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Forums - Gaming Discussion - MGSV: The Phantom Pain Has the Best Beginning in a Game Ever

I won't enter in detail to not spoil anything but the first chapter (the prologue) is the best I ever played in a videogame... it is well made with the right level of action, drama, tension and emotions.

Fucking this game.

Absolutely amazing.

 

Edit - I chosse Gaming Discussion but it put in the Sony one... can a mod change that?



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It was good, but you don't really play it. Can't imagine I'd want to got through it again if I wanted to replay the game, would just take to long to get too the gameplay. The tutorial was very well inserted I must admit.



I moved the thread for you.

And I would have to go with The Last of Us.



                            

Imo it went on for too long without any real gameplay. I do realize mgs always has had huge cutscenes, but these days other game devs do such a great job of keeping you in control while a 'cutscene' is happening. Furthermore some of moments in the intro was cringe worthy bad (the sedative parts). Furthermore, just like the rest of the game you Cann tell how expensive Kiefer Sutherland was because of the lack of dialogue. It is basically a silent protagonist even in cutscenes.

I'm gonna have to go with the last of us intro. It trumps it in every way. Fitting length, believable dialogue, seamless transitions to and from gameplay, thrilling but realistic setpieces. (unlike that whale from mgs5). Relatable characters, and above all superb writing which gives you an emotional attachment within 20 minutes. Furthermore TLOU deserves an extra bone for being grounded in reality as 'fantasy' has the ability to take liberties with reality to make it function In a game, whereas a reality grounded in reality is technically limited when it comes to storytelling and setpieces.



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No it hasn't. That title still belongs to The Last of Us.



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I've never played a MGS game, but I still don't think anything can top the beginning to The Last of Us. Like, honestly, that's the only time a video game has ever had a scene that got me so choked up. It was just so real, so human.



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That honor goes to The Last of Us or God of War 3.



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