Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

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  1. lautaropw
    Jul 6, 2020
    8
    It's absolutely nuts and my first ever MGS (Not counting Ground Zeroes), yeah that's probably why I liked It so much. These characters are legendary and the story is mostly ok (Or at least what Konami let's us see). The gameplay is so much fun and It's dialog, well, It's Kojima so yeah It's good. The main thing I loved about this game It's that It doesn't make you feel like It holds backIt's absolutely nuts and my first ever MGS (Not counting Ground Zeroes), yeah that's probably why I liked It so much. These characters are legendary and the story is mostly ok (Or at least what Konami let's us see). The gameplay is so much fun and It's dialog, well, It's Kojima so yeah It's good. The main thing I loved about this game It's that It doesn't make you feel like It holds back (Except the ending for obvious reasons). Also, It runs so good on PC It feels weird.… Expand
  2. Geralt123
    Sep 22, 2021
    8
    Most people don't know that this game can be extremely funny sometimes.

    You will laugh your ass off when... ... You extract soldiers and the scream and laugh like in a rollercoaster ride ... Your dog starts to pee in nature ... You see the Tarantino-style excellent cutscenes ... You shoot plastic soldiers and they fly into the sky like a rocket ... Your dog stuns a soldier using    Most people don't know that this game can be extremely funny sometimes.

    You will laugh your ass off when...

    ... You extract soldiers and the scream and laugh like in a rollercoaster ride
    ... Your dog starts to pee in nature
    ... You see the Tarantino-style excellent cutscenes
    ... You shoot plastic soldiers and they fly into the sky like a rocket
    ... Your dog stuns a soldier using an electro shock

    i enjoyed this game a lot. I did all quests and all side quests, 237 hours, the hardest side-op being Nr. 152, you will see :-)

    Gameplay is outstanding! You have so many weapons, air support, a dog a horse, it is so satisfying.

    The cutscenes are Tarantino-style, really crazy.

    Only critique: game is at times a little repetetive, but then again you have so many degrees of freedom that you can always try out new things.    … Expand
  3. MazrimTaim14
    Oct 21, 2019
    8
    Game lost the Metal Gear charm by making the story nonexistent. If by the time you come in its 5th main game and still complaining that its a movie then you better off try another game series. Going into the game expecting the twists and turns of previous iterations left me wanting. What more when it was discovering there's an act unfinished within the game.

    Metal Gear entrance to the    Game lost the Metal Gear charm by making the story nonexistent. If by the time you come in its 5th main game and still complaining that its a movie then you better off try another game series. Going into the game expecting the twists and turns of previous iterations left me wanting. What more when it was discovering there's an act unfinished within the game.

    Metal Gear entrance to the open world genre was amazing. Controls and camera is far far better than what was before. Although the arrival of Quiet+Silencer Sniper combo cheesed a lot of missions.

    Mission system is flawed. I loathe the mechanics of time being the most weighted aspect when rating the mission. Gets the fun out of scoping, position and slowly removing all obstacles when time is all that matters.

    I will treasure this game since instead of opening metal gear into a whole new world, it became its swan song.

    Thanks Kojima and Konami. both you might be crap working together but at least you release this gem of a series.    … Expand
  4. PnuTTT
    Mar 26, 2020
    8
    Story is boring but the game is stilled filled with endless hours of fun. You can be very creative in the way you can take down guards, capture outposts, complete missions, ect. If you can thing of a way to complete a task you can do it. +It runs great
  5. Chubac
    May 13, 2020
    8
    Decent stealth game but it's not the best when it comes to the MGS franchise.
  6. lukidior
    Jul 23, 2023
    8
    Great game. I don't know why they included the second part of the game. There are only a handful of episodes and stories that seem fragmented and clearly unfinished. I prefer it to end at the moment where they defeat specific enemy and continue on DLC or part 2.
  7. Onlyclassicvg1
    Jun 25, 2021
    8
    a invasión soviética de Afganistán ha aportado una nueva ventaja a la Guerra Fría y, en 1984, aparece en el país un hombre tuerto con una prótesis de brazo. Quienes lo conocen lo llaman Serpiente; el legendario mercenario que una vez fue barrido del escenario de la histori
  8. ErayTellezi
    Mar 10, 2021
    8
    Oynanış olarak çok fazla çeşitlilik sunan epey başarılı bir açık dünya gizlilik/aksiyon oyunu. Gizlice gidip kurşun atmadan görevi tamamlayabileceğiniz gibi, tankla tüfekle yardırabilirsiniz de.
    Düşmanı öldürmek zorunda olmayıp onları bayıltıp kaçırarak kendi ekibinize katmak oyuna bambaşka bir boyut katmış. Öldürmek çoğu zaman insan kaynağını israf etmek demek oluyor. Saldıracağınız    Oynanış olarak çok fazla çeşitlilik sunan epey başarılı bir açık dünya gizlilik/aksiyon oyunu. Gizlice gidip kurşun atmadan görevi tamamlayabileceğiniz gibi, tankla tüfekle yardırabilirsiniz de.
    Düşmanı öldürmek zorunda olmayıp onları bayıltıp kaçırarak kendi ekibinize katmak oyuna bambaşka bir boyut katmış. Öldürmek çoğu zaman insan kaynağını israf etmek demek oluyor. Saldıracağınız grupta ihtiyacınız olan adamları belirleyip kaçırmak görevlerin içinde yeni küçük yan görevler eklemek anlamına geliyor.

    Hikaye ilk başta ilgi çekse de ortalarda çok karışıyor ama karantina mevzularından sonra toparlıyor. Karantina nedeniyle adamlarınızdan yararlanamamak da insana çok koyuyor. Tam düzeninizi oturttuğunuz esnada üssünüz darmadağın oluyor. Bir yerde üssünüzün bir kısmı düşman askerince ele geçirildiğinde de benzer bir şey olmuştu.

    Hikayenin genel olarak kaset kayıtları üzerinden sesle anlatılması tuhaf bir tercih olmuş. 10 dakika süren ses kaydı var. Gereksiz olmuş. Anlattığı şeyler karmaşıkmış gibi davranıyor ama değil. Doğaüstü şeylere açıklama getirmeye çalışıyor, e onu da yapamıyor. Death Stranding'deki gibi 10 saat ara sahne izlemek istemezdim ama bu daha da saçma olmuş. Ayrıca o ara sahnelerde alakalı alakasız her yerde giren ağır çekim efektleri neydi öyle. Ucuz aksiyon filmleri gibi.

    Yanınıza aldığınız ekip arkadaşınızın özellikleri ve teçhizatı da oynayışınızı oldukça değiştiriyor. Köpekle herkesin yerini kolayca belirleyebiliyorken, Quiet'a vereceğiniz emirle keskin nişancı tüfeği ile düşmanlarınızı avlatabiliyorsunuz.
    Düşmanların da zamanla gelişmesi ilginçti. Zamanla kask, zırh, güvenlik kamerası gibi ekipmanlar kazanıyorlar. Askerlerinize yaptıracağınız operasyonlarla bunlara erişmelerini bir müddet engelleyebiliyorsunuz.

    150 tane yan görev var. İlk başta yapıyordum ama bir yerden sonra çok tekrar etmeye başladı. Zaten oyunun ana görevleri de yan görev gibi. Bir yere gir, birini öldür veya kurtar. Çoğunun senaryo ve hikaye ile bağlantısı yok. Bir süre sonra sadece ana görevden devam ettim.
    Bölüm tasarımları ise oyunun en güçlü olduğu yönler(di). Görev yapacağınız kısımlara girmenin bin bir türlü yolu var ve dilediğiniz gibi oynayabiliyorsunuz.
    Buraya kadar söylediklerim oyunun ilk yarısı için geçerli. Sonrasında bazı karakterlerin hikayeleri devam etmiyor. Ama asıl skandal olansa ana görevler önceki yaptıklarımızı birebir ama çok daha zorlu şekilde tekrar etmeye dönüşüyor. Biraz ilerledim ama yeni görev gelmeyince bıraktım. Ara sahnelerle hikayenin geri kalanını ve gizli finali internetten izledim. Kojima-Konami kavgası beni çok da ilgilendirmiyor. Önüme gelen ürün bir yere kadar iyi ama sonrası yarım ve eksik. Cyberpunk'ın pc versiyonundan bile daha büyük kepazelik. Hadi hikaye yarım kaldı bari o tekrar görevleri eklemeseymiş ya da mecburi kılmasaymış. Ne anlamı ve amacı var hakikaten anlamadım.

    Genel olarak oyunu beğendim ama dediğim eksiklikleri ve fazlalıkları belki de başyapıt olmasını engellemiş.    … Expand
  9. nietzfk
    May 20, 2023
    8
    How did you manage to make a game with such crappy mission design? The real question is why did I like this game so much...
  10. EmirhanSahin
    Feb 1, 2022
    8
    Amk oyununun combatı çok iyi. Harbi sandbox. Savaşlara farkli farklı şekillerde yaklaşım olayı çok çeşitli ve sağlam yapılmış. Ancak ve ancak oyunda hikaye namına hiçbirşey yok. Ve görevler birbirinin klon kopyası. özellikle oyunun ikinci yarısı rezalet. Ama oynanış tek başına kurtarmaya yetiyor.
  11. wertins
    Jan 28, 2021
    8
    This was a great send off game for Kojima, it's sad we won't get anymore of this great franchise. This game was great, so much creativity and among one of the best metal gear games. The story is kind of lacking and not that good, however the rest really makes up for the story. The missions are great and feel like an OG metal gear game, just with more creative freedom.
  12. KevLooney
    Jan 22, 2022
    8
    It is an 8/10 game. It reminds me of death stranding. The controls, camera settings, and gunplay are inferior. My review may change in the future.
  13. delaware80
    May 10, 2021
    8
    The stealth and game playing mechanics are amazing. Also the graphics and the characters are great.

    But there have been made big mistakes in developing the game which ends in: _missing story: there are too less story moments with interesting cut scenes e.g. at the beginning when Snake is awakening in hospital for early departure :-) _mission structure: repetitive (too many missions    The stealth and game playing mechanics are amazing. Also the graphics and the characters are great.

    But there have been made big mistakes in developing the game which ends in:
    _missing story: there are too less story moments with interesting cut scenes e.g. at the beginning when Snake is awakening in hospital for early departure :-)
    _mission structure: repetitive (too many missions with tiny story)    … Expand
  14. wraith_ping
    Mar 3, 2021
    8
    Great game and nice soundtrack
    Thank you Kojima for the MGS and hope Konami go bankrupt
  15. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    8
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  16. Mezu5
    Dec 23, 2021
    8
    + Stealth is great and fluid
    + A lot of toys to play with for those who like a sandbox
    + Technological marvel

    - LONG unskippable cutscenes aimed only at MGS nuts
    - Long intro sequence that ruins replayability
    - Weak and repetitive second half
    - All sections that aren't regular missions just don't work as they take away stealth mechanics to a degree or completely
  17. JackPlack
    Mar 30, 2022
    8
    7.5/10
    Game has lot of satisfying things.
    Could be better with some more normal Story. SF/Fantasy is ok but not this way. Maybe too chaotic without any logic. Feels little like in "Lost" series - secrets which finally are bad ideas. Here i see little to much bad ideas or bad ideas organization at beginning. Mostly i wish have more RPG/perks, base building possibilities. Was little too    7.5/10
    Game has lot of satisfying things.
    Could be better with some more normal Story. SF/Fantasy is ok but not this way. Maybe too chaotic without any logic. Feels little like in "Lost" series - secrets which finally are bad ideas. Here i see little to much bad ideas or bad ideas organization at beginning.
    Mostly i wish have more RPG/perks, base building possibilities. Was little too boring/repetitive after some early hours. Could be less repetitive with good fast travel system. This is so hidden or helicopter so useless.    … Expand
  18. ashthewolf
    Nov 20, 2022
    8
    the game looks great, the guns are fun, I like the adaptive difficulty , the story is alright, and I can't decide if I like the ending plot wist or if I hate it.
  19. DankNemes
    Apr 9, 2022
    8
    Before I start this review, I wanna say the PC port is good, nothing more to say about it.
    Pros.
    One of the best gameplays in a game I've ever seen, truly the most freedom you can have in a game. Memes. Emmerich's getting wrecked. Good missions. Amazing soundtrack. Cons. The most braindead story I've ever seen, I don't understand a third of what's going on and a lot of the    Before I start this review, I wanna say the PC port is good, nothing more to say about it.
    Pros.
    One of the best gameplays in a game I've ever seen, truly the most freedom you can have in a game.
    Memes.
    Emmerich's getting wrecked.
    Good missions.
    Amazing soundtrack.

    Cons.
    The most braindead story I've ever seen, I don't understand a third of what's going on and a lot of the characters don't get explained, this is partially because of Konami being Konami and them being like "Cmon Hideo, we already gave you $2 to make this game, now you want 30 more cents to finish it? Get the hell outta here.".
    Mediocre missions after mission 31 because of the reason above ^.

    Overall great game and I highly encourage you to play it.    … Expand
  20. petrkozak13
    May 3, 2022
    8
    This was my first MGS game and I played it for the first time in 2022. Damn, it's way better than i expected! It's sad to know that about half of the game was cut though, I feel like there was supposed to be at least 2 more areas and the last 20 missions are a mess. But even then it's one of the best open world games i've played.
  21. perrypulus
    Mar 13, 2022
    8
    I find it extremely entertaining while at the same time feel the game's kinda boring and feel it like a joke. The excitement of playing MGSV: TPP make me to try another of its installment
  22. Izoeros
    Sep 22, 2022
    8
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  23. Pmstz
    Jan 30, 2023
    8
    Great game.
    Nice MGS. First time in open-world. its different.
    ++++++++++++
  24. Naked_Snakee
    Mar 21, 2023
    8
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.
  25. Captiosus
    Sep 4, 2015
    7
    The game is structurally sound and plays as one would expect a modern Metal Gear Solid game to play. Graphically it's better than most and the gameplay is pretty good. I have a few quibbles about the play, such as Big Boss' movement - he feels sluggish, almost drunk - and some pretty unrefined gunplay, but these quibbles aren't really that big of a deal. The narration is ho-hum andThe game is structurally sound and plays as one would expect a modern Metal Gear Solid game to play. Graphically it's better than most and the gameplay is pretty good. I have a few quibbles about the play, such as Big Boss' movement - he feels sluggish, almost drunk - and some pretty unrefined gunplay, but these quibbles aren't really that big of a deal. The narration is ho-hum and sometimes absolutely annoying, especially when getting harassed a bunch at Mother Base. But I could list a dozen games that are infinitely worse in this aspect.

    The problem I'm having with the game is that I'm finding it all so dreadfully BORING. I've enjoyed every Metal Gear game since its inception back on the NES, including the movie-fest that was MGS4, but for some reason MGS5 just doesn't really make me want to keep playing. So far it's missing the "WOW! DID YOU SEE THAT!" factor. The game features large terrains but they're are mostly bereft of life outside of your side ops and main mission areas. 15 hours in and I'm already tired of the samey repetition of the game's mission designs.

    The open world design doesn't seem all that impressive because most of the time is spent just traversing to predetermined destinations. But it's sure beautiful to look at. Also, the microtransactions really grate my nerves. I don't understand how anyone can defend this behavior. I don't think this is a Kojima design - I'm almost certain this was forced into the game by Konami.

    (PC Specs: i7-3770, 960GTX 4GB GDDR5, 16GB DDR3 System RAM, Win7 Pro x64)    … Expand
  26. 0235
    Sep 18, 2015
    7
    first off. i just cant give this game any higher than a 7. a game that fails to have a function save feature and will almost always throw you right back the the very start of hour+ long missions due to a tiny slip up, or poor planning from the start is not fun at all.
    Aside from that, the game is regularly boring, completely hollow, and a façade for what should have been a linear game.    first off. i just cant give this game any higher than a 7. a game that fails to have a function save feature and will almost always throw you right back the the very start of hour+ long missions due to a tiny slip up, or poor planning from the start is not fun at all.
    Aside from that, the game is regularly boring, completely hollow, and a façade for what should have been a linear game. mother base is but a tech tree you can walk around and get people to salute you, nothing more nothing less.
    the world just isn't real enough. they promised all sorts of different tactics, but nothing. there is no benefit to daytime attacks, AI can instantly report your location to every surrounding soldier, even if you shoot them before the radio reaches their mouth.
    the start was fantastic, then suddenly you are dumped into two boring maps with little going on. think farcry 2, and you will have pretty much nailed every element of MGSV: TPP, except MGS has more dart guns.    … Expand
  27. Ansatsu83
    Sep 22, 2015
    7
    This game could be close to perfect but suffers from some very MAJOR issues... these are issues I cannot look past for whatever reason they chose, most of them just poor design flaws or poor implementation.

    1. FOB missions and connection to the server, yes you will get disconnected quite often. If you are in an FOB mission, and get disconnected cause their server derps up, you not only    This game could be close to perfect but suffers from some very MAJOR issues... these are issues I cannot look past for whatever reason they chose, most of them just poor design flaws or poor implementation.

    1. FOB missions and connection to the server, yes you will get disconnected quite often. If you are in an FOB mission, and get disconnected cause their server derps up, you not only automatically fail the mission, you lose rank points and they get a location on your base, opening you up to their raids. VERY BAD IMPLEMENTATION!!!!!!!

    2. The open world portion gets very repetitive and doesnt feel like I'm getting a lot of reward.

    3. Some of the missions feel like they drag on and on for no reason. The last mission in afganistan, in particular, takes far too long, when it should only take half of the time.

    4. At the time of writing this, there is a movement bug, where your character will continue walking in one direction. The fix is to run around in a circle... but this is enough time to either a. get spotted, or b. get focused down after being spotted... its a big bug that shouldn't have made it past their play testing.

    Otherwise, the stealth concept is sound, the combat is pretty good, and its overall a good game. I would say it is not worth 60 dollars, but closer to 40. Either way ive had a lot of fun, but these issues really kill the fun factor of the game. If this changes, great, I could go up to an 8 or 9, but until then, its a solid 7.    … Expand
  28. Nomus
    Sep 17, 2015
    7
    It's an okay game in small bursts.

    I'm doing roughly one mission a night, maybe a side-op if the game hasn't bored me already.

    I think we just overhyped the living **** out of it for ourselves.

    GZ and the trailers just looked so promising.

    The open-world premise got me thinking we'd have several Camp Omegas to explore, but we got tiny boring based and Far Cry outposts instead.
  29. chrispDUCK
    Oct 19, 2015
    7
    Graphically great but ultimately shallow game. Large, open but very sparcely populated world, compared to games that do open worlds well like Witcher 3, Skyrim, Oblivion, etc there is really no comparison.
  30. ChosenOne
    Jan 25, 2016
    7
    Game felt like 10/10 until I finished it. After I realized that after 100 hours of gameplay completing tuttorial mission second time is an actual ending - I felt deluded, frustraited.
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91

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

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  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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