Not tactical in the Game.... A Robot smaller than a Tank with Legs like that would be the greatest Killing Machine ever... just by going upstairs in a Building to kill everyone inside... A damn tank can't do that shit
Manek Iridius but they were talking about the Legs of the DWalk.. how useless those legs are..... i just thought an example how it could be useful in a War.
Only real advantage in legs over tracks are in moutains or rocky terrain where tracks could either not gather traction or it dind't have enought clearance to climb, in other words, is verry limited, and then there is the complications of balacing a robot on legs, its too much effort for too little advantages, it would be better to invest in exo exqueleton technology. However, i have to say that something like a drone version of D-walker would be usefull in urban combat, but mainly as a disposable unit for shock trops or front line support troops.
@@nioutest try changing d walkers load out and he'll regain his ammo for free. You can wait to bring him on a mission and then call him so you get him for free 👌
I’m curious, this is my fav game ever from a sheer gameplay mechanical perspective, but I fail to understand what I can possibly do after having finished the story, what did you do for the 350 remaining hours? I really want to make the most out of it but there’s little to do beside replaying missions
@@luisaguilar7997 There's plenty of mods/mission packs. Also, this game has been out for almost 6 years, so they've probably played it here and there throughout that time span.
They do have an advantage actually, you see tanks aren't that unconventional, D-walker is capable of navigating through thick woods and such, not only that, but you'll see a giant hunk of metal with a giant ass cannon coming miles away, while you wouldn't see a walker gear till it got much closer.
"Whether that gun is lethal, non-lethal, loud or Quiet..." Am I the only one who imagined D-Walker holding Quiet as a weapon? She does have a handgun she never uses.
Avi Kohl Good point. I forgot to include that in D-Walker's drawbacks. It's deployment cost can more often that not, be easily way over 10,000GMP. When your still playing through the early parts of the game, that can be a pretty expensive buddy to have along for the ride. The equipment you can pimp it out with are pretty powerful though. It was probably designed to be expensive so it would be used primarily for end-game use, or repeat playthroughs when the player has loads of GMP to spare.
On the other hand, fully-geared any of the other buddies can get fairly expensive to deploy, too. I remember my free-roam load-out on D-Walker being just as expensive as Quiet, DD, or D-Horse with full kit. DW is still clearly the most expensive buddy, but you don't have to stick everything and the kitchen sink on him, at all times; hell, it's usually better if you don't. I used all three load-out options liberally. I had a free-roam load-out with the support head, minigun, and wu pistol; a mission load-out with scouting head, minigun, and wu pistol; and a ops load-out for fireteam and armored unit extractions with the scouting head, fulton launcher, and wu pistol. I don't think I ever actually had a use for the intercept head, since if I needed fire support I'd simply take Quiet, and the other three main weapons were of extremely limited usefulness and made obsolete with the f-launcher. I do wish D-Walker had a fire support head that would work with main weapons for anti-armor and anti-aircraft fire, and a mortar arm. That would have made it a perfect buddy.
Honestly, it's kinda funny, in that D-Walker is probably the closest to the 'Walking Tank' that Metal Gears should actually be. It's bipedal legs allow it to move over terrain that jeeps or tanks would have difficulty moving through (swamps, mountainous terrain, etc), alongside being small and stealthy enough to move in an urban environment without getting bogged down by general anti-tank actions. That, combined with it's ability to carry heavy weaponry and the ammunition required, that would require multiple troopers to carry and prepare to utilize, basically allow it to fulfill a role many consider Power Armour would fill today. It effectively allows a soldier to be faster, carry more and still operate in a general urban environment. So honestly, D-Walker should actually be more widely used in MGS, simply because it's actually a really handy design.
The thing is D walker is not a walking tank, it's just a powered armour, powered armour in general are a widely pursued technology in general considering their useful applications.
It would serve as a great load-bearing platform, unfortunately the biggest drawback with the the closest real-life example (DARPA robotic mule) is that it is incredibly noisy; and requires energy, computer systems, and processing time to remain balanced and anticipate incoming obstacles. If a walking tank was piloted like a manned drone, the human element could eliminate processing limitations, but the system would still need to have long-term fuel efficiency and most of all, fill a niche role that a small vehicle (DPV) or a man-sized flying drone could not do as well. In terms of providing both supplies and heavy weapons, drones that can break off from a larger supply chain to help anyone when needed may be more useful than a particular foot patrol using one for the entire duration of a mission.
Y'know what was REALLY missing from D-Walker? An option for a cannon, or better yet, a large-bore mortar. Imagine this: You're attacking a heavily-armed outpost where you not only need to take out some armor, but make enough of a bang on the other side of the compound to divert the guards away so you can sneak in unnoticed. Enter D-Walker's 120mm mortar. Just put it on the other side of a big rock formation, then designate your target. Using the iDroid's navigation data as a reference, D-Walker can rapidly make ballistics calculations to put rounds within an inch of your requested impact point. And the fun doesn't end there? There's also the option to select the round type on the fly. Need some visual cover? Smoke round. Need to distract the enemy in the dead of night? Fireworks shells. Want to knock out power to an outpost permanently? EMP round. Want to take out a main battle tank? EFP round. Want to see a bunch of Russians all high AF at once while simultaneously pissing off the CIA for depleting their LSD stockpile from MKULTRA? Psychochemical round.
@@Blood0cean That'd honestly be the ideal use of D-Walker in a realistic setting though. Mortars and artillery in general are a thing. A small mobile shelling unit like D-Walker, especially if you could order it a bombing on the fly would be incredibly useful. You limit that ability with ammo though and remove the main weapon from D-Walker (As in no gatling gun or rocket launcher) and make it capable of only having one type of ammo at a time or maybe a limited number of ammunition that you'd have to choose before hand and it could be useful but limited and not that unbalanced. If you still think it's overpowered, limit the mission ranking to A.
Giving a tank legs is definitely useful in the Metal Gear Universe. Have you not seen those things hop about? Sahelehropus can literally hop OOB and hit you with a rail gun.
well then again its the size of a 10 story building and controlled by a physic everywhere it stepped it would create a massive hole because of it's weight
Richard Mcilwain That absolutely massive monster of a machine got destroyed by a level 1 helicopter gatling gun in 10 seconds. Legs are way too big of a tactical disadvantage.
I wouldn't call any boss fight where the boss is able to obliterate you without giving a thought satisfying, but what really "triggers" me (not really but its a logical mistake in the game) is that they build these massive machines so they can have huge military prowess and the entire franchise is absolute batshit crazy about taking down these machines, yet , and I repeat, A GATLING GUN can destroy it. if a fucking Gatling Gun can destroy that machine in the first boss fight, yet several tanks, attack aircraft, RPGs and so on in the last mission of phase 1 can't, that's just inconsistency. The entire franchise is basically scared about a military weapon that has the same battle effectiveness as a WW2 Maus tank.
I'm still upset that the last D-Walker head upgrade doesn't make it fully autonomous, but just a turret. Imagine if it could actually follow you around?
I wish you could take any DD soldier along with you. A soldier would work similar to Quiet, but they can infiltrate along with you, copying you maneuvers. For example, when you equip a cardboard box, the soldier does too. When you lay down, the soldier does the same. You could maybe even give them orders like interrogating certain guards or causing a distraction. This game had a lot of potential to being close to perfection.
@@ChamChamRealSmooth that would be very hard from a technical point of view.It would be hard to script and he could also so more harm than good since enemies can see buddies
You could just use the whistle and intercept commands. Buddies teleport to your side if you're not looking at them when you call them. You could literally just crawl into the middle of a base, whistle walker in and then set him to intercept and you'd literally have *teleports behind you* "Nothing personnel kid" On an entire base.
well yes actually , its men with machine guns in the back men with grenades in the front , men with hand guns mixed , with some air support via explosives or 50 caliber machine guns . what happened to todays germany .....
Maldito Alcaraz It's the essence of the term that matters. It's a lightning war, you spear heading through the enemy. Hell they even use the term in football. But as a traditional military tactic yes you are correct sir. You must like military history.
I dunno about you guys but I have 3 loadouts for my D-walker. 1: Non lethal, with a search head, tranq pistols, a Fulton ballista, and a machete arm, just in case. 2: Lethal, uses an intercept head, a Gatling gun, smgs, and a machete arm 3: Anti Vehicle: Stealth head, rocket launchers, smgs, and a skulls machete
@@Stellar001100 Well, duh, of course it would fare better if it had upgrades not available to it in its original context. Oh, but what if the Gekkos also had railguns? Or REX lasers? Or particle cannons like the one used by Gray Fox? See? It's silly.
d walker is the best buddy but is annoying using it cuz d horse is slower but it can be steered easily d dog marking enemys is more efficient and quiet is a good scout too and can help u if u get discover and can draw the enemy attention too, and d walker has all of it but less efficient but still being for me the best buddy
dwalker and quiet are the best for me. never really found a use for ddog because quiet can also scout areas, but not as well. and d walker is obviously the best assault buddy, but only when maxed out is he really usefully
@@drewpeackoc386 Ddog can scout enemies inside of buildings, stun/kill enemies even with armor/helmets on that Quiet can't shoot through, and if h e gets noticed, he's just shoo'd away whereas D-walker gets noticed and shot at just for standing in the middle somewhere. I feel like Quiet and DD are better stealth options and Dwalker takes too much management to lug around. He's more of a liability to me at this point.
I adore how indepth these videos are. Incredibly informative and still accessible to those who are just starting out. Also a little bit of humor. All four of these videos in this series are gold.
Very articulate, very informative, and all around an excellent presentation. Thank you for the video, I just started playing MGSV and so far, this one of the best games I've ever played. I hope you have more video like this, subbed.
Metal Gear Zeke That's actually something I was mulling over to include in the weakness and drawbacks, it's not as customisable as we were led to believe. Having two main weapons instead of CQC capabilities would have been great
crazybalidog Dog I was right there with you when I first got D-Walker. It just seemed like a pointless edition, especially since I always play super stealthily. But it's good to experiment with I guess.
I saw D-walker as having another DD. One has more fire power then the other but seeing D walker runing towards you made me smile, as i would have if it was DD.
The Fulton Ballista makes those pesky 'deal with a tank unit' side ops a synch though - Nothing quite like shoving a tank through a wormhole from 100m away.
Ty Budd The buddies were a great addition to MGS5. Screwing around with them on missions was so much fun for me. So much of the game changes when you have them along for the ride.
The one advantage to legs would be the increased elevation. That's what made it so hard to hide from Sahelantropus. It'd also let you shoot over walls. The problem is that having legs is also a massive downside for various reasons.
Got around to playing it again and I'm enjoying even more than years back. I've been looking for guides to get things fast and have fun with all the game mechanics that are locked behind the progression you have. This video is definitely one of the best guides I've seen for MGSV!. Thanks for this, man, I subscribed.
there's a trick with turns that I don't think I saw you mention; when you are going high speed and need to change direction, aiming will let you strafe, but turn the camera/aim direction while you strafe to the left or right can be used to effectively turn a little quicker.
you basically get the same tactical advantages of an organic being, but with more armor, if you put legs on a tank. ability to shift its weight as it moves can allow greater mobility, using terrain as cover. however it would absolutely need to have a tread type mode like the dwalker for higher speed transportation. reagardless it has a lot of advantages, giving mation a organic being's range of motion.
hey man I just wanted to point out that your wide range of vocabulary and your fluency in speaking really makes your videos informative and entertaining at the same time. So thanks for all the work you put in.
D-walker is great for Sustained Combat. The extra armor is incredibly welcome (especially with a riot shield to literally cover your flank), its main weapons are perfect for anti armor, side weapons for infantry, melee for armed target exfil. Its speed will get you in and out of heavy resistance pretty well. D-dog is primarily for "perfect runs" & target extraction. D-horse......... **flips through notes** yeah I got nothing. Moving on. Quiet is best for flanking & protecting you on those corners you may have forgotten to check.
DH is more or less a stealth mobility buddy with his hiding in horse back mechanic amd the ability to Aim while on horse back. The second part enables you to use things like sniper rifles before quickly moving. Also in missions like Back up, Back down. I'll take D horse over DW because I can use the Recoiless Rifle RPG from horse back. It has much faster travel speed and the most damage of any launcher and it requires no lock on to be effective so D horse can get you to missile sniper spots and allow you to fire away from those spots. He's not always better than DW, infact in pure mobility DW has him beat outright, but in situations requiring speed and high damage/capacity, DH and your own anti tank gear is superior
I agree, a Sniper rifle or Shield, or even Grenade launcher would have been GREAT weapons for D-walker. You could use the 50 cal sniper as a primary weapon. The shield could be a head upgrade (probably a more useful one at that)
I think for much of my play over the years, I only used D-Walker for 2 missions: Traitor's Caravan and Root Cause(and driving to Quiet in A Quiet Exit). But once DD has marked every item on both maps, DW with the Fulton Ballista became my farming champ. Call in an infinite sandstorm, collect everything I need, move to the next map. Do a few missions to reset items, repeat.
I can tell you, tanks may be scary, but if you make a tank walk on two legs and give it a sword that creates explosive rocks out of the floor? Thats a surrender from anyone
The main reason I never use it. Honestly, I'd much rather take D-Dog with his fulton jacket and the infinity bandana then do an entire map's side ops in one go. Usually I need 1 supply drop max.
D-Walker design is exactly what its supposed to be. a versitile hybrid that can be what you need it to be. D-Dog is the best scout/support as he's passive and will never give away your there (enemies will just shoo him off if they see him) alongside his attack command which will injure/distract/kill/stun/fulton whatever your looking at depending on what gear you give him. but he seriously lacks in a firefight making him almost exclusively a stealth buddy. Quiet is the best at attacking and arguably is just as good as d-dog in stealth because, for loud missions, you can equip her with a .50 cal rifle that will instakill any enemies, armored/shielded, or not. and for stealth missions you can equip her with a less powerful suppressed rifle for either tranq or damage, she cannot hit enemies with helmets from the back (but she CAN if they're facing her) but hitting the helmet will knock it off with either of her 2 suppressed rifles. however riot helmets and shields give her a hard time. especially if they know she's there. but probably her best quirk is her "2nd chance" mechanic. where if an enemy spots snake, and she has line of sight to him, she'll instantly fire off a shot at him even if you miss. she wont. her scout mechanic is a bit iffy and really should only be used when you have some time before you get to where your going as it frequently will miss multiple enemies. but her scout combined with the INTEL team's Field of Movement info is good enough for me at least. D-Horse is litteraly just transportation, the defecate mechanic is hilarious but its not really practical it is worth noting that D-Horse's speed increases as his bond does. D-Walker takes all 3 of them and combiens them into one. if you dont like switching your buddys then Walker will probably be the best for you. otherwise DD or quiet tend to be my go-to's depending on the situation.
never really use D-Walker last 3years ago when I first play the MGS5. but now I'm replaying the game from the scratch I'm thinking of using D-Walker that's why I came here, and with its accurate enemy tagging, can ride, and can fight. it looks like it will be my favorite buddy now.
You forget to mention that if D-Walker is to ever run out of ammo it becomes worthless, you can resupply it with care packages you drop for yourself, but having to keep an eye on ammo volume of D-Walkers as well a your own may rack your brain somewhat more than you'd like as you have to gauge whether you'll need more ammo before you go in or risk it and see what happens
Late comment, I know, but at 13:14 you actually CAN maneuver much tighter with D-Walker. All you have to do is hold your aiming button while you hold the acceleration button. You can also drive D-Walker omni-directionally, by opening your iDroid and clicking Toggle Map/Nav, and then driving like normal. Opening the iDroid while mobile will also immediately stop D-Walker in his tracks; even midair! Useful to keep yourself from over-shooting a jump, or preventing an unwanted fall.
Little did everybody know about D walker is that you can deploy him during a mission for free and you can change his load out for free during a mission and most importantly doing this refills all of D walkers ammo. No more Fulton costs for ever and ever.
Fall damage: Thats where the Leg Parts come in, they can dampen or even help you Jump. If you build your tank Correctly it can have both legs (4 or 6) and Treads (Like a Modern Tank Does). The Legs are there for more Precise movements you cant realy do with Treads like getting just the little extra Angle for you Main Cannon or Climbing up hillsides you couldnt normaly with Treads. In case of the Smaller Vehicles legs can be used as Additional Suspension allowing for a even longer way of Deacceleration meaning less likely to hurt the Driver. So Natural Suspension in the Feet + Legs is pretty noice, then add just the little extra in rotation of the Driving Cab and you could get another Meter or two of Deacceleration out of it instead of a 50cm Crumple Zone or 1m Pile of Bones and Flesh. Okay yes usualy Legs on a Tank or Vehicle by that matter is bad, but in some cases it can be pretty good. Just never take just 2 go always atleast with 3 for more Stability or 6 if you want some very good smoothness.
the fact that d-walker can't have all upgrades on the heads or at least the last two upgrades on the last head as well it doesn't use the primary weapons during intercept mode was kind of a deal breaker for me. especially when i can have quiet wreck people or d-dog fulton an infinite amount of people while marking them. i don't usually need transport since vehicles are littering the AO. though i do commend d-walker for being a jack of all trades, performing the abilities of all buddies at sub-par functionality.
tiredkid555 She doesn't mark everyone and when she is on attack mode, she doesn't stun/kill everyone so you can't really leave her alone but besides that she is neat. Also it would make sense lore wise for her to be able to do missions as good as Snake.
In my recent sortie with D-Walker, I fitted D-Walker with anti-tank missiles (max upgraded) to compensate me not packing a missile launcher myself. Then I started an eliminate armoured vehicle mission. After unloading all 12 missile the D-walker has onto that blasted gunship, the gunship is still active. I was left with no choice but to retreat. Then I called mother based to drop me an APC and finished the gunship with its autocannon. Needless to say that I was left speechless with D-Walker's performance.
Actually, aiming while going as fast as possible helps a lot to maneuver around, almost as good as D Horse, it's very effective for sharp turns and improves movement a lot without feeling like you're ice skating all over the place
this is why i like peace walkers justification: its not supposed to fight hide it in the wilderness, and when you need it to, walk it into the nearest city.
I played this game for hundreds of hours back when it came out. I just picked it back up and started a new game 3 or 4 months ago after building my first gaming PC. I've now played it for hundreds of hours for a second time. I'd guess I used D Dog 90% of the time, Quiet 9.9% and D Walker the other .1%. I never use that horse after that first time when you start out. To me, D Dog is far and away the best to take in the field. It's not even close. As long as I know where the enemy is, I can handle the rest, easy.
I'm just impressed they made D-walker. We would've all been happy with having a horse and all the other toys that come with Diamond Dogs, but then they put this whole feature in.
I love the D walker, it saved my life during the Metalic Archea mission against the Skulls after failing it 4 times because I kept dying and my weapons were still low tier. Complete breeze when mini-gunning the assholes and got an S rank.
Tip: aim your sub weapon to have more fluid control over D Walker. This technically works with any weapon, but the sub weapon has the best angle for driving. Also, the idea behind "tanks with legs" isn't meant to be a "put super heavy weapons on a walking robot and sent it out" deal, but rather a "how do we get heavy weapons into an area that is near impossible to traverse without legs?" D Walker even subtly shows this advantage off, as it's driving mode can't scale steep inclines and has trouble with rocky terrain. Meanwhile it's Walker mode can climb almost anything that isn't a 90 degree cliffside. D Walker's been serving me well, and is my personal favorite buddy given how he's just D Horse but modified.
Really like D-walker. Really just for getting around. I don't attack with walker but its fun to use. When running you can go into aim mode and have much more better control at steering. At least on keyboard and mouse.
İ think D walker can be very helpful and all but that robot is just not flexible enough. Most of the time you have to actively "use" it. İt feels like babysitting. D Dog for example moves *with* you and smoothly carries out his tasks.
5:25 It's basically a lightweight, mobile anti-air emplacement. Just fire 4 or 3 times at the helis and they are gone without a fight (if they didn't spot you before)
I guess D-Walker is a buddy you'd want more on your second or third run through a mission, when you already know exactly where you need to be at what time and what you need to kill there. This makes fast missions even faster, without giving you an overpowered tool to blast through the rest of the game with. He's a little grindbot!
“Nice legs, but they give you no tactical advantage whatsoever.”
crazyzoidberg1 pretty good
Not tactical in the Game.... A Robot smaller than a Tank with Legs like that would be the greatest Killing Machine ever... just by going upstairs in a Building to kill everyone inside... A damn tank can't do that shit
Manek Iridius hahahahhaha that's a good one bro...👍
Manek Iridius but they were talking about the Legs of the DWalk.. how useless those legs are..... i just thought an example how it could be useful in a War.
Only real advantage in legs over tracks are in moutains or rocky terrain where tracks could either not gather traction or it dind't have enought clearance to climb, in other words, is verry limited, and then there is the complications of balacing a robot on legs, its too much effort for too little advantages, it would be better to invest in exo exqueleton technology. However, i have to say that something like a drone version of D-walker would be usefull in urban combat, but mainly as a disposable unit for shock trops or front line support troops.
400 hours in, still haven’t deployed with D-Walker. This video changed my mind
Same. :) but I m a Quiet fan so even without all extra capabilities I d still chose her as companion to deploy (and sometimes Doggo as well)
@@nioutest try changing d walkers load out and he'll regain his ammo for free.
You can wait to bring him on a mission and then call him so you get him for free 👌
I’m curious, this is my fav game ever from a sheer gameplay mechanical perspective, but I fail to understand what I can possibly do after having finished the story, what did you do for the 350 remaining hours? I really want to make the most out of it but there’s little to do beside replaying missions
@@luisaguilar7997 There's plenty of mods/mission packs. Also, this game has been out for almost 6 years, so they've probably played it here and there throughout that time span.
@@luisaguilar7997 replay missions, fob missions, free roam, challenges, completing all tasks, perfect stealth, s ranks
I have to admit, a D-Walker that could use a revolver for it's secondary fire, and twirl it, would have been very fitting for this game.
I just wanted one with dual SMG's.
Nothing like blaring the Halo 2 soundtrack while I clear an outpost.
Lucky for you d walker last lethal secondary is dual smgs
Because Ocelot is a machine.
@@xmm-cf5eg D-walker's last secondary weapon is two SMGs, you can see this guy equipt them at 1:01
If legs have no tactical advantage, then why vehicle suffer from falling damange but D.walker dont?
Leg/wheel hybrids have tactical advantage :-). Otherwise D-horse would have 2x the tactical advantage of D-walker.
2x is 100% more tactical advantage !!!!
Suspension
You bottom out the suspension, and your tank has, iirc, torsion bar, you don't want them to snap
They do have an advantage actually, you see tanks aren't that unconventional, D-walker is capable of navigating through thick woods and such, not only that, but you'll see a giant hunk of metal with a giant ass cannon coming miles away, while you wouldn't see a walker gear till it got much closer.
"Whether that gun is lethal, non-lethal, loud or Quiet..."
Am I the only one who imagined D-Walker holding Quiet as a weapon? She does have a handgun she never uses.
Carlitonsp1 that's how d walker has high efficiency
"Quiet"
Aiden Ketterer Why are you quoting Quiet?
she is the best buddy you'll ever have
Carlitonsp1 u know why because that handgun is just for incase of emergency
4:18 damn that was brutal.
Ikr
@@thefunnyman4595 Nah
@@thefunnyman4595 Not really
@@thefunnyman4595 nope
@@thefunnyman4595 No
He made a bad first impression but after getting accustomed to the controls, D-Walker was my favorite buddy. Still expensive to deploy though.
Avi Kohl Good point. I forgot to include that in D-Walker's drawbacks. It's deployment cost can more often that not, be easily way over 10,000GMP. When your still playing through the early parts of the game, that can be a pretty expensive buddy to have along for the ride. The equipment you can pimp it out with are pretty powerful though. It was probably designed to be expensive so it would be used primarily for end-game use, or repeat playthroughs when the player has loads of GMP to spare.
On the other hand, fully-geared any of the other buddies can get fairly expensive to deploy, too. I remember my free-roam load-out on D-Walker being just as expensive as Quiet, DD, or D-Horse with full kit. DW is still clearly the most expensive buddy, but you don't have to stick everything and the kitchen sink on him, at all times; hell, it's usually better if you don't.
I used all three load-out options liberally. I had a free-roam load-out with the support head, minigun, and wu pistol; a mission load-out with scouting head, minigun, and wu pistol; and a ops load-out for fireteam and armored unit extractions with the scouting head, fulton launcher, and wu pistol. I don't think I ever actually had a use for the intercept head, since if I needed fire support I'd simply take Quiet, and the other three main weapons were of extremely limited usefulness and made obsolete with the f-launcher.
I do wish D-Walker had a fire support head that would work with main weapons for anti-armor and anti-aircraft fire, and a mortar arm. That would have made it a perfect buddy.
Well, a first impression is more of a human trait.
20,000 GPM to use the third and final Chasis is upgrade.
When you have 30 million gmp, funds no longer are an issue
Honestly, it's kinda funny, in that D-Walker is probably the closest to the 'Walking Tank' that Metal Gears should actually be.
It's bipedal legs allow it to move over terrain that jeeps or tanks would have difficulty moving through (swamps, mountainous terrain, etc), alongside being small and stealthy enough to move in an urban environment without getting bogged down by general anti-tank actions. That, combined with it's ability to carry heavy weaponry and the ammunition required, that would require multiple troopers to carry and prepare to utilize, basically allow it to fulfill a role many consider Power Armour would fill today. It effectively allows a soldier to be faster, carry more and still operate in a general urban environment.
So honestly, D-Walker should actually be more widely used in MGS, simply because it's actually a really handy design.
don't forget that there were actual hovercrafts is MGS3, which never appear outside of that game.
The Battle Gear in MGSV is a hovertank.
The thing is D walker is not a walking tank, it's just a powered armour, powered armour in general are a widely pursued technology in general considering their useful applications.
It would serve as a great load-bearing platform, unfortunately the biggest drawback with the the closest real-life example (DARPA robotic mule) is that it is incredibly noisy; and requires energy, computer systems, and processing time to remain balanced and anticipate incoming obstacles.
If a walking tank was piloted like a manned drone, the human element could eliminate processing limitations, but the system would still need to have long-term fuel efficiency and most of all, fill a niche role that a small vehicle (DPV) or a man-sized flying drone could not do as well.
In terms of providing both supplies and heavy weapons, drones that can break off from a larger supply chain to help anyone when needed may be more useful than a particular foot patrol using one for the entire duration of a mission.
I think the biggest advantage of a bi-pedal tank would be that the enemy would shit themselves when a killer robot came jogging over the horizon.
Y'know what was REALLY missing from D-Walker?
An option for a cannon, or better yet, a large-bore mortar. Imagine this:
You're attacking a heavily-armed outpost where you not only need to take out some armor, but make enough of a bang on the other side of the compound to divert the guards away so you can sneak in unnoticed. Enter D-Walker's 120mm mortar. Just put it on the other side of a big rock formation, then designate your target. Using the iDroid's navigation data as a reference, D-Walker can rapidly make ballistics calculations to put rounds within an inch of your requested impact point.
And the fun doesn't end there? There's also the option to select the round type on the fly.
Need some visual cover? Smoke round.
Need to distract the enemy in the dead of night? Fireworks shells.
Want to knock out power to an outpost permanently? EMP round.
Want to take out a main battle tank? EFP round.
Want to see a bunch of Russians all high AF at once while simultaneously pissing off the CIA for depleting their LSD stockpile from MKULTRA? Psychochemical round.
lordhood117 YES.
Noice
That's overpowered as fuck.... good thing ur not in charge of balancing lol
@@Blood0cean That'd honestly be the ideal use of D-Walker in a realistic setting though. Mortars and artillery in general are a thing. A small mobile shelling unit like D-Walker, especially if you could order it a bombing on the fly would be incredibly useful. You limit that ability with ammo though and remove the main weapon from D-Walker (As in no gatling gun or rocket launcher) and make it capable of only having one type of ammo at a time or maybe a limited number of ammunition that you'd have to choose before hand and it could be useful but limited and not that unbalanced. If you still think it's overpowered, limit the mission ranking to A.
@@megahellreaper yes but unfortunately this game was mostly designed for online play for longevity.
Giving a tank legs is definitely useful in the Metal Gear Universe. Have you not seen those things hop about? Sahelehropus can literally hop OOB and hit you with a rail gun.
Yep. Though probably not so useful in reality without a pretty fricken awesome power core.
well then again
its the size of a 10 story building
and controlled by a physic
everywhere it stepped it would create a massive hole because of it's weight
Richard Mcilwain
That absolutely massive monster of a machine got destroyed by a level 1 helicopter gatling gun in 10 seconds.
Legs are way too big of a tactical disadvantage.
I always thought it was kind of a disappointing boss fight. The rail weapon can easily be dodged behind a rock
I wouldn't call any boss fight where the boss is able to obliterate you without giving a thought satisfying, but what really "triggers" me (not really but its a logical mistake in the game) is that they build these massive machines so they can have huge military prowess and the entire franchise is absolute batshit crazy about taking down these machines, yet , and I repeat, A GATLING GUN can destroy it.
if a fucking Gatling Gun can destroy that machine in the first boss fight, yet several tanks, attack aircraft, RPGs and so on in the last mission of phase 1 can't, that's just inconsistency.
The entire franchise is basically scared about a military weapon that has the same battle effectiveness as a WW2 Maus tank.
I'm still upset that the last D-Walker head upgrade doesn't make it fully autonomous, but just a turret.
Imagine if it could actually follow you around?
I wish you could take any DD soldier along with you. A soldier would work similar to Quiet, but they can infiltrate along with you, copying you maneuvers. For example, when you equip a cardboard box, the soldier does too. When you lay down, the soldier does the same. You could maybe even give them orders like interrogating certain guards or causing a distraction. This game had a lot of potential to being close to perfection.
@@ChamChamRealSmooth that would be very hard from a technical point of view.It would be hard to script and he could also so more harm than good since enemies can see buddies
@@ChamChamRealSmooth that sounds like a good opening for co op
@@ChamChamRealSmooth Basically, you want Miller to fight along side you.
You could just use the whistle and intercept commands. Buddies teleport to your side if you're not looking at them when you call them. You could literally just crawl into the middle of a base, whistle walker in and then set him to intercept and you'd literally have
*teleports behind you* "Nothing personnel kid"
On an entire base.
12:13 fun fact you can equip or steal a shield on your back and ride a Walker and you'll have increased armor. You'd still incur damage though
Wow these videos are very well presented and detailed.
TechReflex Thanks a lot. I'm glad you like them!
I really didn't noticed this video was 14 min. long!
I hate that Im finding this so late but im auto subbing because it took me soo long to get here
"Legs... give no tactical advantage whatsoever."
"But that was some fancy walking, you're pretty good."
@@caiusactinunwise1412 slow down, sidewalks for regular walkin'
at first I hated the d walker but it grew on me. It's good for doing a blitzkrieg on the enemy.
The Exile lol do you know what is blitzkrieg ?
Maldito Alcaraz Yea hit hard fast and keep moving. That's Germany rolled over so many countries.
well yes actually , its men with machine guns in the back men with grenades in the front , men with hand guns mixed , with some air support via explosives or 50 caliber machine guns . what happened to todays germany .....
Maldito Alcaraz It's the essence of the term that matters. It's a lightning war, you spear heading through the enemy. Hell they even use the term in football. But as a traditional military tactic yes you are correct sir. You must like military history.
and this game is amazing to be honest i hated d walker to haha
iF dWaLkEr Is sO gReAt tHen WHy cAn'T iT DeFAcAte?
Lol
Horse poo has allowed me to extract vehicles and crew many times.
I dont see any other buddys being able to use a machete😈
I dunno about you guys but I have 3 loadouts for my D-walker.
1: Non lethal, with a search head, tranq pistols, a Fulton ballista, and a machete arm, just in case.
2: Lethal, uses an intercept head, a Gatling gun, smgs, and a machete arm
3: Anti Vehicle: Stealth head, rocket launchers, smgs, and a skulls machete
It's not as practical but I do enjoy using the flamethrower in free roam
*Solid Snake stares at Otakon*
"You could've built me this..."
Would just have been a Gekko magnet. The more inconspicuous Mk. 2 works much better for Snake's purposes.
@@mr.spider6859 You'd have to admit though, if there are railgun upgrades available, Gekkos would've been a minor inconvenience.
@@Stellar001100 Well, duh, of course it would fare better if it had upgrades not available to it in its original context.
Oh, but what if the Gekkos also had railguns? Or REX lasers? Or particle cannons like the one used by Gray Fox?
See? It's silly.
One of the reasons I love this game is that even though I've owned it since day one I still discover new little things in the game
d walker is the best buddy but is annoying using it cuz d horse is slower but it can be steered easily d dog marking enemys is more efficient and quiet is a good scout too and can help u if u get discover and can draw the enemy attention too, and d walker has all of it but less efficient but still being for me the best buddy
+adrian pinder i prefer d-dog myself. I like getting in and out without anyone realising.
dwalker and quiet are the best for me. never really found a use for ddog because quiet can also scout areas, but not as well. and d walker is obviously the best assault buddy, but only when maxed out is he really usefully
D Walker is a Jack of Trades, master of none buddy
If you want to have better steering on d walker just stay in aimed mode while driving it gives you full control,
@@drewpeackoc386 Ddog can scout enemies inside of buildings, stun/kill enemies even with armor/helmets on that Quiet can't shoot through, and if h e gets noticed, he's just shoo'd away whereas D-walker gets noticed and shot at just for standing in the middle somewhere. I feel like Quiet and DD are better stealth options and Dwalker takes too much management to lug around. He's more of a liability to me at this point.
While aiming, D-Walker becomes much more controlled while its wheels are out.
I adore how indepth these videos are. Incredibly informative and still accessible to those who are just starting out. Also a little bit of humor. All four of these videos in this series are gold.
Very articulate, very informative, and all around an excellent presentation. Thank you for the video, I just started playing MGSV and so far, this one of the best games I've ever played. I hope you have more video like this, subbed.
Damn I can only imagine the horror of accumulated loading time that went into this video
I wanted one with a rocket launcher and a minigun.....But nooooooo. You gotta have a stupid arm.
Metal Gear Zeke That's actually something I was mulling over to include in the weakness and drawbacks, it's not as customisable as we were led to believe. Having two main weapons instead of CQC capabilities would have been great
Dickie Dangling Especially in the Eliminate the heavy infantry missions.
Dickie Dangling how do you go on wheels on PS3
BlazingGuns 98 Square button. Probably the same as PS4
Dickie Dangling thx
So the companions in this game are
A dog
A horse
A car with legs
A half naked plant woman
great for the extreme skull armor troopers on the extreme mission
I did not know about the fulton ballista. If you can hit a helicopter, can you fulton it?
i dont recommend using it for trying to s rank missions
because the fulton ballista restricts it to A and below obviously
I tried it. Didn't work.
There is absolutely no way to fulton helicopters whatsoever.
Nope. I've tried
Thanks for making this guide! It really helped me learn how to use D Walker properly. Usually I would just never use him.
crazybalidog Dog I was right there with you when I first got D-Walker. It just seemed like a pointless edition, especially since I always play super stealthily. But it's good to experiment with I guess.
I saw D-walker as having another DD. One has more fire power then the other but seeing D walker runing towards you made me smile, as i would have if it was DD.
The Fulton Ballista makes those pesky 'deal with a tank unit' side ops a synch though - Nothing quite like shoving a tank through a wormhole from 100m away.
For a person that hasn't yet reached the stage in the game to use D-Walker, nor D-Dog, these vids are awesome, and give a lot to look forward to
Ty Budd The buddies were a great addition to MGS5. Screwing around with them on missions was so much fun for me. So much of the game changes when you have them along for the ride.
The one advantage to legs would be the increased elevation. That's what made it so hard to hide from Sahelantropus. It'd also let you shoot over walls. The problem is that having legs is also a massive downside for various reasons.
Got around to playing it again and I'm enjoying even more than years back. I've been looking for guides to get things fast and have fun with all the game mechanics that are locked behind the progression you have. This video is definitely one of the best guides I've seen for MGSV!. Thanks for this, man, I subscribed.
D walkers ammo/fulton/supressor all reset on checkpoint reload :D if you run low, just get a checkpoint save and reload for full replenish.
I found this made farming mission 30 pretty funny
there's a trick with turns that I don't think I saw you mention; when you are going high speed and need to change direction, aiming will let you strafe, but turn the camera/aim direction while you strafe to the left or right can be used to effectively turn a little quicker.
you basically get the same tactical advantages of an organic being, but with more armor, if you put legs on a tank. ability to shift its weight as it moves can allow greater mobility, using terrain as cover.
however it would absolutely need to have a tread type mode like the dwalker for higher speed transportation. reagardless it has a lot of advantages, giving mation a organic being's range of motion.
hey man I just wanted to point out that your wide range of vocabulary and your fluency in speaking really makes your videos informative and entertaining at the same time. So thanks for all the work you put in.
Bahadır Turan I really appreciate it. It still floors me that people enjoy watching these videos.
haha yeah man. I actually just recently learned that D-Horse's poop can spin off vehicles thanks to you. Guess this game is full of different stuff.
"It just stands there, like a lemon."
D-walker is great for Sustained Combat. The extra armor is incredibly welcome (especially with a riot shield to literally cover your flank), its main weapons are perfect for anti armor, side weapons for infantry, melee for armed target exfil. Its speed will get you in and out of heavy resistance pretty well.
D-dog is primarily for "perfect runs" & target extraction.
D-horse......... **flips through notes** yeah I got nothing. Moving on.
Quiet is best for flanking & protecting you on those corners you may have forgotten to check.
DH is more or less a stealth mobility buddy with his hiding in horse back mechanic amd the ability to Aim while on horse back.
The second part enables you to use things like sniper rifles before quickly moving.
Also in missions like Back up, Back down. I'll take D horse over DW because I can use the Recoiless Rifle RPG from horse back. It has much faster travel speed and the most damage of any launcher and it requires no lock on to be effective so D horse can get you to missile sniper spots and allow you to fire away from those spots.
He's not always better than DW, infact in pure mobility DW has him beat outright, but in situations requiring speed and high damage/capacity, DH and your own anti tank gear is superior
I agree, a Sniper rifle or Shield, or even Grenade launcher would have been GREAT weapons for D-walker.
You could use the 50 cal sniper as a primary weapon. The shield could be a head upgrade (probably a more useful one at that)
You could just park DW on a hill, have him scan and go ham with your own rifle.
Or teleport him into a base and activate intercept
Soldier: *crushed by tank* I live
Also soldier: *touches fire* *dies*
Hey as long as my face is the seat and Quiet is the driver, I dont need no guide, I can take it from here,
Kharn526 Great comment. But this is the video about D-Walker...
Sir this is a wendys
@@DickieDangling I am with you there plus don't ask what I am doing here
Cringe
I think for much of my play over the years, I only used D-Walker for 2 missions: Traitor's Caravan and Root Cause(and driving to Quiet in A Quiet Exit). But once DD has marked every item on both maps, DW with the Fulton Ballista became my farming champ. Call in an infinite sandstorm, collect everything I need, move to the next map. Do a few missions to reset items, repeat.
this may sound weird but when you first get d Walker does anyone else think it/he looks like bastion (overwatch)
joey chaloner its definetly his default head that does it for ne
OnemancheeseburgerApocalyspe exactly
bastion and genji from MGS lol
you mean that bastion looks like d walker
Overwatch is for noobs and kids
DUDE, you are so helpful-thank you. Your videos are top-shelf.
I can tell you, tanks may be scary, but if you make a tank walk on two legs and give it a sword that creates explosive rocks out of the floor? Thats a surrender from anyone
D-Walker is also crazy expensive to deploy.
The main reason I never use it. Honestly, I'd much rather take D-Dog with his fulton jacket and the infinity bandana then do an entire map's side ops in one go. Usually I need 1 supply drop max.
That tank bit at the beginning,is considered a war crime by the United Nations, flamethrowers too
4:17 lmfao that was violent
D-walker is great for long missions that involve distance and killing tanks
it's an apc you can call with a whistle
D-Walker design is exactly what its supposed to be. a versitile hybrid that can be what you need it to be.
D-Dog is the best scout/support as he's passive and will never give away your there (enemies will just shoo him off if they see him) alongside his attack command which will injure/distract/kill/stun/fulton whatever your looking at depending on what gear you give him. but he seriously lacks in a firefight making him almost exclusively a stealth buddy.
Quiet is the best at attacking and arguably is just as good as d-dog in stealth because, for loud missions, you can equip her with a .50 cal rifle that will instakill any enemies, armored/shielded, or not. and for stealth missions you can equip her with a less powerful suppressed rifle for either tranq or damage, she cannot hit enemies with helmets from the back (but she CAN if they're facing her) but hitting the helmet will knock it off with either of her 2 suppressed rifles. however riot helmets and shields give her a hard time. especially if they know she's there. but probably her best quirk is her "2nd chance" mechanic. where if an enemy spots snake, and she has line of sight to him, she'll instantly fire off a shot at him even if you miss. she wont. her scout mechanic is a bit iffy and really should only be used when you have some time before you get to where your going as it frequently will miss multiple enemies. but her scout combined with the INTEL team's Field of Movement info is good enough for me at least.
D-Horse is litteraly just transportation, the defecate mechanic is hilarious but its not really practical it is worth noting that D-Horse's speed increases as his bond does.
D-Walker takes all 3 of them and combiens them into one. if you dont like switching your buddys then Walker will probably be the best for you. otherwise DD or quiet tend to be my go-to's depending on the situation.
Ahhh, the D-Walker, the most useful piece of equipment, but youre only aware of that when you finished the game and Quiet is no longer available.
9:33
Legs... give you no tactical advantage whatsoever. But that was some fancy machinery... pretty good.
I was thinking......isn't D-Walker just a smaller version of a Metal Gear?
never really use D-Walker last 3years ago when I first play the MGS5. but now I'm replaying the game from the scratch I'm thinking of using D-Walker that's why I came here, and with its accurate enemy tagging, can ride, and can fight. it looks like it will be my favorite buddy now.
Bup-Bup-Bip Driver engaged!
d-walker, to me, seems to be the most practical metal gear. a small, personal one. maybe to walk cargo up a mountain or something
a d walker with 0 upgrades makes skulls fights extremely easy with the machine gun
You forget to mention that if D-Walker is to ever run out of ammo it becomes worthless, you can resupply it with care packages you drop for yourself, but having to keep an eye on ammo volume of D-Walkers as well a your own may rack your brain somewhat more than you'd like as you have to gauge whether you'll need more ammo before you go in or risk it and see what happens
My favorite companion in the game. As versatile as it is efficient, like a good machine should be.
You can get her back by completing mission 11, 7 times and use butterfly emblem
Late comment, I know, but at 13:14 you actually CAN maneuver much tighter with D-Walker. All you have to do is hold your aiming button while you hold the acceleration button.
You can also drive D-Walker omni-directionally, by opening your iDroid and clicking Toggle Map/Nav, and then driving like normal.
Opening the iDroid while mobile will also immediately stop D-Walker in his tracks; even midair! Useful to keep yourself from over-shooting a jump, or preventing an unwanted fall.
Little did everybody know about D walker is that you can deploy him during a mission for free and you can change his load out for free during a mission and most importantly doing this refills all of D walkers ammo.
No more Fulton costs for ever and ever.
The opening scene: A man getting crushed by a tank.
Brilliance.
Fall damage: Thats where the Leg Parts come in, they can dampen or even help you Jump. If you build your tank Correctly it can have both legs (4 or 6) and Treads (Like a Modern Tank Does). The Legs are there for more Precise movements you cant realy do with Treads like getting just the little extra Angle for you Main Cannon or Climbing up hillsides you couldnt normaly with Treads. In case of the Smaller Vehicles legs can be used as Additional Suspension allowing for a even longer way of Deacceleration meaning less likely to hurt the Driver. So Natural Suspension in the Feet + Legs is pretty noice, then add just the little extra in rotation of the Driving Cab and you could get another Meter or two of Deacceleration out of it instead of a 50cm Crumple Zone or 1m Pile of Bones and Flesh.
Okay yes usualy Legs on a Tank or Vehicle by that matter is bad, but in some cases it can be pretty good. Just never take just 2 go always atleast with 3 for more Stability or 6 if you want some very good smoothness.
I loved d walker, before I had quite as buddy, I used dwalker all the time. It used to help alot in the missions
This is quality content
the fact that d-walker can't have all upgrades on the heads or at least the last two upgrades on the last head as well it doesn't use the primary weapons during intercept mode was kind of a deal breaker for me. especially when i can have quiet wreck people or d-dog fulton an infinite amount of people while marking them. i don't usually need transport since vehicles are littering the AO. though i do commend d-walker for being a jack of all trades, performing the abilities of all buddies at sub-par functionality.
"at sub-par functionality."
Is pretty much how I view Quiet.
? Quiet is so OP, i don't use her because she takes all the fun of getting out of a tough situation, she just kills everyone/ put them to sleep.
Quiet is OP as hell
tiredkid555
She doesn't mark everyone and when she is on attack mode, she doesn't stun/kill everyone so you can't really leave her alone but besides that she is neat.
Also it would make sense lore wise for her to be able to do missions as good as Snake.
In my recent sortie with D-Walker, I fitted D-Walker with anti-tank missiles (max upgraded) to compensate me not packing a missile launcher myself. Then I started an eliminate armoured vehicle mission. After unloading all 12 missile the D-walker has onto that blasted gunship, the gunship is still active. I was left with no choice but to retreat. Then I called mother based to drop me an APC and finished the gunship with its autocannon.
Needless to say that I was left speechless with D-Walker's performance.
175m search mode, that's Pretty Good!
Actually, aiming while going as fast as possible helps a lot to maneuver around, almost as good as D Horse, it's very effective for sharp turns and improves movement a lot without feeling like you're ice skating all over the place
I love it just because of the mobility
this is why i like peace walkers justification: its not supposed to fight
hide it in the wilderness, and when you need it to, walk it into the nearest city.
This reminds me to Peace walker , also the high voltage discharger is the same from the pupa
I played this game for hundreds of hours back when it came out. I just picked it back up and started a new game 3 or 4 months ago after building my first gaming PC. I've now played it for hundreds of hours for a second time. I'd guess I used D Dog 90% of the time, Quiet 9.9% and D Walker the other .1%. I never use that horse after that first time when you start out. To me, D Dog is far and away the best to take in the field. It's not even close. As long as I know where the enemy is, I can handle the rest, easy.
I'm just impressed they made D-walker. We would've all been happy with having a horse and all the other toys that come with Diamond Dogs, but then they put this whole feature in.
I love the D walker, it saved my life during the Metalic Archea mission against the Skulls after failing it 4 times because I kept dying and my weapons were still low tier.
Complete breeze when mini-gunning the assholes and got an S rank.
Scout Head, H-Discharger, CQC SKULL's Machete, badass personal 80s Mech i'd say
The game says fighting a gunship head on is reckless. D-walker ignored them and became my mobile AA gun.
This is the most fun thing in the game, being able to zoom around guns blazing
Fabulous job giving someone a head start
I never played much with D-Walker, never liked it. But this video changed it, there is so many advantages using it. Time to launch the game again.
i must confess- i gave d-walker barely any attention but seeing this video i now see hes pretty damn awesome
Legs on a tank would certainly be an advantage if they were able to change direction, squat, kneel, jump, and run on the pilot's whim.
Don't have to worry about your bond lowering when it gets into a fight, just expense if it's destroyed
4:19 omg that was horrifying
Tip: aim your sub weapon to have more fluid control over D Walker. This technically works with any weapon, but the sub weapon has the best angle for driving.
Also, the idea behind "tanks with legs" isn't meant to be a "put super heavy weapons on a walking robot and sent it out" deal, but rather a "how do we get heavy weapons into an area that is near impossible to traverse without legs?"
D Walker even subtly shows this advantage off, as it's driving mode can't scale steep inclines and has trouble with rocky terrain. Meanwhile it's Walker mode can climb almost anything that isn't a 90 degree cliffside.
D Walker's been serving me well, and is my personal favorite buddy given how he's just D Horse but modified.
The second the tank dropped on the guy and you said 'how's it going folks' I subbed
Really like D-walker. Really just for getting around. I don't attack with walker but its fun to use. When running you can go into aim mode and have much more better control at steering. At least on keyboard and mouse.
İ think D walker can be very helpful and all but that robot is just not flexible enough. Most of the time you have to actively "use" it. İt feels like babysitting. D Dog for example moves *with* you and smoothly carries out his tasks.
5:25 It's basically a lightweight, mobile anti-air emplacement. Just fire 4 or 3 times at the helis and they are gone without a fight (if they didn't spot you before)
Thanks mate, high quality video here and you have a really grate locution 👌
Oh my god! The tank at the beginning is gold!
Fulton for free... that's a huge advantage.
Thank you, Dickle Dangling!
using the Camo and intercept mode at the same time would've been so fun!
Thanks for this. I pretty much only used d dog for the whole game but now im gonna give d walker a try
That's a great video. Instructions are very clear. Thank you
The tight turns can be managed by aiming. Just aim and spam Sprint button
I guess D-Walker is a buddy you'd want more on your second or third run through a mission, when you already know exactly where you need to be at what time and what you need to kill there. This makes fast missions even faster, without giving you an overpowered tool to blast through the rest of the game with.
He's a little grindbot!