Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

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6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1535 Ratings

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  1. J-VIk
    Mar 22, 2014
    1
    just no, this is in no way enough content for the price you are giving them. what there is is good sure but this is in no way a fair deal. just a cash grap since there hasnt been a mgs in a while, they think they can just make some quick and easy money here.
  2. andyt390
    Mar 22, 2014
    1
    Don't buy this game.
    Not on the basis that it's a bad game, it's a great one; but because sets a terrible precedent. 20 pounds for a game that has up to 5-6 hours worth of gameplay, 1-2 of which is the main story. This is disgusting commercial practice, and it worries me that if this becomes a commercial success, we will see more and more great gaming experiences chopped up with    Don't buy this game.
    Not on the basis that it's a bad game, it's a great one; but because sets a terrible precedent. 20 pounds for a game that has up to 5-6 hours worth of gameplay, 1-2 of which is the main story. This is disgusting commercial practice, and it worries me that if this becomes a commercial success, we will see more and more great gaming experiences chopped up with extortionate pricing. The graphics are great, the voice acting is amazing, but despite all the good gameplay and good acting I cannot be engrossed in a game as short as this.
    If you value games, and want great gaming experiences to continue just do yourself a favour and boycott this and play the Phantom Pain when it comes out for your Metal Gear fix.    … Expand
  3. BovineDeath
    Mar 31, 2014
    1
    This would make a great free demo, but for $AU40 it amounts to nothing more than blatant exploitation of consumers. There are countless longer, better demos that are free.
  4. phatmamasboy
    Mar 19, 2014
    0
    Sucky thievery, this game is pretty... and that is it. what a cheap ass move from hideo and the rest of the money hungry developers. boooo!!!! please respect the gamers next time!!!
  5. RPGFan2
    Mar 18, 2014
    0
    This is not a game. It is a $30 demo. And the flaws don't stop there. The graphics are nowhere near what the trailers promised, enemy AI doesn't respond to your helicopter, the game plays out like Michael Bay movie, side missions are 5 minutes long. One of them is a forced on-rails sequence.
  6. SbSnake
    Apr 2, 2014
    0
    Im so disappointed... Im a big Metal Gear fan, and I always give unconditional support to this franchise, but this game made me rage so much. It can be finished in 4 minutes... Im not kidding, just search on youtube. It took me 1 hour to finish, and I spent a lot of money for it (u$s 50, thats the price of this game in my country). They used to say 'when zero becomes one'... this time theyIm so disappointed... Im a big Metal Gear fan, and I always give unconditional support to this franchise, but this game made me rage so much. It can be finished in 4 minutes... Im not kidding, just search on youtube. It took me 1 hour to finish, and I spent a lot of money for it (u$s 50, thats the price of this game in my country). They used to say 'when zero becomes one'... this time they will stay on ZERO… Expand
  7. MrMason
    Mar 22, 2014
    0
    If you want to pay for demos in the future then go ahead and support this. If not then give the middle finger to Konami and wait for the Phantom Pain. If you're a fan of MGS you already know not to support this.
  8. ignore78
    Mar 26, 2014
    0
    if you think that 30 dollar is a steal for this "game"... here it costs 45 dollars. and in stores it costs 60 dollars. so NEVER, I WILL NEVER SUPPORT THIS GAME. in your dreams ....... and even if i bought it , its too short to make an review on, 1 hour????? WHAT THE...
  9. Kriostyx
    Mar 26, 2014
    0
    Hideo has not lost his dark sense of humor. When he directed Metal Gear Solid 2, he felt it would be fun to show a middle finger to Metal Gear fans by tricking them into buying the game and forcing them to play as Raiden insted of Solid Snake. Then he noticed that the fans actually started licking his middle finger. From there we have arrived to this day, when he is really so arrogant thatHideo has not lost his dark sense of humor. When he directed Metal Gear Solid 2, he felt it would be fun to show a middle finger to Metal Gear fans by tricking them into buying the game and forcing them to play as Raiden insted of Solid Snake. Then he noticed that the fans actually started licking his middle finger. From there we have arrived to this day, when he is really so arrogant that he will release a 60-90 min slice from a 60$ game and sell it for almost the full retail price. This is Kojimas new "practical joke" to the fans and gamers. He knows that the Metal Gear fans are so fanatic that they will grasp at this terrible fraud of a deal and defend their purchase to the death with arguments like "You can get 1500 hours from this if you just play it 1450 times! So it's a really good deal!". This is a demo. Nothing more. If you can get this for free, then go for it. Otherwise this is with the help of the mindless fans will set a dangerous example, which will be followed by EA and Activision and other publishers after that. If this fraud of a "game" does well, every single big release will eventually cut off 1 hour of the game and sell it for 40$ as "a prologue to help with the wait anticipation." Releasing this under the name "Metal Gear Solid 5" is nothing more than criminal fraud and Kojima and Konami should be sentenced to pay a hefty fine to discourage this kind of deceit toward customers. Do not buy this. Hold on to your right to have actual *content* in your games.… Expand
  10. ChanPetrelli
    Mar 18, 2014
    0
    There is no way a 30€ videogame should last from 10 minutes to 2 hours. It's a shame, and I think that the only deal here is to cheat the hand that feeds Konami: the players. This game is a beta or a demo of Phantom Pain, and indeed is a pain in the ass this kind of business.

    Please, stop laughing at us, we can set you to the top or to the bottom of the best sold games in a matter of days.
  11. 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
  12. capiroto123
    Mar 18, 2014
    0
    Too short and too expensive. Doesn't deserve a great score. The game uses old animations, dated physics and is too damn short. I've played better demos.
  13. S0me_Guy
    May 11, 2014
    0
    GOOD: Awesome gameplay until it ends abruptly

    BAD: Can be finished in the minimum of 6min(speedrun) and the maximum of 3-hours(taking your time with the main story and side missions) and i'm not counting squeezing the blood from this stone; I finished the main story in exactly 1hour 3min 37sec; Glorified demo especially ,because it doesn't explain who are all these characters to new    GOOD: Awesome gameplay until it ends abruptly

    BAD: Can be finished in the minimum of 6min(speedrun) and the maximum of 3-hours(taking your time with the main story and side missions) and i'm not counting squeezing the blood from this stone; I finished the main story in exactly 1hour 3min 37sec; Glorified demo especially ,because it doesn't explain who are all these characters to new players like myself; Little amount of story; Complete ripoff, should have been free or $5.00 tops instead of $30.00; Little to no replay ability; Not one **** cardboard box to hide in; NO BOSS FIGHTS; (has nothing to do with the game) Fanboys defend this ****

    MESSAGE TO FANBOYS: All of you idiots who defend this **** clearly are okay with less content and with every copy sold, some other companies might do the same thing and some will do worse. I thought you guys were used to cool stories, amazing content, and awesome boss fights all lengthy campaigns, so tell me why you are okay with an unexplainable story, little to no content, and absolutely no boss fights in a demo. This game was originally supposed to be $40.00 and it shows that Konami and Kojima don't give a **** about you and only care about your money. If you truly like this, than buy it and play it for 300 hours while being raped by Kojima in your ass and Konami in your mouth, you are their bread and butter. The rest of us don't like to get raped. I know that there will be more games like this and I will blame Konami, Kojima, and you for buying it. What those companies see is that if you have a lot of loyal fans, they can easily exploit them. I'll never convince you **** dumbasses so I'll rest my fingers.

    FINAL VERDICT: Konami, ya done ****ed it up; Kojima, ya done ****ed it up. 0/10! **** this game, don't buy at which ever price(DON'T GIVE A **** IF IT'S FREE) and don't rent it, pretend this **** never released and wait for the Phantom Pain.    … Expand
  14. javironcho
    Mar 18, 2014
    0
    For me it was like 30 minutes of gameplay and 20 of cutscenes, and i dont think this game is worth $1 per minute, i really shouldnt have bought it. If you must play it then its a good rental but if not wait until it drops its price. And yes, it is a demo sold at half the price of a game.
  15. kozdras
    Mar 18, 2014
    0
    Graphics, music and overall gameplay are very good but length of this "game" is a joke. I know Kojima said it ll be short but not 30 minutes short ...
  16. OpinativeGamer
    Mar 20, 2014
    0
    I made this account solely for the purpose of expressing my disappointment towards Kojima/KONAMI's attempted rip-off and franchise milking.
    I've been a MGS fan since MGS on the PS1 and back in the day MGS demos (or prequels if you prefer) were free and came along other KONAMI games, they didn't have a 30$ price tag in it! It's really a shame that such a credible developer/publisher tried    I made this account solely for the purpose of expressing my disappointment towards Kojima/KONAMI's attempted rip-off and franchise milking.
    I've been a MGS fan since MGS on the PS1 and back in the day MGS demos (or prequels if you prefer) were free and came along other KONAMI games, they didn't have a 30$ price tag in it! It's really a shame that such a credible developer/publisher tried to take advantage of the game's hype and fanbase (which gets smaller by the day) to make an easy cash-in...
    And for those of you that are saying: "Blah blah blah, they warned people that the main mission was only about 2 hours long so if you don't like it don't buy it" , let me tell you something, have you heard of a game called "Dead Rising 2: Case Zero"? It was a prequel to Dead Rising 2, just like Ground Zeroes. The only differences were the price (it cost 5$ instead of 30$), the content (it was longer and more interesting) and the people behind it; I mean, you could maybe expect a rip-off from the Dead Rising franchise but from the Metal Gear franchise? No way, that was too ridiculously greedy.
    SHAME ON YOU KONAMI... I just hope this doesn't sell well and other publishers start doing it, although for 30$ they don't need to sell that much to have a good profit.
    First it was Rockstar's constant attempts at milking more money out of what already is the best selling franchise ever, and now this? What was a respectful and trusted company is now turning into EA.
    They can pull off these "scams" and keep getting good revenues, but it's companies like Valve that don't need to worry about cashing-in easily and still have some of the best-selling franchises ever, due to the simple fact that they care about their consumers.    … Expand
  17. boat
    Mar 22, 2014
    0
    A gaming-site or -magazine reviewing this and giving it a good score is a scandal. This game is one of the worst and shortest i played in my whole life.
    And to all the paycheck-reviewers here giving it a 10/10 - you are a disgrace to mankind! Its your job but you still know that you are on the lowest level of humanity!
  18. akacheese
    Mar 22, 2014
    0
    Best way to sum up this "game" is like a movie studio taking all their moving trailers, cropping it onto one disc and selling it for half the price of the actual movie. Sure you get the bare bones of what the game will be like, but I can watch a gameplay video for this. It's over priced and side missions feel so distant from a MGS stealth game, having no thought being put into them. IfBest way to sum up this "game" is like a movie studio taking all their moving trailers, cropping it onto one disc and selling it for half the price of the actual movie. Sure you get the bare bones of what the game will be like, but I can watch a gameplay video for this. It's over priced and side missions feel so distant from a MGS stealth game, having no thought being put into them. If there was a dictionary term for low blow, this "game" would fit that term. Heading to gamestop now to return this demo for an actual game.… Expand
  19. raulpassos1808
    Mar 23, 2014
    0
    I'm going to talk about a great truth. Hideo Kojima has good quality games, but in this game he completely disappointed by game time. The claim is that you can do a level with all details in more hours. This is not argument and $ 30.00 is a lot for this demonstration. While you play a game like Assassin's Creed ´ really thorough, high quality, and reaches 60 hours doing all the missions.I'm going to talk about a great truth. Hideo Kojima has good quality games, but in this game he completely disappointed by game time. The claim is that you can do a level with all details in more hours. This is not argument and $ 30.00 is a lot for this demonstration. While you play a game like Assassin's Creed ´ really thorough, high quality, and reaches 60 hours doing all the missions. In this you do not play anything. I felt like a fool when you purchase this game. As this is a digital version is not possible to make the return. I am very disappointed with Metal Gear V and I don't recommend it to anyone. I expect Phantom Pain eagerly, now I want distance from this game. Buy demos of games isn't for me. Disappointing the game. Its nice graphics of kinematic isn't worth $ 5.00. If I wanted to see "Good Cinematic" I would watch a movie, which would have better graphics and it would cost me a lot less. Disappointing!… Expand
  20. Kowalsky
    Mar 24, 2014
    0
    First of all I'm long time MGS fan. I own copy of every game in the series (including MGS: Integral, MGS2: Substance and MGS3: Subsistence which are my second copies of these games). I'm even planing to buy Japan exclusive Metal Gear 1 and 2 for MSX which I actually played and enjoyed even though majority of MGS players don't give s**t about them because they are old.

    I bought Ground    First of all I'm long time MGS fan. I own copy of every game in the series (including MGS: Integral, MGS2: Substance and MGS3: Subsistence which are my second copies of these games). I'm even planing to buy Japan exclusive Metal Gear 1 and 2 for MSX which I actually played and enjoyed even though majority of MGS players don't give s**t about them because they are old.

    I bought Ground Zeros and I can sincerely say that I wasn't so disappointed for a long time. This "game" is merely a demo which isn't worth it's price because of it's length. It's something that should be available from PSN for about quarter of it's price or bundled with other game like MGS2 Tanker chapter was bundled with Zone of the Enders. No wonder that so many people got so angry because this is nothing more than just another case when big company overconfident in popularity of their game is milking gamers dry. Also no wonder why so many game sites gave Ground Zeros so high score. It's not a secret that lower score than accepted for MGS game means less interviews, promotional materials and early development info on new games from Konami for them. I don't feel sorry for these who are paid to give high score here but I feel real sorry for fanboys who are doing this for free. And you know what's really funny? Ground Zeros will be included with Phantom Pain for a standard price of full game.    … Expand
  21. Jeid
    Mar 25, 2014
    0
    'Demo' has no qualification for 'Critic Score'.

    I'll just wait for 'full retail game'.
    and then, write review that 'full retail game' for critic score.
    So I have no criticism for 'this demo'.
  22. sweetsweezy
    Apr 2, 2014
    0
    I've never done a game review before, but I'll do it for this one - save yourself some money and stay away from this cash-grab of a "game".

    Gameplay is 30 minutes, tops. Gameplay mechanics are there, but an awkward shamble when considered together. The story is incomprehensible unless you're willing to devote hours to reading gamelore BEFORE you start. It looks great. That's about    I've never done a game review before, but I'll do it for this one - save yourself some money and stay away from this cash-grab of a "game".

    Gameplay is 30 minutes, tops. Gameplay mechanics are there, but an awkward shamble when considered together. The story is incomprehensible unless you're willing to devote hours to reading gamelore BEFORE you start.

    It looks great. That's about the only good thing, here.

    Awful, just awful. Stay away and do not buy.    … Expand
  23. True_Reclaimer
    Jun 2, 2015
    0
    Got this short demo for free from PS+... WAIT IDIOTS ACTUALLY PAID $$ FOR THIS DEMO?? Probably one of the only games more disappointing and shorter than Destiny
  24. KIUPW
    Oct 2, 2014
    0
    I don't feel like I can give a demo that is trying to be sold as a game anything more than 0, What's there is great, but this was clearly just the first mission cut out of TPP (I'll actually go into a few points that show that this just the first mission taken out) with a few extra generic missions added in order to make people think it's an actual game. Now many people will argue thatI don't feel like I can give a demo that is trying to be sold as a game anything more than 0, What's there is great, but this was clearly just the first mission cut out of TPP (I'll actually go into a few points that show that this just the first mission taken out) with a few extra generic missions added in order to make people think it's an actual game. Now many people will argue that this isn't a demo but there's a few factors that just scream unfinished. First off, tons of features that were in older MGS games ( even ones in PW and MGS3) are missing from GZ (knocking, the box, hidding in trash bins, etc) now you could argue that they were just taken out of the franchise as a whole, but these basic features of MGS are all coming back in TPP which we have seen in the recent tgs/e3 demos, the second factor which was just a slap in the face from kojima, is that all the side missions are just the backbones of what you would expect to see in a MGS game like a retrieve intel, find target, destroy enemy base guns, and a full blown action rescue mission.… Expand
  25. ShockyPie42
    Jul 18, 2014
    0
    This game was about 4 hours long first time playing 1 hour long second time.it was really expensive as well!but at one point there was a reward for finding a secret,this reward was sick,it was a recording of paz having her clothes being ripped off,now I don't know if this was supposed to be a reward or not but if so that's just sick.it was also very dark,overly dark,I mean all of the otherThis game was about 4 hours long first time playing 1 hour long second time.it was really expensive as well!but at one point there was a reward for finding a secret,this reward was sick,it was a recording of paz having her clothes being ripped off,now I don't know if this was supposed to be a reward or not but if so that's just sick.it was also very dark,overly dark,I mean all of the other Mgs games have all been quite crazy and happy but my point is if you want to spend $50 for 4 hours of gameplay then don't go and buy something good like far cry 3 or assassins creed IV… Expand
  26. bioxtreme757
    Aug 16, 2014
    0
    If you are reading this review then you are one of the unfortunate people that have been robbed by the developers of Ground Zeroes and all I can say is that I am sorry for you and I know how you feel.
    The game itself is the shortest game in the history of all games, it takes you up to one hour to finish the game, and that is if you actually die over and over, which is unlikely to happen    If you are reading this review then you are one of the unfortunate people that have been robbed by the developers of Ground Zeroes and all I can say is that I am sorry for you and I know how you feel.
    The game itself is the shortest game in the history of all games, it takes you up to one hour to finish the game, and that is if you actually die over and over, which is unlikely to happen because the game is too easy. In essence we have paid for a demo, and yet there are plenty of hardcore fans that refuse to admit it, and because of them I am afraid that this wont be the last time we will pay for a demo unless we seriously boycott this game and start acting against these developers that think that they can make us pay for demos and beta versions of their games. Be warned that if this gets out of hand and we let Kojima get away with this all companies will ask for money even when viewing a trailer of their game.
    The game itself is good, however the length makes it one of the worth games out there today, being only second to Rambo The Video Game.    … Expand
  27. Aparik
    Aug 29, 2014
    0
    Terrible! This word fits most for what Kojima delivered here. I played all the MGS-Series Games except Phantom Pain and this was by far the worst. The Graphics and Physics are good, but not perfect and in no way as good as MGS4 felt on PS3 years ago. They Gameplay is boring and doesnt feel like MGS anymore, since the Codec is gone, the old map is gone and David Hayter was replaced by someTerrible! This word fits most for what Kojima delivered here. I played all the MGS-Series Games except Phantom Pain and this was by far the worst. The Graphics and Physics are good, but not perfect and in no way as good as MGS4 felt on PS3 years ago. They Gameplay is boring and doesnt feel like MGS anymore, since the Codec is gone, the old map is gone and David Hayter was replaced by some random dude.

    I played Last of Us before this and have to say, that the stealth gameplay in Last of us was better than here. So it wouldnt have been a good game even if it was longer than 30 Minutes. But not only it plays bad, it also is freakin' short! After i've stealthed for the first few minutes and it bored the **** out of me i just shot all the enemies down and completed the main-storyline in under half an hour.

    I still have hopes that MGS5 will somehow be good but for sure i will not since i will not support the sellout of Kojima.    … Expand
  28. somovbiu
    Jun 16, 2023
    0
    Weird controls which you have to learn all by yourself, the tutorials are next to non-existent. And the story, it's my first MGS game and they try to bring me up to speed with scrolling texts, can you believe it?
    Edit: turns out, you really shouldn't play this before MGS V: Phantom Pain. All the tutorials that are missing are all introduced in PP. Don't get Ground Zeroes, it's nonsensical    Weird controls which you have to learn all by yourself, the tutorials are next to non-existent. And the story, it's my first MGS game and they try to bring me up to speed with scrolling texts, can you believe it?
    Edit: turns out, you really shouldn't play this before MGS V: Phantom Pain. All the tutorials that are missing are all introduced in PP. Don't get Ground Zeroes, it's nonsensical and tedious. I don't understand why the developers nudge you into playing GZ before PP by saying GZ is the prologue to PP. GZ is just a half-baked unpolished piece of sht.    … Expand
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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 70
  3. Negative: 0 out of 70
  1. Thunderbolt
    Jul 3, 2014
    60
    There might be an interesting game in this engine, but it’s not here, not yet, and as a result Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is at best a very expensive demo that should only be approached with the lowest expectations.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    May 16, 2014
    60
    Newbies will be lost, veterans not satisfied. It’s firing on all cylinders but the rounds don’t last. Nice showcase of the new engine, though. [Issue#241]
  3. Pelit (Finland)
    May 11, 2014
    85
    Short but oh so sweet! [Apr 2014]
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