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[Nibel]

Guys, seriously how can i buy this? i'm from europe.

One option would be to buy it from ebay.com where Game Informer issues are being sold at normal price - but shipping might bite you in the ass, not sure how much this is worth to you though

 

[robotrock]

ugh buying this issue for the art

 

[AHA-Lambda]

It should, charging $40 for a glorified demo is fucking absurd.

Exactly, I don't want to pay extra for what is essentially the Tanker section of MGS5.

 

[On Demand]

I was going to say this game was going to be the cover.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Yeah, I'm hella worried looking at that sentence =/

There's no room for interpretation if you read the context.

We had four hours of exclusive hands-on time with Ground Zeroes, which we used to play through the main mission and experiment with extra modes.

"play through". Four hours is enough time to "play through" the mission and try the extra modes. I think it's 100% clear.

I don't get how this is a problem though. 4 hours is in line with some (if not a lot of) FPSs campaigns these days.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

One option would be to buy it from ebay.com where Game Informer issues are being sold at normal price - but shipping might bite you in the ass, not sure how much this is worth to you though

Thanks man. Is there really no way to only buy this one issue digital?

 

[SniperHunter]

Fixed to show this was what many said and felt after 2, then we got 3.

I hope I can pick up this issue somewhere.

I really enjoyed mgs 2 and mgs3

Mgs4 killed the series for me. Crap game

 

[feel]

Great Shinkawa. This whole shit of the prologue being released early separately with a ridiculous price tag has really diluted my hype for the game. Well that and the whole MGS4 nonsense.

 

[Hades Hotgun]

The wording isn't confusing at all. It really is quite overt, and clear cut. And obvious.

I mostly agree, but as a junior I try to avoid being too quick to judge and risk a swift fall in to ban canyon.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

There's no room for interpretation if you read the context.



"play through". Four hours is enough time to "play through" the mission and try the extra modes. I think it's 100% clear.

I don't get how this is a problem though. 4 hours is in line with some (if not a lot of) FPSs campaigns these days.

Those games have hundreds of hours of play value in multiplayer, hardly a good comparison.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

I really enjoyed mgs 2 and mgs3

Mgs4 killed the series for me. Crap game

I have high hopes for this game since I've loved odd-numbered MGS entries while even-numbered entries have been shit.

MGS1, MGS3 = awesome
MGS2, MGS4 = bananomachines

Those games have hundreds of hours of play value in multiplayer, hardly a good comparison.

You're correct. I'm mostly a single player guy so I don't care much for multiplayer play value, which is why I made the comparison.

 

[Graphics Horse]

There is a MGSV hub here.

Big boss looks super old there. But he still got the horn.

 

[Graphics Horse]

I do not wanna be that guy, but are they saying they played around with the main mission for 4 hours, or that they played THROUGH the main mission in 4 hours?

Are you one of these people who thought a cut price 'tutorial' game would take longer than the entirety of MGS2?

 

[Empty]

that's such a nice cover. almost as good as edge's mgs4 one.

 

[Maddocks]

I played the shit out of the mgs2 demo that came with the zone of enders. Toward the end before the game came out I could probably fly by demo in 20-35 minutes flat. I know it will probably be the same for ground zeros. So the price isn't a problem for me.

 

[Cyborg]

I have high hopes for this game since I've loved odd-numbered MGS entries while even-numbered entries have been shit.

MGS1, MGS3 = awesome
MGS2, MGS4 = bananomachines

I dont know how old or young you are but MGS2 gets better every time you play it. I played it when it came out (I was 18) and played it again when I was 27 and enjoyed it realy realy much......

MGS4 is the opposite for me...how longer I play it how worse it gets.

MGS1>MGS3>MGS2>MGS4

 

[FunkyPajamas]

I dont know how old or young you are but MGS2 gets better every time you play it. I played it when it came out (I was 18) and played it again when I was 27 and enjoyed it realy realy much......

MGS4 is the opposite for me...how longer I play it how worse it gets.

MGS1>MGS3>MGS2>MGS4

I'm 36. Don't know what this has got to do with age.

Can't believe I'm doing this...

For me:
MGS3 > MGS1.

I can't play past the tanker section in MGS2 (tried again, recently). I hated Big Shell back then, still hate it.

 

[CrackPebbles]

Funny, ive been throwing away gameinformers for the past year, and now that one comes out with some cool cover art I want to have, my subscription runs out.

 

[Cyborg]

I'm 36. Don't know what this has got to do with age. Nice try though.

complicated story is hard to understand when you are young

 

[ZeroMaverick]

Where do I buy this in the US? Forgive my ignorance, but I haven't looked at an issue of Game Informer in like 6 years.

 

[Crawl]

Does it say anywhere when the phantom pain or full game of MGS V will be released?

 

[Mr.Marston]

FUCK YES.

Love Metal Gear, my all time favourite Video Game series.

 

[rvy]

I dont know how old or young you are but MGS2 gets better every time you play it. I played it when it came out (I was 18) and played it again when I was 27 and enjoyed it realy realy much......

MGS4 is the opposite for me...how longer I play it how worse it gets.

MGS1>MGS3>MGS2>MGS4

Should have played it just once, now it's been forever tainted and the more you play it the more you'll hate it.
Keep it up and pretty soon you'll be making 1,000 words posts about how shitty the game is.

 

[Sentenza]

A lot of people really dig Yoji Shinkawa's art, now you know that I guess.

I don't dislike it myself, but there's a limit to how much I'm willing to endorse hyperbolic statements.
It's some nice art, not the greatest cover art ever made.

 

[Anth0ny]

Buying for the cover. Damn.

 

[Zalman]

Excuse my photo editing skills.

 

[That Wont Fit In There]

Best cover. I hope PP has a nice box art.

 

[Batzi]

Main mission is less that 4 hours long. "But no, Alienous, you can't possibly say that. Nobody knows". Nope. It's fact now.

they said they spent 4 hours playing it and never said it was 4 hours long. Learn to read.

 

[Hades Hotgun]

Are you one of these people who thought a cut price 'tutorial' game would take longer than the entirety of MGS2?

I'm not even one of those people who think 40 dollars is "cut price," so no. Its just nobody else had said anything yet and I didn't want to risk spreading FUD.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

complicated story is hard to understand when you are young

Yeah, makes sense I guess. I played it when it came out (2001?), I was 23 at the time. I didn't mind Raiden as much as I was bothered by the repetitive nature of the mission.

 

[Mr. RHC]

This could easily be the offical box art!

But nope, Konami.. y u no use Shinkawa?

 

[That Wont Fit In There]

Excuse my photo editing skills.

I like it way more than what we're getting.

 

[Graphics Horse]

I'm not even one of those people who think 40 dollars is "cut price," so no. Its just nobody else had said anything yet and I didn't want to risk spreading FUD.

Well fair enough, and you're right 'cut price' is a generous way of putting it.

 

[Grief.exe]

It should, charging $40 for a glorified demo is fucking absurd.

I'm coming around to this argument actually.

I was reminded of the Blood Dragon and Call of Juarez: Gunslinger model. Lean, AAA-experience, that is a spin-off of the main series. Seems like it would fit the areas of Ground Zeroes perfectly.

I can understand a slight price increase to $20 or $25 to account for the extra physical distribution costs, but $40 seems a bit much.

Doesn't particularly effect me since the game isn't on PC

Spoiler

yet

. Just musing.

 

[Zach]

Can someone post the cover? I'm at work.

 

[Betty]

This could easily be the offical box art!

But nope, Konami.. y u no use Shinkawa?

Some copies in Japan will have a reversible Shinkawa art.

 

[WanderingWind]

Hey, it's not my cup of tea, but at least the reveal was actually a big title worth a lengthy reveal! And maybe this one will bring me back into the fold!

 

[Dysun]

they said they spent 4 hours playing it and never said it was 4 hours long. Learn to read.

Still fighting the good fight

 

[LuuKyK]

Can someone post the cover? I'm at work.

Its in the OP.

 

[Mr.Marston]

Shinkawa is God.

Watch the NA cover artwork be some shitty 3D model, lol.

They always get screwed lol

 

[antitrop]

That art is incredibly slick.

 

[Alienous]

they said they spent 4 hours playing it and never said it was 4 hours long. Learn to read.

They imply, heavily, that they completed the main mission in < 4 hours. So you're right, they didn't say it was 4 hours long, it's probably less than 4 hours long. There's a thread for this now, anyway.

And I can read fine.

 

[raven777]

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[Jeronimo Jones]

Nice reveal, featuring one of my favorite series. Big fan of the artwork too.

One reason I'm happy I haven't been following either of the games' development cycle closely is that GZ is almost here and the wait won't be too bad for me.

 

[RyanPierre]

I played the shit out of the mgs2 demo that came with the zone of enders.

This is what this whole thing reminds me of. I had a friend who spent $50 on ZOE just for the MGS2 demo. Konami knows they can get away with charging $30-40 for what people are calling a glorified demo. It's been so long since a main entry in MGS that people are excited for even a taste. Also, if the scope of Phantom Pain is as huge as they're saying, I can't blame them for using this release to help fund/offset the dev costs. I'm sure a lot of people won't bite on GZ (at least until a price drop), and I'd bank on there eventually being a release with GZ and PP together, but I think the people who are excited for this won't mind the relatively high price for entry to be able to play some new MGS next month.

 

[Zach]

Its in the OP.

Weird. It's not displaying for me. Oh well. Thanks for the response.

 

[Discotheque]

beautiful cover. lame cover story though

 

[Sword Of Doom]

That's not a bad choice for a cover. I think what they've shown about ground zeroes from a stealth gameplay point of view is atrocious and another example of "modern stealth", but there's a lot about the main game that I'm still interested in finding out. The idea of open world stealth really intrigues me.

Is there a hint of hope in this post? Can't be

 

[Chronology]

Do we have a shelf date yet for this issue? I'm not a subscriber, but I'd definitely be interested in picking this up.

 

[jacksepticeye]

Art is nice

Length of GZ is not