Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | Review Thread | Words That Kill
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Hero_of_the_Day
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This is a hard sentence to wrap my brain around.
Man I don't want to say much more than this but...your suspicious aren't off base, having completed it.
I'd agree with Jason re: Quiet. It's explained.
There's also a massive secret that the other person may not have found that deals with Quiet.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Didn't IGN give 4 a 10 as well?
Makes me slightly hesitant. Everyone went bananas for 4 and it was ok, if a little flawed.
Makes me slightly hesitant. Everyone went bananas for 4 and it was ok, if a little flawed.
Yes, but in a highly cheesy, B-movie way.
darkwing-buck
Member
Back to Back Gaf game of the year let's do this!
Come on man. This kind of dismissal of the conversation is why people get upset with the video game community.
If the Quiet outfit is just fan service then we need to accept that and deal with the implications head on. Not hand wave it away...
CambriaRising
Member
it was only newegg
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
That's hilarious.
Well at least we won't hear that phrase anymore. Every time it was brought up, "but Kojima said." That's probably gonna get way more attention when the game is released tho.Damn, this was my worry and it's confirmed. Disappointing
Little correction needed for the OP - GameTrailers gave it 9.3, not 9.5 
Interesting. I have wondered if there was going to be a secret ending like Peace Walker.
There's a certain ridiculous fan theory that someone interpreted as proven wrong from the review impressions, even though it wasn't explicitly proven as wrong, as I understand it.
PeterLegend
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I'm shocked the story isn't all that great. This is a MGS game afterall, maybe it has to do with Kojima wanting the characers actions to do the story telling rather than too many cutscenes.
I'm guessing Ocelot double crossed her at some point earlier before the game by stealing her actual clothing, and even then, it was so he could double cross some other person which required taking her clothing, which simultaneously, was in order to double cross himself and ultimately, double cross the player.
There is a lot of variety that each of those places can offer.
timetokill
Banned
Damn, this was my worry and it's confirmed. Disappointing
Bu... but Kojima said we would be ashamed of our words and deeds!
Exactly.
bananafactory
Banned
Damn that sucks. Was hoping for a surprise on the level of Shadow Moses in MGS4
Little correction needed for the OP - GameTrailers gave it 9.3, not 9.5
It was 9.5 in the video I saw.
wild wild rice
Member
I have a feeling this is where the opinions of people who have played MGS since the first one are going to fall.
The new gen of gamers could end up loving it, however.
The EGM Now review says similar things about the story being sparse, or it having narrative threads that are left "unturned". Wonder how many review outlets didn't have access to the complete story, if this is indeed the case.
NullPointer
Member
Good to know, thanks.
If only. If what I read is true, then your explanation would've been better.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Oh, I know. It's just funny.
I don't really read that as a contradiction, the costume could have a ridiculous reason and support O'Brien's claim that it didn't make people "Eat their words"
Edit: I don't see where she said "no reason" was it another tweet/review?
Kwansu Dudes
Member
Here's to you, Mr. Kojima.
Patrick S.
Banned
So is David Hayter in?
Well, thanks for the confirmation, but you get why people are antsy right? If you don't want to get spoiled, you can't go and confirm that that's NOT a spoiler, for fear of... well, you know.
Looked like he was speaking with authority from something a review had stated outright. No way of knowing otherwise. Thanks for easing my mind.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
Yes.
RedAssedApe
Banned
chico?
bananafactory
Banned
Greg said the credits rolled around 30 hours for him, but there was much more to do after, as well as additional story elements to explore. He's now up to 54 hours.
JetBlackPanda
Member
I think it has more to do with it being open world. You might hit every tape perfect and get missions that feed into it just right and hit the true ending, while someone else might not and have a worse experience.
I think a lot of people are reading some assessments the wrong way.
Sparse doesn't mean "not all that great." At least in my experience with the game, that's how I feel. It's definitely more condensed than your average Metal Gear game, but streets ahead of your average action/stealth title.
That kind of question goes in the Spoiler Thread, not here dude.
IAmRandom31
Banned
I love review threads because you have the first many pages with all this hype for reviews and a few months from now you will have some of these same people talking about how reviews don't really matter lol.
Great reviews though. No surprise. Has there been a poorly reviewed mainline entry of this series? Can't think of one really. Always great games
Great reviews though. No surprise. Has there been a poorly reviewed mainline entry of this series? Can't think of one really. Always great games
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
son of a Sven
Banned
So the chick with the bomb was an important character from the past? Same with the autistic kid? The scenes were acted so over the top, especially Miller at the end. I guess I wasn't expecting CoD level escape-at-the-last-second fake drama
Herpes Reasons
Banned
No it doesn't. There's no spoiler since he isn't in the game. Nor was he ever going to be in it.
Can you tell us if Quiet's other outfits aren't just bikini texture swaps?