Metal Gear Solid V Ground Zeroes review

[Uli]

I don't often get scandalized by games, but on this occasion I do feel like I've been ripped off.

yep, 30 Euro game demos and full-price multiplayer-online-only... welcome to the next-gen of console gaming!

[djtickle]

Just done my first run through and I clocked in at 44mins. I feel like the map it pretty poorly laid out which made the ground zeros mission to easy.

Loved the start to the new story though and Keifer is a great snake, the end cut scene feels like something out of 24.

->Open Spoiler<-

The bit with the bombs in Paz

Hopefully the extra missions will make it feel like its worth the money.

[Uli]

it wont. it's a demo and it feels like it. none of the extra missions diminishes this. i am almost sure Konami will include it as a prologue in the full game so we pay for it twice. or even worse make it available for free as a promo just before the release of Phantom Pain.

my main gripe with this demo are a few strange gameplay decisions, like turning enemies into Killzone-like bullet sponges and headshots no longer killing immediately - if it's not a bug with the Xbox One version. first person gunplay feels crappy too.

here's a spot on review by Angry Joe. everyone who still hasn't played through the main mission be warned though, there are STORY SPOILERS in form of cutscenes AHEAD:

[Guts]

Why did you buy it then?

[Family Fry]

Check out this true current gen gameplay.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=F0E143D9045F9167!2033&authkey=!AEhDKy8BTwNSh1s&ithint=video%2c.mp4

[djtickle]

it wont. it's a demo and it feels like it. none of the extra missions diminishes this. i am almost sure Konami will include it as a prologue in the full game so we pay for it twice. or even worse make it available for free as a promo just before the release of Phantom Pain.

I went back and did the ground zeroes mission again and got a S rank which felt pretty good. I then did the 1st extra mission, Eliminate the Renegade Threat which was difficult to S rank. After about 10-15 goes I managed to get it down and got a S rank finishing it in around 6mins.

Shame it doesn't have leader-boards would have been a nice addition. If the main game is going to be mission based like this it has the potential to be massive.

['Press Start']

Check out this true current gen gameplay.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resi...t=video%2c.mp4

WHAT! Is that for real?

Edit: Just watched it again and realised it is worse then I thought. I thought it was just a video showing how many shots you can take. The solider in front can't shoot through the scripted AI door opening route right?

[nakamura]

Check out this true current gen gameplay.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resi...t=video%2c.mp4

Ha-ha ha-ha-ha.

HA-HA-HAA!

[VR46]

I did the Deja-Vu mission tonight and completed all seven scenes for the trophy, that's it, sold it to a bloke at work for seventeen quid, can live with the three quid loss. Was fun while it lasted.

[djtickle]

Does anyone know if using the idroid app gives any bonuses part from a real time map?

[JU!]

Does anyone know if using the idroid app gives any bonuses part from a real time map?

Used iDroid phone map multiple times not sure it does, I don't think so. Apparently you can do some Mother base building which links to Phantom Pain I believe.

[jamesy]

Anyone going for a 100% completion rate? I'm up to 45% but I don't think it'll take too much longer to get the rest as I'm well used to the game now.

[Family Fry]

WHAT! Is that for real?

Edit: Just watched it again and realised it is worse then I thought. I thought it was just a video showing how many shots you can take. The solider in front can't shoot through the scripted AI door opening route right?

Worse than that, invisible wall at the door meant I couldn't take the guy out using pure stealth. Yet he was allowed to walk through the door.
He just turned around and shot me in the face!

[VR46]

Anyone going for a 100% completion rate? I'm up to 45% but I don't think it'll take too much longer to get the rest as I'm well used to the game now.

I got up to 48% before selling on. The trials don't count towards your percentage but you'll need to S rank everything on hard to get towards the 100%

There are some great guides on Youtube if you get stuck looking for patches/tapes etc.

[jamesy]

I had to use a guide to find one of the patches. No way I would've got it otherwise.