Lostconfused
Member
Yeah the only time the right image disappeared is if I set the HDMI range to limited on a full range signal. So you would have to crush a whole lot of black for the games gamma calibration to be accurate.
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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes |OT| Kaz, I'm already a demo
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Yeah the only time the right image disappeared is if I set the HDMI range to limited on a full range signal. So you would have to crush a whole lot of black for the games gamma calibration to be accurate.
Only the ones made out of wood can be destroyed.
therealminime
Member
So I just finished the main mission, took me about 2 hours.
I am a casual Metal Gear fan. I am a late bloomer when it comes to MGS, 4 was my first experience with the series and it blew me away, even though I had no real idea what was happening story wise. I have since gone back and played MGS 2 and 3 with the HD collection and my appreciation of the series has grown even more.
For me I come to MGS for the fiction, the cutscenes, the goofiness, the melodrama. It all clicks really well for me. Playing Ground Zeroes was such a tease. It was a reminder of how much I want to play another full on MGS game. The story in Ground Zeroes is extremely light, as others have said very reminiscent of the Tanker mission in 2. If I were to just play the main mission I'd definitely have felt ripped off.
Thankfully though I think this is the best playing MGS game to date and the visuals and open world design make me want to play all of the side missions, which when those are over I think I will feel like I have gotten my money's worth.
Yes it feels like Konami being a bunch of asshole at times, but, for me at least, it has served as a very effective hype builder. When The Phantom Pain was announced, I was on board, but not chomping at the bit for another massive MGS game. Play GZ has made me really, really want TPP as soon as possible, so perhaps mission accomplished for Konami.
I am a casual Metal Gear fan. I am a late bloomer when it comes to MGS, 4 was my first experience with the series and it blew me away, even though I had no real idea what was happening story wise. I have since gone back and played MGS 2 and 3 with the HD collection and my appreciation of the series has grown even more.
For me I come to MGS for the fiction, the cutscenes, the goofiness, the melodrama. It all clicks really well for me. Playing Ground Zeroes was such a tease. It was a reminder of how much I want to play another full on MGS game. The story in Ground Zeroes is extremely light, as others have said very reminiscent of the Tanker mission in 2. If I were to just play the main mission I'd definitely have felt ripped off.
Thankfully though I think this is the best playing MGS game to date and the visuals and open world design make me want to play all of the side missions, which when those are over I think I will feel like I have gotten my money's worth.
Yes it feels like Konami being a bunch of asshole at times, but, for me at least, it has served as a very effective hype builder. When The Phantom Pain was announced, I was on board, but not chomping at the bit for another massive MGS game. Play GZ has made me really, really want TPP as soon as possible, so perhaps mission accomplished for Konami.
Naked Snake
Member
You could still blow up all the lights, right? I hate it when games don't let you do that... I don't think MGS3 did, and can't remember MGS4.
Revolutionary
Member
Lol @ the
Easter egg in Deja Vu.
FOXDIE
Not-So-Solid Snake
Member
Just watched the deja vu mission, gotta say ps users got the better mission, although the raiden mission is still pretty fun, wish you could have used his sword though...
Razgriz-Specter
Member
It better, because I much prefer it over the regular design.
so good reminds me of fist of legend with jet li.
can someone help me with one of the side missions?
The Classified Intel Acquisition mission. I got the guy but I don't know what I am suppose to do. I point gun at him and try to make him speak but it doesn't work. It says to grab him? but I don't know how to do it. What exactly am I suppose to do once I get him?
Grab him... otherwise known as a CQC hold. Just hold R2.
Some thoughts I wrote on another forum:
I think the best word for me to describe it with is "pure". It is the "purest" gameplay we've ever had in Metal Gear since MGS2. Everything feels organic and smooth, there's a ton of freedom to allow you to play any way you want, and lots of bloat the series has accumulated over the years like camouflage (which is fantastic in an outdoor setting, but unnecessary in bases like Shadow Moses, Big Shell, and Camp Omega), instant access to an entire armory of weapons, and unnecessary items have been cut, and it seriously feels great. No longer do you have to go into your items menu to select "scope" every time you want to use the binoculars, or even the radar, AP Sensor, or directional microphone. The binoculars are infinitely more useful now due to the lack of a radar, as you can use it to "tag" enemies from afar, setting a small symbol above their heads that allows you to keep an eye on them, and you can also listen in on enemy conversations with the built in directional microphone. The game now has a little white indicator that fades in when you're in danger of being caught, as well as a slow-mo "reaction time" effect that let's you shoot out a guard before they call for backup. Both of these can be turned off, and doing so increases your score, but I did really appreciate the alert indicator in particular. It's much less distracting than the threat ring from MGS4.
The level design allows for so much freedom, it's seriously amazing. I've had three runs so far and none of them were alike at all. I can see what Kojima meant now when he said that "when one hundred people play a mission, you'll see one hundred different stories playing out". It feels like you're really in control.
Game's fucking good. I had more fun with that one mission than I did in all of MGS4 and Peace Walker.
I think the best word for me to describe it with is "pure". It is the "purest" gameplay we've ever had in Metal Gear since MGS2. Everything feels organic and smooth, there's a ton of freedom to allow you to play any way you want, and lots of bloat the series has accumulated over the years like camouflage (which is fantastic in an outdoor setting, but unnecessary in bases like Shadow Moses, Big Shell, and Camp Omega), instant access to an entire armory of weapons, and unnecessary items have been cut, and it seriously feels great. No longer do you have to go into your items menu to select "scope" every time you want to use the binoculars, or even the radar, AP Sensor, or directional microphone. The binoculars are infinitely more useful now due to the lack of a radar, as you can use it to "tag" enemies from afar, setting a small symbol above their heads that allows you to keep an eye on them, and you can also listen in on enemy conversations with the built in directional microphone. The game now has a little white indicator that fades in when you're in danger of being caught, as well as a slow-mo "reaction time" effect that let's you shoot out a guard before they call for backup. Both of these can be turned off, and doing so increases your score, but I did really appreciate the alert indicator in particular. It's much less distracting than the threat ring from MGS4.
The level design allows for so much freedom, it's seriously amazing. I've had three runs so far and none of them were alike at all. I can see what Kojima meant now when he said that "when one hundred people play a mission, you'll see one hundred different stories playing out". It feels like you're really in control.
Game's fucking good. I had more fun with that one mission than I did in all of MGS4 and Peace Walker.
do u mean R1? because I thought R2 was binocular. And when I do R1 it usually knocks him cold..
Sorry, its R2 on my PS4. If its knocking him out cold you're doing it wrong. Just walk up to him, stop, the little CQC icon should pop up, then press and hold R1.
BloodMoney
Banned
Yep... TPP needs to be next-gen only.... but considering they already have the cross gen tech, I fear it will end up the same as GZ'sA game clearly held back by beign cross gen.
Dark Octave
Banned
robotzombie
Member
Ugh, just went to best buy, which said there were copies in stock, get there, don't see any copies on the rack, ask a guy, he says they are over at the register, get to the register and they can't find them, they look it up and it says there are 9 copies, so the guy goes downstairs to look, doesn't find them, asks his manager who says hes going to check somewhere else, the manager stands around for 10 minutes, then disappears and another 5 minutes later the original guy comes up and looks in a box and sees them and proceeds to tell me that all the copies they have are actually for preorders and I should come back on friday in case no one picks them up...
friggin half hour in the store just for that.
I'm thinking its a sign I shouldn't even bother getting this game.
Is the digital ps4 version 30 bucks? Or did that one drop in price to fall in line as well?
friggin half hour in the store just for that.
I'm thinking its a sign I shouldn't even bother getting this game.
Is the digital ps4 version 30 bucks? Or did that one drop in price to fall in line as well?
Razgriz-Specter
Member
So whats the purpose of the
in Deja Vu?
logos
PS3 version has some texture/resolution downgrades and blur. Otherwise it looks nearly the same as the PS4 to me?
Impressive.
AgentOtaku
Member
*bro-five*
This one mission indeed has better stealth than the entirety of MGS4 and PW for sure
Camp Omega honestly feels like it will be this generations "Contact" from Crysis1. As in, it will be a benchmark gameplay set piece that I will play over and over again for years to come (^___^)
I honestly thought "Do you have the intel" from Killzone Shadowfall would have been that but there just isn't enough content in it.
keltickennedy
Member
I'm still having a lot of fun replaying missions and S ranking them. I just wish there were a little more options. For instance, customizing a loadout before a mission. Maybe a few outfit options too, this is my favorite sneaking suit out of all the games, but it would be nice to have some camo options like in Peacewalker.
I'm hoping that The Phantom Pain brings all of that stuff back. And if they keep the ability to play coop with the new open levels, it will be godlike. I doubt coop will happen though. Personally, I would rather have that than MGO.
I'm hoping that The Phantom Pain brings all of that stuff back. And if they keep the ability to play coop with the new open levels, it will be godlike. I doubt coop will happen though. Personally, I would rather have that than MGO.
Oof, I am hyped! My copy hasn't even shipped yet, though.
Naked Snake
Member
I want to be able to strip down to Naked Snake in TPP. Please based Kojima.
got it. Thanks
Revolutionary
Member
I literally just found out that the rifle you find in the admin area
can erase them. Going to erase them all and report back.
SJRB
Gold Member
The differences are more apparant in motion though, the lighting on the PS4 is miles ahead of the PS3.
Drops or pick ups anywhere in the range the game allows isn't exactly realistic. There isn't a point available that the camp wouldn't be alerted with the chopper being that close.
I didn't manage to find them all,
MGS4 eluded me, but not all of them can be erased. When I tried to erase Metal Gear Acid 2, Kaz just said "Huh, that's nothing special."
True. But the weapon drop just doesn't make sense to me since previous entries in the series would shove all the weapons and items into a huge inventory box to pick choose/wade through.
ColourRevolt
Member
The gameplay mechanics have improved tremendously in this iteration. It's entertaining just sneaking up on the marines and putting them in a headlock.
One minor adjustment should be made: Big Boss run's like a damn cyborg at full sprint. The speed should be dialed back slightly.
One minor adjustment should be made: Big Boss run's like a damn cyborg at full sprint. The speed should be dialed back slightly.
giancarlo123x
Banned
That's it. I love with the second costume how
when you sprint you go super fast with lightning on your feet and when you jump off a ledge you go 5x further.
Liquidsnake
Banned
The Phantom Pain is going to be one of the most beautiful games ever created.
Lighting in this game was jaw dropping.
Lighting in this game was jaw dropping.
I've only found 6 outta 8. They are hidden real deep somewhere.
giancarlo123x
Banned
One mechanic that in my opinion needs to return 100% is a stamina meter. As much as I love sprinting it is a bit op and I think it can be balanced with the return of the meter and managing it.
SJRB
Gold Member
Why? I think a life-long trained veteran like Big Boss should be able to sprint around a base without running out of stamina.
Artificially crippling gameplay by using stamina bars to restrict players from running for more than 20 feet is just annoying in a huge area like Camp Omega.
i think the run is kind of a holdover from the phantom pain's general game design.
large area + no available transport = big boss goes jogging.
NinjaMouse
Member
yeah, I get this weird, genuine "oh shit" feeling when the light skirts my position and that flare comes across the screen. Everything in this game feels "right" so far. Can't wait for TPP.
I don't think it's op at all. It almost always leads to being spotted when done for extended lengths. Given how much larger future maps will be, stamina monitoring would be a pain in the ass for no real reason.
I finished the prologue yesterday and I have to say everything felt different to me. The controls, the atmosphere (seeing Kaz getting angry instead of his usual stuff is weird), and just how it looks. I'm now quite excited if this is what TPP is going to be like and I'm gonna try to find all the secrets. Have you guys found the XOF emblems and the tapes? Oh another thing I liked was listening to the tapes. That was really great.
AgentOtaku
Member
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
You know what's weird, Hard doesn't feel like a bonus difficulty instead it feels like the correct difficulty. Less starting equipment, head on combat is less viable, and you have to be more cautious in general.