Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain |OT| The Man Who Sold The World

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Grief.exe

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Steam page for TPP now showing "Coming soon"

SteamDB now just showing Sept 1st as release date without any time set as well.

EDIT: aaaaaannnd we're back to Sept 1st, 24 hours :/

It's launching at 12 am Eastern. The Steam page has always been unreliable, but at least Konami is now aware that they need to edit the unlock time on their end.

I am so confused. I thought the raids were on mother base since you get to customize mother base?

You have mother base and you have your FOBs as well.

Other players invade your FOBs.
 

pahamrick

Member
I am so confused. I thought the raids were on mother base since you get to customize mother base?

Mother Base is your main base for the game. To enable base raids you must build a Forward Operating Base, or FOB. An FOB is just like a motherbase, able to be customized, but that is the base used for the multiplayer raids. If you don't build an FOB, you never get raided.
 

Alienous

Member
Interesting tidbit I didn't notice, but my brother has, playing through the game.

You can
CQC swipe a person's legs
when you're prone.
 

Akronis

Member
It's launching at 12 am Eastern. The Steam page has always been unreliable, but at least Konami is now aware that they need to edit the unlock time on their end.

After the huge fucking debacle with their incompetent online community manager, I wouldn't be surprised if they accidentally left the 5 off of 15 and it's actually releasing on Sept. 15 as originally stated lol.
 

hlhbk

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Mother Base is your main base for the game. To enable base raids you must build a Forward Operating Base, or FOB. An FOB is just like a motherbase, able to be customized, but that is the base used for the multiplayer raids. If you don't build an FOB, you never get raided.

Is there pros and cons for building the FOB?
 

Tubie

Member
My launch PS4 is dying I think... It's randomly turning itself off or going into rest mode :(

What a great fucking time for it to start giving me problems lol. I might end up with MGS5 tomorrow but no way to play it.
 

pahamrick

Member
Is there pros and cons for building the FOB?

I couldn't list all of the pros and cons haven't played the game but I believe an FOB will autonomously collect resources which you can use in single player for weapons development, so it would net you more resources in the end.
 

Alienous

Member
My game does not start anymore, it just loads forever after the title screen. I just installed the update, anyone else with this problem??

I already put 25 hours into this and REALLY dont want to start over. I hate my life...

Don't be too concerned. I updated and my save file is fine. You could delete the game data while keeping the save data, and reinstall it. Just make sure you backup your save data.

It might work.
 

Grief.exe

Member
Is there pros and cons for building the FOB?

I couldn't list all of the pros and cons haven't played the game but I believe an FOB will autonomously collect resources which you can use in single player for weapons development, so it would net you more resources in the end.

From what I understand, and to work off the back of what pahamrick said, the FOB system is about a risk/reward. Faster resource generation, but needs to be defended.
 
I think you can only lose resources, equipment and guards from your FOB, but I have no idea how things are allocated such as guards, do you have to send them out from your main base?

Interesting tidbit I didn't notice, but my brother has, playing through the game.

You can
CQC swipe a person's legs
when you're prone.

:eek:
 
My launch PS4 is dying I think... It's randomly turning itself off or going into rest mode :(

What a great fucking time for it to start giving me problems lol. I might end up with MGS5 tomorrow but no way to play it.

That sucks. My ps4 sounds like a vacuum i might open it up and apply better thermal paste to the cpu since i heard the stock one is crap and not applied well.
 

kris.

Banned
So if the game unlocks for Steam in 23 hours like the store page says, I can just go into my app on my phone and have it start installing while I'm at work so I can get home and have it ready, right?
 

Chariot

Member
After the huge fucking debacle with their incompetent online community manager, I wouldn't be surprised if they accidentally left the 5 off of 15 and it's actually releasing on Sept. 15 as originally stated lol.
"It's alright guys. It comes on the early 1st of september... 2016 HAR HAR HAR"
 
On a side note, I'm not a fan of music in this game, nothing I've heard so far has been memorable enough, compare this to stuff from previous games whose tunes I still distinctively remember to this day. Harry Gregson Williams is missed sorely here.

Agreed there , also it's weird cause some of the music on the cassettes (not the 80s stuff, the other grouping) has some really cool music. But it's all in the background, nothing theme like.

At least the soundtrack with all the different songs you collect is awesome.
 

Reule

Member
So my CE won't be arriving until either later in the day or sometime later in the week. No idea since I can't get tracking details but it's been shipped since the 28th. In any case, I'm going to be playing a regular edition copy till then. It won't matter if I put in the DLC later, right?

Just 100% Ground Zeroes. Can't wait. :E
 

saher

Banned
On Xbone the game doesn't run very well on africa when you are inside a base with lots of soldiers and its raining also BB will walk forward or in circle and i cant stop him for few seconds. its even worse if you are playing music on idroid at the same time.

I removed camera shake and it improved the game a bit,sigh ....
 

SkylineRKR

Member
After about 15 hours I start to notice the repetitiveness. I've been to the same bases a few times on different missions. The checkpoints in the middle of connection points are getting stale too, they're the same little sheds with some 4 guys. Though its marketed as open world, its not quite. There is a lot of mountain that act as walls you can't traverse, you pretty much have to follow the road but can use shortcuts here and there.

The downside of these open world games, as always, is the lack of a good level design and immersion. Don't expect a cinematic ride like Metal Gear Solid 3.

But this game is really Peace Walker 2, this time not limited by the PSP tech. If you know PW, you know how it works here. Grab the best soldiers and send them to MB, reach a level with them to unlock certain gear. Grind out missions and side ops.
 

23qwerty

Member
So if the game unlocks for Steam in 23 hours like the store page says, I can just go into my app on my phone and have it start installing while I'm at work so I can get home and have it ready, right?
you can't remote install from the app, have to do it from the web site
 

Alienous

Member
After about 15 hours I start to notice the repetitiveness. I've been to the same bases a few times on different missions. The checkpoints in the middle of connection points are getting stale too, they're the same little sheds with some 4 guys. Though its marketed as open world, its not quite. There is a lot of mountain that act as walls you can't traverse, you pretty much have to follow the road but can use shortcuts here and there.

The downside of these open world games, as always, is the lack of a good level design and immersion. Don't expect a cinematic ride like Metal Gear Solid 3.

But this game is really Peace Walker 2, but not limited by the PSP tech.

16 hours was when I had those sorts of feelings. I yearned to be in a
labcoat
, or something goofy but interesting.

So much of the game feels like being Sam Fisher.
 

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
They still haven't shipped my copy... this is what I get for disliking a few "features" of this game before actually trying them out :(
 

hlhbk

Member
I am kinda concerned about the impressions so far. The lack of focus on story in a MGS game is alarming. Hope I am wrong.
 
Does anyone know, why I can't download the pre-load of the PS4 version? My brother and I use sharing and he started the download in the morning.

On my console it only states the time till it is playable and I can't click any download button.

Tried to download it to my PS4 from the PlayStation App and the browser site, just loading nothing happening. Also put my PS4 back as primary as I thought that might be the problem for any reason.

Getting nervous that I will not be able to play it tomorrow :(
 

Rufuscrim

Neo Member

Some interesting ways of showing useful information on there. Especially like this diagram.

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Dez_

Member
Best Buy say my game is ready for pick up. Anybody have any luck with BB releasing early? I want to try after work today.
 

DarkStream

Member
Store here in Switzerland was selling it this evening. Is supposed to launch here tomorrow (It's 8 PM here at the mom.)
So, I got this fucker in my PS4!
I will see you in roughly a century from now :p
 
* Save data is overwritten with each save. You cannot have multiple game saves.

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Oh well. Perhaps someone will throw together a Profile app out there.

I'd rather not my replays be forced New Game+ or face wiping my existing save.
 
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