Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain

JoeBoi · 26 Nov 2015 at 07:38

This game is marmite, originally for the first few missions I hated the style of play. I preferred the whole one big mission play through. However as I progressed through the game I began to appreciate it more, it suits the story.

I'm currently over 200 hours trying to 100% the game and still enjoying it.

I hope that this isn't the last metal gear game that we get a chance to play.

CircleFaust · 2 Dec 2015 at 10:17

just got this, only a couple of hrs in. finding it very difficult , controls are weird and there is an information overload
i think it will get better but don't like the checkpoints, they are so far apart. you could play for hrs, screw something up and you lose everything.

JoeBoi · 2 Dec 2015 at 10:38

Cruiser said:
just got this, only a couple of hrs in. finding it very difficult , controls are weird and there is an information overload
i think it will get better but don't like the checkpoints, they are so far apart. you could play for hrs, screw something up and you lose everything.

You'll get used to it I'm sure, I thought the check point system was pretty generous in missions to be honest. To the point where they make the game a bit too easy, even on the harder missions.

On a side note, I got the platinum trophy for this yesterday

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CircleFaust · 2 Dec 2015 at 11:12

JoeBoi · 2 Dec 2015 at 12:04

Cruiser said:
do i need to worry if you stealth for and hr then it all goes to pot when someone spots you?
i see it comes up with 'heroism decreased'
i think it would be too hard to restart everytime you are spotted

If you're free roaming maybe, it all depends on when the last checkpoint was activated.

I think it happens when you escape from alerts, clear outposts of all enemies or sporadically when roaming.

During missions it happens quite often.

You'll know because a notification comes up on the top right hand corner. Saying saving or checkpoint.

I hope this helps.

CircleFaust · 7 Dec 2015 at 15:09

Heisenberg · 7 Dec 2015 at 15:30

Cruiser said:
cheers, getting used to it now
just need to get powered up, bit boring doing side missions, they are quite samey

The full game is "samey" tbh

webmonkeyuk · 7 Dec 2015 at 17:32

right guys ive just bought this but was just wondering should I really play Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes first?

TheVoice · 7 Dec 2015 at 17:34

Uncle_Gravy · 7 Dec 2015 at 17:35

webmonkeyuk said:
right guys ive just bought this but was just wondering should I really play Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes first?

Unless you want to unlock some extra's in the main game, GZ kinda gets explained in the full game.

JoeBoi · 7 Dec 2015 at 17:55

webmonkeyuk said:
right guys ive just bought this but was just wondering should I really play Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes first?

As uncle gravy said, it's completely optional.

You could get some useful items out of it. Such as a cheaper sneaking suit and some staff members.

The story is explained in the full game, maybe play it if you want the 'full' experience.

Soootylad · 8 Dec 2015 at 09:45

I stopped playing when I realised that the soldiers I was capturing (sometimes going well out of my way to capture A+ guys) weren't showing up at Mother Base, something felt broken and I stopped playing :/

GreenMint · 8 Dec 2015 at 09:50

I do want to play this, never ended up buying it when it came out, but I just want MGS 1 in a semi hHD remake, I know there is Twin Snakes but I can't see anything beating it!

davewhite04 · 8 Dec 2015 at 17:16

£24.99 for X1/PS4 @ simplygames.com

jeffrey_burkhol · 9 Dec 2015 at 06:46

i love Metal Gear

TALON1973 · 19 Dec 2015 at 21:11

what's with the big update ?

CircleFaust · 20 Dec 2015 at 13:25

seems like new achievement/award system

RoboCod · 2 Jan 2016 at 11:57

I was bought this for Xmas and I'm addicted. It's right up my alley with the game play. I can see how some find it repetitive but I just like to attack each mission with different approaches and see how I rate at the end. I find it much more rewarding than mgs4. It annoyed me that 4 was essentially £40 for a very long movie. 5 is much more what I want from the game.

They need to next gen mgs1 though. With FF7 I think they were the best games on ps1.

JoeBoi · 2 Jan 2016 at 12:28

RoboCod said:
I was bought this for Xmas and I'm addicted. It's right up my alley with the game play. I can see how some find it repetitive but I just like to attack each mission with different approaches and see how I rate at the end. I find it much more rewarding than mgs4. It annoyed me that 4 was essentially £40 for a very long movie. 5 is much more what I want from the game.

They need to next gen mgs1 though. With FF7 I think they were the best games on ps1.

I thought this game was amazing, I really hope Konami follow up with a few Metal Gear remakes.

CircleFaust · 6 Feb 2016 at 13:48

i'm 52% complete. its starting to rehash the main missions but with (extreme) mode and (total stealth) etc
and whats with the side ops, they hare just exactly the same each time, was there any need.
i'll probably play on for a bit longer but getting bored now