The more I see these videos, the more I'm convinced there was definitely an important pre-Giant Bomb (but-still-Giant-Bomb-in-spirit) era that I missed out on.
I'm sorry for Jeff's loss.
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The more I see these videos, the more I'm convinced there was definitely an important pre-Giant Bomb (but-still-Giant-Bomb-in-spirit) era that I missed out on.
I'm sorry for Jeff's loss.
Twin Tails
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@DanRyckert
Tonight at 9pm PDT, the march to The Phantom Pain continues as @drewscanlon plays through Ground Zeroes on giantbomb.com (PREMIUM).
YESS
Tonight at 9pm PDT, the march to The Phantom Pain continues as @drewscanlon plays through Ground Zeroes on giantbomb.com (PREMIUM).
YESS
Freedom = $1.05
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I think metal gear got drew real bad.
BreezyLimbo
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all dat content
shadyspace
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Hoping for Drew to be so disgusted with Ground Zeroes that he forsakes the entire series.
EmCeeGramr
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I "hope" that Dan makes Drew listen to the tapes and Drew is so shocked that he decides not to play MGSV if it keeps that tone.
I still need to watch the Peace Walker video.
In honor of open-wheel racing fan The Ricker
, Alt+F1 is up.
(rest in peace, good sir)
BreezyLimbo
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Felix Lighter
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The way Kojima handles main characters has always made the Solid Snake you play in 1 and 4 seem different than the Solid Snake "Pliskin" in 2. I think he writes main character dialog in a way that allows other characters to do long exposition dumps, so they always seem kind of out of the loop. All that repeating the last word spoken to them in the form of a question stuff. It feels like Solid Snake in MGS 2 as a supporting character was the battle hardened veteran super soldier he was made out to be.
shadyspace
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Beat you!
MassiveNights
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Oh god that Dan stink bomb story.
EmCeeGramr
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It's weird because apparently part of the reason they went with Raiden (and not just the themes of the game, etc.) is that Kojima felt that Snake having to be ordered around or told what to do again for a whole game would be jarring considering how his character changed in 1, as well as his veteran status.
Fast forward to MGS4 and there's like 15 minute briefing video where Old Snake has to learn what the war economy is.
Hot Coldman
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OK if they don't play Revengeance now I'll be mad
Liquid Shake
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Hmm thought they would have saved Ground Zeroes for the 20th- the 1 year anniversary of MGScanlon. Do you guys think they have something planned for that as well?
ratcliffja
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Old Snake got senile.
Edit: Revengeance is a side story and doesn't really affect the other games much, right? I don't think there's much need for it being part of MGScanlon.
Hot Coldman
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after MGS2 Snake went off to punch Marth in the face for 5 years
They're probably just trying to knock everything out before PAX.
That, plus they're probably going to be receiving MGS5 review code within days, if they haven't already received it. Embargo is supposedly the 23rd.
EmCeeGramr
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I wonder if the Ground Zeroes video is just the short main story if they're going to do any of the bonus missions like
or the
rescuing Kojima
Deja Vu fan service nostalgia overload mission complete with a quiz about the series
curing, hunting, and eating are all kind of useless-- although feeding guards/The Fear poisoned food is a beautiful thing and i'll take the bullshit for the ability to do that.
camo is fundamentally broken in both mgs3 and mgs4 and i'll spare you my elaborate thoughts on this subject except to say that i disagree that octocamo fixed anything (nor do i think mgs3's camo system is without its share of major and obvious flaws) and i think the series was/is better off without it.
everything else about mgs3 is a beautiful beautiful thing that a lot of people are unable to appreciate and on one hand that's fine but on the other hand, hate the player and not the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le23bsVURds
Piston Hyundai
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I just remembered that in the briefing of Act 5 of MGS4 Snake's basically given up hope and is all dejected and shit
I really wish they ran with that instead of glossing over it by the time gameplay starts
It's hard not to like MGS3 and its minutia, but it's a total shame how much better the game is on paper
I really wish they ran with that instead of glossing over it by the time gameplay starts
It's hard not to like MGS3 and its minutia, but it's a total shame how much better the game is on paper
StopMakingSense
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Oh they better do Rising. If nothing else for the ending alone
Sleeping Lesson
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I don't think they're going to play Revengeance.
BreezyLimbo
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The funny thing is that all those simulators these days, H1z1, dayz, whatever all pretty much have those systems in it and nobody bats an eye.
As far as I'm concerned MGS3 was the best and progenitor at doing that crap.
On there's absolutely no story need. It's just so gloriously ludicrous I want to see Drew's reactions.
But he'll probably just die to blade wolf over and over again
Piston Hyundai
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I think there's an argument for Fallout: New Vegas' Hardcore mode doing it best, but that's probably just me.
Keyser Soze
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Full NintenDownload X-press with The Ricker (02/07/2011)
This is my only experience of the guy, but what an amazing 40 minutes. RIP
This is my only experience of the guy, but what an amazing 40 minutes. RIP
I could tolerate watching Drew struggle through the mainline games but I think watching him play Revengeance might just kill me. It is a great game though.
The second of which falls completely flat whenever Snake opens his mouth in the English version.
The second of which falls completely flat whenever Snake opens his mouth in the English version.
Mister Negative
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if you spent 10 minutes farming alligators at the beginning of the game you're basically never hungry throughout
that's not an excuse for a shitty micromanagement system, especially when during a certain boss fight you're spending an hour in the medical treatment menu, but it does make the game a little more bearable.
I hesitate to say "bearable" because that makes the game seem bad. which it's not. it's very, very good. im a big fan of mgs3's brand of stealth vs mgs1's. granted mgs1 is a much older game, but it's just "hide around a corner until the guy turns around and then run past him." MGS2 doesn't seem to expand on that much from what i've seen.
that's not an excuse for a shitty micromanagement system, especially when during a certain boss fight you're spending an hour in the medical treatment menu, but it does make the game a little more bearable.
I hesitate to say "bearable" because that makes the game seem bad. which it's not. it's very, very good. im a big fan of mgs3's brand of stealth vs mgs1's. granted mgs1 is a much older game, but it's just "hide around a corner until the guy turns around and then run past him." MGS2 doesn't seem to expand on that much from what i've seen.
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Well, MG rising is set in the post-mgs4 world so it's the last game in the timeline.
It's also the only game in the series whose story is both batshit crazy and well told. I was actually impressed with the level of restraint shown in the storytelling without compromising the story in the sense of it still feeling like metal gear, just in a purer action game.
It's also the only game in the series whose story is both batshit crazy and well told. I was actually impressed with the level of restraint shown in the storytelling without compromising the story in the sense of it still feeling like metal gear, just in a purer action game.
Liquid Shake
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Ah yes PAX! Of course. Not sure if Konami are sending out review copies though- think they invited people to review event instead.
I'm still holding out for a "watching TPP trailers" final episode to cap everything off.
Chance Hale
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MGS4 didn't have many characters to talk to via codec but they were pretty dynamic. Snake would talk about his nightmares that relate to how you died if you call Rose after a continue for example. And every room in act 3 has its own dialogue.
Mister Negative
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the main problem with the food system in mgs3 is that snake's voice clip after eating is mixed 234% louder than the rest of the game
so even if you have your volume really low snake is still gonna yell "I WANT SOME MORE!" at you
so even if you have your volume really low snake is still gonna yell "I WANT SOME MORE!" at you
stump sock
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it's kind of hilarious those things are even in there, especially once you realize that you can get through like 90% of the game without ever thinking about food and camo. if you're a halfway decent shot, you can just pistol snipe and cqc your way into and out of almost any situation
I'm pretty sure Quinton Flynn was drunk while recording some of them too, he sure sounds like it anyway.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
A review event for a huge game like MGSV seems insane.
Freedom = $1.05
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Odds that Kojima retcons the grey fox-portable ops retcon in TPP? I'm willing to put it all down on yes.
Sleeping Lesson
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I really hope there's some Raiden-level twist that we don't know about Phantom Pain. One last big fuck y'all from Kojima.
Haha, yeah, I was thinking about that. Was planning to make the thread tomorrow, but now...
I'm still on vacation, so it's not like I need to sleep.
Liquid Shake
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Konami.
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