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Metal Gear Solid V Spoiler Free Impressions Thread
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So after playing all evening for about five hours, my current completion percentage stands at
So after playing all evening for about five hours, my current completion percentage stands at
only 2%
You will all be very satisfied. It's Metal Gear Fucking Solid.
Death Metalist
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Nope, keep in mind that it's as far as I have played which is not much. However, the score is fantastic. It's just a shame there is not much of it but when it hits during the cutscenes...
It's mostly a quiet game with the score coming in at the right moments, usually cutscenes or something major that's happened.
There are long cutscenes. EDIT: Not as long as previous MGS games so far though.
As far as I have played,
no.
Graphics Horse
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That's where someone found him in an e3 preview, and in the Gregg guy's stream. Sure it's random?
Death Metalist
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Well, if I am going by one of the gameplay videos where they showed off finding him
in a jungle then I'm going to say yes.
I don't have the game yet but i can answer this question with a yes.
Graphics Horse
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Death Metalist
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I have not tried this since I tranquilize every enemy near each other before taking them all back to my base however, when you tranq a baddie and his allie is near, he'll get caution and go check on it so my guess is that they'll be alerted or something if they saw their buddy getting fulton-ed lol.
Death Metalist
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Hmm, we'll just have to wait for more impressions then. As for the interpreter, he's not random as far as I am concerned because he's actually a (very minor spoiler)
Side OP mission.
That's kind of hard to say at the moment but I'll give it a shot. Technically, my favorite MGS is 3 and personally, my favorite one is 4(It was a cathartic experience for me). I'd put this above 3 honestly in terms of the gameplay because it just feels so damn good to control and play. In terms of the story though? 3 of course. I honestly doubt MGS5 is going to be better than 3 story wise but I'll wait and see.
Ranking currently is
MGS3 = MGS5 > MGS4 > MGS2 > MGS1 > DID YOU RIKE IT? > MGS: PW
Yup, that includes when you want to knock to lure an enemy or call your horse. It's annoying to me as well but not a game beaker that's for sure, I got used to it with time.
swearing-circle
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Seriously? You have to click the right analogue stick now? You didn't in GZ. That's annoying.
Graphics Horse
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What I mean is the e3 video had the interpreter mission but with the blue circle over the palace instead of where it really is.
Yeah you did. I just played GZ yesterday and had to use the right stick to actually select my option after a grapple.
It also feels fine.
Sounds pretty intuitive to me, there are a lot more choices this time around so it's a nice touch to be able to confirm your choice.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Seeing how MGSV is more HUD free compared to the previous games, does anyone know if bosses still have health bars? Or do you just have to pray that your shots will eventually take them out without any indication in the UI?
Ok thanks!
Is anyone here actually playing without reflex mode? How frustrating is it to get discovered compared to GZ?
I sure as hell plan on playing it like I played GZ : reflex and marking trash turned off.
Doesn't that get boring though? Just tranq enemies all day and running over Fultoning. I hated that about pw. Can this game be played and enjoyed without doing all the Fulton bullshit.
xVaalbarAx
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Holy shit, I'm excited. I've been waiting for this game for so long. Only a couple of more days. But that's awesome, thanks Death Metalist for the impression details!
Crossing Eden
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They won't automatically know where you are but they will call it in and go into alert mode.
"CP, just saw someone get carried away by a balloon, we may have an intruder."
Well I don't have it yet and I might be completely wrong, from everything that they've shown you're not obligated to Fulton everything. I'm pretty sure you can just shoot everything like normal if you want. Or Tranq them and leave them, just like you would in any of the other games in the series.
This game.
Only done the first 3 missions but god damn.
Oh and PLEASE listen to the tapes. They're fantastic and build the world up a lot more including the in-between stuff you're probably wondering. Some general summaries of past events as a refresher too.
Kiefer is Big Boss. I will no longer accept any other.
Only done the first 3 missions but god damn.
Oh and PLEASE listen to the tapes. They're fantastic and build the world up a lot more including the in-between stuff you're probably wondering. Some general summaries of past events as a refresher too.
Kiefer is Big Boss. I will no longer accept any other.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Most intriguing. Thanks, bud.
Death Metalist
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I don't think it does because you're sneaking and everything feels smooth as well as a joy to control. It's very satisfying to knock out a bunch of guards and then recruiting them to your base via Fulton. You could of course play the game as Rambo if you wanted but if you even want to get to that level you should have enough people in your base to build you badass things.
You can play it without fultoning enemies BUT then how will you grow and claim back your legend? You're playing as BB and the whole point of the game is returning back to what you were, 9 years ago and getting revenge.
EDIT: I remembered you could develop an item that
analyzes who's the highest ranked person on the field. This way you'd only have to fulton them and kill the rest.
It's kind of frustrating because enemies could be ANYWHERE on the map. They are not exclusive to just villages/outposts. However, you could restart from your final checkpoint if you get caught although your bonus points for not restarting in a mission will be lost. Good thing is that you can play the game in whatever way you want, tons of options.
Yeah, don't worry, this has been a issue in the past, the trophies are unlocking locally on your PS4, you just need the list to be up on psn to be able to sync
swearing-circle
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You didn't have to click the right stick. You could just highlight the option and then let go. Was a lot faster imo.
shadyspace
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I'm only gonna fulton the high stats soldiers and kill the rest. No D-List scrubs are getting into my private army.
The PC version is Steam only so it's unlikely we'll see any impressions of the PC version until release, but I think it's a fairly safe assumption that the game will run well on PC, I think it'd be difficult to fuck it up given the incredibly strong base they're working from.
As someone who hated Peace Walker, this is good to hear.
No you don't. You can change it in the options menu. Under "Control Settings" surprisingly enough.
swearing-circle
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That's good to hear. Cheers.
sti4thewin
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Currently I'm using low ranks as pawns, and when the time comes I'll pull the trigger.
Sure, but as you said, if you encounter small groups of enemies at an outpost or out in the wild, there's a relatively small chance of them alerting anyone other than in their immediate surroundings. As long as alerting one guy 5km away from everything doesn't equal the whole fucking map being psychic regarding your position, I can live with it
Part of what makes PW boring when you fulton everyone you tranq is the extremely simple and dumb AI they possess. Not to mention how sparse the enemy count is in PW to begin with.
And to be honest, you don't want to fulton everyone you tranq because if you do that you'll fill your MB with a bunch of weak-skilled units instead of filling it with units with higher stats. At least, in PW, it generally wasn't a good idea to practically fill your MB with awful soldiers -- pick and choose wisely.
BeforeU
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How long is it? Approximately?
I don't see why this is a problem for people, it's not like you have to beat it in a week. And it's not like you'll need any other games..
No idea but I've seen people say they've put like 10 hours in and are only like 5% done or something!
I don't see why this is a problem for people, it's not like you have to beat it in a week. And it's not like you'll need any other games..
Well I have hopped on the MGS train pretty late and have little invested so there are still other games I'm excited about for the fall that will be vying for my limited time.
I saw this but once the game comes out my tune may change!
kingkenny76
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I'd say you can listen to the tapes through the app like MG:GZ
I felt a big highlight of 3, and a big reason as to why it was my favorite, was because of it's setting and style. It was like a Bond movie in the jungle during the 60s.
I'm guessing Phantom Pain is basically like the "Snake Eater" of the 80s in that regard?
It's weird trying to describe it like that, maybe cause Big Boss is my favorite MGS character and TPP is the only other home console MGS game starring him.
I'm guessing Phantom Pain is basically like the "Snake Eater" of the 80s in that regard?
It's weird trying to describe it like that, maybe cause Big Boss is my favorite MGS character and TPP is the only other home console MGS game starring him.
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