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[BreezyLimbo]

I think Jeff Gerstmann will like the base building

MGS:The Phantom Pain will be the Super Mario Maker of MGS.

 

[Nightengale]

Well, reviewers will need to sink in the fact that MGSV isn't " Tactical Espionage Action" but "Tactical Espionage Operations"

 

[RangerBAD]

Well, reviewers will need to sink in the fact that MGSV isn't " Tactical Espionage Action" but "Tactical Espionage Operations"

It'll go over a lot of heads and we'll hear "barren" a lot. (I don't read reviews.)

 

[shinobi602]

Reviews do come in Sunday.

 

[Ralemont]

I can see the game being pretty divisive as far as review scores go. You have to imagine that most reviewers won't have played Peace Walker, and anyone going into this game expecting another MGS1-4 style experience is going to have a rude awakening. I can just imagine the Jeff Gerstmanns of the world ignoring Mother Base in the early going and then blaming the game when it comes back to bite them later on.

Why won't they have played Peace Walker?

 

[CambriaRising]

I can see the game being pretty divisive as far as review scores go. You have to imagine that most reviewers won't have played Peace Walker, and anyone going into this game expecting another MGS1-4 style experience is going to have a rude awakening. I can just imagine the Jeff Gerstmanns of the world ignoring Mother Base in the early going and then blaming the game when it comes back to bite them later on.

Jeff has already played the game and said he really liked the gameplay and base stuff. So..

 

[raven777]

Reviews do come in Sunday.

Great. You know what time?

 

[iMax]

Reviews do come in Sunday.

You don't happen to know a time, do you?

 

[the_batman]

i'm expecting a lot of 10/10's and even some 11/10's.

 

[Boke1879]

With reviews out early they must be confident

 

[shinobi602]

Great. You know what time?

You don't happen to know a time, do you?

Should be 5PM PT/ 8PM ET

 

[Nightengale]

i'm expecting a lot of 10/10's and even some 11/10's.

One week early embargo is the height of confidence. Unless Konami has completely misread the responses to the game, it's almost assuredly going to be above 90 MC, easily.

 

[Oni3298]

Should be 5PM PT/ 8PM ET

What a coincidence! Thats exactly the time I'll be sitting in front of my computer!

Can you believe that?

 

[CrackaF3tt]

Saw this on Reddit. Had to post.

 

[the_batman]

One week early embargo is the height of confidence. Unless Konami has completely misread the responses to the game, it's almost assuredly going to be above 90 MC, easily.

i remember the same thing happening with MGS4. all the early reviews raving about the game made the wait almost unbearable.

 

[Jubern]

stuff are heavily restricted it seems. Imaizumi can't even tell us if Japanese version of the game will contain English subtitles like it did with GZ.

Ha damn, I'm actually interested in that too and have the JP limited edition preordered. Hope I don't get burned.

 

[Big_Boss_Snake_]

Cant wait im excited i feel positive about this ! Kept you waiting huh !?

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Saw this on Reddit. Had to post.

ughh hate when that happens

 

[Nightengale]

i remember the same thing happening with MGS4. all the early reviews raving about the game made the wait almost unbearable.

Eh? I remember MGS4 being a release day review embargo?

 

[the_batman]

Eh? I remember MGS4 being a release day review embargo?

i think i remember it being a magazine leak, here's a link to an article

 

[Roldan]

Holy shit, the embargo gets lifted in Sunday? I promised myself I wouldn't read any review and/or check metacritic before I beat the game, but that's just mean ;_;

I won't be able to contain myself for that long

 

[BjornTheBear]

Does anyone know if MGSV will have destructable buildings?

 

[Oni3298]

Does anyone know if MGSV will have destructable buildings?

Not actual buildings, but things like guard towers and the like.

 

[fritzo]

Reviews do come in Sunday.

wow, really? I was hoping Tuesday morning. It'll be hard not to see review scores before the game releases. I won't read anything, but the scores would be floating around. I'm glad I got Twitter mute filters. But I know a few will slip through.

 

[MiamiWesker]

Eh? I remember MGS4 being a release day review embargo?

There was a guy on gaf that did a full review, called it the greatest game ever made. Answered questions and all that.

 

[Aurongel]

What's so bad about seeing review scores? Is it because it makes it tempting to read the text of the review?

 

[LiquidGotti]

Oh yeah, I forgot he probably already has prepared them in advance. His retrospectives are pretty cool, first thing I see after waking up everyday.

Yep, he did it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jknExn7t6q4

 

[fritzo]

What's so bad about seeing review scores? Is it because it makes it tempting to read the text of the review?

nothing is really bad about it at all. I'm not even worried about seeing lower than expected scores. It's only someone's opinion. It'll be interesting to see who gives a low score and why.

 

[MisterShine]

Saw this on Reddit. Had to post.

As a member of the human species,sometimes I remember why we let 4chan exist. This is one of those times.

 

[Dug]

Nevermind!

 

[Big_Boss_Snake_]

Minor update from Shinobi about the review time:



https://twitter.com/shinobi602/status/633483029336489984

Isnt gears for gears of war ?

He already said for TPP reviews is sunday 23 at 8pm ET

 

[Dug]

Isnt gears for gears of war ?

Ah, you are right. Misread it.

 

[matrix-cat]

Why you gotta call Jeff out like that?

Apologies to the guy if I'm completely wrong about his thoughts on MGSV, but he's my go-to example for 'jaded critic poo-pooing everything'. I had to stop listening to the Bombcast because I just found it such a bummer when they talked about games.

Why won't they have played Peace Walker?

It's a PSP game that sold terribly outside Japan. I quite often see people surprised to learn that it's actually part of the main series; the general perception seems to be that it's a spin-off or something.

I'm sure the game will review well, I'm just saying I wouldn't count on 10/10s across the board. The switch to open-world, Mother Base (particularly the wait timers and microtransactions), the controversial story themes (Polygon's going to have a field day with Quiet, no doubt) are all going to be pretty divisive. We've already seen this with the Jeux Video article.

 

[TheStruggler]

Apologies to the guy if I'm completely wrong about his thoughts on MGSV, but he's my go-to example for 'jaded critic poo-pooing everything'. I had to stop listening to the Bombcast because I just found it such a bummer when they talked about games.



It's a PSP game that sold terribly outside Japan. I quite often see people surprised to learn that it's actually part of the main series; the general perception seems to be that it's a spin-off or something.

I'm sure the game will review well, I'm just saying I wouldn't count on 10/10s across the board. The switch to open-world, Mother Base (particularly the wait timers and microtransactions), the controversial story themes (Polygon's going to have a field day with Quiet, no doubt) are all going to be pretty divisive. We've already seen this with the Jeux Video article.

it was also in the hd collection however so lots of people probably played it

 

[Houndi101]

Jeff Gerstmann is still a threat and hasn't liked MGS since 2 (or did he like 4?)

 

[Dug]

Jeff Gerstmann is still a threat and hasn't liked MGS since 2 (or did he like 4?)

2 and 4 are his favorites, I believe.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

This pretty much. I've limited myself to mostly here till I get my copy in hand.

I don't even trust GAF. There are people who do account suicide with even lesser things.

And we still have people who don't know how to put spoiler tags to things, so they can post spoilers by accident. Already has happened in the Community Thread, at least they were fake spoilers, but I don't want to be close to any MGS thread close to the release date.

Jeff Gerstmann is still a threat and hasn't liked MGS since 2 (or did he like 4?)

If many fans have not liked MGS4, I doubt he liked it either. EDIT: Oh nevermind, then! Also he's not a threat, it's just opinions!

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Jeff Gerstmann is still a threat and hasn't liked MGS since 2 (or did he like 4?)

I hope Jeff gives the game an 8.8. JUST TO SPITE YOU.

 

[matrix-cat]

it was also in the hd collection however so lots of people probably played it

I'm pretty sure the HD Collection sold even worse than Peace Walker did.

 

[Hero Prinny]

Apologies to the guy if I'm completely wrong about his thoughts on MGSV, but he's my go-to example for 'jaded critic poo-pooing everything'. I had to stop listening to the Bombcast because I just found it such a bummer when they talked about games.



It's a PSP game that sold terribly outside Japan. I quite often see people surprised to learn that it's actually part of the main series; the general perception seems to be that it's a spin-off or something.

I'm sure the game will review well, I'm just saying I wouldn't count on 10/10s across the board. The switch to open-world, Mother Base (particularly the wait timers and microtransactions), the controversial story themes (Polygon's going to have a field day with Quiet, no doubt) are all going to be pretty divisive. We've already seen this with the Jeux Video article.

Theres waiting timers!? Cmon man wtf. Hope people mode that shit out like they did for dragon age inquisition

 

[Big_Boss_Snake_]

Theres waiting timers!? Cmon man wtf. Hope people mode that shit out like they did for dragon age inquisition

You can do missions you dont need to wait and do nothing its like peacewalker you wanna build a weapon or new things you do that then go on a mission and wen u get back your stuff is ready

 

[Houndi101]

I hope Jeff gives the game an 8.8. JUST TO SPITE YOU.

They don't use grading anymore on the site harrharr.

 

[funkystudent]

I do have a bunch of concerns about MGSV.

Curious how reviews take to it.

 

[sviri]

Can someone explain to me why this game is going to be amazing?

I loathed Guns of the Patriots, but adored 1-3. Is this game looking to be more of GotP, or something more similar to any of the first 3?

 

[BreezyLimbo]

They don't use grading anymore on the site harrharr.

I'm going to email him and tell him to bring it back just for that.

IT'LL BE FUNNY.

 

[blurr]

FOB was really amazing but I'm not sure I can spare the time for it. I really got bored with Peace Walker after I finished the story, probably won't be the same for this considering the scale of things but let's see.

 

[Love Deterrence]

MGSV reviews will be released into the atmosphere, ensuring complete global saturation.

 

[Cathcart]

Can someone explain to me why this game is going to be amazing?

I loathed Guns of the Patriots, but adored 1-3. Is this game looking to be more of GotP, or something more similar to any of the first 3?

Neither. Hopefully it adds some of the cool stuff from Peace Walker (Fulton, base building) without the not cool stuff from Peace Walker (how overpowered and goofy Fulton is, long boring boss battle farming, the story). But I think a lot of the hype comes from how cool the Ground Zeroes sandbox is and the promise that the full game is that on a larger scale.

Of course, it's a Metal Gear game. Shit's gonna get weird. And there will be some junky on rails shooting part. And then it'll get really weird.

Can't wait!

 

[Stratosphere]

MGSV reviews will be released into the atmosphere, ensuring complete global saturation.

I AM READY TO BE SATURATED

 

[Xiraiya]

If many fans have not liked MGS4, I doubt he liked it either. EDIT: Oh nevermind, then! Also he's not a threat, it's just opinions!

Jeff loves MGS at it's most nonsensical, so 2 and 4 are his favorites, he does not care for 1 or 3.