And I swear he gets shot up in that hallway massacre scene.
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And I swear he gets shot up in that hallway massacre scene.
Huh... I've never seen that. Well... I plan on platnuming this game, maybe I'll see it once.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Never before have I agreed with almost all the people praising AND complaining about a game before. I mean just story-wise, gameplay wise almost everyone seems to agree that MGSV is amazing.
I'm as disappointed as anyone else that we didn't get to play as Big Boss, that the story isn't nearly as cohesive or present as it should be, that Venom barely talks, most of the story is dumped in tapes, and that Eli's story is unfinished, among other things.
But I also really like the twist in concept, Skull Face is an interesting villain, Huey and Quiet had complete and well done character arcs (especially Huey), Miller was really great in this one, WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Kid Mantis had a tragic and unique story, the parasite outbreak was fantastic...
It's more on the disappointing side because of unfulfilled promises and its clearly unfinished nature, but I also really like what we did get. I dunno.
I'm as disappointed as anyone else that we didn't get to play as Big Boss, that the story isn't nearly as cohesive or present as it should be, that Venom barely talks, most of the story is dumped in tapes, and that Eli's story is unfinished, among other things.
But I also really like the twist in concept, Skull Face is an interesting villain, Huey and Quiet had complete and well done character arcs (especially Huey), Miller was really great in this one, WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Kid Mantis had a tragic and unique story, the parasite outbreak was fantastic...
It's more on the disappointing side because of unfulfilled promises and its clearly unfinished nature, but I also really like what we did get. I dunno.
Shanks D Zoro
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something something opinions.
I liked the twist. Not playing as BB is not the end of the world.
Well i forget the exact phrase, thank you.
Well i have heard a few people say about the knife. I thought it was a stretch, wasn't sure if I had seen it in a cut scene
Graphics Horse
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Different guy. That's another decoy called buttcrack Snake. Ishmael is in the doorway as the camera swings around but it's hard to notice unless you pause it in the trailer.
Did they ever explain the 'punished'/'venom' name on tape? I feel like I missed it.
That too. Also, when entering the room where he goes to the right, prone, the camera pans over to where he should be. Then he fucking appears behind Venom to push him down out of XOF's sight. Big Boss can teleport & get shot with no consequence apparently. Oh, & his right eye works fine & has no beard when in the hospital.
SJRB
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He does, he stands in front and gets totally shredded by the gunfire. And after the massacre he suddenly pops up from the left and pulls the player inside the other room.
That was the biggest "hint" for me that he wasn't real and just a hallucination. In fact, a lot of stuff in the prologue makes zero sense if he's NOT a hallucination. How does he not have massive burn wounds from that explosion in the elevator? His entire body is on fire for at least 15 seconds, yet he walks away unscathed. I suppose the point was to make the player think that Ishmael was a hallucination.
Empty Space
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He does I just ran through the mission and you see blood spray out of his body and him fall forward. I guess were supposed to take it as a trick and that isn't really him, but its kind of bullshit.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
It's a different person, if you slow the scene down you can see it's not him.
Shanks D Zoro
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Yeah i thought he was a hallucination.
Thought we would replay the mission with just us and seeing us fight off Quiet and all the shit.
Thought we would replay the mission with just us and seeing us fight off Quiet and all the shit.
Graphics Horse
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Donald's had 20 years to improve his mask tech.
SkylineRKR
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Watch closely, buttcrack guy is not BB.
Shanks D Zoro
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But why?
How are we meant to get it from his buttcrack? Does he have a mole on it or something that BB doesn't have?
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
That was special FOXHOUND agent Red Herring
He gets in another room, the other dude isn't BB.
Autoheal, brah. It's been invented in the 80s.
Graphics Horse
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You're not. It's supposed to look like he keeps getting killed or something. I don't really get what the intention was.
Nah that was from a hemorrhoid popping on his exposed anus.
Death Metalist
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BB says something like that as well in MGS4.
Misterinenja
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FOBs are damn difficult. Should I pick easier targets first?
I have only done direct and indirect retaliations so far.
I have only done direct and indirect retaliations so far.
Bigboss242
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Bigboss said something about never being able to change someone entirely into another aka doppr
Medical platform is easiest to invade because nobody develops it and the goal is pretty close to one of the starting points. You won't get any resources though and the reward is usually pretty low for underdeveloped bases.
Death Metalist
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Which he followed it with "Under certain conditions, someone can be made to play a specific role....Act like someone else." "Cats....Do love to play as snakes."
Honestly I expected everything in the intro to be a hallucination with the man on fire and the mysterious Ishmael and the whale and the Pegasus. All of that stuff was REAL THO
The only hallucination in this game is Paz??
You see his backslit when you first get a gun.
Misterinenja
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Ouch the knock function is disgusting when not playing as Venom haha.
CosmicGroinPull
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Dick Justice
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Most likely future DLC.
Hemorrhoids
SJRB
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Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
I'd say his writing but that shit is everywhere
"That's you! With clothing!"
golduck342
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Probably been asked a million times, but I just started reading this thread and I'm 2 pages in (100 posts per page)
Q: I beat "The Truth" and the mission where Quiet leaves. Was that the end? Been doing side ops and Mother Base stuff, but there hasn't been any more progress. Sounds like the closest thing to an ending is the cut stuff? 55% overall completeness, 49/157 side ops, 6 more of the 50 main missions (5 extremes and 1 total stealth) I need to get back to normal life, and not play these ridiculously hard repeat missions. I heard there was a Ture ending for beating all the missions, but enough is enough.
EDIT: I've also listened to all the tapes so far... I guess this is the bulk of the story.
I was disappointed at the end of the first half of the game, I kept saying there's no way this could be the ending. But then I remembered every mission was like the end of a TV show. I actually feel worse about the game/story after the 2nd half. While I guess I'm somewhat concluded about the events of this game, the pacing was pretty bad, and nothing of what I thought would be answered about the MGS story has been in this game.
Q: I beat "The Truth" and the mission where Quiet leaves. Was that the end? Been doing side ops and Mother Base stuff, but there hasn't been any more progress. Sounds like the closest thing to an ending is the cut stuff? 55% overall completeness, 49/157 side ops, 6 more of the 50 main missions (5 extremes and 1 total stealth) I need to get back to normal life, and not play these ridiculously hard repeat missions. I heard there was a Ture ending for beating all the missions, but enough is enough.
EDIT: I've also listened to all the tapes so far... I guess this is the bulk of the story.
I was disappointed at the end of the first half of the game, I kept saying there's no way this could be the ending. But then I remembered every mission was like the end of a TV show. I actually feel worse about the game/story after the 2nd half. While I guess I'm somewhat concluded about the events of this game, the pacing was pretty bad, and nothing of what I thought would be answered about the MGS story has been in this game.
GHound
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I don't know if it's necessarily his ass. But his legs, gown and bandages are too clean. BB's are somewhat blackened from when they get burned.
It also never explicitly shows him getting shot in the ambulance, he just goes limp after the glass gets shot out.
Then the crash happens, Venom wakes up and no Ishmael.
In one of the first tapes Ocelot mentions Venom potentially having hallucinations.
The first one is a red herring for the player, the second could be meant as red herring for Venom himself. Rather fitting considering who Venom is supposed to be.
The Silver
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Guys are we absolutely sure this game isn't Frog Fractions 2?
WrenchNinja
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I really shouldn't have looked at the youtube comments.
Turds that kill.
SJRB
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Mission 46 is the true final mission. There is no story-related content after that.
There is a mission 51 that got cut from the game, the cutscene featured on the collector's edition blu-ray and is available on youtube. I highly recommend watching it as it deals with what happened with Eli and Sahelanthropus.
You get the prisoners/certain characters you extract from the various missions. They're slowly funnelled in over the first 1/4 or so of the game.
Box of Bunnies
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Such a lust for the butt
Graphics Horse
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Such a lust for rear vents
golduck342
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Ok, thanks, was afraid I missed something between where I am and mission 51. Will watch. What a shame...
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