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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain |OT2| A Franchise Robbed Of Its Future
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Megatron
Member
At that point don't you just plug your controller in, go to big shell and just leave the game on while you go to bed?
KittenMaster
Member
You could actually start on those in Chapter 1 itself, it's mostly more relevant in Chapter 2 since you finish the side quests there.
Daaamn, well.... now I dunno how to feel. Maybe that should have ended Chapter 2 and Truth could be its own thing. The Quiet thing can be its own resolution to the character. Who knows, maybe I'll play this again one day and just kill Quiet and see what happens. Or watch a playthrough that does it. In the meantime I can just play other MG games.
Megatron
Member
Oh interesting. Thanks for the heads up! Honestly, I am completely fine with that, this game is long enough. Really enjoying it, but ready to get to the conclusion.
Alex_Mexico
Member
You're talking about an FOB platform right? AFAIK these get built in real time. Meaning that, unlike regular MB struts, the 12 hours pass even while the game's off. When constructing MB the time was only of actual gameplay.
Mr. PlayStation
Member
thank you for the reply sir! Can't wait to learn more!
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Deleted member 471617
Unconfirmed Member
Anyone know where I can get a "Transportation Specialist"? Currently on mission 13 if that makes any difference. Thanks,
AgentOtaku
Member
65 hours
...just completed Ch.1
...I need a drink
...just completed Ch.1
...I need a drink
bananafactory
Banned
You can usually see the perks when you select a mission. Just fulton all of the specialist in a mission and you should get it.
I finished Traitor's Caravan. Those damned Skulls are tough.
The moment a cutscene started when I got near the truck, I fucking knew it was going to be the Skulls.
I initially tried shooting them directly, but that led me nowhere. I had Quiet covering me the whole time, so I had a brief moment of stealth before I fired my first few shots. I died.
Equipped myself with a rocket launcher and grenade launcher. This, along with using the tanks, I died again.
I tried the stealth approach, but was discovered pretty quickly anyway. Died again.
I tried using the tanks again. Died again.
Tried the tanks again, this time driving constantly in circles. When they destroyed both tanks, I just ran around in circles as I shot them up with both rocket and grenade launchers. Success.
Between all this, I called for air support. I knew it wasn't going to work, but I thought it was worth a shot anyway.
I initially tried shooting them directly, but that led me nowhere. I had Quiet covering me the whole time, so I had a brief moment of stealth before I fired my first few shots. I died.
Equipped myself with a rocket launcher and grenade launcher. This, along with using the tanks, I died again.
I tried the stealth approach, but was discovered pretty quickly anyway. Died again.
I tried using the tanks again. Died again.
Tried the tanks again, this time driving constantly in circles. When they destroyed both tanks, I just ran around in circles as I shot them up with both rocket and grenade launchers. Success.
Between all this, I called for air support. I knew it wasn't going to work, but I thought it was worth a shot anyway.
D-Walker is your friend. Equip it with the gatling gun and if you can develop a machete for it. By far the fastest way of getting rid of armored skulls.
Hellwarden
Member
I've had the AI freak out on me a few times.
Putting aside how confusing Quiet's actions can be a time, one mission the guy I'm tailing just holds up in a building after running around for no reason, with no alarm going off or anything. Guy was supposed to lead me to people to save.
I extracted him there, and managed to complete the mission by chance.
Putting aside how confusing Quiet's actions can be a time, one mission the guy I'm tailing just holds up in a building after running around for no reason, with no alarm going off or anything. Guy was supposed to lead me to people to save.
I extracted him there, and managed to complete the mission by chance.
You can do it without engaging the skulls at all with the right loadout.
You will need:
- vehicle mine (the one that only vehicles trigger)
- C4
- vehicle-fulton capability.
- sniper rifle, or just good aim
1. Plant the vehicle mine on the road someplace the driver will run over it.
2. Plant 2-3 C4 around the mine (this amplifies the damage since the mine will detonate the C4
3. Plant 3-4 more C4 about 1.5 vehicle lengths behind the spot you mined. By "behind" I mean "closer to the approaching caravan." You want there to be enough room between the two that the mine doesn't trigger the second batch of C4, but not so much that the tail vehicle has gone past it by the time the lead vehicle hits the mine.
4. Find a spot where you have visibility on your trap, but where you have a lot of maneuverability. Preferably, you should have a line of sight to the driver's side of the convoy. You should also be far enough away to avoid triggering the Skulls' appearance.
5. Watch for the caravan from your hidey spot. The mine+c4 combo will take out the lead vehicle. Detonate the remaining C4 when the tail vehicle drives over it. This will leave your target vehicle undefended. It will stop, and the driver will get out. Take out the driver with your sniper rifle.
6. LOW CRAWL towards the truck until the Skulls are dispatched. Tag them and your target vehicle with your binos.
7. LOW CRAWL away from the truck. The skulls will follow you, slowly, so you'll have to make a really wide arc. I'd suggest pulling them out until there's at least 50-75 meters between the furthest Skull and the truck, then begin circling around.
8. Fulton extract the target vehicle.
9. Assuming you're far enough away from the Skulls that they can't spot you, stand up and beat feet out of the hotzone. If they're nearby still, low crawl until they're out of visual range, then beat feet.
- vehicle mine (the one that only vehicles trigger)
- C4
- vehicle-fulton capability.
- sniper rifle, or just good aim
1. Plant the vehicle mine on the road someplace the driver will run over it.
2. Plant 2-3 C4 around the mine (this amplifies the damage since the mine will detonate the C4
3. Plant 3-4 more C4 about 1.5 vehicle lengths behind the spot you mined. By "behind" I mean "closer to the approaching caravan." You want there to be enough room between the two that the mine doesn't trigger the second batch of C4, but not so much that the tail vehicle has gone past it by the time the lead vehicle hits the mine.
4. Find a spot where you have visibility on your trap, but where you have a lot of maneuverability. Preferably, you should have a line of sight to the driver's side of the convoy. You should also be far enough away to avoid triggering the Skulls' appearance.
5. Watch for the caravan from your hidey spot. The mine+c4 combo will take out the lead vehicle. Detonate the remaining C4 when the tail vehicle drives over it. This will leave your target vehicle undefended. It will stop, and the driver will get out. Take out the driver with your sniper rifle.
6. LOW CRAWL towards the truck until the Skulls are dispatched. Tag them and your target vehicle with your binos.
7. LOW CRAWL away from the truck. The skulls will follow you, slowly, so you'll have to make a really wide arc. I'd suggest pulling them out until there's at least 50-75 meters between the furthest Skull and the truck, then begin circling around.
8. Fulton extract the target vehicle.
9. Assuming you're far enough away from the Skulls that they can't spot you, stand up and beat feet out of the hotzone. If they're nearby still, low crawl until they're out of visual range, then beat feet.
Cyborg
Member
I'm 64 hours in and finished Chapter 1...What the fuck? This is so bad (in terms of story) I mean come on? Out of nothing Im fighting the
and the no show off with
and
This was such an dissapointment, I cant describe the feeling 
This has to be the worst Metal Gear I have ever played Is it even made by Kojima ( I know the gameplay is amazing) I hope Chapter 2 will deliver
Metal Gear
Skull
his death, come one. What the fuck man? The reaction of Emmerich? WOW!
This has to be the worst Metal Gear I have ever played
Is it even made by Kojima ( I know the gameplay is amazing) I hope Chapter 2 will deliverStereogatari
Banned
I hope there are some crazy bastards out there that recreate MGS1-3, especially 3.
Bigboss242
Banned
Cyborg must be feeling that phantom pain.
maniac-kun
Member
Can it be that this is a damn long game?
Augemitbutter
Member
naked/animals new favorite combo.
also got 15k processed fuel for 9k PF points. feels good man.
also got 15k processed fuel for 9k PF points. feels good man.
Vampirolol
Member
If you didn't like chapter 1 you'll probably hate chapter 2.I'm 64 hours in and finished Chapter 1...What the fuck? This is so bad (in terms of story) I mean come on? Out of nothing Im fighting theand the no show off withMetal GearandSkullThis was such an dissapointment, I cant describe the feelinghis death, come one. What the fuck man? The reaction of Emmerich? WOW!
This has to be the worst Metal Gear I have ever played
I'm 64 hours in and finished Chapter 1...What the fuck? This is so bad (in terms of story) I mean come on? Out of nothing Im fighting theand the no show off withMetal GearandSkullThis was such an dissapointment, I cant describe the feelinghis death, come one. What the fuck man? The reaction of Emmerich? WOW!
This has to be the worst Metal Gear I have ever played
You're in for a ride of emotions with Chapter 2
I'm 110 hours in, 54% done, and ready to attempt the infamous mission 41. So far MGS5 has been a plesant surprise and an easy top 5 among the games I've played this year, maybe top 3. Some thoughts (spoilers all the way till mission 40):
Things I love and are amazing:
-Best stealth game I've ever played.
-Rock solid performance, decent graphics, almost no loading.
-DD
Things that seem dumb but I kind of like:
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-Everything about cardboard boxes.
-Fulton all day every day.
Things that seem dumb and I don't like:
-Quiet
-Pressing "A" 14 times to launch the game.
Things I love and are amazing:
-Best stealth game I've ever played.
-Rock solid performance, decent graphics, almost no loading.
-DD
is great. I love when he runs not behind you but at your side or slightly ahead of you, and looking at you as dogs often do. Also, that howl after a stun? 11/10.
Things that seem dumb but I kind of like:
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Sahalanthrapus. It feels almost shoehorned in the story but at least to me it was a huge "what the fucking hell!" moment. It looks neat, makes great sounds and is fun to say its name out loud.
-Code Talker and his parasites. I loved all the tapes with the pseudoscientific explanations, and it feels like a great plot device.
-Skullface, surprisingly. Feels like he's halfway between a James Bond and a Batman villain, gloating and monologuing with gusto.
-Code Talker and his parasites. I loved all the tapes with the pseudoscientific explanations, and it feels like a great plot device.
-Skullface, surprisingly. Feels like he's halfway between a James Bond and a Batman villain, gloating and monologuing with gusto.
-Fulton all day every day.
Things that seem dumb and I don't like:
-Quiet
's design. That shit is just sad and brings the whole game down a notch. Also, I still don't get what her motivation is.
-Skull soldiers... Except I'm kind of finally getting used to them so I think I no longer -hate- them.
-Skull soldiers... Except I'm kind of finally getting used to them so I think I no longer -hate- them.
after the cutscene, a ran to the truck, fultoned it, called for d horse and left the mission area.
all while being under heavy fire, but it worked.
all enemies disappear, when you leave the mission area.
its pretty stupid imo.
old manatee
Banned
I stopped using Quiet after 2 missions because I can't figure out how she works. Sometimes she will randomly pick fights that I have to clean up, sometimes she will sit there and do fuck all while I take down an entire base by myself. The dog is way better.
scout: she will mark all enimies.
attack: she takes a spot and will take aim. but she wont fire till you tell here.
tell her to cover you and she will attack everyone, she can see.
sometimes you have to give her a new attack spot, because she can't aim at everyon.
You can choose a spot for her to scout or an attacking position on idroid. Eventually you'll get a cover me command, which really means take out everyone. To start with though you have to tell her to shoot people manually. It's really not hard.
Leithkorias
Member
Wow that's convoluted. I just
throw a decoy in front of the lead vehicle. When it stops I crawl forward to initiate the skulls. As soon as they spawn I Fulton the lead vehicle. Run around in a wide arc to the trailing vehicle and Fulton it. Then run back away about 100m from the truck. They will slowly follow you. Once they are within 60m I run around them again to the truck, throw a smoke grenade behind it then jump in and drive out of the hot zone.
I'm pretty sure once the
skulls spawn
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Soooo... cross posting.
[up to mission 35/36 spoilers, just done
]
Chapter 2 is
[Famous cutscene spoiler]
Saw the
scene. Mixed feelings about that.
. Because half of it is actually something quite sweet in the middle of all the paranoia and war, this is still not as cringe inducing as
in MGS4.
[up to mission 35/36 spoilers, just done
"Cursed Legacy"
Chapter 2 is
pretty story heavy, more so than the rest of the game so far, I'd say. I'm liking the paranoia that's spreading in the base: the fear of Skullface's 'legacy', the team suspecting each other, Huey's "confession", Kaz's speech to the MB staff, the hints that Code Talker may not be as benign as we first thought. It's especially interesting because it unravels all the team shots and camaraderie that Chapter 1 ended on. It's like the team are turning in on themselves. Classic Metal Gear unravelling of its own myths.
Loved the 2nd Skullface/Code Talker tape. Barring the convoluted nature of Skullface's punishment, that was a genuinely good bit of writing with great use of sound effects.
Loved the 2nd Skullface/Code Talker tape. Barring the convoluted nature of Skullface's punishment, that was a genuinely good bit of writing with great use of sound effects.
[Famous cutscene spoiler]
Saw the
"rain"
Although the cassette did set it up beforehand, the first half of it was a total misstep; BB corps photo mode levels of inappropriate. The playing in the rain was, if taken in isolation, quite sweet and innocent enough... not sure why he decided to put the hooker dance in front of it, but I think I'll live
Meryl and Johnny Mr & Mrs Smith-ing it up and getting married
Aquavelvaman
Banned
Yep.
The skulls cutscene neutralizes every other enemy in the whole area. When I did it I just rode my horse directly at the truck and smg'd the driver, which triggers the cutscene. I totally ignored all other enemies. Then I just drove out of the hotzone. Was very simple.
When you replay that mission, you can engage the truck in the airport and use D-walker to murder the skulls, which stuns every enemy in the airport and surrounding area. It's all-you-can-fulton buffet after that.
When you replay that mission, you can engage the truck in the airport and use D-walker to murder the skulls, which stuns every enemy in the airport and surrounding area. It's all-you-can-fulton buffet after that.
Graphics Horse
Member
I read you can drive them. Never tried since I realised you can just head straight for their destination instead.
I've been really enjoying the gameplay in mgsv but it has started to get a bit repetitive. I think the problem is I'm obsessively going after no kills perfect stealth which means I'm pretty much only using the tranq pistol and not getting a chance to experiment much with all the toys
PayOffWizard
Member
I wish the was a New Game +, id like to start again but can be assed unlocking everything :-/
Also Quiet was my main buddy and i dont feel like replaying missions for the S rank without her.
Augemitbutter
Member
you know what to do. go in and run with whatever happens. don't restart when you get spotted.
I had a fairly steady decline in enjoyment until I equipped a silenced lethal pistol. It really changes the feel of the stealth to something much more visceral.
Stereogatari
Banned
Lol the 2 times I played this mission I killed them.
Leithkorias
Member
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Side Ops aren't ranked, so go nuts!
New Game+ with new difficulty modes would be nice.
Weyland Y.
Member
Funny to see all the different approaches to this mission. Mine was even more simple:
I simply followed the truck to its final destination without engaging any enemy. When the vehicle stops at the pier near the water I enabled my stealth camo device a few times and just walked past the skulls, fultoned the vehicle and walked away without the skulls even noticing me.
Leithkorias
Member
EarsOfASnake
Member
Yeah, that sucked all the air out of the room for me.
Luckily you can mod her back in on the PC version so S ranks here I come!
PHOENIXZERO
Member
I had to stop shortly after he said NES as a word...
It's a god-send once you unlock either the
stealth camo
parasite suit (with invisibility).
After being burnt out doing 107 side ops so far I now just
go invisible,
Why not just take a break instead of ruining the game like that?
Finish the story now and come back to the side ops here and there later.
ShaoranWright
Member
I had the same feelings regarding the gameplay and the treatment of Quiet, the thing I don't agree is when they talk about the tone of the game because the core of Metal Gear is exactly that, a mixed tone between realistic and supernatural/fantastic situations.