MULTI Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain |OT| Kept ya waiting, huh?

[Chandoo]

@Chandoo ....... DOes the story pick up the pace at some point? that's my biggest complaint with the game so far, the story moves way too slow, or maybe it's just that there's not that much of it there.

Unfortunately no, there's a few big cut-scenes in mission 30, but after that you start doing previous missions on EXTREME difficulty or total stealth as mentioned above. 90% of the story is relegated to the cassettes.

For example, we see 'the man on fire' a few times in the story, but his identity, how he came to be as he is and his ultimate fate etc are all revealed through side stuff or tapes. The design changes in the game are very bizarre. Kojima took the tape idea from Peace Walker but seemingly forgot that Peace Walker has about 5~6 hours of cutscenes in the comic book style too.

You may have also seen the "cut mission 51" on the net by now, apparently that 'supposed' final mission which is not in the game was to have an actual final boss fight and put an actual end on Eli and Big Boss's story, instead as it is, Eli's arc just gets forgotten mid-way through the game.

One thing i really love about the story though is the total maniacal turn Huey's character takes. I mean, he is fucked UP. Otacon turned out an angel in comparison.

 

[Gizmo]

Damn, that's really disappointing. This being the final Major MGS made by Kojima I was expecting a good amount of crazy story stuff along with the great gameplay.

 

[Xerolt9]

Damn, that's really disappointing. This being the final Major MGS made by Kojima I was expecting a good amount of crazy story stuff along with the great gameplay.

Disappointing is a very mild word for this game's story.

 

[JKhan]

So the game turned out to be a dud story/ plot-wise. Not what I was expecting. I'd not be wasting my $$ on this one then

 

[Chandoo]

Yep, story is light, but the game play design is superb. Kojima's best PLAYING game so far.

 

[CerebralTiger]

What should we do get an S rank? Any pro tips ?

If you alert nearby enemies or end up taking too long to find a mission objective, reload from your last checkpoint. As a bonus, all previously marked enemies will remain as such once you restart from a checkpoint. Unlike in Ground Zeroes, you aren't penalized for every retry. The only points you lose are those that are given for a no-retry run. IIRC, they're around 5000, which isn't much. You can easily rake in a score much higher than the 130K points that are required for an S Rank.

Anyother tips to take'em out quietly?

Fulton them. You'll need to upgrade it to Cargo + 2 though.

 

[Chandoo]

What is everyone's song for the chopper ?

Mine's Final Countdown

 

[BumperJumper]

I am about 16 percent done and the in-game timer reads 26 hours. Wow.

Side Ops are just sucking all of my time but I have loved every moment of the game so far. Lack of story cutscenes and memorable villains is the biggest disappointment.

 

[r3aper]

[MENTION=26]Chandoo[/MENTION] use some fucking spoilers man.

The encounter with Quiet was very underwhelming, it was too easy to take her out, a series which us memorable fights such as The Sniper Wolf and The End, I was expecting something equivalent to it. This sniper duel doesn't even come close to previous ones we have had.

The End's boss battle was one of the greatest boss battles in gaming. Spotting him using his parrot and footprints. Ah I still remember everybit of it.

The gameplay is awesome I literally lose track of time playing it. But the story... I hope it picks up ahead.

 

[BumperJumper]

Regarding Quiet Boss Fight, honestly all it took for me was two shots from a powerful Sniper Rifle and she was done

 

[Gizmo]

What is everyone's song for the chopper ?

Mine's Final Countdown

Started off with Rebel Yell but Now I've switched over to the man who sold the world. It's great version of the song.

I'm at missions 26 now, is it just or are the missions getting more and more unrelated to the story as I progress? :tv:

 

[Arkonov]

Regarding Quiet Boss Fight, honestly all it took for me was two shots from a powerful Sniper Rifle and she was done

A lethal sniper? You can still take her as a buddy if you use lethal weps?

I just threw a supply drop on her and then kept shooting her with the tranq pistol. Took me longer than it should have. :l

 

[Spartan 117]

What is everyone's song for the chopper ?

Mine's Final Countdown

Where did you find its tape?
I love that song.

 

[Spartan 117]

I'm done with mission 20 and like everyone has mentioned, the gameplay is SUPERB. You can easily tell Kojima devoted A LOT to gameplay. Game is really lengthy too in a sense that every mission just takes so long due to scouting and prep and stuff. And all of it is really enjoyable and time just flies by. Two days and I have been playing till 8 AM in the morning and then realize my eyes are red and I should stop and get some sleep. Sucks that uni is starting tomorrow.

The case with me so far is that I always try to go full stealth but usually at some point I screw up and get spotted. I do try to do it again but if unsuccessful after a while I'm like screw it, go in guns blazing. And Quit really comes in handy then. I love my D-Dog too, sniffs out everything like a pro. Little to no chance of surprises when he's with you.

The story has definitely been the lowest point so far. Hardly any epic cutscenes and story progression you'd come to expect from MGS series.

 

[Chandoo]

Where did you find its tape?
I love that song.

I don't know if the tape locations are fixed or random, I just got it in one of the camps I guess. Don't recall which one.

A lethal sniper? You can still take her as a buddy if you use lethal weps?

I just threw a supply drop on her and then kept shooting her with the tranq pistol. Took me longer than it should have. :l

You can kill her any way you like, you will still get the choice at the end. I fought her the first time using just the tranq pistol too, took me like 40 mins.

 

[Gizmo]

OK, finished the first chapter, the last mission kinda reminded me that I was playing a Metal Gear game, albeit a really strange one (stranger than usual).

Anyways, I'm already seeing the missions I need to repeat in the mission list and that is really pissing me off.

Spoiler: show

form what I saw in the preview of chapter two most of the remaining story takes place on Mother base and DD will be dealing with internal issues alot,

but FFS why do you have to make me Repeat missions I've already done on extreme difficulty

 

[Chandoo]

@Gizmo
unfortunately that's how it is.

Spoiler: show

31 through 50 are mostly repeat missions, with maybe one new mission thrown after every 5th repeat. I don't think its a spoiler to say that 50 is the final mission, but out of the last 10 missions, only one is a brand new one (Not including possibly redoing older missions with a new cut-scene slapped at the end). 46 is the final mission as far as new story elements go, last 4 are just repeats with no new story.

You also get like 10 new tapes after beating 46 which will fill in the story elements. You might need to do a few more missions to unlock 46 though, as the game jumps those numbers the first time you reach them

Mostly all the scenes you saw in the preview will randomly start playing after completing X number of missions, there's no real progression after 30 on how you 'get' those events.

also ..

 

[Gizmo]

[MENTION=26]Chandoo[/MENTION] ..... So once you've done mission

Spoiler: show

46

, that gives you the "true" ending?

 

[Chandoo]

Yes, that and about 20 minutes worth of tapes that practically will answer the questions you might have

Spoiler: show

(besides a resolution on the Eli story arc, that ain't covered.)

 

[Gizmo]

So

Spoiler: show

The man on fire, he got run over by the MG, is that seriously it for him?