I tested the game in 4K using a Samsung U28D590D UHD monitor, and while it looked impressively sharp, the dip in FPS wasn’t worth it. On my HD 7850 (2GB) at home, I had to knock it down to ‘high’ to achieve the same frame rate. On my GTX 970 (4GB) review PC, the game maintains a solid 60fps on ‘extra high’ settings at 1080p. Remappable controls Keyboard and mouse only, but gamepad users can choose between four different control schemes Graphics options Borderless fullscreen, vertical sync, frame rate lock, model detail, texture filtering, shadows, lighting, SSAO, effects Reviewed on GeForce GTX 970, Intel i5-3570K 3.40GHz, 16GB RAM It’ll take you a while to achieve the ultimate S rank on every mission. You can dumbly charge through the majority of the game with your guns blazing, but the fun (and challenge) lies in learning the map, exploiting the systems, and outsmarting the AI to get the best possible score. A deep ranking system rates your performance based on how quickly, quietly, and efficiently you complete the mission, and you earn extra points for things like not killing anyone or not triggering any alarms. How you reach the prisoners and carry them to safety is left entirely to your imagination. They follow set routines, but sometimes they’ll surprise you by suddenly looking over their shoulder or sneezing, giving you a split second to dash safely past. If the alarm sounds, they’ll work together intelligently to surround you and pin you down. There’s an impressive amount of reactivity, and they respond to suspicious noises or malfunctioning security cameras with a mixture of curiosity and trepidation. The small army of Marines who guard the base feel like people, not automated drones. But that’s just one of many ways to complete the mission, and it’s this freedom that makes Ground Zeroes worth spending money on, despite the fact that, at first glance, it seems to be little more than a demo.īig Boss prepares to infiltrate Camp Omega. Ideally you’ll want to sneak into the base, extract the prisoners, then escape without alerting anyone. This, like previous entries in the series, is a stealth game. Two prisoners are being held captive in Camp Omega, and he needs them alive. You are Big Boss, a legendary soldier and former CIA operative who, after being betrayed by the US government, forms his own private army. It’s an overwhelmingly bleak, but powerfully evocative setting-and it’s the centrepiece of Ground Zeroes, a single-level prologue to the forthcoming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Armed guards, who seem almost as miserable as the detainees, patrol the base, their raincoats billowing in the howling wind. Spotlights shine from towers through pounding rain, always watching. Prisoners in orange jumpsuits, black bags pulled over their heads, cower in cages as rats scurry around their feet.

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