I haven't gotten around to playing Conviction yet, so I can't say whether that's a good or bad thing.Able Seacat said:
Metal Gear Solid 5 Introducing User-Generated Content
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(MGS4 Spoiler)Marik2 said:
It was either in the cut-scene with Big Mama explaining things or at the end when Big Boss explained things. Little panels were scrolling across the screen with clips from various MGS games and I remember seeing clips from PO. Also I had to type this again because when I posted it it just posted quotes and not what I typed.
MGS is always evolving.Able Seacat said:
relevant bits from article;
''Boss sprints, slides, climbs, and tags enemies like Sam Fisher has since 2010?s Splinter Cell: Conviction. Aggression takes precedence over delicacy, but still plays an important role in slithering through shadows. He?ll hurl enemies from ledges too, but nothing feels more foreign in Ground Zeroes -- and by association, the whole of Metal Gear Solid V -- than the slow-motion executions.''
I have no problem with this. Note that MGS5 is open world now and multiple open ended infiltrations need to be balanced by a more manoeuvrable snake. You can see this is action in the demo-it's very encouraging.
''Before a guard enters an alert state, you?ll get a button prompt indicating you?re busted. Hold the left trigger, and you?ll briefly freeze time, giving you the opportunity to pump a couple quiet bullets into an alarmed enemy?s eyeballs. It?s an elegant means of avoiding detection that comes with a Mark and Execute sense of style, but I?m terrified this neuters the importance of evasion''
So it's not mark and execute- it's optional bullet time as soon as you are discovered.
In MGS4 you had lock-on shooting, octo camo, 2 factions busy killing each other to worry about you and it was near impossible to run out of silencers. You could also grab/take out a 'newly alerted guard' before he has a chance to call for help/radio in.
The only thing that could possibly be a cause for concern is the 'freeze time' feature. Is it intrusive?optional? operational even when discovered from behind? dependant on range?
MGS4 was so open-ended in terms of playstyles you could easily not use a feature and have loads of fun. It's not like other games i.e. absolution; where you need to use 'instinct' or play it as a non-hitman game.
The Creation Kit is the worst piece of Software I've ever used, less usable than even Blender was to me when I first tried it. I had to watch a god damned 30 minute video just to figure out how to do basic stuff in the CK, and after the 10th crash/freeze I just abandoned any efforts at modding an ES game at all.Mcoffey said:
The interface rivals Microsoft Access in terms of how bloated it is (only that in Microsoft Access, all the functions actually seem to do something half way to useful). The renderer can't do shit without crashing. Relocating items inside a level without a 40 minute tutorial on the basics of item placement is impossible. Getting a model imported into a level is something I'm not even going to try. It is literally easier to use a text editor and edit game files yourself, provided you can translate them into a somewhat readable format.
How you do a modding SDK right would be CryEngine Sandbox or UnrealEd (with the latter being a bad example, as it literally gives you nothing to start with and no idea what buttons you should press to accomplish it). Or even Hammer for SOURCE. But Hammer is nigh unusable on a single monitor (UnrealEd has the same problem: if you don't want to constantly switch windows, you're going to have to use a second monitor).
I know it's the first thing that comes to mind, just wanted to actually make it known to people that it's not as good as most that haven't used it make it out to be.Mcoffey said:
I'll agree, though. Just little user-created missions are a lot less interesting than a fully fledged editor (on that note: why the hell did they invest money into making a new engine when licensing the CryEngine (Unreal doesn't do gritty graphics that well) would've been cheaper? And enough? And provided people with modding tools by default, with a non-atrocious content packaging method...? Why exactly?