What information should I have before starting?
What information should I have before starting?
Hey, I am hesitantly downloading MGSV right now (because of how much they were a jerk to Kojima) and I'm wondering is there any background I should know before I play? I've only played a bit of MGS in my days, so I have absolutely no backstory. Will I be fine? Thanks
It's absolutely amazing, really—just what you need to understand.
The narrative is quite minimal so far, which isn’t surprising given the MG setting. The story starts with Big Boss overseeing a basic outer heaven, led by an army lacking a true nation. He receives a directive from a KGB representative named KGB guy, and a character named Paz—named after Master Miller—joins him. This mission is secondary to the main plot. Snake and Big Boss team up, meeting Huey Emmerich’s father, who joins their cause. During the mission, Snake acquires a nuclear weapon and creates the first Metal Gear, named Metal Gear Zeke. However, Paz turns out to be a double agent working for Cipher. She steals Metal Gear and forces Big Boss to eliminate her, concluding the story.
Big Boss’s army thrives independently, receiving a task to infiltrate a CIA prison camp to rescue Paz and Chico, who had joined Big Boss earlier. Snake tracks Chico and discovers Paz’s whereabouts, saving her. Meanwhile, a nuclear inspection is underway at Big Boss’s offshore headquarters, where he manages operations and his forces reside. Upon arrival, Big Boss and Chico learn the inspection was a ruse and that the base is under threat. Big Boss rushes to his helicopter to aid Miller, but it’s too late—Miller is killed. Miller is furious, believing Paz provided the rescue coordinates after he arrived. She hides in her helicopter, carrying a bomb, and escapes just before it detonates, saving both Miller and Big Boss. Helicopters from the inspection team pursue Big Boss, causing a mid-air collision that fades the screen, ending with the fate of Big Boss and Master Miller remaining unresolved in *The Phantom Pain*.
No problem..I mean thats just imo the bare amount of things you need to know to enjoy the events of 5 ..it all will still tie into MGS3 then 1/2 and of course 4 so..you wont pick up in EVERYTHING but ya. there is a man by the name of Zero who will be mentioned, he was snakes commanding officer in the events of MGS3 but him and Big Boss had a falling out between the events of 3 and TPP