Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

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  1. beyondtool
    Oct 20, 2015
    5
    The world, the gameplay and the sandbox nature of this game is excellent, unfortunately it is clearly a half finished vision. The second half of the game becomes repetitive rubbish, clearly padding the game for an ending that never comes. There is far too much busy work in the game that dampers the few and far between excellent level designs. The story is also rather nonsensical even forThe world, the gameplay and the sandbox nature of this game is excellent, unfortunately it is clearly a half finished vision. The second half of the game becomes repetitive rubbish, clearly padding the game for an ending that never comes. There is far too much busy work in the game that dampers the few and far between excellent level designs. The story is also rather nonsensical even for a metal gear game and it never actually reaches a conclusion. At least it runs well on most PCs, although the audio randomly drops out on my PC.

    It is bitterly disappointing that a game that starts with such a bang, ends with a whimper. Oh it's it's not really a metal gear game IMHO, far removed from the story heavy previous titles.    … Expand
  2. Muuvinki
    Nov 20, 2015
    5
    This game is a serious let down on so many levels. So much content has been cut off from the game.
    People saying this is the best metal gear solid game of the series don't know what they are talking about.

    Nobody should pay 60$ of this game, its just not worth it.
  3. suneater
    Sep 13, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Full review too large for Metacritic. Visit my Steam profile at /id/verticalcleave for more, including a breakdown of the pros and cons of MGS5.

    For a game that was supposed to bridge the gap between the original Metal Gear games and the MGS series's later titles, there is very little storytelling or character development here. The only character with real growth is Huey, who is a piece of trash that you (and everyone in the game) grows to hate. Sure, Huey might be the best written character in the series, but it doesn't excuse how everyone else is fueled by revenge and has their arc concluded with revenge. There are also few cutscenes, with most of the meat of the story being told through Codec calls- *ahem* -I mean, cassette tapes. The game also takes a sharp turn from GZ's tone, with Skull Face going from being a creepy, mysterious horror one step ahead of you to being a caricature of a bond villain (who exposes his whole scheme to you during an awkwardly long caravan ride to his "real" base). The worst part is a lot of the story is repeated; you seem to be expected to listen to all of the cassette tapes to get the full story (imagine how bad previous games would've been if you were expected to pay attention to every non-critical Codec call!) and yet the conversations on them are often repeated or paraphrased during the main game! The game also fails to conclude all of its threads appropriately; most notoriously, a cut Mission 51 has shown up on Youtube which concludes a cliffhanger that happens in the middle of Chapter 2. The fact that such an important mission was left undone makes me think that this game was unfinished and rushed out the door, despite being in development for a supposed 5 years.

    There is a lot that could be nitpicked about this game but the biggest issue I have with it is the story. The MGS games have always been known for their story, with lengthy cutscenes and frequent Codec calls crafting a believable parallel world to ours. Snake (despite being voiced by Jack Bauer) is almost a silent protagonist in 5, who doesn't respond to radio communications (the replacement for Codec calls) or even talk to non Diamond Dog characters outside of Mother Base. Even during the ridiculous caravan ride with Skull Face he doesn't say a word during Skull Face's exposition. Snake had some ridiculous writing in the past (often repeating lines and adding a question mark on the end to comical effect) but it makes no sense for him to play the mute during key story points. I understand that Kojima wanted players to insert themselves as Snake this time around... But isn't that what players have always done in this series? People wanted to play as Big Boss and watch his descent into madness as advertised, not play as a silent body double. This might've been an attempt to reproduce the twist that Kojima created with Raiden in MGS2; however, that twist was acceptable because it happened near the beginning of the game. This game's twist just seems like a big "screw you" to the fans. All of this is on top of Kojima's obnoxious handwavium of choice, VOCAL CHORD PARASITES, which have effectively replaced MGS4's nanomachines as being the cause and effect for everything supernatural that happens.

    MGS5 could've been a good game had it ended with Chapter 1, could've been a great game with better writing, and could've been an amazing game with more series staples (more & better bosses, more (!) cutscenes, more character development). Things might change in the future; Konami might just be holding out on later chapters to milk the player base for DLC money (MB coins are already disgustingly distorting the singleplayer experience). As it currently stands, I'm going to get everything I can out of this game because its money already spent and its decently playable. However, because of all the glaring issues previously mentioned, plus broken online components such as MGO3 being delayed to January 2016 while consoles get it Oct. 6th and FOBs being invadable while offline, I cannot recommend this game to anyone. Both MGR and even the "paid demo" Ground Zeroes were honestly better Metal Gear Solid games than this embarrassing train wreck of game.    … Expand
  4. Thylbanus
    Sep 3, 2015
    5
    This game's ratings has clearly played to Kojima's reputation rather than actual quality. This has all the long time fans cheering the virtues of Kojima. These are the same people that say all the other ones are good, when they really aren't. This is just horrible, but no less horrible than any in the series. You may find it odd that I went with a 5. Had I been reviewing it on it'sThis game's ratings has clearly played to Kojima's reputation rather than actual quality. This has all the long time fans cheering the virtues of Kojima. These are the same people that say all the other ones are good, when they really aren't. This is just horrible, but no less horrible than any in the series. You may find it odd that I went with a 5. Had I been reviewing it on it's own merit, it would be a 2. Given the comparisons between the others, it's average for the series. It's pretty, no doubt, but it hardly compensates for the poor story and weak characterizations. It's like watching a bad B-Movie. Horribly delivered lines. Cheesy, predictable story. I had to check to see if George Lucas was given a screenwriting credit.

    TL:DR, if you liked the series, this one is for you. If you have never played any of the Metal Gear series, or didn't like it to begin with, this will make you hate it.    … Expand
  5. Skipnipper
    Sep 7, 2015
    5
    Its an OK console port I suppose. Not worth buying if you've played lots of far cry, Splinter cell et al. This is a very similar game to these and doesn't bring much, if anything, new to the table. Wait for a 50% discount before buying.
  6. ketchupwfries
    Sep 17, 2015
    5
    +Decent graphics and well optimized for PC.
    - PC controls are alright but menus have no mouse support.
    - Repetitive beyond belief. Some missions have you returning back to the same base/camp multiple times which gets old real quick. - The map looks large but you soon realize you're restricted to travelling on roads only with extremely little room for exploring. - Environments are empty    +Decent graphics and well optimized for PC.
    - PC controls are alright but menus have no mouse support.
    - Repetitive beyond belief. Some missions have you returning back to the same base/camp multiple times which gets old real quick.
    - The map looks large but you soon realize you're restricted to travelling on roads only with extremely little room for exploring.
    - Environments are empty and completely lifeless. Guards, guards, and more guards, all dressed and behave the same way.

    Fun for a few hours if you like stealth, then gets boring real fast.    … Expand
  7. MetalRobot69
    Mar 22, 2017
    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 have been eclipsed by the repeatability and lack of history. The map seems small plus you always do the same type of mission, or extrat 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 have been eclipsed by the repeatability and lack of history. The map seems small plus you always do the same type of mission, or extrat 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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.)
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. 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»
  14. Ozimandeus
    Sep 11, 2015
    4
    The amazing intro aside. To a MGS n00b, the story is utterly impenetrable. The games systems feel like something from the 1990s and the open world is sparse and rather empty. The sections of true open world stealth are amazing, but these are interspersed with weird story contortions which result in a jarring juxtaposition which leaves the player totally discombobulated. Its a good game,The amazing intro aside. To a MGS n00b, the story is utterly impenetrable. The games systems feel like something from the 1990s and the open world is sparse and rather empty. The sections of true open world stealth are amazing, but these are interspersed with weird story contortions which result in a jarring juxtaposition which leaves the player totally discombobulated. Its a good game, but it is undeserving of all the praise. The Witcher 3 delivers a more rounded and robust open world which is far more dynamic and rich. MGS:V is just a bit bland. Unless you are an avid fan of the franchise.. avoid.… Expand
  15. Digital_Kitchen
    Sep 11, 2015
    4
    Ruined a good franchise by adding open world.

    Level design in open world games will never compare to hand-crafted levels. Now this is just Desert Horse Simulator V
  16. Voldie
    Sep 11, 2015
    4
    So-o-o, $60 AAA title console port. Muddy console graphics (not that impressive considering modern PCs capabilities).

    And... microtransactions? Really? What the hell?

    Sorry, pass on this one.
  17. Silentwalker
    Jul 29, 2017
    4
    This game could be amazing but I just can't get over the lack of love for the PC. The controls are horrible, you can't bind to mouse and you can't jump. Hugging walls almost never works and forced 60 fps limit unless unlocked by changing ini files.

    And worst of all there is no manual saving, just check points that never save when you expect them to or never save at all so you're forced    This game could be amazing but I just can't get over the lack of love for the PC. The controls are horrible, you can't bind to mouse and you can't jump. Hugging walls almost never works and forced 60 fps limit unless unlocked by changing ini files.

    And worst of all there is no manual saving, just check points that never save when you expect them to or never save at all so you're forced to start a mission that may take you 45 to 60 minutes and have to start all over again.

    If these were not an issue I'd give this game a 7 or higher.    … Expand
  18. Violett
    Feb 3, 2018
    4
    From the very beginning of the game I could say this is PC port - poor mouse support, many buttons everywhere - pick up item with one button, pick up another item with another button. Shooters for joystick is very bad idea. I bought this game due to good reviews here - on Metacritic, yet I was greatly disappointed. Weak story (20 mins of slow-walking is "fun" indeed), boring gameplay,From the very beginning of the game I could say this is PC port - poor mouse support, many buttons everywhere - pick up item with one button, pick up another item with another button. Shooters for joystick is very bad idea. I bought this game due to good reviews here - on Metacritic, yet I was greatly disappointed. Weak story (20 mins of slow-walking is "fun" indeed), boring gameplay, simple sidequests (even worse than Far Cry). I know, there was a lot of MGS games - so for fans it might be good, but not for me.… Expand
  19. jcasetnl
    Sep 27, 2020
    4
    This is basically FarCry 2 with good stealth mechanics. In every other way, like FC 2, this is utterly mediocre and forgettable. The environments all look the same (various shades of brown). The missions quickly get repetitive and there's no sense of accomplishment. The side quests are the epitome of filler. There's lots of boring travel with nothing to do along the way. When you clear anThis is basically FarCry 2 with good stealth mechanics. In every other way, like FC 2, this is utterly mediocre and forgettable. The environments all look the same (various shades of brown). The missions quickly get repetitive and there's no sense of accomplishment. The side quests are the epitome of filler. There's lots of boring travel with nothing to do along the way. When you clear an outpost, it quickly respawns, so you're better off ignoring them.

    What will make or break this game for you are the stealth and combat mechanics. If you love going deep on those you might be able to overlook all the other stuff. You have to really, really love the combat, otherwise this gets old fast.

    This would have been a much better game in a more level-based format to anchor the story and keep the tension high. As it is, the open world does nothing but water down an already weak story.    … Expand
  20. MrBla
    Oct 12, 2015
    4
    This game is a slap in the face to all MGS fans.
    Repetitive like no other games, even main missions are repetitive, you must complete some main missions the second time just because f**K you. Story is worse than EA/Ubi games. No cut scenes. Mediocre graphics. Snake doesn't even talk except for couple of words.
  21. carnivorCactae
    Sep 6, 2015
    4
    I really really really want to like this game, and trying all I can to enjoy the extremly easy fights, but its getting old really fast.

    6-8 missions in the game you start seeing the pattern, they all look alike, and they are all on the same spots. So at the camp you just rescued a guy, you now have to find a new weapon schematic, or kill some officer. It gets really repetetive really    I really really really want to like this game, and trying all I can to enjoy the extremly easy fights, but its getting old really fast.

    6-8 missions in the game you start seeing the pattern, they all look alike, and they are all on the same spots. So at the camp you just rescued a guy, you now have to find a new weapon schematic, or kill some officer. It gets really repetetive really fast.
    (ESCORT MISSIONS!!! NO ONE LIKES THEM!)
    The traveltime in this game is horrible, you spend 40% of the game running from a to b, and the time spend flying in your chopper just seems to badly made. You have to watch yourself fly at least 1 minute either from takeoff or landing, this gets old really fast.
    It takes about 3-4 minutes to ride from one small camp to another, and the desert/mountain scenario gets old REALLY fast.

    You cant get more than 1 thing in your supply drop, so you have to wait allmost 1 minute from you order something, till it hits the ground, then buy 1 more thing and wait another minute.

    The weapon customization options are pitiful when you finally do unlock them, and most changes to the guns don't ACTUALLY do ANYTHING. I've literally found around three parts that make changes to the base gun model. It's good for nothing more than painting your guns or adding flashlights though god only knows why the **** you'd bother with those.

    It's literally Far Cry 2 with even LESS areas to explore. You will find yourself mind numbingly stumbling through the game later on taking down hostiles and picking up resources just because you've gotten to a point where you're going through the motions, the areas are totally uninspired, even if they are gorgeous to look at.

    You do openly have the freedom to approach missions in almost anyway you want,
    that is, whenever snake isn't randomly sliding down inclines that I could easily crawl up myself.

    you cant even rebind the majority of the keys or save the game (even MGS1 let you save more or less freely!).
    bad console port.
    requested a refund.    … Expand
  22. Altissimus
    Oct 22, 2015
    4
    The port to the PC is dire. It assumes xbox controller and has no key binding.

    Shooting from cover is messy and unintuitive. You end up standing in the open aiming into a wall. First fire-fight in the first mission (in prologue) my only-recently-recovered character got hit 32 times and was just fine, thank you very much. Okay then. The prologue mission is sooooooooooooo boring.    The port to the PC is dire. It assumes xbox controller and has no key binding.

    Shooting from cover is messy and unintuitive. You end up standing in the open aiming into a wall.

    First fire-fight in the first mission (in prologue) my only-recently-recovered character got hit 32 times and was just fine, thank you very much. Okay then.

    The prologue mission is sooooooooooooo boring. It goes on and on and on without being able to even interact, like watching a really, really bad movie that all you want to do is switch off.

    Sorry, I haven't got time to play games of this poor quality.

    Graphics are probably ok, yadda yadda yadda. What does it matter when the gameplay is so poor?    … Expand
  23. game_over
    Oct 30, 2015
    4
    -Check point save system

    -Completely idiotic and nonsensical backstory, even for a video game -Mandatory online phukery in my single player game. You can be attacked by other players while online/offline and lose resources. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot +Voice acting, graphics, (somewhat) open world, (mostly) fun gameplay, and multiple approaches to most situations This game is almost    -Check point save system

    -Completely idiotic and nonsensical backstory, even for a video game

    -Mandatory online phukery in my single player game. You can be attacked by other players while online/offline and lose resources. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

    +Voice acting, graphics, (somewhat) open world, (mostly) fun gameplay, and multiple approaches to most situations

    This game is almost great with good parts mixed in with wtf bad elements.

    This game aptly named as The Phantom Pain. A phantom pain in the rear end    … Expand
  24. braindamage
    Sep 21, 2015
    4
    its a sad state of affairs that so many people rate these games so highly and attack anyone who cares about gaming in general, ,the simple fact KOnami will not make AAA games like this anymore is proof enough that these games don't have mass appeal

    these 3rd person open world game are a dying breed and good riddance, Ill give the first mission a 8 the rest of the game is    its a sad state of affairs that so many people rate these games so highly and attack anyone who cares about gaming in general, ,the simple fact KOnami will not make AAA games like this anymore is proof enough that these games don't have mass appeal

    these 3rd person open world game are a dying breed and good riddance,

    Ill give the first mission a 8 the rest of the game is between a 3-4, its just poor ps3 level quality open world garbage    … Expand
  25. Iluvatar21
    Jan 3, 2016
    4
    -Metal Gear from 1987 was NOT the first stealth game. Castle Wolfenstein from 1981 was.
    -Metal Gear Solid from 1998 was NOT the first game to feature cinematic story telling. Wing Commander from 1990 was.
    -Metal Gear Solid 5 has non-connected gameplay elements that rank it as a typical sandbox with an incoherent story than a stealth title like Thief, Hitman or Deus Ex.
  26. PrincessRose
    Jun 15, 2022
    4
    The start of the game was interesting. But after that it's just boring, repetitive missions that all seem the same. It feels like such a boring and empty world, it's not at all interesting. I hate games like this, I should've stayed away when people have said it's like Far Cry as I also dislike Far Cry. This game is over rated.
    A very disappointing game. Not fun for me.
  27. lexblow
    Dec 11, 2016
    4
    Way too repetitive, missions make no sense at all, poor AI for enemies, no compelling storytelling, games feels disjointed, and lost all magic from previous games of the series.
    For me it was a total disappointment.
  28. ManGuy
    Sep 27, 2015
    4
    Main Points Summary:
    *Simple and repetitive core stealth gameplay, missions and objectives amount to "rescue that guy, kill that guy, pick up that thing".
    *Most weapons are geared towards non-stealth gameplay leaving you with the same old stealth arsenal and tactics throughout the game *Dull uninteresting desert environment coupled with boring enemy outposts that consist of a few tents,    Main Points Summary:
    *Simple and repetitive core stealth gameplay, missions and objectives amount to "rescue that guy, kill that guy, pick up that thing".
    *Most weapons are geared towards non-stealth gameplay leaving you with the same old stealth arsenal and tactics throughout the game
    *Dull uninteresting desert environment coupled with boring enemy outposts that consist of a few tents, crates, and cardboard houses
    *PC controls need work; horse jerks left/right instead of just turning, snake has to stop fully when exiting sprint, you have to hold buttons a lot when doing stuff instead of them being toggle buttons. On-screen key tutorials still use console controller icons.
    *Motherbase meta sounds fun, but is ultimately a GUI screen/simple econ management with no integrations into the core gameplay experience.

    The core gameplay is simple and solid and mainly involves you sneaking around corners and tranquilizing clueless guards in the face. The game doesn't really build on that much as you play it, repetition is a very prominent theme in MGS5 which is not what you would expect from a MG title. Snake go rescue this hostage, now sneak in and kill this guy, now sneak into the same base you just were in 2 missions ago and steal these documents. Rinse repeat, at least for the 20 hours or so that I played. I kept holding out, expecting there to be more, but it just kept being the same old boring routine. You unlock various weapons/items of which 80% you don't use because they're not stealth related. The game actively punishes you for "going loud" and yet you have grenades, rockets, attack helicopters, mortar strikes, snipers, assault rifles, etc. Meanwhile stealth gear mainly consists of your hands, your tranq gun, and your limitless empty magazine stock. Your approach is always the same; sneak around some corners CQC the guards you lured towards you with magazines/sounds, and tranq gun the rest. No long range engagements, no traps, no clever uses of the environment, no change of pace.

    The environment is literally the dullest environment you could possibly base a game off of. Why would you pick a dessert for your open world? It sounds boring because it is, between bases there is nothing but sand and rocks that you can't traverse over. Calling this open world is a stretch because you pretty much are forced to take roads in order to get anywhere because there are rock formations blocking your every path. Capturing animals gets boring after the 3rd time you do it, it's just a meaningless number that you increase. Enemy bases are pretty much a tent, a few cardboard houses, and some crates. Gets really old really fast.

    The motherbase feature sounds like it'd be really cool; collect soldiers you find in the battlefield and build your own personal army with them. You would only select the greatest soldiers you could find and maybe you could all go out to the bar and hang out or, even better, infiltrate bases together, like "you take those cardboard houses and I'll take these" or something. Nope. Motherbase is pretty much a GUI interface that says "hey you have these soldiers, click this button to research stuff, now click this button to send them on a timer-based dice-roll mission that gets you money". You can walk around the physical motherbase, however, there is no actual interaction with anything there so it adds very little to the experience.

    The character controls are pretty questionable for on foot and on horse, not sure if this is a PC port issue or if it's like this on consoles as well. Snake awkwardly transitions from run to walk; he must come to a full stop from sprint before he transitions into walking again. A lot of the times you have to hold a key or multiple keys down to do stuff when they should just be toggle keys. I've let a few enemies out of a choke hold because of this which cost me a lot of time due to the nature of being spotted and having to restart from checkpoint.

    Graphically it's just "meh". It's not bad, it's not good, it's just a plain jane kinda game. It ran fine on my highend Nvidia gaming rig. The artistic choices are weird too, but it is MGS. Snake is part sci-fi robot that can shoot lightning out of his robot arm and has a holographic scannermatron but everyone else is listening to cassette tapes and doing 80s stuff.

    Would I recommend you buy this game? Nah, save your money.    … Expand
  29. Wiebe
    Feb 27, 2020
    4
    Boring strange story, un-interesting open world, weird mechanics, playing felt meaningless
  30. Renovatia
    Jan 10, 2017
    4
    So this is the famous Metal Gear Solid eyh? I never played it before, until I got my hand on The Phantom Pain. Boy let me tell you it's kinda a fruitless endeavor: i.e. repetitive missions, a messy story-line development, lack of even some basic logic and lack of consistency.

    I'll tell a bit on the lack of consistency. Basically you can develop new weapons and gear as you progress.    So this is the famous Metal Gear Solid eyh? I never played it before, until I got my hand on The Phantom Pain. Boy let me tell you it's kinda a fruitless endeavor: i.e. repetitive missions, a messy story-line development, lack of even some basic logic and lack of consistency.

    I'll tell a bit on the lack of consistency. Basically you can develop new weapons and gear as you progress. However, this game rewards stealth/non-killing style. But the things you can develop are almost all meant for killing, often with a loud bang. So throughout the game you're stuck with the few basic things if you want to go the non-lethal way. But then... you have missions where you practically have no choice but to kill massively, often with loud bangs involved. So what's the point right? You can't be consistent as in, say, the Deus Ex franchise.

    Then there's the repetition. You can't develop meaningful things for a long time, so you're doing repetitive missions with the same old tranquilizer pistol (if you go non-lethal) for a quite a while, whether it's a level 1 or an upgraded level 2 pistol. Nothing changes really.

    Look, the graphics and motions are done nice. But it's the one and only good thing. But frankly it's a big grindfest in a neat environment which demands too much time to travel from one spot to another. Finally there's the controls, it's a bad port (unfinished) from a PlayStation system. For example the mouse doesn't even work in the Menu UI (only keys can be used to change settings) and in-game you need to press awkward key-combinations to get things done, like making cool moves. There are a lot of annoyances like that,including unfinished walk-paths and hiding spots. Even hiding is weird implemented: for some reason hiding crouched behind a wall is more hidden than just being crouched behind a wall (lol wtf?). But some spots aren't finished marking by the programmers as hiding-places, so you're wondering why you can't "hide" behind this massive boulder for example - but you can hide behind this tiny wall.

    There's a storyline, but for the un-initiated it's almost entirely un-penetrable.From what I understand, even for die-hard MSG fans the story is nonsensical. One has to listen to endless audio-tapes (no video), and then try to make something coherent out of it.

    What can I say, this game really needs to move up 2 good notches before I could give it an minimal acceptable 6/10 rating. Hence the rating of 4/10.    … Expand
  31. crazyeyecarl
    Jan 8, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To start....I have LOVED MGS since I originally played Metal Gear Solid for the PS1, played all of them including the handhelds before they were in all these HD remakes. That being said, The Phantom Pain IS NOT a Metal Gear Solid game. In my opinion it's closer to a Far Cry sequel than anything else. Act 1 is AMAZING, the 2nd and final Act should not have been included into the game at all. The game is FAR from complete. Act 2 was just a bunch of rehashed stuff from Act 1. "Tactical Espionage Action" has nothing to do with it either. Like I said, it's Far Cry, only you have a sneaking suit. The game is set in War-zones, yet....they arent War Zones. You Rarely run into ANYONE out in the world unless they're at a camp/base. No civilians, no resistance fighters, hardly anything. You'll come across a truck every once in a while, or 2 guys walking down a road, but those aren't patrols. Those are 2 dudes out on a nature walk. This game ruined the franchise, and I'm happy Kojima isn't making them anymore, because I'd hate to see the next embarrassing installment of what was once a great series.… Expand
  32. metalmaster7789
    Feb 13, 2016
    4
    Sooo overrated. Born and raised with MGS series, I started to get disappointed with SoL, when they introduced Raiden. It got tacky and garish when they came with those villains in MGS3. MGS4 is a whole thesis with mixed reviews. Now, this one. Oh boy, this game messes up the original ones. How come this is the first time an older MG is actually better than his successor? The plot isSooo overrated. Born and raised with MGS series, I started to get disappointed with SoL, when they introduced Raiden. It got tacky and garish when they came with those villains in MGS3. MGS4 is a whole thesis with mixed reviews. Now, this one. Oh boy, this game messes up the original ones. How come this is the first time an older MG is actually better than his successor? The plot is so stupid that even saying is embarrassing. A guy who wants to disrupt the world order by attempting to erase english speakers because they are taking over the world. Might as well include, spanish, chinnese, or russian just to mention a few. I mean, Russians in Afghanistan in the 70's should say something about imperialism and language right?

    Lastly, a nurse can do as a good as the legendary soldier, naked snake, not being serious even with its main characters. Why including Liquid here? He was soo displaced.    … Expand
  33. Jeoul
    Mar 9, 2016
    4
    I am a total MGS fanboy and was looking forward to this game (had sooooo much hype). GZ was a good prequel, got me interested in finding out what agenda does Skullface have.

    The beginning in the game, in the hospital was really good, i thought in my head oh boy was we in for a treat, tbh things were going well in chapter 1 until you start to think. Cons - Chapter 2 is not complete,    I am a total MGS fanboy and was looking forward to this game (had sooooo much hype). GZ was a good prequel, got me interested in finding out what agenda does Skullface have.

    The beginning in the game, in the hospital was really good, i thought in my head oh boy was we in for a treat, tbh things were going well in chapter 1 until you start to think.

    Cons
    - Chapter 2 is not complete, random cutscenes, rehash of same missions from chapter1, timeline doesnt flow.
    - In what way will the the characters be relevant and connect to the other MGS games? Like practically 0.
    - Skullface is very underwhelming, you dont even get a boss fight against him
    - Boss fights? Yeh hardly any, if there was one, then it was very forgettable.
    - The story is CRAP, i dont care for a chapter 3 at this point, i am so dissapointed in the previous chapters and the story, i really dont care if the game is finished.
    - Codetalker? COPULATION, VOCAL CORD PARASITES, THE DIN'EH... he is just zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    - Miller is constantly pissed off unless he is cooking burgers.
    - Ocelot is not the real Ocelot
    - Did i mention the story and pacing?
    - And the plot twist in the end? I appreciate what they were trying to do, but that made me like 'really?....'
    - How can zero not be part of this game at all?!?!
    - The open-world makes it bland (not saying it shouldnt be open world).
    - Side quests get very repetitive and tedious

    Pros
    - Gameplay, by for the best mechanics for me. It can get too easy with the buddies and upgrades, just simply dont use em if it gets too easy.
    - Graphics are nice
    - Runs very well
    - At times the chapter 1 missions were quite tense.

    But yeh overall i did not like this game, and was a huge let down. I know the drama that happened between Kojima-san and Konami. Dont get me wrong Im all for Kojima and hate the vile Konami but even i have to admit Kojima kinda dropped the ball for this game.    … Expand
  34. lhmtgame
    Feb 28, 2017
    4
    This is really a Japanese Game's Style!

    Firstly, MGS title has been optimized for Console Controller, not PC. Using KeyBoard & Mouse to play on PC version still show you XBOX buttons. Secondly, MGS 5's graphics are good enough, not detailed. It's similar to Devil May Cry 5's graphics. Thirdly, every missions are too the same, not various. MGS 5 is not a STEALTH GAME! Because the    This is really a Japanese Game's Style!

    Firstly, MGS title has been optimized for Console Controller, not PC. Using KeyBoard & Mouse to play on PC version still show you XBOX buttons.

    Secondly, MGS 5's graphics are good enough, not detailed. It's similar to Devil May Cry 5's graphics.

    Thirdly, every missions are too the same, not various. MGS 5 is not a STEALTH GAME! Because the main character do not know how to OPEN THE DOOR as a SPY or ASSASSIN quietly.    … Expand
  35. magitekman
    Aug 24, 2017
    4
    Pros: it looks great, mostly good voice acting, Mother Base management, good soundtrack, metal gear online III
    Cons: Kiefer Sutherland as Snake, boring opening, repetitive missions, empty open world, bullet-sponge bosses, unfinished ending, lack of story, bad characters and script, no punishment for being detected, bad level design, microtransactions

    Final Verdict: Mediocre
  36. feather7
    Dec 9, 2018
    4
    First 3 hours it loolks like best game. But after that it is stereotyped and boring. I dont understand this score. If you are big fan of steal action game, maybe yes. Why on pc are not games more linear like last of us, god of war, etc.
  37. EustaceCS
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll be honest.

    The game as a whole looks like fever dream of some gun polishing anarchist who'll gonna never get scored.

    I mean, virus, which reacts to attempt to speak particular language, photosynthetic skin, latex-clad pyrokinetic transvestites, physics-defying zombies, diamonds made of human bodies... all in 1984, in what pretends to be our more or less 'real' world?! Really?! Even Fallout 76 didn't reached this level of 'screw common sense'... for now.
    It'd look neat in some gamification of some science fiction about XXII century. Guilty Gear series managed to handle it well, as example.

    Roleplay: care to play as lobotomized junkie who sees things?

    What remains is, in fact, a huge sandbox for mastering stealth kills, with pretty standard (for games originating from that country) cool music.

    #notgenius    … Expand
  38. GenuineBruv2021
    Oct 29, 2018
    4
    I tried my hardest to like this game and get into it but i couldn't. It is so repetitive and boring. The story is underwhelming and the gameplay is painfully average. I really don't like this game.
  39. MaxmilianKohler
    Sep 25, 2020
    4
    I'm pretty annoyed that so many people gave it such high ratings, which resulted in me getting a game that was a huge let down.

    The beginning of the game is pretty annoying. Everything from long opening credits before you even get to the game menu, to slowly crawling on the floor, etc.. The sound volume is all over the place. There's no options to adjust it in game so I'm having to    I'm pretty annoyed that so many people gave it such high ratings, which resulted in me getting a game that was a huge let down.

    The beginning of the game is pretty annoying. Everything from long opening credits before you even get to the game menu, to slowly crawling on the floor, etc..

    The sound volume is all over the place. There's no options to adjust it in game so I'm having to use keyboard keys to constantly adjust it.

    The movement is annoyingly imprecise.

    They have hints and tutorials but they're very incomplete and miss big things, such as takedowns, which are somewhat complex.

    They take head bobbing to the next level by having your screen shake when running.

    I've played previous MGS games and recall enjoying one or two, but I did not find the ultra-stealth type gameplay fun in this one. Sneaking around takes too long and it's too easy to get seen. I uninstalled in one of the first missions. After watching a playthrough on youtube I see they give you a box to hide in later on, which helps with stealth.

    Graphics are nice enough, and run close enough to 100 FPS in 2020 at 1080p with a 5700 GPU. Only 5 years after its release can you run this game at decent frames with a high-end PC...

    The story is crazy, so I skipped through a playthrough on youtube. It seems that the beginning of the game is story-heavy, but gets much less so, and most of the game is the same uninteresting, repetitive, and nonunique mission types. The story and events are pretty nonsensical (and poorly crafted), even after suspension of disbelief for their fictional reality.

    And actually, after watching a playthrough I'm lowering my score even further. The story is ridiculous and nonsensical. Like a 6 year old came up with it. And the repetitive, boring gameplay extends throughout the whole game.

    I also saw towards the end of the playthrough that in one of the random loading tips they tell you to wait for night if activity during the day seems too heavy. Yet another important tip they don't tell you when/before you need it. Not to mention how to even "wait till night".

    There's a fairly complex base management and recruitment system. Might be a "pro" for some, but not for me.    … Expand
  40. ulufarkas
    Nov 6, 2022
    4
    People were recommending this game a lot. I started playing it but could not resist after 2 hours. Boring.
  41. TemplarGR
    Sep 9, 2016
    3
    Overrated repetitive trash. The whole metal gear solid series is a joke, with the only worthwhile game being the first on the ps1. This game had a chance to be different, to actually compete as a game with the big western AAA boys, and failed miserably, probably due to lack of funds/time.

    The only good things about the game, are the production values, the great PC port, the graphics,    Overrated repetitive trash. The whole metal gear solid series is a joke, with the only worthwhile game being the first on the ps1. This game had a chance to be different, to actually compete as a game with the big western AAA boys, and failed miserably, probably due to lack of funds/time.

    The only good things about the game, are the production values, the great PC port, the graphics, the sound, the voice acting. Production wise and if you forget about the repetitiveness, this game is a great work. But here end all the good things.

    The story is trash. Typical Kojima trash. The kind of trash only apes find worthwhile.

    Gameplay is good, but repetitive. After a while you lose the motivation to keep playing. For what is worth, this is the only metal gear solid game in the entire series that has decent gameplay. And has actualy stealth. If that is any consolation.

    Still, the game overstays its welcome, and since the story is trash, unfinished, and not worth the effort, you are better off ignoring this game. And the series. Just play something else. Let Konami and the franchise die.    … Expand
  42. YoloSwag4Doge
    Nov 23, 2016
    3
    Well, I'm obviously in the minority on this one. To me, the dialogue feels very fake and poorly acted. The characters seem very generic and uninteresting. Though none of this really makes or breaks the game for me. What I can't get into is the gameplay. I just don't find it satisfying whatsoever. The game seems torn between being realistic and arcade. On one hand you need to use ironWell, I'm obviously in the minority on this one. To me, the dialogue feels very fake and poorly acted. The characters seem very generic and uninteresting. Though none of this really makes or breaks the game for me. What I can't get into is the gameplay. I just don't find it satisfying whatsoever. The game seems torn between being realistic and arcade. On one hand you need to use iron sights/scopes to shoot with any kind of accuracy, but on the other hand your guns don't have rate of fire controls, meaning that your full auto rifles just spray all over the place barely hitting targets that are point blank. The stealth mechanics aren't bad, but the enemies are bullet sponges, (which I really don't like in shooters), and instead of a silenced pistol you get a tranquilizer pistol that requires head shots to knock targets out immediately. Otherwise, you have to fire multiple shots. Which brings me to the AI, who are dumb as **** If they don't see you, you can just keep shooting them with sedatives and they just kinda stand there like 'cool drugs bro, thanks!' But, why don't you get an actual silenced pistol? So you can attach a parachute to your knocked out targets that flies them to your base where through some bizarre form of brain washing they become part of your own little private army.

    Your character is also a bullet sponge, so if you want to just run n gun you certainly can. But there's no clutch play going on here, it's just bullet sponge against bullet sponge with horribly inaccurate weapons and tranq guns. I think the game is primarily focused on being a stealth game where you sneak up and choke people to sleep or shoot them in the head with a tranq gun so you can send their bodies to your oil rig out in the middle of the ocean for assimilation.    … Expand
  43. Badmagic
    Sep 10, 2015
    3
    Terribly dull and boring story, with delusional isolation. 50 A similar missions ostensibly squinting under the plot is just over ugliness.
    And this game we zhdaili 6 years? I'd rather be a memory erased never to remember this terrible initsiedente.
  44. Gnomio84
    Aug 15, 2017
    3
    So this is it? omg, please say no.
    Graphic: 7
    Controls: 5 Story: for MGS community 8, for another 3 Fun: 5 Hideo Kodzima: 0 I really dont understand Japs, it must be a crazy nation. There is a plenty better games because this MGS its like an android game with big PR. Everything seems same, all villages, all missions, all dialogs. There isnt open world, only sandboxes! Really bad    So this is it? omg, please say no.
    Graphic: 7
    Controls: 5
    Story: for MGS community 8, for another 3
    Fun: 5
    Hideo Kodzima: 0
    I really dont understand Japs, it must be a crazy nation. There is a plenty better games because this MGS its like an android game with big PR. Everything seems same, all villages, all missions, all dialogs. There isnt open world, only sandboxes! Really bad story and horrible control. Sorry not for me I hope (and know) that somebody like it :-)    … Expand
  45. x6po6go6x
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    The first 2 hours of this game are great. I was so excited to keep playing and then the rest of the game happened, boring as hell. Same locations, same few objectives (kill this guy, rescue this guy, destroy this object) over and over again. And the story is scarce. It is a large empty world. After playing TW3 this just felt like a waste of money. Trust me, wait for the Steam summer saleThe first 2 hours of this game are great. I was so excited to keep playing and then the rest of the game happened, boring as hell. Same locations, same few objectives (kill this guy, rescue this guy, destroy this object) over and over again. And the story is scarce. It is a large empty world. After playing TW3 this just felt like a waste of money. Trust me, wait for the Steam summer sale on this one.… Expand
  46. GameDead
    Nov 20, 2015
    3
    This is a poor console to PC port.
    They tried so hard to make a visually splendid game and they got the visuals right.
    But, they forgot the basics and that's movement. Movement in this game is buggy, your player gets stuck on things, the 'e' button climbing option sometimes takes time to light up. This poor movement and interaction with the environment completely ruins game play as you    This is a poor console to PC port.
    They tried so hard to make a visually splendid game and they got the visuals right.
    But, they forgot the basics and that's movement.
    Movement in this game is buggy, your player gets stuck on things, the 'e' button climbing option sometimes takes time to light up.
    This poor movement and interaction with the environment completely ruins game play as you are trying to be stealthy and then you are seen by the enemy simply because your player is 'stuck' on a small rock, trying to get through an opening in a wall or trying to climb something.

    And, the equipment menus are a pain, the instructions and manual were thought out by a lazy 5 year old, so often I had to google just how to play the game.

    So this game wants you to play stealthy, but its so poorly ported that its glitches and bugs get you seen by the enemy far too often turning the game into a first person shooter, and this game is Not a good shooter.

    Trying to shoot over a ledge in the prone position is next to impossible, I have fallen over/off ledges trying to move forward enough so your first person gun sights are enabled when prone. Iit's just stupid frustrating.

    The developers should have got the basics right before making it look so pretty.
    After 5 missions and 6 side ops I obtained a refund !
    Far Cry and Dying Light play far more fluidly than this piece of clunky junk.    … Expand
  47. Lucab1705
    Aug 12, 2019
    3
    It isn’t easy to assign this evaluation to MGS V.
    But, even if the game is playable, with a good plot, it has the biggest problem a game can ever have: it isn’t complete.
    This is clearly an unfinished project. I read it was planned to be 5 chapters long: it can’t even conclude the 2nd with a proper ending.
    A game which could be a masterpiece, ruined like this. Pathetic
  48. BentedLeon
    Jul 13, 2020
    3
    Absolute misery of a game. Most of the problems arise because of engine features (which seem more like limitations and fatal oversights). Graphics are kinda bad for the given requirements on ultra settings adding to the fact that there is absolutely nothing going on in OPEN WORLD. AI isn't really improved compared to previous games of the series, moreover, lack of QA in this game made itAbsolute misery of a game. Most of the problems arise because of engine features (which seem more like limitations and fatal oversights). Graphics are kinda bad for the given requirements on ultra settings adding to the fact that there is absolutely nothing going on in OPEN WORLD. AI isn't really improved compared to previous games of the series, moreover, lack of QA in this game made it even more stupid and rigid. This game is an insult both to MGS series and definition of the word 'game' itself.
    Gameplay-wise it is also garbage - only after 8-10 missions there is literally nothing new in next missions, excluding poorly put together and not really interesting tapes and rarely small pieces of cutscenes. After that amount of missions you are bound to understand that you're basically errand boy doing some minor work while all important and interesting events occur without you (according to radio messages from Miller after another completed errand).    … Expand
  49. lucker0k
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    Тупое говно тупого говна. Унылое дерьмо в открытом мире под соусом кривого стелса.
    Игра делает все возможное, чтобы вы не получали никакого удовольствия. Одни и те же монотонные действия в большинстве миссий. Одна из самых переоцененных игр, если не самая. В добавок супер уебищное управление на ПК    Тупое говно тупого говна. Унылое дерьмо в открытом мире под соусом кривого стелса.
    Игра делает все возможное, чтобы вы не получали никакого удовольствия. Одни и те же монотонные действия в большинстве миссий. Одна из самых переоцененных игр, если не самая. В добавок супер уебищное управление на ПК
  50. tremault
    Sep 10, 2015
    2
    this is not metal gear solid.
    the introduction sets up some stuff that is pretty intriguing.
    after that you are sent on bullcrap missions having to do menial tasks that have nothing to do with what was shown in the introduction. I'm sent to take out bases on my own, even though I have a base of soldiers who could swamp the area in seconds. I'm told to develop weapons that in past games    this is not metal gear solid.
    the introduction sets up some stuff that is pretty intriguing.
    after that you are sent on bullcrap missions having to do menial tasks that have nothing to do with what was shown in the introduction. I'm sent to take out bases on my own, even though I have a base of soldiers who could swamp the area in seconds. I'm told to develop weapons that in past games were 'procure on site'. I am told to collect resources and plants. an errand boy. of course we could look at it another way. we kidnap these russian soldiers and it turns out they have no allegiance or national pride. no integrity. so I then have to question what they are doing here. I'm also questioning the point of building up this base, when it seems like they would have no chance against skull face or that floating red headed gas mask girl. it's clear from last games that snake is best as a solo operative, so building up this base is nothing but bullcrap busy work.

    I've struggled with this game since I got it. struggled to try and push myself to get to the parts where the story picks up. but having looked at other reviews it seems I have wasted my time. I am a mug. my only consolation is that i got a pre-order from a different site at a 25% off.

    F*** Konami.    … Expand
  51. NoLifer
    Sep 9, 2015
    2
    As a fan of the Metal Gear series, particularly 1, 2 and 3, this game has left me disappointed. Why is that? First, it's an open world game. Now mind you, I have nothing against open world games. Open world games can be a blast if done right. Since this is the first time Metal Gear has gone open world, I had high expectations that they'd not only meet but exceed their competitors when itAs a fan of the Metal Gear series, particularly 1, 2 and 3, this game has left me disappointed. Why is that? First, it's an open world game. Now mind you, I have nothing against open world games. Open world games can be a blast if done right. Since this is the first time Metal Gear has gone open world, I had high expectations that they'd not only meet but exceed their competitors when it came to creating a world that you actually want to explore. I mean, what is the point of making an open world game if it's not interesting to traverse? If you're not going to do that, just make it a linear game like prior games in the series and perfect each space by littering them full of interesting things to see and do. And here is my first complaint with Metal Gear Solid 5: the open world is uninteresting. You have Africa and Afghanistan - both overly brown, void of much life, and little to hold your interest while moving throughout the world. While there are side missions sprinkled throughout the world, the side missions are, sadly enough, entirely filler content that does little to add to the game. Actually, they sort of detract from the game overall. Instead of creating a linear, narrative-driven Metal Gear Solid, they've created an open world, one that doesn't have anything interesting going on in it, and then try to throw in some copy & paste side missions that are incredibly uninteresting and by-the-numbers in their design. But, then, the story must be good, especially if you're a Metal Gear fan, right? Wrong. For whatever reason, Konami replaced their old voice actors with new, more recognizable actors. For example, instead of David Hayter, we get Kiefer Sutherland. Not only does his performance fail in comparison to Hayter's, he rarely even talks throughout the game. And here's another issue: there's barely any cutscenes compared to the prior Metal Gear's. While I'll concede that prior Metal Gear's may have been overkill when it came to cutscenes, but they've swung the pendulum so far from that that there's not enough now. I do agree that the gameplay here is solid and enjoyable, but when the world it takes place in, the narrative that surrounds, and the extra content is so poor, I can't give it praise that it simply doesn't deserve. If you're a fan of open world games, this will disappoint you. If you're a fan of Metal Gear Solid's past, this will disappoint. As a fan of both, I'm floored that people are giving this game high marks. I can only surmise that it's because people were really hyped about it and now they're forgiving issues that they'll soon come to dislike. As is the case very often with people who play games and people who write about them, they sometimes overlook glaring issues when they release and then only come to grips with the fact that the game wasn't all that years down the road. Metal Gear Solid V is one such game… Expand
  52. casualgamer11
    Sep 15, 2015
    2
    While gameplay is finely polished for the most part there are some massive flaws: particularly the open world nature . The environment is essentially lifeless and bland between outposts and the details within the buildings are sparse and lacking. Despite being open world the map (Afghanistan in particular) is very linear and allows only a very restricted travel route along roads (oftenWhile gameplay is finely polished for the most part there are some massive flaws: particularly the open world nature . The environment is essentially lifeless and bland between outposts and the details within the buildings are sparse and lacking. Despite being open world the map (Afghanistan in particular) is very linear and allows only a very restricted travel route along roads (often winding) from one place to the next which often takes forever even by horse.

    The main missions are for the most part repetitive and stale and revisit the same areas over and over (the side missions are absolutely tedious because of this).

    The story is unfinished (given kojima konami split earlier), uneven, jarring, filled with plot holes and can appear mind boggling and laughable at times. The characters are unappealing and poorly developed. You'll scratch your head many times trying to understand a plot twist or wacky unprovoked character behaviour...

    You'd hope dlc would fix this but it wont given ongoing developer publisher relations and its too widespread and major a problem anyway. A great shame; certainly one of the wackiest and most non sensical games I've ever played (even compared to past mgs).

    I've stopped midway through chapter 2 now and have done with the game, its that rubbish; try witcher 3 (100 x better than this) or mad max (unrecognised hit) instead or hold your breath till fallout 4 because this game will leave you frustrated....

    I don't recommend this and I struggle to understand how this has been getting perfect scores (no game is perfect even at the best of times)    … Expand
  53. StarlifeeeRTS
    Sep 12, 2015
    2
    First and foremost I will award the game 2 points for the great performance(for the most part) of the game on consoles. However, there are still stuttering issues at times during the game, which require a hard reboot of the console to correct. This game's story has to be one of the worst I've heard in years and there's not even a satisfying conclusion to it all liked you'd expect from theFirst and foremost I will award the game 2 points for the great performance(for the most part) of the game on consoles. However, there are still stuttering issues at times during the game, which require a hard reboot of the console to correct. This game's story has to be one of the worst I've heard in years and there's not even a satisfying conclusion to it all liked you'd expect from the final Kojima Metal Gear Solid game. And this is a huge problem because it makes the game feel unfinished when you combine that with the fact that Chapter 2 is just you replaying the same missions you already played on a higher difficulty. The games gives you a decent amount of options, but the actual level design doesn't encourage you to stray from the norm and try new things unless you just spam headshots over and over because then soldiers will start wearing helmets. The open world is barebones, lifeless and dull as well as a chore to travel with mountains that exist for no other reason, but pure padding and to impede your way. On top of there is no variety in the environments that you encounter in the game apart from the prologue, which strips all control from the user and is overlong anyway. This would be okay if the environments in the game were actually interesting like with previous Metal Gear games, however MGSV's depictions of Africa and Afghanistan are as uninteresting as can be, which is absurd(especially in Africa) considering the amount of landmarks and variations it has. MGSV reminds me of a 3rd person Far Cry 4, but with better mechanics, an even worse world and even more repetitive side missions. Both games can be "fun" for a time, but you'll end up with a very bad taste in your month after a while and especially once you're done and reflect on what you've done in the game. The side ops are a joke, have no context and recycle the same areas and objectives from the main game. My advice if you must play this nonsense is to wait for a sale so you're not as disappointed in your purchase as I was.… Expand
  54. doxer
    Sep 27, 2015
    2
    Buenos gráficos y poco mas, muy repetitivo y se nota que el juego se ha hecho a empujones sin dar la sensación de estar acabado, han querido convertir esta saga en un Sandbox y lo han destrozado convirtiéndolo en otro juego,

    No es un Metal Gear, me imagino que todos esos 100 de las revistas o web son porque lo han jugado 5min como hacen siempre.
  55. Parker_
    Nov 1, 2015
    2
    This is truly BBB game. Boring, repetitive with one of the worst plot ever done. I'm mean not even worst Uwe Boll movie, or worst comic book has so crappy shameful story. OMG I was so ashamed to play this game, I'm lucky my girl never seen those Quiet anus zoom Kojima loved so much. Or CodeTalker speaking about parasites turning man into woman. This is game gets "the worst most expensiveThis is truly BBB game. Boring, repetitive with one of the worst plot ever done. I'm mean not even worst Uwe Boll movie, or worst comic book has so crappy shameful story. OMG I was so ashamed to play this game, I'm lucky my girl never seen those Quiet anus zoom Kojima loved so much. Or CodeTalker speaking about parasites turning man into woman. This is game gets "the worst most expensive game ever" award. This whole open world. I've seen better open world 20 years ago. It's empty, it's boring, it has no artistic value. This game looks like someone worked over it for 2 weeks and then did nothing but copy and paste his own work. This is the last MGS I ever played even if they do another instalments. Kojima has show as who he is. His like Venom Snake. Imposter pretending to be artist. He's Uwe Boll of video gaming but with worse skill to write story. Great hero Big Boss put to end. If you think MGS4 had stupid story, you will not believe how **** this one is. Game is most boring experience I ever had.… Expand
  56. DerpyDash
    Oct 12, 2015
    2
    -Terrible story which was also badly presented
    -Boring missions (99.7% of them)
    -Frightful hit detection (especially with a horse)
    -Only one real boss fight

    +a lot of gadgets
    +good looking rain effects
    +helicopter
  57. LOLiver
    Nov 6, 2015
    2
    I cant belive this game is praised as much as it is. I loved Metal gear Solid 2 on PS2 long time ago and with the amount of hype for this one I downloaded it and tried it. I allways try my games if possible with cracked versions before making a decision and thank god I was saved by a cracked download.

    This game is absolutely trash when it comes to PC, the controls are **** beyond    I cant belive this game is praised as much as it is. I loved Metal gear Solid 2 on PS2 long time ago and with the amount of hype for this one I downloaded it and tried it. I allways try my games if possible with cracked versions before making a decision and thank god I was saved by a cracked download.

    This game is absolutely trash when it comes to PC, the controls are **** beyond retardness, the gameplay itself is really boring and dull and it feels like you are playing a gamecube "open world" game.

    The game starts out complete **** aswell. 30 sec sequence, 10 sec gameplay,30 sec sequence, 10 sec gameplay,30 sec sequence, 10 sec gameplay, etcetc.

    I have no idea what the hype is all about but I would not advice ANYONE to pay for **** like this.
    And I really tought this was gonna be something new.    … Expand
  58. billyjones
    Jul 27, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it is so sad to think about how awesome this game could be with the nice graphics and optimization... After that amazing intro, i could never imagine how boring and repetitive it would get.

    Boring because of the completely nonsensical plot and back story, lame villains and the disappointing boss battles, specially the first one with Sahelanthropus, they really took a dump on the game with this one:
    -Snake is infiltrated in a high security military base filled with soldiers, war tanks and war helicopters.
    -If you decide to escape the base without the walker machine, Snake is on feet, carrying a crippled prisoner plus all those weapons.
    -"Skull face" somehow knows about it, he could command all the soldiers in the base to kill Snake easily, but instead, he decides to make Snake a surprise on his exit and show him Sahelanthropus for like no reason at all.
    -From one second to another, all the soldiers in the military base just vanished, the high security military base is total empty and simply abandoned now, forget about them, it is only Snake and Sahelanthropus now. (the same happened when you are about to secure the remains of the man on fire)
    -Sahelanthropus with all its power and greatness is unable of killing Snake, even if he is standing right in front of it at a open field and a clear shot vision.
    -Snake escapes Sahelanthropus and the military base on feet, uncovered and carrying all those weapons plus a crippled prisoner on his back.
    -Snake calls the helicopter to pick him up in a place where Sahelanthropus can see.
    -Sahelanthropus is unable of taking down a chopper.
    -Snake gets in the chopper and destroys Sahelanthropus with shots from a .50 machine gun.
    Seriously? Even a old war tank could handle those shots or take down the chopper but the weapon supposed to bring to world to its knees could not?

    About being repetitive, some people say that it is only if you play always the same time but that makes no sense at all.
    It is nice that i could do all the exact same missions all over again in a different way if i wanted, not that i was bound to do it anyway so i can get to the end of the game, which by the way, was cut out from it. The game has no end at all, what doesn't matter because the story is so boring that you do not have desire to know what happens next.

    MGS 5 begins a joke on Ground Zeroes (a game that is as short as their dicks) and "finished" on the Phantom Pain (japanese anime **** recycled so it looks bigger)    … Expand
  59. EddieMaiden
    Feb 12, 2017
    2
    Game is mediocre as **** is just empty gameplay. The story is not there, it just isnt there. Game is very empty and after a couple of hours it becomes just forgetable. The FOB system is pure trash and the online is a call of duty stealth is dead. Pirate this game, dont buy. **** YOU KONAMI
  60. causticlasagne
    Jan 9, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Before you read my review, note that I play a lot of stealth games and I only heard that Metal Gear Solid was supposed to be really good. So I downloaded it to see how it would play.

    At first I thought this game would play out to be super cool. When you wake up in a hospital bed and have to get knocked out what was it? Twice? Because you freaked out after coming out of a coma. We all saw it then the doctor got choked and an assassin got bathed in flames and jumped out of a window. I laughed at that. Characters on fire jumping out of windows thinking it would save them.

    But then you play the game a bit more, having to crawl around and eventually getting to stand up and you need to break from the hospital. I was sort of okay at this random psycho setting things on fire and the big fire dude walking toward you. After you see those soldiers get chopped up by that helicopter controlled by her you can't help but being like "WHAT THE F*** THAT HAPPENED" okay massive action. But you keep playing and the guy who spent 9 years watching you got killed like *that* and some random guy pops out of nowhere on a horse and says "hey I'm a friend get on my horse" then you see a GIANT WHALE ON FIRE THAT EATS A HELICOPTER OUT OF THE SKY??? Too much action to the point it was stupid. Like I had this guy on fire that was riding what I assume was a unicorn that was also on fire. It's action which is great, but in all the wrong places and it wasn't even funny after a point. You then never see those characters again for another 12 or so hours of gameplay.

    I would find that the gun play and interaction with the world is good and also having your own super massive "mother base" is also cool but that's probably about it. When it comes to managing this massive base of yours, you get almost no say in where each part is built, what it looks like, no instead it's all placed in some giant level with nothing more than an ocean plane in it. Sure you can change the colour, but you can't do much more than that. Collecting resources, particularly right at the start seems more like a chore rather than something that should be fun. Each part of the game is fun the first few times but then you notice how repetitive it becomes like certain missions in the same areas or collecting resources again and again.

    When you find out that the only thing that can extract those large shipping crates of essential raw material is locked behind a seemingly impossible research task it loses it's appeal. I only managed to find one transport specialist for the cargo Fulton, only to find out he must have been kicked from my organisation in a staff fight. Like I said, having a massive base is cool but it should not feel like a chore to manage. That's kind of the point of game design.

    I also find it frustrating how the game explains only certain things in a hint window accessible on the pause menu. You can't navigate to sections, only scroll one by one to each topic. And even then it does not explain everything. Like what these shipping crates are for or how you can get the helicopter to land closer by blowing up the radar boxes. You've got to discover the really important things yourself. And most of the time the game repeats the same f***ing hint again like what this plant does for some active ingredient for a drug I just made up on the spot. It's most of the time at random and the tutorials are off cue, if there are any.

    I'll end on a sort of weird note is that the stealth system is both stupid, funny and poorly designed. I love how I can hide in my box and lure an enemy over to it with the right combination of camouflage and distance only to knock them out. And if you ever find a power generator, turn it off. The stealth system dispatches the nearest enemy to check it out. And when they do, pop them in the head or Fulton them. Turn the generator on, wait a bit and turn it off again. Rinse and repeat and you can actually lure ALL of the enemies out of a highly fortified base to check out a generator. ;)

    Overall, I'd say this game is well designed in the parts it counts the most but some of the controls are a pain to use, especially when you're used to A to jump and X to interact from call of duty. This is the one game where the back and start buttons are swapped. And I hope it's not on purpose.
    The level design is great, but mostly empty therefore negating the need to explore the wilderness. Most of the resources you need are inside enemy bases which is disappointing.
    I particularly love the sound design and music cues which are point on, but in some areas overused but I think that's the point of this style of game.
    The textures I think are decent but nothing special. They put the world together nicely.
    The UI is reasonably responsive where it counts the most.

    Overall, I rate this game a 4/10. For my own curiosity I continue to play, but I think I'll stop soon for my own sanity due to it's repetitiveness    … Expand
  61. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    2
    Mai capita la fama di questa saga, piu' squallidi dal primo all'ultimo con tanto di bug serviti e ben poca creativita' nel gameplay.
  62. allpoints
    Sep 10, 2015
    1
    Hate to say it the gaming industry has just turned out another game that is cut scene after cut scene with some button pushing in-between. Console users are still ruining gaming. The graphics do not challenge my 4 year old video card. The control of characters is sketchy at best. only played for 45 minutes and will probably never look at it again. Great console game not up to pc stannddards.
  63. Kojimaisiahack
    Sep 12, 2015
    1
    - very bland, sparse, predictive and boring story
    - the man character could be mute for all I care
    - boring and empty open world, - game consists of grinding and balooning people until nausea - forced online - microtransactions - cut content, the game was shipped incomplete - you can't mute Kaz and Ocelot, I get it that it's an enemy gunship - Quiet is THE worst character to be in    - very bland, sparse, predictive and boring story
    - the man character could be mute for all I care
    - boring and empty open world,
    - game consists of grinding and balooning people until nausea
    - forced online
    - microtransactions
    - cut content, the game was shipped incomplete
    - you can't mute Kaz and Ocelot, I get it that it's an enemy gunship
    - Quiet is THE worst character to be in a metal gear game, instead of a consisting story, we got Kojima motion-capturing her just so he could masturbate
    - the tapes are worse than PW and very few

    The only Metal Gear game that I could not bother to finish the last story mission    … Expand
  64. maxpain9999
    Feb 18, 2021
    1
    It starts out excellent, and then devolves into a convoluted mess.
    Repetitive is the best word to describe this game. Monotonous missions and graphics.
    Way to much extra/useless garbage in this game. Cardboard boxes & plants??? Game needs more structure and less extras. It could have been great with half the missions but a better structured game play without the extra complexity. They    It starts out excellent, and then devolves into a convoluted mess.
    Repetitive is the best word to describe this game. Monotonous missions and graphics.
    Way to much extra/useless garbage in this game. Cardboard boxes & plants??? Game needs more structure and less extras.
    It could have been great with half the missions but a better structured game play without the extra complexity. They totally missed the FUN factor!
    Very disappointing, was glad to uninstall it and move on to another game. Developers missed the point on this, seemed like a confusing bunch of ideas thrown together. Completely UNFUN.
    Buy only if under $10. Issues -
    Controls are so so
    Missions are very similar and monotonous
    Graphics are monotonous, same scenery all the time
    Many ideas in this game seem to have little or no real purpose. Game is over complicated with extra's(tapes, base building, extra units, missions behind the scenes by your units)
    Not linear
    Pacing is slow
    Structure is completely absent
    Just a bunch of similar missions
    REALLY monotonous    … Expand
  65. DimaDeev
    Feb 1, 2021
    1
    В стелс-экшене ужасен не только стелс ,но и экшен. Кодзима не гений,это постирония.
  66. SbSnake
    Dec 7, 2015
    0
    Empieza excelente, y despues decae terriblemente.
    Repetitivo, es la mejor palabra para describir este juego. Casi la totalidad de la historia, se basa en extraer gente con el globo, volviendo a los mismos mapas, y hasta inclusive viendo las mismas cinematicas y dialogos.
    No se porque no hicieron un buen sistema de viaje rapido (el que es con la caja nadie lo usa porque es muy complicado    Empieza excelente, y despues decae terriblemente.
    Repetitivo, es la mejor palabra para describir este juego. Casi la totalidad de la historia, se basa en extraer gente con el globo, volviendo a los mismos mapas, y hasta inclusive viendo las mismas cinematicas y dialogos.
    No se porque no hicieron un buen sistema de viaje rapido (el que es con la caja nadie lo usa porque es muy complicado de hacer), tener que ver la misma animacion del helicoptero, esperarlo a que llegue o aterrice, ver las mismas cosas del iDroid, ver el mismo selector de equipo, y hasta tener que ver los creditos tantas veces, inclusive te spoilea al principio los personajes que van a aparecer en el capitulo. El mismo juego te spoilea!! Para los que vimos el trailer antes de que saliera, es un resumen del juego, sacaron las escenas mas importantes de todo el juego y lo metieron ahi, no hay nada nuevo.
    El mapa, totalmente basto e inmenso, tan aprovechable, pero vacio. No hay mas que tierra y rocas en las zonas donde no hay bases militares, haciendo innecesaria y hasta inutil la expliración, sin sentido.
    Lo mismo con la base madre, imposible de recorrer siquiera entre tantas escaleras cruzadas y tubos que no conducen a ningun lugar, nada de nada para interactuar mas que un baño portatil.
    Las texturas del juego, totalmente mal hechas, haciendo que el caballo se frene cada dos segundos, o haciendo que tu personaje se ponga de pie de la nada, haciendo que te detecten (esto ultimo no lo voy a criticar en realidad por la complejidad del mapa, que me parece entendible y aceptable).
    Y lo que mas me duele, sobre todas las cosas... la historia.
    Vaya y pase el resto, pero que desastre la historia. Sin decir un solo spoiler, es un juego en el que sacaron la mision final, solo dios sabe porque... No hay batalla de jefe final, ni momento emotivo, ni nada que se le paresca a los juegos anteriores. Te obligan a hacer la primera mision toda de vuelta, solamente para agregar 20 segundos de cinematica sobre el final, revelando algo mas que absurdo y que le quita toda gracia al juego.
    Sin mencionar que deciden como medio de explicacion de la historia, estos "casettes" que nadie escucha, tediosos, aun peores que leer notas en los videojuegos.
    Estoy muy decepcionado, desde MGS3 que uno empieza a usar a Big Boss, le agarra tanto o mas cariño que a Solid Snake, y una entrega en el año 2015, con esos graficos y tanto presupuesto encima, uno espera algo conmovedor, trascendente...
    Y como si fuera poco uno cuando termina, entra a internet para ver criticas y demas, y se encuentra con que el juego fue cortado, que habia una mision mas con jefe final pero por algun motivo fue eliminado, muy posiblemente para acortar el presupuesto y cumplir con el tiempo de lanzamiento, codicia de dinero, que habia un capitulo 3, lo cual tendria mucho sentido, pero tambien fue arrancado, y suplantado por un copiar y pegar de misiones que ya habiamos hecho, pero en modo dificil.
    Me llevo la amargura, y sabiendo que nadie va a leer esto, aprovecho para descargarme, poniendole esta nota que no se la merece, se merece más, pero es necesario un balance en ese puntaje.
    Es obvio que por mas que de nuevo digan que este es el ultimo MGS, no lo va a ser, por un motivo meramente comercial, espero que el proximo vuelva a ser lo que era, que no vuelvan a este metodo de capitulos y episodios, metal gear siempre quiere innovar, por eso es el mejor hoy, y por mas que no me haya gustado el juego, me parece bien que prueben, nada mas que les salio mal...
    Aun asi, como analisis de juego, fue una decepcion, y todo lo que tengo para decir.    … Expand
  67. SportsareCrap
    Dec 27, 2015
    0
    Gameplay: 1 (Unplayable)
    Fun: 1 (You can't Have Fun)
    Story: 5 (Story is After World War 2)
    Cast: 7 (Great)
    Score: 0/10 (Due to no Easy Mode for me Only Hard Mode Unlocked from Start)

    Overrated By All should got less then 7.8s
  68. shadow11
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    You wander in a dull environment, collect useless items, suffer repetitive missions and spend hours on menus that are full of nonsense. Was Kojima trying to make an Elder Scroll game here? I wont be surprised if Konami terminated his contract and sent him to Bethesda
  69. RAZOR9280
    Feb 26, 2016
    0
    This is the worst game I bought . Too bad the money spent. Strongly recommend to buy , especially if you have not played before, in this series of games.
  70. Wood117
    Sep 18, 2015
    0
    let me begin by saying that this game is definitely not a zero, however i feel that in my emotional state i can't forgive it. I have now lost my save games twice after putting in god knows how many hours and this is not related to the quiet bug at all as i have not even reached the point in either play through where i can use her yet, and Konami seems to not even be acknowledging thatlet me begin by saying that this game is definitely not a zero, however i feel that in my emotional state i can't forgive it. I have now lost my save games twice after putting in god knows how many hours and this is not related to the quiet bug at all as i have not even reached the point in either play through where i can use her yet, and Konami seems to not even be acknowledging that there is a far bigger issue regarding save games. I am giving this game a zero as a wake up call to all game developers out there to not release unfinished, untested and broken games because quite frankly i have had a gut fool. Im sure that this one review is not going to make any difference amongst the near universal praise that this game has been recieving which i find unbelievable. if i was being honest the game is 7 out of 10 for me as the main structure of the game is extremely repetitive and honestly it feels empty and divoid of any richness if that makes any sense. I also have to point out the controls which are just bad, why on earth do i have two different sprint buttons for on foot and on hoarse? it dosent make any sense and I'm not even going to go into the cover system which again, is just broken and seems to have a mind of it's own. And lastly for a metal gear game the story is very lacking and poorly told. Rant over!… Expand
  71. liveAndLetLive
    Feb 28, 2016
    0
    You need about 30 minutes to play the game for 15 minutes. When you load it you're prompted with a software log about every update. When you select a mission the credits roll, then you fly in the helo for 1 min while it loads the game you felt like playing earlier that day. It's an awful presentation. Many times I had an open shot at the enemy but my character would roll instead ofYou need about 30 minutes to play the game for 15 minutes. When you load it you're prompted with a software log about every update. When you select a mission the credits roll, then you fly in the helo for 1 min while it loads the game you felt like playing earlier that day. It's an awful presentation. Many times I had an open shot at the enemy but my character would roll instead of standing up. Pulls out the wrong weapon and gets detected and killed. The controls are so robotic it sucks the fun out.… Expand
  72. JamesFay
    May 3, 2016
    0
    This game is captivating at first, it seems promising, but as you played through you'll notice that some of the game's event are utterly ridiculous, some of them seems forced, that ridiculous girl character Quiet barely wearing anything, final boss roars like some retard, disappointing.
  73. SbSnake23
    Sep 22, 2016
    0
    Pero que juego de mierda, que forma de cagar una franquicia tan excelente y epica. Estos de Konami son unos cachondos, totalmente abaros queriendo sacar el juego rapido para hacerse unos dolarcitos, aunque eso signifique que el juego no tenga final. El juego no tiene un final!! No fue terminado su desarrollo.
    Que la motherbase esta vacia, que al final resulta que no estas jugando con    Pero que juego de mierda, que forma de cagar una franquicia tan excelente y epica. Estos de Konami son unos cachondos, totalmente abaros queriendo sacar el juego rapido para hacerse unos dolarcitos, aunque eso signifique que el juego no tenga final. El juego no tiene un final!! No fue terminado su desarrollo.
    Que la motherbase esta vacia, que al final resulta que no estas jugando con Snake, que no hay jefes de ningun tipo, salvo por uno, creo. Que los soldados todos iguales, varian en armamento y equiamiento, pero antes eran originales y habian montones de enemigos diferentes. Juego totalmente monotono, ni escenas le pusieron!! Tenes que fumarte unos casettitos horrendos.
    Cuando empezas cada nivel, te spoilea contra quien te vas a enfrentar en ese capitulo. Estaba tan falto de desarrollo, que hicieron un copy paste gigante, la segunda mitad del juego, tenes que volver a jugar todas las primeras misiones pero ojo, en un nivel de dificultad mas.
    Ay ay ay... Podria estar asi todo el dia, que juego feo, que no me gusto para nada, aburridisimo, cortando el legado de los anteriores. Tengo fe que hasta la pachinko debe ser mas divertida que esto.
    Como si el juego no fuese suficiente prueba de lo abaros que fueron, que el pachinko y que el juego nuevo de zombies aliens a travez de portales dimensionales... madre mia pero que plantacion de marihuana que tienen en las oficinas, se fumaron todos los fasos estos chinos    … Expand
  74. Kyuubei1985
    Jun 16, 2018
    0
    Lo único que va a mantener a Konami es la saga PES. Con esto resumo mi visión sobre cómo Konami arruinó una saga tan magistral como lo fue Metal Gear Solid. Final cortado, juego muy repetitivo, tirar en vez de por un concepto lineal pero que se podía explorar, por un mundo abierto, y mapas grandes e inmensos, aunque muertos y sin chiste, y una historia que hay que seguirla recogiendo losLo único que va a mantener a Konami es la saga PES. Con esto resumo mi visión sobre cómo Konami arruinó una saga tan magistral como lo fue Metal Gear Solid. Final cortado, juego muy repetitivo, tirar en vez de por un concepto lineal pero que se podía explorar, por un mundo abierto, y mapas grandes e inmensos, aunque muertos y sin chiste, y una historia que hay que seguirla recogiendo los casettes, en vez de hacerlo avanzando en el juego, como se ha hecho toda la vida.
    Ahora entiendo porqué echaron a Kojima, porque querían hacer un saca cuartos, en vez de un juego hecho con mucho esfuerzo, como lo fue la magna trilogía de Metal Gear Solid en PS1 y PS2. Incluso el Peace Walker y el Portable Ops, tienen más sentido que este juego, y eso que son de mundo abierto.
    Esto es ver cómo sagas que estaban en lo alto, caen por decisiones empresariales.
    Y esto lo digo como persona que se asombró con el primer MGS en la PS1, que fueron momentos emotivos.
    Qué pena que esos momentos emotivos se han acabado con este juego.
    Si las webs y revistas le dan 10 u 8, es que o lo han jugado 5 minutos máximo, o hay maletines de por medio.    … Expand
  75. JackKnowles
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    In brief: shallow, repetitive open world and missions, sparse story, poor character usage, disjointed story and gameplay, would be some of the main issues I have with this game.

    After the enjoyable intro I really thought the whole thing is gonna be at the very least a decent experience, the intro and the main game are basically two separate games in one. Even if the ending wasn't    In brief: shallow, repetitive open world and missions, sparse story, poor character usage, disjointed story and gameplay, would be some of the main issues I have with this game.

    After the enjoyable intro I really thought the whole thing is gonna be at the very least a decent experience, the intro and the main game are basically two separate games in one. Even if the ending wasn't complete garbage this is still a complete insult to the MGS series. Also, why did they bother giving Boss a voice actor? He's basically a mute.    … Expand
  76. ulvido
    May 20, 2023
    0
    Expected a realistic spy game found spiritual hooly woolies. not for me. refunded.
  77. Shadowxxx
    May 16, 2022
    0
    Pathetic useless trash Idgaf about ur stupid missions lol pathetic trashhhh
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Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. 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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  2. 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]
  3. 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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