[ALL] Metal Gear Solid V

[Swarley]

And now that it's release day (which I didn't realize until just the other day) I feel like I want this game. Apparently TRU is offering it for $26 plus a $10 gift card. Assuming Best Buy actually has any PS4 copies it would be sweet if they could price match that. I know when NCAA 14 released they just pm'd by dropping the price the value of the gift card. The only problem is that for some reason the PS4 version has been "Unavailable" for quite some time on Best Buy's site. Apparently they sold out of pre-orders quite some time ago. The other versions are still available. I'm just wondering if I went into a BB today if they might have some extra copies?

I imagine you could. I pre-ordered the PS4 version in store only a week ago. :dunno:

 

[Twigg4075]

Apparently people on Gamefaqs are saying that their Best Buy had extra copies. But the $26.99 price posted on CAG was due to some coupon (10% off I assume as I can't get it to show up) so I know BB won't pm the coupon and gift card. Plus the gift card deal is in-store only apparently. So I'd have to try to get a flyer from TRU before hitting BB. Ugh.

 

[Twigg4075]

IGN Video Review 8.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_En0TtzhEE

 

[JBauerisGod]

Seems like everyone is saying that the game itself is awesome, but not worth $30-40 for an hour of gameplay in one playthrough.

I'm torn on picking this up. MGS is my favorite series of all time, but $40 is a little steep for, at most, 4 hours of gameplay.

 

[Swarley]

Seems like everyone is saying that the game itself is awesome, but not worth $30-40 for an hour of gameplay in one playthrough.

I'm torn on picking this up. MGS is my favorite series of all time, but $40 is a little steep for, at most, 4 hours of gameplay.

They slashed the $40 price point for next-gen physical copies a few weeks ago. $30 now, and Toys R Us is selling it for $26 with a $10 gift card.

 

[JBauerisGod]

They slashed the $40 price point for next-gen physical copies a few weeks ago. $30 now, and Toys R Us is selling it for $26 with a $10 gift card.

Deal.

 

[JBauerisGod]

Ground Zeros took me just under 1.5 hours to beat the main mission, which I could easily get down to an hour now that I know where I'm supposed to go. First and foremost, this is most definitely a MGS title. They haven't really fucked with the formula in any major way, which is encouraging because every other game has been near perfection.

The side missions are fun. I still have two to beat, which should only take another hour or so. Each side mission has taken me anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes, to give you an idea of how these compare to the main story. Considering how short everything is, I can definitely see myself getting a platinum in this game without having to spend an absurd amount of time.

Final verdict: buying this for $30 really depends on how big of a fan you are of the series. If you're only a casual fan, I'd wait until this drops to at least $15, if not cheaper.

 

[Twigg4075]

Ground Zeros took me just under 1.5 hours to beat the main mission, which I could easily get down to an hour now that I know where I'm supposed to go. First and foremost, this is most definitely a MGS title. They haven't really fucked with the formula in any major way, which is encouraging because every other game has been near perfection.

The side missions are fun. I still have two to beat, which should only take another hour or so. Each side mission has taken me anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes, to give you an idea of how these compare to the main story. Considering how short everything is, I can definitely see myself getting a platinum in this game without having to spend an absurd amount of time.

Final verdict: buying this for $30 really depends on how big of a fan you are of the series. If you're only a casual fan, I'd wait until this drops to at least $15, if not cheaper.

Yeah, everything I read said that if you do all the side missions you may be approaching five hours. Plus I only spent $24 on it so I didn't think that was too bad.

Does it have a platinum? I thought saw people bitching on PSTrophies.org and CAG that it didn't?

 

[Handleit_44]

No Platinum

 

[Twigg4075]

No Platinum

That's what I thought. There really is no reason why a boxed copy of a game shouldn't have one.

 

[JBauerisGod]

No Platinum

:rage:

But seriously, what the fuck? "Hmm, this game is already really short. You know what would add replay value? A platinum trophy! But fuck that noise. We only want people to play this for 10 minutes."

 

[Twigg4075]

:rage:

But seriously, what the fuck? "Hmm, this game is already really short. You know what would add replay value? A platinum trophy! But fuck that noise. We only want people to play this for 10 minutes."

Just 15 trophies. 13 Bronze, 1 Silver and 1 Gold.

 

[JayDizzle]

Read about the ending.

 

Apparently people are upset about the violence for violence's sake.

SERIOUSLY. FUCKING SPOILERS.

 

Chico has his feet nailed to the bottom of a cage you find him in.

Paz has a bomb surgically placed in her guts that you see dug out in real-time.

Then, apparently there's a Snuke in her Sniz that explodes the chopper you're supposed to escape in.

Having not played this and only knowing of the characters via 3rd-hand info, I'm assuming this was supposed to illicit an angry response for those who played Peace Walker.

Instead, it comes off as unneeded when Kojima was quoted (paraphrasing here) as saying that he wants to put more emotion into his games.

That he wants to go beyond the norm like shows like Breaking Bad did to tell a story.

An odd comparison but I'm getting the feeling that he missed his mark with what he was trying to convey.

 

[Twigg4075]

Not having a full trophy set is bullshit. I can search for it but apparently Kojima had some bullshit excuse.

There were a few full retail Vita games that did the same thing. Lumines and Katamari come to mind.

Are trophies everything? Of course not. A lot of people don't give two shits. But just as many people do. So why piss off those people? How difficult is it to implement trophies? In this case maybe it would take some of the sting out of what a lot of people think is an overpriced demo. Give them a full trophy list and a platinum and it could increase the replayability exponentially.

Sometimes I just don't understand why such simple things are overlooked.

Didn't MS just decide to go with 1000 gamerscore for EVERY game or am I remembering wrong? No matter if it's a $10 downloadable or a $60 retail game you get 1000. For instance, this game on XBOne? 1000 points.

I'd obviously rather have what is supposed to be the superior version of the game, so that's why I went PS4. Let;s just have some consistency here.

 

[padman59]

Read about the ending.

 

Apparently people are upset about the violence for violence's sake.

SERIOUSLY. FUCKING SPOILERS.

 

Chico has his feet nailed to the bottom of a cage you find him in.

Paz has a bomb surgically placed in her guts that you see dug out in real-time.

Then, apparently there's a Snuke in her Sniz that explodes the chopper you're supposed to escape in.

Having not played this and only knowing of the characters via 3rd-hand info, I'm assuming this was supposed to illicit an angry response for those who played Peace Walker.

Instead, it comes off as unneeded when Kojima was quoted (paraphrasing here) as saying that he wants to put more emotion into his games.

That he wants to go beyond the norm like shows like Breaking Bad did to tell a story.

An odd comparison but I'm getting the feeling that he missed his mark with what he was trying to convey.

 

Chico's feet aren't nailed to the floor. Bolts were put through both his Achilles tendons, and although it's a pretty fucked up thing to do, it makes sense when you consider that he (and the other prisoners) can't escape from this black site because of them. It's a place where people are brought to be tortured and interrogated. Fucked up shit is bound to be happening there.

However, there's a cassette tape collectible that you can find that has even more disturbing audio on it, and I bet it'll get a ton more criticism when more people find out about it.

 

[Twigg4075]

I only got to play this for about 20 minutes yesteray. It seems pretty cool and definitely difficult, as most MG games are. I thik it looks really good but honestly it looks like the Unreal engine. Is that what they used? Everything is so shiny. In the very beginning when the two dogs are barking behind the fence they look like they're made of plastic.

 

[Swarley]

I only got to play this for about 20 minutes yesteray. It seems pretty cool and definitely difficult, as most MG games are. I thik it looks really good but honestly it looks like the Unreal engine. Is that what they used? Everything is so shiny. In the very beginning when the two dogs are barking behind the fence they look like they're made of plastic.

It takes place in the middle of a hurricane, of course everyone looks shiny. They're drenched.

I think it looks fantastic.

And no, it's the Fox Engine

 

[Twigg4075]

It takes place in the middle of a hurricane, of course everyone looks shiny. They're drenched.

I think it looks fantastic.

And no, it's the Fox Engine

I understand that you derp. But they shouldn't look plastic.

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[Swarley]

Finished up Ground Zeroes. Love the openness to it and the Fox Engine is by far the best looking thing I've seen so far (on my own console) on new-gen. We'll see if that still holds true tomorrow when I bring home inFamous. I'm sure I'll go back and replay it numerous times, but my body is officially ready for The Phantom Pain.

In a way I'm kind of glad we're still looking at at least 2015 for TPP b/c I'd like to run through at least MGS 1-4 and PW again before it drops.

 

[Twigg4075]

Finished up Ground Zeroes. Love the openness to it and the Fox Engine is by far the best looking thing I've seen so far (on my own console) on new-gen. We'll see if that still holds true tomorrow when I bring home inFamous. I'm sure I'll go back and replay it numerous times, but my body is officially ready for The Phantom Pain.

In a way I'm kind of glad we're still looking at at least 2015 for TPP b/c I'd like to run through at least MGS 1-4 and PW again before it drops.

Did you do all of the side missions? How long did everything take you?