Metal Gear Solid V - The Phantom Pain

[9 to 5]

It is less than a week away and I figured that it deserved it's own thread so, get hype as the Grammatically wrong kids would say.

 

[Bobfoc]

I'm far more excited for this than I ought to be. I won't even get much free time to play it, so it'll be a slow burn, but reviews suggest it'll be a good one. I'll have to avoid spoilers for weeks, though.

[apsham]

I have barely paid any attention to anything coming out from this game at all and I am so damn excited that I was able to.

[Robsturgh]

I'm really apprehensive about this, it seems to take one step too far away from the Metal Geary-ness I loved about the first 4 games. I think I'm going to love this as a gameplay experience, but as a story-driven experience (which is what I go to Metal Gear for) I really think it's going to be lacking for me.. 

Edited August 25, 2015 by Robsturgh

[SeanDMan]

Don't worry, I'm sure it will still be a 4 hour game with 20 hours of cutscenes.

[Bobfoc]

Apparently not this time. Every review I've read has stated that cutscenes are short and few and far between, and expository information is revealed through cassette tapes that can be played while gameplay is still ongoing.

[brenchill]

Really excited for this, too.  Hope it puts right the wrongs of MGS4.

[Kaney]

I enjoyed MGS4 for what it was, I don't think it was as bad as others do, and i liked Ground Zeroes so I'm excited for for this too. Just won't be able to play it till October almost :(

[Avenged Probably]

Really excited for this, too.  Hope it puts right the wrongs of MGS4.

As someone who only recently finished 4 and thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm genuinely curious what's considered the ''wrongs" of that game?

[DavidMarrio]

Never had a chance to play MGS4, but I enjoyed Ground Zeroes.

I am really exciting for this game but at the same time quite cautious as I don't want to build a picture in my head of what the game is going to be like then be disappointed when I get round to playing it

[Bobfoc]

Really excited for this, too.  Hope it puts right the wrongs of MGS4.

As someone who only recently finished 4 and thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm genuinely curious what's considered the ''wrongs" of that game?

I enjoyed MGS4 too, but I can definitely see why people were turned off by the hugely drawn-out cutscenes and codec conversations. While I really liked most of the fan service in the game, with Act 4 (which I won't spoil here) being one of the highlights of any piece of entertainment media I've personally experienced, there were also a few instances in which old faces and callbacks to older games were crowbarred in for their own sake.

Don't get me wrong; as a big fan of the series, I felt the seven years or so that I waited for the story from MGS2 to be resolved (I got a PS4 late, so I didn't play MGS4 until a couple of years after it released) were justified, but I thought that it got a little too self-absorbed at times, which is why I like it less that its three predecessors. It's a game that has several fantastic moments that I loved, but the overall package has more than its fair share of bloat.

[Benji]

At some point I'll properly start the MGS HD collection I bought for 360

[9 to 5]

Benji I hate you for that still!

And Kaney, I still remember you beating me at hide and seek when the servers wouldn't work. 

[Kaney]

Er, I'm on xbone. .......awkward.

[Benji]

Benji I hate you for that still!

And Kaney, I still remember you beating me at hide and seek when the servers wouldn't work. 

It's not my fault I am terrible and couldn't even figure out how to go beyond getting into the ship at the very start!

I mean, it is, but still.

[9 to 5]

I changed it when I remembered.

[brenchill]

Really excited for this, too.  Hope it puts right the wrongs of MGS4.

As someone who only recently finished 4 and thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm genuinely curious what's considered the ''wrongs" of that game?

Too many cut scenes for me.  I would have rather have just watched it as a movie.

[TheWho87]

So you dont want a Hideo Kojima game.

[Avenged Probably]

Really excited for this, too.  Hope it puts right the wrongs of MGS4.

As someone who only recently finished 4 and thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm genuinely curious what's considered the ''wrongs" of that game?

Too many cut scenes for me.  I would have rather have just watched it as a movie.

That's fair enough and what I thought you'd probably say. I'm in a weird place with games at the moment where the story comes 100% above anything else for me. Most games I feel like the gameplay is just a chore to get the the story developments and cuts cenes, which is why I guess I appreciated how much of that stuff MGS4 had (although I do enjoy the MGS gameplay generally, especially boss battles). 

[Benji]

I think there's a balance to be struck between story telling in games. Story helps motivate you, but you don't want to be sitting with your controller on your thighs for literally 20+ minutes.