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Metal Gear Solid V Spoiler Free Impressions Thread
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El_Cinefilo
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I haven't tried it yet but the fact that I regularly use all the buttons, (Both shoulders and clicking thumbsticks) has put me off even bothering to give it a go. I get the impression it will be a nightmare, Maybe fine for motherbase like you say but no way in the field.
Soo.. Maybe around halfway through? Do we even know how many story missions there are?
I hope gathering resources and developing stuff won't turn into a massive grind later on. I am playing on PC, so I guess I could.. You know, if the grind does get ridiculous.
Oh, shit, never even thought of this. It seems you can replay any and every mission though, and I'd imagine everything respawns in the open world when you visit your MB and come back, so I doubt there are any permanent missables. Would be nice to get confirmation, though.
TitanPilot
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Are there BOSS battles ? how do they compare to previous games?
CalamityPixel
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Every battle is a boss battle, you are Big Boss.
Good shit. I generally play an extremely sneaky stealth game but take my time with it since I love exploration. It's good to know the world and missions seem pretty supportive of that kind of thing along with mother base and upgrades, which all sound fantastic fun
EDIT: I forgot to mention I don't think you can miss them PERMANENTLY.
You can miss tapes for sure, some are scattered throughout the environment and if you never explore a certain area you may never get it.
Yep, you can listen to them at pretty much any time. Enter the tapes menu, start a tape then exit the menu and it will play in the background. When that tape finishes it automatically goes to the next tape in that sequence.
BRocknRolla
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Question about the tapes...
So I really want to listen to them, but I don't necessarily want to sit on a pause screen for 30 minutes while I do it. Can you listen to them as you are traversing?
It didn't seem possible in GZ, and it drove me crazy in Wolfenstein, especially since those story elements were so good.
So I really want to listen to them, but I don't necessarily want to sit on a pause screen for 30 minutes while I do it. Can you listen to them as you are traversing?
It didn't seem possible in GZ, and it drove me crazy in Wolfenstein, especially since those story elements were so good.
Yes, of course. That's the great thing.
And of course it was possible in GZ. did it all the time.
If they don't come to the boss battle the boss battle comes to them.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but those aren't permanent missables, right? As in, you can always go back for them.
BRocknRolla
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A simple thing... But you may well have just convinced me to put in my pre-order. Thanks!
Correct -- as far as I know you can always go back and get them!
Dombrowski
is responsible for the well-being of this island.
Yes.
Anton Sugar
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From what I've read, it's pretty damned dumb and is obviously some stupid excuse to have her wear as little clothing as possible.
Garrett Hawke
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No surprises then
Yeah. I definitely would.
This makes no sense. Why you never played what most think is the best Metal Gear game yet?
You definitely should, I think you'd get more out of it. I envy you for being able to play MGS3 for the first time. I'd love to experience it fresh again.
I did just that last month. The game holds up very very well. It has one of (if not the best) boss battles in all of video games and a story that will stay in your head long after you finish.
This is a pretty direct story followup to 3 and Peace Walker. But mostly you should play 3 because it's the best MGS game.
I love Steam but.. If I had gotten the console version I would have been playing this almost a week in advance.. I have my key and activated it on Steam, but because it's "not officially released" yet they won't unlock it.. Grrr!
Yeah, if it wasn't for the inclusion of Japanese voices in the Steam version I'd have caved by now and bought it for PS4.
I have a copy ready and waiting to play on my Vita. I've never got round to playing it for some reason. Don't worry I'll rectify that now.
That's all the incentive I need to start a play through. Thanks for the responses.
The vita version is excellent too. Good controls. Bluepoint did another great remaster.
GwyndolinCinder
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doesn't feel like I'm halfway at all, I'm sure there was something about 50 main missions
Dombrowski
is responsible for the well-being of this island.
GwyndolinCinder
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Be sensible, if your spoiler sensitive about the tiniest of things don't go in any thread related to the game at all.
A bit late
This is the most impressive game i've ever seen.
The Last One
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A bit late
Oh look, it's the penis in his back again >.>
So, having played probably 15+ hours of the game I have some gripes. Note, pretty much everything other than what I list below is a positive, but MGSV has some aspects that I don't care for.
This game feels like a combination of Far Cry and Splinter Cell for the vast majority of its playtime. It just happens that is an awesome combination, but even more awesome are those 'Metal Gear Solid moments'; they do occur, separated by a good deal more Far Cell missions, however. It's fun but it doesn't avoid the issues Far Cry has in particular, as that shows in its Side Ops mission design. Some are uninspired to the point that I'd be sure they were randomly generated, but they are not. Others are OK, though.
Then there's Mother Base. It works, and it's nice to look at. My issue with Mother Base's influence on the game is in how you build and acquire weapons. It feels like a grind, and 15 hours in I still mostly use upgraded versions of my starting rifle and pistol. There's a ton of lethal weapons that conflict with the idea of Fulton-ing someone.
And the "AI capabilities of the FOX Engine" thing isn't something I'm seeing. The AI is good, but the 'enemies countering my tactics' thing just seems like standard game difficulty progression. I got headshots, they got helmets, and I assumed there was a connection. Then they started using (this really isn't a spoiler, but I feel like tagging it. It was shown in the gameplay demo's and highlighted, so it's a known thing)
before I ever used one myself. I used some items twice and they started countering it. It seems tied to progression through the game (like most games) more than to your actions.
I find myself thinking "Oh yeah, this is a Metal Gear Solid game" at quite steady intervals through the game. It's easy to forget, or at least it is to me. The game will throw a mission at you that makes you think "Yeah, this is Metal Gear" then it'll throw a number of "Oh, this is Splinter Cry" missions at me.
This game feels like a combination of Far Cry and Splinter Cell for the vast majority of its playtime. It just happens that is an awesome combination, but even more awesome are those 'Metal Gear Solid moments'; they do occur, separated by a good deal more Far Cell missions, however. It's fun but it doesn't avoid the issues Far Cry has in particular, as that shows in its Side Ops mission design. Some are uninspired to the point that I'd be sure they were randomly generated, but they are not. Others are OK, though.
Then there's Mother Base. It works, and it's nice to look at. My issue with Mother Base's influence on the game is in how you build and acquire weapons. It feels like a grind, and 15 hours in I still mostly use upgraded versions of my starting rifle and pistol. There's a ton of lethal weapons that conflict with the idea of Fulton-ing someone.
And the "AI capabilities of the FOX Engine" thing isn't something I'm seeing. The AI is good, but the 'enemies countering my tactics' thing just seems like standard game difficulty progression. I got headshots, they got helmets, and I assumed there was a connection. Then they started using (this really isn't a spoiler, but I feel like tagging it. It was shown in the gameplay demo's and highlighted, so it's a known thing)
decoy's
I find myself thinking "Oh yeah, this is a Metal Gear Solid game" at quite steady intervals through the game. It's easy to forget, or at least it is to me. The game will throw a mission at you that makes you think "Yeah, this is Metal Gear" then it'll throw a number of "Oh, this is Splinter Cry" missions at me.
Marvel
could never
And compressed pictures don't do it justice, trust me. I already have nearly 300 screens lol
artsi
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A bit late
Thank you a lot. You got the view perfect for comparisons.
It seems like I was afraid of and the E3 alternative gameplay video isn't actual PS4 footage, but from PC. Or then the final build was optimized.
The release build has much worse LOD with many objects / vegetation missing.
Retail build
E3 alternative gameplay build
It's still not bad and better than GZ, but I'm a bit disappointed.
They even straight up denied it was PC when asked, but dunno how it is: https://twitter.com/Ken1555/status/618465271414521856
Evil Beaver
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https://youtu.be/yfoPfF2u1to?t=4m1s
Does the Morse code/clicking sound have any significance...or was it put in solely because it sounded cool?
Does the Morse code/clicking sound have any significance...or was it put in solely because it sounded cool?
GwyndolinCinder
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Lod and the pop in of large terrain in the distance is still a huge issue, so distracting to me personally.
Hopefully the pc version is like GZ and doesn't have these issues
Hopefully the pc version is like GZ and doesn't have these issues
Zeuanimals
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Doesn't the game auto-save though? I don't think I'd mind being in a story based mission and having to leave to do something then coming back to where I left off, I mean, I would since I'd want to keep playing, but you know what I mean. The current-gen consoles also have rest/stand-by modes which allow us to get right back to where we left off.
From what I'm seeing, the retail PS4 screenshot look to have much better texture lod, the E3 one have blurry textures (btw it mean it wasn't running on a pc). But it also have less vegetation.
Maybe they traded one for the other.
I also see the building aren't identical, seem like they added little windows.
I would also would like to know about this
Oh lord.
artsi
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Yeah you're right, it could be they added some better AF and reduced the LOD to achieve that.
It still could be it was on PC and they lowered some settings to mimic the PS4 visuals, which resulted in worse textures (yet having higher LOD in distance), but no way of knowing that really.
I posted this in the DF thread too, so this thread won't be derailed. The game still looks absolutely good on PS4.
Graphics Horse
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I just learned you can hide in a truck cab
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