What is the point of Ground Zeroes?

Created by legendary designer Hideo Kojima, Ground Zeroes serves as a prologue to the upcoming title Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain. Players guide Snake into a secret American military base in Cuba, where he must rescue allies Chico and Paz.

Is it necessary to play Ground Zeroes?

Yes you'll be ok even without playing Ground Zeroes. However you really should play MGS 3: Snake Eater and Peace Walker before playing this. If you've watched any trailer for ground zeros or the first few trailers for the phantom pain; no you pretty much know the jist of it.

What do you get for 100% Ground Zeroes?

Complete Ground Zeroes on any difficulty to unlock and develop a gold bionic arm. (You must complete Mission 5 Over the Fence and rescue the Bionic Engineer to develop the upgrade.)

Is Ground Zeroes just one mission?

Ground Zeroes ships with one main story mission (named after the title), with a lengthy duo of intro and conclusion cutscenes. The average playthrough of this mission will take anywhere from one to two hours, and consists of two sole objectives that are very straightforward. That's it. What is this?

Is it the real Big Boss in Ground Zeroes?

The Big Boss who dies in the explosion of the fortress of Outer Heaven is the “phantom” born from the explosion of the chopper in Ground Zeroes. The “real” Big Boss is elsewhere, building Zanzibar Land (a specular reflection of Outer Heaven).

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Why did zero betray Big Boss?

However, over time, Zero became power hungry. He used Big Boss' fame as a way to gain influence. Big Boss grew to be resentful of Zero's twisted ways, and disliked being used for the latter's goals. Fearing Big Boss would leave the Patriots, Zero decided that he needed insurance against his former friend.

Did Big Boss become evil?

Metal Gear Solid V was advertised as the moment Big Boss truly became evil. While he is not the protagonist of The Phantom Pain, it does reveal his worst sin in brainwashing a loyal member of his own men into his proxy, Venom Snake.

How long does it take to 100% Ground Zeroes?

When focusing on the main objectives, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is about 2 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 20 Hours to obtain 100% completion.

Can you save Paz in Ground Zeroes?

Yes. Still have to get them both for the mission to be complete. Doesn't matter what order though.

Why are there 2 Metal Gear Solid 5?

The game was originally developed as a mission for The Phantom Pain but an extended development time resulted in Kojima splitting the specific portion of the game as a stand-alone product so that players could get early access to Metal Gear Solid V.

Is Ground Zeroes in phantom pain?

A PC version of Ground Zeroes was released on December 18, 2014. Taking place soon after the events of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Ground Zeroes serves as a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, with Big Boss returning as the game's protagonist.

Is phantom pain after Ground Zeroes?

The Phantom Pain originally debuted on 2012 December 7 on Spike's VGA awards. After months of confusion, it was revealed that The Phantom Pain is actually the subtitle of the core Metal Gear Solid V game. It will be set in 1984, and take place nine years after the events of Ground Zeroes.

How many POWs are in Ground Zeroes?

There are a total of 4 prisoners that need to be rescued in order to unlock the achievement/trophy.

Is deja vu an extra op in Ground Zeroes?

Déjà Vu is an Extra Ops mission that was initially exclusive for the PlayStation versions of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. It was later patched into the Xbox versions on May 1, 2014. It is unlocked by collecting all the XOF patches in the main game.

Can you play as Raiden in Ground Zeroes?

Jamais Vu is an Extra Op that was originally exclusive to Xbox 360 and Xbox One, however, it is now available in every version of Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes. Players will take on the role of Raiden, the mercenary-turned-cyborg-ninja from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

How long is Ground Zeroes?

18 Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes - (2 Hours, Completionist - 20 Hours) Ground Zeroes served as a playable prologue to Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Despite its short length, it was still packaged and sold as a separate product.

Did Chico survive Ground Zeroes?

Finally, a Walkman briefing file in the game revealed that Chico was one of the casualties in the chopper crash during Ground Zeroes.

What did Chico do to Paz?

It's heavily implied that Skull Face forced Chico to rape Paz, it's also heavily implied that they did have sex in their cell.

How old was Paz in Peace Walker?

Due to the humorous nature of the mission, Paz supposedly being only sixteen, along with Paz declaring twice in her diary that "she has no interest in that man," not all aspects are likely to be canon. Paz, in Extra Ops 067 "Date with Paz." In the mission, Snake is the only playable character.

Why is MGSV ground zeroes so short?

Ground Zeroes is to The Phantom Pain what the Tanker chapter is to the Shell chapter of MGS2. They were split into separate games, instead of shipping together, because Konami wanted something to show for the massive amounts of money Hideo Kojima was spending. And even then, it was still cut short.

Is Metal Gear Solid 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 was the first Metal Gear game?

Metal Gear (Japanese: メタルギア, Hepburn: Metaru Gia) is a series of techno-thriller stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 for MSX home computers.

Why is Big Boss missing an eye?

During Colonel Volgin's torture of him, Big Boss, then known as Naked Snake, received a muzzle burn that blinded him in his right eye, which also ruptured and destroyed the cornea and the lens of his eye, while intercepting a bullet that was meant for Tatyana/EVA, after her cover was blown.

Why was Big Boss infertile?

Since Big Boss' previous exposure to radiation at Bikini Atoll had rendered him infertile, Zero devised a plan to create somatic cell clones of the man.

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