How to progress past Episode 50? (Spoilers)

[Rootbeer Safety Team]

After Episode 30 - Sahelanthropus, the game is presented as if the story is over, but it continues on to a poorly thrown together "Chpater 2" in which there is a continuation of the story, but 3/4 of the missions are just repeats/rehashes of chapter 1 missions with different modifiers like increased difficulty etc.

I've completed literally every one it's thrown at me, and every once in a while after completing one of those rehash missions, you'd be given a new story mission. Second parasite breakout on MB, Eli and the Kids escaping with the Metal Gear, etc.

I've just done Episode 50 - Sahelanthropus "EXTREME"... And now I don't know what to do or where to go. What am I supposed to do to continue the storyline?

[Northfall]

It's my understanding that's it. Ep. 46 wraps up the story.

[Rootbeer Safety Team]

I dont actually have an episode 46. huh,

I have 45, 47, 48, so on. 46 is missing. I guess the question is how to unlock it

[Northfall]

If you've beaten every other episode it should be there. Perhaps any mandatory side ops you missed?

[Rootbeer Safety Team]

I've done all the ones flagged as important, I'd rather not have to do -all- of them. I still have a few left like one MB soldier, kill the puppets, etc.

[Northfall]

I meant the side ops that were tagged yellow.

https://youtu.be/UMyoCr2MnpM?t=49s

Did you see this scene anywhere along your way by chance?

[Rootbeer Safety Team]

No, It was probably cut.

I looked it up, Episode 45 and 46 are locked and have certain criteria to unlock


MGSV was apparentley a game made for gameplay not story, I like to finish the story though, and it seems to me that Chapter 2 is not a chapter at all, but an Epilouge.

[simuno]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B4JIHh5Jqk

[Rootbeer Safety Team]

I gather it now, Like I said. I mistook chapter 2 as a continuation of the story, and I thought that it just had ♥♥♥♥♥♥ padding between missions, making you redo old missions.

SPOILER, NO CRYING PLEASE

30 is essentially the end of the main story arc, theres 4 or 5 epilogue missions. and two locked epilogue missions

45 is locked until your bond with Quiet is high or max, and has some other nit-picky critera
46 is locked until mother base is levelled up to a certain point, and all other epilogue missions *not repeats* are done, 45 doesnt need to be done however. and has the added bonus of surprising you, or enraging you with a plot twist.

51 was a cut mission that was supposed to explain what happened after the kids took off with the metal gear