Graphics Horse
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Unlikely to be any flying vehicles that you can pilot directly as it makes map design a lot more difficult. But they could maybe put in a low altitude Flying Pulpit :3
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Metal Gear Informer: MGSV: GZ healing spray, length & footprints
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Unlikely to be any flying vehicles that you can pilot directly as it makes map design a lot more difficult. But they could maybe put in a low altitude Flying Pulpit :3
depends on the asking price.
you don't think Kojima puts some thought and care into minor details? Have you played any of the Metal Gear Solid games?
indigo-cyclops
Member
I'd be quite content with this actually. Would love to see it.
Can't wait to play this, ugh.
I'd be surprised if they don't release DLC between now and TPP. It's not as if Kojima isn't down with adding content to his releases either. Integral, Substance, Subsistence.
Hopefully we get something and it doesn't suck.
Then again, I'm not sure how well people would accept DLC for something like Ground Zeroes.
It's by no means cheap, and adding paid content for it down the line will burn some more good will.
AuthenticM
Member
video games.
Not every game has to be like The Last of Us. And regenerating health isn't inherently bad, because the gameplay is designed around that.
IAmRandom31
Banned
hmmm yes, breaking bottles on the shelf for the first time, heartbeat coming from the controller when lying on the ground, changing controller ports to beat bosses with the ability to read thoughts, hidden little things like women in lockers. Yes I know Kojima is one of the masters at it. Which is what annoys me when I see him using such stupid gameplay design that makes no sense in this world.
I'd rather run over and have to pick up a medkit compared to just sitting still for a second to get all my energy back. Sucks. I hate regeneration. Atleast in Halo it made sense because it was a shield regenerating. Then everyone did it for everything.
Love Deterrence
Member
It seems like Ground Zeroes would be a perfect entry point to the series! The game has a backstory option in the menu, which covers Big Boss' story leading up to the events of Ground Zeroes. (Not to mention that the gameplay system has been completely revamped!) If you feel you should catch up, I would recommend (at least) watching Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.
They are both excellent games and should be played, but Peace Walker requires time that probably won't be available before the release of Ground Zeroes.
No it's not. The perfect game to jump in the series is MGS1. Play them in order.
Love Deterrence
Member
Everyone has that much time on their hands? All of the mainline Metal Gear games should be played at one point or another by those looking to get into the series, yes, but is it absolutely necessary going into Ground Zeroes? Not at all.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
That's the way I see it. Not everyone is a hardcore purist with a lot of time at their disposal. Starting with MGS1 and slowly working your way up may be the ideal way to experience the entire story, but it's definitely not the only way it can be enjoyed.
Time will tell, but MGSV looks to be a very fun and accessible entry point for newcomers, both for gameplay and story. Then they can go on to play other entries in the series to further flesh out the people/places/things they initially encountered. I dunno, seems like a reasonable approach to me.
Perfect entry point?
Rubbish. MGS3 is practically required reading/playing. All anyone needs to know regarding Peace Walker is that the dude from Snake Eater builds a militia. That singing robot shit deserves to be forgotten.
Imagine playing the Tanker chapter without having played MGS1. It becomes nonsensical. Heck, you don't get to see the Tanker chapter if you say you didn't play MGS1. I'd view Ground Zeroes similarly.
And of course TPP is going to expand on previous events. The only difference is that you can feign your main character having amnesia. Contextually that seems to be a far better entry point.
Love Deterrence
Member
Right, that's exactly what I was getting at.
Ground Zeroes exists only as the "prologue" to a new story in the Metal Gear universe, The Phantom Pain. Hideo Kojima, himself, has explained that there may be inconsistencies in the timeline to create a better story. He has also stated that while the relationship between Big Boss and Zero will be portrayed, it will not be the main focus of Metal Gear Solid V, which tells me that the focus will be primarily on Metal Gear Solid V characters and their stories, and not characters of the past, ala Metal Gear Solid 4.
Of course, it's not literally "perfect."
Yes, playing Metal Gear Solid 3 and (at least) watching Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker are recommended.
I don't have the same problem with Peace Walker's story that you do, but I also understand that people simply don't have time to spend 80-plus hours hoping to unlock the game's true ending.
matrix-cat
Member
Well it doesn't, at least not in any of the demos we've seen. Maybe it will in the full game, but so far it's behaved exactly like Call-of-Duty-style Wolverine healing, which hasn't been in any of the old games. In MGS3, assuming you have a full Stamina bar and no wounds, I think it takes two full minutes for your health bar to regenerate all the way, and I think MGS4's about the same. In this demo Big Boss just runs happily into streams of bullets and never bothered by them. I imagine that's because they set the demo on God mode so the player couldn't die on camera, but right now it's the only footage we have of a player being damaged in Ground Zeroes. Hopefully it won't be this way when the game comes out.
Rogue Agent
Banned
I wish they did a demo on Hard Mode, or at least a demo with the fully realised mechanics and without any easy stuff like God mode.
Same. Love to see a pure stealth run, avoiding all contact with enemies as well. Have they addressed whether it's just infinite enemies when the base is on alert? Wondering if you could just sneak your way through and kill or tranq every single guy there if you wanted to.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Of all the batshit insane things that exist in the MGS universe, I just can't get my head around "healing spray".
Sounds as plausible as Resident Evil's First Aid Spray.
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
Or how about a ration? It's still a game and health items aren't issues.
Seriously?
Rogue Agent
Banned
Yeah, I think a variety of demos would showcase its open-ended nature that Kojima is talking about.
Good question. I'm not sure. What are you hoping for?
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Yes. There are bandages in the game universe to heal yourself with. There are rations to recover health which have been mainstays in the game since MGS1. Making a spray that magically heals you is redundant and technologically implausible, even by Kojima's cyborg arm standards.
Took ALOT of development and GDP to get that down at Mother Base. Gotta give props
jacksepticeye
Member
But the rations were fine?
But lying still to recover health is totally legit, as is having time freeze so you can operate on yourself in 3?
Really hope that isn't the case here. Would totally take the fun out of the stealth element.
Why would it take the stealth element out if the pre-MGS4 MGS games have it and they are stealth games too? If you're worried about having the enemy encounters easier due to the OTS aiming then KojiPro can make the enemies tougher.
Oh no, I was agreeing with you. Just worded it wrong. Just saying I hope it wasn't what you were describing in mgs4.
Oh sorry. Misunderstood you there. Yeah, the infinite respawns really forced players to just avoid enemies instead of dealing with them stealthly. I understand why KojiPro did that though. They needed a lasting warzone and I remember one time when Kojima visited Infinity Ward. He probably got the idea from them.
jacksepticeye
Member
I loathed this about MGS4, spent about 5 minutes planning my way of taking the dudes out. Did it snook ahead and two more came out of a gap in the walls.
Pretty sure the exclusive missions will come to all consoles/versions before TPP is launched
Graphics Horse
Member
I wouldn't be surprised if the large maps in TPP get supplied with new troops now and again. As long as they spawn in sensible places like roads at the edge of a map it should be ok.
Possibly GZ too, the map has 2 or 3 roads into the base that seem to cross a payable boundary wall, the truck&jeep use one of them in the daylight mission video
Love Deterrence
Member
Some of these screens have been shown (recently, ripped from magazines), but at a much lower resolution.
Fried Food
Banned
foot prints were in MGS1
Love Deterrence
Member
No! Some images are from Hobby Consolas, while others come from various gaming magazines.
Not sure which ones, sorry!
nanomachines, son
Yoda
Member
Better than getting shot in the face, ducking behind cover for 8 seconds and magically healing =p.
But eating rations to heal makes since?
this made me laugh pretty hard.
MikeBreezy92
Member
Not like Healing sprays hasn't been used before in other games....at least we're not using herbs...
Same reaction with the RE series.
But not too far off: http://www.wired.com/design/2014/02/seal-bullet-wound-q-tips/?cid=co18796064
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