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[Muffdraul]

There's literally characters who, without nanomachines, can use telekenisis and conduct lightning into a weapon.

And itty bitty lasers, small enough to be attached to a handgun and used as a sight. In 1964! Yeah right Kojima!

 

[Roussow]

Kinda off topic -- but just thinking about it, did Volgin's electricity powers ever get explained? I don't really care if they did or not, but in a game with such masturbatory exposition, it's interesting that it isn't covered.

 

[lifa-cobex]

Kinda off topic -- but just thinking about it, did Volgin's electricity powers ever get explained? I don't really care if they did or not, but in a game with such masturbatory exposition, it's interesting that it isn't covered.

Don't believe so.

A fair few characters don't get much explanation tbh, The Pain, The Sorrow etc etc Volcan Raven or Mantis.

 

[Snatch1414]

Kinda off topic -- but just thinking about it, did Volgin's electricity powers ever get explained? I don't really care if they did or not, but in a game with such masturbatory exposition, it's interesting that it isn't covered.

No but I mean it's kinda par for the course I think. I'd like a little explanation too but the series just is what it is at this point. I mean forget Volgin, how about the entirety of the Cobra unit?

With Les Enfants Terribles in the mix I kinda just chalk everything up to "genetic experiments have been going on long before they were publicized".

 

[[HP]]

ITT: People discussing the believably of the tech from a game where tanks have legs.

 

[darkwing-buck]

The Metal Gear in that trailer looked menacing as fuck.

 

[Scrooged]

Volgin had military grade static generating socks.

 

[Snatch1414]

ITT: People discussing the believably of the tech from a game where tanks have legs.

Some of them even have drills instead of treads/legs, spinning sideways, and still moving the tank forward lol.

 

[Roussow]

Don't believe so.

A fair few characters don't get much explanation tbh, The Pain, The Sorrow etc etc Volcan Raven or Mantis.

No but I mean it's kinda par for the course I think. I'd like a little explanation too but the series just is what it is at this point. I mean forget Volgin, how about the entirety of the Cobra unit?

With Les Enfants Terribles in the mix I kinda just chalk everything up to "genetic experiments have been going on long before they were publicized".

Completely fair points, I guess it's just I spent more time with Volgin than the rest of the Cobra unit that I thought about Volgin more.

 

[UrbanRats]

ITT: People discussing the believably of the tech from a game where tanks have legs.

You can still have an internal logic and technology progression, even with fantasy tech.

 

[akidnamededdy]

Kinda off topic -- but just thinking about it, did Volgin's electricity powers ever get explained? I don't really care if they did or not, but in a game with such masturbatory exposition, it's interesting that it isn't covered.

Nanomachines! Except in the 60's they hadn't gotten down to nano scale yet, so they were micromachines. Probably.

 

[Pompadour]

ITT: People discussing the believably of the tech from a game where tanks have legs.

Psychics, ghosts, clone soldiers, clone soldiers that are the POTUS, bee men, cybernetic ninja, men possessed by hands, electric Russians, models stuck in robot animal armor, and magic Native American shaman are one thing ...

 

[GinoFelino]

Really hate the Big Robot Penis on the new Metal Gear. I know, it's Kojima and MGS, lololol etc, but it's just impossible to take seriously and from the looks of it, it's not intended to be funny.

 

[plasmawave]

Really hate the Big Robot Penis on the new Metal Gear. I know, it's Kojima and MGS, lololol etc, but it's just impossible to take seriously and from the looks of it, it's not intended to be funny.

It's nothing new.

 

[Snatch1414]

Completely fair points, I guess it's just I spent more time with Volgin than the rest of the Cobra unit that I thought about Volgin more.

Believe me I'm with you on your point but then again I got bashed for wanting the story to be more realistic earlier so what can you do

 

[Enthus]

Great trailer, until it came to the Metal Gear part. That part was okay, but lacked the hype of the beginning.

 

[lifa-cobex]

Completely fair points, I guess it's just I spent more time with Volgin than the rest of the Cobra unit that I thought about Volgin more.

The MGS series has this wired way of making it feel like a serious game with no supernatural quality's.
Then all of a sudden, it will throw you a curve ball and remind you that it goes hand in hand with the supernatural and it just seems to fit. So you kinda don't notice it stand out.

The only characters I'm aware of that get explanations about there ability's are from MGS2.

Got past the Kojima penis thing long ago

 

[GinoFelino]

It's nothing new.

The concept art makes it look like Robot Penis, but ingame it always looked like a part of the cockpit/'beak' (no pun intended) to me. The new Metal Gear is more humanoid (doesn't help), and Robot Penis is waay more obvious and pronounced.

Can't believe I'm having a discussion about Pronounced Robot Penis. Kojimaaaaaaaa

 

[Morat]

Some of them even have drills instead of treads/legs, spinning sideways, and still moving the tank forward lol.

Funnily enought, thats one of the few things that is true : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw-propelled_vehicle

 

[GinoFelino]

Got past the Kojima penis thing long ago

Honestly though, that looks more like a Robot Jockstrap than a Robot Penis.

 

[jailbird20022]

Really hate the Big Robot Penis on the new Metal Gear. I know, it's Kojima and MGS, lololol etc, but it's just impossible to take seriously and from the looks of it, it's not intended to be funny.

Japanese mechs and robots almost always have robo-dongs....even the girls

Justice - Guilty Gear

Jehuty - Zone of Enders

Edit:Beaten like a drum

 

[plasmawave]

The concept art makes it look like Robot Penis, but ingame it always looked like a part of the cockpit/'beak' (no pun intended) to me. The new Metal Gear is more humanoid (doesn't help), and Robot Penis is waay more obvious and pronounced.

Can't believe I'm having a discussion about Pronounced Robot Penis. Kojimaaaaaaaa

 

[Toa TAK]

The first half

This is the mix we've all been waiting for.

 

[Cess007]

Can't believe I'm having a discussion about Pronounced Robot Penis. Kojimaaaaaaaa

He's playing you like a fiddle ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[Principate]

Japanese mechs and robots almost always have robo-dongs....even the girls

Almost always? Nope.... neh....

 

[allftw]

So which Snake outfit is the first one from the hallway scene? Peace Walker?

 

[funkystudent]

So which Snake outfit is the first one from the hallway scene? Peace Walker?

I think its the sneaking suit from MGS3

 

[Solidino]

 

[GinoFelino]

Almost always? Nope.... neh....

Agreed. I haven't seen many examples where it's this pronounced and also not supposed to be funny. Guilty Gear is often semi-comical in its character designs so RoboPenis makes sense to me there.

All that said about Metal Groin, I love the rest of the design. Almost like something out of Shadow of the Colossus.

 

[lifa-cobex]

It's a lazer to attack enemies who take advantage of going underneath Rex.
Kojima wanted to fool ppl into thinking it was Rex in some form.

Ppl have willy on the brain.

Spoiler

Looks like a willy, hur hur

 

[allftw]

I think its the sneaking suit from MGS3

Oh right thanks. I wish Kojima had him without the eyepatch to show the full evolution.

 

[Lashley]

So hyped.

Is that Metal Gear a boss fight?

 

[NinjamicWZ]

I don't know if "pretentious" is the word, but I'm with you. Every time a new MGS trailer comes out, people go ape shit over whatever song they used, and I always think "Really?" and bite my tongue. No accounting for taste.

What kind of music do you like and what are your favorite songs?

 

[GeekMarty]

Spoiler

Looks like a willy, hur hur

 

[SerOnionKnight]

A giant bi-pedal robot with a whip? Fucking stupid. Rest of it looked ok.

 

[freethought]

Phew! I was all for less cutscenes but thank god it's still as batshit insane as ever.

I also love that it turns out Otacon is shit at building Metal Gears and basically set Metal Gear development back 30 years.

 

[Snatch1414]

Funnily enought, thats one of the few things that is true : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw-propelled_vehicle

Ha! Look at me

 

[BocoDragon]

I don't know if "pretentious" is the word, but I'm with you. Every time a new MGS trailer comes out, people go ape shit over whatever song they used, and I always think "Really?" and bite my tongue. No accounting for taste.

I think nearly all of Kojima's picks for "emotional" songs throughout the series have been duds.

Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday, Calling To The Night, Here's to You.... all of that.

They're all really overwrought songs that never connect with me, and it's pretty odd because I love me a cheesy ballad here and there.

I ironically enjoy them as part of the strange brew that Kojima has mixed, but no, I don't enjoy them at face value.

The only ones that are good are Best is Yet to Come, Way to Fall and (recorded for the series itself) Snake Eater.

 

[convo]

I'm more interested on how Big Boss went from the Ultimate Metal Gear with whip sword things to this:

Star Wars reasoning. Sci-fi from the 80s is simply outdated. Simple as that

 

[Spazznid]

I think nearly all of Kojima's picks for "emotional" songs throughout the series have been duds.

Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday, Calling To The Night, Here's to You.... all of that.

They're all really overwrought songs that never connect with me, and it's pretty odd because I love me a cheesy ballad here and there.

I ironically enjoy them as part of the strange brew that Kojima has mixed, but no, I don't enjoy them at face value.

The only ones that are good are Best is Yet to Come, Way to Fall and (recorded for the series itself) Snake Eater.

The disparity between black and white isn't enough to describe how much I disagree with you.

 

[plasmawave]

The disparity between black and white isn't enough to describe how much I disagree with you.

Same.

 

[Muffdraul]

What kind of music do you like and what are your favorite songs?

Surely songs that you would say suck.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

I genuinely, unironically, enjoy the songs that Kojima picks for the emotional moments in his games.

 

[dmshaposv]

Oh right thanks. I wish Kojima had him without the eyepatch to show the full evolution.

I kinda wanted horned bloody boss to turn to old big boss from mgs4. I mean you basically see the guy's evolution from young soldier to legendary evil soldier.

Imagine how cool big boss's mgs4 model would look in fox engine. Dat trench coat (miller style) and eye patch.

 

[Ganondorfo]

I saw Solid Snake in the beginning of the trailer and closed the trailer, this means we are finally going to have Solid Snake in his young age again. I am speculating, because the scene in the beginning of the trailer was from Metal Gear Solid, so I am assuming Kojima is hyping Solid Snake again.

 

[Darksol]

I saw Solid Snake in the beginning of the trailer and closed the trailer, this means we are finally going to have Solid Snake in his young age again. I am speculating, because the scene in the beginning of the trailer was from Metal Gear Solid, so I am assuming Kojima is hyping Solid Snake again.

Uhh.....

 

[Dimmle]

How do people distinguish "bad stupid" from "regular stupid" when it comes to MGS trailers? I'll never understand.

 

[CambriaRising]

I saw Solid Snake in the beginning of the trailer and closed the trailer, this means we are finally going to have Solid Snake in his young age again. I am speculating, because the scene in the beginning of the trailer was from Metal Gear Solid, so I am assuming Kojima is hyping Solid Snake again.

 

[Dimmle]

Who's the merc next to Quiet in that ensemble shot at the end? Johnny Sasaki Sr.?

 

[Dahaka]

Will BlimBlim save us?