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[Aromaci]

No spoilers or nothin'

It's Witcher 3 all over again. I play for 4 hrs and at the end of it I feel like I've done nothing and barely dented the story. Though that of course it not really true, I achieved a fair bit.

I love all the base building and management as I did with Peace Walker but I feel like the open world aspect doesn't quite click. There is just too much traveling between locations, the most boring part of any open world game. It doesn't feel as tight as Peace Walker in that respect. Jumping in and out of side ops, recruiting, resource gathering, etc just takes too long, especially if you need to build up your base to unlock items recommended for main missions.

Maybe as I progress and the base gets really going it will become easier. Maybe it's just slow going early on. It's been a while since I played Peace Walker from scratch.

[GasClown]

So far so good for me - I'm still in the hospital bed... lol

[Aromaci]

I just realised the speed at which you progress might be contingent on what kind of recruits you get early on and their stats. I remember people talking about how difficult it was for them to progress in PW, where as for me that wasn't the case. So maybe I'm just getting too many crap recruits. RNG gods dicking me over.

[GasClown]

So far 10 bum cracks out of 10.

[SmokeyPSD]

I haven't been finding that so much Aromaci but then I've been really mindful to not make the same mistake I did with Peace Walker where I went to town fultoning everyone and ended up with a bloated base with useless people lol. Had to dismiss a loooot of people. I find it really good travelling around with D-horse as well. If it's going to be a pretty peaceful trip to somewhere I might put on some tapes of music or even briefings too.

Don't want to spoil it but I love the implementation of the transfer system from GZ too.

[Aromaci]

SmokeyPSD, on 04 September 2015 - 05:39 PM, said:

Don't want to spoil it but I love the implementation of the transfer system from GZ too.

I can't get it to work. Keeps giving network errors.

[Aromaci]

Think I just had something spoiled for me by a Youtube thumbnail.....

[SmokeyPSD]

I must've been lucky with it. The online service is playing up all the time but the transfer went ok. Ahh that sux. I'm not looking at anything at this point

[Aromaci]

Yeah, I'm gonna keep trying to get it uploaded. I really want the bonus stuff.

Also is anyone else finding hard to connect with Big Boss now that he doesn't sound right?

[SmokeyPSD]

I'm actually the complete opposite. Big Boss is more his own character now and differentiates the "Snakes" more. David Hayter got pretty campy even for him in Peace Walker too which is the complete opposite of the tone we're at with MGSV. Not saying specifics but it's not the first time it's been a different voice either

Spoiler

like in the epilogue to MGS4

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[Aromaci]

He talks so little that when he does it's just odd. It's hard to get a feel for his character when he displays so little. And yes in PW Hayter sounded like he was doing a Hayder impression.

[GasClown]

Loving it... the open environment is perfect for this stealth type gameplay. I like the planning before you go in just as much as executing it. Got the little dog and sent him to MB but still doing the C2W mission before I fly back. At least I get some subtitles for the Russian too - was finding it a tad difficult to get any intel.

[SmokeyPSD]

GasClown, on 05 September 2015 - 12:55 PM, said:

Loving it... the open environment is perfect for this stealth type gameplay. I like the planning before you go in just as much as executing it. Got the little dog and sent him to MB but still doing the C2W mission before I fly back. At least I get some subtitles for the Russian too - was finding it a tad difficult to get any intel.

Yeah couldn't agree more, it's great just coming over a hill in free roam and surveying a facility, thinking up an approach and even your own objectives. Reminds me of when you first arrive at the fortress of MGS3, only this time your in complete control.

Something which took me awhile to realize too. If you use the directional up/down buttons directly on the map view there's an entire quick menu I was missing out on for ages which includes a super handy option to remove all waypoints.

[GasClown]

SmokeyPSD, on 06 September 2015 - 12:18 AM, said:

Yeah couldn't agree more, it's great just coming over a hill in free roam and surveying a facility, thinking up an approach and even your own objectives. Reminds me of when you first arrive at the fortress of MGS3, only this time your in complete control.

Something which took me awhile to realize too. If you use the directional up/down buttons directly on the map view there's an entire quick menu I was missing out on for ages which includes a super handy option to remove all waypoints.

Yeah - the menus are a little overwhelming, there's a lot in there to digest. I started to do some side ops now to get some more money in to build up MB. Hopefully get a good lot of hours in today... haven't done that in a game for long while.

[Aromaci]

One good thing about being in an open world is that it gives you plenty of time to listen to tapes. One of the things I didn't like in PW was having to listen to tapes on a static screen.

[Macca101]

It was almost cool.

EDIT: Embed won't work but anyway.

https://www.youtube....h?v=M9u1t929gvI

[GasClown]

Macca101, on 06 September 2015 - 01:12 AM, said:

It was almost cool.

EDIT: Embed won't work but anyway.

https://www.youtube....h?v=M9u1t929gvI

haha - just did that mission... awesome to see how your approach is completely different from mine.

Potential spoiler for those that want to work it out themselves:

Spoiler

Interrogate staff on mother base to get locations of diamonds. Just worked that out accidentally.

[GasClown]

Think I'm only around 5% complete - had a good sitting yesterday on it but I'll admit, I'm not rushing it.

[GasClown]

Took me about an hour and a half just to get to the mission I'm about to do... so many outposts along the way, some of them not so small either.

[Aromaci]

Screenshot. Not a real spoiler, just a funny thing I found.

Spoiler

Someone has been playing silly buggers. 'Are you an Otaku too?'