What's Mike Playing? - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)

Hey all and welcome back to Another episode of What's Mike Playing? the series in which I give you a quick look into one of the current games I am playing.

This week I had to give A peek into what is easily one of my favourite next gen games so far and that is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. I am not exactly very far into the game at the moment mainly because I keep getting distracted with side ops and attaching balloons onto anything that move in the game (How is that A thing now?)

This awesome piece of craziness from Hideo kojima is so much fun that I had do A video of it also this is Channel first as it is the first time I have brought you A horse Surfing on the top of A military truck Check it out!!!

I hope you enjoy the vid and thanks for watching.

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MGS 5 Comes With Metal Gear Online

Konami has today announced that Metal Gear Online will be included with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. MGO was shown at this weekends Game Awards.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain comes out in 2015 for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Although a PC game is rumored to be in the works, no release date for it has been set. Be sure to check out the trailer below:

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PES 2015 Demo Out This Week

Konami will launch the PES 2015 demo this week in Europe. PES 2015 is being developed by two teams this year, a Tokyo-based team and the recently opened UK PES Productions studio located in England. New features that are include is a new shooting system, closer control's for one-on-ones and bespoke player dribbling skills. Konami has announced a PES 2015 release date of November 13 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

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PES 2015 Announce By Konami

Konami has released a bunch of screen shots from PES 2015 which showcase character and stadia details of the next-gen football title.

The images are of 3D recreations of well known Juventus players such as Carlos Tevez and Paul Pogba. The pictures also outline new details added to stadia, particularly with crowd generation which seems to be a dramatic leap from previous games.

PES 2015 is the first entry in Konami's co-developed in the UK to enhance the game's authenticity. It has been suggested the PES 2015 release date will fall on September 26 though it has yet to be confirmed.

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Kojima says enemies in MGS V are too unpredictable

Hideo Kojima is going to be showing a tech demo of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain at the Tokyo Game Show however it really is a pain as apparently enemies are so unpredictable that he cannot plan a presentation beforehand.

レッツの魅せプレイを見ようとおもったら、エラーが出たので中断。

— 小島秀夫 (@Kojima_Hideo) September 15, 2013

"If you’re going to see the demo at the stage event, I may have to stop [before the end of the presentation] because of mistakes"

あらら、レッツでもやはり100%の「魅せプレイ」は難しいのか。敵の挙動が毎回違うので、予測できないから仕方ないが。途中で見つかると、予定取りにはプレゼンできない。うちのブースのステージなら、臨機応変に時間延長が可能だけど。今回はそうじゃないので。

— 小島秀夫 (@Kojima_Hideo) September 15, 2013

"Oh my, the demo for the stage event is 100% more difficult. The behavior of the enemy is different every time, I can’t help it because I cannot predict it. I found out while playing that it’s not possible to pre-plan the presentation. If it was our own booth, extending the time would be possible on a case-by-case basis, but this time it’s not."

If this is the biggest problem that Kojima is facing then all we can see is that we're really excited. Imagine an enemy so unpredictable that every time you play the game its totally different. Hopefully this will become a growing trend on all next gen titles because you cannot beat a good AI.

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'Halo' Dev Criticises 'MGSV' Character Design

Halo Devloper David Ellis has branded Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid V character Quiet "ridiculous" and "shows that industry is full of man babies." David Ellis spoke out after Hideo Kojima announced that Metal Gear Solid V character 'Quiet' has been designed to be "sexy". 

Industry full of man babies. Ugh.
— David Ellis (@DavidEllis) September 6, 2013

Don't care if this gets me in trouble. This character design is disgusting. Our industry should be better than this. http://t.co/4CCaF1qNEP
— David Ellis (@DavidEllis) September 6, 2013

What caused Ellis to go off on one was this "What I'm really trying to do is create unique characters. One of those is, of course, Quiet. She's a really unique character, I wanted to add that sexiness to her," Kojima said. "It wasn't really supposed to be erotic, but sexy." in which case Ellis had this to say "Eccentricity is a cute cover word for objectification and sexism, sexuality can work in games and can be used for a purpose, such as in Platinum Games' "Bayoneta." But he said the effort felt cheap in "Metal Gear Solid V." 
"This feels lazy and exploitative," he said. "I like breasts as much as the next guy, but this felt icky."

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 release date announced

Konami has announced that Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 will hit shores on September 24th 2013 and is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. PES 2014 will use a modified version of Kojima Production's Fox Engine which will be used for next gen title Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. PES 2014 will feature many key improvements which we stated here at the start of the month.

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PES 2014 shows of new 'Fluidity Engine'

Konami has released a new video showcasing all the new feature's in the latest installment in the PES series. PES 2014 will use the FOX Engine which was used in the development of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zero. PES 2014 boast's next gen visual's on current gen consoles such as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. 

Here are some of the features promised:

TrueBall Tech: For the first time in a football simulation, PES 2014 will centre everything on the ball: how it moves, and how players use it. Physics of the ball, stature of the player, speed and height of the pass,… everything will be taken into account to recreate the most realistic football experience on a home system.

Motion Animation Stability System (M.A.S.S.): The players will also be an important part of the game with M.A.S.S. that will increase the realism of physical contacts between players, tackles and decisions taken on the pitch by the AI to have more open games while playing PES.

Heart: Football is all about emotions and the support of the fans will now have an influence on the performance of the team, cheering and acting as the “twelfth man”. On the pitch, the performance of an individual player, good or bad, will also have an effect on the team, giving them a moral boost if he has a moment of individual brilliance; or forcing his teammates to support him if he is not doing well.

PES ID: Introduced in PES 2013, the Player ID system recreated faithfully the movements and skills of about 50 star players. In PES 2014, that number will increase greatly and will also apply to complete squads to replicate a team’s playing style.

Team Play: With the new Combination Plan, our users will be able set up a variety of different tactics in key areas of the pitch using three or more players. These players will make very different runs to exploit holes in the defence or midfield, using the flanks, curved runs, or overlapping play to make themselves available.

The Core: One of the biggest changes will be visual thanks to the new engine. Movements of the players, details of the kits, facial expression, stadiums,… everything will imitate reality. The flow of the match will also be improved with no more cut scenes after specific events. Finally, our fans will see changes concerning free kicks and penalties with more reaction from the defence and a more natural feeling.

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Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain

After many months of speculation Konami has finally announced that The Phantom Pain is Metal Gear Solid V and is the same game as Ground Zero. Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima appeared on stage at the GDC to announced the truth and that Moby Dick Studio's doesn't exist - yeah like we didn't know that! Hideo later revealed via a tweet that 'Ground Zeroes’ is a prologue of ‘MGSV’. 9 years after that event will be ‘The Phantom Pain’. MGSV is constructed w/ prologue and main game ‘TPP’. The game play demo I presented today is the opening of ‘TPP’ which is tutorial that starts from crawling.'

One surprise however was the fact that David Hayter who has gone on to be Solid Snake/ Big Boss in many titles along the series will not be reprising his role again himself tweeting that he was not even contacted and asked to be apart of the game. One thing which baffles us is that the game has only so far been announced on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 which surely isn't possible with how great the game is looking. Most of Hideo's GDC talk revolved around the new Fox Engine technology that powers the game. He revealed that the aim was to make the visuals as photorealistic as possible, with many of the game’s assets scanned in directly from real life.

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