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A [Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes] thread!? Now available?! It can't be!

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    The DLC are both super short but a lot of fun and tough if you want to do everything

    Sam's campaign is way, way harder than Raiden's. His enemies on Normal are at maximum aggressiveness all the time, so that his boss fights on Normal are more intense than Raiden's on Revengeance.

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  • DocBurnsDocBurns Registered User regular
    skeldare wrote: »

    He was right. Got to the last few seconds of the MGS3 theme and I started tearing up.

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGm4vJCPfhE

    This is maybe the only song in the game where I prefer the instrumental to the vocal version

    Though it's close

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    The lyrics to that mostly suck, but how can you not love "I am a WIND OF DESTRUCTIONNNNN!"

    Oh brilliant
  • SightTDWSightTDW Registered User regular
    I think the MGS2 demo is a perfect example of people being okay with Ground Zeroes. Mainly cause the first ZoE sorta sucks and tons of people bought that full retail game just to play a demo.

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  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    SightTDW wrote: »
    I think the MGS2 demo is a perfect example of people being okay with Ground Zeroes. Mainly cause the first ZoE sorta sucks and tons of people bought that full retail game just to play a demo.

    And it's a good thing they did, otherwise ZOE1 might not have sold enough to merit ZOE2, which was amazing.

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  • Kyoka SuigetsuKyoka Suigetsu Odin gave his left eye for knowledge. I would give far more Registered User regular
    I really wish that Sam and Raiden could fight Khamsin and that sam and bladewolf could fight the other bosses

    though I don't think either of them could take Monsoon, and Armstong would probably be impossible for bladewolf.

  • never dienever die Registered User regular
    So, is it possible to pre-order Ground Zeroes on the PS4? I was looking all over for it and couldn't find it in the ps store. Which is odd considering the ps3 version is front and center.

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    I really wish that Sam and Raiden could fight Khamsin and that sam and bladewolf could fight the other bosses

    though I don't think either of them could take Monsoon, and Armstong would probably be impossible for bladewolf.

    sam would 100% tear monsoon to shreds

    in fact sam would tear any of raidens bosses into teeny tiny pieces because of how his design works

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    The damage output of a well played sam is the equivelant of pulling out level 3 charged pincer strikes every couple of seconds.

    Straight up murder.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    I also have a problem with character with charge attacks in these kind of games.

    Because I never think an enemy is going to be staggered long enough for me to get a fully charged attack off.

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    The only way for Raiden's bosses to give Sam a proper challenge is for them to be as aggressive as Sam's bosses, so the player has to balance whether or not to taunt them

    No amount of aggression ramping would keep Sam from tearing the shit out of Sundowner, though

    That's probably the biggest reasons all of Sam's enemies are so aggressive: if they weren't, his taunt/STRONG combinations would just trivialize every fight completely

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  • DocBurnsDocBurns Registered User regular
    Aaaaaa my copy of Ground Zeroes for PS4 just shipped from Amazon. TUESDAY.

  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    I also have a problem with character with charge attacks in these kind of games.

    Because I never think an enemy is going to be staggered long enough for me to get a fully charged attack off.

    You make your own openings.
    Wyborn wrote: »
    The only way for Raiden's bosses to give Sam a proper challenge is for them to be as aggressive as Sam's bosses, so the player has to balance whether or not to taunt them

    No amount of aggression ramping would keep Sam from tearing the shit out of Sundowner, though

    That's probably the biggest reasons all of Sam's enemies are so aggressive: if they weren't, his taunt/STRONG combinations would just trivialize every fight completely

    Absolutely. Even Monsoon would need to be faster. Several of his attacks would allow an easy quickdraw* charge afterwards. (*Sam's standing Y/Triangle charged attack is called Quickdraw. It is his fastest charged attack after a dodge. It's the go to charge move you should be using.)

    Sam's enemies give you just enough time to land a Quickdraw if you are on point (and I'm talking perfect timing here) after dodging their attacks.

    You can also let go of a charged attack slightly earlier than if you just held it down. As soon as the concentric circles on the charge come to a point you can let go and land the charge. If you hold it down he lets go a good quarter second after this point, which is valuable wasted frames. I don't think it has just frame properties or anything. Pretty sure it's just that little extra bit of mastery you can gain that really helps considering the super tight timing requirements for landing a Quickdraw.

    On normal, several times against Armstrong, he would do a dashing kick, then immediately do another kick. I would dodge the first kick, then get hit while charging the quickdraw. Trying to dodge during a charge makes Sam release the uncharged version first, so I couldn't even dodge.
    So I started reacting to it with blade mode cancel dodges. :)

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    Incidentally, super-aggressive enemies wouldn't work nearly as well on Raiden as they do on Sam

    If only because Raiden's parry counter is a Hell of a lot stronger (generally)

    Or is it? Maybe not

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  • Blackbird SR-71CBlackbird SR-71C Registered User regular
    Ya'll make me want to finish the Bladewolf DLC and get started on Jetstream Sam's DLC really hard...

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    Wyborn wrote: »
    The only way for Raiden's bosses to give Sam a proper challenge is for them to be as aggressive as Sam's bosses, so the player has to balance whether or not to taunt them

    No amount of aggression ramping would keep Sam from tearing the shit out of Sundowner, though

    That's probably the biggest reasons all of Sam's enemies are so aggressive: if they weren't, his taunt/STRONG combinations would just trivialize every fight completely
    Wyborn wrote: »
    Incidentally, super-aggressive enemies wouldn't work nearly as well on Raiden as they do on Sam

    If only because Raiden's parry counter is a Hell of a lot stronger (generally)

    Or is it? Maybe not

    Weapon upgrades.

    I've seen a no upgrade revengeance run with raiden. Three counters to kill a mastiff.

    Sam with a fully upgraded mura would smash the world.

    Raiden would have no difficulty with Sam speed enemies. One word: Ripper.

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  • Katsuhiro 1139Katsuhiro 1139 Dublin, IrelandRegistered User regular
    I remember playing Metal Gear Solid on the Playstation and hearing The Best is Yet to Come - my Gaeilge was never great, but the words seemed familiar. When I saw in the credits that it was recorded in Temple Bar, Dublin I nearly fell out of my chair!

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    never die wrote: »
    So, is it possible to pre-order Ground Zeroes on the PS4? I was looking all over for it and couldn't find it in the ps store. Which is odd considering the ps3 version is front and center.

    I don't see a pre-order option either, which is odd.

    Oh well, whenever it releases I can just buy it using my phone and then have my console start downloading the game remotely. So, it is not a big deal. But still. Odd.

  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    skeldare wrote: »

    I do like how they prefaced the video by saying Revengeance was excluded because its music was too hype. :P

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    I totally disagree, personally. Don't get me wrong, Revengeance has a great soundtrack and I love working out to it, and its perfect for the kind of game that it is.

    But it doesn't have anywhere near the emotional power, timelessness or beauty of the best songs from MGS.

    I could listen to some MGS songs 10 years from now and still have them move me. Revengeance? It's good but when Guilty Gear Xrd's OST hits it will replace it on my playlists.

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  • Kyoka SuigetsuKyoka Suigetsu Odin gave his left eye for knowledge. I would give far more Registered User regular
    I remember playing Metal Gear Solid on the Playstation and hearing The Best is Yet to Come - my Gaeilge was never great, but the words seemed familiar. When I saw in the credits that it was recorded in Temple Bar, Dublin I nearly fell out of my chair!

    As someone who loves Gaelige it made me very happy to hear some of it in one of my Favourite game series

  • IgortIgort Registered User regular
    Inquisitor wrote: »
    I totally disagree, personally. Don't get me wrong, Revengeance has a great soundtrack and I love working out to it, and its perfect for the kind of game that it is.

    But it doesn't have anywhere near the emotional power, timelessness or beauty of the best songs from MGS.

    I absolutely agree. Some of the songs from MGR are a little too "angst-y," if you ask me.

  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    There's nothing angsty about any of the songs.
    They're all about why people fight. Not about why they go and sulk in a corner.

    Can we please not start ranking music in here? It brings out the absolute worst in people and I don't want to see this thread devolve into that.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    Okay.

    When Heavens Divide is the best Metal Gear Solid song Y/N?

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    Sins Of The Father is up there...

    Oh brilliant
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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    No danger of that considering GZ's release date is tommorow!
    Renzo wrote: »
    Okay.

    When Heavens Divide is the best Metal Gear Solid song Y/N?

    Does it have the lyrics, "The only thing I know for real... THERE WILL BE BLOOD! SHED!"? Then N. :P

  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    P cool mashup of Sam's themes - the vocals of each version go together really well, especially in the chorus

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juDjuHUM-94

    Oh brilliant
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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    No danger of that considering GZ's release date is tommorow!
    Renzo wrote: »
    Okay.

    When Heavens Divide is the best Metal Gear Solid song Y/N?

    Does it have the lyrics, "The only thing I know for real... THERE WILL BE BLOOD! SHED!"? Then N. :P

    Metal Gear Solid, mang.

    Either way, nothing beats "One day, you'll feed on a tree frog."

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    This is true, however, as far as instrumental only goes I don't think anything can top HGW's MGS1 remix for MGS2. That is, for all time, the definitive Metal Gear theme.

  • lodianlodian Coffee Grindhouse Titan VRegistered User regular
    edited March 2014
    never die wrote: »
    So, is it possible to pre-order Ground Zeroes on the PS4? I was looking all over for it and couldn't find it in the ps store. Which is odd considering the ps3 version is front and center.
    It doesn't show up in either column on the store, Coming Soon, Pre-Order, etc. Nor does it show up in the search. Really strange, you think it'd been all over the store front for weeks considering it's history on PlayStation and how the game's creator up and said "Buy it on PS4 please".

    Edit: It's now showing up in the store via search - 9:00pm EST. Still not able to buy it, sad face

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  • never dienever die Registered User regular
    lodian wrote: »
    never die wrote: »
    So, is it possible to pre-order Ground Zeroes on the PS4? I was looking all over for it and couldn't find it in the ps store. Which is odd considering the ps3 version is front and center.
    It doesn't show up in either column on the store, Coming Soon, Pre-Order, etc. Nor does it show up in the search. Really strange, you think it'd been all over the store front for weeks considering it's history on PlayStation and how the game's creator up and said "Buy it on PS4 please".

    Edit: It's now showing up in the store via search - 9:00pm EST. Still not able to buy it, sad face

    It is really amusing because I just want to be like: take my credit card Sony! All the moneys for it!!!! But they won't. I feel like a crack addict whose dealer is refusing me.

    lodian
  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    I will say that I'm generally not a fan of traditional metal(though I love progressive metal) and Revengeance still gets me hyped.

  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    Sins Of The Father is up there...

    It's just so angry and I love it

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    So, do we have any guess when GZ is going to up up for purchase and download? Like, in terms of specific time?

    Edit: Just purchased it off of the webstore for the PS4, hopefully I can start downloading it when I get off work in 10 minutes.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    Dammit, Amazon. I chose release-date delivery for Ground Zeroes, you estimated the 18th, but you shipped it out late and it won't actually arrive today. I am sad.

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    Sins Of The Father is up there...

    It's just so angry and I love it

    You would, Mr Blessed. ;D

    GAME is apparently selling at parity with Amazon, got a gift card so I think I'll be headed in on release day. Maybe they'll have dumb release day tchotchkes.

    Man, it's the same day Second Son comes out. And FFX HD remaster. Basically everything I'm hyped for. I am braced for the "PS4 copy yeah?" "no. PS3. Thanks." "BUT BRO. THE FRAMES PER SECOND BRO!"

    Oh brilliant
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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    Ground Zeros is freaking beautiful.

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    Renzo wrote: »
    Okay.

    When Heavens Divide is the best Metal Gear Solid song Y/N?

    i plan on having it as the music for when you call in the chopper in mgs5

    its a dark night, enemies everywhere, snake makes the call. and suddenly, from the heavens light parts the dark clouds, enemies look up in awe.

    "WHEN HEAVENS DIIIIIIIIIIVIIIIIIIIIIIIIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

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