SolidChamp
Banned
Does the water pistol work on the Man on Fire? I'm getting conflicting info.
I'm about to face him in
. Anything I should know going in?
I'm about to face him in
Chapter 20
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain |OT2| A Franchise Robbed Of Its Future
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Love how the song
goes hand in hand with the game.
After you finish the game you realize that
:
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYEK_yvIWas
The Man Who Sold the World
After you finish the game you realize that
the lyrics basically tell you the plot
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYEK_yvIWas
max_505
Member
Didn't notice that at all. It seems to fit perfectly. Nice find.
I wonder how Kojima chose the song in the first place. Was the twist inspired by the song or did he write the twist first and then looked for a song with lyrics similar to the twist?
hydrophilic attack
Member
But I went much farther away than a vantage point. I went almost all the way South to the village. That was apparently too far.
Yes, I just redid the mission to S rank it yesterday and the water pistol worked so well to defeat him - I also just stayed in the water pool in the middle of the level so that he can't get close to me.
I think the water pistol may be upgradable though, so maybe the early versions don't work as well if you are getting conflicting info.
Plant a C4 on the closest water tower to the building and blow it up when he gets close enough.
Then run to the pond, wait until he stands in front of the gas tank, and shoot the tank.
sssstententen
Member
Can anyone tell me why I can't customize my 5* weapons? Did I miss something?
Do you mean the Log in your iDroid or something else?
neoism
Member
been trying to get it but it never happens...
There's a chain of side ops where you need to rescue a master gunsmith. Once you've completed that you unlock it in your customize menu from your iDroid in the ACC.
Didn't want to post again, so I'll add to this: Everytime I start the game up, I look forward to getting more mission tasks done and then I see a "hear all conversations" task. I immediately feel sick and and just stop playing. Traitor's Caravan didn't play any of the conversations, I can't take this anymore.
chalkitdown1
Member
Finished this today after 5 long weeks.
100% GET!
Platinum trophy GET!!!!!
Umm...213 hours of playtime get!
What do I do with my life now?
100% GET!
Platinum trophy GET!!!!!
Umm...213 hours of playtime get!
What do I do with my life now?
criesofthepast
Member
Get one? Haha jk. That's awesome. I don't think I will come close.Finished this today after 5 long weeks.
100% GET!
Platinum trophy GET!!!!!
Umm...213 hours of playtime get!
What do I do with my life now?
I am about to start story mission 34.
D
Deleted member 80556
Unconfirmed Member
The phantom pain that keeps on giving: (BE CAREFUL, END GAME SPOILERS THERE)
http://gamingbolt.com/metal-gear-so...ayable-battle-gear-ep-51-audio-file-uncovered
I can't believe we were going to have guard dogs. That would've been awesome. GOD DAMMIT. Just one more year of polish and Kojima would've done it.
http://gamingbolt.com/metal-gear-so...ayable-battle-gear-ep-51-audio-file-uncovered
I can't believe we were going to have guard dogs. That would've been awesome. GOD DAMMIT. Just one more year of polish and Kojima would've done it.
I know it was badly managed, but fuck, I ain't no CEO, I just want the game.
Its all over the place. It goes from 'creepy erotic' to 'playful' to 'awkward romance'. Im pretty sure it was the first cutscene after she gets tortured for me so it felt strange as hell.
So, I just realized that you can take other characters on Side Op missions (I only bothered to change camo gear when in the Character tab previously). Is there a particular reason to take someone else on missions besides Snake? Do other characters have the same "stats" (accuracy with weapons, ability to tag, etc.)? I imagine the roboarm and its abilities are gone.
Yesterday, I chuckled as I saw some umbrellas called Fulton Umbrellas :lol
You can use them in most missions, not just side ops - though they can't show up in cutscenes without a mod. As for the tradeoffs of the bionic arm; it's not a net gain from a gameplay perspective, but a number of staff have additional skills that only become active when playing as them. Other than that, most people just choose to play as generic soldiers if they have one they happen to like the look of, or if they just want a different face to play as for a few hours.
Okay which one is the front? I meant the one where
you can get immediately to the basement after walking through the door. Is it front or back? With the other one you have to go through many rooms before you can get to the basement. Always though that was the back since I would assume front door is the one where you can get with a car.
The first half of it is really bad. I though the second half was nice though. The first half would be fine if the camera work wouldn't be so horrible.
Question about unlocking further story missions (I am aware of the KEEP PLAYING SIDE OPS)
Also hate how some narrative is being handled.
I finished Mission 43 (Quarantine Platform) and listened to the tapes revealing Emmerich's shit. I have all yellow stuff done (tapes, side ops, main ops) so I'm going to continue playing the side ops.
Questions:
1) How many story missions left? (45 is a quiet mission for not the main story?) Is it mission 46?
2) I read somewhere you need Mother Base fully upgraded. They're kidding, right?
Questions:
1) How many story missions left? (45 is a quiet mission for not the main story?) Is it mission 46?
2) I read somewhere you need Mother Base fully upgraded. They're kidding, right?
Also hate how some narrative is being handled.
"I was right. I win." - It makes it seem like huge foreshadowing, a plot twist or a return of some character, and it turns out it was some stupid scientist that wasn't a snail. Man.
Has someone posted a list of missions to S-rank with Quiet
? I ask because I think I'll eventually want to 100% the game, but I'd hate to go back to replay an extremely difficult mission that would've otherwise been easy
.
Thanks for any tips.
before she leaves/dies/whatever
had I used Quiet
Thanks for any tips.
When you get weapons completed and other updated information. The text goes too fast. There should be a main area with your most recent updates.
Was curious as to this as well, they do sync perfectly like you said.
That's normal, 45 needs specific conditions to be met for it to appear.
Chronology
Member
So I'm on mission
and this is pretty much far and away my GOTY.
Hope it keeps up!
41
I'm pretty sure I have the twist figured out (but no spoilers pls), but I'm honestly just enthralled with the whole thing. I definitely see why people expecting something more like MGS4 would be disappointed, but I'm loving how much the game nails the feel of these characters all developing into something that we as the player come to know as antagonists. I think the approach towards more player-involved storytelling is an interesting one too, and one that really supports the design choices enforced by the more open gameplay. I do wanna see what I think of the ending and twist, since I think Kojima is typically one of the only developers to be able to incorporate plot and gameplay design into a cohesive theme, but so far I'm pretty thrilled.
Lionheart1827
Member
Nah thats it unless you count Motherbase and a certain platform that only is accessible on one mission.
Why? The two main areas are freaking huge, much bigger than the previous games combined. Same goes for Motherbase.
Looking forward to your final impressions
Would be very surprised if MGSV gets dethroned as my GOTG.
Chronology
Member
Looking forward to your final impressions
Would be very surprised if MGSV gets dethroned as my GOTG.
I'll definitely post at length here once I finish it; was really surprised to see a lot of the negative impressions here and in the community thread, but I can definitely understand why some people might be disappointed. Metal Gear is kind of an interesting series in there are a lot of different entry points for any given person, and naturally this difference sort of reflects what people "expect" from the series. For example, someone who started the series with MGS4 might be more interested in and expectant of those larger, more exposition-heavy cutscenes, while someone who started with 2 might have a fondness for the "artsy" side of the series.
It's a really great series for that too, since no two iterations ever really feel the same; in that way, I think the series' diversity in the midst of a few unifying factors and design elements is really its most interesting strength. MGSV contributes to that pretty effectively, while still iteration on and calling back to elements and themes explored in previous games (which is fitting, given its role as the presumed last "proper" entry).
tl;dr I think I really like MGSV so far because it's not exactly what I expected or wanted, but that's what Metal Gear really should be, in my opinion.
ginger ninja
Banned
It would have been touching if Quiet had some clothes on, just too hard to take the character seriously in that attire. I usually let Kojima have a pass on the wacky stuff but was taken back once i realized we are seeing this stuff in 2015..
Also, it sucks that you have to play previous episodes on extreme difficulty for the story to move on. Not liking it one bit.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
First half wa hideously out of place. Taken on it's own, the second half is quite sweet.
You don't.
Haunted
Member
You can ignore those, just do sideops instead.
Well said, that is why it exceeded my (insane) expectations (there is nothing that excites me more than a new MGS or KOF, nothing).
They finally struck a perfect balance between gameplay and story, where you feel like you are getting an excellent dose of both instead of it tilting more into the direction of long cutscenes (which I had no problem with but there is no denying that a better balance is preferred, especially when the gameplay is so damn good).
People, and iirc even Kojima himself later, joked about the long cutscenes of MGS4 so it was only expected that there would be something done. According to Kojima's own words, MGSV would require the player to piece the story together instead of having it being linear and like you said, especially for an open world game, that was a perfect fit.
Whoever came up with the idea of tapes at KojiPro for Peace Walker solved their problem of long cutscenes, a lot of those tapes are so good in MGSV (the Chico tapes, Paz tapes and others I won't mentioned due to spoilers) that I would take them over cutscenes any day. This again involves the player more, where his or her imagination fills in the blanks and then some.
Some people seem to be pissed that the expectations and theories they had for the story didn't pan out and that's unfortunate for them but the way MGSV was constantly playing with my expectations up until the very end was the best part for me, Kojima couldn't have finished the series on a better note.
I'm curious what the initial 5 open world zones were that were planned for the game.
In game, if using a VERY loose definition of "zones" we could say there are Afghanistan, Africa, Motherbase, and the hospital (but come on, the hospital?)
Lets assume the hospital doesn't count, and that Ground Zeroes was originally meant to be a part of the main package (ala MGS2). That has us at 4.
Do you think the 5th would have been the island in episode 51? There is something about this game that just makes me wish there was more to it. It would have been so great to revisit Camp Omega in MGSV. Even just one more zone would have elevated the game by a huge margin.
In game, if using a VERY loose definition of "zones" we could say there are Afghanistan, Africa, Motherbase, and the hospital (but come on, the hospital?)
Lets assume the hospital doesn't count, and that Ground Zeroes was originally meant to be a part of the main package (ala MGS2). That has us at 4.
Do you think the 5th would have been the island in episode 51? There is something about this game that just makes me wish there was more to it. It would have been so great to revisit Camp Omega in MGSV. Even just one more zone would have elevated the game by a huge margin.
Including the surrounding outdoor areas, it's a reasonably large map, even if it's not comparable to the size of the open world ones. An extended hallucination sequence would have been a fairly good way to reuse it, as well as continue Kojima's newfound fascination with horror. It's sort of a shame that the hospital wasn't used for much actual gameplay, just a series of setpieces...
It seems like the Episode 51 island was supposed to be a separate map, so probably. I couldn't imagine it being smaller than Camp Omega, at least; especially since it was supposed to
house Sahelanthropus.
Another 5% of missions tasks to go and some 37 animals to hunt and I'm out of here. Maybe I'll find MGS Legacy Collection and go back to those games. Heck maybe even get the ending of MGS4 on my own.
(story is: played MGS4 up to microwave hall with my neighbour and a couple days later we come over to see the end but it turned out he sold his PS3 for a 360.)
(story is: played MGS4 up to microwave hall with my neighbour and a couple days later we come over to see the end but it turned out he sold his PS3 for a 360.)
thetrin
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I'm pretty sure that's not permanent.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Well... that was an ending. And yeah, Chapter 2 really is a mess.
Also, as a side thing, Mission 42 is one of the most frustrating missions I've ever done in a game. Holy **** was it hard.
Feels like it was when either Kojima ran out of something or Konami went and just said "**** you, we can do it better than you." I dunno. So it explains why there are two Big Bosses in MG1 and 2. I am sad Quiet had to go. I really did like Quiet. Eli's story (he's Liquid, of course) just stops and it's like... huh? It does explain Miller and Ocelot's stances though in all this and for the future. Paz's end was... something? You did all that it turns out she's not even ****ing real. Jesus...
Also, as a side thing, Mission 42 is one of the most frustrating missions I've ever done in a game. Holy **** was it hard.
Benzychenz
Member
Did a bunch of side ops and returned to 21 E rank volunteers. Thanks I guess?
Anyway, I need to unlock missions
now, so I think I'm almost done.
I'm liking the game, but it's definitely not even close to my favourite in the series, and it's probably 3rd as my GotY so far behind Splatoon and Bloodborne.
Anyway, I need to unlock missions
45/46
I'm liking the game, but it's definitely not even close to my favourite in the series, and it's probably 3rd as my GotY so far behind Splatoon and Bloodborne.