ok I gotta admit that when he showed the "metal gear solid V" thing over the title that was pretty flippin cool

it's big boss in a vr simulation, an exploration of the idea that vr training in metal gear doesn't reproduce fear or pain

namaste

They are really milking this franchise dry.

I kind of dip in and out of metal gear solid but it has always been a fun series when I do get interested in it. I still haven't played MGS4, which I guess I'll get to one day, and then in the distant future I'll probably play this, too. I thought the trailer was interesting, unexpected. It doesn't feel like metal gear solid but it looks like this character is some kind of new clone of the snake/big boss DNA and he is possibly being put through tests and training to produce a mental state that would make him a good solider - which is a good setup for a stealth game, if that is what this will be. He'll need to outsmart and sneak around all of the enemies and scientists and technology of the facility he is being kept in. If that is what it is. Probably not, but it sounds cool.

don't. it is really, really bad and retroactively ruins the previous 3 games (especially the second one).

second opinion: play it

i'm doing neither!!

lol Revengeance

really disappointed that this is just a MGS gimmick that they probably aren't going to do anything meaningful with. for a minute or two i was getting pretty excited to play a game as a crippled guy having an insanely bad day.

MGS4 story-wise is pretty silly but its got decent game-play. Its a lot less stealthy though than 1 and 2.

I couldn't stand MGS3's game-play, it was a game for a much more patient person than I.

MGS3 was definitely the most fun in terms of game play because it was far more stealthy and that, even though it still sort of felt clunky (the stealth in MGS has always felt really clunky anyways).  Havne't played MGS4 because I don't own a PS3.

really disappointed that this is just a MGS gimmick that they probably aren't going to do anything meaningful with. for a minute or two i was getting pretty excited to play a game as a crippled guy having an insanely bad day.

i bet its a 10 minute tutorial level at best. Or just a obnoxiously long cutscene.

Also afaik big boss never had his arm chopped off in any other appearances he has made so i dont really understand what this shit it all about. Add in a pegleg and he could operate as a pirate ship captain.

i bet its a 10 minute tutorial level at best. Or just a obnoxiously long cutscene.

exactly. i'd be totally stunned if you're wrong.

a real shame too. something interesting could be gained from exploring this, but i'd wager money that this is here for shock value, nothing more.

luckily that kitchen ninja-mgs game is coming out!! then we can all do what mgs is REALLY about (cutting and slicing human's in HD). feats: dante from devil may cry.

be realistic though, there are millions of dollars tied up in this and it would be an incredibly huge risk pissing off fanboys with completely different gameplay. mainstream gaming is an industry, this isn't just a little indie game where they can do what they want. adjust your expectations accordingly, i say. we might not like it, but it's the kind of thing we should have accepted for over a decade now

wow no kidding? ??? ?? the industry is a total waste of time?!?! when was this memorandum issued i must have been having my colonoscopy that day?!?!

seriously though, i don't really think i'm phenomenally out of line by expressing disappointment in learning that this is nothing more than some cheap marketing tactic for another worthless metal gear solid game. i mean, this actually looks kinda cool, the sort of game i might ACTUALLY want to play. i'm not inventing some standard here, i am talking about a video that literally exists in reality. i don't feel particularly ashamed to be disappointed in learning that this neat-looking thing is just a front for another trite and unplayable game by one of the most vacuous cretins in the entire industry.

thanks for the EMBRACE THE STATUS QUO speech though. been a real long time since i've had to endure it. unfortunately i must request that you never speak to me again.

i love metal gear solid, it's so campy and retarded and somehow manages to take itself seriously. this game looks kinda neat w/e it is, i like that kind of survival bullshit