Current Events > Playing MGS3 blind but for real this time *spoilers probably*

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Last cutscene I viewed is the one where The Boss crushes Snake's hand with her horse. I loaded further back than I should have been, and soldiers somehow detected me despite me having 85% camouflage but they didn't go after me, they just went offscreen for no discernable reason. The fuck?
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they were just attracted to the explosion, if it's the part that I'm thinking of, and that area is in its alert phase
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boxington posted...

they were just attracted to the explosion, if it's the part that I'm thinking of, and that area is in its alert phase

gotcha, just feels weird without the cutscene leading up to it
also i got bitten by a snake because i can't see anything with this shitty first person view in the grass
yay
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Worst main series MGS IMO.
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why is first person view only available in the most useless possible situation
that's so dumb
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What the fuck ever.
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just found what looks like a frog plush doll in a tree wtf
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I guess the game would be too easy if you could see in third person while in the grass
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also praise the lord for stun grenades
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Garioshi posted...

just found what looks like a frog plush doll in a tree wtf

if you shoot all of them throughout the game, you'll get a special item
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boxington posted...

Garioshi posted...

just found what looks like a frog plush doll in a tree wtf

if you shoot all of them throughout the game, you'll get a special item

i don't have anything to shoot with
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you can also kick them
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oh, well now that i know that i can interact with the guards instead of just running from them or shooting them, this game is getting much more interesting
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what the hell is a c box
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LMAO that R1 camera
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Garioshi posted...

what the hell is a c box

It's your destiny to be...in the box.
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use your codec whenever you found new item or event.
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And now I love this game. That cutscene was amazingly choreographed.
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oh boy that's a lot of lag
damn you particle effects
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love how just tiptoeing into that trap sends you flying
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Garioshi posted...

And now I love this game. That cutscene was amazingly choreographed.

Details man. You talking about Ocelot?
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Those land mines gave me the first actual scare I've had in months. Well played.
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that was like a solid minute of revolver ocelot just twirling his revolvers around wtf
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aaaand i just dived straight off a cliff
go me
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Garioshi posted...

that was like a solid minute of revolver ocelot just twirling his revolvers around wtf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBQ2mflwnEU
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Vicious_Dios posted...

Garioshi posted...

that was like a solid minute of revolver ocelot just twirling his revolvers around wtf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBQ2mflwnEU

ok that was amazing
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lmao this bond codex conversation is amazing
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I played through it maybe two years ago with my only experience in MGS Ground Zeroes. Amazing introduction to the series and it didn't age too badly.
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Wow, the camera really isn't made for running towards it.
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Beat The Pain. That was an incredibly creative boss fight, props for whoever came up with it.
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I'm 5:31 in. Approximately how long do you who have beaten the game think it will take me to beat it?
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Garioshi posted...

I'm 5:31 in. Approximately how long do you who have beaten the game think it will take me to beat it?

i'd say youre a quarter way in, so 20-25 hours would be a safe bet.
of course it would be much faster if you skip the cutscene or not playing around with things like codec, but that wouldnt be fun.
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Ricemills posted...

Garioshi posted...

I'm 5:31 in. Approximately how long do you who have beaten the game think it will take me to beat it?

i'd say youre a quarter way in, so 20-25 hours would be a safe bet.
of course it would be much faster if you skip the cutscene or not playing around with things like codec, but that wouldnt be fun.

I'm probably gonna waste a ton of time messing around with the codec, love it to death. The cutscenes are also beautiful.
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*gameplay spoilers*

you can blow up food and weapon sheds.

if you blow up food, guards will be hungry, and you can toss them rotten food which will mess them up

you can also throw venomous animals that you captured, rather than killed

with weapon sheds, it'll affect weapons enemies will have when they face you
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boxington posted...

*gameplay spoilers*

you can blow up food and weapon sheds.

if you blow up food, guards will be hungry, and you can toss them rotten food which will mess them up

you can also throw venomous animals that you captured, rather than killed

with weapon sheds, it'll affect weapons enemies will have when they face you

will keep in mind whenever i finally get inside a building that has more than 1 room
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still can't get over how snake could have killed ocelot like 7 times in the time it took him to finish spinning his revolvers

will start playing after i get something to eat
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Can't get over how beautiful the opening is.

Does anyone know all of the things I can do with CQC? It seems extremely conditional.
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God dammit, the mines got me twice in a row. I feel ashamed.
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Another beautiful cutscene. I'm definitely getting more into the story.
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Does anyone know all of the things I can do with CQC? It seems extremely conditional.

Best thing to do is ignore it. The controls for it are terrible. But if you really want to know,

Circle while running is the slam move.
Quick tap circle to punch. Two more to PPK.
Hold circle halfway to hold an enemy at knifepoint.
Push circle hard while holding to slit throat.
L3 (IIRC) while at knifepoint to interrogate (helpful move but stupid and hard to do).
Push a direction and circle (IIRC) while holding to throw an enemy to the ground (helpful against a particular boss that you fight in a pit because it sets up a shotgun blast).
Square while holding to use your captive as a human shield, but it's so hard to pull off without throat slitting that it's completely useless.

And I think that's it.
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My favorite MGS game. There are so many little details in there, the codec conversations are great and the bosses are pretty creative and open-ended.

What version are you playing? Subsistence has a better camera.

Garioshi posted...

Does anyone know all of the things I can do with CQC? It seems extremely conditional.

From the top of my head, you can do a regular melee combo (repeatedly press the QCQ button (circle?)), a slam (hold circle and a direction simultaneously), a grab (hold circle *lightly*) followed by a choke out (press circle repeatedly while grabbing), throat slit (hold circle heavily while grabbing), interrogation (press L3 while grabbing), pulling out your weapon (hold the gun (square?) button lightly while grabbing and aim as normal with the right stick, release to fire) or walking around (with the left stick while grabbing).

I may be a bit off with some of them. As DevsBro said, they can be quite hard to pull off. 4 and V improve the CQC controls quite a bit.

Is there any way to quick reset from a checkpoint in case I get spotted and I just want to die?
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luigi13579 posted...

What version are you playing?

Shitty camera version
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How do I open doors?

Also, I would really appreciate knowing what a guard's line of sight is and how far i can be from them.
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Dammit, 3 times now.
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Wow, this tranq gun is OP. I took down all the guards by just sitting in the grass and shooting them.
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Garioshi posted...

Wow, this tranq gun is OP. I took down all the guards by just sitting in the grass and shooting them.

What difficulty?
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ABC

Always
Be
Ctranquing
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SlashmanSG posted...

Garioshi posted...

Wow, this tranq gun is OP. I took down all the guards by just sitting in the grass and shooting them.

What difficulty?

Normal.

Snake pushing up his glasses is a very nice touch, by the way.
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Garioshi posted...

Also, I would really appreciate knowing what a guard's line of sight is and how far i can be from them.

They can see you if they're looking in your direction. From how far depends on your camo meter. You just have to get a feel for it. They scrapped the radar for this one, probably because people were playing on the double-digit-by-double-digit minimap instead of the full screen in the previous games. I know I was.
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