Support NeoGAF

[piccio_ssl]

I played none of the extreme missions and still progressed the story. I just roamed and did side ops.

Thank God

 

[lazybones18]

Platforms for R&D, Support, Base Development, and Intel have been built as well as a 2nd Command Platform. Even at their infant stages, they all have their own uniqueness. Managed to complete initial target practice for all the platforms I have, except for R&D. That place is the labyrinth from Hell. It's gonna take a me while, and I mean A WHILE, to complete that one >.<

 

[lowhighkang_LHK]

Can you actually kill

Spoiler

quiet?

Or did just waste my time developing a tranq sniper for no reason?

 

[Disker]

Can you actually kill

Spoiler

quiet?

Or did just waste my time developing a tranq sniper for no reason?

U can use regular weapons. Option is given after tue battle.

 

[Always-honest]

The "Visit Quiet" side-op. It's in Chapter 1.

Yes, what i mean is that that was a bad way to use spoilers.

 

[Zakalwe]

I have GZ and TPP installed. Played GZ on release. Played MGS, MGS2, MGS4, but none of the Big Boss instalments.

Would you recommend I get myself up to speed? I know the major plot points, but I'm tempted to watch some of the cutscene compilations if this game relies on previous knowledge for impact often.

I want to have the best experience possible (playing the BB games is not an option, unfortunately).

Thanks.

Anyone? About to start GZ, I'd like to know if the other stuff would make it much better or not. Thanks.

 

[Ruff]

I'm thinking of getting this, but how reliant is the game on the shittastic base building and soldier recruiting from Peace Walker? Is it a huge part of the game/gameplay?

You'd be very hard pressed to ignore it and have an alright time progressing. I let the MB sort itself out after i futon enemies and it seemed to work fine however. But you'll need to fulton like crazy if you want the staff to get good upgrades

 

[Combichristoffersen]

You'd be very hard pressed to ignore it and have an alright time progressing. I let the MB sort itself out after i futon enemies and it seemed to work fine however. But you'll need to fulton like crazy if you want the staff to get good upgrades

It's essential, it's part of the upgrade progression system.

Hmmm. Thanks.Might get it during a sale then or even just skip it, as I absolutely hated that stuff in PW.

 

[danowat]

I'm thinking of getting this, but how reliant is the game on the shittastic base building and soldier recruiting from Peace Walker? Is it a huge part of the game/gameplay?

It's essential, it's part of the upgrade progression system.

 

[Xanathus]

I don't think it counts if quite raises an alarm, neither does it counts towards your score if she kills someone on her own (cover fire).

Hang back. Let them all focus on her before moving in. It's okay for them to be alerted to her, as it's not tied to you. They'll be so focused on the sniper picking them off they won't notice the man coming up behind them with a ticket for a free balloon ride.

But my strategy is to Fulton literally everyone and fire the crappy soldiers later in most cases so perhaps you won't find that advice so useful.

Well if alerts by her don't count against your score then I guess maybe I need to play differently with her, where it's OK to alert the base and then take them out from behind. In fact it's probably a good idea in that situation to put her directly into attack mode right before I start my attack.

 

[Real Hero]

Anyone? About to start GZ, I'd like to know if the other stuff would make it much better or not. Thanks.

I'd watch a peacewalker movie on youtube and listen to at least Paz's tapes from that game.

 

[nOoblet16]

Well if alerts by her don't count against your score then I guess maybe I need to play differently with her, where it's OK to alert the base and then take them out from behind. In fact it's probably a good idea in that situation to put her directly into attack mode right before I start my attack.

Yup that is actually one of the best tactics to use in locations that are very heavily guarded, that's why I sometimes make her take non suppressed sniper. Just make sure to ask her to stay put from time to time if there are too many enemies focusing on her and if they are about to use mortar...otherwise she will get injured and then you won't be able to use her for the remainder of the mission.

 

[Abutreca]

If you repeat a mission and do the 100% of the tasks -which is weir there's no way to know early before the miss finishes-, it will bring you someting else? or it's just for fun/complete as much as you can?

 

[Xanathus]

If you repeat a mission and do the 100% of the tasks -which is weir there's no way to know early before the miss finishes-, it will bring you someting else? or it's just for fun/complete as much as you can?

There's an achievement for doing every single task in the game, and if you do all of the tasks for a mission it will give you an emblem part.

 

[SomTervo]

If you repeat a mission and do the 100% of the tasks -which is weir there's no way to know early before the miss finishes-, it will bring you someting else? or it's just for fun/complete as much as you can?

I'd like to know this too, actually.

Are there any unique/specific rewards for completing side objectives?

There's an achievement for doing every single task in the game, and if you do all of the tasks for a mission it will give you an emblem part.

Aha. So basically stuff I don't care about.

Thanks!

 

[Ruff]

Well if alerts by her don't count against your score then I guess maybe I need to play differently with her, where it's OK to alert the base and then take them out from behind. In fact it's probably a good idea in that situation to put her directly into attack mode right before I start my attack.

Quiet is OP... I've had her tranq people from afar and enemies just don't even see me after that. I've sprinted in front of walkers and foot soliders staring right at me and they don't give a shit.

 

[Mechanical Snowman]

Miller basically decides everything for you, which is hilarious. BB is a gun and Miller points him at whatever he wants.

I've not once heard BB interrupt Miller and tell him something along the lines of, "no, we need to do X differently." You'd figure that would happen since BB is supposed to be this mastermind behind OH/Zanzibarland once MGS5 finishes and we get to MG1+MG2's timeline. But he's a brooding quiet mansoldier.

Sutherland really feels like he's phoning it in. It also sounds like he and the other maincast VOs weren't in the same room during recording sessions because his energy is always so flat. That and he mispronounces unfamiliar words right after Miller says it, sometimes! ("Hamid" is one word I've noticed this happening.)

I'm really waiting for the plot to pick up and for BB to make some of his own calls because it's been really annoying being Miller's lapdog this entire time. I get that all of this is probably narrative hooks for the game's open world design, but I feel it really could've been done in a better way that could make BB a participant in plot decisions.

EDIT: Yes, I'm listening to all of the tapes. I just finished main mission 6. 16 hours total time.

I'm at 11, there is certainly some occasional conflict between "Snake" and Miller. Two notable examples so far that I've noticed. I air quoted Snake because, it's really up to you as the player to take Miller's advice or leave it for some objectives, and it's up to the individual player whether they consider their in-game actions canon.

 

[nOoblet16]

So why do these wandering soldiers run like that? lol

One of them ran and tripped onto a mine and I failed the side ops...meh

 

[lazybones18]

So why do these wandering soldiers run like that? lol

One of them ran and tripped onto a mine and I failed the side ops...meh

Did my 1st wandering soldier side op. That mofo laid my ass out cold even with I tried to put him down with a stun arm attack

 

[CouchMaster]

Is there any way to upgrade your suppressor, or you just unlock better ones as you progress?

 

[nOoblet16]

Ok regarding the cutting supply of equipment dispatch missions.

So if I shoot heads they get helmets, shoot bodies they get riot suits etc. But even if I cut supply these missions come back in no time and the enemies start wearing armour and shit all over again. I would have hoped that atleast cutting supply would reset the counter.

 

[The Antitype]

For anybody that got the collector's edition, what are the making of features on the blu-ray like? Well done, or half-assed?

 

[matrix-cat]

Is there any way to upgrade your suppressor, or you just unlock better ones as you progress?

I'm thinking you probably have to upgrade the whole weapon, which is a pain because the suppressors are ridiculously weak in this game. It's going to be a long time before I can upgrade my tranq pistol to level 3, and right now the suppressor breaks before I've even fired the 21 measly shots I deploy with.

You can actually find suppressors out in the environment, but I've only ever seen one and I'm not sure if you can actually 'store' a suppressor like you could in MGS3. It seems like they're equipped automatically; I don't know if you can pick a suppressor up, break the one you're using and then equip a new one. Either way you can just call in a Supply Drop to get a new one, though.

 

[artsi]

So why do these wandering soldiers run like that? lol

One of them ran and tripped onto a mine and I failed the side ops...meh

They're affected by

Spoiler

the skulls

.

 

[GwyndolinCinder]

Is there any way to unlock missions at the end besides the

Spoiler

extreme versions?

They seem to unlock randomly, some after missions, some after side ops. I'm mainly trying to unlock mission 4

Spoiler

3

. Can I avoid doing

Spoiler

extreme metal archaea? I straight up loathe it

.

you can grind side ops, like 3 side ops + 1 replay mission apperently.

 

[Sub Zero]

Do I get to recruit Quiet in a mission/side op? I heard some guards chatting about a naked woman near a Power Plant so should I go there myself and not wait for some mission to pop up?

 

[slash3584]

Any list on the internetz of all the music tapes?

 

[TheKingOfPain]

Damn, this game! I was making my way up to the Side Op 06, and suddenly... main mission 11 starts. I'm not going to spoil anything, but that was unexpected. S-ranking it without even shooting once on the first try, that was the cherry on the cake.
Love it.

 

[SomTervo]

Do I get to recruit Quiet in a mission/side op? I heard some guards chatting about a naked woman near a Power Plant so should I go there myself and not wait for some mission to pop up?

That sounds like a good idea, doesn't it?

You choose, buddy

Throughout the game, keep a mental note of things you hear like this and more often than not they're worth looking into

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Metal Gear Solid 5: 7 Reasons Why It's The Game of Forever

 

[nOoblet16]

They're affected by

Spoiler

the skulls

.

I know...but why do they run like that.
Especially since these ones are no where near proximity to them, it looks goofy as fuck.

 

[danowat]

Metal Gear Solid 5: 7 Reasons Why It's The Game of Forever

Pffftt.......better than Witcher 3, but I haven't played it.

Plus, what's with the proliferation of flippant swearing in YouTube videos, it's not cool.

Edit : Ok, so it's a purposely inflammatory piece of, dare I say it, satire.........

 

[MattDoza]

Has anyone else been completely screwed over by the checkpoints? I was running around my Mother Base and doing one of the target trials and accidentally fell. Seriously wiped out over an hour of progress. And when it reloaded, I didn't have any of the upgrades I had done, lost the GMP I had spent developing weapons, suits, and equipment. Why on earth was it not saving any of what I was doing? Do I really have to go to ACC after I do anything to ensure that I don't lose progress? If so, that's terrible.

 

[raven777]

Quiet just killed A+ soldier that I was trying to capture....

 

[gconsole]

Did my 1st wandering soldier side op. That mofo laid my ass out cold even with I tried to put him down with a stun arm attack

Actually you don't even need to do anything. Just hide in the box and sneak to him. Eventually he will notice and salute you, then you can fulton him.

 

[kobe(beast)]

So why do these wandering soldiers run like that? lol

One of them ran and tripped onto a mine and I failed the side ops...meh

Only way is to sneak without them seeing u, and headshot with a tranqui.

 

[danowat]

Has anyone else been completely screwed over by the checkpoints? I was running around my Mother Base and doing one of the target trials and accidentally fell. Seriously wiped out over an hour of progress. And when it reloaded, I didn't have any of the upgrades I had done, lost the GMP I had spent developing weapons, suits, and equipment. Why on earth was it not saving any of what I was doing? Do I really have to go to ACC after I do anything to ensure that I don't lose progress? If so, that's terrible.

You can force a save at any time by auto-assigning your MB staff from the iDroid.

 

[deim0s]

Mission 6. Was really tempting to use it. Whew.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Quiet just killed A+ soldier that I was trying to capture....

*hums*

 

[nOoblet16]

Only way is to sneak without them seeing u, and headshot with a tranqui.

I know I have done most of them already, I have a tranq sniper and I can shoot them from far away with no issues.
I'm just wondering why they run like that.

 

[Tatsumi Oga]

Metal Gear Solid 5: 7 Reasons Why It's The Game of Forever

Curious to see this video..but...any spoilers in it? Cause that's a no go for me.

 

[lazybones18]

Actually you don't even need to do anything. Just hide in the box and sneak to him. Eventually he will notice and salute you, then you can fulton him.

:O

 

[Ruff]

Only way is to sneak without them seeing u, and headshot with a tranqui.

d-dog "keep them busy" is also a really good way to keep them still while you line up an easy headshot from a close distance

 

[Eien1no1Yami]

Only way is to sneak without them seeing u, and headshot with a tranqui.

As i said earlier before

Spoiler

use the cardboard box guys

works like a charm

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Curious to see this video..but...any spoilers in it? Cause that's a no go for me.

No spoilers.

 

[daammyy]

Got a question regarding the suits you use, looking at the sneaking suit it provides quieter footsteps and looking at any other suit they give you camo for the enviorment... does this mean that the sneaking suit doesnt give camouflage for the enviorment ?

 

[danowat]

Curious to see this video..but...any spoilers in it? Cause that's a no go for me.

No spoilers, just someone trying to be funny and failing miserably.

 

[raven777]

Metal Gear Solid 5: 7 Reasons Why It's The Game of Forever

are they going to put their review score up someday?

 

[Mupod]

Got a question regarding the suits you use, looking at the sneaking suit it provides quieter footsteps and looking at any other suit they give you camo for the enviorment... does this mean that the sneaking suit doesnt give camouflage for the enviorment ?

from my experience, during the daytime if people see you out in the open with the sneaking suit they...can see you from VERY far away. So yeah.

Cardboard boxes and only trying to go out at night have been my workarounds. I don't care about the damage resistance but the quieter footsteps are amazing for holdups.

 

[Yen]

If anyone has any tips for episode 31, it'd be greatly appreciated.

Spoiler

I always die just as I get near the end - when Mantis appears, I should shoot him?