Why this game doesn't have any AK-47s and M16s?

[Delta51]

Just asking, pls don't butthurt

[!RJ_Truth]

The game went over-budget so rather than pay for licensing of real weapons, they made up a bunch of names that sound legit, but aren't. There are some that look similar to the real weapons, but the names are different.

[Delta51]

Originally posted by GeekDoctor:

The game went over-budget so rather than pay for licensing of real weapons, they made up a bunch of names that sound legit, but aren't. There are some that look similar to the real weapons, but the names are different.

Ahhhhhh, that makes sense. Thanks!

[Seamus]

It wasn't an issue of being over budget, doc. Peace Walker didn't use real weapon names either. It was just not wanting to pay the extra money to license the names.

[Delta51]

Originally posted by Seamus:

It wasn't an issue of being over budget, doc. Peace Walker didn't use real weapon names either. It was just not wanting to pay the extra money to license the names.

I wasn't talking about the names. I was talking about the models.

[Seamus]

Originally posted by Dethrune525:

Originally posted by Seamus:

It wasn't an issue of being over budget, doc. Peace Walker didn't use real weapon names either. It was just not wanting to pay the extra money to license the names.

I wasn't talking about the names. I was talking about the models.

Because the name and the design are linked. If they used the design without the name they'd still have to pay. Thus why all the guns in the game are franken guns.

[Delta51]

Originally posted by Seamus:

Originally posted by Dethrune525:

I wasn't talking about the names. I was talking about the models.

Because the name and the design are linked. If they used the design without the name they'd still have to pay. Thus why all the guns in the game are franken guns.

Ahhhh now I understand.

[Seamus]

Amusingly, people have actually taken the time to figure out which guns each gun in mgs5 is made from.
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_V:_The_Phantom_Pain

[abcd]

Peace Walker was a budget title developed to drive PSP sales.

Licensing fees were paid just fine for IV, and if the company wasn't developing the game as a cash-out they would've paid for them here too most likely.

[Artou]

Originally posted by Seamus:

It wasn't an issue of being over budget, doc. Peace Walker didn't use real weapon names either. It was just not wanting to pay the extra money to license the names.

peace walker did use real names

[Artou]

or they saw GTA doing it and thought "eh why not, saves money too". Besides, Kojima has said he was impressed by GTAV. Anyhow, the models may be fake, but to make them look as believable as they do still takes a good amount of work for the artists (researching real models and then designing your own with a thorough understanding of the actual weapons)

[Delta51]

Originally posted by Artou:

or they saw GTA doing it and thought "eh why not, saves money too". Besides, Kojima has said he was impressed by GTAV. Anyhow, the models may be fake, but to make them look as believable as they do still takes a good amount of work for the artists (researching real models and then designing your own with a thorough understanding of the actual weapons)

Seriously? Wow! I thought all this time they did this because they want to make it more "newish".

[Seamus]

Originally posted by Themself:

Peace Walker was a budget title developed to drive PSP sales.

Licensing fees were paid just fine for IV, and if the company wasn't developing the game as a cash-out they would've paid for them here too most likely.

And yet: Still a great game.

[abcd]

Originally posted by Seamus:

Originally posted by Themself:

Peace Walker was a budget title developed to drive PSP sales.

Licensing fees were paid just fine for IV, and if the company wasn't developing the game as a cash-out they would've paid for them here too most likely.

And yet: Still a great game.

So I hear, and a lot of it looked good even if Roy Campbell's story arc sounds ridiculous and contrived. Haven't played it though.

[Artou]

Originally posted by Themself:

Originally posted by Seamus:

And yet: Still a great game.

So I hear, and a lot of it looked good even if Roy Campbell's story arc sounds ridiculous and contrived. Haven't played it though.

are you confusing it with portable ops? there's no Campbell in peace walker. Not that story would be the factor to judge by whether an action game is good...

[abcd]

Originally posted by Artou:

are you confusing it with portable ops?

only if that dang wiki is.

Not that story would be the factor to judge by whether an action game is good...

and I'd say that if the game has a story, it also needs to be judged. Dead Island: Riptide was great, but it's pretty tough having to be subjected to its "story." presentation matters.