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I did my entire playthrough using Hymn of the Soviet Union for the helicopter music, and I have no regrets.
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Dunno if it got posted, but the latest The New Yorker has a really cool article about TPP: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/06/playing-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain (and a follow-up interview here: https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/jamil-jan-kochai-01-06-20)
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Captain Hygiene posted:Honestly pretty tempted by the prospect of Always a good time to post this gem: https://twitter.com/afrokami/status/1099765080697253888
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Necrothatcher posted:Dunno if it got posted, but the latest The New Yorker has a really cool article about TPP: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/06/playing-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain This was a good read. It's great to hear opinions about the game's setting besides "deserts suck" from white gamers.
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Interesting reads, thanks for linking. I like the idea of a simultaneous connect/disconnect particularly in relation to MGS, and it's interesting to have that captured by a non-white gamer with cultural stakes in it. Even if the Afghanistan in the game is just an "idea" of what Soviet-occupied Afghanistan might look like, it's cool that it was somewhat validated in places by the writer's difficult memories and experiences. I thought that process, combined with the shock of not shooting brown people in a video game for once, was captured quite well in the story, now that I've had time to digest it.
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Steam decided to delete my current run-through of MGS V after 68 hours. No backups or system restore points or anything can save it. Found someone else's game from the same point online and goddamn - his staff, stuff and heroism are crap (it was probably a no-frills run to get a save at that point tbf). gently caress Steam.
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Neurosis posted:Steam decided to delete my current run-through of MGS V after 68 hours. No backups or system restore points or anything can save it. Found someone else's game from the same point online and goddamn - his staff, stuff and heroism are crap (it was probably a no-frills run to get a save at that point tbf). gently caress Steam. That's terrible, considering the possibility that a person could have spent actual money to get the in-game currency to do/get something, and then see it disappear like this.
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AllisonByProxy posted:Always a good time to post this gem  Neurosis posted:Steam decided to delete my current run-through of MGS V after 68 hours. No backups or system restore points or anything can save it. Found someone else's game from the same point online and goddamn - his staff, stuff and heroism are crap (it was probably a no-frills run to get a save at that point tbf). gently caress Steam. Any idea if that's a known issue with the steam version? I ended up picking it up and sorta feel like screwing around with it and some mods now that I'm between games.
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Might be because I'm using some mods - but I've been using them a while with no problem. Could also be because I did something funny with how I closed it during a sync or something. Edit My mission ranks are the same as are the FOBs I'd opened (locations, anyway - facilities are gone). So some things are backed up separately. Neurosis fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Jan 21, 2020 |
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Peace Walker is full of dumb and ridiculous poo poo, but by far the most unbelievable thing in the entire game is right at the end when Strangelove suddenly has the hots for Huey for some reason. What the gently caress does she see in that pathetic dweeb?
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Necrothatcher posted:Peace Walker is full of dumb and ridiculous poo poo, but by far the most unbelievable thing in the entire game is right at the end when Strangelove suddenly has the hots for Huey for some reason. What the gently caress does she see in that pathetic dweeb? They do sort of end up saving it by later implying that she only wants him for his man juice at least (why him I don't know, just convenience I guess), though in the context of PW alone it's still pretty bad. Not as bad as her going from lesbian/bisexual to pervert, if not outright paedophile, in Paz's tapes though!
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Hedgehog Pie posted:They do sort of end up saving it by later implying that she only wants him for his man juice at least I make a point of stocking Mother Base with only the finest male specimens, make them run around in speedos waving bananas at people and she goes for Huey... Pfft.
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it's odd how the mgs series makes you forget that nearly everyone is a villain except otakon, solid, raiden and sunny (in order from still kinda bad to least).Neurosis posted:Steam decided to delete my current run-through of MGS V after 68 hours. No backups or system restore points or anything can save it. Found someone else's game from the same point online and goddamn - his staff, stuff and heroism are crap (it was probably a no-frills run to get a save at that point tbf). gently caress Steam.
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I'm in absolute awe of this bonus Japan-only Peace Walker tape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaABZqW4DNg
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Necrothatcher posted:I'm in absolute awe of this bonus Japan-only Peace Walker tape Merry belated Christmas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK8FktCxNp8
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All Boss wants to do is crank some Europe and catch up on Mother Base stuff, and this wacko won't stop showing off his master plan
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The cutscenes are fine, Kojima has never been a remotely good writer of dialogue so the monologues complement his style. It's also one of the reasons why Sutherland's a better Snake - He can be Grunt Coolguy and only has to sell a slim few anime howlers ("I'm already a demon", "I won't scatter your ashes to the heartless sea" etc)
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Basic Chunnel posted:The cutscenes are fine, Kojima has never been a remotely good writer of dialogue so the monologues complement his style. It's also one of the reasons why Sutherland's a better Snake - He can be Grunt Coolguy and only has to sell a slim few anime howlers ("I'm already a demon", "I won't scatter your ashes to the heartless sea" etc) He's also apparently very expensive because that's like 1/4 of his lines.
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I never hated the stock footage/random animations of things cutscenes as much as most people anyway (at their best I think they have a nice avant-garde cinema quality) but Skull Face gesturing to no one about his nonsensical master plan whilst Snake is sat just inches away from him with a bored look on his face made me actively miss them. At least it lets you use your iDroid, deftly capturing the experience of you wiling away the time on your phone whilst on a bad date. Also, the song is distinctly unmemorable. I have an easier time remembering the Celine Dion one from Peace Walker even.
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Basic Chunnel posted:The cutscenes are fine, Kojima has never been a remotely good writer of dialogue so the monologues complement his style. It's also one of the reasons why Sutherland's a better Snake - He can be Grunt Coolguy and only has to sell a slim few anime howlers ("I'm already a demon", "I won't scatter your ashes to the heartless sea" etc) He didn’t sell them. He sounded bored. Hayter fits the material better.
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Hayter was dreadful in his last couple of turns in the role before he was finally gotten rid of. He wasn't selling anything either.
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Seemlar posted:Hayter was dreadful in his last couple of turns in the role before he was finally gotten rid of. He wasn't selling anything either. Excuse me but “You were the lightning in that rain.”
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Lol it’s not the job of Metal Gear VAs to sell anything but camp.
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Hideo, you can write this poo poo but you certainly can't sa- oh forget it.
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I think Kiefer runs the gamut from good to bad, sometimes quiet and somber works well with the story in a way that David Hayter probably wouldn't, but then there are lots of times where that really does get awkward and noticeable, or he feels flat where campiness would really be appreciated. The story's odd enough that I honestly can't imagine one or the other pulling it off completely. In short, Venom is a Snake of contrasts.
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Hedgehog Pie posted:Also, the song is distinctly unmemorable. I have an easier time remembering the Celine Dion one from Peace Walker even. Anyone who can't hear "wooooahhh hoooo" when someone lights a cigar is a XOF agent
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Look Sir Droids posted:He didn’t sell them. He sounded bored. All it would have taken was for Hayter to do Ground Zeroes and Sutherland to do TPP and it'd have all made sense...
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It’s mostly unmemorable because its big moment happens at the same time as a pretty boring one narratively, visually, and gameplay-wise. Snake Eater gets the James Bond intro, an even better version during the final boss fight, and came out of nowhere for that ladder and became its own thing entirely. Heaven’s Divide gets a boss fight. All the themes show up in a (copyright friendly) form during the MGS4 fist fight.
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Purple Monkey posted:Anyone who can't hear "wooooahhh hoooo" when someone lights a cigar is a XOF agent That's literally the only bit I can hear in my head!
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Necrothatcher posted:All it would have taken was for Hayter to do Ground Zeroes and Sutherland to do TPP and it’d have all made sense… Sometimes I think this, and then I think that it would have been good to have him play Ishmael too, but then I think that would have given away the twist ending.
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CassandraZara posted:Sometimes I think this, and then I think that it would have been good to have him play Ishmael too, but then I think that would have given away the twist ending. Yeah, I like that idea but I don't know if it could coexist with the twist. I don't have a real feel for how much of a surprise the twist was for folks in general though (hardcore internet sleuths aside), since I came in well after the release and from outside the franchise.
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The game itself undermines the twist before you would even think of it as one, since it has you create a character before you even see Venom. I still really hate this twist and feel like it was the most pointless, terribly handled thing. I'm still not sure if Kaz knew that entire time. Was that conversation with Ocelot before the main game, or after? If it was before then that just undermines the revenge plot even more.
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CassandraZara posted:Sometimes I think this, and then I think that it would have been good to have him play Ishmael too, but then I think that would have given away the twist ending.
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Snake in MGSV sounds like he's sick of this poo poo all over again. In other words perfect.
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Momomo posted:I'm still not sure if Kaz knew that entire time. Was that conversation with Ocelot before the main game, or after? If it was before then that just undermines the revenge plot even more. Kaz didn't know. All he was told was that Big Boss was in a coma somewhere secret and they'd send him a message when he woke up. The conversation he has with Ocelot is after the main game. He's swearing revenge in that call specifically because he was deceived by Ocelot and Big Boss for the entirety of the game
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