Love Deterrence
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I really want to know what the hell it is that they keep talking about, in terms of what can only be done in video games. It was awesome to hear Paz's actress, but all so vague! I need to know what they're talking about!!
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Metal Gear Solid V release date - 2/24/15? (From Reddit! Take w/ grain of salt.)
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GreyOcelot
Member
My man. I was hyped, but it certainly wasn't konami or kojima who built it up and then gave us nothing. You guys are awesome, we want that date. BADLY.
Rogue Agent
Banned
Same here. From what he says it involves revisiting Camp Omega, Paz and the Ground Zeroes incident in some way during TPP but how does that connect at all with a concept Kojima is teasing that he put in the game because it's "something movies can't do, but games can do"?
Love Deterrence
Member
Yup! Exactly. Maybe he's hinting at branching paths of the story? Agh. There are way too many possibilities! I think I am most excited for the first chapter of the game -- just to find out what the heck happens right after Ground Zeroes.
Rogue Agent
Banned
I find the mystery surrounding the hospital stuff and what happened around the accident really intriguing. We dont really know how Ocelot and Snake get from that whole incident in Cyprus to Mother Base/Afghanistan.
I feel like we really dont have the full context, just look at what was discovered regarding Skull Face's alleigance when you listened to the GZ tapes. It paints a different picture than the trailers/plot descriptions and that was just a small detail, but there's way more shrouded in secrecy in terms of that first chapter that i'd like to know. I'm sure there will be something shocking in that hospital sequence, maybe not quite Raiden-esque but shocking nonetheless.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
I don't blame Kojima for anything, in fact I wish him and everyone at Konami and Kojima Productions the best Tora.
If I ever end up designing games I can only hope I have a 1/4 of the talent that Kojima possesses, him and Shinkawa and everyone that works at KJP are one of the reasons I even play video games and became interested in Game and Engine development.
We only have ourselves to blame in the end for overhyping everything.
I hope everything goes well for him in the following year, and thank you Tora for always being here and addressing the community.
Graphics Horse
Member
If it's not another side-mission of dubious canonicality (is that a word?) it would have to be with a different player character, right? I doubt it's Chico sneaking in.
Love Deterrence
Member
Right, exactly. Yeah. Nothing makes sense right now, so I am dying to get some answers!!
Totally. Yeah, Skull Face seems like he actually shares quite a bit with Big Boss. I think that he will be an
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In all seriousness: thank you, Tora.
ToraShiro, cold-blooded.. But we did it to ourselves. You tried to talk us off the hype ledge by debunking the Feb and March rumors, but we slipped through your fingers and went full hype. You NEVER go full hype.
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Åesop
Unconfirmed Member
So when's the next event for major disappointment?
Love Deterrence
Member
Åesop;144800488 said:So when's the next event for major disappointment?
January 22! I'm looking forward to it. I actually enjoyed the show a great deal last night -- it was really cool to see them giving away gifts. (Of course, the chicken cap and Paz reveals as well.) It'll be nice to get back to watching Kojima Station with no expectations.
I don't think a release date will be announced on Kojima Station. Huge news like that would be saved for a major show like E3, Gamescom, or Tokyo Game Show show show show.
clockworkinyou
Banned
I'd proudly don the chicken hat if someone wants to put it on me
Å
Åesop
Unconfirmed Member
flashbacks, audio/ video recordings
Love Deterrence
Member
Or wherever. Release date announcements aren't exclusive to big events, but I am certainly not expecting one here on the 22nd.
You could say that she... shurfifed.
I'm sure we'll get a duck hat too.
Love Deterrence
Member
Damn it, Dawg. For I second there, I thought I had repressed whatever memories I had of this actually happening.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I've said it before and I'll say it again: The number Kojima pulled on the fan base with the MGS2 switcheroo has left deep, long lasting scars.
GreyOcelot
Member
i'm definitely not on board with it at all. but this type of thing adds fuel to the VR and gray fox hypotheses. i'm sure there's more to it and i still think the gray fox idea is nonsense, but i'm really struggling to think of what it could be
But the ponytail :O
KingHenrik30
Member
I just would have loved to have been a fly on the wall in the design meeting for the chicken hat.
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Announcement at Microsoft's next conference it is then! Unless Sony offered to pay more.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
GreyOcelot
Member
That's hilarious. Only mgs.
Agreed.
Rogue Agent
Banned
It's already begun again
http://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/2qgwkk/tinfoil_hat_mgs_phantom_pain_release_date/
Haha.
http://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/2qgwkk/tinfoil_hat_mgs_phantom_pain_release_date/
Haha.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
Wow...what a tremendous let-down.
It's not that Kojima is 100% to blame for this troll [if it was indeed intentional]; but our expectations are always loftier than the reality of what is revealed in circumstances like this. All the signs pointed to something great being unveiled and it ended up being a less than worthless announcement.
*sigh*
Why, if the release date is known to Konami will they not reveal it? They expect us to preorder the game - but they won't tell us when it comes out. I only preorder games when I know when they are coming out. I had Batman Arkham Knight reserved for it's initial October 2014 release date and then they delayed it into 2015. So, I cancelled my reservation for it. They then announced it would release June 2nd, 2015 - so I once again reserved a copy. That to me is the common sense of preordering a game.
I wonder when we will legitimately get some impressive new information and of course - the release date?
Hopefully not at E3 - this game surely will release before then, right?
It's not that Kojima is 100% to blame for this troll [if it was indeed intentional]; but our expectations are always loftier than the reality of what is revealed in circumstances like this. All the signs pointed to something great being unveiled and it ended up being a less than worthless announcement.
*sigh*
Why, if the release date is known to Konami will they not reveal it? They expect us to preorder the game - but they won't tell us when it comes out. I only preorder games when I know when they are coming out. I had Batman Arkham Knight reserved for it's initial October 2014 release date and then they delayed it into 2015. So, I cancelled my reservation for it. They then announced it would release June 2nd, 2015 - so I once again reserved a copy. That to me is the common sense of preordering a game.
I wonder when we will legitimately get some impressive new information and of course - the release date?
Hopefully not at E3 - this game surely will release before then, right?
It's happening guys!!!!!!! Full alarm!!! Get out of your beds!! TPP will be released at Eastern! Hypu!!
#TeamEastern
motohellogoto
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You're all only setting yourself up for disappointment by hyping this up so much. We don't know what it is yet.
Told ya' so.
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You're all only setting yourself up for disappointment by hyping this up so much. We don't know what it is yet.
Told ya' so.
my guesss is we'll get a release date before E3, but the game will release after
Rogue Agent
Banned
I can't find any articles about this, but wasn't Kojima extremely embarrassed when he had to delay MGS4 and promised it would never happen again? Something like that, like I remember him treating it like it was a great dishonour or something. It could be why he's so resistant to giving out a date for MGSV until it is absolutely close to completion.
What more could they honestly show us about the game at this point that wouldnt' be best left until we actually play it? We got a ton of info this year, including our first look at MGO, two 30 minute gameplay demonstrations and oodles of extra details such as the size of the world and how mother base works.
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E3 is in June, my money is on a June release but there's every chance it won't be out until after E3.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
I hope it comes out soon. Soon, as in like March/April.
This is such an agonizing wait! The subversive trolling by Kojima isn't helping matters either.
Rogue Agent
Banned
At this point I'm looking forward mostly to the next story trailer... at least that has a good chance of coming in the next couple months or so. I mean, after the Nuclear trailer I was like "that's enough for me, I dont want any more spoilt" but after this agonizing wait and the thought it might not even be here until post-June i'm actually hungry for another. I love Kojima's trailers.
SolidSnake305
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Self_Destructive
Member
As long as they dont show any more Skull Face I'd be alright with that. If they did one about Ocelot, that would be sweet...but imo they've shown just the right amount of Skull Face so that we don't know exactly what's going on with him and Big Boss and the possibilities are endless. He's intriguing and interesting, and most definitely vile... so I want to go into the game with only knowing that.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Sept 2015 destiny slot that's my guess.
Mexican Sting
Member
There was a lot going on behind the scenes of MGS4 that we didn't hear about. There's a whole, long article about it somewhere, but if I recall correctly the whole dev cycle was actually completely fucked when Sony announced the actual PS3 specifications. A lot of content and features were cut, and a lot of assets had to be completely redone (which is why the early trailers look completely different than the final game). That's the short version, I'll try and find that article.
He's a fantastic editor, and he's only gotten better over the years. I don't think he needed to put his fucking name on the last one, though.
That said, I don't need another story trailer, unless it's just a recap of shit we already know. I really don't want to know if Fox or any of the characters that haven't been talked about are in the game until I have it in my hands. I always remember Ryan talking on the Report about how he wouldn't have shown the Rex/Ray fight in the trailers, and I tend to agree with that line of thinking.
That shit is why Kojima is my hero.
SolidSnake305
Neo Member
This is the Kojima Production crew how the hell is the game not finished?!
This is the Kojima Production crew how the hell is the game not finished?!
I guess it is, only voice acting left. And they said in the Kojima Station, that they check all voices if they are finished with it.
This is the Kojima Production crew how the hell is the game not finished?!
That's... quite a small team on that picture. Its only about 100 people. They have made brand new engine by themselves, shipped opening chapter, and are currently making incredibly ambitious open world game for 5 platforms.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
Well, remember that Kojima said that the game is nearing completion. "Nearing" is a very broad term, but I would think that the game should be around 85-90% complete by this point [going by the 60% complete statement by Kojima 3 months ago].
All these VO sessions are most likely just ADR. They don't seem to be using the full facial mo-cap for them and I would think that all of that is already finished - just a few tweaks and ADR to wrap things up.
March/April is my guess.
That shit is why he annoys me at times
Don't get me wrong - I love his work, as he is a brilliant game designer - but some of his viral marketing/design choices are just jaw-droppingly lame and ridiculous. He is also the literal personification of the Aesop's Fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".
I don't think it should be a problem. An efficient 100 team is far better than a messy 1000 team. So far everything seems to be going smoothly for MGSVPP