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By: Doing your job in Metal Gear 5 | Joy Stick Report

Doing your job in Metal Gear 5 | Joy Stick Report — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:22:33 +0000

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By: Jazz From Hell

Jazz From Hell — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 10:31:45 +0000

Yeah, I felt this like 3 days after release (I played like 5-8 hours per day cause I got fired on september 1st lol) I found myself making jokes about my new job as spy, I always like to infiltritate at 6 am because I feel like a responsible spy, working very early, trying to make missions as clean as possible and all that. I love MG5.

By: Justice

Justice — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 02:10:04 +0000

Well, interestingly enough I ended up here simply by reading some random news event on the steam library page of MGSV. I have to say, I agree with what you say here. For me, it’s about playing the game, rather than grinding though it for the ending, and, to me, that’s the worst part: the ending. Now, this next part might be a bit far for some, but I really don’t care if I hear someone talk about the end of a game. Sometimes, I’ve even predicted it for myself. I think, it’s really about *how* you get there, and the events that lead to it. Doing your “job” as you say is really what makes it for me. I’ve already added 2 more command thingys and most of the specialized platforms to my base, and I’ve only just found quiet. (EP 11 I think) I have no idea how close I am to the end, but I hope I’m not far because I have a lot more sneaking around in a box, tranqing baddies, and lifting them off to my base to do.

Anyway, thanks for the good read.

By: Doing your job in Metal Gear 5 | The State of Gaming

Doing your job in Metal Gear 5 | The State of Gaming — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:01:48 +0000

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By: Magnificentophat

Magnificentophat — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 23:26:08 +0000

Erm, the home page has the picture for this post as an angry medic, the background for the teaser text is a screenshot of big pharma, and the background for the whole home page is that bloodstained evacuation picture from a previous MGS V post. Is this normal?
Feel like I’m missing something obvious.

By: Jabberwok

Jabberwok — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:45:14 +0000

This sense of staying in the world is everything that I liked about Far Cry 2. I wish more games would attempt this sort of thing. I took similar pains to immerse myself in Skyrim; never using fast travel, stopping at inns for the night to eat and drink food for no reason, sleeping in beds instead of just waiting, etcetc.

By: phuzz

phuzz — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:13:09 +0000

OK TOM! I’ll buy my first MGS game. Happy now?
Sheesh!

(I don’t know why I’ve even hesitated so long, the reviews from people I trust have all been good, and I did enjoy the Far Crys, and how can I resist attaching a balloon to a mans?)

By: Britpoint

Britpoint — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:21:46 +0000

It’s interesting how something you love about this game is one of my biggest complaints with it. Because I’d probably describe it in an almost identical way:

It feels like doing a job.

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:20:53 +0000

I really like how you worded this and it is also maybe my favorite part of the game. I have always been interested in real commando and special operations stories and that “doing your job” aspect is something this game gets across that almost no others do that is accurate to the real work.

Other examples: “Soldiers: Heroes of World War II” (one mission you had to scavenge for items to build a bonfire to call in a glider).

Also ARMA. There are fun co-op missions where you, for example, have to break out of a prison, secure transport, then move far across a map to an objective. I think it works pretty similarly (but ARMA’s gameplay is not for all).

But like you say, this game almost seems to fight against those moments. Yet they’re still there and I also loved them.