The portion of Scandinavia distorted into a whale tail looks spot on to me, but I'm not going to go near looking for faces in pictures, that is truly the path to madness.
yup
The portion of Scandinavia distorted into a whale tail looks spot on to me, but I'm not going to go near looking for faces in pictures, that is truly the path to madness.
background of the Moby Dick site...
I thought grey fox wanted big boss dead
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No, Big boss saved him during the Mozambican civil war
According to wiki
Big boss saved him when he was a child soldier in early 60's
Then grey fox was brainwashed and as null he tried to kill big boss in portable ops.
Then he was sent to a rehabilitation facility
He later takes part in mozambican civil war as a renamo soldier (1977), he's captured and tortured (ears and nose cut off) big boss saves him again.
After this we know he's in Rhodesia during the Rhodesian bush war (ended in 1979).
All signs would point towards ground zero/phantom pain being set in south Africa or Rhodesia itself (dog shown when demoing fox engine is a rhodesian ridgeback).
Who knows ?
Metal Gear Solid 5
Prologue: Ground Zero
Some accident happens that causes big boss to lose his left forearm. Grey fox also gets Hurt. This is where it all began (Ground Zero"
Act 1: Phantom Pain
Big boss has to deal with phantom painhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_pain a common condition an amputee experiences when they have lost a limb. It also is symbolic of the pain he is in when searching for Zero.
I always intended that "Ground Zeroes" was the name of *that* teaser for MGSV, and the fact that this surfaced as "Phantom Pain" pushes me further in that direction. I wonder if next one (when could it be? Is there anything earlier than E3?) will have another subtitle.
I straightened up the painting and enlarged it a bit. It's not ringing any bells for me.
Damn. You may be right. Looks very similar.
Wiki is very incomplete and not updated to the current canon. MGS TUS is the only source to follow at this point.
http://www.metalgearsolid.net/gray-fox
Does Ryan Payton still post on here? I know he isn't affiliated with Kojima Prod. anymore but I'd bet he's enjoying this thread.
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It looks like it might be Great Zimbabwe
https://www.google.com/search?q=gre...eEeHa2AWpuoDgDg&ved=0CD4QsAQ&biw=1680&bih=948
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/great-zimbabwe
That would make sense with all the speculation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Mozambique. Zimbabwe was also a British colony until 1979
Who are those ladies? HIDECHAN radio or something?
The one on the left is Sayaka Yamamoto, she was involved with Japanese MGO streams/tournaments. I don't know her actual role at Kojima Productions. I think it's PR.
The woman on the right is Christine Kogure I think, who co-hosts the KP Report.
Umm, no. You're really reaching.
I somewhat agree with this notion, however the "escape" takes place after the amputation. You can see that Big Boss and Kiefer Sutherland are still wearing the bandages, and it's an ambulance/van they're riding which has pills falling all over when it rolls. The crash is after Big Boss escapes the hospital.
Kojima makes fake scandinavion company as front for game, it's really not reaching to think they'd just take a map of Norway and Sweden and distort the bottom as a callback to that fact. At all.
I will also add that the steering wheel is on the right side, the bandaged guy is driving the vehicle. Not sure this matters.
British flag hints the place has british ownership, which would likely mean right hand drive.
I will also add that the steering wheel is on the right side, the bandaged guy is driving the vehicle. Not sure this matters.
Which will confirm that location in Ground Zeroes trailer is different than Phantom Pain, as you can see Big Boss driving a Jeep with steering on the left side.
Like FOX and XOF are mirrored, maybe the whole trailer is also mirrored. Then the steering wheel will be on the left side, the amputated arm becomes his right arm and the Union Jack can be mirrored without any problem,
It looks like it might be Great Zimbabwe
https://www.google.com/search?q=gre...eEeHa2AWpuoDgDg&ved=0CD4QsAQ&biw=1680&bih=948
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/great-zimbabwe
That would make sense with all the speculation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Mozambique. Zimbabwe was also a British colony until 1979
Nice find, cant find the painting (assuming it even exists) but it's definitely Zimbabwe ruins
Not possible because in the first scene there's a list of numbers 1 to 16 written on a board. Arm doesn't appear in that shot but the background of the map and flag match shots with the arm in.
Maybe he's driving a mail truck
I will also add that the steering wheel is on the right side, the bandaged guy is driving the vehicle. Not sure this matters.
They drive right hand drive in Zimbabwe (ex british colony)
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I straightened up the painting and enlarged it a bit. It's not ringing any bells for me.
This is a cropped pic from Kojima's twitter posted back in the summer. When it first came out I thought the vehicles looked like ambulances with the lights/sirens on the top.
Maybe he's driving a mail truck
This is a cropped pic from Kojima's twitter posted back in the summer. When it first came out I thought the vehicles looked like ambulances with the lights/sirens on the top.
1972 Chevrolet Vanguard Ambulance
Leather jackets, designer jeans and boots, perfect hair.
Can we put a comparable picture of western game developers?
This, please. It's really difficult to follow a 68 pages long thread at this pointCan someone make a bullet point of what we know?
Please.
They look so badass. I wouldn't wanna mess with them.Konami Office?
This, please. It's really difficult to follow a 68 pages long thread at this point
What if Big Boss gets an arm transplant but it is an evil arm and that is what make him evil?!?!?!