Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes gets extended gameplay clip, featuring vehicle-play and exploding heads

Kojima Productions' beautiful next-gen Fox Engine gets a better real-time showing off

Words: David Houghton on September 3, 2012

So last week the lengthy, beautiful, and oh so very shiny trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes was released. It was a gorgeous 10-minute spectacle, but alas it teasingly cut to black just after the gameplay part started. Now though, an extended demo video has arrived, running on a few minutes after the main trailer cuts out, and featuring sneaking, shooting driving and helicoptering.

The new footage shows Snake making his way into the sprawling open-world military base below, dealing with the tower guard who gave him so much trouble in the trailer, and then briefly showing off his new vehicle-based prowess both on the ground and in the air.It also gives a hint of the full scale and openness of the level in play via a quick look at the in-game map.

Any more excited about Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes now? Or still requiring of a bit more solid detail before launching into full "Cannot wait" mode?

Platforms:

Xbox 360, PS3

Topics:

Hideo Kojima, Kojima Productions, Konami, metal gear solid

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drake-wayne - September 4, 2012 10:45 a.m.

This game looks cool. I just got a M4 like in the game http://www.airsplat.com/airsoft-video-games.htm and they have a bunch of other guns from different games.
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winner2 - September 3, 2012 7:02 p.m.

Daaaammnn that looked nice
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joanna-hill - September 3, 2012 12:47 p.m.

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IceBlueKirby - September 3, 2012 10:12 a.m.

I was in "full cannot wait mode" the minute this game was announced. I love the MGS series, and I'm always ready for more.
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CombatWombat101 - September 3, 2012 8:48 a.m.

Hot damn that was pretty.
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crazor89 - September 3, 2012 7:49 a.m.

Never been a big fan of the series, but this does look fantastic!
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jackthemenace - September 3, 2012 7:40 a.m.

This is starting to look pretty amazing. And, to say it was only announced last week, it looks like there's a fair amount of it already finished. Does that mean we might even get a 2012/early 2013 release? AND, does it mean that all the things they're saying- huge, open worlds and even different countries- we might actually get, because they've already managed to do it? Admittedly, that might be me being a little too optimistic, but still. It'd be good.
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HorriBliss - September 3, 2012 8:08 a.m.

Late 2012/2013, colliding with MG:R? You can forget about it. But I do think it looks like an Autumn release next year, although, that's bound to be congested as fuck as usual.
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BladedFalcon - September 3, 2012 8:09 a.m.

Pretty sure the game isn't coming out before 2014, if even then. It does look like they have been working on it for quite a while, yes, but considering MGS's history with announcements vs when they actually come out, they almost always take at least 2-3 years. I don't see this being an exception.
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AbleAmazing - September 3, 2012 9:35 a.m.

But, if this is to serve as prologue to MGS5, I don't think they can afford to launch MGS5 any later than 2015. I'm thinking a Summer/Fall 2013 release for this title - just before the next-gen launch window begins in earnest.
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gilgamesh310 - September 3, 2012 9:36 a.m.

It's unlikely to be out any later than 2014. The next gen of consoles will almost definitely be out by then. I doubt the graphics on the PS 3 will be as good as those seen here either. I think that was PC footage that was shown.
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BladedFalcon - September 3, 2012 1:12 p.m.

Why not? both MGS2 and MGS4 where announced and planned for the next consoles just as the former console cycles were coming to an end. I would be willing to bet that whatever plans are for MGS5, it's most certainly coming for the next generation of consoles.
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BladedFalcon - September 3, 2012 1:18 p.m.

Well, according to Kojima and the developers, the footage shown DOES come from a PS3. Of course, they could always be bullshitting us, but in the case of Kojima, and particularly how he has been playing up his FOX engine for the last 2 years,(That, and that he has always had a preference for Sony consoles over anything else.) I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
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slimjim441 - September 4, 2012 9:26 a.m.

Holiday 2013, at the earliest. Still looks gorgeous.
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sternparez - September 3, 2012 6:16 a.m.

So who else is changing their song for when the helicopter comes in Guile's Theme?
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BladedFalcon - September 3, 2012 7:32 a.m.

...That is brilliant. Count me in!
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sternparez - September 3, 2012 12:03 p.m.

lol awww yeeeaah
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Mooshon - September 3, 2012 4:49 a.m.

Does look bloody nice. I never really got into the series after the first one. This one's giving me the twinge to power through the HD collection to get up to speed.
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AbleAmazing - September 3, 2012 9:36 a.m.

Agreed. I just downloaded the Collection and Solid 1 on PS Store. Gonna start from the beginning and power through to the end of MGS4.
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