Current Events > Just finished the prologue to MGSV.

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Reis posted...

I'm glad you're enjoying the best mgs game so much

There's some cheap quality I can't quite put a finger on about the story. But the gameplay is pretty killer. GZ was still better so far but TPP is catching up as it adds stuff.
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Familiar voice: "Hey"
Me: No. Nonono.
Familiar voice: "Hey Snake"
Me: Noooooooooooo.
*character comes onscreen*
Me: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!... To CE!

At least we're getting more hints about Player character not being BB.
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Although, the Metal Gear stealth section immediately afterward was pretty cool. Super goofy looking machine, but cool concept for that mission.
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But it's kinda funny that you take it out in like a ten second timeframe, lol.

Also was the Huey interrogation scene supposed to be funny? Because it definitely was. "Well he keeps making up obvious lies like 'I didn't know' and 'they threatened to kill me', which I mean, none of us knew but he did because, well, I dunno why, but obviously this Skull Face dude would never threaten to kill anyone lol, but he did say something about how Cipher's real plan is going down thousands of miles away and I believed him when ge got to that part lol"

This "weapon to surpass Metal Gear" is kind of a cute concept really, but when I think about it, if it's not the Internet itself, it's the Patriot AIs. Which is not as fun. Actually, it was easy to miss but the AI weapons from Peace Walker were named the same names as the Patriots.
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Reiss posted...

get ready to play the worst mgs game

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if you're on PC look at Infinite Heaven mod, it's amazing.
I also think MGSV is the best of the series, though I gave up on the movie "game" that was IV with the garbage amount of unskippable cinematics

Also the best thing about MGSV is that you can get S ranking while murdering everyone if your'e fast enough
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Gobstoppers12 posted...

Too bad the rest of MGSV never comes close to being as fun or interesting as the intro ever again.

This. Probably the single best intro to a game Ive ever seen. Its horrifying.
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I've been really enjoying my time with the game, now that I'm really digging into it. Just beat mission 7, so I'm kinda jonesing for new tools and weapons to use to perfect my stealth.
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Seems like this game isn't nearly as big ss I had been led to believe.

I'm at 10% overall completion and only like 15 hours or so.

And sure, a lot of your 100% playtime comes from S ranks and optional objectives but those only seem to be a thing for main missions, and seem pretty easy to breeze through so far.
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DevsBro posted...

Seems like this game isn't nearly as big ss I had been led to believe.

I'm at 10% overall completion and only like 15 hours or so.

And sure, a lot of your 100% playtime comes from S ranks and optional objectives but those only seem to be a thing for main missions, and seem pretty easy to breeze through so far.

Yep.

Once you unlock the sneaking suit and stun rod for D-Dog prepare to solo entire bases in about 90 seconds

It got to the point where I just blind ran into bases with D-Dog automatically scoping out enemies as you go
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Recruited Quiet.

That scene with the fighter jet was pretty cool. Even less believable than the whole disappearing gimmick but nonetheless cool lol.
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Glad you're enjoying it. When it launched, literally all I would do every day was wake up, play Phantom Pain, get a drink and something to eat around 2 am and then fall asleep. It was really unhealthy.
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TheBlueMonk_ posted...

i really want to play this...

but i mostly played MGS for the story... stealth games stress me out and i really dont like shooters either.

Not sure if said yet. Too drunk to read the thread but the stealth is a lot easier in this entry. Unitended side effect of the open world in sure as fobs can still be hard as hell. Also if still to hard run and gun is very doable. Kill a person or two run and hide. Your health regenarates as long as you're not taking damage or sprinting
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DevsBro posted...

This "weapon to surpass Metal Gear" is kind of a cute concept really, but when I think about it, if it's not the Internet itself, it's the Patriot AIs. Which is not as fun. Actually, it was easy to miss but the AI weapons from Peace Walker were named the same names as the Patriots.

Well prepare for how dumb the plot gets.

Remember this.

Nothing that happens in Africa actually matters to the plot of the game.

It either has no ending and is a dropped plot point... Or it was irrelevant and would have been avoided by not going to Africa.
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^ it's been a while, but isn't the vocal cord parasites thing perfected in the Africa level, and you also rescue Code Talker from there, too?
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boxington posted...

^ it's been a while, but isn't the vocal cord parasites thing perfected in the Africa level, and you also rescue Code Talker from there, too?

You get Code Talker... But he's irrelevant and doesn't do anything aside from give observations. Even the Skull Face plan he gives is not only wrong, but contradicted in the very next level.

The perfected parasites were finished before Venom even arrives, so they could have been revealed in Afghanistan just the same way.
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The_Ivory_Man posted...

Nothing that happens in Africa actually matters to the plot of the game.

It either has no ending and is a dropped plot point... Or it was irrelevant and would have been avoided by not going to Africa.

Well, while you may be right, it's also responsible for some of my favorite missions in the game so...yeah.
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The_Ivory_Man posted...

boxington posted...

^ it's been a while, but isn't the vocal cord parasites thing perfected in the Africa level, and you also rescue Code Talker from there, too?

You get Code Talker... But he's irrelevant and doesn't do anything aside from give observations. Even the Skull Face plan he gives is not only wrong, but contradicted in the very next level.

The perfected parasites were finished before Venom even arrives, so they could have been revealed in Afghanistan just the same way.

yeah tbh, it's been so long that, I forget Code Talker's purpose
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Banjo2553 posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

Nothing that happens in Africa actually matters to the plot of the game.

It either has no ending and is a dropped plot point... Or it was irrelevant and would have been avoided by not going to Africa.

Well, while you may be right, it's also responsible for some of my favorite missions in the game so...yeah.

Not arguing that.

The Africa map is better than Afghanistan because of how much more open it is, and leads to more creative approaches.

It definitely is more fun.
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Just stumbled across Paz in Mother Base.

Did this game literally just retcon itself? This is hilariously stupid lol.
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DevsBro posted...

Just stumbled across Paz in Mother Base.

Did this game literally just retcon itself? This is hilariously stupid lol.

No spoilers but just keep playing. There is a line of side ops where you save lost motherbase soldiers and you get a photo from each mission. Bring these to paz. The final one is at the motherbase stuck on a wall grab that and show it to her. I think you'll be satisfied with how it ends
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DevsBro posted...

Just stumbled across Paz in Mother Base.

Did this game literally just retcon itself? This is hilariously stupid lol.

There's a reason for that, and it isn't a retcon. Just keep visiting her and showing her pictures from lost soldiers.
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I tried to S Rank the Honeybee one but it was kinda hard. A Ranked it but haven't pulled off S yet.

Though having that landing zone open and using a rocket launcher on one of the AA guns helps a lot... I just can't get through the tunnels without dying lol.
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Don't you meet the kid that eventually becomes Liquid Snake in Africa? It's been a long ass while since I've played MGSV
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DevsBro posted...

I tried to S Rank the Honeybee one but it was kinda hard. A Ranked it but haven't pulled off S yet.

Though having that landing zone open and using a rocket launcher on one of the AA guns helps a lot... I just can't get through the tunnels without dying lol.

Ita easier to s rank it later. That mission is all about speed to s rank. Think i had to complete an optional objective or two on top of going as fast as I could too
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Touch posted...

Don't you meet the kid that eventually becomes Liquid Snake in Africa? It's been a long ass while since I've played MGSV

Yep. I feel whenever TC gets to that point his suspicions about Venom will be confirmed. They made it pretty obvious at that point.
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And again the colonel and his tanks mission (8) was the most fun so far on S-Rank too.

I threw another enemy in the road but this time I fultoned all the vehicles, with the colonel still inside lol.

Then there was the matter of the dude I threw in the road, who wakes up when the first tank blows its horn and who proceeded to catch me off guard and see me on my first attempt, giving me an A. As I pondered what to do on my second, that first tank got impatient waiting for him to move and just ran over him.

Is how it is done in the Fatherland do it, I suppose.
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Alright, I just finished the last side op I can do at this point.

I like how you can see all the weapons you extract as you run around Mommy Base lol.

On to Africa!
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ProfessorKukui posted...

Don't shoot your horse with tranqs when going full speed near precarious terrain.

Speaking from experience there, Custer?
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Remember when everyone thought Quiet was going to be a transsexual Chico?
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We sure love to spawn crazy theories before every new Hideo game.
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AlisLandale posted...

Remember when everyone thought Quiet was going to be a transsexual Chico?

Spoilers?

I guess saying people thought so doesn't technically deny it...

Though she is very obviously Sniper Wolf, or else an intentional misdirection.
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DevsBro posted...

AlisLandale posted...

Remember when everyone thought Quiet was going to be a transsexual Chico?

Spoilers?

I guess saying people thought so doesn't technically deny it...

Though she is very obviously Sniper Wolf, or else an intentional misdirection.

There is literally nothing in the entire game, or the marketing lead up to it, that hints to it.

It was a crack theory some people came up with because it was edgy and Kojima had told people they would end up being ashamed of themselves for jerking jt to Quiet lol
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DevsBro posted...

AlisLandale posted...

Remember when everyone thought Quiet was going to be a transsexual Chico?

Spoilers?

I guess saying people thought so doesn't technically deny it...

Though she is very obviously Sniper Wolf, or else an intentional misdirection.

Sniper Wolf was born between 1976 and 1985 around Iraq, Phantom Pain takes place 1984.
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Foppe posted...

DevsBro posted...

AlisLandale posted...

Remember when everyone thought Quiet was going to be a transsexual Chico?

Spoilers?

I guess saying people thought so doesn't technically deny it...

Though she is very obviously Sniper Wolf, or else an intentional misdirection.

Sniper Wolf was born between 1976 and 1985 around Iraq, Phantom Pain takes place 1984.

Also wolf is only as good as she is cause she pops pills iirc. Quiet thanks to parasites is well beyond wolfs shown abilities
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WTF is wrong with this Tail the Interpreter mission?

Dude literally just goes into this house and stands there forever. >_>
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DevsBro posted...

WTF is wrong with this Tail the Interpreter mission?

Dude literally just goes into this house and stands there forever. >_>

Thats probably one of the least popular missions in the game. Did you cause a soft alert? If people even so much as start looking for a potential intruder (like a whole camp not just one dude I think) then it screws the whole thing up iirc. Basically you either need to know where the guy you are looking for is and just go there or be perfect stealth.
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DevsBro posted...

WTF is wrong with this Tail the Interpreter mission?

Dude literally just goes into this house and stands there forever. >_>

Iirc you need to do it during a certain time of day or wait until a certain time.

I got pissed and just fultined people till someone told Miller where he was.
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DevsBro posted...

WTF is wrong with this Tail the Interpreter mission?

Dude literally just goes into this house and stands there forever. >_>

I remember having issues with that one. That mission sucked.
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mooreandrew58 posted...

DevsBro posted...

WTF is wrong with this Tail the Interpreter mission?

Dude literally just goes into this house and stands there forever. >_>

Thats probably one of the least popular missions in the game. Did you cause a soft alert? If people even so much as start looking for a potential intruder (like a whole camp not just one dude I think) then it screws the whole thing up iirc. Basically you either need to know where the guy you are looking for is and just go there or be perfect stealth.

Nothing beyond the guard thinks he sees me and comes to investigate.

D-Lo_BrownTown posted...

DevsBro posted...

WTF is wrong with this Tail the Interpreter mission?

Dude literally just goes into this house and stands there forever. >_>

Iirc you need to do it during a certain time of day or wait until a certain time.

I got pissed and just fultined people till someone told Miller where he was.

Oh yeah, one of them did tell him. I forgot about that. Thanks. That took me to him, lol.
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Man it ticks me off how long I have to wait for the alert and etc to clear.
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I just restarted, extracted the interpreter immediately and then headed toward where you pick up the target.

Miller complained, but he gave me an S Rank anyway. *shrugs*
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That mission... fultoning people might mess it up as well.
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It's really irritating that the first mission's optional tasks are failable considering it takes forever to crawl through the beginning and wait on the dudes to shoot everyone twice and skip a hundred cutscenes.
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Foppe posted...

That mission... fultoning people might mess it up as well.

I feel like Miller either says it will, or implies that it will.

But it really doesn't. It's how I have done it every single time.

I think at worse, it triggers some guards to immediately go and kill him, but then you're able to just follow the guards to his location and take them out before they kill him.
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Also this topic is making me want to replay the game.

For all the shit I give MGS V as a MGS game, it's still a pretty fun game.
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AlisLandale posted...

Remember when everyone thought Quiet was going to be a transsexual Chico?

That was ridiculous, and hilarious that people actually believed it.

Him being cut from the game after his prominence in GZ is really lame, and it would have been cool to have another buddy/boss fight

Since there were barely any in the game anyway.
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Hit 28% today. Man I got a lot done.

Just did the rescue MoBa dudes mission.
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