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MGS5 not launching until Apr 2014-Mar 2015, new smaller MGS game before March 2014
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bigboss370
Member
Yeah 3 years between reveal and release sounds about right. So glad we get something by March 2014 though, hopefully its Ground Zeroes.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
I hate it when people make posts like this, but im going to make one myself: this was obvious. Not the part about a smaller mgs game which could be ground zeroes or something else entirely, but certainly the part about Phantom Pain. If you're even remotely familiar with how long these mgs games take, this was extremely obvious.
They didn't actually rule out a MGS 5 in April 2014 btw. don't worry until we get a release date, personally I'd guess around October 2014.
Diddy Kong
Banned
dat Miiverse leak?
Was it any good?
Exactly, it should be anywhere between April 2014 - March 2015, as it says in the title. I think end of 2014 sounds plausible.
shinobi602
Member
Was anyone actually expecting it before April?
CambriaRising
Member
Not in the slightest.
dragonelite
Member
Wtf why even reveal over a year before release...
Inbe4 60 to 30fps downgrade.
Inbe4 60 to 30fps downgrade.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I hope. I need that game deep inside of me. Fuck waiting until 2015.
DerZuhälter
Member
Phantom Pain - Nov 14
Ground Zeroes - Mar 14
Sounds ok to me.
Ground Zeroes - Mar 14
Sounds ok to me.
sechsterangriff
Member
Maybe they'll actually launch Ground Zeroes as a separate product?
Gun Animal
Member
I don't know man, it's definitely not like MGS1~MGS4 but the stealth sections (probably at least a fifth of the areas in the game could be played stealth) reminded me of Metal Gear 1's simple stealth system: enemies have a pixel-thin line of sight, and they can't see you when you're sitting in a box. Sure it's mostly combat, but MGS has never been all stealth: MGS1 had at least 12 forced combat sections including bosses and regular enemies. How many actual stealth 'levels' did it have, if you went to counting them? Hell, all but one of the main MGS games has let you play with a HF sword. (MGS: VR's Grey Fox Missions, MGS2's Olga's sword, MGS4/MGO's playable Raiden.)
There's even a wooden sword in MGR so that you can pacifist-run through everything but bosses. It's not exactly the same, but then neither is any other game in the series; they're all incredibly different from the last, to the point that every single entry has it's own group of purists who insist it was the last 'true' Metal Gear game. Actually, I'd argue that MGR is a better stealth game than MGS4, since it least it requires you to pay attention to patrol patterns and line of sight instead of just slowly worm-dancing right in front of people through every stage.
Even then, plot and character development are supposed to be the most important aspect of the series, and I'd say Rising has the best in both those departments since Snake Eater.
Metal Gear fans did what they generally do: develop insane conspiracy theories based on equal parts off-hand twitter comments and wishful thinking. The summer multiplayer beta window has already passed, so if there isn't a gameplay exhibit at Gamescom I think that dumb theory can be put to rest. I thought maybe a spring 2k14 release was possible because that's when the last two games came out, but again, wishful thinking.
sixteen-bit
Member
not if you know the series' release history
phosphor112
Banned
Yep.
Captain Pants
Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
Yes! MGA2 was phenomenal.
A multiplayer game? Please? Pretty please?
Or just an MGO port for Vita. I'd even take that. I can't wait until 2015 for a new MGO
I fully endorse this post. Someone get Kojima on the line.
AHA-Lambda
Member
So the smaller game is almost certainly Ground Zeroes. The fiscal year target also isn't surprising.
TheJollyCorner
Member
MGSV, FFXV, TLG!
Games of the Year 2015 right ther' !!
Games of the Year 2015 right ther' !!
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Ghost Babel-type game for 3DS.
AuthenticM
Member
I don't know how I feel about them releasing MGS5's prologue as a stand-alone. Is it a good thing ? I think I want to play the whole thing at the same time.
Unknown One
Member
Less money in Konami's pockets for 2014 then.
Palette Swap
Member
I'd love a small XBLA/PSN sized prologue. It wouldn't be anything new: I'm one of these people who bought the MGS2 demo and got ZOE with it.
Edit: if we knew their forecasts for this smaller title, we'd have a better idea about what kind of game it is.
Edit: if we knew their forecasts for this smaller title, we'd have a better idea about what kind of game it is.
You wouldn't like to play Tanker in 2000 before trying out the Big Shell in 2001? Works for me.
That's what you did anyway with the ZOE demo. This time there's no ZOE and you pay for the demo.
-Plasma Reus-
Service guarantees member status
6 years.
Yenrot, please.
shinobi602
Member
Same. I don't like it at all. I sure as hell am not paying full price for both.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
MGO3 standalone.
Lets do this.
Lets do this.
Gun Animal
Member
Maybe they'll bundle it with Lords of Shadow 2 or PES 2014. On one hand, they used Kojima's involvement to give Lords of Shadow the Metal Gear bump, it would make sense that they'd do it again. On the other hand, PES is cross-gen... I hope it's PES. :<
If it's standalone, how much did Dead Rising 2: Case Zero cost at launch? Can't imagine them going higher than ten bux.
Whoops, could've sworn it was. my bad. Definately hope it's either LOS2 or stand-alone in that case.
Must have missed it what did it say?
No, no it isn't.
Alright, that's what I like to hear! That would be just perfect, people were getting ready for MGS4 with MGO Beta, so why not release MGO3 on current gen(or both) in the meantime.
If they do decide to release Ground Zeroes as a standalone, I'd be very surprised if it was the same price as a full retail game. They know if they did charge that much most people would just wait for the complete game.
AuthenticM
Member
I didn't do that with the Tanker chapter and I wouldn't have done so had I known about ZOE.
I would very much like it if they made, from the ground-up, a stand-alone thing similar to Case Zero for Dead Rising 2; that is, content that is supplemental to the main game and not the beginning or prologue.
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