A price drop for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes was not the only announcement Konami had in store for the game today. Previously priced at £39.99/€39.99/$39.99, boxed PS4 and Xbox One copies of the game will now cost £29.99/€29.99/$29.99, the same price as digital next gen versions and boxed PS3 and Xbox 360 copies. Current gen digital versions will be priced at £19.99/€19.99/$19.99. The publisher also announced today that if you buy Ground Zeroes you'll receive exclusive downloadable content for follow-up Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain when it is released (which might not be until late in 2015). The DLC provides players with additional resources for a Mother Base area featured in The Phantom Pain. According to Konami, Mother Base will be introduced during the Ground Zeroes campaign and will play a "central role" in The Phantom Pain. The DLC is included only in the "first batch" of Ground Zeroes retail copies and for a "limited period" for the digital version. Players who have this DLC will have an "edge" over those who don't, Konami said. It's not clear if the DLC will be available for separate purchase. Konami also announced today that everyone who purchases Ground Zeroes will unlock "exclusive" content that will carry over to The Phantom Pain. More specifically, prisoners of war and VIPs rescued in Ground Zeroes will appear in The Phantom Pain as Mother Base staff. Character skins can also be carried over from Ground Zeroes to The Phantom Pain. Finally, Konami today announced Ground Zeroes' second-screen "iDROID" app. This app-- available for free on iOS, Android, and Xbox SmartGlass--will replicate Big Boss' in-game communication map/device. Using the iDROID app, players will be able to call up maps, enlist the help of air support, or play cassette tapes they find in Camp Omega. Source: GameSpot
After playing the game. Its definitely not worth 30$. Even 20 are hard to justify. Its always the same level. The 360 graphics are horrifying if you play day missions. Always the same level. This gets boring, really fast. The back to the chopper gundown mission is one of the laziest part in a game, played in years. The extracted gamefiles from the .iso are just 1,5GB. And you still have to install gamedata to run the game. This was annoying as hell in MGS4 (PS3). And its back again. Even if its just a one timer. You are forced to do so. Don't know, how many HHD less XBoxes are still out there. There is much to read, in the game. Intro and so. Why? No money for voice actors? I don't wanna bash the game. But for this tiny peace of game, to pay 20 bucks or more, is not ok. Just my opinion. Wait for Phantom Pain and forget Ground Zeros.
