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Metal Gear Solid V: Gamescom Gameplay Demo
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Holy shit. I really like DS2 and I never even noticed this. Really seamless.
I reckon MGSV will be more 'cinematic' though. I think the camera is going to fly around a lot more than it did in DS2, which was very much an Isaac-focused affair.
Pay no attention to SteamDB's release time. At best the date is right (and it usually is); at worst it's completely wrong:
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
Razgriz-Specter
Member
"Paz lives on through this poster!"
"-collect all poster fragments of Paz's soul to bring the legendary Mother Base idol back to life."
+ Infinite MB morale
+ Paz pop renditions of all MGS theme songs cassettes.
Peace Walker is pretty well regarded. IIRC it was originally going to be a PS4 game, but Sony wanted to promote the PSP, or whatever.
Personally, I'm still struggling to get through it, a year after starting. It's nice but the levels are so tiny. It's a very different game. The strategy stuff is good but not quite engaging enough on a console – on PSP it's pretty much a perfect MGS game. Very short and sharp – and while the story isn't very well written, it's got some good highlights and very important plot points.
I dislike practically every new character introduced in PW. Lacking proper cutscenes or codec convos meant none of them felt as fleshed out or real as protags in the other games.
> travel to/into your local town/city
> look for an independent, local, non-franchise, brick-and-mortar game store, probably run by 2 or 3 guys
> ask when they will have MGSV in stock
> they'll probably have it in stock the Saturday before release
> ask if you can swing by and pick it up on the Saturday or Sunday
> they'll probably say yes
> get the game 2-3 days early
> profit
(> if you'd still rather have it digital, wait until the game is on a digital sale 4-6 months down the line, trade in your physical copy, get the digital copy instead)
TheSpoiler
Member
I wish Chicago had this.
flipswitch
Member
Juts came into here to say I haven't watched the trailer. 20 days to go as they say.
freethought
Member
GZ's entire opening cutscene is a oner that seamlessly transitions into gameplay.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Avoid it, my hype was at 100% before I saw the dang thing and after it somehow doubled.
matrix-cat
Member
She
blew up from the vagina outwards
Komputerwelt
Member
Is there a way to see who & how many people you've saved in Ground Zeroes? Would be handy to know just incase I missed anyone, wouldn't want to leave anyone behind...
Woodchipper
Member
Not until after you finished a mission I think. Not very hard to check if there's anyone left to rescue though.
OverdriveOtaku
Member
MGSV's Mother Base has me thinking back to all the time I spent talking to all my space bros on the Normandy between missions in the Mass Effect games. I imagine I'll end up spending half my play time there
I did the same on Normandy, so this might have that effect on me, but the desire to expand all the platforms on Mother Base would prompt me to get more shit done on the field, in the beginning at least.
Can't wait to see how dumb the explanation for that will be.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Sorry, chief, that's been called for a while now.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Chico.
LittleMonkeyFella
Banned
Everyone is chico in MGSV.
Kojima = Chico
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Don't see why big boss should be the only one getting cloned, maybe we will discover a horde of paz's
"From now on, you can call me Chica."
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I think we found the front runner for the Game Designer position for the next Metal Gear
It probably does. There are lots of independent game stores across the globe, and Chicago's a big place, right? I'd find it hard to believe Glasgow has one but Chicago doesn't.
Go on to Google and try lots of variations of 'Chicago independent game store'. It might be well out of the way/in a bad neighbourhood, but chances are you'll find one. They're often old fashioned, hard to find, and look pretty generic. But find one and give them a phone slightly closer to release about this.
MiamiWesker
Member
There is nothing like this in Miami. It drives me crazy.
I think we found the front runner for the Game Designer position for the next Metal Gear
Speghetti will make Kojima-san proud
We already know this is Snake's end-point after he dons his
clown
Kojima will cry a solitary tear (of beauty) when Punished Snake
slaps on white and red make-up in the final scene of MGSVI and retires from a life of war for good
She's got the same scar on her stomach, though.
SleepehSheep
Neo Member
My heart can't handle my hype ;_;
Speghetti will make Kojima-san proud
We already know this is Snake's end-point after he dons hismake-upclown
Kojima will cry a solitary tear (of beauty) when Punished Snakeslaps on white and red make-up in the final scene of MGSVI and retires from a life of war for good
Thus begins the next chapter of his life where he becomes
the great clown Pagliacci
suicide bomb clones
Really?
... Maybe I'm just underestimating quite how corporate and institutionalised the USA is. Is it all chain stores across the pond?
Every city I've been in over in the UK has had independent stores. Do some googling, perhaps?
giancarlo123x
Banned
If you find something in Miami like this I'll take the 45 minute drive and give them my cash.
Gun Animal
Member
I called it when that trailer dropped and I'm calling it again: Paz
is one of several clones of the Boss. If Zero was going to clone Big Boss, why not clone the Boss as well?
It's at the point now in my area where it's safe to assume even most non chain restaurants are running something under the table (drugs, etc) or committing some kind of serious tax or wage fraud to stay afloat. In many areas in America it feels like theres no room for small businesses anymore.
MGS 7 will be after Snake has become the head of the international clown school in Paris
You have to capture clowns from heinous, villainous, marauding circuses and return them to your clown-base via multi-coloured balloons
Only then can you build your own clown army- I mean, troupe
Absolutely gutting. Over here independents outnumber chains hugely in cities and large towns – though any small town with a dead industry (eg mining, shipbuilding) will be inundated with chains.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
You mean a
clown car full.
Yeah. They'll replace the Fulton with just a bunch of colourful balloons.
"Kaz, we already float down here."
Paggliacci Snake strikes again
MiamiWesker
Member
Me too. I have tried many times. The only thing is maybe some flea market store but that is probably stolen shit. As far as I know there is no legit indie store that sells games early here. I would love to know one. Hell I would drive up to west palm to get MGSV early.
Sorry guys. This really sucks.
If it's any consolation, it looks like that weekend before MGSV is going to be so damned busy for me I probably won't get to play it even if I do buy it early...
Raiden.
MiamiWesker
Member
That's just cruel. But please I want impressions from you early guys. Spoiler free of course. I remember with MGS4 there was a gaf member that got it early and called it the greatest game he ever played, for some that turned into fake hype that didn't live up to expectation but I fed off of it and I personally love mgs4. It was a fun time.
I make sure to go out of my way to provide detailed, spoiler-free perspectives on anything I get early. Did the same with Batman, The Witcher and AC:Unity.
There's nothing more frustrating than somebody getting a game early and squandering it by being a filthy non-GAFfer casual.
j/k, but it is annoying when people have it and post saying something like 'I got this game early but does anyone know how to do x' then don't respond ever again.
Here in the Netherlands there are also stores who sell copies before release. Sometimes big stores sell them by accident.
People post thier receipt on forums. Some users print this receipt and go from store to store to ask the salesman to sell the game because some other major company sold a copy.
I find this really sad.
MiamiWesker
Member
I think what we should take away from this is that street dates suck.
Save an allotment for a street date so it's on shelves but silently allow preorders to pick it. Wtf are we waiting for.
Save an allotment for a street date so it's on shelves but silently allow preorders to pick it. Wtf are we waiting for.
... That is pretty damned sad.
But I guess people will do anything for sweet, sweet fresh-boxed goodness like MGSV
They certainly do.
It's probably a contractual thing? Publisher will contract developer to work on a game, and when they decide on a release date the developer will be contractually obliged to release it on that day.
Shops can still basically do what they want, though. The only possible downside is a publisher finding out they broke street date and not supplying game copies anymore (which I don't imagine they'd want to do).
I'd be okay with this, maybe....
There is an article on FOB on this week's Dengeki magazine. I just saw the sample and I can't fully translate it so I think good translation will come later.
When you invade other user's FOB
success: you earn soldiers, items and money. your ranking goes up
fail: you waste your infiltration, lose your soldier you invaded with (I don't know how this will work if you invade as Snake)
When you defend other user's invasion
success: you keep your stuff, your ranking goes up
fail: you lose your soldiers, items, money
seems heavy focus on ranking/leaderboard.
also they say when they invade you will get notification, so I assume the warning will come the moment they invade, not when they get caught.
When you invade other user's FOB
success: you earn soldiers, items and money. your ranking goes up
fail: you waste your infiltration, lose your soldier you invaded with (I don't know how this will work if you invade as Snake)
When you defend other user's invasion
success: you keep your stuff, your ranking goes up
fail: you lose your soldiers, items, money
seems heavy focus on ranking/leaderboard.
also they say when they invade you will get notification, so I assume the warning will come the moment they invade, not when they get caught.