Quick Look: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

I still don't understand why any of this is a thing, MGS is juvenile, cheesy, anime-ish but most importantly: boring

WHY!? Someone make me understand!?

GOD DAMMIT CHLOE THERE ISNT TIME!!!!

I am waiting for Soliquidous Bosselot.

Don't care about cardboard boxes not being in this game. I never used them, and the most I get out of it is like a 5 second gag referencing older MGS titles so no big deal there.

Also good to see that many gameplay elements from Peace Walker exist in the game.

@ap2000: You can hold the controller upside down to mimic the god awful original's layout.

POW!

I wish brad would of poked around more in some of the post-game missions and stuff. Little disappoitned by the ground they covered in the quick look, but still. Overall excited to play this.

Still not too happy with sutherland though, no weight to it. :/

Is Jeff an MGS2 guy?

If it was only the first game, I would disagree, but fuck man. They totally just went off the cliff with this series. Kojima is a fucking terrible story teller. And I was such a big fan of that first MGS game. And then they just started throwing all this shit at it and it might be fine except it they treat it like a super serious drama, just look at the trailer for Phantom Pain. It is like Kojima thinks each of these games has an important message and is equivalent to an Oscar caliber movie. And I keep coming back hoping it will be good and not stupid anymore, but that doesn't happen.

I feel robbed and hate kiefer sutherland as snake it destroys the game to not have david in my opinion he has the voice that made snake an icon. great job on destroying the only game thats going to make you guys at konami money. please somebody start a petition to get david back its the only way I will be buying this game.

petition started!

Man this looks good in 60fps.

Almost makes me want to buy a PS4. But pestering Konami about a PC version would be even better. Just tell me how many additional copies of Rising I need to buy.

Wow, some of that foliage and terrain lod pops in real close to the camera.

Why isn't Jeff playing more games instead of just being the wing man?

There's a podcast where they talk about the MG series in detail. I'm pretty sure Jeff loves the crazy, OTT Metal Gear games like 2 and 4.

@agmaster: I get the same feeling! And if so, I say hell yeah! Here here. MGS2 is the best. Yeah. I said it. Come at me internet.

MGS Peacewalker is a fantastic HANDHELD game. It captures the best pockets of missions from MGS II and III. Unfortunately, the entire fifth chapter of the game is absolute bullshit and Kojima should be shamed. SOOOOOOOOO REPETITIVE!

At least they got Kiefer freaking Sutherland voicing Snake. Us Splinter Cell fans got stuck with some random dude that apparently played Flash Gordon in Blacklist.

If they weren't stupid, no one would care. There's 2 things people come to MGS for - the ridiculous stupid crazy over the top story and the really good stealth gameplay, if you lost one of those things, it just wouldn't be the same.

I think Brad actually gave this thing a fair assessment. Glad to see they aren't super negative on it like a lot of other outlets apparently are.

I'd like to use this space to remind everyone that Chaos Theory is an amazing game that holds up really well and is actually longer than 1 hour.

It feels weird every time this is referenced as a game. I can't get past the paid for demo mentality. I remember playing the SWAT 3 demo endlessly, even though it was just one mission. I fail to see how this is not a similar case. It is totally disingenuous to think of this product as anything but the same. Maybe such an argument would have carried more weight when the GT5 prologue was released, I'm not sure. I assume this mission will not be in the main game, in which case welcome to the most expensive pre-release DLC you've seen. Welcome to next gen.

"Tell me how you want me to play it."

Classic Brad QL

@agmaster: He said he was a MGS2 and MGS4 guy.

I agree, its also very weird when Brad is very excited about a game and stops him self from wanting to tell the story, it makes me very intrested about the game play.

HELL YES.

This isn't going to be part of the main game and it is more than just one mission, there's like 4 other ones you unlock later and 1 secret one. It all takes place on the same map, but it is pretty big.

Yeah, basically. The first game is the only one I would say has a legitimately good story, even if some parts could have been handled with a little more grace. The silly stuff came off as much more earnest and properly hammed-up, and the crazy bosses seemed more supernatural or paranormal rather than all anime/cartoonish the other games get to be. MGS3 was great too, a lot of the character work was slick and fun - it just wasn't as tight and consistent as 1 was, and obviously got way crazier.

I would say 2 is still my favorite, just for the minimalist but still deep gameplay (holding dudes up is still a blast in these games!) and just how fucking funny and wild it got.

This here is another MGS phenomenon I just don't get... Why is worldwide famous Kojima Productions getting a pass with this blatantly obvious milking demo?

Have any other dev put something like this, it would be outrageous.

I'm with Jeff on the Metal Gear franchise, 2, 4 and to a lesser extent 1 are the games I care about. Snake Eater played and looked great but I just couldn't care less about the story or characters in that game.

No PC D:

Guess I'll have to buy a PS4 soon.

"Does that sound like Snake to you?"

"NOPE."

This.

"Kept you waiting, huh?"

God, I hate how up-its-own-ass this fucking series is. I hate it so much.

@brad There is an ADS/scope view option:

Ready your weapon with L2, then hit R1.

Kiefer's voice feels just... wrong. I want David Hayter back :(

Or Kurt Russell.

Garrett, Sam Fisher, and Snake have all had their voice actors change. Agent 47 is the last of the big stealth hero's to not have his voice change.

getting real tired of watching Brad pace back and forth in every Quick Look. Guy can not talk and play at the same time.

I'm not even a big MGS fan, but dropping Hayter killed the character. Sutherland is unremarkable.

Have to disagree with Jeff too, the Big Boss games have the most interesting storylines and settings.

@kevin_cogneto: that line actually is more humours than being up its own ass. There's a reason that line is quoted so often. If you don't get the reference, I can't help. Check yoself before you wreak yoself bro.

You've basically proven my point.

Yea doesnt look all that great. Still cant believe they dropped Hayter. Unless he was asking for too much money I cant see why. I couldnt imagine Keifer was cheaper.

Step 4: Add three ground zeros, mix well.

EDIT: Unconscious enemies scream while falling. In a game from a premier developer. And it seems to be working as intended.

Hey, remember when this was a stealth series?

I do not, repeat, do NOT care what anyone or everyone says. This series has the most amazing stories and characters. I love MGS 4. I can see why snake eater may be other's. I honestly enjoyed them every single console game in the series. the handheld stuff I just couldnt get into. I love how serious this series can be but also how over the top it is at times. I hope they can somehow keep the boss fights in 5 on par with the excellent track record MGS has over the previous 4 games.

There is also a small feeling deep within me (about the size of a single nanomachine) that there is some sort of trick Kojima is playing that will have David Hayter return as the voice of Solid Snake. A man can dream. A man can, dream.

Project IGI was infinitely better.

I can feel where you're coming from. I've forced myself to accept changes in iconic voices before (Starcraft 2 comes to mind), but really the over-all game experience is lessened for it. In this case, at least from watching this video, its almost jarring now much it feels like his voice is wrong.

Skull Face Killa

The moment that the still frame for this video is from, the snake reveal, REALLY makes me think of the Pixar lamp turning to face the camera.

Goddamnit, these bolts are metric! I only have an imperial socket wrench! D:

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Hmm... let's say you're unconscious because of momentary lack of oxygen to the brain (being choked by Snake); if thrown over a cliff, does your equilibrium shock your brain into waking you up before you hit the water?

Vinny, I need your VinnCo science research team to test this.

WHERE'S THE BOMB....WHERE IS IT!?!?!

I feel like Jeff had Robocop on the mind during this.