I started playing last night because I wanted the PW skins and didn't realize it gave me access to the game early.
I played through the Virtual Mission, up until the bridge scene since it was late so I ended it after Ocelot's beatdown. I'm going to love this game.
Controls on default weren't to my liking, but the game lets you map your button layout. I was originally going to make it just like MGS3, but after playing around, I decided to have mapped mostly like MGS3, but made evasion a different button from crouching so I could run and crouch without immediately dodge rolling. Having attack be the trigger button instead works better for me since that feels more like MGSV. After playing around in the opening corridor until I had a feel for controls, it slipped on like a perfectly sized glove. Another really great feature they added was bringing back a designated sneak button like Portable Ops. So now, you can hold L1 (or whatever button you decide to map) and Snake's movements will slow down drastically and make it so nobody hears him. This works for walking, crouch walking and crawling, and will come in really handy against bosses like The Fury. The sound options are great because now, you can actually alter the volumes of specific parts of the audio, from voice, environment, music, etc.
Playing on Performance, just like I did with SH2Make. I don't care if the graphics aren't maxed to the fullest. I value the game playing better more than I do shiny graphics, and the new models and cutscenes look amazing. Characters are a lot more expressive, which was most noticeable with Ocelot when he stopped by. His micro-expressions and eyelid movement was way more noticeable and felt a lot more realistic for a guy about to lose consciousness. The characters all look amazing.
My default was always extreme mode, but I'm starting with hard mode instead because I want enemies to pack more of a punch. The game plays amazingly well. I was able to sneak my way through corridors seamlessly and knock out guards when needed. CQC is a lot more intuitive. Where you have to hold to perform a grapple and there are tons of really cool takedown animations now. Like MGSV, when you have a guard in your grasp, you press different buttons to deal with them now, so no more risk of accidentally slitting throats. The sound effects for the guns have so much more kick to them than they did in OG MGS3.
The new camo index is insanely intuitive. Just hit the up button and there are face and camo sets you can choose from that will change instantly with no delays. It's as close to MGS3 having octocamo as you can get. For codec, just down and you can select people to call, but if you need to save, you gotta go to the actual codec window with the action button. There's also now an autosave file, so in addition to your manual saves, there's an autosave of your most recent corridor to fall back onto.
For me, the most important thing going into this remake was the combat. Being able to hold your ground was crucial for when things go sideways and Delta's combat is incredible. I had way too much fun blasting enemies left and right with the XM and M37, or dodgerolling around to evade gunfire until I was in range to lay a CQC beatdown. Quick equip and unequip automatically reloads your weapon, just like in MGS3, so you can blast your shotgun, quick equip and have it fully loaded again, which I adore. There's also area based damage again, so you can critically inquire enemies, leave them limping, and you can even make them freak out by shooting most of their limbs undetected and shooting near them. There's a fun new panic animation that wasn't there in any other game. The enemies are definitely packing more of a punch in hard mode, some can even tank a hit from the shotgun if you're in far enough range. In MGS3, the shotgun was an instant killer. Here, it's more realistic.
Guns handle really well, but they've also been retooled to accommodate range. In MGS3 OG, your tranq gun made the Mosin Nagant useless because it had the range and stability of a sniper rifle. In Delta, there's now bullet drop, so you can no longer just knock out guards from across an entire corridor with your tranq gun without really earning that shot. Usually in the Warehouse where Sokolov is, in a combat scenario, the shotgun and XM is all I need to completely wipe the enemy out. There's so much more enemy reinforcements that full ammo wasn't enough, I had to really utilize the fuel drums and even CQC. The important thing was that the shooutout was a ton of fun, having the fast paced combat that I loved about MGS3, but with way more conventionally intuitive controls.
If I had a few nitpicks, it's that one area where there was a clear gap designed to let you shoot between to knock a guard out in the OG game was a solid mass even though the gap is still visibly there. Also, anytime I got knocked down, I felt the inability to sweep kick that Phantom Pain introduced. Same with the inability to roll around on the ground. Minor things, but worth pointing out. Also, I definitely agree with David Hayter that they should've just redone all the voice over to match the new models, but that's also just a minor thing since MGS3's voice acting holds up and despite how cartoonish it all is, the models still have that pseudo anime quality to match the more cartoony voices.
So far, this remake beyond exceeds my expectations and I genuinely can't wait to come back tonight and play more.
I played through the Virtual Mission, up until the bridge scene since it was late so I ended it after Ocelot's beatdown. I'm going to love this game.
Controls on default weren't to my liking, but the game lets you map your button layout. I was originally going to make it just like MGS3, but after playing around, I decided to have mapped mostly like MGS3, but made evasion a different button from crouching so I could run and crouch without immediately dodge rolling. Having attack be the trigger button instead works better for me since that feels more like MGSV. After playing around in the opening corridor until I had a feel for controls, it slipped on like a perfectly sized glove. Another really great feature they added was bringing back a designated sneak button like Portable Ops. So now, you can hold L1 (or whatever button you decide to map) and Snake's movements will slow down drastically and make it so nobody hears him. This works for walking, crouch walking and crawling, and will come in really handy against bosses like The Fury. The sound options are great because now, you can actually alter the volumes of specific parts of the audio, from voice, environment, music, etc.
Playing on Performance, just like I did with SH2Make. I don't care if the graphics aren't maxed to the fullest. I value the game playing better more than I do shiny graphics, and the new models and cutscenes look amazing. Characters are a lot more expressive, which was most noticeable with Ocelot when he stopped by. His micro-expressions and eyelid movement was way more noticeable and felt a lot more realistic for a guy about to lose consciousness. The characters all look amazing.
My default was always extreme mode, but I'm starting with hard mode instead because I want enemies to pack more of a punch. The game plays amazingly well. I was able to sneak my way through corridors seamlessly and knock out guards when needed. CQC is a lot more intuitive. Where you have to hold to perform a grapple and there are tons of really cool takedown animations now. Like MGSV, when you have a guard in your grasp, you press different buttons to deal with them now, so no more risk of accidentally slitting throats. The sound effects for the guns have so much more kick to them than they did in OG MGS3.
The new camo index is insanely intuitive. Just hit the up button and there are face and camo sets you can choose from that will change instantly with no delays. It's as close to MGS3 having octocamo as you can get. For codec, just down and you can select people to call, but if you need to save, you gotta go to the actual codec window with the action button. There's also now an autosave file, so in addition to your manual saves, there's an autosave of your most recent corridor to fall back onto.
For me, the most important thing going into this remake was the combat. Being able to hold your ground was crucial for when things go sideways and Delta's combat is incredible. I had way too much fun blasting enemies left and right with the XM and M37, or dodgerolling around to evade gunfire until I was in range to lay a CQC beatdown. Quick equip and unequip automatically reloads your weapon, just like in MGS3, so you can blast your shotgun, quick equip and have it fully loaded again, which I adore. There's also area based damage again, so you can critically inquire enemies, leave them limping, and you can even make them freak out by shooting most of their limbs undetected and shooting near them. There's a fun new panic animation that wasn't there in any other game. The enemies are definitely packing more of a punch in hard mode, some can even tank a hit from the shotgun if you're in far enough range. In MGS3, the shotgun was an instant killer. Here, it's more realistic.
Guns handle really well, but they've also been retooled to accommodate range. In MGS3 OG, your tranq gun made the Mosin Nagant useless because it had the range and stability of a sniper rifle. In Delta, there's now bullet drop, so you can no longer just knock out guards from across an entire corridor with your tranq gun without really earning that shot. Usually in the Warehouse where Sokolov is, in a combat scenario, the shotgun and XM is all I need to completely wipe the enemy out. There's so much more enemy reinforcements that full ammo wasn't enough, I had to really utilize the fuel drums and even CQC. The important thing was that the shooutout was a ton of fun, having the fast paced combat that I loved about MGS3, but with way more conventionally intuitive controls.
If I had a few nitpicks, it's that one area where there was a clear gap designed to let you shoot between to knock a guard out in the OG game was a solid mass even though the gap is still visibly there. Also, anytime I got knocked down, I felt the inability to sweep kick that Phantom Pain introduced. Same with the inability to roll around on the ground. Minor things, but worth pointing out. Also, I definitely agree with David Hayter that they should've just redone all the voice over to match the new models, but that's also just a minor thing since MGS3's voice acting holds up and despite how cartoonish it all is, the models still have that pseudo anime quality to match the more cartoony voices.
So far, this remake beyond exceeds my expectations and I genuinely can't wait to come back tonight and play more.
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