![]() Konami says all the relationships you make - enemies and allies - out on the field come into play at Mother Base and affect its evolution, but it's a two-way street. When it's attacked an alarm will sound, your soldiers head to their battle stations and a chopper comes in to pick up Snake and air lift him into battle. It's affected by the dynamic weather system that plays out across the rest of the game (it started raining during our demo), and it can be attacked, too, which is where your UAVs and other defensive artillery you picked up on the battlefield come in. While you're free to explore it - rekindling memories of Metal Gear Solid 2 perhaps by hanging off of a ledge for a bit - Mother Base isn't a safe haven. You're Big Boss, after all, leader of the mercenary group the Diamond Dogs, and a legend in the eyes of those on the battlefield. In a neat touch, they salute you as you walk by. Snake can join them, helping to improve their skills in shooting and CQC alongside his own. Speaking of soldiers, while you're away, those you've recruited train in areas such as the shooting range. Showing off and comparing bases will be part of the appeal of the game, Konami says. So, depending on the items you've rescued and the upgrades you've made, your Mother Base will look different to other players'. You can Fulton almost everything, including enemy soldiers, metal containers, jeeps, anti-aircraft guns and even the Afghanistan wildlife (more on this later). Mother Base is also where you'll find items that you've successfully used Metal Gear Solid's Fulton balloon recovery system on out in the battlefield. Do you spend GMP, the in-game currency, on upgrading your defences with more UAVs, or invest in research and development? Either way, most of the time you'll have a new platform construction somewhere in the distance - a future wing of your hexagonal home. You manage your resources as you see fit and you choose how to expand Mother Base's capabilities. If I could build a Metal Gear Solid-themed city in Disneyland, The Phantom Pain's Mother Base would be it.ĭuring a behind-closed-doors gameplay demo of the PlayStation 4 version at E3, Konami emphasised that Mother Base will be customisable. It's where Snake - AKA Big Boss - returns to in between missions, where he trains to improve his skills, where UAV drones circle above, and it's also where Revolver Ocelot, circa 1984, calls home. It's a huge place, once it's been upgraded and extended from the initial oil rig, with plenty of nooks and crannies to explore and characters to interact with. In The Phantom Pain, gaming's most famous off-shore plant returns, but this time it's fully explorable. Snake is undoubtedly the star of the Metal Gear show, but in The Phantom Pain, Mother Base runs him a close second.
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