Useful Tips for NG+
The Advice
When asked if you’re playing the series for the first time or like MGS1, 2, or 3, picking “I like MGS3!” will give you a boatload of equipment right off the bat, most of which are purely cosmetic, some of which provide beneficial effects and all of which are otherwise unlocked by simply completing the game.
You can pick any option you want if you don’t wish to use the beneficial effects of the items that picking “I like MGS3!” gives you but they can come in handy in a pinch. They don’t even count as special items and are fair game to obtain the FOXHOUND rank as far as the game is concerned.
If an animal is killed, the name of it that displays will have “R.” added as a prefix to mean “raw”. All plants and fruits will have this prefix but an animal may display “R. SNAKE A” if killed or “SNAKE A” if captured alive and it counts towards the EZ Gun either way. The exceptions are the Indian Gavial and Markhor which are too large to be captured alive and the Tsuchinoko which must be caught with a mousetrap first, then recaptured alive a second time later in the game to count for the Infinity face paint.
If you are playing on European Extreme difficulty and intend to complete the game without getting an alert to unlock stealth camo, always choose to Exit the game and reload your save file if you do get a game over by an alert. The reason behind this is because if you choose Continue in this instance, it will count as both a continue and an alert in the game’s final stat tally. Exiting and reloading your save file circumvents this, so saving often is a good idea.
If a guard sees you and you knock him out at the same moment, this can result in an alert that blazes through the normal 99.99 timer for all three phases (Alert, Evasion and Caution) in about one second. It’s unlikely to happen, but if it does then it still counts as an alert because you were still in the alert phase, even if it can be hard to see the word “ALERT” in the brief second the box shows up for.
A dog can trigger an alert, but they do so a bit differently than guards. If a dog detects you, it will immediately cue the iconic sound effect synonymous with an alert, but one will not actually begin until a few more seconds later. This pause is usually just enough time for you to deal with the dog any way you see fit, most commonly with a shot from the Mk. 22.
You will automatically obtain the Scientist and Officer uniforms as the game progresses, with the third Maintenance uniform being completely optional. None of these three uniforms carry over between cycles so I’m not counting them.
The Ration, Calorie Mate and Instant Noodles do not count towards the EZ Gun, but the three snakes that can only be found during the final boss fight do.
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