My $60 purchase should offset the bloody cost of the servers. They're really not that expensive to keep spinning.
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F*ck Konami: MGSV FOBs beyond the first must be bought via macrotransactions
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My $60 purchase should offset the bloody cost of the servers. They're really not that expensive to keep spinning.
Technically you have access to one FOB and the PVP mode that comes with it. You can also still unlock all weapons and items. Just going to take an ungodly amount of hours.
It's fishy wording and honestly he probably was just given the company line. He's really there to just demo the game.
Nobody has access to this feature, which means how much time it saves and how unreasonable it is to unlock everything with just the one FOB is still a mystery.
This could be horrible or it could be nothing. Other retail games have had microtransactions to unlock stuff faster and have been fine.
Off-Kilter
Banned
Hm, good to know.
If that's the case then I'm not too bummed about it. I never 100% open world games anyway.
serenewarfare
Banned
Then how does not buying the game at all solve anything?
All indications are that the impact on SP is minimal unless you are talking about super late-game stuff. It sucks, but if I like 97% of the package, I personally won't let the 3% bad hold me back. Just my view though.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
I guess I'll hold off and wait for a sale.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
lol this is actively worse then mobile F2P mechanics which at least let you grind shit out, gj Konami.
Dangansona
Member
Obviously Fuck Konami, but I wonder if you actually need more than 1 FOB. Im more interested in the MP aspects of them than how many resources they can gather for me.
They work in PR. They lie and massage things all day.
Just don't buy any microtransactions. Nobody playing it pre release has had access to them at all, it hasn't hindered them.
StrangeTaco
Member
Well... that's rather disappointing. Was hoping TPP was going to be my first entry into the MGS series since I'm a PC gamer, but guess not.
Welp, I know what i'm doing when I get the PC version tomorrow:
Cheat engine here I come.
No, here WE come.
I know I don't blame the guy.
yuuuuuuuuuuuup.
First thing I said to my pals this morning was "welp, MGO will obviously be worse than Warframe when it launches."
Fee2pay is alive and well.
With the amount of games that are releasing on steam, it's pretty easy for me to skip products that have this type of stuff. I'd much rather play a couple of games that don't insult my wallet. Just use the time that I would've put into MGS into a game/developer that is actually worth supporting.
Alcoholikaust
Member
how much time will be saved by having more than one FOB?
Only internal rational I can think of that helps:
Talking to Mother Base NPC's and listening to Cassette Tapes to pass the time while the meter fills. Peace Walker had tens of hours of cassette tapes in it. ...
I really really want to like this game, and I probably will. But goddamn, Konami.
Konami is the US, and Kojima is Big Boss, screwed over by his former homeland and left out to dry, shattered and left a broken man, driven mad...probably a flaming skeleton man by now.
Talking to Mother Base NPC's and listening to Cassette Tapes to pass the time while the meter fills. Peace Walker had tens of hours of cassette tapes in it. ...
I really really want to like this game, and I probably will. But goddamn, Konami.
Konami is the US, and Kojima is Big Boss, screwed over by his former homeland and left out to dry, shattered and left a broken man, driven mad...probably a flaming skeleton man by now.
JadedWriter
Member
Fuck this shit. All your base are belong to Konami. Fucking dick maggots.
Cow Goes Moo
Member
it's almost the same in my experience with some mobile games
wait long ass times to make stuff basically
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Can't get mad until I know how important it is to have more than one fob. Does seem shitty though.
Kinda sucks for me because this is probably the one game I want to 100%. I'm doing that with GZ right now and its so fun. The controls are amazing.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Well if we take all the impressions and reviews as anything, no FOBs aren't necessary. Some people are making it seem like if you don't have FOBs you can't enjoy the game, but that hasn't really come out from anyone who's had the game since last week.
FTFY
But they lied about being able to unlock everything in the game as a micro-transaction.
Shit is going to go down.
Q
Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
and you guys buying this game as a massive fuck you to konami is gonna have them crying with your money
WiiRevolution1
Member
Well...I may have gotten this by end of year but now I know for sure that I will never buy this game.
I do not tolerate microtransactions in any paid game and I only tolerated it in one free game.
I will not support this trash.
I will lookup the story later on as it does seem like it wasn't messed with from what I understand, but I won't buy this game and support this fucking company.
Kojima, I do hope that you can go on to create more great games in the future, and I thank you for the Metal Gear Solid games that you've given us before. Just sorry that Konami had to ruin this game. Hope its not your last!
I do not tolerate microtransactions in any paid game and I only tolerated it in one free game.
I will not support this trash.
I will lookup the story later on as it does seem like it wasn't messed with from what I understand, but I won't buy this game and support this fucking company.
Kojima, I do hope that you can go on to create more great games in the future, and I thank you for the Metal Gear Solid games that you've given us before. Just sorry that Konami had to ruin this game. Hope its not your last!
Can't wait for Jim's word on this. He will be thrilled!
I also can't wait for the day Konami leaves this industry for good. What a scummy company.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Yep.
Savantcore
Unconfirmed Member
Whatever happened to just making a fun game for people to enjoy. The FOB mode might be really good, and could have been a great addition to MGSV, but instead it's just an avenue to gouge money from the fans. So sad.
Glendemonium
Member
Oh dear... here I was about ready to blow $60 tomorrow after work. I never thought I'd say this, but I think I'll wait for a price drop next year and just get Destiny Year 1+2 instead.
I was honestly okay with this being a multiplayer thing since I'm here for the single player campaign, but now I dunno man. That's asking a lot.
I was honestly okay with this being a multiplayer thing since I'm here for the single player campaign, but now I dunno man. That's asking a lot.
Oh, shit. You're absolutely right. Suddenly those small purchase options are making sense now.
Fuck fuck, how many things in this game...
Huh the ZEKE "grind" takes like an hour or two (you can target specific body parts to increase the drop rate a lot) and mainly consists of replaying two boss fights once or twice. This is way worse.
Krappadizzle
Member
Review scores really need to be adjusted for this. This is part of the whole package and the reviews should reflect that. The value here is garbage.
Quick Mustard
Member
No, thats what this thread is about.
It seems like after MGSV they'll only have the PES series. I think after this game they are pretty much done. They'll see how much of a life MGO has to offer but after that. They are done
It's literally the exact same as F2P mechanics like coin doublers. You can still grind it out, multiple FOBs would just speed it up.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
An absolute grade-A cunty move. Fuck you, Konami.
Sumio Mondo
Member
To be fair, this crap is detrimental to those of us reaching end game and wanting to unlock everything, since some of us are completionists like that. Especially for our favourite game series. Metal Gear deserves better than this crap.
WhoaIsThatMars
Member
War has changed
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
The fact that they hid this until the reviews came out is nefarious as hell
They want you to buy coins, what do you think how important it is. Therethically you can play any f2p gane without paying, but it gets annoying along the way if you don't.
Those are New Zealand dollars. So the biggest pack is more like $60 USD.
serenewarfare
Banned
Exactly what I plan to do. There are reviewers who have put 40+ hours into the game and had a great time without even having access to any of the microtransaction stuff.