OnlySP: A major issue I’ve seen over the past few years with the gaming industry is blind hype. What do you mean by blind hype, you ask? Well, read on and I’ll explain.
The Metal Gear series, led by Kojima, pioneered the stealth genre, creating a masterclass in storytelling and gameplay.
No. But MGS5: Ground Zeroes might actually be one of the greatest Game Demo ever, if not the best.
Meh
Great stealth gameplay but the game was just average.
Bland open world that felt lifeless, the story felt shoehorned in, unfinished story etc. The whole thing was just average to me compared to the other main titled games.
I would have rather preferred it if they kept Ground Zeroes for the main game as the opening and the rest of the game turns into a Metal Gear 1 & 2 remake to bring things full circle.
Like hell it is. That was the first time I became aware of being sold an unfinished game and was blown away about blind fanboys saying it was some perfect game.
Yea, the first few chapters were great until they do that thing halfway and make you replay all the missions again. Then little things like capturing animals but only seeing a JPEG unlike 3 where everything was modeled out. Areas were massive, desolate, and boring to look at.
Game was a massive let down for me and the potential was so high for it. Honestly, this was one of the most disappointing games I ever played. What’s worse is it starts off brilliant. You literally play through until you get to the point where you could tell they just stopped developing and then quickly used glue and construction paper to “finish” it and then sold it. Quite frankly, that’s insulting to consumers and fans.
Yes and no. In many ways in was a great game; there's a very strong argument that it has the best gameplay of any MGS game, and that it is one of the more interesting open world "playgrounds" we have gotten, in terms of how the world operates. But as an MGS narrative, it is pretty far down the list, for many reasons.
Whether it's showcasing damage realistically or simulating fractures and conditions, these games are worth checking out.
The Metal Gear series has sold 60.2 million copies, as of September 2023.
...and yet, they couldn't give more respect and effort into the collection.
What a terrible company.
Even Watchdogs had a better variety in missions than MGSV I still can't believe I paid full price for this. What a huge letdown story wise. ;)
Hype isn't the issue here. It's simply an unfinished mess with absolutely piss poor mission structure with a mostly absent story devoid of humor or personality.
I think journalists are to blame aswell, they are the ones who should be doing their research and telling us whether or not a game has a problem or not, if it's worth our hard earned money.
They get so many exclusive walkthroughs with it, interviews with the developers, first footage, behind the scene hands on and even the first people to play the game at special gaming events like E3
So with all that in mind you also have the fact that when the game comes out and they are reviewing it they will be able to pin point any flaws the game in question has, based on their experience they had in the past or when they are playing it in the present.
However they don't tell us most of the time, especially when it's a well respect franchise or depending what developer/publisher are involved.
If we take MGSV as an example then developers should have noted it's repetitive side ops, main missions which were glorified side op missions, Big Boss being devolved as a character, the waste of talents Sutherland was apparently being brought in for, the fact the story goes nowhere (a big focus for the series) and the missing/cut content. So why was that not talked about hardly, why did they still give it 9/10 or 10/10 saying it's better or on par with past MGS titles when it's obviously taken a step back in "MOST" areas.
Are they scared? Do they not want to risk loosing connections? Or what about free shit they get like press kits and other goodies?
This is why we should start to expect better from journalists. I mean they don't have a problem nit picking new IPs to death if they can so they can do it if they want to, so why not all titles regardless what they are or who is involved.
Companies aren't going to stop doing the best they can selling their games to us. How could people not be excited for a new metal gear solid game? The game is actually really good despite the story not being as strong as the other games in the series, what is the point of this article?
As a game, I really enjoy The Phantom Pain. The story is behind Snake Eater, but what were people expecting? The game was made to be approachable with shorter cutscenes. Something had to give.
I still can't agree with everyone suggesting it is repetitive. There are plenty of ways to approach these missions and I simply can't see what others do. In the end, it really doesn't matter. I love the game and will continue to do so. :0)