Metal Gear Scanlon: V - Part 26

If they listened to any of the tapes they would have plenty to talk about. They don't because neither one of them cares about the game at all.

At this point I'm just here for the Dan and Drew conversations as they slog through the second half of the game. Their conversations really helps alleviate what would otherwise be a boring trek through side missions to get to the end. Great commentary is also why the Jeff and Vinny's Persona 4 run maintains decent entertainment value throughout. I don't think I would watch all the fusing and wandering through dungeons without the great commentary between Jeff and Vinny.

Honest question: Why do people come here just to write disrespectful comments? Not watching it and not visiting the comment section is an option. I am enjoying it, and it's frustrating to be greeted by all this vitriol.

@hedfone: Last played for Drew on this game was March 15, which leads me to believe that they`ve got a lot of these in the can. It`s not like it`s taking up much of their time, and some people are still enjoying it.

@amyggen: He hasn't got the achievement for mission 43 yet though, so I bet there's only about one more episode they have stored if any.

People saying "they should listen to the tapes!!!" are a lot like people who say "WWE should push Zack Ryder!!!"

WOOOO!

@javk: Don't watch it then?

Fun Fact: Omar from Wild and Crazy Kids is None other than Omar Gooding. Cuba Gooding Jr. little brother!

It's Bruce Willis

@finaldasa: ok

Something to do while the video plays in the background. Honestly its kind of just white noise at this point.

Soooo. Microphones...

Fucking Huey. The radiation leak is all his fault. Fuck that guy.

Valid question. Personally I try to leave positive comments when I enjoy the content, and criticize when I don't. I like them both, and I feel my comments reflect the level of engagement they have with the game they're playing, which is to say disinterested and dismissive. There's some fun story stuff coming up so hopefully that changes.

Now that I think about it, the last positive comment I left on this series was when Drew beat chapter 1, when Dan played on Drew's relief to be done with this and sprung the whole chapter 2 business on him, genuinely hilarious, though in a schadenfreude sort of way that isn't really a good thing to have in a long form video series.

"Why are we still here? Just to suffer?" Lol That Kaz quote is perfect for this series. I'm still enjoying it and I'm going to miss it when it's gone :/

@dracomaster01: You seriously wanna watch two dudes listen to audio logs for HOURS? That would make for even worse video than what we already have. MGSV is a fine game but it's an awful one for video content like this.

I've already made peace with what this series has become at this point, yet somehow I still get frustrated with how much of the basic stuff they ignore.

If only they knew enough to just take all that money sitting there, make the best battle armor, the best huge machine gun, grenade launcher, missile launcher, etc., they would always be having fun all the time. Forget BOTH the stun smg and the tranq gun!

@badsmalltalker: The series would have been very entertaining if Drew went full Rambo; but of course he didn't bother to develop anything nor bothered to even change his load out for the past 20 episodes! The load-out he's been using is bad for sneaking and ramboing; the luke-warm water of load-outs.

Man, I miss dumb stuff like this. I bet Vinny's way too busy for this sort of stuff, but man stuff like this and the Too Human video are classics.

agreed these tapes were pretty interesting and well done but eh to each their own I guess.

To answer the side quest stuff - was I the only one sad they were not talking about wild and crazy guys and who had never heard of the weird game show like thing they were talking about?

As for comedies that I liked as a kid that would probably be ridiculous now - I give you Ernest goes to camp. Man how I loved this as a kid...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCyCaNt_RBs

I was really stupid.

and talk about what they are listening to somewhat intelligently and how it fits into the lore of the series? Yes! But then I watch a lot of people play visual novels on youtube and talk over them so my tastes may be different.

Yeah, this is exactly how I feel too. Imagine if Dan hadn't told Drew to not bother with developing stuff and they had just kept on going down the "tech tree", they would be blazing through the game now with way more powerful weapons and more versatile tools.

THERE ARE HEAT-SEEKING MULTI-MISSILE ROCKET LAUNCHERS, GRENADE-SHOOTING PISTOLS, ARMOR-PIERCING SNIPER RIFLES, AUTOMATIC SHOTGUNS, A ROCKET ARM, A FULLY UPGRADED D-WALKER THAT CAN EQUIP A FLAMETHROWER OR ANTI-TANK MISSILES, A FULLY UPGRADED HELICOPTER THAT CAN TAKE ON MULTIPLE ENEMY CHOPPERS, A FULLY UPGRADE BATTLE DRESS THAT CAN WITHSTAND EXPLOSIONS, AND SO MUCH GODDAMN MORE

ugh this game is so goddamn good but just clearly not drew's kind of game

To pick up a coin with a forklift, you just set the end of the fork down on the edge of the coin and it flips up into the fork. its not as hard as it sounds

I think Metal Gear Scanlon is my favourite movie podcast.

These features seem less and less fun now that both Dan and Drew have checked out.

It's funny how much people have turned on MGS5 and people thought I was crazy for thinking it was boring and lifeless back in September.

This is just not good. The lack of effort puts me off.

Dan says "Zojirushi?! What's that?" followed by amazing chopper explosion.

That's why I watch Metal Gear Scanlon.

How close are they to the end? You know, that one mission? I just want to see Drews reaction to that one.

Once again, still shocked that Dan Ryckert has not had his ass kicked over some of these pranks.

I kind of wish they were listening to the yellow tapes, at least. They're getting zero of the story. The yellow tapes are meant to be listened to as soon as you get them, so that you still get story. (I think yellow tapes should have been actual codec cutscenes with talking heads that play automatically, so people didn't just skip them)

@thomascro: "Lack of effort" might be the best way to sum up people's frustrations with this season.

Reading all these posts on tapes just makes me remember that I sat in the ACC and listened to every single one like that. Because if I was out doing side ops or anything, I wouldn't be listening to the tapes. So I sat in the choppah. For a total of like 5 hours.

I'd say it was definitely worth it in the end, though.

Also for some reason I just thought about the customization glitch for guns. It was fantastic. Silent, near-hitscan "rocket" launcher with like 600 shots. Zero splash damage but it murdered anything it hit. 200 round mags for tranq sniper and pistols...silent rubber AR (also with 200rd/mags)...god, I broke that game near the end.

Edit: Flair vs Bear is amazing.

I guess my overall feeling here is that neither Dan nor Drew give a shit about the game and I can't blame them. Drew is fed up with the bullshit it wants him to do, Dan has stated he still likes this game, but trying to stick up for it would be kind of insulting to Drew because he recognizes that Drew's perspective is valid. Hell, I was past the first ending when I started watching this series and it actually kind of killed my own interest to some degree. So my question becomes, why keep going?

One of the main things that I remember Jeff and Ryan saying years ago was that the small, focused nature of Giant Bomb explicitly let the staff not have to cover shit they didn't care about so they could be having fun with their job. Drew has flatly stated he would have stopped playing a long time ago if it weren't for this series, so why not just do that? If it's about the content surely they can find something else to do that actually interests them (I still think co-op Peace Walker would have been amazing, alas), but keeping this feature going on lifesupport feels sad at best and pandering at worst.

I think the problem is less Dan and Drew and more the fact that MGSV just was never a good fit for this kind of endurance run feature.

It has none of the charm and quirks of Deadly Premonition or Persona or any of the MGS's, it's just a very long repetitive open world game with some interesting mechanics. An Assassin's Creed game or Far Cry wouldn't work with this type of thing, MGSV is no exception.

Drew is taking 'Punished' Drew to a kind of poetic extreme with this series.

Take on Jeff

or they don't give a shit about the game because of the experience they've had so far (which is partly their fault, but is water under the bridge at this point) and are just dragging their way through to get to the end for the sake of everyone involved. You're assuming some weird disdain for the audience, they're probably assuming that people want to see the last bit of this finally finished off and are doing their best to get through it. If you don't like it don't watch it?

@theshrubber: It would've been nice if they listened to at least some of the yellow tapes, rather than none. The whole context for rescuing the children was pretty much lost; except for the last tape Drew listened to.

Euchre is just OK. Now, 500, there is a trick-taking game.

Does anyone still even watch this?

I remember back with the first MGS when people wanted Dan to stop giving tips. I really wish people had let Dan be more open about stuff.

I'm late to watching this, but I just wanted to say I really appreciated Drew's "stop talking" reference from Ryan's This Aint No Game episode of Hitman. That series got me watching giant bomb to begin with, and I watch through the whole thing like once a year. And that bit, which I believe is the handy work of one Vincenzo Caravella, is utterly hilarious!

Also, hey! The idroid voice is Australian! Not British!!!

The tapes aren't cutscenes, they're optional codecs calls. They just put all the story in the optional calls instead of the cutscenes, for some reason. Probably because they hired an actor they could only afford ten lines from to play the main character.

The video is broken it seems.

Metal Gear Scanlon V - Part 27

They sure did make some choices with this game.