MGSV: Ground Zeroes - Spoilers Thread - #TeamBowie

Can somebody explain something to me about the Mother Base VR Simulator in the companion app?

What does the button in the bottom right do. It shows the MSF logo with an arrow pointing to a clock. I have no idea when or why I am supposed to press it. The time goes down by 30 seconds each time you press it.

This isn't my style of game, but I am playing it to get bonuses when starting The Phantom Pain. What is the best strategy to employ here? What I am trying to obtain?

The timer accumulates in real-time and acts like a fast-forward button to speed up development of MB stuff.
 
Does this disprove the theory? Also spoils the fact that we will hear quite speak.

There was an interview with her 3 months ago on HideRaji, so it was already available info

That was just meant to further illustrate that the gender of Chico's VA isn't a clue to anything, since as someone else stated female VAs often voice boys.

The theory itself seems like a stretch personally
 
I just listened to Chico's tape 4 again, and there's no way he actually went through with it. On the other hand, it seems like someone else did, since that segment opens with a slow, repetitive slapping sound and Paz moaning, then Skull Face saying "move," followed by the sound of a zipper. Yeah.

Anyway, that segment cuts straight to Chico giving the details on Mother Base, and after that is the whole scene between Paz and Chico that wouldn't make any sense if it had happened to begin with. I'm not saying this whole theory is bunk, but this is a foundational part of it that's wrong. Not that any of this matters, I mainly wanted to clear it up for myself.
 
One thing that really needs to be clarified is why Chico had a headphone jack in his chest; why did the guard at the beginning point a gun at him despite Chico being inside a metal cage (like as if Skull face was in danger simply being near Chico); and why he had steel bolts hammered into his feet.

This is going to sound quite out there but I suspect there's more to Chico than we're led to believe, possibly with him undergoing some early robotisation process that Foxhound later perfected on Gray Fox when he became Cyborg Ninja. Chico being a guinea pig of sorts.
 
I just listened to Chico's tape 4 again, and there's no way he actually went through with it. On the other hand, it seems like someone else did, since that segment opens with a slow, repetitive slapping sound and Paz moaning, then Skull Face saying "move," followed by the sound of a zipper. Yeah.

Anyway, that segment cuts straight to Chico giving the details on Mother Base, and after that is the whole scene between Paz and Chico that wouldn't make any sense if it had happened to begin with. I'm not saying this whole theory is bunk, but this is a foundational part of it that's wrong. Not that any of this matters, I mainly wanted to clear it up for myself.

I find it disturbing the notion of a 25 year old woman having sex with a 12 year old boy, while being watched by a half dozen security guards and a guy in a trenchcoat.
 
After listening to the tapes, I understand why, in one of the trailers, they're torturing Huey.

He basically acted without their knowledge and accepted the inspection which caused all of this. It's understandable for them to think he knew this was going to happen, especially after finding out he survived the attack.
 
After listening to the tapes, I understand why, in one of the trailers, they're torturing Huey.

He basically acted without their knowledge and accepted the inspection which caused all of this. It's understandable for them to think he knew this was going to happen, especially after finding out he survived the attack.
I think it is Strangelove who was the "scientist" that was XOF's way in. But Huey takes the blame because he doesn't want them to hurt her if he tells them she was behind it, he's "standing his ground" which is what Strangelove told Huey to do at the end of Peace Walker. But I think he'll eventually spit it out which is how he'll come to be on our side.

Also Strangelove goes where the research is. She was originally on Coldman's side to create Peace Walker, then she defected to MSF to help create Zeke, then she defects to Cipher to create what she tells Huey is "a weapon to surpass Metal Gear" which Ocelot gets out of him.
 
After listening to the tapes, I understand why, in one of the trailers, they're torturing Huey.

He basically acted without their knowledge and accepted the inspection which caused all of this. It's understandable for them to think he knew this was going to happen, especially after finding out he survived the attack.

Listening to the tapes you have to assume he sold them out. Every single decision he makes fucks them over, and he takes actions without their approval to do so. Then Skullface says 'the scientist was our way in' or something to that effect. I mean, the guy had his 'gf' moved off the base just in time to avoid the attack. Come on now.

Either he's massively incompetent and incapable of following orders or he was working for Skullface or Cipher. If you were BB wouldn't you assume the latter?

EDIT: I suppose Strangelove could have manipulated him, which would explain everything just as well. That still makes him a moron, though.

ANOTHER EDIT: Playing through the game again, the most emotional moment is when Big Boss rescues Paz and that music kicks in. It strikes me as funny, considering BB's first instinct when he finds out about Paz is to kill her, and when both Kaz and BB wouldn't mind seeing her dead whatsoever. But there's this really tender moment... it's weird.
 
Apparently, the Japanese voice actor for Chico voices multiple female characters in the series.

This theory just came out of nowhere today but it's kind of starting to click.

It's because she has wide range of voices to pull it off.
She played Rosemary in MGS2, the Boss in MGS3 and Sunny in MGS4.
 
After listening to the tapes, I understand why, in one of the trailers, they're torturing Huey.

He basically acted without their knowledge and accepted the inspection which caused all of this. It's understandable for them to think he knew this was going to happen, especially after finding out he survived the attack.

Also Huey and Strange Love splitting up and him still acting normal is a bit suspicious.
 
ANOTHER EDIT: Playing through the game again, the most emotional moment is when Big Boss rescues Paz and that music kicks in. It strikes me as funny, considering BB's first instinct when he finds out about Paz is to kill her, and when both Kaz and BB wouldn't mind seeing her dead whatsoever. But there's this really tender moment... it's weird.
If you listen to the briefing tapes (which is the intro dialogue in it's proper context), they find out about Paz before Chico actually goes missing. It could be that they listened to Paz's diary between then but I'd have to relisten. There seem to be some inconsistencies. Like someone mentioned on another mgs forum I go to how there is a dialogue in Ground Zeroes where Kaz is talking about the day they first met Paz and he is like "I can't believe we bought that cover story" even though at the end of Peace Walker he admitted he knew who Paz and Zadornov were all along. That seems like a big oversight to me.
 
The timer accumulates in real-time and acts like a fast-forward button to speed up development of MB stuff.

Thank you for that clarification. I understand now.

However, should I use that time as often as possible since money shows up every so often, or should I only fast forward after starting building/recruiting tasks? Will it also speed up missions?

I have made it up to level 10 so far, but I am not sure if it is intended to be played for long periods of time or if you should wait hours/days between playing small portions to give the base time to grow.
 
If you listen to the briefing tapes (which is the intro dialogue in it's proper context), they find out about Paz before Chico actually goes missing. It could be that they listened to Paz's diary between then but I'd have to relisten. There seem to be some inconsistencies. Like someone mentioned on another mgs forum I go to how there is a dialogue in Ground Zeroes where Kaz is talking about the day they first met Paz and he is like "I can't believe we bought that cover story" even though at the end of Peace Walker he admitted he knew who Paz and Zadornov were all along. That seems like a big oversight to me.

Well Kojima did say that there might be some inconsistencies.

Although, did Kaz really know about Paz from the get go? Or was he briefed later by Cipher?

Chico=Quiet is the new Joakim = CG

We need hashtags.

I don't think we can without offending someone.
 
Well Kojima did say that there might be some inconsistencies.

Although, did Kaz really know about Paz from the get go? Or was he briefed later by Cipher?

I think so. Here was the dialogue:

[Miller]
I, uh, I knew Paz and the professor... I knew who they really were, all along.

[Snake]
Kaz...

[Miller]
I used them.

[Snake]
I suppose you were the one who brought them to Colombia in the first place, huh?

[Miller]
Guilty as charged.

Paz wasn't just CIA, you know. She was working for the KGB, too. And for this Cipher group. In other words, she was a triple agent.
 
If you listen to the briefing tapes (which is the intro dialogue in it's proper context), they find out about Paz before Chico actually goes missing. It could be that they listened to Paz's diary between then but I'd have to relisten. There seem to be some inconsistencies. Like someone mentioned on another mgs forum I go to how there is a dialogue in Ground Zeroes where Kaz is talking about the day they first met Paz and he is like "I can't believe we bought that cover story" even though at the end of Peace Walker he admitted he knew who Paz and Zadornov were all along. That seems like a big oversight to me.

I kinda took the Kaz slip up as him talking to the player, as in "I can't believe you the player bought that silly cover story" but yeah otherwise it makes no sense for him to say that. As for the intro inconsistency I just chalk that up to the intro cut-scene being a quick plot dump for the player ad the briefing tapes being the real intro. It's sorta similar to MGS1 you have a quick flashy info plot dump but when you dive into the briefing files you learn a whole lot more that was skipped over in the intro cutscene.
 
Can somebody explain something to me about the Mother Base VR Simulator in the companion app?

What does the button in the bottom right do. It shows the MSF logo with an arrow pointing to a clock. I have no idea when or why I am supposed to press it. The time goes down by 30 seconds each time you press it.

This isn't my style of game, but I am playing it to get bonuses when starting The Phantom Pain. What is the best strategy to employ here? What I am trying to obtain?

You may have figured out by now, but certain actions in the game require time to pass (doing missions takes usually about 3 minutes, and building units/upgrading struts takes time as well) and you can hit that button to drain 30 seconds from the game's timer (it'll take away 30 seconds for everything, not just one thing). So you don't have to wait for stuff to complete if you want to sit and grind for a while. You can get more speedup time by playing GZ and completing missions.
 
You may have figured out by now, but certain actions in the game require time to pass (doing missions takes usually about 3 minutes, and building units/upgrading struts takes time as well) and you can hit that button to drain 30 seconds from the game's timer (it'll take away 30 seconds for everything, not just one thing). So you don't have to wait for stuff to complete if you want to sit and grind for a while. You can get more speedup time by playing GZ and completing missions.

Wait the companion thing is in this? I turned the vita to the second screen mode and didn't see anything...
 
Wait the companion thing is in this? I turned the vita to the second screen mode and didn't see anything...

It's an app on iOS/Android. If you have one, just search for "ground zeroes". You can listen to collected tapes on it too, although you can't play them while playing the base builder part. -_-
 
I just got tbrough watching the Peace Walker ending because I never finished it, and jesus, I couldn''t handle Hayter. I don't remember him ever sounding bad, but this was terrible. I feel like this game ruined him for me.
 
Thank you for that clarification. I understand now.

However, should I use that time as often as possible since money shows up every so often, or should I only fast forward after starting building/recruiting tasks? Will it also speed up missions?

I have made it up to level 10 so far, but I am not sure if it is intended to be played for long periods of time or if you should wait hours/days between playing small portions to give the base time to grow.

It's best to save up some time so you can build or do missions quickly. If you let it sit and count up time, it'll max out at 5hrs.

However, if you complete the Ground Zeroes mission and then start up MB, you'll get 5hrs of bonus time. You can do this as many times as you want but not back-to-back.
 
I just got tbrough watching the Peace Walker ending because I never finished it, and jesus, I couldn''t handle Hayter. I don't remember him ever sounding bad, but this was terrible. I feel like this game ruined him for me.

I almost feel the same. He's awful in Peace Walker throughout, and it was the first time I ever understood the criticism of him. It could have coloured my opinion on his other performances, but when I start playing another MGS I typically enjoy him soon enough again.

But yeah, that performance probably lost him the job. I do think it was for the best, even if I wouldn't have gone with Keifer.
 
Always thought Quiet and Eva might have a connection.

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I have no idea whether or not I should be on #TeamFarewellSausage

I mean it makes a shocking amount of sense, but it's also insane.

o ~o
 
Farewell Sausage, lolol.
 
Is there a reason it won't let me import my music on the ps 3 version? It keeps showing the loading symbol then kicking me back to the menu.
 
I have my own speculation on the whole Chico = Quiet thing. Until we know about the Quiet character, there isn't much to say other than that she could still be an entirely new character in the end with a completely different backstory.

But I honestly can't help but think there's something to the theory, and it's just that a theory and fun story speculation. Here are my thoughts:

Chico is constantly expected to live up to being a man, despite falling short each time.

He would most likely be disgusted with himself after what happened between him and Paz especially while going through puberty; Skullface even tells him after all of the horrors he had been through that "you're a real man now, soldier", which is essentially saying that Chico is more of a man for experiencing horrific things that will ruin him forever

"Quiet", because of the shame for having talked and putting his comrades all in misery as a result and becoming mute would allow her to never reveal information the same way again

Chico is an exceptional survivalist for his age, which would transfer easily to the skills of a sniper traversing harsh environments like the middle east

His new model in Ground Zeroes is strangely different from his PW incarnation, and resembles Quiet more than his older model does
 
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