Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Publisher: Konami
Release Date: Sep 1, 2015
Also On: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

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Young_Fawn

Jun 21, 2023

7

A Good Game With Some Lingering Issues

I've been playing Metal Gear Solid since Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, I'm not as old school as Metal Gear for the NES and I wasn't really old enough to play Metal Gear Solid 1 on the PS1 but I've been following the franchise since more or less 2004, so I know what to expect out of a Metal Gear game for the most part. Firstly, Metal GearA Good Game With Some Lingering Issues

I've been playing Metal Gear Solid since Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, I'm not as old school as Metal Gear for the NES and I wasn't really old enough to play Metal Gear Solid 1 on the PS1 but I've been following the franchise since more or less 2004, so I know what to expect out of a Metal Gear game for the most part.

Firstly, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is probably the best third person stealth game currently on the market, in terms of stealth and I'm really stressing that word here. The AI is good enough so that if you're being stupid you'll get caught but if you're smart you'll definitely feel like you've earned it.

The story takes place after the events of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, which was a strange little piece of a game where it was more or less a demo but acted more as a prologue to the story that is the Phantom Pain. Although overall the story is the same as what we've grown to expect. "Nukes Bad, Russia Bad, America kinda good but also bad." The story is good enough to keep you going but like most Kojima games, there are times where cutscenes take a bit too long and exposition becomes tedious.

As said before, the stealth in this game is great, infiltrating bases and outposts and taking people out stealthily or just being a ghost is absolutely the best way to experience this game. It's one of the few stealth games you can play where it actually makes you feel like a proper commando.

However the gunplay is also very tight, getting into shootouts is fun in this game, even though you might not want to be doing that; it's good that its satisfying and not clunky and weird like in previous installments. If you want to play the game guns-blazing, absolutely go for it.

You have a base to manage to get upgrades, different pods as well, Intel can give you more intel as you're on the move, such as telling you where enemies are, R&D so you can make cool new weapons and gadgets to make things easier for situations, Medical Bay to help make tranq weapons as well as discharge your men from the sick bay earlier. It's a fun little mini game and luckily the game doesn't throw it all at you at once and introduces it bit by bit so that you're not overwhelmed. I feel this is definitely a positive as there are some games that just throw all their gimmicks and services at you right at the beginning and you find yourself ignoring them.

The buddy system is great, for me, Quiet and D-Dog are absolutely the two best you can take, the best part about the buddy system is that unlike some stealth games, having someone with you doesn't mean they'll be seen if you move too quickly. Quiet (Sniper) tends to perch up way out of sight and D-Dog doesn't get seen at all when he's with you unless you're super close, but even then, the soldiers just treat him like a dog and tell him to shoo. Your stealth experience will absolutely not be hindered by taking a buddy. This is a massive bonus to bringing people along with you, more games should do it like this.

A major criticism I have of the game is the ranking system per mission and there are a few reasons why. You get a higher rank the stealthier you are, that makes sense and that's totally fair but it does mean that if people want to go in guns blazing, they lose rank.

Furthermore the stuff in the R&D development, for guns and other gadgets, all the really cool stuff is all Lethal weapons. There are so few choices for going non-lethal that it's absurd, it's at least 80:20 in favour of lethal. This means you'll end up using a similar loadout for most of the game. Don't get me wrong, I understand from a realistic standpoint Revolver Ocelots pistols should be lethal, but I feel every single gun in the game (Excluding maybe rocket launchers) should have a stun or tranq alternative. All the gun stuff means you need to go loud and lethal and thus, get a lower rank at the end of the mission.

However it's not all bad in that sense, what I did discover is that rank for missions (Which I'd recommend getting an A or an S as you get rewards for doing so) only counts for actual story missions or "Episodes." So the way I had my gun was. If it's a story/episode mission, full stealth, I am Venom Snake, I am unseen and when I might get seen, I take them down slowly and put them to sleep. If it's a side mission? Use all your fun stuff. You're not ranked on a side op, so just go in with all the stuff you want to use, the revolvers, the light machine guns, the rocket launchers, the assault rifles. It's definitely the best way to make use of the lack of tranq and stun weapons if you're wanting to use lethal weapons.

7/10, enjoyed the stealth aspects and story but wouldn't play it more than once, and in all honesty I'd probably tell someone to play Snake Eater instead.… Expand

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Magical_Viktor

Apr 30, 2023

5

Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»

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jonu86

Dec 30, 2022

7

Excellent sneak gameplay!
But also weird story, not really motivating weapon upgrade system, sometimes frustrating boss fights, too often at the same locations, slightly empty openworld...

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skeksis

Dec 29, 2022

7

It's a very good game, but storywise I've no idea whats going on...
Recommended for the Steam Deck!

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CoolBR

Jul 8, 2022

5

This game has the best stealth mechanics I've ever seen and the combats mechanics aren't bad either, but all of this greatness has been eclipsed by the repeatability and lack of history. The map seems small plus you always do the same type of mission, or extract a soldier or kill a guy or steal something on the same place. In a nutshell: if you don't bother getting yourself doing the sameThis game has the best stealth mechanics I've ever seen and the combats mechanics aren't bad either, but all of this greatness has been eclipsed by the repeatability and lack of history. The map seems small plus you always do the same type of mission, or extract a soldier or kill a guy or steal something on the same place. In a nutshell: if you don't bother getting yourself doing the same stealth missions 50h you can like this game otherwise no.… Expand

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Antohadance

Jun 22, 2022

6

Кодзима конечно гений, но игру стоило бы закончить, жаль этого мы наверно никогда не увидим

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rezo_21

May 11, 2022

7

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Yaav13

Apr 7, 2022

7

My truthful honorable incorruptible conclusive rating of this considered game: 7.

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vova22379

Dec 8, 2021

7

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EmotionalBoi

Feb 6, 2021

7

Great gameplay with a lot of immersive features. All of that is enough for ordinary game but not for a Metal gear. Story is simply not good enough, also one third of story was cut of for no obvious reasons.

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Rollowos

Nov 4, 2020

7

Actually, I don't have much to say about this game. Many people knows why, perfect gameplay experience, but insufficient story, This game shouldn't be a metal gear game that was clear.

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sunriseofdeath

Aug 24, 2020

5

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Another typical Hideo Kojima game. A whole bunch of gameplay cutouts just show their boring story for about eternity or to take a boring action that feels like its taking forever to finish(ex.- crawling out almost the whole hospital at the beginning). Easily to get bored at & no wish to replay it. Also a lot of "Kojima's" on the credit, its just annoying, feels like no one else have worked on it.… Expand

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jordanlearmonth

Jul 25, 2020

5

The game is fun at first but it’s monotoned and visually depressing after while. It’s extremely repetitive, literally some missions are just a more difficult repeat of earlier missions, and there is essentially no story line. The gameplay is flawless and it has potentially but it’s fatally botched as the game is clearly compromised by being incomplete.

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Renaigse

Jul 24, 2020

7

По началу кажется, что чуть ли не шедевр, но постепенно минусы игры проявляются все сильнее. С самого начала ты видишь шикарные катсцены, однако когда начинается сам геймплей сталкиваешься с проблемами хренового пк порта ( лок фпс на 60 без возможности пофиксить в самих настройках, отсутствие нормальной поддержки клавомыши). Далее следует неплохая 1 часть, хоть и с кучей недостатков в видеПо началу кажется, что чуть ли не шедевр, но постепенно минусы игры проявляются все сильнее. С самого начала ты видишь шикарные катсцены, однако когда начинается сам геймплей сталкиваешься с проблемами хренового пк порта ( лок фпс на 60 без возможности пофиксить в самих настройках, отсутствие нормальной поддержки клавомыши). Далее следует неплохая 1 часть, хоть и с кучей недостатков в виде кусков сюжета, которые ты пропустишь, если не будешь слушать кассеты. 2 часть откровенный провал, видно, что игру не доделали. В общем и целом сюжет то и неплохой, но его подача рваная, да и важные катсцены ты получаешь после 4 ч геймплея, который крайне однообразен, хоть и очень хорош. Если вот убрать все это дрочево побочек, разнообразить основные квесты, уволить левел дизайнера, потому что уровни для стелс-экшена сделаны очень плохо, мало того, что обходных путей почти нет, вокруг непроходимые горы, так еще и возле главного объекта на аванпосте по 5 противников стоит, прям в упор к объекту, в итоге по стелсу пройти просто нельзя некоторые задания из-за отвратного лвл дизайна. Механика развития базы, она ну.. просто существует, ты развиваешь главную базу, воруешь пулеметы и минометы для обороны просто так, данную механику можно было углубить и развить, а то и она ощущается недопиленной, на главной базе ты никуда не можешь зайти, кроме 1 комнаты в мед-центре. Было бы неплохо, если бы ввели какие-нибудь задания, которые ты бы выполнял вместе со своей армией. Ну, в общем и целом, всякие коловдутие быдлофиллды и рядом не стояли с этой игрой, но ее допиливать, допиливать и допиливать...… Expand

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SPARTAN-010

Jul 5, 2020

7

One of the best sandbox, but a very lacking open-world, weird story, overall a lot of potential, not bad nor great.

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AshBornd

Jun 21, 2020

7

Достойный визуальный ряд, занимательный сюжет, местами абсурдный, но неплохой стелс и очень много недоработанных моментов.

Как известно, "Гению" не позволили полноценно завершить проект, поэтому игровой процесс очень часто оставляет впечатление Бета-версии. Более того, по факту игра именно ей и является. Но вот моменты, которые все уже ужалось довести до ума, выполнены чертовскиДостойный визуальный ряд, занимательный сюжет, местами абсурдный, но неплохой стелс и очень много недоработанных моментов.

Как известно, "Гению" не позволили полноценно завершить проект, поэтому игровой процесс очень часто оставляет впечатление Бета-версии. Более того, по факту игра именно ей и является.

Но вот моменты, которые все уже ужалось довести до ума, выполнены чертовски здорово и умело.… Expand

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SurujSingha

May 8, 2020

6

Metal Gear Solid V starts so good. This has to be one of the best ever prologues you would ever get in a video game. I thought "wow, so this is what the hype was all about" But immediately after that, all my hopes crashed when it started throwing out random missions to complete in a semi-open world thats supposed to allow players plan their playthrough but instead results in a completelyMetal Gear Solid V starts so good. This has to be one of the best ever prologues you would ever get in a video game. I thought "wow, so this is what the hype was all about" But immediately after that, all my hopes crashed when it started throwing out random missions to complete in a semi-open world thats supposed to allow players plan their playthrough but instead results in a completely irrelevant piece of mess. The pacing is so slow that i had to rush through missions by blazing everything down. The thing is clear that if you want to craft a mindblowing thriller story, you would have to make it more linear. The prologue was an example of it. I felt like some side missions are given to me and that i need to complete a certain set of these to unlock a story mission and cinematics that progresses the story. DO NOT BUY IT if you are not a hardcore fan of stealth or Metal Gear games.
There are some positives though.
*The AI is brilliant that adapts to the situations realistically. Enemies try their best to hunt you down.
*The story though half-fried is very well written. Expect horror elements.
*I liked that you wont be punished for going against stealth unlike the Splinter Cell games. I completed nearly 15 missions rushing. I just went to a high position where i could get a good veiw of the mission area, took out my sniper rifle and gunned everyone down.… Expand

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Shimmeywill

Mar 9, 2020

6

A solid open world experience with good graphical fidelity and animation quality.

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Aeryx

Jul 7, 2019

7

Phantom Pain should be getting a 10, but the ridiculous mobile game mechanics and stupidly long timers (3 real world days for an assault rifle or 6 days for a battle dress) are truly shameful. This should never be allowed on a $60 game. The PC port's controls are also poorly implemented. I remember manning an AA gun instead of extracting it so many times because the contextual controlsPhantom Pain should be getting a 10, but the ridiculous mobile game mechanics and stupidly long timers (3 real world days for an assault rifle or 6 days for a battle dress) are truly shameful. This should never be allowed on a $60 game. The PC port's controls are also poorly implemented. I remember manning an AA gun instead of extracting it so many times because the contextual controls were so bad. Also add to this the Perfect Stealth and Subsistence missions, which are missions you already completed BUT HAVE TO REPEAT on these modes, is a big waste of time. I finished all the missions and side missions and I found these modes to be unnecessary at best and a big waste of time at worst. I like the idea of you capturing troops and putting them on your base but they were too generic and had no personality and character whatsoever. They just became names and stats on a spreadsheet.

Now that's out of the way, the gameplay is great. The weapon customizations are very nice and the graphics are spot on. No crashes for me in Windows 7 and the game is very stable with very few bugs, apart from the annoying early level troops "Silent Basilisk" and others being low level and you cannot dismiss them. Which is very bad for leveling up your FOBs. The story could be better as there are many plot holes, but it is long and has plenty of substance. The plot is silly at times and the fake gun names are annoying. I can't imagine a bunch of kids outsmarting Miller, Ocelot and the Boss. Really? That's just plain dumb. Emmerich is also an annoying self-righteous cuck. It doesn't fit his character and was poorly executed. Additionally, why do I need to extract myself via helicopter when I have a fulton or a portal extraction device? Why can't big boss just fulton or portal himself back home? The tapes are good to listen to but still left many holes. I think Kojima did this game justice, but Konami ruined it with all of these mobile game mechanics. I don't like Hideo Kojima's decision to drop David Hayter. Overall, this is a great game, but it has many issues that may annoy you. I like Kojima and I want to give this a higher score but I think fanboyism ruins everything it touches. 7/10.… Expand

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chatskyisretard

Mar 7, 2019

5

I can't understand why people like this game.
-empty open world
-grind gmp
-boring missions
-disgusting snake
etc.

(Just my opinion do not pay attention.)

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Archontos

Dec 4, 2018

6

Base building, collecting plants and resources, cartoon-like meteo baloon for rescuing poor animals and a total lack of story (apart from prologue) is not what I was expecting from Metal Gear Solid... The environment, covert ops mechanics, graphics, design - all this is just fine, but this game IS NOT Metal Gear Solid.

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DKR

Sep 26, 2018

7

FROM THE COMPANY - THAT'S RIDING ITS LAST DECENT FRANCHISE TO THE GROUND - COMES A SLIGHTLY-ABOVE-MEDIOCRE OPEN WORLD GAME that totally p**ed off moral-authoritarian celibates, married men with buyer's remorse, and feminists.

It's just boobs, guys. Try going to the beach. METAL GEAR 5: THE PHANTOM PAIN. EMBARK ON AN UNEXCITING JOURNEY WITH Boss...uh Big Boss? Snake? Who doesn'tFROM THE COMPANY - THAT'S RIDING ITS LAST DECENT FRANCHISE TO THE GROUND - COMES A SLIGHTLY-ABOVE-MEDIOCRE OPEN WORLD GAME that totally p**ed off moral-authoritarian celibates, married men with buyer's remorse, and feminists.

It's just boobs, guys. Try going to the beach.

METAL GEAR 5: THE PHANTOM PAIN.

EMBARK ON AN UNEXCITING JOURNEY WITH Boss...uh Big Boss? Snake? Who doesn't have a whole lot to say this time around; maybe for the better. "Card Keys? Metal Gear? Psycho Mantis?"....and is joined by some other cardboard quest dispensers with familiar names.

BE IMMERSED IN BAD KOJIMA FAN-FICTION, WHERE THE PLOT'S ONLY ELEMENTS ARE BEATEN TO DEATH MORE THAN A MAN FALSELY ACCUSED OF HARASSMENT. Something something, NINE YEARS AGO. Something something, MOTHERBASE. Something something, CIPHER...SKULL FACE. Kojima must have wrote the first half of the plot in a Tweet.

ARM YOURSELF TO THE TEETH WITH BOSSBIGBOSSNAKE'S MASSIVE INVENTORY OF SADISTIC TOYS TO TOTALLY F*** WITH THE MINDS OF YOUR 1 ENEMY: CLUELESS GUARDS. Ha! I never was a hot-chick taped to a cardboard box! RESEARCH AN IMPRESSIVE ARSENAL OF GUNS, ROCKETS, ROCKET ROBO ARMS, to massacre waves of defensless NPC's. We've done that to death since GTA1 in '97; aren't we bored of that by now? OR SUPER BALLOONS THAT CAN LIFT ANYTHING OFF THE GROUND WITH ENOUGH UPGRADES. Did I seriously just pick up a TANK? FREAKIN' AWESOME!

TRY TO HAVE FUN AS YOU FIGHT THE GAME'S TOUGHEST BOSS: THE CONTROLS; GIVING YOU PROBLEMS LIKE: GETTING STUCK ON COVER, CAN'T TAKE COVER, DOING A FULL 360 BY PRESSING "up", FAILING TO CRAWL OVER A ROCK MAKING YOU STAND UP AND RUIN YOUR MISSION, SLIGHT INCLINES THAT YOU CAN NEITHER RUN OVER NOR SCALE, AUTO AIM THAT PREVENTS HEAD-SHOTS, VEHICLES WITH 2 SPEEDS THAT CRASH INTO EVERYTHING, AND COVER. THAT DOESN'T COVER YOU. Oh, come on! What'd he spot, my ponytail??

STRUGGLE IN FUTILITY AS YOU TRY TO DECRYPT THE MISSION RANKING SYSTEM AS YOU TRY TO NOT GET SPOTTED, TO BE QUIET, NON-LETHAL, AND SPEEDY, only see some d*** bag on youtube ride the horse right into enemies and gun them down with unsilenced weapons and set off 4 alarms all in 6 minutes AND STILL GET S! WTF?? THAT TOOK ME HALF AN HOUR FOR A C!!

SO STRAP ON YOUR EYE PATCH, CHOMP ON YOUR TIME-TRAVELING CIGAR, and get ready to crawl on your stomach for 700 meters, rescue some guy, run back out, something something CIPHER....9 YEARS AGO....SKULL FACE.... ad infinitum in Kojima's worst story telling yet, but then you can to do side missions without rules! Hehehe, hands up!...now stay still...I'm...aiming this...mortar....BOOM! HA SUCKER!

STARRING:

MIDGET MANTIS
FIREY STOMACH ACHES
REVOLVES HIS PERSONALITY-A-LOT
9 YEARS AGO....CIPHER...SKULL FACE....You destroyed their anti-air radar?
Quiet-ly showing her boooooooobs
POORLY NAMED BAD GUY (for real, Kojima, stop describing your characters in one word names. THE PAIN. THE SORROW. THE END. QUIET. SKULL FACE. What's next, The Protagonist?)
THIS IS THE TUTORIAL THAT NEVERRR EEEEEEENDS......
Thanks for getting me out of the hospital, Cut-scene Man! See you in the next console shooter!
COM-LINK STORY TELLING...and....
THE PROTAGONIST

METAL GEAR VEEEE: THE PHANTOM GAME

A dev for Halo called Quiet "disgusting". Bold move from the team that made Cortana.… Expand

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purple_laser

Jul 28, 2018

6

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this game is painful in the sense that it has so much potential and it is actually a let down.

you will get stuck various times either in gameplay doubts, missions, controls etc and each time you will have to go online to search if there is a way to a particular thing fast.

for eg. it was taking a horrible amount of time to ride form one mission place to another and it was after i completed 80 % of the game that i read about the option in the main game menu to go to the aerial command center and then to a mission area directly.

also the story is ridiculous and try hard as i may , i did not buy it.

main problem is that the story is not knitted together , there is virtually no end mission and boss battle. it will abruptly end. cutscenes i dont mind if the story is good .

why i was mainly following up n th game is because it is an excellent port to pc. dragon age should learn form them ..

graphics are beautiful. controls even though are based on PS are superb on pc and individually the missions are very interesting.

so overall..

story 2/10
graphics 8/10
characterization 6/10
port 8/10
fun 7/10

i wil give the biggest tips now. and i do recommend the game playing with these tips.
1. soon you wil realize that you have to waste a lot of time riding a horse or chopper to mission areas. just go the gam emenu and click on go to ACC.

2. develop the STUN capable weapons like riot smg and the sniper rifle. they are the non lethal weapons.

3. have quiet as a buddy. in missions where you have to deal with mist units .

4. there are total 46 missions only and game progress iwill show 45 to 50% ..

5. after that lot repeat missions will get added of already completed missions but in higher difficulty.

overall u can enjoy.. but no proper ending is a big letdown… Expand

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Diegochocho

Jul 3, 2018

6

Gran jugabilidad, bien hecho los mapas, pero perdió la esencia de un Metal Gear.

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KittyWhisky

Oct 21, 2017

6

Hideo Kojima always made the game worthy of attention, games that were truly art. We've learned that he can't do a checkpoint or base. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was waiting. The more she appeared not only on the console from Sony. The prequel Ground Zeroes gave a good seed. We've been getting a typical representative games for srubaniya money on the popularity of the franchise.Hideo Kojima always made the game worthy of attention, games that were truly art. We've learned that he can't do a checkpoint or base. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was waiting. The more she appeared not only on the console from Sony. The prequel Ground Zeroes gave a good seed. We've been getting a typical representative games for srubaniya money on the popularity of the franchise. Our expectations, scandal Kojima with Konami resulted in an overestimation of both users and the press.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain begins with a beautiful prologue. Hideo kojima is directing great videos. All the movies in the game is executed perfectly. After the prologue the expectations of the user on top, but then starts grindilka long hours in 100 (it at whom as). After a brilliant prologue and maybe the first mission to rescue Miller, begins an aimless romp in the sandbox. Many pointless and uninteresting additional missions diluted the plot. But the story missions sometimes are neither setting nor plot development. Rollers we all will indulge rarely. Buying this game you agree not to plot an adventure, not to play the movie with long rollers, and at long romp in the open world. The situation worsens more and that this open world (Afghanistan and Africa) completely empty and completely hostile. There is nothing but empty spaces and enemy bases.

The game is really good. This is the best of STEL action in an open world! You have many opportunities to perform tasks. It is a pity that if you go through the game quietly, the arsenate will be only a tranquiliser gun. The lethal Arsenal of weapons is very extensive. Various gadgets are also set. With them, the game becomes infinitely replayable sandbox. Also, you have 4 partners: horse, cute dog, dog, d-walker, and sexy sniper Quiet. Each of the companions useful in their own way: with the horse's help you'll overcome the game miles, the dog will mark enemies and kill them, d-walker is generally a mini tank, a Quiet is to eliminate targets from afar.

Those who will play Phantom Pain for the sake of the plot and stunning commercials will be disappointed. This game is about gameplay. Despite the fact that the story missions in the game a lot (50 pieces), but most can be written in extra, since there won't be anything interesting. They themselves do a few story missions are really good and are accompanied by stunning videos. But those missions are few (not more than 15, I think). Most of the story details we learn by listening to tapes, which is too much.

In addition to performing the repetitive missions in the open world, we will equip our database (from people to animals). It's not very exciting, and extremely repetativly process.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, unfortunately, does not deserve all these great ratings and positive reviews. This is the best prohodnyak. Go and forget. If you want to re-again, you would have to do all of these monotonous effects, to get to the plot. The game is like this not because of Kojima. It is already clear that Konami just welded on the famous brand. Kojima can understand. It is impossible to force to make a good creative product. And the story he had to suck from a finger, so at least something was. However, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain remains the best stealth action game in an open world. If you want to perform monotonous missions and play with the local sandbox, the game for you. Once the game you need to enjoy rare clips and great replayability sandbox.… Expand

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xavia91

Oct 19, 2017

7

Pro:
Great Graphics with no lag at all.
Overall the game works pretty well, no real bugs.

Con:
Repetitive repetitive repetitive.
The concept of basically being forced to extract people totally disturbs the stealth part for me!
Range of some weapons seem pretty low.
Story?
taking cover has a kinda weird mechanic.
controls on pc is badly ported.

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thomaddox4

Sep 21, 2017

7

It may be a massive disappointment as a metal gear game, but damn it I still loved it. The gameplay was just so good, with such variety in approaches, and as convoluted as the story was I still liked it. It did just as the name said, and left the series with phantom pain.

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muzmuz

May 10, 2017

6

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a open-world third-person stealth shooter with lots of action and various RPG elements. It has a good number of gameplay mechanics and also sports a commendable amount of content, but many a times feels too much. On top of its usual cringeworthy cinematics, MGSV:TPP presents its bad and repetitive game design in an annoying fashion.

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KoFChamp42

Apr 25, 2017

5

The first half of the game was really good, it looked great, ran great, and played great, but the second half keeps the first two parts but completely forgets the 3rd. MGSV's not an awful game, but it could have been so much more.

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buranya

Mar 25, 2017

7

It is a great game, but not a great Metal Gear.

What i mean is that the game itself is great. It has a very nice world, the fighting aspect is perfectly done, different types of weapons, a lot of enemies everywhere to deal with and some nice quests. But, and this is what i think gives a Metal Gear it's credit is the lack of a well directed story: Metal Gear V is in some ways making theIt is a great game, but not a great Metal Gear.

What i mean is that the game itself is great. It has a very nice world, the fighting aspect is perfectly done, different types of weapons, a lot of enemies everywhere to deal with and some nice quests. But, and this is what i think gives a Metal Gear it's credit is the lack of a well directed story: Metal Gear V is in some ways making the player disconnect of the main story, dealing with non-interesting side-quests, alternating with some epic moments on the story.

Graphically the game is gorgeous. The world is beautifully created, and the fauna makes it even more interesting to explore. One bad aspect of the game is that the world is, in some moments, empty. There are only soldiers, not a simple civil basement, everything is about enemies bases, and nothing else. No interaction with any npc, no interaction apart of some videos with the "allies" you have.

This is why, given the chance to score the game, i decided to give it a 7. Good graphics, soundtrack, fighting/shooting style. Correct story for a Metal Gear (very far away from what we saw on the 4 previous main games), but very bad connected. This is not what a Metal Gear game should be.… Expand

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Riot Pixels
Oct 8, 2015

77

Metal Gear Solid V is amazing at times, and I enjoyed playing it, but there are so many embarrassing blunders and contradictions. Rich tactical gameplay vs an almost dead world. Fun HQ management and interesting characters vs an unfinished narrative and boring side quests. In some regards, this is a huge step back from previous Metal Gear games.

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PC Gamer
Oct 6, 2015

93

A generous stealth sandbox masterpiece that will delight both new and existing fans of the long-running series. [Dec 2015, p.50]
PC PowerPlay
Sep 30, 2015

90

It might not be the best Metal Gear Solid game ever released, but it's certainly the bravest and most interesting. [Oct 2015, p.53]

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