Do I need to play any games before Metal Gear Solid 5?

Firstly welcome to the series, you're in for a treat! To answer your question, it is definitely recommended that if you can, you play Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, 3, 4, Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes, even better if you play the first two Metal Gears and Portable Ops.

Do I need to play other Metal Gear games before 5?

While it's certainly not required to play the games in order, it will make understanding Metal Gear's overarching plot much easier.

Do you need to play Metal Gear Solid 4 before 5?

No. The "essential" games you should play if you want to know the full lore are probably: MGS3, Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes. MGS4 happens after TPP and is more about Solid Snake than Big Boss.

Do you need to know the story to play Metal Gear Solid 5?

Before you play Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, refresh your memory of the story to date with a brief run-down of the events from the games that lead up to it. Big Boss (aka Naked Snake, Venom Snake, Punished Snake) was once a decorated covert operative for the United States during the Cold War.

How to start Metal Gear Solid 5?

METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Press the Start button while on the title screen to display the Title Menu. Play from the beginning or continue a previously saved game. Select the mission you want to play.

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Is it OK to play Metal Gear Solid 5 first?

Do I need to play any of the previous Metal Gear Solid to play MGSV? Well, it's not necessary. You can obviously play it without playing the earlier released games from this series.

What should I play before Metal Gear Solid 5?

Firstly welcome to the series, you're in for a treat! To answer your question, it is definitely recommended that if you can, you play Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, 3, 4, Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes, even better if you play the first two Metal Gears and Portable Ops.

How many hours of gameplay is Metal Gear Solid 5?

When focusing on the main objectives, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is about 45½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 163 Hours to obtain 100% completion.

Can you play as a female in Metal Gear Solid 5?

Go to Prisoner Extraction 02 in Side Ops, which seems to always spawn the otherwise extremely rare woman prisoners. This unlocked my FemSnake, who was assigned the random codename "Obsidian Mole." Then, when choosing a mission, go to Character and you'll be able to play the rest of the game as her.

Can you beat Metal Gear Solid 5 without killing?

Yes. You can't go without hurting someone, but you most certainly can go without killing anybody. ...

Is Metal Gear Solid 5 better than 4?

As a result, it's safe to say that Metal Gear Solid V has the superior gameplay but Metal Gear Solid 4 is definitely great fun, especially with its amazing bosses. Snake, infiltrate the enemy compound and take out Metal Gear Chicken once and for all!

Is Metal Gear 5 a prequel?

(Just so we're all on the same page, with apologies to series fans for the simplification: Metal Gear Solid V is a sequel to Metal Gear Solid 3, which was a prequel to Metal Gear Solid, which was a sequel to Metal Gear, a game in which Solid Snake, the character you play in Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, and 4, kills Big Boss, ...

What Metal Gear games can I skip?

Play them in release order: MGS1 -> MGS2 -> MGS3 -> Skip Portable Ops, maybe -> MGS4 -> Peace Walker -> Ground Zeroes -> Phantom Pain.

What Metal Gear games should I start with?

In fact, MGS3 ends up being a wonderful starting point for those interested in Metal Gear's story, since the events of this game end up getting referenced in pretty much every title that follows.

Do I have to play all Metal Gear?

The Metal Gear Acid games, Metal Gear: Snakes Revenge, and Metal Gear: Ghost Babel are all non-canon games that aren't part of the official story, so you don't have to play those games either.

Is Metal Gear Solid 5 funny?

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is wildly fun, often despite its story, but rarely despite its systems.

How many endings does Metal Gear Solid 5 have?

This is why Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has two endings. At the climax of the game's first chapter, Venom Snake and his Diamond Dogs take their revenge on the villainous Skull Face and the credits roll—but then the game's second chapter starts.

Is Snake in Metal Gear Solid 5?

In Metal Gear Solid V, Venom Snake is portrayed by Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland through voice-over and facial motion capture, briefly as the medic in Ground Zeroes and then as the player character throughout The Phantom Pain.

Is MGS V grindy?

It's only the end game that is grindy. Try doing to the FOB Event 150 times in a row. That's grindy. The SP side of the game isn't nearly as bad as you're making it out to be, although if resources are your problem, at least do the FOB Event a dozen times or so before you say it's grindy.

How long is the longest cutscene in Metal Gear Solid 5?

His last numbered Metal Gear Solid game, Guns of the Patriots, holds two Guinness records, one for the longest cutscene in a game (27 minutes), another for the longest cutscene sequence (71 minutes). A fan-edited compendium of the latter's combined non-interactive sequences clocks in at upwards of nine hours.

How big is metal gear solid 5 gb?

Storage: 28 GB available space.

Is Metal Gear Solid 5 difficulty?

I agree that it's pretty low on the difficulty scale, at least when it comes to dying or "failing," but unless you're getting really high grades on every single mission, it can't be that easy.

Is Metal Gear Solid 5 the best?

Hideo Kojima at his very best.

How to skip the intro to Metal Gear Solid 5?

You just need to finish the prologue. After that it will just have the company, publisher, fox engine & NVidia logo's on bootup then straight to start menu. I was wondering the same thing prior to finishing the prologue.