Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-4913740-20140918101511



So here it is: the muchly anticipated TGS 2014 demonstration for MGSV.

First off, the new setting they showed off is Africa. Finally, something different from the dry deserts of Afghanistan. I'm pretty excited about Africa - while I don't expect this setting to be as big as Afghanistan, the fact that they had to zoom in on the map still to find specific locations suggests it will still be expansive. Which is great, I would've been slightly disappointed if the only majorly large area was Afghanistan.

Secondly, dat Sneaking Suit. They could've just gone a boring route and left the GZ suit as the only available Sneaking Suit, but they included this sweet MGS1-style suit as well.

Thirdly, there seems to be more customisation options than just uniform and base colour palette. Snake appears to have some sort of yellow/golden hand in this demo, so unless it's simply a story-dictated thing (which I highly doubt; practically everything in this game is being designed so that it is player-driven), then colouring your prosthetic arm in-game could be an option. Even though it's a slight novelty, it's one I would appreciate; I enjoy character individuality in games.

The thing with having a support buddy option (even more so having Quiet as an available support buddy) is just that - an option. People are continually complaining about the features in this game, like the Fulton. The basic premise is that YOU drive the gameplay. That means that all these options can be available, and you can elect to keep them to a bare minimum. People seem to ignore that and complain all the same. I think I'll use support buddies in moderation for my first playthrough, and go crazy for subsequent ones; after all, I want to try and complete it in all the different possible ways that I can.

I'm still in progress of watching this demo, so I don't have answers to everything (like Snake's weird ground-pound move that indicated enemies? Or motion-detected things or something?)

Everybody feel free to turn this into a rad discussion about your thoughts and opinions on what we've seen.  