Thread 718977075

10 years ago an abomination was released upon humanity, and people are yet to fully recover from it.

Happy birthday, OP!

>>718977075 (OP)
>>718977094
You did this yesterday fag

>>718977075 (OP)
>>718977094
EPIC FOR THE WIN XD

>>718977094
KEK

>>718977094
Damn. OP is dead

>>718977215
I'm starting to suspect that the Aquafag is samefagging

>>718977075 (OP)
>>718977094
the same threads, the same responses
over
and
over
and
over

>>718977694
almost like a war without end...

>>718979378
WHAT A THRILL

>>718979862
With darkness and silence through the night

>>718977094
kill yourself avatarfag

>>718980349
What a thrill...

>>718977075 (OP)
Big Boss moggs venom

>>718977075 (OP)
used to lurk mgs thread back in 2015 and just now finished ground zeros for the first time, what am i in for?

>>718981595
Depends have you played another MGS game? If not: a 10/10 game

If you have and care about MGS lore: prepare for amazing meta delivery of what PHANTOM PAIN is

>>718981681
>Depends have you played another MGS game?
nah but i plan on doing 3 after

>>718981752
Ah fuck you won't even understand the plot twist of the game then. You at least know you're playing as Snake, right? And Snake is like the Darth Vader of vidya. He is a major villain, but he was originally a nice guy. MGS3 is him being 100% a good guy. MGSV is supposed to be the bridge between the games where he is nice and those where he is evil.

>>718977075 (OP)
Does anyone still play the online for this. Those days were pretty fun

>>718981752
why would you do this to yourself? you really should play 3 before V, it is the bare minimum

the ideal would be 3 + peacewalker

>>718981960
i played V, then paused, played GZ, finished V and now im going to play mgs1,2,3 and piss walker

>>718981880
>>718981960
I don't think playing the other games before V makes much of a difference. You'll be familiar with the characters but that's it. It's also easy to get a grasp of who Snake is supposed to be from the way everyone treats him.

>>718981993
I strongly recommend playing 3 before the other games it's the first one in chronological order

>>718977075 (OP)
Its not the first of September yet, we can't celebrate the anniversary just yet.

>>718981880
>>718981960
i know most of the major plotpoints of the series via years of exposure i mainly am starting here just for the gameplay since i had alot of fun with ground zeros

Expectation:
>Fight against Zero and his Patriots who basically control the entire world
>Build Outer Heaven
>Final boss is Solid Snake
Reality:
>You just go around saving starving African children and that's it

Huh? Playing MGSV without any prior contact with the MGS series? No problem! Just watch this quick movie! You'll know how everything works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-i9unRCvsA

>>718982105
I want to play them on release order, to have a feel on how the games evolved during those years

>>718982203
I liked the date sim mechanics

>>718982645
Big mistake, once you get disappointed with MGS/MGS2 give MGS3 a try before you drop the series

>>718977075 (OP)
I just wish we had gotten the same attention to level design in the games open world that Camp Omega got. That is my primary complaints about it. But i had like 200+ hours in it so i can't say that i hated it. Infiltrating other people's Mother Bases/forward operating bases was legitimately the most unique thing to come into the stealth genre since Splinter Cell's spies vs mercs. I think there was one location only half as interesting as Omega in the Africa part of the game.

The open world design in retrospect should have not been pursued in favor of maps. I'm of the opinion that larger open maps (not world) would have created a better game than open world, that way you still had every unique way of approaching a mission. Open world design was unneeded bloat, added less to the stealthing experience.

>>718982721
>Big mistake
why?

>>718982930
MGS and MGS2 aged like milk. Also you'll burn out before you get to MGS3 which is the pinnacle not only of the franchise but also of vidya itself.

>>718983024
>burn out before you get to MGS3
Skill issue.

>>718977075 (OP)
>>718977094
This simulation keeps repeating itself again and again and again...

>>718982721
>>718983024
Gay

>>718981595
>what am i in for?
The main Phantom Pain game isn't anywhere near as exciting as Ground Zeroes was. That game may have been a vertical slice, but it's the most polished version of it to exist. I'd dare say it matched the heights of Splinter Cell Chaos Theory in some regards. But the rest of Phantom Pain is a continuing let down in comparison. Not by any means bad, just unfocused. Lack of focus throughout. And will serve as example of why trying to be Far Cry always tarnishes the quality of level design.

>>718983632
I wish TPP was just GZ but more maps, open world was a mistake

I am still mad at how they ruined my goat

>>718983024
>MGS and MGS2 aged like milk
really? when i tried the games i played a bit those vr missions and i liked them, the only shit i hate is how you're supposed to shot in mgs2, fuck pressure sensitive buttons

>>718977075 (OP)
worst open world map ever

>>718983632
>The main Phantom Pain game isn't anywhere near as exciting as Ground Zeroes was.
that is unfortunate but ill at least be prepared for it
at least GZ is pretty replayable

>>718985229
Hold my beer

>>718977075 (OP)
Kojima's obsession with The Boss/Big Boss ruined MGS more than whatever the fuck Konami did with V's development

>>718977075 (OP)
>10 years ago
No, it’s been 9 years…

>>718985229
>>718985342
you are like a little baby, watch this

>>718985229
>>718985342
>>718985496
Ok from best to worst

TPP > WW > FFXV

Was honestly hard to place WW. While I didn't care much for Wind Waker's sea map, I still give it points to originality so it barely beats FFXV. Now comparing TPP to WW's map was a bit more harder. I think what saved TPP for me was the mods as those were fun as fuck having random shit going on. I never played any WW mods so things might be different if I did.

>>718985449
he's not obsessed with the boss, she was always just a prop for big boss's character. all the fixation on her will is framed through the lens of biggu bossu grappling with it and all the shit that was inserted to make him the center of the narrative universe even more.

>>718977075 (OP)
say his name

>>718986070
>he's not obsessed with the boss
the entire premise of PW and V, not only for big boss but for the villains, hinged on DA WILL OF DA BOSS

>>718985865
What's unique about WW? It's a bland ocean

>>718982369
Goodnight, Garrett.

>>718987213
>What's unique about WW? It's a bland ocean
One has a body of water, the others doesn't. I'm comparing it to just those 3 games.

Actually the more I think on it, the more FFXV just seems worst all around. FFXV goes out of its way to punish you for exploring. Random encounters just by STANDING STILL is by far the worst thing you could have in an open world game. See something you want to explore? NOPE, fight these random encounters every 2 minutes. Stronger enemies at night time where daytime last like 15 minutes.

Invisible barriers up the ass. Think you can run on top of that small 2ft rock/hill? NOPE, invisible barrier. Then they added flight to the game with controls worst than Superman 64 along with even bigger Invisible barriers and the first time you'll ever see a game over screen if you don't land properly which is like threading a needle. People don't hate FFXV's world enough.

>>718985865
MGS open world is still the worst just because there is no reason for it to be open world.
You pick a mission and pick the nearest spawn point for whatever base you need to infiltrate, then you exfil out of the world.
The game would've still perfectly worked if it was entirely mission based with somewhat open areas.