Absolutely not.
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Yeah, not feeling it at all, I play MGS games for their scenario and story, I like GZ but didn't love it, I was tired after a moment about doing whatever missions...
We'll see, I think the game will have mixed reception from gamers, especially from MGS Fans.
Crossing Eden
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You could get into the gameplay, since it's superb, but the story will be lost on you probably, especially the parts that're supposed to be references to future or even past events.
MGSV does not seem designed for new players in terms of the story. The story is crazy and even as someone who has played most of the games I tend to be lost. And you found Ground Zeroes boring so I wouldn't recommend.
My feelings exactly. A bunch of MGS missions that have multiple variations and can be tackled in different ways sounds great. It's basically endless MSG. Plus, the FOB actually makes it endless MGS.
Gotta play on to know, I guess. Anyway, as long as you're still interested in playing it's unlikely you'll miss the real finale, and now that the word is out of a "real" ending, no one's going to miss it.
mohsinkhan
Member
Crap I am big on story. Well you guys enjoy it seems amazing - a true goty contender.
LiquidGotti
Banned
I wouldn't say there's much that feels like filler, but there is a lot that feels repetitive, just because of the nature of a game like this -- every soldier is going to look the same after a while, and if you're trying to kill as few people as possible, you're probably going to follow a lot of the same patterns over and over. Also, a lot of the camps and bases look very similar. I've spent a lot of time resetting and repeating things because I tend to suicide if I'm spotted, though, so my perspective is a bit skewed.
Anyway, I'm gonna duck out of here for tonight but I'll be doing a Q&A on Kotaku tomorrow afternoon so if any of you have any questions, feel free to pop in then.
No. It never appealed to me plus it was on a handheld.
This sucks. Well for me at least.
Hype -10000
Damerman
Member
Yep, i feel the same way. I really hope i'll be able to sink my teeth deep into the FOB stuff.
I promise you it's nothing like a Ubisoft game, unlike the other game coming out on September 1, Mad Max, which is exactly that from what I've seen so far.
entremet
Member
It did come out on the PS3/360 as part the HD Collection, with double the framerate and some texture enhancements.
It's much better there since you have dual analogs. The PSP didn't support dual analogs if you remember.
But the Peacewalker missions were also much tinier, given the limitations of the hardware.
Yeah like most Ubi games they nailed animations which is so important in 3rd person stealth games. MGSV has amazing animations too, which is a huge reason why I'm so excited.
Vire
Member
Thanks Jason, appreciate the response!
Woodchipper
Member
If you really found GZ boring I'm afraid it might not be for you, but who knows!
By the way, did you try turning all the assists off? Assists, as in reflex mode, marking display and enemy presence display. The challenge increases like 200%, especially on hard difficulty.
viveks86
Member
Yeah I pretty much gave up on it after all the recent footage. Was planning to give the game a chance if MGS PC was releasing 2 weeks later, but now that they are releasing the same date, my choice became too obvious.
Boogalogist
Member
Wow..this thread blew up fast. This game sounds like GotF material!
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Deleted member 80556
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Verendus is confirming many fears I had about this game. Hype going downnnnnn
I remember Verendus saying TLG wasn't going to be at E3 just to calm expectations.
Finale Fireworker
Member
What's this about a "true ending"?
If you're excited to play it, don't let me put a damper on it for you. I like a certain style of game, and I tend to be harsh with my favourite franchises. Let your hype carry you whereever it may. Just like I don't like it, there are plenty of positive reviews for it. How you feel you'll only know when you play it. I disliked MGS4 immensely too and a lot of people like that.Verendus is confirming many fears I had about this game. Hype going downnnnnn
I'm also getting very irritated with open world games in general now, so having MGS go that route kind of sucked.
MiamiWesker
Member
This sounds exactly like the game I want. It's about gameplay first and it sounds to have the most interesting gameplay of any open world game. I love replaying missions for high scores. I have replayed every MGS tons of times skipping the cutscenes after the first time. I want a challenge. I want to explore every inch for 100 hours. This is the perfect game. The story stuff doesn't scare me, I understand it sucks for those who like the story more than game, but that's not me.
What I find weird is how so many reviews seem to be missing on content. Destruction said they had to play the game offline, they didn't even do the FOB. Isn't that a major part of the game, shouldn't that be required for a review. I plan to spend tons of hours in that.
What I find weird is how so many reviews seem to be missing on content. Destruction said they had to play the game offline, they didn't even do the FOB. Isn't that a major part of the game, shouldn't that be required for a review. I plan to spend tons of hours in that.
ShooterMcGavin
Member
Yeah, the fatigue is starting to set in for me as well. Other than RPGs, I really don't want to see this stuff anymore.
Nightengale
Member
The split of opinions is hilarious.
While Peace Walker fans like myself is just overjoyed. Best of all worlds.
While Peace Walker fans like myself is just overjoyed. Best of all worlds.
Damerman
Member
The minimal story stuff is disappointing because i enjoyed the stupidity of the past games unironically because they were still engaging. But if the tapes and documents you find reveal a bunch of other things in the story, i really do not mind. I enjoyed the hell out of the tapes in peace walker... Despite them being very long, they were so full of interesting pieces of information and world building and character building content. That one tape where kaz tells his origin story was sublime.The acting, the writing... It was all so good. Hopefully we get a bunch of that in this game.
Greg Miller said the opposite, and me and him have very similar tastes on the gameplay. His general spoiler-free explanation ensured I'm going to love it.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
There's a secret ending that can only be accessed by beating missions on hard and doing side stuff from what we heard.
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I will add you if I remember. You could always add me though, my steam name is the same as my GAF username.
MiamiWesker
Member
I know you are doing a Q and A tomorrow but can you put some of this boss battle questions to rest. I really don't understand why most reviews so ply didn't mention them. Are the boss battles great, do they live up to the rest of the series?
Did Jason say this?
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
If they're both really big what's the issue?
The split in opinions means nothing to me at the moment since the reviews so far have been pretty unanimous in their praise and the vast majority of us haven't actually played the game yet.
ethomaz
Banned
I'm guessing diversity is the issue.
The Last One
Member
What they're saying about the boss fights? They're boring like the PW's ones?
If you didn't like GZ, don't do it. It's a bigger GZ.
Vire
Member
The issue is that, like the Gametrailers review stated, the environments start to feel repetitive as you are seeing the same textures and types of locales over and over.
I feel like that even though MGS3 was set pretty much entirely in a jungle, it did a good job of keeping things feeling fresh. I'm hoping the same here!
shocky2002
Neo Member
A bunch of smaller maps with a lot of variety in between would've been better.
Kojima fucked up royally. So much about this game is fucked up.
VanCityGamer
Member
What did Greg say? Did he say that not loving GZ does not mean you won't like this game? Because I was hoping maybe Ground Zeroes wasn't the best representation of the full game.