The Phantom pain
5 Games Assassin’s Creed Origins Takes Inspiration From
Taking a two year break seems to have done wonders for the Assassin’s Creed franchise, with Origins turning out to be a great game. As much as we like the game, we can also notice some major titles that seem to have inspired the different elements in Origins, and it’s sure worth mentioning. Here are the 5 games that seem to have a major influence on Assassin’s Creed Origins. 1. MGS V: The Phantom Pain The first thing that comes to mind when you get spotted by an enemy and time comes a standstill (not romantically), is The Phantom Pain. The same mechanism exists in Origins as well and provides an extra layer of intensity to the stealth. Additionally, the amount of freedom that the player in choosing how to reach an objective is another area where Origins may have been insp...
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Launch Trailer Released
Hideo Kojima’s final Metal Gear Solid trailer arrives, with the auteur taking a moment to look back at the series’ highlights. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an upcoming open world action-adventure stealth video game developed by Kojima Productions and directed, designed, co-produced and co-written by Hideo Kojima. The game serves as a sequel to Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, and a continuation of the narrative established there. Set in 1984, the game follows the mercenary leader Punished “Venom” Snake as he ventures into Afghanistan during the Soviet–Afghan War and the Angola—Zaire border region to exact revenge on the people who destroyed his forces and came close to killing him during the climax of Ground Zeroes. This is also the last game in the Met...
5 Things To Know Before Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
So let’s say you’re excited, interested, or even mildly curious about the pending release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, but you never got around to playing some of the titles in the series. Heck, let’s say you’ve never played any of the games, but all the raving reviews and 10/10 scores has you thinking it’s finally time to jump into the Metal Gear universe. Let’s also assume real life prevents you from running out and buying all previous games and playing them non-stop before The Phantom Pain comes out in 5 days. Well, my friend, you have a problem. Of all the franchises that have attached a story to a video game, none have done so with more (and often maddening) intricacy than the Metal Gear games. What’s what and who’s who matte...
Kojima Productions Asks Fans Whjat they Want in PC Version of MGS V: TPP
Kojima Production is new to the whole multi-platform game thing this generation, but they are trying so very hard to nail PC ports. The Ground Zeroes port was exceptional and ran so well that even mid range PCs maxed it out without breaking a sweat. Now Kojima Productions has taken to Steam forums for user feedback on further improving their PC port. Robert Peeler, MGS’s Community manager, asked for advice on Steam forums for more PC specific features and options. The thread is here and still active at the time of writing, so if you have a specific request, knock yourself out.