New MGSV Previews - IGN turns MGSV into a shitty Splinter Cell clone.

I dont even care anymore. This series is dead to me.

From the IGN preview:

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes - The Splinter Cell Effect
Slow-mo executions, regenerating health, and more changes coming.

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes seems, above all else, safe, despite its subtle but significant changes. The prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which eases players to the main games open-world elements, introduces numerous new elements to the franchise, none of which stand out as exceptionally interesting on their own. In unison, one after the other, and in the context of the next Big Boss story, these changes shake up the norm, disrupting expectations with more modern systems. The stealth, action, interrogation, infiltration, and navigation mechanics feel familiar in ways that feel equal parts right and wrong.

When I left the debut gameplay demo of Ground Zeroes, one thought looped in my mind: This is an exceptional Splinter Cell sequel.

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Boss sprints, slides, climbs, and tags enemies like Sam Fisher has since 2009s Splinter Cell: Conviction.

Before a guard enters an alert state, youll get a button prompt indicating youre busted. Hold the left trigger, and youll briefly freeze time, giving you the opportunity to pump a couple quiet bullets into an alarmed enemys eyeballs.

Ground Zeroes is deviating from whats always made the series special to me. If youre a Splinter Cell fan, you may be having deja vu. This has Conviction written all over it.IGN

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Get that Sam Fisher easy mode out of my MGS.

More previews:

There are other sites with previews too:

http://www.gamespot.com/features/doe...takes-6414131/
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/unra...l-gear-solid-v
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/v...s-field-report
http://www.polygon.com/2013/9/6/4700...ke-has-changed
https://www.shacknews.com/article/81...zeroes-preview

gametrailers report here: http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/v...s-field-report

Kotaku here: http://kotaku.com/ive-seen-metal-gea...ium=Socialflow

Conviction has much better gameplay than any MGS game ever madre, so at least he's taking inspiration from the right place.

He's aping the crappy modern SC games? Kojima is doing to MGS what George Lucas did to Star Wars.

I actually like some of the new features in the game. Is it me, or does Snake look a bit like Chuck Norris?

Yikes. Then again who cares, noRegenplays Metal Gear for the gameplayBlack_Knight_00

Yikes. Then again who cares, no one plays Metal Gear for the gameplayBlack_Knight_00

Terrible Post.

3/10.

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]Yikes. Then again who cares, noRegenplays Metal Gear for the gameplayF1Lengend

I have no clue why they need regen health anyway. MGS4 had like ten different items that worked as rations.

Yay for regen health, no more stupid rations, ramen noodles and chili chips to regain life! That was f*cking stupid :DBlack_Knight_00

I like the rations...reminds of the of the first Metal Gear on the NES :)

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"]They should ape Splinter Cell, then we can have this game be a real stealth game again. With some good gameplay to boot.dvader654

SC wishes it had half the stealth gameplay MGS games do. I have more options in one tiny section of MGS than I do in most entire SC games. The day Sam Fisher can capture a venomous snake alive, then sneak toward a guard and throw it at one, having the snake bite the guard and knock him out, then maybe we can talk. Or something more simple like make a noise and camo right into a statue while the guard passes right by you to investigate the noise, you can even leave him a dirty magazine to keep him occupied for a while.

They should ape Splinter Cell, then we can have this game be a real stealth game again. With some good gameplay to boot.GodModeEnabled

This, I don't see how this is bad. SC has better controls and stealth gameplay. Given the open world nature of the game it makes sense they go with regenerating health

Sam does the same action over and over, boring gameplay. MGS allows for complete gameplay freedom. What would you rather play?dvader654

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"][QUOTE="dvader654"]

SC wishes it had half the stealth gameplay MGS games do. I have more options in one tiny section of MGS than I do in most entire SC games. The day Sam Fisher can capture a venomous snake alive, then sneak toward a guard and throw it at one, having the snake bite the guard and knock him out, then maybe we can talk. Or something more simple like make a noise and camo right into a statue while the guard passes right by you to investigate the noise, you can even leave him a dirty magazine to keep him occupied for a while.

dvader654

Sam does the same action over and over, simple (not boring cause the games are really fun) gameplay. MGS allows for complete gameplay freedom. What would you rather play?

MGS4 is a game that deserves a 10 for the story alone,Black_Knight_00

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]MGS4 is a game that deserves a 10 for the story alone,GodModeEnabled

Adding to what dvader said above, Splinter Cell is the definition of a western game. Solid gameplay. Solid mechanics. But by the numbers and has no soul.

Splintercell. Better designed game overall, better stealth gameplay, movement, control, mechanics, story etc. Metal Gear playing more like Splintercell only helps it out.GodModeEnabled

Fail.

As long as it retains the series' charm, zany characters, fun dynamics, and off the wall story--then I'm all in.

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"]Splintercell. Better designed game overall, better stealth gameplay, movement, control, mechanics, story etc. Metal Gear playing more like Splintercell only helps it out.S0lidSnake

Fail.

[QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"]Splintercell. Better designed game overall, better stealth gameplay, movement, control, mechanics, story etc. Metal Gear playing more like Splintercell only helps it out.GodModeEnabled

Fail.

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"][QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

Fail.

 

dvader654

Spoken like a man who has never beaten a MGS game without being spotted. 

I don't get the Splinter Cell hatred. It had many improvements to the genre like light/dark mechanics and a rotatable camera before Metal Gear. And Metal Gear seriously needs new gadgets. SC's gadgets are more fun to use.

I played Metal Gear for the story, but now that that's fvcked to hell and back, I don't see any reason for Metal Gear fans to sneer at Splinter Cell. Perhaps the other way around. 

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[QUOTE="dvader654"]

Spoken like a man who has never beaten a MGS game without being spotted. 

dvader654

I don't get the Splinter Cell hatred. It had many improvements to the genre like light/dark mechanics and a rotatable camera before Metal Gear. And Metal Gear seriously needs new gadgets. SC's gadgets are more fun to use.

I played Metal Gear for the story, but now that that's fvcked to hell and back, I don't see any reason for Metal Gear fans to sneer at Splinter Cell. Perhaps the other way around. 

There is no hate here, I think SC is a great game. But here is a MGS thread and what happens, a bunch of people come in and start saying SC has better gameplay and is better designed. Sorry but I don't agree with that for a second so I will defend it. 

There is a reason why the MGS series is considered one of the greatest in all of gaming and its not just cause it has insane stories. 

As for enhancements to the controls, most of the stuff they mentioned like better mobility and better controls are all good. Take those ideas from SC, just dont take the structure nor the way that game handles being caught and how it handles combat versus stealth. MGS has done it far better in the past. 

well i guess i am to blamed here since my controversial thread title attracted a bunch of Splinter Cell fans. :P

Which MGS game lets you call airstrikes? Peace Walker, right?

Which MGS game lets you call airstrikes? Peace Walker, right?

S0lidSnake

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]Yikes. Then again who cares, no one plays Metal Gear for the gameplaydvader654

[QUOTE="dvader654"]

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"] Sam Fisher doesn't do all that stupid bullshit and instead kills the guy or ghosts him, and moves on with the mission instead of playing with animals, dirty magazines, or makeup-- he is being an actual superspy assassin. Metal Gear had a nice mix of stealth and action originally, then it got skewed in favor of action and lost altogether with the advent of it's nonsense anime storytelling which replaces most of the gameplay withcutscenes now.GodModeEnabled

Sam does the same action over and over, simple (not boring cause the games are really fun) gameplay. MGS allows for complete gameplay freedom. What would you rather play?

Actually mgs3 does. You can interrogate a guard to give you a codec frequency that calls in an air attack. Do people know this, no cause Kojima is so awesome he hides all this stuff for only the most dedicated players find it.dvader654

So it's like Dark Souls.

[QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

Which MGS game lets you call airstrikes? Peace Walker, right?

dvader654

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]MGS4 is a game that deserves a 10 for the story alone,GodModeEnabled

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]Yikes. Then again who cares, noRegenplays Metal Gear for the gameplayF1Lengend

Uh, are you on drugs or something? "No one plays Splinter Cell period?" You are so full of it. I play Splinter Cell and I enjoy Blacklist and I even enjoyed Conviction to a higher degree than most people. So don't speak for me. EVER!

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"][QUOTE="dvader654"]

Sam does the same action over and over, simple (not boring cause the games are really fun) gameplay. MGS allows for complete gameplay freedom. What would you rather play?

El_Zo1212o

Stealth is completely optional in Conviction, but some people don't see it that way. They see Conviction as a third-person shooter where you can just go around and kill everybody, like a TPS. Absolutely wrong. I've watched Youtube videos of people actually going through levels without being detected ONCE. There are moments in the campaign where killing is absolutely necessary, but you can do that without raising the alarm and still stay undetected (and yes, THAT IS STEALTH TOO - killing people without being detected. To say that it's not is ridiculous). In Blacklist, there are three playstyles; Ghost, Panther, and Assault. I've watched people on that game go through an entire level simply by ghosting through it, even if it meant non-lethal takedowns or using gadgets like sleeping gas. To tell me that neither Blacklist or Conviction is not stealth (not saying that you are saying that, but referring to people in general instead) is absolutely bullshit. People need to open up their eyes a lot more and see those games for what they are - true stealth. Period.

Yikes. Then again who cares, no one plays Metal Gear for the gameplayBlack_Knight_00