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[TheSeks]

Question about Kojima in GZ and TPP:

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I had transferred my save and have had Kojima in my Motherbase for some time. I just saved another Kojima for the Intel Agent Extraction Side-Op. Should I have two Kojimas? I can only find one at Motherbase.

No. It was mostly a "didn't play GZ? Here's a freebie" mission.

 

[iDotDotDot]

Anyone know,

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What do I need to do other than have 100 Bond with Quiet to get the Rain Scene?

 

[DJChuy]

It took me a while to appreciate some of the gameplay mechanics. I wasn't feeling the game at first, but once I upgraded and developed new equipment, I've been having loads of fun trying out different approaches and analyzing soldiers to fulton. Also, the level designs have been getting a lot better. Incredible game.

My only complaint so far is the mother base; it's incredibly boring, and the bridges are ridiculously long. At least I can listen to a tape while driving on the bridge.

 

[barneystuta83]

Has anyone purchased water on Xbox One?

I go to buy and the game just pauses on a greyed out screen.

 

[Messypandas]

- enemies in FULL ARMOR. can't put them to sleep at all it seems or am I missing something?

Sleep grenades

 

[brianmcdoogle]

Where can I find an electrospinning specialist? Any mission or base? I still haven't encountered after all this time playing.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

The upgrades only seem to work if you're online though. I'm not sure if they're paused if you go offline...

The research time only counts when you're online, but it should be ticking while you're offline meaning you go online queue it up, go offline wait and reconnect when it should be done.

The upgrades function when offline, for example i'm offline right now and my staff limit factors in all my FOB upgrades, on top of that i can dispatch 4 teams on missions not just 2.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

My only complaint so far is the mother base; it's incredibly boring, and the bridges are ridiculously long. At least I can listen to a tape while driving on the bridge.

Cardboard box + orange platform near helipad

 

[shinobi602]

That's it, I'm looking away from the screen at every mission intro. Telling people who exactly is going to make an appearance beforehand is really dumb. How the hell did Kojima think this was a good idea...

 

[José Mourinho]

Post mission 41 spoilers.

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Not getting new story mission, just replaying older on higher difficulty (40 & 42) boss bathles not thrilled about tacking them on extreme.

I get more story missions after doing some side ops right?

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Yes, you don't have to play any of the harder versions of missions to unlock more story stuff. If you don't have any yellow missions or side ops, just go do a few regular side ops, then return
mother base.

I have no yellow side ops or regular missions left. I've returned to Mother Base and watched a cutscene but still no normal missions. A bit annoyed about it really.

 

[Messypandas]

Where can I find an electrospinning specialist? Any mission or base? I still haven't encountered after all this time playing.

IIRC its mission 9 when you have to blow up a bunch of tanks in 15 mins. A side up mission pops up during thats optional and you can extract him. You can replay it.

 

[Sakura]

It took me a while to appreciate some of the gameplay mechanics. I wasn't feeling the game at first, but once I upgraded and developed new equipment, I've been having loads of fun trying out different approaches and analyzing soldiers to fulton. Also, the level designs have been getting a lot better. Incredible game.

My only complaint so far is the mother base; it's incredibly boring, and the bridges are ridiculously long. At least I can listen to a tape while driving on the bridge.

You can fast travel. I don't think I've ever actually driven across the bridge aside from the first time one appeared.

 

[Reule]

No. It was mostly a "didn't play GZ? Here's a freebie" mission.

Got'cha, thanks.

 

[NYR94]

Wow! I just played the first Africa mission... now THAT’S what I’m talking about. See, that was well designed. Slow, linear progression up a path, but with multiple ways to tackle. Forced to play at night, with exciting shift changes just the same. You defeat the first outpost, and then you can steal a jeep ... drive it to another outpost, take that one out, drive some more - then you get a massive sandbox -

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the oil facility

- to tackle. There’s clearly multiple ways to go about it, and there are two objectives on either side. I make it about half way through - so far, the entire mission - completely undetected. Suddenly though, someone spots me when I’m just a sprint away from the locked door. I take him out with my silencer, and then another is alerted which I throw D-Dog on while I choke hold someone coming around the corner. I go back to D-dog, and take that guy out. I run up the stairs... I’m spotted. OH SHIT! Grab my assault rifle and just go to town. Sneak in,

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destroy the oil filter

.... and what’s this? There

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are bodies?

Alllllllllright, time for some MGS craziness. Yes! I then, with rifle in hand, take out a bunch of others, use d-dog, and then lose em. I sneak into the other location, plant some C4, and stealthily sneak out of the base while on full alert - taking down 4-5 guys without giving away my location. Run out. Blow up facility. Call in a chopper, and it’s a straight 300m dash away. Escort arrives at LZ right on time. I hop in. Mission Complete. Now THAT’S what I’ve wanted from all the missions.

This mission was one of the best in the game. Great atmosphere, location and gameplay options.

 

[KingBroly]

That's it, I'm looking away from the screen at every mission intro. Telling people who exactly is going to make an appearance beforehand is really dumb. How the hell did Kojima think this was a good idea...

I ask this same question with a lot of things in this game.


I'm 17 hours into this game, and

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I've barely gotten anything out of it story wise. The game just keeps dragging its' feet at the speed of a rock so far.

I feel like I've put barely any time into it, yet I see my playtime on Steam and I'm constantly shocked given what I've seen.

At least it's better than Peace Walker.

 

[Ferrio]

So how do you make your chopper play music? I got the speaker.. just don't know how to enable it.

 

[gdt]

So how do you make your chopper play music? I got the speaker.. just don't know how to enable it.

Hit x on whatever track.

 

[A-V-B]

Wait Episode 30=chapter 2?

Damn what have I been doing, I'm well over 20 hours of gameplay and just finished mission 12 (I finish all the side ops as I go along though). I'll end up taking like 80 hours to finish the game at this rate.

I just finished mission 19 and I'm already at, like 80+ hours. I'm wringing everything out of this that I can.

 

[José Mourinho]

So how do you make your chopper play music? I got the speaker.. just don't know how to enable it.

iDroid, go to cassettes, highlight the song and there will be a button to select it as helicopter music. It will say on screen.

 

[xxracerxx]

Man, as soon as I get a Troublemaker those fuckers get dismissed right away irregardless of their stats.

I just finished mission 19 and I'm already at, like 80+ hours. I'm wringing everything out of this that I can.

Something like 11 hours for me and just about to start Mission 5.

I just have too much fun taking over checkpoints and random shit like animal cages and stuff.

 

[A-V-B]

It took me a while to appreciate some of the gameplay mechanics. I wasn't feeling the game at first, but once I upgraded and developed new equipment, I've been having loads of fun trying out different approaches and analyzing soldiers to fulton. Also, the level designs have been getting a lot better. Incredible game.

My only complaint so far is the mother base; it's incredibly boring, and the bridges are ridiculously long. At least I can listen to a tape while driving on the bridge.

Hop in a cardboard box and chill on the yellow metal panel near the helipad. Then hit the action button when the prompt pops up -- MOTHERBASE TELEPORTATION, BABY!

Man, as soon as I get a Troublemaker those fuckers get dismissed right away irregardless of their stats.

Same. They're just gone. I don't care how high their stats are. I can get better men.

 

[InaudibleWhispa]

Where can I find an electrospinning specialist? Any mission or base? I still haven't encountered after all this time playing.

Mission 9. When you destroy one of the marked vehicles, you'll be told there's a jeep with a prisoner on it. It drives down from the top path. There's also a cybernetics specialist in the same mission, walking through a mountain path to the west of outpost 15 at the bottom of the mission area.

 

[firehawk12]

The research time only counts when you're online, but it should be ticking while you're offline meaning you go online queue it up, go offline wait and reconnect when it should be done.

The upgrades function when offline, for example i'm offline right now and my staff limit factors in all my FOB upgrades, on top of that i can dispatch 4 teams on missions not just 2.

Yeah, I meant the upgrade times. I had no idea that it kept ticking... that's cool at least.

Honestly still worried about losing everything, so I'm just going to stay offline for now, even if I can't build any platforms anymore.

 

[Woffls]

Phew, did Mission 50 this time... god damn S ranked it somehow. That's all the missions done... still so much left to do this game is so much fun.

 

[Hypron]

I just finished mission 19 and I'm already at, like 80+ hours. I'm wringing everything out of this that I can.

Hahaha so I'm not the only one then

There's just so much to do in this game. And playing stealthily can end up making missions a fair bit longer.

I had a look at the trophies the other day. One of them apparently requires you to do all the mission objectives for all the missions. Damn that's going to take a long time. But I did platinum MGS2 so I say bring it on haha.

 

[bananafactory]

I'm watching a video where they call a supply drop without going into the iDroid menu. How is that possible? Is there a quick button for it?

 

[A-V-B]

Hahaha so I'm not the only one then

There's just so much to do in this game. And playing stealthily can end up making missions a fair bit longer.

All I do is stealth. The gameplay is like heaven for me. People get tired of a game that plays THIS well? Craziness.

 

[Ferrio]

I'm watching a video where they call a supply drop without going into the iDroid menu. How is that possible? Is there a quick button for it?

You can develop a flare that does it.

 

[brianmcdoogle]

Mission 9. When you destroy one of the marked vehicles, you'll be told there's a jeep with a prisoner on it. It drives down from the top path. There's also a cybernetics specialist in the same mission, walking through a mountain path to the west of outpost 15 at the bottom of the mission area.

Will try. Thanks!

 

[legendaryskitch]

So about

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the infection

in the later parts of the game.

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Is it always Kikongo or is it always different?

 

[A-V-B]

Phew, did Mission 50 this time... god damn S ranked it somehow. That's all the missions done... still so much left to do this game is so much fun.

Jesus, there are that many?! At this rate... there goes 2015 down the time abyss, bye bye

 

[TheBear]

What is ocelots background story leading up to mgs V? Don't wanna Google for fear of spoilers

I don't remember him being in peace walker or GZ

 

[Hurricane43]

All I do is stealth. The gameplay is like heaven for me. People get tired of a game that plays THIS well? Craziness.

Never can get tired of this gameplay, simply the best their is and ever will be perhaps...

 

[xxracerxx]

I'm watching a video where they call a supply drop without going into the iDroid menu. How is that possible? Is there a quick button for it?

There is an iDroid to Air Supply shortcut.

Open iDroid and press down/up, once to know which quick select it is you can do it in an instant.

What is ocelots background story leading up to mgs V? Don't wanna Google for fear of spoilers

I don't remember him being in peace walker or GZ

Did you not play MGS3?!?

 

[Woffls]

So about

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the infection

in the later parts of the game.

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Is it always Kikongo or is it always different?

That's what it was for me as well. I assume it's always the same.

^^^ "Later" refers to mission 25 onwards, if anyone is unsure.^^^

 

[Ishida]

What is ocelots background story leading up to mgs V? Don't wanna Google for fear of spoilers

I don't remember him being in peace walker or GZ

Ocelot was working for Zero on the Cipher organization during that time, as a spy on the Soviet Union.

 

[gdt]

What is ocelots background story leading up to mgs V? Don't wanna Google for fear of spoilers

I don't remember him being in peace walker or GZ

He was in The Patriots with Big Boss. BB left after the LET project, and Ocelot not too long after.

I think.

 

[xxracerxx]

That's what it was for me as well. I assume it's always the same.

^^^ "Later" refers to mission 25 onwards, if anyone is unsure.^^^

People really need to learn how to mark spoilers.

 

[Tecl0n]

MIssion 31.

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YES That was exaclty what i needed. Grrreat boss battle.

 

[Nightengale]

Is mission 17 in any way

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time sensitive

?

 

[A-V-B]

I struggled quite a bit with mission 16 too because

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I did not have the final fulton device and could not extract the truck. The skulls would destroy the truck every time I tried to drive away, and none of my weapons could do serious damage to them. I eventually somewhat cheesed the mission. The skulls move very, very slowly into your direction, even if you are technically not detected by them. I used that AI behavior to draw them away from the truck over a timespan of 5-10 minutes. Then I ran to the truck, took out the zombiefied driver and drove away in the opposite direction.

Mission 16 was hard until I realized

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I could just hop in D-Walker and gatling gun the skulls into oblivion. They never had a chance.

 

[DJChuy]

Cardboard box + orange platform near helipad

You can fast travel. I don't think I've ever actually driven across the bridge aside from the first time one appeared.

Hop in a cardboard box and chill on the yellow metal panel near the helipad. Then hit the action button when the prompt pops up -- MOTHERBASE TELEPORTATION, BABY!

Ah that's good to know. Thanks. I've drove just to explore as well as do a few of the training ops, but I guess I can do them all on my next visit.

 

[J.EM1]

Just played mission 30 again. Love it!

 

[Vire]

Mission 16 was hard until I realized

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I could just hop in D-Walker and gatling gun the skulls into oblivion. They never had a chance.

Why didn't I think of that.

I just sprinted up and fultoned the vehicle and got on Dhorse and got the eff outta there.

 

[A-V-B]

Why didn't I think of that.

I just sprinted up and fultoned the vehicle and got on Dhorse and got the eff outta there.

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Kaz is really impressed when you kill the skulls, too. He sounds like he wants to kiss you.

 

[Randam]

btw.: since when are Ocelot and Snake buddies?


and does he know snake killed his mother? (she was his mother, wasn't she?)

 

[MAX PAYMENT]

Just finished act 1. I'm amazed that Skull Face was basically a

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non existant villain. I mean he showed up in like 3 cutscenes, never really did anything, and had the lamest death ever.

Story wise, is act 2 better?

 

[Timeaisis]

Here's my thoughts 1/3 through:

I think this may be the best single player game I've ever played, gameplay wise that is. Maybe I'll get burnt or later but 18 missions down and 60 side ops done plus a handful of replays for S ranks, I love it. Can't wait to unlock the rest of the equipment. Side ops are fantastic if you treat them like a giant sandbox to experiment in, which has always been my favorite part of this series...apart from the story.

Yeah, the story is weak and in sure I'll be disappointing, but god damn is this game incredibly fun to play.

I think the key for me is play for stealth but don't be afraid to get your hands dirty.

Mission 13 and 18 are my favorites so far. Fucking awesome stuff.

 

[Nightengale]

btw.: since when are Ocelot and Snake buddies?


and does he know snake kill his mother? (she was his mother, wasn't she?)

Snake and Ocelot became buddies some time after MGS3. It's basically untold backstories.

Does he know? No idea. Honestly, it probably wouldn't matter if he does.

 

[Ishida]

Story wise, is act 2 better?

No. Not all all.