As others have said, enjoy the gameplay but if you are are playing for the story, you WILL feel like you've wasted your time. To get to anything worthwhile, you really have to put up with a lot of filler side missions.
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Is Metal Gear Solid 5 worth a play through?
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Don't play it for the story. Even as somebody who was in deep with the Metal Gear lore, it was a waste of time.
Play it because it's the best stealth game ever made.
Play it because it's the best stealth game ever made.
i may be mistaken, but kojima wanted Sutherland, and kojima insisted that mocap be done by the respective actors, ala Naughty Dog, acting in real time
they would capture body, faces, vocals, etc
dunno if that stuck tho, i wouldn't be surprised if some of the mocap for Venom was done by someone other than Sutherland, but silent
but some of the tapes, like ones with Skull Face and no Snake, sound like they were acted out but were relegated to tapes
might've been intentional all around
hard to say for sure, but the tapes have a shitton of stuff in them for nearly every character
including like 1 mention of Chico outside of Ground Zeroes
lots of Peace Walker characters get snubbed
The gameplay is great and honestly one of the greatest action games I've ever played. While the actual missions are often undercooked, the controls are so smooth and the emergent gameplay so fun that it's awesome to just mess around.
The story is so bad and edgy that you can only go through it if you morbidly enjoy trainwrecks. It's Kojima at his worst, trying to be "serious" while having the depth of a 13-year-old who just discovered that war crimes exist.
The story is so bad and edgy that you can only go through it if you morbidly enjoy trainwrecks. It's Kojima at his worst, trying to be "serious" while having the depth of a 13-year-old who just discovered that war crimes exist.
people go on about the gameplay but its hilariously unbalanced. And it goes on for like 50+ damn hours.
And any claims about Kojima being a visionary and amazing storyteller got absolute jettisons right the fuck out of there with this game, IDC about the unfinished excuses. It is BAD.
And any claims about Kojima being a visionary and amazing storyteller got absolute jettisons right the fuck out of there with this game, IDC about the unfinished excuses. It is BAD.
If you don't care for MGS i wouldn't even bother tbh.
Played it once and never went back. The mechanics are ace but missions are repetitive. The story to me is the worst in the series. The cutscene work is amazing looking but all of the MGS charm is gone. Unfinished, lackluster ending, etc.
But hey maybe it will click on you. Sucks you missed out when it was on PS+ but i would say it's worth it if dirt cheap.
Played it once and never went back. The mechanics are ace but missions are repetitive. The story to me is the worst in the series. The cutscene work is amazing looking but all of the MGS charm is gone. Unfinished, lackluster ending, etc.
But hey maybe it will click on you. Sucks you missed out when it was on PS+ but i would say it's worth it if dirt cheap.
I keep hearing this and for the love of me can't understand what it means.
like, is it because the story is nonsensical? Cause they all are.
As a fan, i was disappointed. I expected the game to be Ground Zeroes but at a larger scale. Pretty much the opening mission in terms of story but throughout the whole game but it wasn't so.
Gameplay is fun but it starts to drag ass once they repeat missions.
Overall I'd give it a shot, there's just enough to keep you interested until the story just stops being a thing.
Gameplay is fun but it starts to drag ass once they repeat missions.
Overall I'd give it a shot, there's just enough to keep you interested until the story just stops being a thing.
It's a pretty fun game with flaws a million miles wide, but that's Kojima for you.
Probably don't try to 100% it if you value your sanity. Play your fill, then beat the game.
Probably don't try to 100% it if you value your sanity. Play your fill, then beat the game.
Play until you've had your fill, it's fantastic in many ways, especially if you like stealth or action games, but the story is not finished and not particularly good, has it's moments though.
Never before have I played a game with such solid core gameplay mechanics that was, on the whole, SOOOOOO TERRIBLE.
Like, gameplay is king and all, but when EVERYTHING from the structure to the story, level design, pacing, microtransactions, and filler bullshit is godawful then the sum of the game's parts amounts to a steaming pile of shit.
I've played through MGS1-4 dozens of times each. I know damn near everything about those games. I couldn't even finish MGSV. It is without a doubt the worst ending to an established franchise I've ever seen.
Just thinking about it as I type this on my phone has my blood boiling. MGS deserved a better send-off!
Like, gameplay is king and all, but when EVERYTHING from the structure to the story, level design, pacing, microtransactions, and filler bullshit is godawful then the sum of the game's parts amounts to a steaming pile of shit.
I've played through MGS1-4 dozens of times each. I know damn near everything about those games. I couldn't even finish MGSV. It is without a doubt the worst ending to an established franchise I've ever seen.
Just thinking about it as I type this on my phone has my blood boiling. MGS deserved a better send-off!
I had 50 or 60 hours in it back around when it came out. The missions and gameplay were very fun. Story was nonsense that I didn't engage with. At some point I just got bored and stopped playing, never finished.
So... maybe? There's no story that's worth experiencing but the gameplay is definitely fun.
So... maybe? There's no story that's worth experiencing but the gameplay is definitely fun.
dont forget it was on ps3 and 360 too
ive always wanted to play the 360 version just to see what it was like
It's fun, and starts off great, continues to be great, and then later on just begins to wither away more and more
Hugely fulfilling yet leaves you empty, like a Big Mac
Hugely fulfilling yet leaves you empty, like a Big Mac
The gameplay is amazing minutes to minute, but the repetitive open world and mission design brings it down.
It has a very cool atmosphere, and some really great moments, but overall the story is very poorly told, disjointed, and kind of just fizzles out toward the end.
It's worth playing as many people love it and you never know if you might too, opinions are divided amongst fans so you'll never be able to tell until you try.
For me, though, it was a disappointment.
It has a very cool atmosphere, and some really great moments, but overall the story is very poorly told, disjointed, and kind of just fizzles out toward the end.
It's worth playing as many people love it and you never know if you might too, opinions are divided amongst fans so you'll never be able to tell until you try.
For me, though, it was a disappointment.
Its only really bad if you care about Metal Gear Solid
It has a great cinematic story mission at the beginning but it is just completely missing the one at the end to close out the game
(It is literally missing the final mission/ story segment, there is concept footage of it that was included in the collectors edition at launch)
Also though, the gameplay was impressive at the time but doesn't really even hold up that well
It has a great cinematic story mission at the beginning but it is just completely missing the one at the end to close out the game
(It is literally missing the final mission/ story segment, there is concept footage of it that was included in the collectors edition at launch)
Also though, the gameplay was impressive at the time but doesn't really even hold up that well
No. There are much better games out there, and the story was garbage. If you want to play a real MGS game, go play MGS1-4.
The game is great, the story is just unfinished. The story is mostly good for what it does do, aside from the stupid Stuff they do to rationalize Quiet's design (tho some other Quiet stuff is good)
gameplay is superb, if only a step below some open world games that came after it imo like Tsushima, Zelda, etc
gameplay is superb, if only a step below some open world games that came after it imo like Tsushima, Zelda, etc
If you want to mess around in the map with some MGS stealth action for a little bit, sure. Just ignore the plot and pretend like it isn't the last MGS game to save yourself the disappointment.
Best gameplay this gen with a story about on par with the nonsensical MGS4 just less in your face about it
Story is pretty nonexistent, but the gameplay is top notch. I finished the game and had a blast doing it because it was just so much fun to play
the gameplay is really good. if you are interested in that and want to do sandbox-y stealth action
but you really need to be going in for that
but you really need to be going in for that
Its has the best and most fun stealth mechanics in the industry. The story is an incomplete trashfire. Play Ground Zeroes if you can get it free or at like 90% of the price that MGSV goes today.
Its very fun but the repetition weights heavy 10 hours in. I did not mind it.
Its very fun but the repetition weights heavy 10 hours in. I did not mind it.
The gameplay is awesome but not that fulfilling if you're trying to scratch the MGS itch. The open world nature of it doesn't really work well and the game's approach to storytelling is horrendous.
If you just want to have fun and stealth around a bit, I'd pick it up but don't expect a gratifying narrative. It's a shame.
If you just want to have fun and stealth around a bit, I'd pick it up but don't expect a gratifying narrative. It's a shame.
At worst, MGS5 is a top 3 stealth game of all time. The gameplay and systems are absurdly good, flexible, and creative. Don't buy it if you just want another episode of Tom Clancy's Kingdom Hearts.
I revisited The Phantom Pain earlier this year, and while I generally like the game play, and I have to say that anything even remotely resembling a boss fight in the game is a complete chore. The breaking point for me was the White Mamba mission. I don't care if there's some hacky alternative to finishing the mission without much difficulty. The setup and parameters for that mission (especially its placement relative to the mission zone border) are straight-up bullshit.