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7119903 No.7119903 [Reply] [Original]

How do I not suck at this game and its sequels? Each section has me dying multiple times. I'm thinking of watching some spy movies to pick up the facts.

>> No.7119910

>>7119903
Learn from your mistakes and approach the encounters differently. Learn the game mechanics.
MGS 1, 2, and 3 have some infuriating sections relating to requiring first person aiming against bosses in a game where it takes quite a bit of time to lead into your shots and giving you tiny windows.
But they aren't hard at all and even with the infuriating bosses, you shouldn't take more than a few attempts.

>> No.7119913

Does it matter? It's not like death punishes you. You just continue and get set back a bit. I'm not great at MGS and died a ton on my first playthrough like a week ago so just figure it out and develop a strategy to sneak around the guards.

>> No.7119917

>>7119913
I guess it just hurts my ego.

>> No.7119920

>>7119903
Maybe you just suck at videogames since MGS1 is really easy. If you're getting killed by regular genome soldiers then you're a dumbass who can't read the soliton radar.
>I'm thinking of watching some spy movies to pick up the facts
That's like saying watching an action movie teach you how to shoot gun. The reason you would watch those movies is to see what movies Kojima stole from.

>> No.7119932

>>7119903
If it makes you feel better I was stuck on the very first room for half an hour. You get used to it as the game goes on though.

>> No.7119939

>>7119917
>Muh sensi feefees
You'll never be a woman Mr hayter

>> No.7120075

>>7119910
The second part of the Metal Gear fight is filtering me hard.

>> No.7120080

>>7119939
Only fags use the word feefees; fag

>> No.7120083

>>7120075
I can help you with that one because I just replayed the game. In phase 2, immediately run behind him and keep moving behind him until he just stops and stands still. Then you get a free shot on his head. Repeat the process until he dies. He won't step on you unless he does the animation where he stops and raises his foot in a giant tell.

>> No.7120306

>>7119903
Play on easy mode to familiarize yourself with the mechanics. MGS can be hard to get into if you don't understand stealth.

>> No.7120350

>>7120306
MGS is the game you play to familiarize yourself with stealth. It's literally baby's first stealth game.
>easy mode for an easy game
Suck a shotgun

>> No.7120351

>>7119910
The first boss of mgs1 annoyed me
The revolver one

Gunfights suck in this game man

>> No.7120385

>>7119903
Use the codec a lot, talk to everyone whenever there's anything new, they usually have something insightful to say about anything you need to know.

>> No.7121106

>>7120351
autoaim is cancer, I hate it in the RE trilogy

>> No.7121118

>>7120306
That's what VR missions are for.

Also MGS is a very easy game. Only problem I had was the repelling section with the chopper shooting at you because the controls are complete shit. But it's so short I would just tank damage and race to the bottom.

>> No.7121127

>>7119903
How are you dying exactly?

Legitimate question. If you're dying, that means the guards are finding you, so the question is what errors are you making when you choose a spot to hide or when observing enemy patterns.

>> No.7122654

Don't know. I was bought it as a special present and I didn't even complete a level. I thought it was rubbish. It was supposed to be very good.

>> No.7122820

>>7119903
The AI is dumb as hell. You can walk right behind them and they won't notice. Just stay out of their line of sight and you can run all over the map. Once you see how badly its programed it's laughable.

>> No.7124039

>>7121118
>That's what VR missions are for
This. My perfect ideal for a first playthrough, if i hadn't already completed them, would be to complete the VR missions and Special Missions disc first, to be absolutely fluent in the controls and AI manipulation, then approach the full game without continues, just saves. Maybe even only the game recommended saves if you want to be extreme. And then do the same for MGS2. The MGS games always had good depth in this regard.

>> No.7125225

>>7124039
Great idea. I never managed to finish the VR stuff in MGS. Maybe I'd have had more incentive if I'd played those first.

>> No.7125240

>>7120351
Once you learn how to run and shoot at the same time you can literally just chase Ocelot in a circle and never get it. Ready your gun with Square then hold X at the same time and start moving. As long as you dont let go of X you'll keep moving.

>> No.7126065

>>7119910
I'm playing through the series for the first time and this is very true. The hardest part of 2 for me so far hasn't been any particular boss, but rather the fucking climbing/stealth section after the solidus plane fight. DEAR GOD I wanted to blow my brains out doing that for the 10th time.

>> No.7126632

Play around in that first area. Only real hard part is the staircase chase.

>> No.7127117

>>7124039
It's ironic how 4 and especially 5 have such great controls but no endless missions for post-completion. A map/mission creator would have been great. 5 is still the ultimate stealth sandbox thanks to the controls and free-roaming.

>> No.7127418

>>7119903
I died over 80 times on my first playthrough lol

>> No.7127423

>>7119903
play on easy?

also the first one stops being about stealth after the tank hangar so i wouldn't worry about it. the last 2/3 of the game are mostly outrunning gun cameras and fighting bosses

>> No.7127920

>>7119903
Just get into the vibe. Use the codec often. Experiment. Then when you finally beat the game, bash in your neighbors skull with a baseball bat, post on 4chan and then kill yourself

>> No.7127938

>>7127920
I don't have any neighbors, mind you

>> No.7128321
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7128321

>>7119903
You are literally retarded. They give you a radar the lets you see everything every enemy is doing. Imagine playing the game on hard mode WITHOUT any radar. THAT is a true gaming challenge. Peeking around every corner, listening to the sound of footsteps to hear where enemies are going, sitting and memorizing every single guard's routine, overcoming each boss's learning curve... you just literally suck at video games.

>> No.7128465

>>7119903
It's your fault not the games mechanics. Square was shoot until Halo

>> No.7128474

>>7128465
Halo makes me want to cover myself in mayonaise and masturbate into mailboxes

>> No.7128479

>>7128474
Halo sucks. Duke Nukem is Dad of all FPS

>> No.7128480

>>7128474
Just cover my fat fucking cock in raw hamburger meat and challenge school kids to fist fights

>> No.7128487

>>7128479
Start telling people I am the ham master, hunting in the night, having sex with peoples household pets

>> No.7128504

>>7128487
I thought masturbating with my tears would be poetic, but the salt made my cock itchy

>> No.7128538

>>7128487
>Being this salty
Get a life

>> No.7128683

>>7119903
Play through the VR missions

>> No.7128810

>>7128538
Please see my previous post about jerking my penis.