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[MollyMillions]

I don't know which difficulty to play on my first time through, Hard!?!?!?!?

According to the guide the difficulty settings are:

Liquid Easy: For first time players or people who don't play action games (and Klone.K).

Naked Normal: Middle ground that's not too hard or too easy for people new to MGS games.

Solid Normal: default difficulty that's perfect for your first playthrough if you've played all previous MGS games, and want a "stern test of your gaming prowess"

Big Boss Hard: Makes everything MUCH harder. to complete the game on this level you basically need to have played the game before, know what to expect and have a deep knowledge and understanding of enemy behavior. You also are pretty much forced to always choose stealth over action. Perfect choice for a second playthrough in order to unlock special items.

I'm playing through on Solid first fo sho.

 

[traveler]

Thanks for all the work on the wallpapers, Bruce; it's appreciated.

Edit: Will the New Game+ (I'm assuming there is one, given the weapon stuff) allow you to change difficulty on each new playthrough?

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Oh, Big Boss Hard, I like the sound of that.

 

[MollyMillions]

Oh, Big Boss Hard, I like the sound of that.

I'm pretty sure it's locked at the beginning.

According to the guide, they suggest after a first playthrough where you just have fun and experience the story using whatever tactics you like, you go for a "perfect" playthrough, which means:

No alert phases
No continues
No kills
No health items
No "special items"
Play time of less than 5 hours

all of this needs to be done on a difficulty that "cannot be accessed" before your first playthrough. Not sure if they mean Big Boss Hard, or another, even harder difficulty. I'm sure they explain in detail at the end of the guide, but I'm not looking there right now for obvious reasons.

 

[Choke on the Magic]

I'm pretty sure it's locked at the beginning.

According to the guide, they suggest after a first playthrough where you just have fun and experience the story using whatever tactics you like, you go for a "perfect" playthrough, which means:

No alert phases
No continues
No kills
No health items
No "special items"
Play time of less than 5 hours

all of this needs to be done on a difficulty that "cannot be accessed" before your first playthrough. Not sure if they mean Big Boss Hard, or another, even harder difficulty. I'm sure they explain in detail at the end of the guide, but I'm not looking there right now for obvious reasons.

Either way I'll be playing on the hardest level available in the beginning.

 

[Red Blaster]

snip

Nice, nice. But those hold up maneuvers you were mentioning...

 

[MollyMillions]

Nice, nice. But those hold up maneuvers you were mentioning...

From what I can tell it's just an improved version of the MGS2/3 hold up, with the body search and attack replacing the item-dropping shimmy being the major difference. Also you can hold them up and disarm them as I mentioned before, for, like, extra humiliation.

 

[Barakov]

Install screen Ok heres a non explicit link

Thank you good sir.

 

[Gen-X]

Uuurgh, I just got spoiled, and I mean super-mega-endgame-apocalypse-style spoiled, and now I feel ill and hollow.

I just need the game now. Gaaaaah!

By the gods that sucks everyone, whenever you see a thread that you think has mega spoilers and it has no tags....barrel roll the hell out of there!!!!

 

[Rapping Granny]

Granny,
I was just about to msg you.
All the wallpapers that I posted are now linked up with their higher res counter parts.
So just click what one you want.

omg have my babies.

those wallpapers with graffiti theme is GODLY!!! WAHHHHHHHH

 

[Master Z]

I'm pretty sure it's locked at the beginning.

According to the guide, they suggest after a first playthrough where you just have fun and experience the story using whatever tactics you like, you go for a "perfect" playthrough, which means:

No alert phases
No continues
No kills
No health items
No "special items"
Play time of less than 5 hours

all of this needs to be done on a difficulty that "cannot be accessed" before your first playthrough. Not sure if they mean Big Boss Hard, or another, even harder difficulty. I'm sure they explain in detail at the end of the guide, but I'm not looking there right now for obvious reasons.

No alerts, kills, health items AND less than 5 hours? That's going to be tough, I can't wait!

 

[JPBrowncoat]

No alerts, kills, health items AND less than 5 hours? That's going to be tough, I can't wait!

I did that in MGS3. But I basically was playing along with someone else's video to get it done fast and easy. It was still tough as hell.

 

[Klone.K]

Fuck...

If you recieve an email from gamefaq or gametrailer members DO NOT read the title!
Some fuck has somehow gotten their hands on massive amounts of email addresses and is chain emailing people, including me with emails containing HUGE spoilers in the titles.

Enough to say I'm now wounded. They spoiled the Patriots for me... Fuck, we aren't safe ANYWHERE.

 

[Gen-X]

Fuck...

If you recieve an email from gamefaq or gametrailer members DO NOT read the title!
Some fuck has somehow gotten their hands on massive amounts of email addresses and is chain emailing people, including me with emails containing HUGE spoilers in the titles.

Enough to say I'm now wounded. They spoiled the Patriots for me... Fuck, we aren't safe ANYWHERE.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Even our e-mails aren't safe?!

Damn you, damn you all to hell!

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Fuck...

If you recieve an email from gamefaq or gametrailer members DO NOT read the title!
Some fuck has somehow gotten their hands on massive amounts of email addresses and is chain emailing people, including me with emails containing HUGE spoilers in the titles.

Enough to say I'm now wounded. They spoiled the Patriots for me... Fuck, we aren't safe ANYWHERE.

Damn, son. You got pwned.

Molly. What about the secret CQC moves?

 

[Kagari]

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[Ephemeris]

<---- CQC Porn Star

:lol That stuff sounds sweet. What time are you showing up next week btw?

Fuck...

If you recieve an email from gamefaq or gametrailer members DO NOT read the title!
Some fuck has somehow gotten their hands on massive amounts of email addresses and is chain emailing people, including me with emails containing HUGE spoilers in the titles.

Enough to say I'm now wounded. They spoiled the Patriots for me... Fuck, we aren't safe ANYWHERE.

Oh shit. Not even your inbox is safe :lol

!

NO PLACE TO HIDE.

 

[MollyMillions]

Damn, son. You got pwned.

Molly. What about the secret CQC moves?

Hmm. Not sure what you mean by "secret" CQC moves. Do you mean moves that weren't in MGS3? From what I can tell, the disarm/knockback move (depending on what weapon you have equipped) and the silent ground choke are the only entirely new moves, but all of the others have been refined and improved in terms of the button inputs required.

 

[MollyMillions]

:lol That stuff sounds sweet. What time are you showing up next week btw?

I'm pre-gaming at a bar with some other people close to Virgin, probably starting at eight-ish. PM if you want to come hang out.

 

[Choke on the Magic]

From what I can tell it's just an improved version of the MGS2/3 hold up, with the body search and attack replacing the item-dropping shimmy being the major difference. Also you can hold them up and disarm them as I mentioned before, for, like, extra humiliation.

The best part of the hold up is the fact that you can strafe now instead of unequip weapon, run to the front, equip weapon, continue hold up.

 

[Master Z]

Hmm. Not sure what you mean by "secret" CQC moves. Do you mean moves that weren't in MGS3? From what I can tell, the disarm/knockback move (depending on what weapon you have equipped) is the only entirely new move, but all of the others have been refined and improved in terms of the button inputs required.

I think there was a review that mentioned there are secret, unlisted CQC moves. Perhaps we have to aquire this knowledge through secret codecs or items throughout the game. If there's a "secret's" section in the guide they'd probably be there, but of course I'll understand if you don't want to touch that section of the guide.

 

[Yoboman]

Fuck...

If you recieve an email from gamefaq or gametrailer members DO NOT read the title!
Some fuck has somehow gotten their hands on massive amounts of email addresses and is chain emailing people, including me with emails containing HUGE spoilers in the titles.

Enough to say I'm now wounded. They spoiled the Patriots for me... Fuck, we aren't safe ANYWHERE.

I have to say, some people are just cunts. Going out of their way to spoil as many people as possible, what sad lonely people.

I managed to avoid Harry Potter spoilers, I avoided Halo 3 spoilers. God I hope I can avoid MGS4 spoilers

 

[Corran Horn]

Fuck I cant even check my email?

Lol my dad and grandpa are in Europe at the moment, Guess Ill have to ignore them for a week or so! :lol

 

[Deadly Monk]

Getting our guides tomorrow (in at least 2 of the stores). Not street dated so be careful this weekend!

 

[KZObsessed]

This might be old, but I've not read through the thread in fear of spoiler-ish things.

In IGN's Podcast Beyond they explain the lowdown with the IGN US review. They aren't going to have the review up until after the game's release, because they want to make sure MGO is factored into their review.

ahh thank you. Been waiting for news on this. It's Jeff Haynes too. Good to see IGN are reviewing it properly, a game this big deserves it.

By that time tho I'll have the game and no longer care about reviews but at least they're doing the right thing

 

[Lifeonmars?]

So where can I (without camping) get a MGS4 bundle at retail (USA) on June 12? With gamestop only getting a few per store, that looks like it's out; Walmart has that nice $100 giftcard deal, I just don't know if they'll have them out at midnight. Anyone know?

I've been wondering the same. Maybe Best Buy or Circuit City?

 

[KolosLazar16]

Sucks I have so much store credit for Gamestop that I have to do buy it there at midnight.

 

[MercuryLS]

So some people already have this game right?

If so, anyone have the LE and is it worth the asking price?

 

[Ploid 3.0]

I'm pretty sure it's locked at the beginning.

According to the guide, they suggest after a first playthrough where you just have fun and experience the story using whatever tactics you like, you go for a "perfect" playthrough, which means:

No alert phases
No continues
No kills
No health items
No "special items"
Play time of less than 5 hours

all of this needs to be done on a difficulty that "cannot be accessed" before your first playthrough. Not sure if they mean Big Boss Hard, or another, even harder difficulty. I'm sure they explain in detail at the end of the guide, but I'm not looking there right now for obvious reasons.

Man, is that even possible? Sounds deadly tough.

 

[bh7812]

First off a sincere thanks to Dabookerman for not posting any spoilers it's very much appreciated Just by those impressions though this is going to be incredible. I love a great amount of cutscenes and long ones too, it just sounds too incredible for words. I'm having a hard time even imagining how incredible this one game will be. One last week to wait!

Secondly, luckily for my butt's sake I've only been checking the thread every few days on my PSP and to my knowledge ya can't highlight spoilers if you view the thread on a PSP so I didn't see that mega huge spoiler or the gif cause it can't load huge pictures. I'm still safe, but kind of inclined to avoid gaming sites until I've played through and finished the game.

Bruce amazing op, wow..just incredible. Everything you could want to know about this series is all there. A GREAT primer and way to catch up for those who haven't played the series

 

[KolosLazar16]

Play time of less than 5 hours? That's possible? WTF.

 

[Fina1e]

Ending has already been leaked.

 

[greatestjediever]

Ending has already been leaked.

Holy crap, how fast are people playing this thing?

 

[Mattlikewhoa]

I'm still safe...I'm going to man up and still use the internet LOL...I'm not hitting up any other game sites though...

 

[DrBo42]

Play time of less than 5 hours? That's possible? WTF.

That really bums me out. You can sprint the game in 5 hours? Gah.

 

[Klone.K]

DO NOT Go onto AIM or MSN, several people have recieved IM's from random individuals with major spoilers in their messages!

 

[Red Blaster]

That really bums me out. You can sprint the game in 5 hours? Gah.

So? To get a perfect ranking in MGS3 you had to beat it in less than 3 hours.

 

[Mattlikewhoa]

DO NOT Go onto AIM or MSN, several people have recieved IM's from random individuals with major spoilers in their messages!

 

[Catalix]

That really bums me out. You can sprint the game in 5 hours? Gah.

Couldn't you speedrun the previous ones in less than 2-3 hours. 5 hours seems like a good sign to me.

 

[MercuryLS]

DO NOT Go onto AIM or MSN, several people have recieved IM's from random individuals with major spoilers in their messages!

Why the fuck do people do this? :/

 

[RobertM]

DO NOT Go onto AIM or MSN, several people have recieved IM's from random individuals with major spoilers in their messages!

The Patriots have taken over the internet for hating on MGS2 and Raiden.

 

[Yoboman]

That really bums me out. You can sprint the game in 5 hours? Gah.

Durr, you can sprint through nearly any linear type of game in under 5 hours, that's done by pretty much avoiding everything, ignoring everything you can and killing bosses in the quickest way possible. That's the "perfect speedrun" though

 

[Chamber]

DO NOT Go onto AIM or MSN, several people have recieved IM's from random individuals with major spoilers in their messages!

You got to be kidding me. I'm afraid to do anything now. :lol

 

[Klone.K]

BTW the average playtime according to a few on gamefaq who have finished it is 14-19 hours with about 7 (estimation) being cutscenes.

 

[Barrett2]

BTW the average playtime according to a few on gamefaq who have finished it is 14-19 hours with about 7 (estimation) being cutscenes.

You are a brave man for venturing onto Gamefaqs at times like these. That place must be a filthy, spoiler infected site by now! Nowhere is safe!

 

[Yoboman]

BTW the average playtime according to a few on gamefaq who have finished it is 14-19 hours with about 7 (estimation) being cutscenes.

Why are you still going there?

And these are people rushing through the game so they can spoil us ASAP, stop posting what they have to say

 

[Klone.K]

You are a brave man for venturing onto Gamefaqs at times like these. That place must be a filthy, spoiler infected site by now! Nowhere is safe!

Gamefaq is very infected.
I read through the titles letter by letter so if I see any "dangerous" words I quickly move onto the next. But mods are doing a good job now, theyre getting rid of threads with title spoilers in a matter of seconds.

 

[Pop On Arrival]

Oh God, the internet is in total chaos. One of my IRL friends has fallen to the spoilers.

There goes hanging out with him tomorrow. :lol

 

[Klone.K]

Why are you still going there?

And these are people rushing through the game so they can spoil us ASAP, stop posting what they have to say

I'm still checking them out to see the gameplay "spoilers" if you can call them that. Since I don't care about the gameplay I want to know what I should expect and what options, surprises etc will there be to make that part of the game more bearable for me. Things like the list of unlockables etc that make it more interesting.