't that ground zeroes and what happens in the years between probably has more story than what happens in TPP.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on September 27, 2015, 12:06:03 AM
yall got a 100 hour mgs but are complaining it doesn't have enough cutscenes like the series hasn't had terrible ones for the last decade+ wtf
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 27, 2015, 12:12:07 AM
Play the game breh, the issues are more complex than "it needs more cutscenes."

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 27, 2015, 01:05:14 AM
Play the game breh, the issues are more complex than "it needs more cutscenes."

It didn't really need more cutscenes. It needed better pacing. If those leaked chapter and mission names are correct, the game was farrrrr bigger than the one we got. There's one floating out that that had nearly the same mission structure with more missions and mission 45-46 being in the 3-4th chapter.

Then there's another 2chan image that apparently shows a pre-release chapter listing that has the leaked chapter 3. So grain of salt and all that, but I'm in the camp of "the story wasn't completely finished and they rushed to try to make a game ending instead of leaving it halfway."


I mean how else do you explain the chapter 3 title, the "secret ending cutscene" and some other shit that the game doesn't explain (see: "Episode 51" for the bit about the stealing this outings Metal Gear).
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 27, 2015, 03:18:21 AM
What's really outrageous is that the story is trying so bad to insert past characters but ignores the ones that are supposed to have been in Africa.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on September 27, 2015, 07:09:51 AM
What's really outrageous is that the story is trying so bad to insert past characters but ignores the ones that are supposed to have been in Africa.

What's outrageous is that the story is just crap through and through.  As a huge MGS fan, I turned in my MGS card after 4 shit on everything, Peace Walker hesitantly brought me back and after V I'm turning my fan card back in again and I'm out of this series.  Glad the series is dead.  Please don't let Kojima write his next game, but let him design the hell out of it from a gameplay perspective.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on September 27, 2015, 10:56:57 AM
Konami isn't going to touch this series in a serious sense ever again.

Worse part about that is Rising 2 could've been a thing but now it won't be. I was more hyped at the possibility of Rising 2 than any mainline MGS sequel.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on September 27, 2015, 11:36:25 AM
What's really outrageous is that the story is trying so bad to insert past characters but ignores the ones that are supposed to have been in Africa.

What's outrageous is that the story is just crap through and through.  As a huge MGS fan, I turned in my MGS card after 4 shit on everything, Peace Walker hesitantly brought me back and after V I'm turning my fan card back in again and I'm out of this series.  Glad the series is dead.  Please don't let Kojima write his next game, but let him design the hell out of it from a gameplay perspective.

The story would probably have been as crap, but it just goes to show how bad Kojima is reaching for... whatever he thought his theme is. Even more confusing when Raiden and Gray Fox were child soldiers around the time depicted.
But I guess most of us had reached that conclusion with MGS4.

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Then there's another 2chan image that apparently shows a pre-release chapter listing that has the leaked chapter 3. So grain of salt and all that, but I'm in the camp of "the story wasn't completely finished and they rushed to try to make a game ending instead of leaving it halfway."

I mean how else do you explain the chapter 3 title, the "secret ending cutscene" and some other shit that the game doesn't explain (see: "Episode 51" for the bit about the stealing this outings Metal Gear).

I'd say it's a matter of "when" instead of "how" because it's obvious the game had a dodgy production at this point. Did they just pack the game best they could when Konami handed a definitive deadline or did Kojipro realised early on that the scope (of the story & game) was out of reach ? Quite a bit of Kiefer's work seems to have been cut as well (although they're maybe for MGO ?) so making Snake silent was maybe a late decision.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 27, 2015, 01:54:46 PM
What sort of things can Quiet do when you increase your bond level? Because out the gate she's basically a less useful version of DD if you're intending to be stealthy.

She only spots one enemy at a time and it's temporary
She doesn't really follow you around and has frequently stopped finding new sniper spots.
Both her early weapons aren't suppressed so she will blow your cover instantly.

Why would I use her over DD in any scenario? I also don't understand what the "Quiet" command is used for. It does nothing.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: archie4208 on September 27, 2015, 03:57:03 PM
Use the D-pad in the iDroid to have her scout entire bases and go to sniper points.

I had to Google that since I don't think the game actually mentioned using that.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 27, 2015, 08:37:55 PM
What sort of things can Quiet do when you increase your bond level? Because out the gate she's basically a less useful version of DD if you're intending to be stealthy.

She only spots one enemy at a time and it's temporary
She doesn't really follow you around and has frequently stopped finding new sniper spots.
Both her early weapons aren't suppressed so she will blow your cover instantly.

Why would I use her over DD in any scenario? I also don't understand what the "Quiet" command is used for. It does nothing.

iDroid->Right->Buddy Commands->Quiet->Attack/Scout

Or iDroid Map->Updown on D-pad->Quiet(Scout/Attack)

Set her to scout to scout outposts ahead of you to where she'll finish up and set up before you get there unlike DD.

Quiet(Attack) to put her in a good cover fire position.

Once you get her to Max Bond or when you unlock the "COVER ME" mode:

On deployment->"Quiet has reached a sniping point"->"COVER ME"->Quiet(Attack)->Base->????????->One man Army: Activated.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 27, 2015, 11:25:50 PM
https://youtu.be/BUytlAKC9Rg
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 28, 2015, 09:17:36 AM
https://twitter.com/KaoticSnake/status/648017970237677568

WOW.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rufus on September 28, 2015, 09:56:46 AM
https://twitter.com/KaoticSnake/status/648017970237677568

WOW.
:lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 28, 2015, 11:01:58 AM
Thanks for the info. Just gave it a try and Quiet is totally useful now.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 28, 2015, 12:14:59 PM
Thanks for the info. Just gave it a try and Quiet is totally useful now.

She becomes even more useful once you unlock the silenced Tranq Sniper for her. Problem is, every guard starts to wear helmets because of it.

That's when you give her the Sinful Butterfly/her own Anti-Material Rifle and blow peoples heads off. :doge

Then use her during the infamous skull fights.  :doge :doge :doge :doge :doge :doge 2-shot their armor off for you and her to one shot them to death each. :doge :doge :doge :doge :doge :doge

Best Buddy. Shame you lose her unless you are on PC where you can mod her back.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 28, 2015, 04:34:13 PM
No, the story could have used more cutscenes. If you don't like MGS cutscenes I don't even know why you play these games. The cutscenes and codecs were instrumental in developing the characters and giving them personality, purpose, and prescene. It's why the tapes don't work. They feel more like expostition feeding then cutscenes and codecs are because there is no mask of a conversation. With Codecs the characters are actually interacting and talking to you. Even if the purpose is to relay story information or whatever, in the codecs in 1-3 they always did it with a sense of character as to you getting a glimpse of what the character was about. Since they were in real time they also felt important and actually mostly urgant. The way the tapes are deilvered are the excat oppsite. None of them feel like actual character ineractions, all of them feel like characters telling you information. They aren't real time which further hurts because they feel like work to go back to listen to so that you understand something instead of a converation directly relating to something you just experinced.

The tapes were one of PW's worst ideas and to have them back in place of codecs is garbage.

But the mission strcutre also sucks. Makes everything feel so disconnected and the pacing so random. I hated it in PW. What I liked about previous MGS was being thrown into a place and prgoressing through it with awesome senerio after senerio. The episode strucutre does none of that. Instead if anything it clases with the open world strucutre. There's no point to the game being open world when I just luanch into an episode and only go where it wants me to, not caring about any of the enviorments outside of it. Classic(good MGS) structure would have been perferable. A kind of linear open world idea kind of like Xenoblade. Going from area to area would naturally feel a lot more progressive and the story would probably be better paced, more impactful, and feel less random. Felling random is a huge problem with the story. Events just seem to happen out of the blue and the game dosen't convey that it's less movie and more serial honestly. Maybe if it was many chapters foucsed on specific archs(with less copy and paste missions) that tie into a overaching plot this would have been better, but it ddid'nt. At times it feels like the game is just throwing whatever at the wall and seeing what sticks.

But yes more cutscenes would have been nice. Seeing the characters and actually have them be developed would be nice. Skullface could have been a good villian. He's not and mostly because he has no screen time. I remember pretty much all of Volgins mouments in 3, hell I remember crap from Liquid Ocelot. Because I saw them. I saw thier manrisims, thier tecnhiques, and actions. Which made them far more meorable. Memorable is why I love MGS. It's memorable because the games even the terrible 4 overflow with style and personality. 5 does not. Everything is so muted and boring. Not seeing Skullface do anything makes him shitty, instead he tells us in one scene and then the game fills in the rest. He's never developed and we never have time to understand his motivations and ideas. Then he just dies anyway and were left to wonder wtf was he even planning on doing.

The entire XOF is sutpid. What could have been another awesome FOXhound group is I guess a dude on fire and Psycho mantis who I can never tell if he's an actual character since the game just decides to have him pop up when it decides something needs to happen. No, he's not a character. Even calling him a plot deivce is insulting to that critque. He's something Kojima throws in because he can't even make a plot divice. "Oh I haven't actually enginered or introduced elements to make actual conflict in the plot. Time for psychic kid!". His entire role in this story pisses me the fuck off. He sucks so much.

But yes actual god damn boss characters would have been nice. MGS is known for always having fun boss battles and characters. The Cobra's are great and memorable even though they are on the screen for so little. So much better than these SKULL's who are nothing. They are the most un-inventive thing this series has ever thrown at us. Zombies in armor who lunge around, shoot rock, and take a lot of damage. What the fuck? I know that after PW is obvious Kojima got really lazy in the gameplay area but my god are these things terrible. Nothing inventive about them and this being an open world game should have made them really think of amazingly creative bossess. The rest are so shit they aren't even worth talking about. Oh a sniper battle! Metal gear, find barrels of water, and find this kid! So great. BTW these characters are instantly forgettable!

The story is so terrible though, it adds nothing to the plot and in the end just makes it more awkward.

Oh actually Zero aint such a bad guy! I mean the twist of him being a bad guy was stupid, but just in case you've finally settled down on that one and are willing to agree with the notion that this was just two guys getting something wrong, here's another wrench. They are still buddies and I guess Zero ain't all so bad or something. Who knows. The character doesn't appear meaning the entire MGS saga is staged as a battle between characters who's descent into villainy are never really seen.

Did you think you were going to meet a conflicted young Liquid who hates that he has to live up to the Big Boss legacy, but then chooses to carry it. Getting it wrong in the process ironically like Big Boss. Did you think we could have seen an interesting relationship like Big Boss to the boss here. Man that could have been great. NOPE! We just get a snotty annoying little kid who's already angry and hardly interacts with Big boss. Then apparently steals a MG or something.

It's just a story that really has no point. The twist is stupid and answers a "question" that did'nt need answering. Anyone who claims it did is an idiot who's vying for top MGS5 apologist. No one ever needed to know why BB survived to be in MG2. He just did because 80s action villains do and besides MG1 is hardly full formed and MG2 is really kind of a remake, enhanced revision of MG2 anyway and at this point both games are canon in regards to important events that the solid games mention only. Adhering to them makes no sense as they hardly fit into the series trajectory.

It's also just a stupid twist on a logical and MGS logical sense. Yes, this medic just happen to sound like BB, just happen to have a similar body of Big Boss, be the same race(?), and be able to the same things BB does. He also apparently doesn't have the same personality despite being hypnotized into having the same memories somehow.

That's dumb and a stretch for MGS even.

If you have to have this stupid twist that basically goes against everything anyone wanted then have him be a clone. An early prototype of the The Terrible Children project. Have him be someone Zero set up to battle the rogue Cipher which then could have played into the entire thing about Skullface and Clone Boss being pawns and foils. Could have lead to an actual story theme of which this game has none. I mean that actually sounds like something Zero as he loves the symbol and legacy of BB. Would tie into the S3 idea even better. The entire thing with Big Boss allowing this to happen makes no sense.

Also having Big Boss be so boring is so lame. Then again, all the characters in this game feel soulless. The entire game does.

As for the gameplay. Well, it's fun in the minute to minute I guess. Though it features the worst implementation of supposed open world and my worst fears of what an open world does to a game. Its a game complete with a sandbox, but hardly an actual well designed set pieces or special moments. Just the same missions that get extremely lazy feeling and boring as they go on and since the Phantom Pain likes to throw the same mission at you for the next 60+ hours. it just starts to feel like shit since the game lacks anything special or cool like the previous MGS games. Having to replay all the damn missions over and over just to unlock something called an ending is garbage.

And man that twist is so shitty. It dosen't even make sense for Big Boss to do anything or really why.

It's just a terrible game honestly.

I don't know the story in this game just angers me, not the same way MGS4 did.

Oh an everyone who said that I was wrong about the game being a grind. The entire game turns into a grind just to unlock the ending, which shouldn't count as the secret ending but the actual ending of chapter 2/the game. It's not a small grind either. It's worse then PW.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Trent Dole on September 28, 2015, 05:32:56 PM
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 28, 2015, 07:27:54 PM
mans out here spending eighty hours playing games they hated in the first five then spending extra time writing research papers on why it's garbage

life is short, love yourself

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on September 28, 2015, 07:35:33 PM
mans out here spending eighty hours playing games they hated in the first five then spending extra time writing research papers on why it's garbage

life is short, love yourself

^ Rah.

Also no, it didn't need more cutscenes. What the fuck would those added cutscenes had done with the amount of story they cut to get this out the door? OH BOY MORE CONTROL TAKEN FROM THE PLAYER SO WE CAN HAVE SNAKE "..." FOR FIVE MINUTES INSTEAD OF JUST IGNORING ALL THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A STORY! LOL!

:comeon
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 28, 2015, 07:44:15 PM
mans out here spending eighty hours playing games they hated in the first five then spending extra time writing research papers on why it's garbage

life is short, love yourself
I actually liked the game in the beginning and it was a slow burn to realize it was actually terrible on all fronts.  Plus it's MGS, so I wanted to beat it but I'm not having fun anymore. I mean the actual gameplay is kind of fun until you think about it.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 28, 2015, 07:49:12 PM
mans out here spending eighty hours playing games they hated in the first five then spending extra time writing research papers on why it's garbage

life is short, love yourself

^ Rah.

Also no, it didn't need more cutscenes. What the fuck would those added cutscenes had done with the amount of story they cut to get this out the door? OH BOY MORE CONTROL TAKEN FROM THE PLAYER SO WE CAN HAVE
SNAKE "..." FOR FIVE MINUTES INSTEAD OF JUST IGNORING ALL THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A STORY! LOL!

:comeon
um this is a stupid post.

More cutscenes would um add more story? It wouldn't have to be more Snake stuff. Could have been stuff like Skullface and Codetalker. There tape already seems like it was a cutscene. Half the problem is the story feels underdeveloped. More crap would make it not underdeveloped. Plus this game already has tons of gameplay.

The premise of the story is not completely bad. This meta deconstruction of the Legend could work if maybe he had an actual foil in Skullface. Maybe more about how Skullface has been in the shadows and make his resentment an actual thing. Zero really should be bad. Pitting and manipulateting evryone. It's clear this plot is about dismantling a legend and communication problems. How things are influenced and perceived but it's poorly excuted. The language parasite and the twist could have worked if the story  had actual meat to it.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Barraco Barner on September 28, 2015, 08:15:48 PM
I'm having trouble getting into this game. To be fair I haven't played much (still in Afghanistan). I really don't like episodic structure.

I also thought MGS 4 was poo.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on September 28, 2015, 09:05:14 PM
30 hours in. I'm done bruhs. Feeling burned out from the repetitiveness and I'm not even half way through with the game.

Been skipping cutscenes all along lol. Without a story, there's little incentive to keep going other than hoping for more mission variety that just isn't going to come.

The gameplay isn't going to change up much (outside of new buddies to experiment with), and I'm pretty sure my current loadout will stay the same (tranq sniper rifle & stun shotgun).

To the game's credit, I could be varying my playstyle with each mission (stealth vs. rambo), but why bother if you prefer it a certain way?

I had fun overall, but just looking at my Steam library I got so many other games to play.

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 29, 2015, 02:21:56 AM
30 hours in. I'm done bruhs. Feeling burned out from the repetitiveness and I'm not even half way through with the game.

Been skipping cutscenes all along lol. Without a story, there's little incentive to keep going other than hoping for more mission variety that just isn't going to come.

The gameplay isn't going to change up much (outside of new buddies to experiment with), and I'm pretty sure my current loadout will stay the same (tranq sniper rifle & stun shotgun).

To the game's credit, I could be varying my playstyle with each mission (stealth vs. rambo), but why bother if you prefer it a certain way?

I had fun overall, but just looking at my Steam library I got so many other games to play.
Yeah there's really no incentive to play around and use different things which really makes having all those weapons quite pointless. Just going to use the best ones right? There's so little variety and special design in this game that it really is the worst kind of open world game.  looks like I was right when I said I doubted this game would have those "special carefully designed" MGS moments.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on September 29, 2015, 10:49:51 AM
I'm actually a little disappointed from a gameplay perspective at how few non-gun items there are to fuck around with.  After about 30 hours you basically have everything and the rest of the game is just getting higher versions of them which typically just give more ammo count.  And yeah there's a million guns, but most of them within the same category play the same with only extremely minor differences.

I would've liked about twice the number of support items/tools to give the gameplay more variety.  After a certain point you're pretty much going to keep taking the same stuff into missions and only mixing up your guns a bit.


Also for all the gameplay advancements, there's still stuff you could do in MGS3 that you can't do here like throw snakes at guards.  Although maybe that's what the bait bottle is supposed to do but I never saw it do anything to guards.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 29, 2015, 11:56:22 AM
Knocking out a guard with a magazine is never not going to be funny though

The decoy/mine (or sleep mine) combo is always a fun one too
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on September 29, 2015, 12:18:47 PM
Yeah those are good and rocket punch is great, sleep mines and stuff are nice too.  It's just that gameplay-wise this is a 70-120 hour progression game and that stuff stops being introduced like 30-40 hours in.  Like the bar goes down to lvl.7/8, but almost nothing has versions past level 4/5.  Even the gameplay feels unfinished.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 29, 2015, 12:26:56 PM
yeah it definitely just gets down to "more ammo" or "slightly more power" variations eventually. but at 80 hours in i'm still having fun, so i'll keep going until i'm not.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on September 29, 2015, 12:32:57 PM
Yup game is really fun.  Out of the 70ish hours I put in, the only times I didn't have fun were mission 46 and the quarantine zone one.  The actual normal stealth/action gameplay is a blast.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on September 29, 2015, 12:40:07 PM
I'm up to mission 29 now. The difficulty on missions has been ramping up since 20 and I really like it
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 29, 2015, 10:22:18 PM
mans out here spending eighty hours playing games they hated in the first five then spending extra time writing research papers on why it's garbage

life is short, love yourself
Get ridiculed for talking about games seriously in other threads. Get ridiculed for talking about games in the official thread.

The Bore.com TM.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: OnlyRegret on September 29, 2015, 10:43:37 PM
Eventually extract/kidnap some fucker repeat in the same place loses its luster real fast.
Could've used way more variety. That and some sort of complete narrative and plot.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: toku on September 30, 2015, 06:11:12 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/PT1QolU.jpg)
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(http://i.imgur.com/Q1crueU.gif)
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on September 30, 2015, 08:15:43 PM
the credits after every mission in this game kills me. it's so useless
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on September 30, 2015, 08:51:19 PM
You can skip them and still get the post-credit scene.


Also the credits at the start spoiling the twists of the episode is fucking stupid.  I had to basically look away during the opening credits each time because I didn't want to know when a SKULLS unit would pop up or Skullface would appear, etc...
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: helios on September 30, 2015, 10:28:06 PM
You can skip them and still get the post-credit scene.


Also the credits at the start spoiling the twists of the episode is fucking stupid.  I had to basically look away during the opening credits each time because I didn't want to know when a SKULLS unit would pop up or Skullface would appear, etc...

Well, he only shows up like 3 times.

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And I don't think Big Boss says a single word to him
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 01, 2015, 04:30:36 PM
The more I think about it, the more I think two things:

1) The opening cutscene of Ground Zeroes is the highlight of the entire GZ+TPP game, and how sad that is.  It's the best directed cutscene, the most interesting cutscene and has the best music (here's to you).  It's filled with intrigue, makes skullface look interesting, conveys the tone, and just sets the game off with a bang.  Then TPP is a whisper.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Also it's the last time you actually get to play as Big Boss and Big Boss is soooooooooooooooooooooo much better and more charismatic/interesting/likeable than Punished Snake.
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2) The ending dialogue in Ground Zeroes, where Skullface is playing Here's to You to Paz and is talking about the origins of the song and that it's a reminder that this (the USA) is a country that kills innocents; and then he talks about how he (Skullface) never had a choice in life, a language, a homeland, etc... and wants to know WHERE IS ZERO; probably the best "tape" in the game, so much that they give it to you in TPP as a tape.  Really makes it seem like that idea in Here's to You will play into the plot, that Skullface is interesting, his origins interesting, his motivation interesting and makes the player look forward to a game about Skullface vs Zero with Big Boss caught in the middle.

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Yet, the whole Here's to You reference amounts to jack shit in TPP.  Skullface's past...uh, the Soviets came in and took over his homeland/erasing his native language.  That's not the USA.  His whole blame of the "system" with the English language and Zero seems entirely misplaced considering it was the Soviets that fucked him over initially.  His whole motivation stuff is awful.  When he shouts WHERE IS ZERO at the end of Ground Zeroes it sounds really fucking personal, yet in TPP he's like "yeah, it's not personal at all, I just want to take out the system and Zero is the next step". 
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I feel like Ground Zeroes was great.  Great well designed base, pick up weapons on the fly like the old games, lots of new stuff to play with like the helicopter, intriguing plot reveals, good introduction to Skullface, good setting up the mystery for TPP.  And then TPP doesn't come through on any of that stuff besides more new stuff to mess around with in the gameplay.  GZ seriously feels like the best MGS game out of the post-MGS3 group of MGS4, Peace Walker, GZ and TPP.  And it makes me wonder if it wasn't the original vertical slice that Kojima and crew made when they had a plan and knew what they were doing and then after GZ the rest became a development disaster along the way.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on October 01, 2015, 04:40:52 PM
I'm only a few hours into tpp but so far it seems exactly like gz but with a bunch of open space between bases. if it keeps up like this I'll be fine with it. yeah you miss out on the emotional/atmospheric cues that most linear single player games go for, but given how awful kojimas stories are, I'm OK with this.

what's more disappointing is hearing that there isn't much equipment to unlock after 30 hours. peace walker had some crazy high-level items to play around with and it'd be a shame if they didn't do more with those.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 02, 2015, 12:11:56 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLYxRkgfyxI
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 :lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 02, 2015, 12:24:21 AM
I'm only a few hours into tpp but so far it seems exactly like gz but with a bunch of open space between bases. if it keeps up like this I'll be fine with it. yeah you miss out on the emotional/atmospheric cues that most linear single player games go for, but given how awful kojimas stories are, I'm OK with this.

what's more disappointing is hearing that there isn't much equipment to unlock after 30 hours. peace walker had some crazy high-level items to play around with and it'd be a shame if they didn't do more with those.

There's some pretty rad equipment but you'll need to grind for it and then wait 30 minutes or an hour for it to develop. If you breeze through the game, chances are you won't see or use the neat shit that requires S/A+ ranked staff and such.

Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 02, 2015, 12:27:15 AM
Throw in if you're going for the achievements: Throw crap soldiers at the combat deployments and pray your RNG smiles on you. Along with building a nuke ASAP because of a 24-in-game-time hour timer.

Blech.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 02, 2015, 01:44:53 PM
Quick question about Quiet and the true ending, trying to avoid spoilers so I figured I'd ask here.

I know putting the butterfly on your emblem stops her from leaving, but also stops you from getting the true ending (or something like that). After I do all the shit I want to do with Quiet can I then remove the butterfly and get the true ending or no?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: suppadoopa on October 02, 2015, 02:35:43 PM
Is Pequod the most powerful MGS character? Dude is invincible
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 02, 2015, 02:38:09 PM
Quick question about Quiet and the true ending, trying to avoid spoilers so I figured I'd ask here.

I know putting the butterfly on your emblem stops her from leaving, but also stops you from getting the true ending (or something like that). After I do all the shit I want to do with Quiet can I then remove the butterfly and get the true ending or no?

Yes. Though it isn't a "true ending" it's just an end to her character arc.

Also be VERY prepared for this. Upgrade all your Battle Dress outfit and RPG's.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 02, 2015, 03:06:46 PM
Is Pequod the most powerful MGS character? Dude is invincible
I got it shot down once by accident. I deployed to an area that it said was safe, but a tank was there and blew it up right after I got out.

Yes. Though it isn't a "true ending" it's just an end to her character arc.

Also be VERY prepared for this. Upgrade all your Battle Dress outfit and RPG's.
thanks. i'll hold off until i'm done with her and then finish up her arc i guess.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 02, 2015, 03:47:29 PM
Is Pequod the most powerful MGS character? Dude is invincible

Pretty much.  Only costs like $30,000 GMP to ressurect him each time.  Thank god for those nanomac-cough*cough*parasites.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 02, 2015, 03:49:58 PM
Is Pequod the most powerful MGS character? Dude is invincible
I got it shot down once by accident. I deployed to an area that it said was safe, but a tank was there and blew it up right after I got out.

I tried deploying to a danger zone once, the helicopter got shot down while I was sitting watching the intro credits :(  Had to abort mission, otherwise it would keep respawning from the opening and kill me before I could get out.  Last time I ever deployed in a danger zone!
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 02, 2015, 10:26:43 PM
Well I'm almost done. Beat most of the extreme and total stealth through either cheesing them or brute force. I guess this is an open world game all about you figuring it out. This is a very conflicting game. Sometimes it works and most of the time it doesn't, but either way at 100 hours and counting I just want to be done. Have the extreme mission, Quiet's mission, and plenty of easy side ops left. Hope they go down easy.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 02, 2015, 10:40:54 PM
Why are you trying to 100% a game you don't like.  I didn't even do that and I liked it sorta maybe.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 03, 2015, 02:50:26 AM
I'm not going to leave a MGS game unfinished....I'm an actual fan of this series....

The only way to actually get the ending is to 100% it. If you did'nt have to do every mission to unlock it I wouldnt have.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 03, 2015, 03:32:25 AM
What?  What I've read is that nothing happens when you get 100%

I'm pretty sure I got all the story content in the game (all tapes, all cutscenes) with only around 65-70% completion.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on October 03, 2015, 04:48:00 AM
watched pequod land on an enemy chopper today and now i love this shitty ass game
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on October 03, 2015, 06:01:39 AM
What?  What I've read is that nothing happens when you get 100%

I'm pretty sure I got all the story content in the game (all tapes, all cutscenes) with only around 65-70% completion.

Yeah I'm pretty certain I've never read anything about an hidden ending locked behind a 100% completion so far. There might be an easter egg or something with a set of obscure requirements, but I would think it would have been datamined by now (In fact it maybe did, with the one postulated being an ending for the FOB part ?).

"Too late Rax. Now die."
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 03, 2015, 07:50:59 AM
There's nothing unlocked by doing 100%. Those of you that don't like the game (Rah) should stop. :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on October 03, 2015, 09:34:38 AM
are there any Afghanis in Afghanistan?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 03, 2015, 11:00:50 AM
You have to complete all the missions for episode 46. Max out Quiet's bond for episode 45. And complete all important side ops which also means doing plenty of the side ops. Also have Mother Base at a certain level. So at this point I might as well as I don't have Quiet maxed, haven't unlocked all the important side ops like Paz's, and still have extreme 44(?) to do.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 03, 2015, 01:19:12 PM
You have to complete all the missions for episode 46. Max out Quiet's bond for episode 45. And complete all important side ops which also means doing plenty of the side ops. Also have Mother Base at a certain level. So at this point I might as well as I don't have Quiet maxed, haven't unlocked all the important side ops like Paz's, and still have extreme 44(?) to do.

Dude, someone is feeding you bad info.  To get ep46 you just need to do the missions in ch.2 with the gold dots and maybe have the Paz stuff done.  You don't have to do ANY of the repeat EXTREME/TOTAL STEALTH type missions and you don't have to do the endless side ops.  I didn't do any of the repeat missions.  Also I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with motherbase level.

You may need to finish Paz's story first, but that means just doing the wandering soldiers 1-10 and then grabbing the photo at the door to her hallway.  This is a pain in the ass if you haven't been doing them regularly, but it only takes about an hour or two to grab one, back to ACC, grab another, back to ACC, then watch cutscene with paz -> smoke a time stogie -> watch cutscene -> smoke -> repeat and remember to grab photo #11 at the start of the hallway on motherbase where she's located.

And yeah you need to max Quiet out for 45, but how are you 100 hours in or something and haven't maxed all your D-buddies?  It doesn't take very long if you're using them. 
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on October 03, 2015, 03:30:59 PM
So I just made it to Mission 41, which apparently is the mission that kicks off the chain of events where
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Quiet leaves you
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I'd like to use her for the rest of the Side Ops (which I'm in the midst of doing) and the additional Extreme ones (looking in the guide it seems there are some more left)... is there any way to keep her to use on those missions?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 03, 2015, 07:31:24 PM
I just use DDog. Didn't care much for Quiet.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 03, 2015, 07:34:07 PM
So I just made it to Mission 41, which apparently is the mission that kicks off the chain of events where
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Quiet leaves you
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I'd like to use her for the rest of the Side Ops (which I'm in the midst of doing) and the additional Extreme ones (looking in the guide it seems there are some more left)... is there any way to keep her to use on those missions?
Use the butterfly in your emblem. From the little I've read that will stop the last mission from being triggered
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on October 03, 2015, 07:35:16 PM
I just use DDog. Didn't care much for Quiet.

the jokes write themselves
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 04, 2015, 01:27:38 AM
I just use DDog. Didn't care much for Quiet.

the jokes write themselves
I don't really get it? What jokes?

DD basically has radar and since honestly it seems annoying to figure out line of sight and enemy position in this game, having DD basically tell you where to go far more useful then Quiet's sniping which is something I can already do. She also seems to basically go do her own thing anyway. About the only thing I like about her is she has no problem taking out armored  individuals. Then again neither does DD, she just has the range.

Also DD is great on missions. He tells you were important people are and marks other important info.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 04, 2015, 01:33:34 AM
Quiet becomes the best partner in the game once you get her "Cover me" command. She'll take out entire outposts by herself, distract all the guards if she's using a unsilenced rifle, take out everyone with no alerts when using a silenced weapon. She has a good amount of health and can also scout areas in advance.

I played without markers for an added challenge, so Diamond Dog was pretty useless. The horse is 2nd best, just as fast as a jeep and doesn't slow down in terrain. D-Walker costs a fuck ton to deploy if you upgrade it.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 04, 2015, 01:36:35 AM
Yeah she basically does everything which is nice, but also pretty boring.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 04, 2015, 01:38:04 AM
That's why she's perfect for side ops, get shit done quicker.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 04, 2015, 01:54:19 AM
Yeah, I don't like Quiet.  I hate having to manually assign her to scout each place up ahead just get a semi-equivalent of D-Dog's radar.  She's really powerful and was unique enough to use her for a while and get her up to max bond, but after that point I stuck with the dog + jeep combo.  I loved my D-Walker but it's too slow for moving across big areas and by the end game it's too weak to use against any armored vehicle that destroys it in one hit.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 04, 2015, 12:47:42 PM
Yeah, I don't like Quiet.  I hate having to manually assign her to scout each place up ahead just get a semi-equivalent of D-Dog's radar.  She's really powerful and was unique enough to use her for a while and get her up to max bond, but after that point I stuck with the dog + jeep combo.  I loved my D-Walker but it's too slow for moving across big areas and by the end game it's too weak to use against any armored vehicle that destroys it in one hit.

(http://i.imgur.com/4T7zCk6.gif)

Use walkers "boost" function, breh. You can speed across terrain nearly as fast as the Horse. Problem is, the Walker gets alerts really fast/quickly compared to the other three options.

Also Quiet isn't hard to micromanage once you learn of the "up/down on the map menu" iDroid shortcut. Same with calling in airstrikes via the Int-Scope.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 05, 2015, 11:25:49 PM
How do you boost?  Assuming that's different than the hold L3 run which is slower than Snake sprinting on his own.


Didn't know about the B

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Birthday thing until I just saw a gaf thread and then watched it on youtube.  That was pretty cool.  The little stuff in the game is way better than the actual stuff that matters like the plot.
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 05, 2015, 11:39:50 PM
How do you boost?  Assuming that's different than the hold L3 run which is slower than Snake sprinting on his own.

Square/X IIRC. Like Diamond Horse. I don't use Diamond Walker since it gets spotted easily. But it's possible to "boost" it like the horse. Problem is, unlike the horse it can't jump some terrain and is a bit hard to control.

Essentially, if you're getting away from a base, you boost. If you're getting close to a base. You slow down (O/B) and then X/A to change from "wheel" mode/stance into standing/flat-leg stance. It'll be a bit louder, I think but this enables you to use the gun(s) you equip accurately. Walker's more built for you to "IDGAF" through levels, though.

Also unless I'm misunderstanding, there's no "hold L3" for Diamond Walker. His leg speed is the same no matter what?

If you're talking Venom himself: There's no need to hold L3. It's click-to-sprint a la CoD/BF.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: El Babua on October 05, 2015, 11:59:57 PM
lol they're selling insurance for FOBs now.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 06, 2015, 12:01:59 AM
I haven't played for while now. I fully expect to get fucked over when it tells me how many people stole shit from my FOB.  :larry
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 06, 2015, 12:41:39 AM
Is the online mode up?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 06, 2015, 01:14:24 AM
Glad I went offline right after the base defense missions. FOBs sound like more hassle than they are worth.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 06, 2015, 06:34:11 AM
Is the online mode up?

On consoles, today. Yeah. US is still "Grace Chen Time" (AKA:  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) for Playstation, though.

I'm thinking of picking up the PS3 version today to patch and play MGO to see how janky this version is. I've never been a fan of MGO, so I'm sure this won't convince me otherwise. I'm just curious how Kojima-LA did with it.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 06, 2015, 06:42:58 AM
lol they're selling insurance for FOBs now.

OH MY GOD YOU AREN'T KIDDING.  :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Quote from: http://www.konami.jp/mgs5/tpp/en/news/day30.php5
FOB insurance service begins!

Your FOBs are always at risk of coming under attack. Now, you can rest easy with FOB insurance (paid service). If you sign up for insurance, then during the insurance period you will be compensated for any materials and staff lost due to rival infiltrations.
* Staff/materials stolen by the rival will in fact remain on your base, and an identical amount of staff/materials will be handed over to the rival instead.
* MB Coins are purchased with real money, but free MB Coins are also distributed periodically as login bonuses, etc.
* The following are not covered by FOB insurance:
 ・Staff/items that are not fully your property, such as abducted staff being held in your Brig (FOB)
 ・Wounded staff (staff lost due to death or extraction will be compensated)
 ・Staff used by you to deploy in defense of the FOB (neither death nor extraction will be compensated)
 ・Nuclear weapons

Get fucked, Konami. You heard people's complaints and then microcharged it. Fuck you. :lol :lol :lol I mad.

I haven't played for while now. I fully expect to get fucked over when it tells me how many people stole shit from my FOB.  :larry

Back up save before starting. Start game. Invaded? Daily rewards? They aren't MB coins (for MGO, IIRC they're using it for F.O.B. and MGO respectively)? Quit game, reload backed up save: Nothing lost/gained.

Bit of a hassle but better than paying the Troll Toll to get away from the F.O.B. ... Hole.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Steve Contra on October 06, 2015, 03:18:00 PM
Game is pretty great

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Trying to beat quiet with just the tranq gun :brazilcry
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 06, 2015, 03:37:18 PM
Game is pretty great

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Trying to beat quiet with just the tranq gun :brazilcry
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That's really the best part of the game. Until you learn the cheese tactics that ruin that entire thing.
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 06, 2015, 03:38:52 PM
So doing side ops will let you skip the replay missions? Kinda not feeling them
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 06, 2015, 03:40:25 PM
So doing side ops will let you skip the replay missions? Kinda not feeling them

Yes. 3 undone side-ops = 1 new main mission for chapter 2.

There's only like 2-4 main missions in chapter 2.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 06, 2015, 03:48:29 PM
Main missions are the yellow ones, right?

There's also yellow side ops, I assume those need to be done too.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 06, 2015, 04:15:06 PM
Main missions are the yellow ones, right?

There's also yellow side ops, I assume those need to be done too.

Yes.

And yes.

Though one will unlock after mission 41. If you're wanting to have Quiet help you until the end, keep the butterfly emblem on until you're ready to lose control.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 06, 2015, 04:23:28 PM
Also SWEET JESUS CHRIST the resolution drop on PS3 coming from PC. :doge :doge :doge

How the hell were we okay with sub-720p (or hell native 1080p) in the mid 2000's, I'll never know.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 06, 2015, 04:26:16 PM
Cool. Can't wait to do the Eli one, I'm gonna shoot that little cunt in the face with my stun assault rifle
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 06, 2015, 05:56:35 PM
MGO's still pure jank and once people unlock shit like the decoy dog it'll get frustrating really fast. :lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 06, 2015, 06:32:22 PM
Mission  45 was pretty solid. Wish the game was filled with these kind of missions.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: FatalT on October 06, 2015, 07:27:04 PM
Holy fuck Metal Gear Online is great.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 06, 2015, 07:28:57 PM
MGO's still pure jank and once people unlock shit like the decoy dog it'll get frustrating really fast. :lol

Okay, updating on that: So long as teams aren't severely stacked the game can be fun. Probably the first time I've actually wanted to play MGO. Kudos Kojima-LA. Getting near the data disc with their whole team on that point while you pick one off with the stun sniper, they freak out. You sneak up during that slit the throat of one and another is captured by your Plush  :doge into a fulton and the last two remaining are somewhere who knows where while the last three of us go to capture the disc.

Then the host ragequits and you don't get the massive EXP you could've gotten from that because hostrage quits = FUCK YOU EXP GAIN. :doge :doge :doge :doge :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Steve Contra on October 06, 2015, 07:36:34 PM
Also the first hour of the game is inexcusable.  I would have fired Kojima's ass for that shit alone.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: FatalT on October 06, 2015, 10:52:22 PM
https://youtu.be/MxOjqyhG6JQ
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 06, 2015, 11:44:33 PM
I need to unlock infiltraitor it seems. I've been using Scout with the mark grenades to pretty good support role use.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 06, 2015, 11:48:30 PM
Has anyone noticed that some of the recordings(especially the ones that logically shouldn't be recordings) really sound like cutscenes complete with camera movement noise and sound effects, but without the actual "recording filter".

I wonder if they were supposed to be actual cutscenes. Maybe adding credence to this game being compromised?

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Like the conversation with Paz and Zero. Half the stuff doesn't make sense since there's no visuals. There were camera movement noise during some of the CodeTalker and Skull Face. Obviously, there were going to always be plenty of tapes, but those without the recording scratchiness sure seem like they were supposed to be actual cutscenes.
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 07, 2015, 12:02:06 AM
Maybe adding credence to this game being compromised?

As if datamined Chapter 3, the lack of Episode 51 (on the Collector's Bluray it was 30% complete) and other things didn't clue you in? :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 07, 2015, 01:25:00 AM
Well I'm done with the game. Eh 6/10. Best gameplay in the series, everything surrounding it is pretty bad or at least personally disappointing.

Maybe a 7/10 because at least some of the truth tapes are good and in general the story has given me something to chew on even if I dislike it. It's just that this is possibly one of the most deeply flawed games I've ever played. It's not outright terrible like MGS4 or just a pos like PW. It's a mess of ideas, expectations, disappointment, ambition, subversion, and whatever else I can throw here.

Either way I'd probably put it over 4 and PW, with PW I think being the worst MGS.

So my ranking goes.

3>/=2>1>TTS>5(GZ/TPP)>4>PO>PW.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 07, 2015, 02:48:41 AM
MGO is hilarious. I thought with a western team doing it would be less janky with at least the interface and internet stuff. yet it seems as janky as previous ones.

Seems like the actual game could be pretty fun though.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: eleuin on October 07, 2015, 02:49:13 AM
MGO looks fun but no host migration is embarrassing
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Trent Dole on October 07, 2015, 04:50:22 PM
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/metal-gear-online-dlc-adds-horse-armour-and-cleavage/0156982
But sadly not horse cleavage.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Steve Contra on October 08, 2015, 04:30:31 PM
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I finally beat quiet straight up, and accidentally shot her during what I thought was a cutscene :stahp  so I looked up how to cheese it and got an S ranking :aah
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: bork on October 08, 2015, 08:50:15 PM
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I finally beat quiet straight up, and accidentally shot her during what I thought was a cutscene :stahp  so I looked up how to cheese it and got an S ranking :aah
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I did the same thing.  That was one easy "fight!"
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: bork on October 08, 2015, 08:51:25 PM
Well I'm done with the game. Eh 6/10. Best gameplay in the series, everything surrounding it is pretty bad or at least personally disappointing.

Maybe a 7/10 because at least some of the truth tapes are good and in general the story has given me something to chew on even if I dislike it. It's just that this is possibly one of the most deeply flawed games I've ever played. It's not outright terrible like MGS4 or just a pos like PW. It's a mess of ideas, expectations, disappointment, ambition, subversion, and whatever else I can throw here.

Either way I'd probably put it over 4 and PW, with PW I think being the worst MGS.

So my ranking goes.

3>/=2>1>TTS>5(GZ/TPP)>4>PO>PW.

PO > PW?

:huh

PO is the worst.  I had problems with the controls...would try to sneak up and grab someone and would punch them instead.   :-\
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 08, 2015, 09:25:53 PM
PO is pretty terrible, but so is PW. PO still felt like classic Metal Gear though. It also had a self contained story that while bad at least was quick about it. I don't even know what the point of PW was. PO at least had the "this is where the OUter Hevan idea came from". It also had classic MG rouge merc group. Which is something I love. PW had those dumb robot battles. It didn't have grinding or that terrible mission structure.

PO would hav been great if it played like MGS 1 and 2. It's such a shame they tried to force TPS gameplay on a system that would have been a great fit for the old style.

But yeah PO was the first MG thing I didn't like.

But yes PW controlled a lot better, but it was also a game that had reall bad level design and was super easy.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 08, 2015, 09:51:27 PM
Well I'm done with the game. Eh 6/10. Best gameplay in the series, everything surrounding it is pretty bad or at least personally disappointing.

Maybe a 7/10 because at least some of the truth tapes are good and in general the story has given me something to chew on even if I dislike it. It's just that this is possibly one of the most deeply flawed games I've ever played. It's not outright terrible like MGS4 or just a pos like PW. It's a mess of ideas, expectations, disappointment, ambition, subversion, and whatever else I can throw here.

Either way I'd probably put it over 4 and PW, with PW I think being the worst MGS.

So my ranking goes.

3>/=2>1>TTS>5(GZ/TPP)>4>PO>PW.

PO > PW?

:huh

PO is the worst.  I had problems with the controls...would try to sneak up and grab someone and would punch them instead.   :-\

Portable Ops is the last MGS to have a good story.  It also had original MGS bosses, not just rehashed bosses from previous games (Grey Fox aside).  But yeah the gameplay is way better in Peace Walker and Peace Walker is a much better game.

But PO's story was pretty decent.  Definitely miss having a MGS game with a decent story.

Also PW turned MGS into a grind rpg which MGSV followed.  This has pros and cons and it's definitely not for everybody.  Basically MGS transformed into a new franchise with Peace Walker.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 09, 2015, 12:04:45 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6dVVl-TRIo

:heh
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 09, 2015, 10:55:23 AM
DWalker is a fucking boss. Quiet is cool cause she'll instantly take out a base but DW with the radar head, chaingun, and CQC arm is awesome for just going in and fucking shit up.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 09, 2015, 03:04:01 PM
Yeah, I love using CQC arm on dudes with shields blocking my chaingun.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 09, 2015, 07:48:15 PM
This thread has been v. fascinating. I'm glad that 2 is the game that turned me off the most, every subsequent title has been like a pity lay instead of the slow descent into disgust like it has been for y'all. Given how much I've liked 4 so far, I expect to think TPP knocks the closest on 1's door.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 09, 2015, 08:17:39 PM
Have you revisited MGS2 at all since your initial disgust? Its sorta mindblowing that MGS2 is your disgust point but you like MGS4, MGS2 is a much funner ride than MGS4 in almost every way.

Metal Gear Rising remains the best Metal Gear game since MGS3.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 09, 2015, 08:27:17 PM
I played Substance a few years after. Still the low point for me.

4 is a game that embraces all the games (for better and worse), 2 is anything but that, in fact its hatchet job to everything is one of its redeeming qualities.

Also FPS with soliton radar is lulz.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 09, 2015, 08:30:09 PM
A lot of MGS2 fans oversell how "smart" the game is, but there's still no other game that goes full distinguished mentally-challenged fellow intelligently like MGS2.

I played Substance a few years after. Still the low point for me.

4 is a game that embraces all the games (for better and worse), 2 is anything but that, in fact its hatchet job to everything is one of its redeeming qualities.

Also FPS with soliton radar is lulz.

That's what makes it so great, its Metal Gear in gameplay design but it's a dumb and bizarre beast on its own.
 :lawd

Also, European Extreme in MGS2 makes it one of the hardest but fair games ever. One hit kill boss battles 
:whew
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 09, 2015, 08:38:45 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKl6WjfDqYA

GOAT moment in the Metal Gear franchise for me. Freestyled dumbness, insanity, blame, truth.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 09, 2015, 08:39:15 PM
When I went back and replayed all the games before MGS4 my opinion of MGS2 went down a lot.  I thought it was awesome crazy mind fuck game at the time and I loved that scissors stuff and naked raiden, but while I'm still fine with the story I guess, the gameplay/mission design is pretty lacking for a lot of the Shell.  There's a bunch of tedious shit like the bomb defusing, emma escort water stuff, backtracking everywhere and a lot of the boss fights sucked.  It's just not all that much fun to play on the Big Shell.  MGS1 still holds up amazingly well and is a total joy to run through any time, the level design and pacing is perfect along with lots of great boss fights and an enjoyable story, and then MGS3 Subsistence is still the best damn thing Kojima ever lucked out in making and pretty much a perfect game in gameplay & story.  But 2 is kind of eh, ok.  4 is a movie you watch once and then realize how dumb it all was, and Peace Walker is a fun little repetitive portable game, and MGS5 is a sublime playing, unfinished game that has the worst story in the series, and that's in a series where there is Peace Walker.

If I ever gave the series another run through I'd probably just replay MGS1 & MGS3 and call it a day.  But MGS2 was worth playing once, MGS4 worth watching once, and Peace Walker/MGS5 worth playing without watching once.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 09, 2015, 08:46:06 PM
I've probably played MGS1 and MGS2 the most. I've done all the VR missions in MGS2 twice, first person mode VR missions is probably the jankiest thing to ever come out of Japan.

Also, the boss fights don't suck. Dead Cell is lame when it comes to artistic design (besides Fatman and Solidus). 

They require skill and pattern recognition, you need to get good for higher difficulties and there is minimal room for fuck ups. MGS4's boss fights require minimal pattern recognition and all you need to do is unload ammo into each boss, very little thinking required. If I was going to point at bad boss fights, MGS4 would be a prime candidate.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 09, 2015, 08:57:21 PM
Biggest gameplay mistake in the MGS series is the tranq pistol. Normal difficulty in MGS2 and MGS3 are piss easy when it comes to stealth.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 09, 2015, 09:59:21 PM
The first BB fight in 4 is probably the worst boss fight in the series. The second is a lot better, but ultimately hamstrung by the claustrophobic level design that permeates the game and drags it down.

Dead Cell rule. Bishie nano-vampires. Soul sisters. Roller skating fat men. Samurai octopus arm Big Boss clones. :noah

Agree with Bebpo about the sterility of 2. I also find it extremely unambitious from a mechanical standpoint. I'd rather have the mess of half baked, underutilized mechanical change in 4 or the OMG change of 3 over 2's refined evolution. And tbh, FPS and the tranq gun really aren't refined, they're substantial changes to the way 1 plays. Neither for the better imo. (I like the idea of giving players the choice of whether or not to be an avatar of Khorne, however.)
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 09, 2015, 10:14:00 PM
MGS2 would've been a lot different if there weren't loading screen dividers. It would've made the game a lot more challenging if guards as an entire unit moved around the tanker or Big Shell in different shifts, or if they can chase you around a connected areas and kill you without a loading screen checkpoint being a safety net if you die. Save games being the only checkpoints would've also upped tension and challenge.

The loading screens themselves aren't obtrusive, but each transition being its own checkpoint lowers tension a lot unless you're doing a Big Boss rank run. MGS2 has great gameplay, incredibly puzzle like in nature, but a lot of that is in the scenario based VR missions and Snake Tales. Harder difficulties in the main game lower resources, which make things a lot more interesting.

I think everything being connected without loading screens was an idea during MGS2's production, but the team couldn't get around that hurdle.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 09, 2015, 10:17:50 PM
Ok, yeah maybe the bosses in 2 are alright.  I just can't remember any of them besides Fatman and Samurai Solidus and I remember those being not that fun.  The boss fights in 4 sucked and Peace Walker and 5 doesn't really have any boss fights.  3 Had amazing bosses and 1 had good fights.  I still enjoy lobbing those grenades into Vulcan Raven's tank top.

Tranq gun makes MGS stealth fun.  It's overpowered but without it the stealth would be brutal and not enjoyable.  MGS has the most fun stealth out of every stealth game (although Mark of the Ninja is pretty close), lots of games make stealth or stealth sections miserable, but MGS nails the enjoyment.  Plus not having any sort of instant fail is important since the game transitions seamlessly into an action shooter when you're discovered and almost no other game does that.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 09, 2015, 10:27:16 PM
I'm dumb founded that there hasn't been an indie/smaller studio attempt at taking MGS1 and adding a lot new stuff to it.

Like, MGS1 or MGS2 with a sprint mechanic would change a ton of stuff gameplay wise. Auto aim that works. Being able to jump or climb untop of things. More buttons dedicated to hand to hand combat. Crouch walking. Guards being able to smell blood or other things in the environment.

These types of changes applied to something like MGS1 or MGS2, which would mean fixed camera angles and an emphasis on extremely detailed areas, would be exciting to see.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 09, 2015, 10:36:05 PM
The tranq gun gives a lot more gameplay freedom for stealth players, yeah. Trying to stealth through 1 isn't fun a lot of the time, and probably why I "enjoy the killing" and don't bother too much with it when I play other entries. I think I got the enjoy the killing trophy either in the Middle East or just after it in 4. :lol

Just wish it had more drawbacks, but tbh silenced guns have a similar problem. Real talk: baby me probs cried tears of joy when I got the silencer for the SOCOM in 1.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 09, 2015, 10:43:08 PM
MGS1 is pretty easy stealth wise, but for it to be easy you have to stand in a safe spot and watch the guards go along their routes in first person. I always had issues getting discovered until Snake sat on his ass and watched 180 IQ guards go in simple patterns or circles from 30 feet away.

There are only a couple of areas where footsteps make noise, so it comes down to peaking in first person, seeing where a guard is in their route, and then beelining to the next area.

The only area or room where the guards don't have predetermined routes is the mill/refinery area towards the end of the game. The guards in that area will come towards you and fuck with the player.

MGS1 is more about memorization than anything. MGS2 has a lot more tools for adaptive gameplay and the guards have better sightlines, but the tranq gun nullifies those things or enhancements.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on October 09, 2015, 11:15:02 PM
i always see mgs lames point to the story (or the last hour of it anyway) to defend the game, but I've yet to hear a defense of the way it reuses the puzzles from mgs1/mg2 but makes them worse. like bebpo said, that's what at makes them weaker than 1 or 3. you spend a lot of time backtracking or doing something extremely unfun like swimming or babysitting or platforming and then the games over. it fails to have good scenario variety, and when you combine that with ok to frustrating boss fights, you get a pretty tedious game.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 09, 2015, 11:32:21 PM
Legitimate criticism, I enjoy MGS2 in it's entirety but the scenarios are paced really awkwardly, along with design decisions that aren't elegant at all.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 09, 2015, 11:36:08 PM
When people talk about ludonarrative dissonance existing I always think of how 2 justifies its repetition with its story (we're recreating Shadow Moses!) and how that doesn't make the game better.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 09, 2015, 11:38:46 PM
Swimming wasn't that bad. The sniping on the strut to protect Emma on higher difficulties, meanwhile... :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: mormapope on October 09, 2015, 11:47:33 PM
Swimming wasn't that bad. The sniping on the strut to protect Emma on higher difficulties, meanwhile... :doge

Sniping in MGS1 and MGS2 is :trash



On higher difficulties you have to shoot Vamp multiple times in the head when he takes Emma hostage, if I remember correctly

 :neogaf
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 09, 2015, 11:56:54 PM
Yeah, all the while her health drains.

SweatingFatlus.gif and all that.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on October 10, 2015, 02:23:18 AM
When people talk about ludonarrative dissonance existing I always think of how 2 justifies its repetition with its story (we're recreating Shadow Moses!) and how that doesn't make the game better.

I think that's expecting too much of the concept, which only highlights that dissonance could hurt immersion (and carries some weird moral undertones). Weak gameplay is weak, no matter what.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 10, 2015, 02:43:57 AM
"My name is Fortune, lucky in war and nothing else." :lawd
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Barraco Barner on October 11, 2015, 12:02:52 PM
Just finished it  ::)

If I would have known it was Peace Walker with a bigger budget, I would have skipped.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 11, 2015, 04:24:49 PM
Oh my GOD, Big Boss CQCing Solid Snake TO GIVE HIM A HUG. :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

:bow Kojima-sama :bow2

Now do I jump on to Ground Zeroes or Peace Walker. :ohhh
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 11, 2015, 05:12:04 PM
I dunnoooooo, I guess just jump into Ground Zeroes?  I mean with Peace Walker the story is dumb and nothing really happens that matters in the timeline, and all the gameplay stuff is similar and done better in MGSV.  I liked Peace Walker, but I think MGSV maybe has made it an irrelevant game.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 11, 2015, 05:20:31 PM
Do Peace Walker. It'll prepare you for Phantom Pain.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 11, 2015, 05:33:17 PM
Why do you need to be prepared?  GZ prepares you for TPP.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on October 11, 2015, 05:48:01 PM
play rising
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 11, 2015, 05:53:08 PM
play rising

Sick and tired of Gekkos. :yuck
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 11, 2015, 06:01:31 PM
LOL I bought Rising for 8 bucks and finished it in a single sitting
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 11, 2015, 07:15:01 PM
:rofl I need to play Peace Walker from what it said in the synopsis in Ground Zeroes. Child Sandinistas idolize Big Boss as being like their hero CHÉ GUEVARA. :rofl
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 11, 2015, 07:38:02 PM
Holy shit this rules. 4 was flabby and sick (like Snake-u) in terms of controls but this is like bathing in liquid butter. Not having to push a button to stick to walls, we made it y'all. :tocry

No camo though.  :'(
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 11, 2015, 08:19:29 PM
Wait, you playing Ground Zeroes or Peace Walker? Because you have to press a button to cover in Peace Walker. :doge

Also it wasn't child Sandinistas. It was the Sandinistas.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 11, 2015, 08:32:17 PM
Ground Zeroes.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 12, 2015, 02:57:39 AM
Damn, that game be short af.

Still hella fun doe. Time to play The Phantom Pain I guess.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on October 12, 2015, 08:17:12 AM
Even though you've moved on, I would still recommend playing Peace Walker. I really enjoyed it, the missions are short,  the introduction of the tapes were cool and it's not super difficult aside from some of the bosses. It's just kinda long overall, if you wanted to get to the final chapter you may have grind for a bit depending on how you played the game and the final boss was soooo frustrating. If anything you're probably better off just going through the regular game and watching the rest on youtube if you're not really into it.


The tapes really made it for me. Also if you don't play it, you'll miss out on Paz in her prime  :uguu
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 12, 2015, 08:36:25 AM
Peace Walker bad and it's the trendsetter  for many of MGSV's faluts.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on October 12, 2015, 11:16:25 AM
as someone who plays the series for the gameplay, i thought peace walker was an alright game. it was really REALLY easy, but the level design is pretty good and the item selection is fun to play around with.

also the campaign is real short if that's all you're looking to play thru. even the grinding that everyone bitches about to get to the secret boss amounts to like a couple hours of vr missions. decent enough game and much better than mgs4 obviously
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 12, 2015, 11:46:40 AM
I don't own either so I'll probably just pick 'em both up at a Shamestop today and burn my carefully constructed "disinterested uncle just here to pick up some games my distant gene repositories asked for" persona. Kojima-sama is worth it. :bow2

Playing Snake Eater in 720p. :preach :lawd :aah
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 12, 2015, 02:07:20 PM
I mean I checked out on the story of PW before playing it. I don't even know what happen in it really. The reason it's trash is because of the gameplay. 

It is easy, piss easy but that's because the levels are super small and the ai so simple that their patterns are extremely simple. Even so, it's really easy to either just run up and cqc them or just stand in a corner and tranq everything. You could play around with the ai, but the game offers no compelling reason to. It's even easier in the HD version since your not fighting with the game's controls. Shooting is so easy and there's no drawback to it.

A couple of vr missions? No you have to do far more then a couple to level up anything because the rate up is tied to doing and completing missions and not a timer like in V. Which also means your playing the same missions over and over. Missions that are super boring and easy. It's busy work to make the game less tedious. Not make it easy mind you. All the boss battles are just extreme damage sponges that don't really kill you. The only way to make the battles not drag is to of course grind and grind. Grind for people and grind for the level up to just simply happen.

It's a terrible game not even counting the story.

Level design good in PW? Ha that's so stupid. The levels ore the most plain and simple of the series. Not to mention small as shit and offering little choice in traversal. 5 is a big improvement here.

Even MGS4 is better than PW because at least it doesn't take a shit on you while you play.

If you must play PW which I don't even think you do for 5. Get a save where someone's already done the work so you can skip it's bullshit.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on October 12, 2015, 03:20:36 PM
now point and show me where kojima touched you
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 12, 2015, 03:37:17 PM
On the heart.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 12, 2015, 04:05:05 PM
I felt pretty lost during Ground Zeroes having not played Peace Walker. Like why do I gaf about Peace and Boy? Text summaries can only convey so much. I need in-game melodrama to amp me up.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 12, 2015, 05:02:43 PM
Chico isn't a big deal in Peace Walker outside of the Monster Hunter stuff. Seriously, him and Amanda are pretty throw-away characters.

Paz is a major deal, so you skipping that entry kinda makes her stuff in Ground Zeroes a bit weird.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 12, 2015, 05:10:28 PM
Paz is pretty much a throwaway character too.  Everyone in Peace Walker sucks except for Miller.

and

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ROCKET PUUUUUUNCH galvez :P
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Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 12, 2015, 05:51:11 PM
I'm the kind of person who geeked the F out in 4 when they explained Vulcan Raven's disposable comment of "blood from the East flows through your veins" in 1. There are no disposable characters for me. :bolo

Shamestop didn't have Phantom Pain on PSTriple. The #struggles of a console pleb. :'(
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 12, 2015, 10:59:51 PM
Shamestop didn't have Phantom Pain on PSTriple. The #struggles of a console pleb. :'(

Huh. I just bought one this week. But the "new" code that came with it doesn't work (so I'm bitching at Konami for that. So I can hopefully FTP the content out for the PC to use years from now.  :doge ), so win/loss I guess.

http://www.gamestop.com/browse/storesearch.aspx?sku=102187

Well, Beverly Hills: 90210 apparently has copies. But I dunno your Zip/location in LA(?) so I can't accurately say.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Freyj on October 12, 2015, 11:44:16 PM
Running from Side Op to Side Op with Quiet in Angola is the most fun I've had with the game so far. It's an absolute travesty that the game pretty much forces you to:

Side Op -> Heli -> Repeat -> do a Mission -> Side Op -> Heli -> Repeat

Taking over a map outpost by outpost is a great feeling. Playing Menu Gear Solid 5 to warp between Side Ops is not so great a feeling.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 13, 2015, 12:07:03 AM
You don't need to. You can free-roam to the next side-op. The problem is that some side-ops don't update until you go back to the "ACC" to allow you to do the new ones. Which is frustrating but nothing that really drags the game down if you're doing these side-ops and going back since you get a top-off on ammo instead of having to resort to ammo drops. :lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Freyj on October 13, 2015, 12:11:03 AM
I'd much rather the majority of side ops be available to start with than to be slowly introduced over the course of the story. The refresh at ACC thing just brings the experience down as you're never really enjoying the maps so much as warping in and out of small areas.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 13, 2015, 12:20:15 AM
Shamestop didn't have Phantom Pain on PSTriple. The #struggles of a console pleb. :'(

Huh. I just bought one this week. But the "new" code that came with it doesn't work (so I'm bitching at Konami for that. So I can hopefully FTP the content out for the PC to use years from now.  :doge ), so win/loss I guess.

http://www.gamestop.com/browse/storesearch.aspx?sku=102187

Well, Beverly Hills: 90210 apparently has copies. But I dunno your Zip/location in LA(?) so I can't accurately say.

Thanks, I ordered a copy from Scamazon. With delivery ended up being cheaper than if Shamestop had had it today.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 13, 2015, 12:45:04 AM
omg Travis Touchdown AND Spike Spiegel outchea in Peace Walker. :rofl

E: can't knife people in cqc, the struggle has never been more real :'(
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 13, 2015, 11:39:41 AM
Walker of Peace is super inoffensive but pleasant. Like a 2.75 ounce bag of Fritos. It even has some welcome changes like limiting your camouflage choices once a mission has started or fucking badass multitarget CQC. And of course Sandinista waifus. :noah

(http://i.imgur.com/fvL09TA.jpg)

:bow Jun-chan :bow2

:piss Metal Gear "fans" that should play some jank game like Tenchu instead of basking in Kojima-sama's genius. :piss2
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 13, 2015, 11:59:34 AM
I'd much rather the majority of side ops be available to start with than to be slowly introduced over the course of the story. The refresh at ACC thing just brings the experience down as you're never really enjoying the maps so much as warping in and out of small areas.

Once you get into the back half of the game (and you know it since the lack of story there) you'll be able to take on like 5-10 side-ops in the same map at the same time.

Walker of Peace is super inoffensive but pleasant. Like a 2.75 ounce bag of Fritos. It even has some welcome changes like limiting your camouflage choices once a mission has started or fucking badass multitarget CQC. And of course Sandinista waifus. :noah

http://i.imgur.com/fvL09TA.jpg

:bow Jun-chan :bow2

:piss Metal Gear "fans" that should play some jank game like Tenchu instead of basking in Kojima-sama's genius. :piss2

Based on that image, you're playing the PSP version? The HD/PS360 copy at least has online play if you were going to do the Monster Hunter side-ops for the unlocks. Also once you get the banana say good bye to any difficulty in the game outside of the tank bosses.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on October 13, 2015, 12:40:34 PM
what did the banana do?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 13, 2015, 02:09:04 PM
Playing on PS3. The comic scenes in HD. :preach
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 13, 2015, 03:01:32 PM
Just finished mission 43. Did not expect that to turn out how it did. Damn.

So now I just gotta get MB all leveled up and remove the butterfly from my emblem and I can finish this up?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 13, 2015, 04:40:48 PM
what did the banana do?

Hold-ups without you firing your gun accidentally. So you can basically aim it, "rush"/squat-walk up to someone and freeze them. In fact if you get good at holding up (since they'll automatically get down) you can just hold up and rush through the level on anyone with their back turned to you.

Just finished mission 43. Did not expect that to turn out how it did. Damn.

So now I just gotta get MB all leveled up and remove the butterfly from my emblem and I can finish this up?

For the ending? You don't need to remove the emblem. For the end of Quiet's arc? Yeah, do it.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on October 13, 2015, 04:46:00 PM
oh ok :shrug: i was already good at speeding thru a level doing that without the banana so o well. I'm actually only a few hours from s ranking all missions so i guess i might as well finish up that tedious-ass trophy
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 13, 2015, 05:28:28 PM
Oh, well I guess I'll finish the game and then futz around until I feel like getting rid of Quiet.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Steve Contra on October 13, 2015, 06:01:52 PM
Best parts of the story so far:

Rescued a puppy, broke a kid's arm.

Also 22 missions in and I still haven't killed anyone.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 15, 2015, 12:42:00 PM
Got to Mission 16. Got frustrated. Other games came out.

Haven't played since.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 15, 2015, 12:51:14 PM
Wow this FOB stuff is shit.

Haven't played the single player since I beat it. Log into it, mother base is in the red by an incredible amount. WTF?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Steve Contra on October 15, 2015, 01:08:03 PM
Got to Mission 16. Got frustrated. Other games came out.

Haven't played since.
That mission was total :trash until you look up how to do it easily
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 15, 2015, 01:46:06 PM
It's a pretty shitty mission(like pretty much everything with the skulls), but it's easy to cheese.

You can either just run up to the truck right as they spawn and Fulton the truck.

Or do like I did and just watch as they stumble into a pile of C4 you planted.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 15, 2015, 03:42:31 PM
I didn't think there were any frustrating missions in the game besides the 1 hit tank shot kills in 45.  I mean if you get spotted just shoot shit up and/or run away.


For 16 I C4'd the truck, skull guys came out and I just ran to the helicopter like I did every skulls mission outside one mission where you're forced to fight.  Hell even in the first one in mission 6 with the Killer Bee I thought you were just supposed to run like hell and get out of there.  I never fought any skulls until I was replaying missions later on.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Steve Contra on October 15, 2015, 03:53:11 PM
Are you confused?  If you blew up the truck the mission ends.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 15, 2015, 04:03:18 PM
Are you confused?  If you blew up the truck the mission ends.

Hmmm, ok then I must've stopped it in some non-lethal way.  Probably just parked a jeep or horse in front of the road and threw a smoke bomb.  Don't remember exactly.  But I remember I didn't fulton it before the skulls guys came out, I fulton'd it after and then hightailed it to the helicopter.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 15, 2015, 04:17:09 PM
My Fulton most not have been strong enough, cause they shoot it down every single time.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 15, 2015, 05:04:46 PM
My Fulton most not have been strong enough, cause they shoot it down every single time.

Oh, I probably threw a smoke grenade first.  They can't see through the smoke.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 16, 2015, 03:18:06 PM
https://youtu.be/ThutNUSMDfY

:bow
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Steve Contra on October 16, 2015, 06:45:50 PM
Apparently on the Sahelantropus fight the little kid is supposed to show up during the reflex at the end, but in my game he never shows up so I die EVERY SINGLE TIME.  Going to try a few side ops and see if the bug is fixed, otherwise this game is  :trash
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 16, 2015, 07:43:06 PM
Apparently on the Sahelantropus fight the little kid is supposed to show up during the reflex at the end, but in my game he never shows up so I die EVERY SINGLE TIME.  Going to try a few side ops and see if the bug is fixed, otherwise this game is  :trash

Sahelantropus should be jumping at you for the kid to be in the reflex mode. This should be during the second half after the "Golden Archea"/rust attack.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Steve Contra on October 16, 2015, 07:50:49 PM
It fixed it.  The thing is he'd jump in, trigger reflex mode but it'd just be the robot, it wouldn't load in the model.  I must have died 15 times trying to figure out what I was supposed to do.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on October 17, 2015, 11:48:39 AM
If you hit the kid while Sahalanthropus is jumping at you in slow mo you satisfy one of the optional mission requirements, but I don't think you have to actually hit the kid to beat the Sahalanthropus. Just wittle down his HP.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 17, 2015, 12:11:37 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5_u7l6BeqY

:tocry :tocry :tocry :tocry :tocry
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 17, 2015, 11:39:56 PM
Mission 46

 :huh :goty2 :snoop
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 18, 2015, 12:38:06 AM
Mission 46

 :huh :goty2 :snoop

Now you know the backlash. :-[

I got nothing against that twist, but it really doesn't fit the timeline. Retcons on retcons on retcons. Per the norm with Kojima.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 18, 2015, 12:52:14 AM
Well it makes metal gear 1 and 2 make a little more sense, as well as some things throughout 5.

But still...wat

still need to get the rest of the mb soldiers and finish quiet's thing, but i'm actually not super mad at the ending. i've gotten 115 hours out of the game so i'm pleased with it overall.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 18, 2015, 02:15:34 AM
Copy game today. :hyper

Can finally complete the journey. :preach
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Rahxephon91 on October 18, 2015, 05:08:01 AM
Well I doubt the backlash against the game is soley directed at the twist and not just the overall lack/bad story, repetitive mission design, structure, open world use, and lack of MGS Personality.

But yeah that retcon is possibly one of the worst retcons in that it was really unnecessary and fucks up things just as much as it supposedly makes sense of things, these things being thigns that did'nt need to be made sense of.

Even if it explains why in MG1 Big Boss sent Snake to kill well Big Boss. It can already be rationalized as well Big Boss never expected him to succeed anyway and him fighting Snake is his plan gone awry. Also MG1 especially exists in canon only as a reference point. It's connection with the overall MGS series really doesn't fit and MGS can easily pick and chose whatever it wants. It's best to think of the events of MG1 and even 2 only in how the MGS games chose to use them. MG2 is a little bit better as it really does closer fit the MGS series.

I guess it explains how Big Boss survives, but again MG1 doesn't say he died and well this did'nt need an explanation anyway. It's MG, dude just did'nt die. He apparently did'nt even die in MG2 so who cares. None of this needs an explanation.

It's a strange retcon, because I'm not sure what it's actually supposed to do.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Freyj on October 18, 2015, 01:38:14 PM
RE: The Infection / Quarantine thing:

 :comeon
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 18, 2015, 02:31:48 PM
Yeah,  thought it was tedious and played like crap.  Almost as bad as the prologue.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 18, 2015, 11:05:50 PM
RE: The Infection / Quarantine thing:

 :comeon

The missions during that was stupid. But the actual
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Quarantine on Mother Base
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was a slick mission. Not something I'd replay over and over and over, but the way it was "framed"/set-up was pretty good, IMO.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on October 19, 2015, 12:13:27 AM
Looks like I've done all the side ops possible before beating the final mission, and I've also beaten all the extra challenging missions... collecting the last few animals and then I'll remove the Butterfly emblem and go for it.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 19, 2015, 09:33:01 AM
I'll remove the Butterfly emblem and go for it.

Make sure you have a strong rocket launcher for that mission and the highest Battle Gear you have. Trust me.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 19, 2015, 10:21:50 AM
I've completely fallen off this game. Haven't touched it in like 2 weeks. The recent shit Konami did with the FOB stuff and offline resources has really soured me on it. I was already feeling pretty down on it.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on October 19, 2015, 05:28:43 PM
I'll remove the Butterfly emblem and go for it.

Make sure you have a strong rocket launcher for that mission and the highest Battle Gear you have. Trust me.
thanks for the tip. i'm still finishing up side-ops but ill put gmp into that launcher that shoots a bunch of rockets at once or w/e. is battle gear the fat suit or did you mean d-walker?
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 19, 2015, 05:38:55 PM
The fat suit.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Tasty on October 21, 2015, 11:30:36 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6cPPmcfKao

The credits. :lol :lol
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Freyj on October 22, 2015, 12:01:57 AM
Holy shit that was terrible.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Ignoring all the stupid shit in Mission 46, not having the Kingdom of the Flies mission is robbery. If they release that later as DLC...  :pacspit

Gameplay is (mostly) extraordinary, but man what a shitty note to end the series on.
[close]
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 22, 2015, 01:05:39 AM
It was 31% done. Kojima's contract ends in December. He left this week "on vacation" unless Konami mandates them to do that mission (which won't really end much, it'll just lead to another cliff-hanger. "IT'S NOT OVER YET!!!") it's not gonna happen. Just like Chapter 3's titlecard is there but they rearranged missions around to get this out the door because Konami fucked them over severely.

I say the ending isn't the one that Kojima had in mind per-se. The twist? Yeah, that's in mind. But the actual ending point? Nahhhh, I think there was still more he wanted to do in regards to the overall bigger picture. Double so with the fact that the child soldiers basically go nowhere in game when they were hinted to be used by Venom in the trailers.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 22, 2015, 02:48:36 AM
Lord of the flies thing doesn't even matter in the scheme of things (plus it's really dumb by that youtube video).  Nothing matters.  It's all stupid nothing nonsense with great gameplay.  Even if Kojima had 10 more years on the game, I don't know if it'd be any better storywise.  Though maybe at least we'd get a nice full size 3rd location with some snow or something to play in.

Also not being able to use Battle Gear was really dumb.  "It was too powerful" boohoo, you're building a freaking metal gear.  Let us use the damn thing.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: El Babua on October 22, 2015, 04:42:55 AM
The mechanics and gameplay available is fantastic, but it could have been laid out better. Lack of objective variety and samey level design does where thin.

Might have preferred a Ground Zeroes/Chaos Theory type game with the large mission areas and focus on infiltration Phantom Pain has.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Freyj on October 22, 2015, 08:00:03 PM
Lord of the flies thing doesn't even matter in the scheme of things (plus it's really dumb by that youtube video).  Nothing matters.  It's all stupid nothing nonsense with great gameplay.  Even if Kojima had 10 more years on the game, I don't know if it'd be any better storywise.  Though maybe at least we'd get a nice full size 3rd location with some snow or something to play in.

Also not being able to use Battle Gear was really dumb.  "It was too powerful" boohoo, you're building a freaking metal gear.  Let us use the damn thing.

It's par for the game as far as execution of the unfinished cutscenes go, but

spoiler (click to show/hide)
the whole Liquid / Psycho / kids storyline just disappears without that mission. I get that we can connect the pieces of what happened to Liquid, but still: new area, big battle between Cipher / DD / Liquid is at least some kind of ending, whereas the current "ending" is just a replay of the first mission with 20-30s of difference and a few tapes.
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In better news, the game flips for $40 at BB with GCU.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Steve Contra on October 23, 2015, 10:45:52 AM
This game goes way downhill in chapter 2.  Go to place and pick up thing.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on October 25, 2015, 05:17:59 AM
https://youtu.be/rkfCJrljvKA?t=1m12s (https://youtu.be/rkfCJrljvKA?t=1m12s)

 :gladbron
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Steve Contra on October 29, 2015, 05:59:57 PM
Subsistence missions  :aah

Please tell me there's a way to play all the missions like this when the game ends.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Bebpo on October 29, 2015, 09:06:58 PM
Subsistence missions  :aah

Please tell me there's a way to play all the missions like this when the game ends.

Nope, would've taken dev time to make sure the correct items/weapons needed were available in the map area so you'd be able to complete them.  Instead you get...one mission.

I really liked the one that's in there too fwiw.  I miss the old games and Ground Zeroes where you pick up items as you go.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on October 29, 2015, 09:14:20 PM
Subsistence missions  :aah

Please tell me there's a way to play all the missions like this when the game ends.

Are you on PC?

If yes (http://www.nexusmods.com/metalgearsolidvtpp/mods/45/?). If no: Cry.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Steve Contra on October 30, 2015, 12:31:24 PM
Subsistence missions  :aah

Please tell me there's a way to play all the missions like this when the game ends.

Nope, would've taken dev time to make sure the correct items/weapons needed were available in the map area so you'd be able to complete them.  Instead you get...one mission.

I really liked the one that's in there too fwiw.  I miss the old games and Ground Zeroes where you pick up items as you go.
:shaq2

There's two of them by the way
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Kara on October 31, 2015, 08:20:46 PM
Ran through Ground Zeroes one more time before firing this up. The limited flavor is much better after finishing Walker of Peace. Paz going from yandere in a Metal Gear to broken murder bomber. :tocry
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: bork on November 02, 2015, 01:17:14 PM
A friend of mine mentioned that Code Talker sounds like Master Tang from Kung-Pow!!.  It's true.   :lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXRVCGDeqpo
(http://i.imgur.com/Sfvb6tv.jpg?1)

I sold this off last week.  Maybe I'll get it again when it's dirt cheap.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on November 02, 2015, 02:23:31 PM
Finally beat it... loved the basic gameplay but the whole pacing and narrative structure was an absolute disaster. Not sure where it ranks in the echelon of the series, this is one of those titles that feel too packed with content but at the same time, incomplete. Less 'filler' missions, an actual finished storyline, none of that FOB fuckery, and removal of the whole 'open world' structure would have made this a much more appealing title.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: nachobro on November 02, 2015, 03:53:19 PM
Replaying on PC with some mods until Tomb Raider comes out. Damn this game looks fantastic on max settings
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on November 03, 2015, 08:38:28 AM
Geez, these level 6-7 items they added in the PC patch about two months ago take like 2-3 hours real-time to develop. Ugh ugh ugh. I've got like 6 more of them to develop.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: VomKriege on November 04, 2015, 03:32:54 AM
Kojipro LA closed.

Konami : Black Ops
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on November 10, 2015, 09:39:32 AM
Replay Mission 11 to get Quiet back. :rejoice

That amount of grinding for the new items, though... :larry  :doge
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: tiesto on November 10, 2015, 10:25:39 AM
Replay Mission 11 to get Quiet back. :rejoice

That amount of grinding for the new items, though... :larry  :doge

You can do this? I thought she was gone for good...
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: demi on November 10, 2015, 10:38:54 AM
I still have this and have zero desire to play it considering all the backlash with it. I'd still rather just play HD collection.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: Positive Touch on November 10, 2015, 02:34:18 PM
same. I put a few hours into it when I first got my ps4 but there's a million other great games out now that I'd rather play
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on November 10, 2015, 04:55:47 PM
thirded

I was already losing interest, then all the recent updates came out fucking with the ingame economy and hearing about all the cut content. I basically have zero desire to play it anymore.
Title: Re: MGSV thread of there's a game coming out.
Post by: thisismyusername on November 10, 2015, 05:21:27 PM
Replay Mission 11 to get Quiet back. :rejoice

That amount of grinding for the new items, though... :larry  :doge

You can do this? I thought she was gone for good...

She was until this patch. Konami listened to fans. :rejoice

Now if they could stop pushing FOB shit down peoples throats... :larry