brianmcdoogle
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain |OT2| A Franchise Robbed Of Its Future
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TheTurboFD
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Can anyone tell me how to get quiets side missions? I'm on mission 40 and haven't seen anything yet. I also have her at full bond level.
ComputerBlue
Member
Same. I don't even carry any lethal weapons other than C4 and Grenades just to blow up stuff like comms and what not.
I've always played the same with pretty much all metal gears, so much funner in my opinion. So many games let you shoot and kill and get noticed, playing it low key is so refreshing.
skLaFarebear
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Finished
This game was fucking awesome and everything I wanted it to be after I played GZ. SO GOOD.
Not at all. Only needed regular weapons for boss fights, and you can still tranq the skulls if you want. Played every mission super stealthy and the tranq pistol/sniper were my two best weapons.
mission 31 and assuming the game is over since the credits were rolling.
Not at all. Only needed regular weapons for boss fights, and you can still tranq the skulls if you want. Played every mission super stealthy and the tranq pistol/sniper were my two best weapons.
brianmcdoogle
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Mission
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ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Is it true you can play through the entire game as one of your soldiers and they even have their own voice recordings for the dialogue in the cutscenes?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I think mission 30/31 has drilled into me that the story is really pretty damn underwhelming.
Without spoiling anything, I'm actually not that fussed with the overall tonal shift (it's a lot more serious as a whole) and most of the ideas they play around with (even the stupider stuff). It's all just kinda pulpy military scifi set in the 80s, and I personally think it works conceptually for most part. I quite like most of the performances, and I think the cinematography in the long shots is great. It's not MGS1/2/3/4, but I'm happy with something a bit different too.
That being said:
- Silent Venom is so, so fucking weird. He doesn't need to be rattling off like the past games. When he does have the odd line or two it's fine. But so often he's just unreasonably silent. Contextually it's just odd.
- Massive gaps of undercooked, undeveloped narrative.
- Skullface is a surprisingly dull villain for the series, also underdeveloped and just not believable or interesting.
- "Revenge" as a core theme is barely explored.
- I feel there's some fun stuff interconnected in the mission objectives that just isn't presented well enough to have impact.
It's an odd position to be in. MGS4 and PW I disliked narratively not for their production (which was otherwise fine), but for the actual content, writing, and performances. For all the complaints I can throw at MGS4, the narrative being "finished" is not one. PW is similar; stupid ass story and dumb ideas, but full and conclusive.
I know I'm not finished MGSV, but this is obviously a point of climax in the story and it's been so under developed so far that it loses a lot of weight in emotional or thematic impact. I just don't care, to be honest, despite enjoying watching the cutscenes enough. Like I'm watching stuff unfold and it looks cool, but I'm not emotionally invested and no character so far has a developed journey.
It's actually probably the first Metal Gear Solid game to be like this.
Without spoiling anything, I'm actually not that fussed with the overall tonal shift (it's a lot more serious as a whole) and most of the ideas they play around with (even the stupider stuff). It's all just kinda pulpy military scifi set in the 80s, and I personally think it works conceptually for most part. I quite like most of the performances, and I think the cinematography in the long shots is great. It's not MGS1/2/3/4, but I'm happy with something a bit different too.
That being said:
- Silent Venom is so, so fucking weird. He doesn't need to be rattling off like the past games. When he does have the odd line or two it's fine. But so often he's just unreasonably silent. Contextually it's just odd.
- Massive gaps of undercooked, undeveloped narrative.
- Skullface is a surprisingly dull villain for the series, also underdeveloped and just not believable or interesting.
- "Revenge" as a core theme is barely explored.
- I feel there's some fun stuff interconnected in the mission objectives that just isn't presented well enough to have impact.
It's an odd position to be in. MGS4 and PW I disliked narratively not for their production (which was otherwise fine), but for the actual content, writing, and performances. For all the complaints I can throw at MGS4, the narrative being "finished" is not one. PW is similar; stupid ass story and dumb ideas, but full and conclusive.
I know I'm not finished MGSV, but this is obviously a point of climax in the story and it's been so under developed so far that it loses a lot of weight in emotional or thematic impact. I just don't care, to be honest, despite enjoying watching the cutscenes enough. Like I'm watching stuff unfold and it looks cool, but I'm not emotionally invested and no character so far has a developed journey.
It's actually probably the first Metal Gear Solid game to be like this.
Suzushiiro
Banned
As someone who just finished mission 31-
MGS1-4 were ~10 hours of cutscenes and ~5 hours of gameplay (or at least they felt like they were,) MGS5 is shaping up to be more like ~10 hours of cutscenes and ~50 hours of gameplay. The cutscenes are still there and as Metal Gear-ey as always (for better or for worse,) there's just a shitload more gameplay in between them.
TheStruggler
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two questions here if someone doesnt mind answering them
I know there are other cutscenes with quite and heard she even has a side story, how do you unlock this?
Also this one is slighty story related and has to do with people getting ill
I know there are other cutscenes with quite and heard she even has a side story, how do you unlock this?
Also this one is slighty story related and has to do with people getting ill
So far i have to put soldiers in quarantine however most I wont know and I have to find a pattern, the answer to thi one can be a Yes or a No to my thought process. I noticed all solders sick in the med bay infected all spoke Kikongo, thus I put mt recruits who spoke Kikongo in the med bay as well. Am I on the right track?
skLaFarebear
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hipsterpants
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If I don't have PS plus can I still get invaded? I'm assuming so, which is kind of lame but whatever.
TheStruggler
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NAILED IT
Basketball
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skLaFarebear
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WAIT, THERE'S A
CHAPTER 2? I didn't know the story was still going?!?
Yeah, if theres no main missions available atm just do some side missions and the story will continue.
skLaFarebear
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KyanMehwulfe
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so when you recruit a story (mission or side-ops) character (mainly 'targets'), is their code name, face, etc random?
or is there something unique that makes them recognizable in every playthrough?
or is there something unique that makes them recognizable in every playthrough?
Same look for some, diff name. Like the bionic arm guy? His name will change, he'll always look the same. This is because their profile is shown in a short post mission cutscene. However, targets with specific names that you have to kill (thinking mission...16? guy) have one name, especially if it's said in game.
SimpleGamer
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Oh my god can someone please help me with this
shit... Levels our just depleting from this.
quaratine
YES. So god damn annoying.
cj_iwakura
Member
Wow, game just jumped me straight to Chapter 11 during a side-op. Oh well. Hope I can backtrack.
Really digging Kiefer as the game goes on. His words carry weight whenever he speaks, and they listen.
Really digging Kiefer as the game goes on. His words carry weight whenever he speaks, and they listen.
Later on main missions won't appear so you have to do some more side ops to continue the story.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Is Quiet bugged? Is DD bugged as well?
DD doesn't stay when you tell him to and will follow you the moment you start walking.
Quiet leaves and stays at whatever point she feels like, and calling her gazillion times never makes her move. Once you're not in her sight, you can't call her at all?
What am I doing wrong?
DD doesn't stay when you tell him to and will follow you the moment you start walking.
Quiet leaves and stays at whatever point she feels like, and calling her gazillion times never makes her move. Once you're not in her sight, you can't call her at all?
What am I doing wrong?
Fine. Heads up, alternative method is blitz story missions, it'll fix in a few.
Hint
Listen to the tapes carefully and think about peoples actions.
bigger hint
why would quiet attack their MOUTHS? What do we do with our mouths?
giveaway
look at the languages :3
answer if you somehow don't get it
kikongo
Pick your poison :3
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
You have to direct Quiet via the map. Select Quiet (Scout) and send her to a location.
I'm on mission 13 now and I still don't have Quiet as a buddy. What gives? Spoilers relating to Quiet follow:
I have her on MB already and all she does is sit in her cage. I've had the cinematic where she shoots through the helicopter blades and Ocelot said on a tape to visit her cell but still nothing.
How long do you need to
I'm glad this game is good with check points. Last night I got a text while driving a jeep with two extracted targets in it, and managed to drive off a cliff when looking at the notification. I thought when I started playing tonight I was going to have to do a lot of the mission over (this happened to me with the Huey mission after being interrupted) but was glad to see I just had to finish driving out of the hot zone again. I'm also glad that Google Now is the most useful thing on earth, because with the way this game has trouble connecting, I never would have known about the Mission 29 and Mission 42 corrupted save file issues otherwise. That is one hell of a QA bungle on an otherwise well polished game.
quarantine the kikingo (sp?) speakers before the situation resolves?
I'm glad this game is good with check points. Last night I got a text while driving a jeep with two extracted targets in it, and managed to drive off a cliff when looking at the notification. I thought when I started playing tonight I was going to have to do a lot of the mission over (this happened to me with the Huey mission after being interrupted) but was glad to see I just had to finish driving out of the hot zone again. I'm also glad that Google Now is the most useful thing on earth, because with the way this game has trouble connecting, I never would have known about the Mission 29 and Mission 42 corrupted save file issues otherwise. That is one hell of a QA bungle on an otherwise well polished game.
To explain this, since some people miss it, you can either select this via the buddy menu (er, where you ask for supply drops) OR my hitting up on the dpad on the map screen.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
She'll be your buddy soon. Just do more story missions
Cool, thanks for this!
Nintendoga
Member
Well I just beat the game. Hm. I'm listening to the tapes
and I just don't really know what to think about all this.
The gameplay is easily the best in the series, and some of the most fun I've had with a game in a long time, but the story is extremely underwhelming.
For being heralded as "THE MISSING LINK THAT COMPLETES THE SAGA" it really....doesn't do that. Throughout the game I kept waiting for the point where the story would pick up, but it only kept on letting me down. Especially
Kojima went out with a bang in everything but the story department. And since MGS' story is one of the biggest draws to the series, that's very disappointing.
talking about BB, The Patriots, Zero, etc
The gameplay is easily the best in the series, and some of the most fun I've had with a game in a long time, but the story is extremely underwhelming.
The twist is.... I just keep thinking about it but the question that keeps popping up is Why? What does it ad to the series? Why try to explain and link things in such a ludicrous way? Just....why?
And I found out Eli's story isn't even resolved and an entire episode was cut from the game. Just wow.
And I found out Eli's story isn't even resolved and an entire episode was cut from the game. Just wow.
For being heralded as "THE MISSING LINK THAT COMPLETES THE SAGA" it really....doesn't do that. Throughout the game I kept waiting for the point where the story would pick up, but it only kept on letting me down. Especially
in Chapter 2. Like the theme RACE. What? I understand Chapter 1's theme and it did do it well I guess, but they dropped the ball in Chapter 2.
Kojima went out with a bang in everything but the story department. And since MGS' story is one of the biggest draws to the series, that's very disappointing.
Silver IMO. It's as close as I can get to diamond!
The Broken Ska Record
Member
Damnit. I was doing to good on Mission 28 against the
Skull Snipers, but DD got in my way when one came up to me to attack me. I accidently hit him and I panicked and ended up getting shot by one of the others.
KyanMehwulfe
Member
thanks. i was thinking about the more generic ones... for example, (mission 5-10 or so descriptions)
that sharpshooter pair you have to kill around mission 5-6 i guess? or, that one russian officer around mission or side-op 8? the names and faces seem rather generic but being new to the game i suppose they could be unique. was also wondering about those 3 officers you are supposed to "kill at the meeting", their faces are in the mission description so i guessed those are unique or at least a constant for them, but maybe their code names are randomly generated.
not a big deal... i was just going through my units and I kinda wish I remembered which units were mission or side-op targets lol
What happens if you use a rocket launcher on them?
I did it with An Assault Rifle, an LMG, an SMG, and the prosthetic arm equipped.
Felt like a bad ass when I finally finished the mission.
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You can! Once you unlock weapon customization you can choose the guns color.
tryagainlater
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I was not expecting that cutscene for my birthday. Didn't know what was going on, lol.
The Broken Ska Record
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I dunno. I've been trying to use primarily tranqs on enemies when I can.
RageWaffles
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It's only my first mission with DD, and I'm already tired of his bullshit.
I have that, but the gold color isn't an option.
Spazznid
Member
It's only my first mission with DD, and I'm already tired of his bullshit.
Guess you know now the pains of living with pets.