Current Events > Replaying Metal Gear Solid 5 on version 1.0

(+) Yeah! (+)

I got the PS3 version of MGS5 on release day. That first week of it being out was when I played it the most - shit was awesome, I had a great time. But shit started to get really fucky with each new patch.

In version 1.0, your GMP is all offline. You get the money, you store the money in your offline game. You have access to your grand total at all times.

At some point, the game decided to store 90% of your GMP online. For someone who had been playing since day one, like me, this meant that a majority of my in-game earnings - most of which, if not all of it, was earned offline - were now gated behind an internet connection.

But that's fine, as long as you can still spend it, right?

Well, when you went to buy gun upgrades and stuff in singleplayer, even if you were connected to the internet, the money would only come out of your offline GMP total. To the point where your GMP balance would overdraw and go into the red. I first learned this when I signed in, spent some cash on some gun upgrades, and then lost my internet connection. Several soldiers left due to lack of funds, and a bunch more of them died because I couldn't treat them in the sick bay.

I'm playing version 1.0 because I want total control over my GMP. Outside of some cool endgame gun upgrades, the later Phantom Pain patches didn't really contribute to the main game at all - it went towards online shit like FOBs, the garbage multiplayer mode and fucking you in the ass regarding your GMP.

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The multiplayer was kinda fun <_< i enjoyed death match once in a while.

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Goddamn, I still love this game.

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imagine literally unironically still playing metal gear after mgs4 ruined the franchise
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