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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain |OT2| A Franchise Robbed Of Its Future

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grimmiq

Member
Edzi said:
Mission 30 doesn't seem very great. It's essentially death if anyone spots you. At least the checkpoints seem generous.
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Or you can just
Sneak through the first gate, jump in the tank parked right inside and drive all the way up to the stairs shooting the walker gears in about 2mins and get an S rank

RoboPlato said:
I need some help with Episode 29. Having a lot of trouble and I feel like I'm missing something.
I know to hit R2 to counter the Skulls' knife attack but what should I do after that. Nothing does much damage, even rockets, and I don't have enough ammo to deal with more than two. It seems like I'm missing the follow up to the counter.
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As you exit the cutscene,
run to your right and climb the ladder..they can't climb ladders and will rarely teleport up there, can take your time and just dodge rocks.
 
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THEaaron

Member
justjim89 said:
I just finished Chapter 1. Some of this might be answered in tapes, but I haven't listened yet.

So, if I'm to understand correctly,
Psycho Mantis was controlling Sahelanthropus on behalf of Liquid? Or was he possessing Liquid to allow him to do it? Why did no one question how it was moving? Why does no one question the floating kid in the gas mask?

The Sahelanthropus fight was awful. Way too many 1 hit kills and way too long of a fight. The reflex mode kill was especially heinous, because you're expected to quickly switch to an automatic when you've been using rockets the whole time. Very unintuitive. The fight took me like 15 tries. Maybe it's not too bad that the final mission with another Sahelanthropus fight was cut.

The English parasite containers. 1 in fire, 1 with Mantis and Liquid, 1 unaccounted for? Do I have that right?

Skullface was a really lame villain with nonsensical motivations. Genocide because he doesn't like the English language? Really? I loved his death scene though with Big Boss shooting off his limbs for Miller.

When did Miller go blind? He could see when he was rescued, couldn't he?
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The fight with Sahelanthropus was so disappointing. That thing was so frightening until I fought it and killed it with the first try. Just ran to the missile truck and he was down in about 5mins or so. :(
 
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Shauni

Member
So, I feel like I was missing something with
Eli's fight. I just kind of stood there and countered his attacks twice and it was over. I mean...what? Was that the whole thing. I mean, I get that he's only a kid, but I expected something more with the way the scene was set up I guess....

Went ahead and spoiler tagged that. Probably no need at this point, but just in case.
 
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Xemnas89

Member
So I'm on mission 18 and everything was going very smoothly until
I had to escort the child soldiers. Maybe it's just me but escort missions are never fun and this ruined the mission for me. I don't want to fight enemies while trying to keep these kids safe.
I'll try again tomorrow and see if things go smoother.
 
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Soma

Member
Soma said:
huh. side op mission
49
not showing up for me.

it was there for a while then disappeared.

anyone know what happened?
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nvm i think i realized why

an important side-op i haven't yet done is in the same area...
 
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Ghostmaster

Member
RoboPlato said:
I need some help with Episode 29. Having a lot of trouble and I feel like I'm missing something.
I know to hit R2 to counter the Skulls' knife attack but what should I do after that. Nothing does much damage, even rockets, and I don't have enough ammo to deal with more than two. It seems like I'm missing the follow up to the counter.
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Just use D walker and shred them with the gatling gun, just watch out for
the mist
 
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gamechanger87

Member
thetrin said:
I continue to play MGS the way I've always played, which I'm sure is boring to watch: all sneak, only use tranq pistol, fulton everything I tranq.

But hey, it's getting me A's and S's when the mission is designed for it, so I'm cool with that. :D

Got this from the
Afrikaans Interpreter
mission yesterday.

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I'm going to put that mission up on Youtube tonight actually, because I thought it went super well.
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Got an S on that one in like 20 including no relfex perfect stealth and etc.

I fultoned some guys quick and got up to the interrogation area before the one prisoner made it up there. Threw a smoke in the middle of the group of 8 guys and then tranqued the ones with masks on. Ran into the smoke and cqced everyone else. Sent 12 people into the sky in seconds. Base was pretty much empty so I grabbed the Intel after sending the prisoners home and ran towards the Viscount. He was still being slowly walked to the base so I got his guard tranqued and sent them both to the sky.
 
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THEaaron

Member
RoboPlato said:
I need some help with Episode 29. Having a lot of trouble and I feel like I'm missing something.
I know to hit R2 to counter the Skulls' knife attack but what should I do after that. Nothing does much damage, even rockets, and I don't have enough ammo to deal with more than two. It seems like I'm missing the follow up to the counter.
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I countered them and after that you can shoot their shield down. After their shield was vanished I gave them some rockets and the fight is over. Took me quite some tries but when I figured that tactic out it was almost too easy.
 
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CrovaxPSO

Member
Was doing mission 30 and got spotted so I ducked into a building, only for a whole squad of reinforcements to spawn right in the same room and destroy me with shotguns. First time I've seen anything actually spawn into the world like that. Lucky for me there was a checkpoint about two minutes beforehand. Was able to upload a clip of it, no spoilers in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7m3O-Gc7pA
 
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Auto_aim1

MeisaMcCaffrey
S rank guys are showing up now after 200k heroism. Also be sure to upgrade your int scope so that it can analyze S++ guys.
 
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MvmntInGrn

Member
Xemnas89 said:
So I'm on mission 18 and everything was going very smoothly until
I had to escort the child soldiers. Maybe it's just me but escort missions are never fun and this ruined the mission for me. I don't want to fight enemies while trying to keep these kids safe.
I'll try again tomorrow and see if things go smoother.
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Just finished this myself. First tough mission in the game for me, and only because of the later part you mention.

Story mission tactics spoiler, but not overall story spoiler
I don't mind the escort and the cutscene before had me on the edge of my seat. What became an issue was the enemies that trigger to follow behind you. The kids AI seems to stop and pause at pre-determined spots even when they are in "Go" mode so outrunning the guys behind isn't really an option. Even the chopper is ok but the guys that come from behind made it annoying.

Given the general gaming history of escort mission frustration, I wish they had taken the design a bit safer. Just eliminating that following-wave of enemies would have done wonders.

Still somehow managed to get an S-rank on it.
GodParticle said:
The dog is so OP. Feels like I'm using cheats. Think I'm gonna ditch him and try the robot thing
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Dog is ok. I feel like his enemy tags clutter the screen and have me worrying about enemies I don't need to worry about yet. I feel like I'm pretty good about scouting for myself but he does speed up the process a bit.

Quiet is ok too. She doesn't put as many tags on screen usually (they have to be in her line of sight I assume, seems like building can block her sight just as much as yours) but I don't like that she takes it upon herself to start shooting when combat mode starts. Just makes the alert worse and take longer than if I hide. She also ends up killing guys I wanted to fulton. Also makes her way overpowered as she can take out guys too fast.

D-Walker is my favorite because he moves fast. Pretty much all I use him for. I have the most fun doing things on my own.
 
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Benzychenz

Member
Steelbook copy I won arrived :D

It's just the steelbook with a promo copy disk inside lol. Thanks scummy Konami <3

I'll rebuy the game when it's like $15-20 to have a proper disk.
 
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StaffyManasse

Member
This thread becomes more and more of a spoiler minefield every day. Two separate story spoilers without opening a single spoiler tag.

Guess it's time to leave.
 
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Tabris

Member
Auto_aim1 said:
S rank guys are showing up now after 200k heroism. Also be sure to upgrade your int scope so that it can analyze S++ guys.
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I average S ranks 1 out of 2 outposts at 370k Heroism.

I never see S++ ranks anywhere except from volunteers from end missions I guess?
 
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Mobius 1

Member
Mission 18 was tense, I S-ranked it on the first try because of the circumstances, it made me be more deliberate.

Kojima you magnificent bastard.
 
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Kwansu Dudes

Member
End game questions

are there really only 50 missions or am I missing something? I stopped the infection and quiet left. Still have a couple Extreme missions left to do.
 
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Mister Negative

Member
I think I just did Mission
41
and nothing is popping for me despite having nothing yellow. Up to now I've had one or two yellow things to do.

Every once in a while a yellow dot shows up
near the battle tank hangar, but it doesn't seem to trigger anything when i walk in. and I can hear the boss's voice from the AI pod inside the R&D base, but I can't seem to get inside. Is that something I can interact with?
 
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Zee-Row

Banned
Is there anything worth doing while at Mother Base? All the soldiers there salute you and you can't seem to go into doors. The only thing i've found is side ops of target practice.
 
SolVanderlyn

SolVanderlyn

Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
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Auto_aim1

MeisaMcCaffrey
Tabris said:
I average S ranks 1 out of 2 outposts at 370k Heroism.

I never see S++ ranks anywhere except from volunteers from end missions I guess?
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Yeah, have to replay those extreme missions. Kind of a grind, but I'm trying to complete the mission tasks as well.
 
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LeonSPBR

Member
PreFire said:
Honestly, the Quiet bug really needs a thread of its own, and stickied. Potentially game breaking and corrupts your save file? Definitely need to know NOT to use her for missions 29 or 42. I've been using her almost exclusively and am 2 missions from there. Thank god I haven't played today. Needed a break

Anyway, here's the GI article

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-bug.aspx

I gotta warn my friends
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Konami warms you about this bug before you even begin playing the game, and it has been posted by a lot of people here already.
 
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Hasney

Member
PreFire said:
Honestly, the Quiet bug really needs a thread of its own, and stickied. Potentially game breaking and corrupts your save file? Definitely need to know NOT to use her for missions 29 or 42. I've been using her almost exclusively and am 2 missions from there. Thank god I haven't played today. Needed a break

Anyway, here's the GI article

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-bug.aspx

I gotta warn my friends
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It's got its own thread
 
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Wind's Howling

Member
I had the most difficult time trying to extract the
honey bee
because I could not not get caught once I entered the fortress/ruins.

I am starting to realize that stealth is not always the most viable option.
 
PreFire

PreFire

Member
LeonSPBR said:
Konami warms you about this bug before you even begin playing the game, and it has been posted by a lot of people here already.
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Where? Don't tell me it's in one of those screens when you first launch the game?

They're so annoying, I just click next on all of them without reading them. I think the majority of players are doing the same.
 
Nose Master

Nose Master

Member
M16 was fun to fuck around with the first billion attempts but it's getting pretty old. There's no way to stealth this mission whatsoever, you just have to derp and get lucky. It's so stupid.
 
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Glassboy

Member
A little help please... So I fought
Quiet
around mission 9 or 10 I think...
and I haven't been able to get her as a buddy. I'm on mission 18 now and I have not seen her in the medical prison. I shot her with a machine gun to beat her so I don't know if that matters.
any help would be appreciated!
 
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Soulflarz

Banned
PreFire said:
Where? Don't tell me it's in one of those screens when you first launch the game?

They're so annoying, I just click next on all of them without reading them. I think the majority of players are doing the same.
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Sure, we don't read the updates, it's still kind of on us though :x
 
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Auto_aim1

MeisaMcCaffrey
Glassboy said:
A little help please... So I fought
Quiet
around mission 9 or 10 I think...
and I haven't been able to get her as a buddy. I'm on mission 18 now and I have not seen her in the medical prison. I shot her with a machine gun to beat her so I don't know if that matters.
any help would be appreciated!
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She's not in the medical bay? Check the 'brig' tab under the staff management option. She usually joins your party after mission 21 and above afaik.
 
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AzureSkies

Member
Dumb question, but to progress to the end of the game, how many side ops should I need to keep my mother base properly developing?

I'm currently on Mission 17, and I've only finished 9 side ops.
 
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ScaryShark

Banned
Rivyn said:
I had the most difficult time trying to extract the
honey bee
because I could not not get caught once I entered the fortress/ruins.

I am starting to realize that stealth is not always the most viable option.
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I'm definitely a methodical/stealth/non-lethal player but I think on a first playthrough the best strategy is to just willing to be flexible if the need arrives.
 
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