Absolutely not. It does a good job of bringing you up to speed.
Now then, I've heard from MGS fans that the game is better if you play all the others beforehand but the previous storyline is very in depth, convoluted and ****ed up.
I didn't know about 70% of who people were and I didn't know what happened in MGS4.
If you want to get up to speed quickly, go check out some YouTube channels that are set up specifically to bring fans or newbs up to speed.

The game is set in 1984. The only other one I played was MGS4 which took place in 2014 I think.

It is really weird knowing the end of the chronological timeline and playing this game.

One other thing to add regarding Life is Strange.
It's a very niche game. Storytelling/Quantic Dream or a telltale type game. If you haven't checked it out, you should. The story, (while very anti guy) is very good. The final ep is due out any time.
It's worth a look, especially if you can get a deal on steam.

So far I've been playing a game called Thief I will get back to Madden & MLB the show later but I'm having fun with this one and it was only 14.95 I picked up at Hastings. It's got great graphics and detail. It starts out kind of hard to figure out what to do and expected lil different style but once get the hang of things and it's got a fluid motion for your guy and playing gets funner as you go.

I still have a long ways in it & lots to learn and figure out. The story is ok but I like the game play it's self when I get to roam around and random theifing is fun.

I'd give it 3 out of 5 stars and maybe when I get through it some more give it a higher rating but gets' lil frustrating finding the actual spot to get to before moving on into the next level.

Thief could've been something else but it was a huge disappointment compared to the original.

Pick up one or two of these less expensive games when you get a chance, you'll be happy you did:

Dying Light
Farcry 4
Infamous 2nd Son
Alien Isolation

Have you played GTAV yet?
Pick it up, it's got some new awesome shit online. If you get it, let me know. We can tear shit up.

MGS V might be my favorite gameplay set up in an open world game ever...just love how you get your mission parameters and then it's completely up to you on how you want to tackle it.

I've tackled a few missions and side ops in completely different ways and it's really cool to see what works and what doesn't and having to adapt on the fly....

GOTY for me so far...soooo much to do and take in.

I've been playing Examina. it is an isometric dungeon crawler with physics based combat. the learning curve is really steep. Once you learn to control your character and coordinate movements the game is a lot of fun. this is an early release game. there are still some bugs to be ironed out. the game is also incomplete. there are only 3 levels and a alternate mode called Arena. Still, this game is very addictive and all the fights look/feel unique.

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Yeah, I'm on that wagon too. I dunno if it'll surpass Bloddborne for me or not but I'm having a damn good time with it.

Diablo patch 2.3 /season 4 is off the chain. If you havent checked out d3 in a while, then you should.

No longer is it a poor successor to d2. Its now stands alone as a BETTER game than 2.

I have nothing to add for MGSV as I am only 2 hours in. I will say this Fox Engine is amazing. I have everything maxed out at 1080p and the lowest dip I have seen is 57 fps. Truely amazing I can still get that performance out of my GTX 770.

It is a shame that this will probably be the only game to use this engine, unless Konami sells the rights.

I wouldn't bet on it. Watch for Norman Reedus. I'm betting you'll see this engine again in about a year.

I thought Silent Hills was canceled?

Yes it was... However, look for something similar yet named differently.

Kojima gets an idea in his head and runs with it. I sincerely hope this comes to pass.

I will also post a link to a game that'll be quite similar that an indie developer has been working on.

Allison Road:
http://youtu.be/nl3CbbtyeSU

Arkham Knight is really good