PLAYING WITH FRIENDS LOOKS LIKE GREAT FUN
REASONS TO BE EXCITED FOR METAL GEAR SURVIVE
Hear us out Metal Gear Survive naysayers! We know that Hideo Kojima, the mastermind behind the Metal Gear Solid series is no longer at Konami, and will probably never be back, however, Metal Gear Survive doesn’t look as bad as you think it does. Sure, it has the Metal Gear name just for namesake and I.P. awareness, but looking at the game through rose-tinted glasses, you’ll find that it looks like a surprisingly silly, third-person survival game that provides a lot of fun when played cooperatively with friends.
Setting up traps, completing various objectives, and lifting up zombies with balloons (fultoning) to send them back to Mother Base are just a few of the things that you’ll be doing with friends in Metal Gear Survive. The zombie-like enemies known as ‘creatures’ are just asking to be shot down and eliminated, and it’s up to you and your partners to find new and exciting ways to take them out without blowing each other to pieces, which can happen a lot in Metal Gear Survive since friendly fire is a thing.
It seems that some of the missions will be nearly impossible without the help of friends. Metal Gear Survive really pushes its cooperative aspect, so if you’re a person who tends to play games alone, you might have a bit of trouble tackling missions solo, but if you’re a person who mostly opts in to multiplayer experiences, then Metal Gear Survive’s multiplayer-centric gameplay should be something to look forward to.
YOU DON’T NEED PRIOR KNOWLEDGE TO JUMP IN
REASONS TO BE EXCITED FOR METAL GEAR SURVIVE
The Metal Gear franchise has been known to be extremely convoluted and just plain confusing, you can thank Kojima for that. With more than a dozen entries in the series, it can be difficult for a newcomer to just jump in at any given point; with Metal Gear Survive though, anyone can jump in without having any prior knowledge of the vast lore behind the recognized franchise.
All you need to know is that Metal Gear Survive takes place in an alternate reality between Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. A wormhole apparently appears in the sky and sucks up anything and everything, and the soldiers now have to fight their way through zombies to get back to their home world. Yeah, it sounds ridiculous, that’s because it is! You also don’t play as any of the main characters that you’d know from Metal Gear Solid V, as you’re playing as custom-created characters instead.
The survival gameplay takes the front seat while the actual plot seems to not be too important in the grand scheme of things. The cool thing is, that if you are familiar with the franchise, then you should have no problems with the control scheme, which brings us to the next point.
THE INCREDIBLE FOX ENGINE IS BACK
REASONS TO BE EXCITED FOR METAL GEAR SURVIVE
The impressive engine that Konami built from the ground-up for Metal Gear Solid V, the Fox engine, is back in Metal Gear Survive. Not only does Survive contain the graphical fidelity that was so impressive in the Phantom Pain but most of the actions are still the same as well. You can still go prone, roll away in the face of danger, and dive into the dirt face-first. Speaking solely from a graphical standpoint, Metal Gear Survive is a very pretty game even with all of its multiplayer bells and whistles.
The Fox engine is a big part of what made The Phantom Pain as spectacular as it was – the controls felt amazing, the shooting was solid, and the open-ness of it all made it the biggest entry in the franchise thus far. Metal Gear Survive is trying to take everything that worked with The Phantom Pain and do a 180 with it. Bringing zombies into the mix with the excellent controls and graphical fidelity that the Fox engine has to offer has us pretty excited for what Konami has cooked up, even without Hideo Kojima behind behind the wheel.
Updated: Feb 12, 2018 10:48 am