But if we're lucky, he'll make some sort of spiritual successor to the series that'll show people Metroidvanias are still fucking awesome.
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It's the one game that should be impossible to fuck up. So don't fuck it up, WB.
Now to sit back and await the Kickstarter.
Yeah I was assuming mobile or rushed XBLA/PSN/etc game. At least Gauntlet Legends had a style to it, this just looks bland.
This was basically my reaction as well. We're going to get a Metriodvania game sooner or later now... and the Konami won't be getting any of that money.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...gear-solid-5-ground-zeroes-in-just-10-minutes
So, apparently you can blast through Metal Gear Ground Zeroes in about 10 minutes if you try.
Eurogamer still gave it a 9/10, so it must be pretty fuckin' good.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-03-17-metal-gear-solid-5-ground-zeroes-review
So, apparently you can blast through Metal Gear Ground Zeroes in about 10 minutes if you try.
Eurogamer still gave it a 9/10, so it must be pretty fuckin' good.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-03-17-metal-gear-solid-5-ground-zeroes-review
Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson had good stuff to say about it, even when suffering from a Ghost Pepper.
All the recent Metal Gear games have been about 10minutes of gameplay and 15+hrs of cutscenes.... yet they're still some of the best games released every single time. (With the exception of Revengeance)
While I would say that Snake Eater IS, by far, the best, I'd also rank Peace Walker really high up the list. I don't know why... maybe it's because the story really wasn't about the Cuban Missile Cirsis and such, but instea the relationship between Big Boss and The Boss, but it's definitely the best story of the series.
I tried playing the first metal gear game that came out on PS4. Nothing made any goddamn sense to me, people kept talking in what on its surface sounded like english but the words didn't seem to mean anything, and then a giant robot moo'ed at me.
I don't think Metal Gear is for me.*
*Except for that one where you're a cyborg slicing the ever living shit out of everything. That I can get behind.
I don't think Metal Gear is for me.*
*Except for that one where you're a cyborg slicing the ever living shit out of everything. That I can get behind.
You jumped in way too late. I'd recommend picking up Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection. It has all the games that matter to the story. Play them in this order.
- Snake Eater
- Peace Walker
- Metal Gear (on Snake Eater Disc)
- Metal Gear 2 (on Snake Eater Disc)
- Metal Gear Solid
- Metal Gear Solid 2
- Metal Gear Solid 4
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengance
That'll give you the entire story thus far (minus the Mobile Ops stuff, which isn't important anyway). If you like those, pick up Ground Zeros (which is between Peace Walker and Metal Gear Solid 5), then pick up The Phantom Pain if you dig THAT.
$75?! I think I'll just continue not playing Metal Gear.[DOUBLEPOST=1395193533,1395193207][/DOUBLEPOST]I'm going to take Gilgamesh's disagree to mean he's going to buy it for me
Totally.I'm going to take Gilgamesh's disagree to mean he's going to buy it for me
GasBandit
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Oh man. You poor bastard. You have no idea.
I, too, haven't played a Metal Gear since the NES. But I've tried to read up on the plot to understand some memes about the later ones and such... and let me tell you... it's some twisty convoluted knotball stuff.
There is, um, a lot to catch up on. You can definitely wiki a bunch of it, but I would highly recommend playing at least MGS1 and MGS3 (Snake Eater) at the very least.
I just can't get into the games. I've played Metal Gear on NES, which was kind of a mess, and tried MGS1 and 3. Just not for me, I guess.
I've been meaning to finish MGS1, but my playstation 2 is old, decrepit and has a busted reader.
I feel ya, makes 'em look a pixely. I wish my standard didn't break down, but cest la vie.
Mine is always blurry. I tried to replay some RPGs a few months ago and it made me feel like I needed glasses.
GasBandit
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Its main problem is not the resolution but that its resolution is not evenly divisible into 1080p, and it scales poorly with duplicated pixel crap. It would look way better on an emulator on a PC's LCD, because there you can control the scaling to be a direct multiple of your own pixels and even do some pixel upsampling/interpolation/antialiasing. PCSX2 looks interesting but I can't be bothered to figure out how to dump the bios out of my PS2, especially when my steam backlog is so huge.
If you have a PS3, you can use the same cable from that for your PS2. If not, you need to buy one of these.
That'll give you HD inputs, which should look quite a bit better on HD LCD. Not GREAT, but way better than otherwise.
GasBandit
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Man, you can really see the difference in the buttresses at the top of the screen. That's not just interpolation, that's a flat out higher resolution. Emulation sure has come a long way from back in the day.
FFXII is strange, in that if you look at the PS2 version on console, it actually feels like it's scaled down. The textures are incredible, but couldn't be shown in their full glory. Check this shit out:
Spoiler'd for size. From what I understand that's just playing in HD on an emulator, no texture packs or anything. That's fucking amazing for a PS2 game, even if it was one of the end-of-cycle games.
Spoiler'd for size. From what I understand that's just playing in HD on an emulator, no texture packs or anything. That's fucking amazing for a PS2 game, even if it was one of the end-of-cycle games.
No, you should totally spend $75 and play through eight games just so you can buy and play a ninth one.$75?! I think I'll just continue not playing Metal Gear.[DOUBLEPOST=1395193533,1395193207][/DOUBLEPOST]I'm going to take Gilgamesh's disagree to mean he's going to buy it for me
GasBandit
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Epic has announced/unveiled Unreal Engine 4, and its price is very reasonable - $19 a month (and which doesn't pull your game from shelves when you stop your subscription later, it just prevents you from getting engine updates/patches) plus 5% of gross. Very, very affordable for small dev houses.
There's a new update video release for Mighty No. 9, this time showcasing some of the abilities and bosses.