New Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Details Revealed

The latest issue of Game Informer is crammed full of new details about Ground Zeroes since they got to have a play of it. Continue reading to check them out.The details:

• Metal Gear Solid: GZ is set in 1975, while The Phantom Pain is set in 1984.

• In true MGS fashion, infiltrating Camp Omega can be achieved in a number of ways.

• Snake’s binoculars can be used to tag enemies, allowing users to see them on their mini-map. The feature can be turned off in the options menu.

• Guard AI patterns are “wider and [more] unpredictable” than in previous games.

• Players can fire weapons from both a first and third person perspective.

• Line of sight shooting is well polished, with the playtester able to shoot between the wires in a barbed wire fence.

• Inventory management is done via the d-pad – earlier inventory system is gone.

• All found weapons can be used.

• When escaping foes, an onscreen numerical indicator is no longer used. Instead, a directional indicator similar to Far Cry 3 is used.

• An enemy’s level of alertness no longer depletes via a counter. Users will need to observe and keep an ear on intercepted radio.

• A new ability allows the player to slow down time briefly when discovered by a guard. This allows time to quickly shoot the guard. This can be deactivated.

• For melee attacks, a button prompt appears when Snake is close enough to an enemy. Snake can select between ‘interrogate’, ‘knock out’ or ‘kill’.

• Selecting interrogate can force the guard to reveal locations for ammo and secret passages.

• Vehicles take some time to learn. Turning radiuses are “pitiful”.

• Ground Zeroes comes with “a handful of extra missions”.

• The game features leaderboards.

• Playtester completed the story mission in less than two hours.

• Konami speedrunners have completed the game in five minutes.

• MGS V looks “slightly” better on PS4 than Xbox One.

• Unlocking side missions requires the player to collect XOF patches. Collecting them unlock the special, platform-specific missions.

Ground Zeroes is due for release on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on March 18th in the US and March 20th in Japan and Europe. The game will be followed shortly by Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

Source: CVG