Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | Review Thread | Words That Kill
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I haven't finished the game and she's still a mystery to me in a lot of ways, but I did see a scene (or maybe it was an optional cassette tape?) where her outfit was explained. It's not really a satisfying explanation, but maybe it'll be justified once I learn more about her.
Crossing Eden
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Reviewers played without microtransactions active, so we don't know how much it affects the game.
Spring-Loaded
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But now people know that character's arc ends before the other story arcs
Answering this would be a major spoiler
bananafactory
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It's been repeated constantly that Hayter is not in the game. Kojima, Konami, Hayter have all said it very publicly. The fact that is not in the game is in no way a spoiler.
enanogrande
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So, I'll just ask one thing... we getting another BruceLeeRoy master OT, or is someone else having a go this time around?
Patrick S.
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Huh? In the end, it's just a voice actor, I don't think that's a spoiler...
Herpes Reasons
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Answering this would be a major spoiler
No. No it's not.
OK, so there is a true ending that some reviewers might not have seen? Can you clear that up without spoiling anything or is it too spoilery?
Justice_Bolt
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I was going to wait but looking at these reviews...I'm in day one.
The Last One
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WHY ARE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SPOILERS HERE?
I have a feeling that the tapes are going to be so important to understanding the story that someone is going to have to write a guide that explains the optimal mission order and tape-listening order for the best understanding of the story. Because it sounds like if you find a tape too late or don't find it at all it's going to make your understanding of the story drastically different. This isn't the heavily directed and moderated story development through steady cut scenes and codec calls that we're used to.
Herpes Reasons
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They're not...
wild wild rice
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30-50 hours for just the main quest. Closer to 100 or more for everything.
I can't remember the last time I saw a game being praised so much for its gameplay. Congrats to Kojima productions. You know that shit will be special with Kojima running the story. Sparse or not its gonna be a lot of fun. And Sparse isn't necessarily a bad thing. It just means you will have to put in more time to uncover everything. Its not a linear corridor shooter anymore. Everyone should know by now its a big open world stealth game. They can't just spoon feed you a complex story in a linear way. At least not a Metal Gear story they can't.
Spring-Loaded
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Careful
bananafactory
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Not a single spoiler has been posted in here.
TheWorthyEdge
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Damn, I want this game badly. Is there a place I can go or a video I can watch to get me filled in on MGS story?
We have no idea. This is an open world game, there may be some non-linearity at play...
StopMakingSense
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Man the review thread and the spoiler thread titles are way too similar.
entremet
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You missed it. Happened earlier. The posts were deleted and posters banned.
charlequin
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That tweet isn't asserting that there's no reason, it's asserting that the reason is stupid.
Maybe he meant all the people who acted like crazy people pre-emptively defending the design!
Vire
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Sounds fucking terrible. I've long been a proponent of keeping the story in the game itself, I've criticized Halo endlessly about this and I'll criticize Metal Gear now.
The scores are superb, but there is an awful lot that I am reading that I really don't like.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
wild wild rice
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How do we know THIS isn't a spoiler?
bananafactory
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Really? I doubt they were even real spoilers. I have skimmed the web for days and found nothing but fake fan theories
Depending on the size of a possible true ending, this is something I wish was more apparent in reviews.
I hate this true ending trend and hope it's not really a factor here.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Are you sure
Kojima says a lot of things.
Herpes Reasons
Banned
12 months from now when they decide what score to give it after having given it 10 others scores leading up to said final score.
Have you played them before? If not, do so.
If you have and need a refresher, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngySxUOj-VI
Really, don't make this one your first.
ViewtifulJC
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Does anyone else get the sinking feeling that there are no
in this game? (Not really a spoiler, since it's just gameplay speculation.) I've been suspecting it ever since it's been evident that MGS V is a home console version of Peace Walker, and I'm surprised journalists never brought up its absence in gameplay trailers during interviews with Kojima. I wonder if he even knew how much fans consider them to be essential to the series?
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Northeastmonk
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I remember sitting and reading EGM about the tanker scene in MGS2 and then being floored by how amazing it was on console. Would you consider it to be better than that moment? That was a defining PS2 moment for me because I had never seen anything like it.
I'm ignoring spoilers left and right because I want to play it all by myself. I'm shocked I'm even in here, but a 10/10 is fantastic. I want some self assurance because I tend to be around some people who throw 10/10 out the window.
It's not dismissal, it's referring to how misguided that drama is to begin with when you try to bring that conversation to the MGS series, not to mention incredibly inconsistent.
timetokill
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Here's the fastest way:
1. Get a Snake figurine
2. Get a kazoo
3. Spin the Snake figurine in circles while blowing into the kazoo for 30 minutes
4. You're all caught up!
bananafactory
Banned
Honestly the story is confusing even when playing them. I can't imagine going into this blind.
You really should play 1-4 and Peace Walker.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
That sounds a LOT different than putting the story in books and shows... or even in a "lore" menu.
There's actually a good argument to be made that story for a video game is better conveyed through audio logs than long winded cutscenes. Then you can actually play the game.
I've been over the 'casette tape' method of storytelling for years now. It was awesome in Bioshock, was totally ubiquitous by around 2011/12, and to see it used as a primary narrative device in MGS almost a decade later is just really, really weird for a trend-setting franchise that excels in storytelling.
I mean, we had a thread complaining about how often its done all the way back in 2013.