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Not gonna lie I completely forgot about the Moby Dick Studios thing
That ..kinda explains the fire whale?
That ..kinda explains the fire whale?
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So I just played the prologue for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
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Seeing as you're not an MGS fan in the first place the game's shortcomings won't mean anything to you.
Don't skip the GOAT stealth/TPS/sandbox game over some silly cutscenes.
Don't skip a game where you can drive around in a rollerblading robot, can airlift tanks with balloons, have a dog with an eyepatch that defeats enemies with an electric knife it holds in its mouth, where you can show up to battle on a solid gold helicopter while blasting Take On Me to mow down everyone in sight with a mini gun.
Kojima making the craziest linear roller coaster imaginable before turning into an open world game.
The opening is kinda memorable. Unfortunately it's all downhill from there.
I always enjoyed the linear progression and classic story telling of the old MGS games. Starting with MGS V is also confusing and not represantative of the quality or perception of the franchise, due to V being a huge departure from all previous MGS concepts. The same goes for story telling which reminds me of Dark Souls gone completely wrong. The gameplay and visuals are fantastic though, it's just all other areas which are lackluster in my opinion.
I always enjoyed the linear progression and classic story telling of the old MGS games. Starting with MGS V is also confusing and not represantative of the quality or perception of the franchise, due to V being a huge departure from all previous MGS concepts. The same goes for story telling which reminds me of Dark Souls gone completely wrong. The gameplay and visuals are fantastic though, it's just all other areas which are lackluster in my opinion.
The intro was the worst part for me honestly. MGS5 is great if you treat it as a more focused on game play MGS.
Yeah MGS V was a monkey paw game of the gen.
''Here's the best TPS controls/stealth mechanics you've experienced in years''
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''And here's a completely non existent story to go with it''
Still a great game overall though.
''Here's the best TPS controls/stealth mechanics you've experienced in years''
....
''And here's a completely non existent story to go with it''
Still a great game overall though.
I remember being hyped as fuck when that "fake" game was revelead, because that shit looked glorious. Then it turned out it was Metal Gear all along, and that prologue was like nothing like the game, with the rest being "play stealth in the desert". That isn't necessarily horrible, but I would have played a 10 hours campaign based on what we saw in that reveal: the fire whale, the telekinesis, the helplessness, etc..
Well, he call himself Ishmael, from moby dick, and little mantis projects everyone in rage mode... so it comes from there.
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I was going to say it's a actually easy to explain (fun fact, little mantis always has some sort of clue in his appearance as to who he is tuned into) but then realized actually typing it all out might prove MGS to be more convulted than Kingdom Hearts and thought better of it.
Pretty much. What a letdown. Probably the most disappointing game for me this gen. :(
While the story is lacking, its still full of good moments. The problem is that they are far away one from the other... but don't fall into the hyperbole that "only one mission is good".
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I love how the 'twist' is given away right at the beginning of the game before you even do anything.
Too much of this stuff existed only for the purpose of trailers.
Please don't skip one of the best tps ever made, the gameplay truly is amazing.
I was actually pumped for the game. But the intro killed all my desire to continue. Bad pacing, so sloooow, repetitive, badly directed, boring. Such a slog with horrible "gameplay" and abysmal direction. And you can feel that the maker(s) think that it's great art. After completing the intro I directly deleted the game despite paying like 40 bucks for it. I just couldn't handle the idea of playing more of that shit show.
And I played and finished all the MGS games before it.... except MGS4, which I abandoned after around 70% because it was too much stupid stuff and the game was soooo full of itself. Guess that should've be a warning sign for MGSV but I ignored it.
And I played and finished all the MGS games before it.... except MGS4, which I abandoned after around 70% because it was too much stupid stuff and the game was soooo full of itself. Guess that should've be a warning sign for MGSV but I ignored it.
I loved Ground Zeroes, I was hyped (and the ending cutscene with 'Here's to you' was a masterpiece).
I HATED MGS V. I lost 50 hours. Never again.
Empty and useless open world, Skull Face is a joke, story is boring, chapter 2 is a COMPLETE disaster, and the disturbing feeling that main missions are actually bland side missions.
I HATED MGS V. I lost 50 hours. Never again.
Empty and useless open world, Skull Face is a joke, story is boring, chapter 2 is a COMPLETE disaster, and the disturbing feeling that main missions are actually bland side missions.
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Play it if you have time and are a fan. If not, there are too many other games to sink time into now.
On that note, did the X1X ever get a patch for this game?
On that note, did the X1X ever get a patch for this game?
Here's my hot take: MGSV is a way better game when it just lets you play and not be dragged through another Kojima fever dream.
Gameplay wise it's the best MGS game by a mile.
Gameplay wise it's the best MGS game by a mile.
Funny because for better or worse (lots of series fans hated it, others including myself loved it, but it's pretty divisive) the intro is nothing like the rest of the game and is not representive of the game at all, so whether you would have loved it or hated, you really didn't play it.
Gameplay is great, but the story is horrible, actively ruins other mgs games, is horribly paced, and incredibly sexist at points. Don't expect anything as interesting as the prologue
oh my god these modded videos
And yeah, still might be the best TPS gameplay this gen so far. Worth playing it and completing it for that alone.
Story isn't as bad as some say. Better than 90% of games
And yeah, still might be the best TPS gameplay this gen so far. Worth playing it and completing it for that alone.
Story isn't as bad as some say. Better than 90% of games
the poll is clearly telling you to play it
and that the naysayers are a vocal minority of obnoxious fanboys 😘
The real ending of the game explains the beginning pretty well. It was a mindfuck to me who never played a MGS game before. Just wish it wasn't so full of filler
I even was aware of it at the time, I knew that the rest of the game is different. I'm sure I would've enjoyed parts of it as the gameplay itself looks great, I really liked Ground Zeroes. Part of me regrets not having played more. I just couldn't stomach the thought of "experiencing" even one more pretentious, overdirected cutscene. The thought of more of THAT made me feel so bad that I couldn't continue.
Playing the intro, I felt like the creator was screaming at me "LOOK AT ALL THIS CRAZY STUFF! I'M A GENIUS, THERE YOU HAVE MORE! FIRE! A WHALE! THE SAME SEQUENCE THREE TIMES! I'M AN ARTIST!". It wants to be cinematic and artsy but fails miserably.
Also, crawling and stumbling.
So.
Much.
Slow.
Crawling.
And.
Stumbling.
well actually mgs V writing and story telling is so unique and distinct that you wont really find that kind of quality in actually good games
The lack of dialouge from Snake was so weird to me. Like there were multiple times in the game where I wanted to yell at him for not saying anything. Either make him mute or have him talk as much as a commander in his situation would talk (which would be a lot).
Well, it's one of the most acclaimed games of the generation, and it has that status for a reason.
A lot of people have an intense hate for this game because it was marketed to be this incredibly cinematic and story driven adventure. However, the final game isn't really that. It's still got its cinematics and crazy Kojima story, but it's not delivered like previous MGS games.
I also suffered from whiplash after expecting one game after watching all the trailers and getting something quite different in the actual game. However, Kojima has always been like this with his marketing material. He's always fucking with people and their expectations. I look at the game for what it is instead of trying to think of what it was supposed to be like the trailers suggested.