New to the series

[Green]

I have never played a MG game before, is it okay to start here or will I have no idea whats going on?

[every1hasnames]

Well the franchise is a long series of games. Theres metal gear, metal gear 2, metal gear solid, metal gear solid 2, metal gear solid 3, metal gear solid portable ops, metal gear solid peacewalker, metal gear solid ground zeros, this game metal gear solid phantom pain and metal gear solid 4. Metal gear rising revengeance and metal gear survive.(if you count that one lol)




now your asking if you start with metal gear solid 5 phantom pain. will you have no idea whats going on?


NO the story of metal gear solid 5 is understandable without playing the previous titles.

And while you wont know the full extent of every single character. Its not hard to figure them out atleast enough to understand the story.


However how this game fits within the franchise will escape you. HOw this games story fits within the franchise will escape you.Also you wont get a full understanding of characters motives. Reasons behind their actions etc.


Just for example


While the games are generally labeled metal gear being the first metal gear 2 being the second then it starts over metal gear solid. Then metal gear solid 2 then 3 then 4 then 5. a



This is not actually the chronological order . some games are set before other that was realeased first. .


For example metal gear and metal gear 2 happened after metal gear solid 3 and others in the franchise just for an example. even though metal gear and metal gear 2 were the first two metal gears to be released.



YOu will get the basic story of metal gear solid 5 but you will miss alot of context.

[Green]

Thanks for the quick and detailed reply.

So if you were in my position would you go ahead and play this game or try to play them all in order? Or at least watch a video on them or something

[[ACPL] Jon]

It's okay to start here. It's a good game on it's own and it's rather okay even as a standalone story. Just buy Definitive Experience and play MGS V: Ground Zeroes first.

In the main game, at the start, you WILL be confused. But over the course of the game things will get explained.

[[ACPL] Jon]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Green:

Thanks for the quick and detailed reply.

So if you were in my position would you go ahead and play this game or try to play them all in order? Or at least watch a video on them or something

It'd be best to experience MGS 3 first, but unless you have a console that can run it (and original copy of the game) it might be a better idea to wait for the MGS 3 remaster the Konami is supposedly doing.

[Sirius]

if you can run emulator fine and want to follow to previous story I suggest playing mgs 3 (ps2/3ds) first then mgs peace walker (psp) and you are good to go starting ground zeroes then mgsv

[Varaziel]

its an oky to start from id say but the story will blow your mind a little whe you play them in order imo

[Albert Whiskers]

its where i started and i could easily understand what was happening i still was lost about how was who but i still enjoyed it. The gameplay is AMAZING its so addictive

[DR. JOHN DEJAVU 1984]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Green:

Thanks for the quick and detailed reply.

So if you were in my position would you go ahead and play this game or try to play them all in order? Or at least watch a video on them or something

If you can, try to play Peace Walker, just if you can. If you really want, maybe even play MGS3 as well or just watch walkthroughs of either one so you get the gist. It's all the same, but if you play MGS3, then Peace Walker, and THEN play Ground Zeroes > The Phantom Pain-- in that order

your experience will be way better. Trust me.


Just in my opinion, because the story for Big Boss (Who's the main character in MGSV), starts at MGS3 or debatably even Peace Walker, so it's very much okay to start watching or playing for yourself there.

[Aldo]

I'm used to the series and still don't have ideia on whats going on.
So yeah, you're good to go

[Starbreeze NebuIa]

It's exactly what I did. It was fun. Regardless of whether you're new to the franchise or a veteran, the gameplay is an absolute banger.

Whenever you feel confortable enough with it, you might want to watch the story of Peace Walker on Youtube (or play it yourself), it's also what I did. Futurasound productions makes interesting videos about MGS:V and the franchise as a whole, that's how I got into the lore.

[Joe Biden Gaming™]

Not sure if you've made your mind up about it but the the TL;DR is:

If you were asking if this games worth buying, you're probably interested in it, and I'd say go for it, the game offers what you see and a lot more of it in spades. This was my first MG/S game and now I'm a fan thanks to this game. (Ironically enough you will be underwhelmed by the story more than anything!)

hope this helped :)

[Green]

Thanks for all the help guys, I should let you know that I do already own the game, and Ground Zeros too. I think I will watch a few videos on the previous games then get straight into these ones!

[Joe Biden Gaming™]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Green:

Thanks for all the help guys, I should let you know that I do already own the game, and Ground Zeros too. I think I will watch a few videos on the previous games then get straight into these ones!

I would recommend this to get hooked :) https://youtu.be/aaLiLRVeaZA

[Beautiful Ham Sandwich]

If you ever plan on getting into the whole series? Eh, it wouldn't be awful starting here but the much better gameplay would make it harder to appreciate the previous games, which don't have the worst gameplay but would still feel lacking compared to this one.

If this is just like a one-off experience? Sure, there are a few things you wouldn't know as someone that's never played a MGS game, however some of them are easy enough to infer the meaning of, and missing them won't suddenly make this less enjoyable most likely.

But seriously, if you ever plan on playing all of the MGS games, just start from the beginning. Gameplay aside, they're really good games.

[DR. JOHN DEJAVU 1984]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Beautiful Ham Sandwich:

If you ever plan on getting into the whole series? Eh, it wouldn't be awful starting here but the much better gameplay would make it harder to appreciate the previous games, which don't have the worst gameplay but would still feel lacking compared to this one.

If this is just like a one-off experience? Sure, there are a few things you wouldn't know as someone that's never played a MGS game, however some of them are easy enough to infer the meaning of, and missing them won't suddenly make this less enjoyable most likely.

But seriously, if you ever plan on playing all of the MGS games, just start from the beginning. Gameplay aside, they're really good games.

I agree, likewise, it would be more logical to at least start at MGS3 for a game such as MGSV to fit with the story.