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[dc89]

All the retailer reiterations of mid-to-late June are offering a slight hope that we'll finally be receiving a release date this week. Whatever happened to the supposedly new Ground Zeroes DLC being hinted at recently?

Haven't you heard?
The Phantom Pain is one big DLC.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Why does the announcement have to happen just before I have to go to work.

 

[dc89]

Why does the announcement have to happen just before I have to go to work.

Hopefully, I'll be able to go for a late lunch and tune in on my phone.

 

[Ark]

Why does the announcement have to happen just before I have to go to work.

Look at it this way, you won't have to go to work in a bad mood knowing that it's just another clothing line announcement.

 

[GodzillaDB]

Haven't you heard?
The Phantom Pain is one big DLC.

As I should've expected from master Kojima-san.

 

[BrettHeazy]

I feel like I've been in a 9 year coma these past 24

 

[Marvel]

Not sure how long I can stay nuclear.

 

[MrMatt555]

god, i can't wait much longer. Help me, MGS GAF!

 

[Loakum]

Dude. Nothing and I mean nothing will stand in MGSV's way. This game will sell no matter what.

This.

 

[Kane1345]

Today is the day. Gimme that release date

 

[Kyoufu]

Today is the day. Gimme that release date

There's still another day to go.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

There's still another day to go.

Japans a day ahead tho!

 

[Kane1345]

There's still another day to go.

Oh shit lol misread. OK back to bed till tomorrow. Hibernation time

 

[Chinner]

Japans a day ahead tho!

Are you suggesting that we've already missed it???

 

[Bollocks]

Kojima gonna pull a Kojima:
OUT NOW!!

 

[Stereogatari]

If was an E3 release, they'd announce the release at E3.

 

[TommyTosser]

2PM UK time?

 

[Mifec]

2PM UK time?

Yes, 2pm UK time tomorrow.

 

[Skullface]

28 more hours. The suspense ;_;

 

[flipswitch]

Going by the image in the OT, it has something to do with seiko. MGS branded watch.

 

[Chinner]

what if the countdown is for another countdown?

 

[Wedge7]

Nice, wonder what it could be

 

[Screaming Meat]

what if the countdown is for another countdown?

 

[Solidino]

-28 hours for new T-shirt and action figure.

Spoiler

 

[DieH@rd]

So TPP takes place in the 80's? Forgive me, I have been shying away from info about this but has Jaeger been confirmed as a character in TPP? Has Mozambique been confirmed as a location in TPP?

For now, no and no. We know there will be child soldiers in Africa [possibly Liberia], so there is a chance we will see young Jack the Ripper, and of course, young clones of Big Boss. IMO, because solder who helped Big Boss to escape hospital in Cyprus is also voiced by Keifer [and we don't see his face], there is a big chance that is Solidus.

 

[Skullface]

For now, no and no. We know there will be child soldiers in Africa [possibly Liberia], so there is a chance we will see young Jack the Ripper, and of course, young clones of Big Boss. IMO, because solder who helped Big Boss to escape hospital in Cyprus is also voiced by Keifer [and we don't see his face], there is a big chance that is Solidus.

Wat? No... That couldn't be Solidus. He'd barely look to be about 18 in 84. Ishmael was a 35+ looking individual.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Wat? No... That couldn't be Solidus. He'd barely look to be about 18 in 84. Ishmael was a 35+ looking individual.

You have to remember that Solidus aged faster than the other Snakes. By the time Solid Snake looked into his late 20's/early 30's in MGS2, Solidus looked to be well over 50.

 

[ffejeromdiks]

28 more hours. The suspense ;_;

...what? The website says 3 hours remaining.

 

[Kuusoge]

...what? The website says 3 hours remaining.

It says 1 day and 3 hrs

 

[ffejeromdiks]

It says 1 day and 3 hrs

Ahhhh I'm an idiot.

 

[Skullface]

You have to remember that Solidus aged faster than the other Snakes. By the time Solid Snake looked into his late 20's/early 30's in MGS2, Solidus looked to be well over 50.

I'm keeping that in mind when I say that Solidus wouldn't appear to be much older than 18 at the time.

Edit: I'd also say that Snake appears to be in his late 30's early 40's in MGS2. His actual age was 37 during the Big Shell.

 

[Chinner]

Big Boss is quiet.

 

[SargerusBR]

Big Boss is quiet.

 

[Kane1345]

 

[Skullface]

Dat gif

 

[Mifec]

 

[Nibel]

-28 hours for new T-shirt and action figure.

Spoiler

Yikes

 

[Palpable]

 

[Ballistics]

You have to remember that Solidus aged faster than the other Snakes. By the time Solid Snake looked into his late 20's/early 30's in MGS2, Solidus looked to be well over 50.

Just because he looks older in MGS2, it doesn't mean he would look any older in 1984.

 

[Palpable]

Just because he looks older in MGS2, it doesn't mean he would look any older in 1984.

Right. Accelerated aging doesn't have to start at birth or even a young age.

Supposedly the reason they even had accelerated aging in the first place was simply because they were weapons themselves. Engineered that way, as Naomi explained it.

 

[Owwari]

 

[Skullface]

Just because he looks older in MGS2, it doesn't mean he would look any older in 1984.

Right. Accellerated aging doesn't have to start at birth or even a young age.

Fucking thank you. I'm not saying that it's impossible Ishmael is Solidus, but super incredibly unlikely.

 

[Palpable]

Fucking thank you. I'm not saying that it's impossible Ishmael is Solidus, but super incredibly unlikely.

I'm still leaning towards the imaginary angle on that one.

 

[GreyOcelot]

yeah we really don't know how the accelerated aging works, but solid snake went from nearly his normal age in looks in mgs2 to that of a 60+ year old man in mgs4. it's safe to say that the majority of the acceleration takes place later, at least for solid and liquid. eli is another piece of evidence of that, he's 12 and he looks 12. so solidus could hypothetically age faster than the other 2, but we really don't have much evidence to support that. plus, 8 year old solidus looks like 49 year old big boss? ehhhhh. solidus being someone like the medic would be at least a little big more plausible. still, like the last few mgs games, fans are obsessed with the main character being someone else and/or the game being some kind of VR simulation. time and time again people have come up with these theories post mgs2 and time and time again we've gotten the game, setting, and main character that was presented to us in trailers.

 

[Paradise Brunch]

Still 26 hours to go....

 

[Palpable]

yeah we really don't know how the accelerated aging works, but solid snake went from nearly his normal age in looks in mgs2 to that of a 60+ year old man in mgs4. it's safe to say that the majority of the acceleration takes place later, at least for solid and liquid. eli is another piece of evidence of that, he's 12 and he looks 12. so solidus could hypothetically age faster than the other 2.

I agree that he looked his age up to MGS2, but let's not forget that Gray Fox brought up Snake's aged look in MGS1. It probably had nothing to do with the cloning though, just Gray Fox's way of saying that all the shit Snake went through up to that point shows.

plus, 8 year old solidus looks like 49 year old big boss? ehhhhh.

What makes you say he'd be 8?

 

[glaurung]

I want a release date, a pre-order page and an epic free PS4 theme for those that pre-order.

 

[GreyOcelot]

I agree that he looked his age up to MGS2, but let's not forget that Gray Fox brought up Snake's aged look in MGS1. It probably had nothing to do with the cloning though, just Gray Fox's way of saying that all the shit Snake went through up to that point shows.



What makes you say he'd be 8?

wasn't he born in '76?

 

[tryagainlater]

Why do I come into Metal Gear threads when I'm in public....

 

[EatChildren]

My guess is this is finally the long awaited announcement of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pan Sustenance Edition for PlayStation Vita starring David Hayter as Big Boss.