Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6369 Ratings

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  1. Avodeskorm
    Sep 1, 2015
    4
    Nowhere near the best Metal Gear game. It's a great game in its own right, but it doesn't stand in well with the rest of the series.

    If you think of it as a game separate from the series, it truly is amazing.
  2. partyintheback
    Sep 7, 2015
    3
    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
  3. asfj
    Sep 5, 2015
    4
    After several-hours playing, I think I have to down-grade the game from 10 to ... because I have almost lost motivation to continue on those sprinkled and repetitive missions with our bounty hunter.

    I've no compliant on its gameplay design which is nearly perfectly crafted except for a bit of lack of environmental variation and the base accessibility(I mean although the base is huge but    After several-hours playing, I think I have to down-grade the game from 10 to ... because I have almost lost motivation to continue on those sprinkled and repetitive missions with our bounty hunter.

    I've no compliant on its gameplay design which is nearly perfectly crafted except for a bit of lack of environmental variation and the base accessibility(I mean although the base is huge but not very explorable inside it). After all, for pure gameplay, You are guaranteed by the game.

    However, where are those signature high quality cutscenes, emotional speeches, most importantly inspiring story and our hero? Even the main mission line contains lots of trivial events, and also the story itself is not that moving as usual. It seems you are only a relentless robot-like bounty hunter paid to finish bunch of repetitive missions without a reason.

    Also, the Kiefer Sutherland voiced Big Bose seems very not in his play in sharply contrast to other roles and IV's David Hayter voiced Solid Snake. Not only does he merely speak, but also speaks like reading script...

    It seems everything is carefully crafted but the story.
    It seems every actor/actress got into their roles but the protagonist.

    It would be so fun to play the game if it has a reason and inspiration, but no! because it loses heart.

    I am so disappointed to you, Hideo.    … Expand
  4. lindell
    Sep 7, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is like an ice cream from your youth. An ice cream containing all your favorite ingredients: vanilla, chocolate, toffee and some rainbow sprinkles on top.

    The ice cream stayed the same during 30 years, and you loved it during all this time. Suddenly the manufacturer decides to cater to the masses that only wants vanilla ice cream. The chocolate, toffee and the sprinkles are gone, ruining the ice cream for the people who loved it to begin with.

    This what I feel happened to the game. Everything that made metal gear solid good is gone with this game, to make a game to cater to the casual crowd who only want to shoot some guards. No more cutscenes, no story progression and on top of that an ending that defecates on the rest of the series like D-horse does on the enemies in this game.

    It's a sad way to say good bye to the series. The game with the best gameplay and the best graphics in the series, turned out to be the worst metal gear in the series.    … Expand
  5. mrbooooyyy1
    Sep 1, 2015
    4
    The whole game feeling like a random "side mission" simulator might turn some people off. Personally I wished it had another structure and focused more on story, like the old MGS games.
  6. Knorf
    Sep 2, 2015
    2
    Kojima decided to go the RE6-Route with this game and threw everything people liked about the series away in order to attract more casuals. The result is pretty much the same here: the absolute down point of the series, congratulations, it can't get worse than this.
    After the very hectic intro (which is already the "best" part of the game) you're dropped into a dessert and you soon    Kojima decided to go the RE6-Route with this game and threw everything people liked about the series away in order to attract more casuals. The result is pretty much the same here: the absolute down point of the series, congratulations, it can't get worse than this.
    After the very hectic intro (which is already the "best" part of the game) you're dropped into a dessert and you soon realize something: MGS 5 doesn't feel one single second like a Metal Gear game. Snakes voice was replaced by some random Hollywood-dude, there are no codec conversations, items need to be selected with an awkward combination of d-pad and the right stick, Snake apparently turned into a vampire, because his injuries magically disappear after a few seconds instead of needing medical treatment etc. All those little details. Boss battles, story and even Snakes personality are practically non-existent. The worst thing, however, is the terrible game design: select a mission, land in the mission area, go from A to B, leave the mission area, rinse and repeat, get bored to death. Yeah, that's the whole game, open world obviously doesn't work for MGS...
    If you actually liked MGS 1-3 or even 2008s Metal Gear Soap Opera (which now seems great in comparison) then MGS5 isn't your game of the year, it's the disappointment of the decade.    … Expand
  7. Knuxie
    Sep 13, 2015
    0
    I love this franchise. I beat every Metal Gear game from the MSX MG to Peace Walker and Ground Zeros, but this... The Phantom Pain... I feel like I didn't beat it.

    See, the game is missing an ending. It has no resolve. It never reached it's climax. It builds up a threat, a few features get taken away from you, and the credits roll. If you want to see the ending, you have to buy the    I love this franchise. I beat every Metal Gear game from the MSX MG to Peace Walker and Ground Zeros, but this... The Phantom Pain... I feel like I didn't beat it.

    See, the game is missing an ending. It has no resolve. It never reached it's climax. It builds up a threat, a few features get taken away from you, and the credits roll. If you want to see the ending, you have to buy the special edition, and watch the final cutscene in it's unfinished state on a special bluray disc.

    Oh, and speaking of cutscenes, did I mention that this game hardly has any? ALL the important story that actually IS in the game has been shoved to the side and put in cassette tapes for you to listen to...

    As far as gameplay goes... This series does not benefit from open world. It's boring, empty, and you can tell the budget has been wasted because the rest of the game suffers due to it's open world.    … Expand
  8. picacrazy
    Sep 8, 2015
    0
    The last Kojimas Metal gear has too many problems. The plot twist is ridiculously terrible! It really mess with all the fhanchise history. Beside that, Phantom Pain has many repetitive missions over and over again the same style of mission. Come on!!! I am very dissapointed
  9. SuperMe
    Sep 2, 2015
    0
    I bought this game due to high review scores and started playing with optimism. I have played for approximately one hour and dislike it so much I've deleted it. I wouldn't really call it a game it's more like a bad film. It's a series of tedious cut scenes I crawl between. Some bad guys are searching for me however they must be blind because one of them was inspecting a corpse barely 20cmI bought this game due to high review scores and started playing with optimism. I have played for approximately one hour and dislike it so much I've deleted it. I wouldn't really call it a game it's more like a bad film. It's a series of tedious cut scenes I crawl between. Some bad guys are searching for me however they must be blind because one of them was inspecting a corpse barely 20cm away and failed to notice me. I have a companion who walks in what sounds like high heels even though he's wearing rubber hospital shoes. The control system is clumsy and I find myself unable to avoid walking into fire. My hospital outfit must be military issue as my character believes there is a side holster. I'm clearly a medical genius as I can heal a broken arm in about 5 seconds just by pulling on it. I don't expect brutal realism but this is so preposterous it's shattered my immersion and enjoyment. What a disappointment, I hope I can get a refund.… Expand
  10. ultramitch
    Apr 4, 2018
    2
    Where to even begin...

    Pros: - Some pretty graphics, I will admit. - Freedom given to the player in the open world, allowing every player to have slightly different experiences. Cons: - A nonsensical story that comes off as a bunch of style over substance. The story is even straight-up pretentious at times. - Serious pacing problems. Cutscenes go on far too long, taking the game    Where to even begin...

    Pros:
    - Some pretty graphics, I will admit.
    - Freedom given to the player in the open world, allowing every player to have slightly different experiences.

    Cons:
    - A nonsensical story that comes off as a bunch of style over substance. The story is even straight-up pretentious at times.
    - Serious pacing problems. Cutscenes go on far too long, taking the game out of "video game".
    - Japanese perversion is present throughout, which makes the game feel very cringeworthy. The character of Quiet is the worst offense of many issues.
    - Clunky gameplay that hardly ever works in your favor.
    - Boring, uninspired open world environments littered with generic enemies and locales.
    - Doesn't make you feel cool in the way a game should. Animations look more awkward than anything else.

    Honestly, I don't understand what people see in this game...    … Expand
  11. DrDjango
    Sep 13, 2019
    3
    mgs and open world. that doesnt match. the world is boring and kills the story and the gameplay.
  12. ArianLight
    Nov 19, 2017
    3
    This is the first Metal Gear Solid game I have played. Nothing is more annoying than a game that does not include a controls manual! This game loses 5 points for that reason! Will developers ever learn! it is 2017, so I think not! Who knows how many features and moves I will never know from this game because they hide the controls from you! Check for yourself, in the controls menu theyThis is the first Metal Gear Solid game I have played. Nothing is more annoying than a game that does not include a controls manual! This game loses 5 points for that reason! Will developers ever learn! it is 2017, so I think not! Who knows how many features and moves I will never know from this game because they hide the controls from you! Check for yourself, in the controls menu they don't even have ''takedowns''! I wonder how many new players played this game without ever knowing you can silently take down enemies? Wake up you clowns who develop games, the number 1 mistake is no manual! I should not have to stop playing a game and go on the internet to find out how to play your game!… Expand
  13. Grazerino
    May 23, 2019
    4
    Controls are tight, the visuals are great and the frame rate is solid. Shame that the game-play is convoluted and not enjoyable. Too many external elements that prevent you from actually having a fun experience.
  14. amalik1234
    Sep 7, 2019
    4
    I love MGS 1, 2 ,3 4, peace walker and Ground zero . MGS V TPP is disappointment we never got a final boss in the game . All the mission in the game is the same find this guy get this for over 30 mission . The character in the game are terrible fake Snake Kaz Ocelot Quit Skull Face liquid . i hope death stranding doesn't follow MGS V problem.
  15. DevilSurvivor
    Nov 18, 2021
    3
    Konami should put more money on their games and not on game journalists. Also, good riddance for Kojima, he kept making the series worse and worse, especially the more control he had over the project.

    What can I say? It's embarrassing that a game like this is even in the top 200 games of metacritic. Unfinished, uninispired, absolutely no care put into anything other than gameplay, the    Konami should put more money on their games and not on game journalists. Also, good riddance for Kojima, he kept making the series worse and worse, especially the more control he had over the project.

    What can I say? It's embarrassing that a game like this is even in the top 200 games of metacritic. Unfinished, uninispired, absolutely no care put into anything other than gameplay, the story feels like a bad fanfiction written in the early 2000s, the main voice actor replaced in a disgusting fashion after almost 20 years of voicing the character...

    The gameplay is good, not amazing, just good, but what is the point, if what awaits you after it is an empty soulless base riddled with free-to-play mobile app mechanics and the entire game is worse than FFX-2's "open the map and go do a quest there, then come back to the ship".

    A disgrace to the series, literally the worst way to end it on, and I hope it stays dead. MGS4 was the only end we needed.    … Expand
  16. Supahgloo
    Mar 23, 2023
    0
    As a metal gear fan, the series ended at peace walker for me. Why Hideo Kojima decided to replace David Hayter with Keifer Sutherland will always be a disappointment for me. If I wanted to read an audio book then I would.
  17. diggityd2713
    Apr 12, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really wanted to like this game because of how much of a fan of the series I am but after 20ish hours of playing I just cant enjoy this game anymore. The overall goal of "run through desert, sneak into base, take "x" or "y", sneak out of base" is so boring! With the painstaking effort to stay quiet just to have some AI see you from 4 miles away while looking the other way then triggering the whole base to know exactly where you are and massacre you is just plain irritating. And if you do manage to pull thorugh the feeling isnt rewarding, more just "well time to rinse and repeat". The base management system is as much fun as homework and dosent add any life to the base, just another chore like paying bills, gotta keep the combat teams busy, gotta go shower and punch a few people. Then theres the legit "story missions". SPOILERZZZZZZ!!!! The quiet fight was by far my favorite part and reminded me of The End fight. Everything, and I mean every...other....part... was just grueling. Uninteresting fights or "sneaking sequences" (like the metal gear escapse when finding Emmerich) was just painful. Over an hour of sitting behind rocks just waiting for the **** AI to walk somewhere else so I can escape is just poor design, Im done Kojima, you should have just ended with MGS4 instead of force feeding this **** game on your fans. Hope the $100 for Ground Zero and Phantom Pain in my ass was worth it for your fans respect.… Expand
  18. dypsomaniart
    Jul 30, 2016
    3
    I cant understand all the rave reviews for this game. I've put aboutt 40 hours of gameplay into it, and enjoyed only three hours of that tops. I kept going and going and going waiting for it to get better, but 90% of the game is just the same missions, literally in the same locations with pretty much the same enemies, over and over and over and over and over. The scenery is drab. TheI cant understand all the rave reviews for this game. I've put aboutt 40 hours of gameplay into it, and enjoyed only three hours of that tops. I kept going and going and going waiting for it to get better, but 90% of the game is just the same missions, literally in the same locations with pretty much the same enemies, over and over and over and over and over. The scenery is drab. The enemies are drab. The intro left me expecting amazing scifi crazy adventure, then the next 30 hours are spent crawling around a desert kidnapping the same soldiers over and over. WTF Kojima. The epic amazing story people go on about seems to be spread roughly 1 good mission for every 20-30 repetetive filler ones. I've given it a week of my life for two good missions. I have no love for this game or any of its characters. I kind of want to see what the heck is going on with the weird characters from the start, but theres no way I'm grinding through 100 hours of mind numbing, painfully time consuming, slow filler rubbish to get there. Sorry Kojima fans, I dont get it. I've got a ton of other games to play, all of which are more enjoyable than this.… Expand
  19. HanShot1st
    Dec 4, 2015
    4
    This game is over hyped, and the worst in the Metal Gear Solid series.

    It's unfinished. Lacks story. Lacks "character" in the characters, and has a really silly twist in who Big Boss is in this game. The graphics are beautiful. However the game play is boring and repetitive. Its literally doing the same missions over and over about 15 times, going back to the same locations about 15    This game is over hyped, and the worst in the Metal Gear Solid series.

    It's unfinished. Lacks story. Lacks "character" in the characters, and has a really silly twist in who Big Boss is in this game.

    The graphics are beautiful. However the game play is boring and repetitive. Its literally doing the same missions over and over about 15 times, going back to the same locations about 15 times. The landscape is devoid of any life...only enemy soldiers and occasional animals.

    It also has the worst iteration of Metal Gear Online. MGO3 is garbage compared to MGO2.

    And it's almost laughable people calling this a masterpiece, when clearly, it isn't. If you want to play an epic MGS game... pick up Guns of the Patriots.    … Expand
  20. OskarAndersson2
    Apr 6, 2017
    4
    This game have great graphics, good game-play and good voice acting. The 1st problem I have with MG SV is that the story is basically non existing. In the others games there is so much story in them. And the 2nd problem I have with the game is the open world because there's barely anything in it. The 3rd and final problem is this game is so BORING because I do the same missions over andThis game have great graphics, good game-play and good voice acting. The 1st problem I have with MG SV is that the story is basically non existing. In the others games there is so much story in them. And the 2nd problem I have with the game is the open world because there's barely anything in it. The 3rd and final problem is this game is so BORING because I do the same missions over and over so I don't see why I should continue . So to sum it all up, this game is so boring.… Expand
  21. Yakity
    Jan 7, 2018
    0
    Why does this game deserve a 0? Because of the microtransactions. Some people think of MTs as cheat codes, not necessary to the core experience, pay or don't, not a big deal. But when game developers purposefully pressure the player into using them to enrich their experience, it puts the consumer at a disadvantage and hurts the industry. MGS V has a relatively deep base-building mechanic,Why does this game deserve a 0? Because of the microtransactions. Some people think of MTs as cheat codes, not necessary to the core experience, pay or don't, not a big deal. But when game developers purposefully pressure the player into using them to enrich their experience, it puts the consumer at a disadvantage and hurts the industry. MGS V has a relatively deep base-building mechanic, including recruiting soldiers who can be sent on off-screen missions to gather resources. This aspect of the game is throttled for those unwilling to pay real-world dollars (see details below). In a game that already loves to take it’s time with load screens, cut scenes, traversing great distances, and crawling (a lot) this is unacceptable. Used in this way, microtransactions are a threat to the best aspects of games: building skills, overcoming challenges, sharing common experiences, etc. It's disgusting how much the industry has jumped on board with this mindset, and even more so that players are letting them get away with it.

    The gameplay mechanics of MGS V are solid, I've played all the main-entry MGS games and Phantom Pain maintains the high standard and ridiculously convoluted plot. But this time around you are building an army. This allows for the development of new departments, new items, and new mechanics which shape the way you play missions. An interesting if time-consuming idea, but somewhat enjoyable. However, once you get your base up and running, an important part of resource-gathering is sending troops out on deployment missions while you simultaneously take on actual missions. Each is rated with risk, reward and a timer. Riskier/longer = bigger payday. However, you are limited to conducting two of these at a time, regardless of manpower, due to the lack of additional FOBs (command posts) which the game encourages you to build. However, this feature is essentially hidden behind a paywall since you purchase FOBs with "MP". MP is different from the currency used throughout the rest of the game, and is doled out for free through game progression but only in tiny increments. Or it's purchased in bulk for real-world money. New FOBs cost 1000+ MP, about $10, so you can save for weeks (months) as the game provides you scraps, or open your wallet. Those are your options.

    Just as bad, the rewards from those deployment missions go up substantially as their duration climbs to multiple real-time days (all the big ones are "online" so they progress whether you play or not), but you can speed up that process with the click of a button and, you guessed it, some MP. Waiting it out might be okay for someone who plays a few hours every weekend for months, returning each time to a big reward, but this was obviously designed as a cash grab. Who wants to wait 6 days for the resources you need now, in a video game? (Unless the point is to teach the player patience. & I guess I wouldn’t put it past Kojima at this point (or buy anything from him)). Want that new rocket launcher? Tactical suit? All the fancy upgrades await! If you have the cash. They should just install a general store at Motherbase and be done with it.    … Expand
  22. PsychoShane123
    Feb 8, 2017
    3
    Messy story, unimaginative missions and unnecessary side activities make this game a repetitive, frustrating experience .
  23. Kamamura
    Oct 20, 2016
    3
    Objectively, the game deserves praise for the actual gameplay. It's a fully realized military sandbox, you can embark from chopper, sneak around, steal soldiers, vehicles, collect plants, do side and main missions, it's well optimized and nice.

    However, the story part is nothing short of a scam. The second half of the story is missing altogether (replaced by recycled content from the    Objectively, the game deserves praise for the actual gameplay. It's a fully realized military sandbox, you can embark from chopper, sneak around, steal soldiers, vehicles, collect plants, do side and main missions, it's well optimized and nice.

    However, the story part is nothing short of a scam. The second half of the story is missing altogether (replaced by recycled content from the first half), and even the first half is pitiful, with the actual story making no sense, with characters and narration so badly done it will make you cry. I consider selling half finished product to be deceptive practice, so buyers beware! Kojima apparently squandered huge budget while the result was below mediocre, and when Konami found out, they fired him (as would any sane employer). The only mystery remaining is why should you, the paying customer, finance their blunders.    … Expand
  24. Sut
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    I came into this game largely because of reviews from this site and was largely disappointed. I really wanted this game to kick my socks off but instead myself felt like this game was a chore. The world is BEAUTIFUL and HUGE. To huge. The world is very empty other than outposts which are really just pointless and the big sites where most missions occur. The stealth gameplay is really goodI came into this game largely because of reviews from this site and was largely disappointed. I really wanted this game to kick my socks off but instead myself felt like this game was a chore. The world is BEAUTIFUL and HUGE. To huge. The world is very empty other than outposts which are really just pointless and the big sites where most missions occur. The stealth gameplay is really good too, it felt realistic and was fun for a time. The problem is that the AI at times is either way too stupid or omniscient. At one point I was stuck behind a boulder for 20 real time minutes waiting for a metal gear to continue its search elsewhere because I was hidden and it couldn't find me. But no, it stayed there the entire time until I was forced to take matters into my own hands. Then the story, oh wait, what story? Oh yeah, the story is pretty much non-existent and missions are extremely repetitive Leaving myself wondering, why am I killing this guy? Oh yeah just because I was told to by ocelot. Anyways, I don't know why this game got such great ratings, it must be sentimentality and over valuing the stealth play over story, AI realism, and building a large world filled with stuff to do.… Expand
  25. DavidHoltzer
    Apr 22, 2019
    4
    This game is bad, not terrible but still tedious and hard to get along with it.It should be about stealth however the controlls are uncomfortable so hard to execute a stealthy approach.In the whole game you do the same things: rescue hostages, or conquer bases the same formula used by Ubisoft and also the same boring experience.
  26. archonome
    Jun 26, 2017
    0
    Can't believe this game got such a high score.

    I played MGS 1-4.

    Who on earth thought it would be a great idea to combine fetch quests with this game? This alone killed the game for me. And also, apart from the first hour which makes you believe this game is going to be awesome.... there's no more story after that.

    Are you serious?
  27. KWOW
    Aug 14, 2016
    1
    Ughhh!!! What an utter disappointment, Who ever says this game is good is lying to themselves. It seems as though Kojima and his team were just hating this franchise at this point. The open world is barren, the cut scenes are lackluster, the story was ridiculous. Not having David Hater as snake killed this game. The only thing good about this was the graphics. they where beautiful.Ughhh!!! What an utter disappointment, Who ever says this game is good is lying to themselves. It seems as though Kojima and his team were just hating this franchise at this point. The open world is barren, the cut scenes are lackluster, the story was ridiculous. Not having David Hater as snake killed this game. The only thing good about this was the graphics. they where beautiful. Playing this game really gave me a bad taste in my mouth and does not live up to its ps1, 2, or 3 counterparts.… Expand
  28. EddieMaiden
    Feb 12, 2017
    1
    This is not a metal gear, it lacks the story. It would be a good call of duty game. Online has no need of stealth is just a mindless shooter. Ocelote doesnt even put 1 bullet on this gun, neither does he shot it. The game is pure trash.
  29. pixelpassion
    Aug 29, 2018
    4
    Pretentious, boring, repetitive yes another Kojima game I only know because his ego plasters it all over the game....I think if more people would look at it objectively they would see if die the poor game it actually is
  30. maxpain9999
    Apr 30, 2022
    4
    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    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. The worst menu ever for a pc game.    … Expand
  31. Daxillius
    Oct 1, 2015
    4
    This game doesn't understand how to leverage the concept of open world. It seemingly adopted this model because it's the cool thing to do nowadays, without giving anything thought to what it brought to the actual gameplay.

    You'll essentially be riding your horse from one identical mission to the next while dealing with the insanely over-thought and bloated iDroid system. A tedious    This game doesn't understand how to leverage the concept of open world. It seemingly adopted this model because it's the cool thing to do nowadays, without giving anything thought to what it brought to the actual gameplay.

    You'll essentially be riding your horse from one identical mission to the next while dealing with the insanely over-thought and bloated iDroid system.

    A tedious and boring game.    … Expand
  32. Tbag115
    May 15, 2016
    4
    Metal gear solid V was a big disapointment, the gameplay is great and the first 10 hour were good, but it is always the same and really boring. The world is small and live less, the mother base is better than in peace walker but if you are walking around there you can't do a thing you even can't talk to your partners. The story is the worst on this game, it is very slowly progressing andMetal gear solid V was a big disapointment, the gameplay is great and the first 10 hour were good, but it is always the same and really boring. The world is small and live less, the mother base is better than in peace walker but if you are walking around there you can't do a thing you even can't talk to your partners. The story is the worst on this game, it is very slowly progressing and it is boring, I already knew after 10 hours what the big plot twist was.
    I would recommend you not to buy this game.    … Expand
  33. LauraGg
    May 9, 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
  34. violincaster
    Nov 19, 2015
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ending sucked.
    I paid to have questions about Big Boss answered, not to see the story about some random schmuck I don't care about. This is the second worst bait and switch I've seen in video game history.    … Expand
  35. saints51
    Nov 19, 2015
    4
    The hype on this AAA title is just ridiculous. If you like to start a game sliding on your digital belly for the first hour in a hospital gown then by all means play this game. I was literally a snake like the guy's name. Sorry just not my cup of tea not to mention sending people up in the sky with balloons so I can create a master army of brainwashed idiots. Great amount of subliminal inThe hype on this AAA title is just ridiculous. If you like to start a game sliding on your digital belly for the first hour in a hospital gown then by all means play this game. I was literally a snake like the guy's name. Sorry just not my cup of tea not to mention sending people up in the sky with balloons so I can create a master army of brainwashed idiots. Great amount of subliminal in this game.… Expand
  36. KING8281
    Oct 30, 2015
    4
    At first i would like to state that i cannot understand the big ratings this game gets.I grew up with MGS.From PS1 to PS4 this series inspired me,moved me, changed me.But this game is not MGS.And not because it's an "open world" game.(which is not).MGS series had to evolve or die in my opinion.We had to see a different approach from Kojima.The direction is right.The execution is awfulAt first i would like to state that i cannot understand the big ratings this game gets.I grew up with MGS.From PS1 to PS4 this series inspired me,moved me, changed me.But this game is not MGS.And not because it's an "open world" game.(which is not).MGS series had to evolve or die in my opinion.We had to see a different approach from Kojima.The direction is right.The execution is awful though.And here is why:
    1.Afghanistan is an empty barren boring land.Desert,yellow rocks some more desert and that's it.Colourless,barren boring are the only words i can think of.And Africa is not better.Where is the level design?where is the diversity?where is the scenery?where is the vibrant feeling that can make you believe that this land is alive?Look to the Witcher games or even the Dragon Age games for example.
    2.I can't understand why no reviewer never mentions the repetivity of this game.Every side op is the same as the other one before it,outpost after outpost feels and plays the same and after 10-15 hours in the game the boredom turns to anger.You see the same stuff,you do the same things,there is practically one approach in the game and that is to tranq eveyone so you can send them back to MB and that is it.Even when they start wearing helmets there is no need to change your approach.You just shoot them in the back or the hip and you watch the magic happen after 10 seconds.
    3.Its incredibly easy.No stealth needed.You can stand tall 50 meters away and no one will see you.You just need to mark the enemies and that way you can see them even through walls or sometimes even mountains and you wish that they 'll spot you because time will slow down and you ll tranq them even easier.
    4THE STORY IS BAD.It's full of plot holes,it is badly written,badly voiced and uninteresting.MGS games were known for the good story which had it's twists,the rich dialogs,the awesome charachters..In this game if you are new to MGS you care less for any of them.They are shallow,cheesy and espesially Kaz is a full blown Snake groupie.Along with the soldiers at mother base.Not to mention Ocelot who is doing his best to look like he is in the Wild West ordering a bourbon in a saloon while waiting for the Poker tournament to start.And ...Skull Face..i mean..we had Liquid,Ocelot,Boss even Big Boss in the older games and now we have to make do with Skull Face dressed in a Wyatt Earp costume?
    5.The "boss fights" are horrible and uninteresting.Long gone are the days of the great Sniper Wolf,The End and the other great bosses from the MGS series now there is nothning of that.
    6The game is practically a grinding to build MB which dictates the whole approach in the game.Everything you do,the way you play,everything is for the Mother Base,not to mention that the game reminds us every 30 minutes or so that the old mother base was destroyed and that we must get our revenge from those responsible.

    I could go on really.I could say about the checkpoint system that the game has,the fact that it is practically an outdoor corridor and not a real open world game,the unskippable chopper scenes and on and on and on.I believe that most MGS veterans already left the game midway and started playing the old games in the older consoles.Everything that made the old MGS games great and different from the GTA and Modern Warfare video gaming culture is gone and it is replaced by a repetitive scenery,by boring gameplay and by an uniteresting story.Either KONAMI wanted this and that is why Kojima was fired or Kojima san blew it and left.Lastly.We are going to have another MGS game.When you count the sales by the millions you don't cut the series because "snake's story is over" as Kojima stated 9 years ago.Kojima is a video game producer who lives and pays his bills by making MGS games, he is not doing it to save his soul or mine or yours.Now if KONAMI decides to publish a MGS game without him it would probably be crap just like everything this company has published during this decade,exceptions be the MGS games and a couple of others.Thanks for reading the review and i am sorry for any typos,or grammar mistakes.Have a nice day.    … Expand
  37. THE_COCONUT_MAN
    Dec 23, 2015
    0
    They polished a turd to a mirror shine. It looks great, plays great, all the lovable characters are there, but its a boring repetitive mess of a game. I never I thought I'd ever describe Metal Gear Solid as boring, but it most truly is.
  38. YoItsJonesy
    Dec 10, 2015
    3
    Alright, so as a game I went into to have fun with because of all the wonderful reviews it was given. I am completely disappointed. So disappointed that I deleted it off my home screen. Many reviews said this game was all about the gameplay, and let me tell you something, it surely is. And it is fun... For maybe an hour and a half. After you're tired of looking at the amazing motions snakeAlright, so as a game I went into to have fun with because of all the wonderful reviews it was given. I am completely disappointed. So disappointed that I deleted it off my home screen. Many reviews said this game was all about the gameplay, and let me tell you something, it surely is. And it is fun... For maybe an hour and a half. After you're tired of looking at the amazing motions snake does when getting on the ground, or moving from wall to wall, you have nothing. The story is lackluster with the terrible villain, same old rescue the prisoner missions and kill this guard. It gets repetitive and boring way fast. And I'm not one to say this because I'm a huge RPG fan because of it's massive world and side missions. But dang, this world is too big, way too many missions, if you are a completionist have fun with this one.… Expand
  39. ODRH
    Nov 16, 2015
    4
    everything starts great but then ends up being diluted like sugar and just being repeated over and over again, same scenarios, upgradable heads, and endless repetitions of the same is as if the game never had finished and to fill you pretend missions one and again
  40. visiblelight7
    Nov 29, 2017
    0
    The comment from a previous poster sums it up perfectly:

    /quote Highly overrated. Despite the game play mechanics and production values being sky high, like most Metal Gear games, the switch to an open world destroys the most important aspect of the Metal Gear series: the fantastic storytelling of its genius creator, who has managed to innovate gaming time and again. This time,    The comment from a previous poster sums it up perfectly:

    /quote
    Highly overrated.
    Despite the game play mechanics and production values being sky high, like most Metal Gear games, the switch to an open world destroys the most important aspect of the Metal Gear series: the fantastic storytelling of its genius creator, who has managed to innovate gaming time and again.
    This time, however, the innovation is replaced by repetition /end quote

    This game sucks. I'm on mission 20. It feels like an MMORPG....
    most boring metal gear solid game i ever played.

    The first hour was perfect though.... The rest is garbage sorry. I'm not impressed just because there's good graphics and mecanics.

    How the heck does this game get 9/10?? The new generation of kids are growing up to be retards. Seriously. What a shame. Every game is being dumbed down into open world. Just give these kids shiny new graphics and they are too BRAIN DEAD to notice anything else.

    To sum it up:

    -If you don't like a story.
    - You like grinding MMORPGs
    -You enjoy doing chores like "extract this prisoner" and repeat this over and over...
    - Good graphics and good character controls is all you care about but enjoy a very very boring game.

    Please go ahead this game is for you!!! (You are an IDIOT by the way).    … Expand
  41. Paulo969
    Sep 28, 2019
    0
    O pior jogo de toda a saga . Nao admira que a konami tenha despedido o kojima. Repetitivo ate cair para o lado, os mesmos cenarios reutilizados ate ao infinito, aborrecido e historis zero. Pior era impossível. Fujam deste. Death streanding deve ir pelo mesmo caminho
  42. Nerayo
    Aug 17, 2018
    3
    This is how you ruin a series, MGS5: The Pain in my Brain.

    -boring lifeless Open World
    -repetitive story missons in the 2nd half
    -wierd story missions (the jeep ride with skull face)
    -repetitive gameplay (once you are 10hrs in it gets boring)

    and so on. doesn't liked it at all.
  43. MovieMuscle
    Sep 26, 2015
    3
    Honestly, it's a very mediocre game that's also occasionally awful; its disappointing quality has enraged me quite a bit. First of all, this is not an MGS game by any means. It's a game trying to sell out on the popularity of the modern RPG genre. "Hey guys, RPGs seem to be really cool right now. So, let's just ditch all the intricate story and boss fights--you know, what made MetalHonestly, it's a very mediocre game that's also occasionally awful; its disappointing quality has enraged me quite a bit. First of all, this is not an MGS game by any means. It's a game trying to sell out on the popularity of the modern RPG genre. "Hey guys, RPGs seem to be really cool right now. So, let's just ditch all the intricate story and boss fights--you know, what made Metal Gear Solid so lovable in the beginning--and just jam in a bunch of tedious features and some generic gameplay." The locations are repetitive; the side missions are repetitive; and the main missions are barely driven by story like the previous games were. I don't know about you guys, but "kill the (random) commander of the group" and "rescue 12 prisoners" sounds pretty outdated, boring, and generic to me.

    I've tried to get through the game, but it's really difficult. I ended up putting it off for three days in a row several times because I just ultimately didn't feel like playing it anymore. It gets old very fast, but of course, the shallow gamers nowadays will see a (misleadingly) vast open-world RPG game and immediately give it 10's across the board--completely shallow, in my opinion. If a game doesn't have story, it's a no-buy for me. If a frikkin' MGS game doesn't even have a story (because Kojima/Konami sold out and said less story/cutscenes would sell more copies ), it's right into the bin. Now that I think about it, I wouldn't even fret about calling it downright awful. Now, I can finally return to Witcher 3--a far more compelling RPG with a far more compelling story.    … Expand
  44. 998817268
    Sep 14, 2016
    0
    This game is incredibly boring. The gameplay is clunky and the upgrade system requires a lot of attention, so a lot of time is spent sending characters you've never met on missions you can't play to get stuff you won't use for anything except upgrading your loadout. The gameplay itself is just a mixture between a bad shooter and a conceptually boring rpg.
    On top of that, it's very story    This game is incredibly boring. The gameplay is clunky and the upgrade system requires a lot of attention, so a lot of time is spent sending characters you've never met on missions you can't play to get stuff you won't use for anything except upgrading your loadout. The gameplay itself is just a mixture between a bad shooter and a conceptually boring rpg.
    On top of that, it's very story oriented, and I really do not have any interest in the story. I'm not interested in discovering who some character is after a hundred hours of them not talking, or in the characters that you know are from one of the earlier games based on the number of limbs they have left.
    The story is, as someone else reviewing this game described it, ridiculous. It's just so bad. 2015 must have been a bad year for games for this to have the ratings it has.    … Expand
  45. HyperBrid
    Jun 15, 2016
    0
    The worst metal gear solid game i've ever played so far! Im a die-hard fan for the metal gear series including classics, the games were good, getting better every moment, but the ending to this game was very disappointing, like crafting a diamond out of thin air for a century then throwing it in the dumpster, the graphics were good, the gameplay was good but the ending, the worst part isThe worst metal gear solid game i've ever played so far! Im a die-hard fan for the metal gear series including classics, the games were good, getting better every moment, but the ending to this game was very disappointing, like crafting a diamond out of thin air for a century then throwing it in the dumpster, the graphics were good, the gameplay was good but the ending, the worst part is that you have to upgrade your base to max in order to get the ending and what for what, to disappoint you so badly that you'd never play metal gear again… Expand
  46. DanRaven
    Jan 3, 2016
    4
    While I have had some positive experiences with this game, for example the first hour, to me the game simply has no structure whatsoever, an information-overload and repetitive open world. I did enjoy the game for the first... 5 hours? Then, not following the story, because whenever they try to tell it some other voice keeps talking through the story, you're just playing the same locationsWhile I have had some positive experiences with this game, for example the first hour, to me the game simply has no structure whatsoever, an information-overload and repetitive open world. I did enjoy the game for the first... 5 hours? Then, not following the story, because whenever they try to tell it some other voice keeps talking through the story, you're just playing the same locations over and over again, just with something else to kidnap or take with you. The same location, just another guy to get.

    While I do appreciate the fact that you can extract soldiers to mother base, to me there was nothing useful to it. I tried just taking home a few soldiers at a time so I could try to assign them to proper positions (which is what you are supposted to do), but you're pushed quite early to take home more and it'll get repetitive. Soon, your mother base will expand and you'll have no idea why to even bother because the only thing to do is shower. Which just makes Snake clean again. No experience with any profits on enemy AI, except that they do start wearing helmets if you give them headshots.

    So while MGS5 does have some cool benefits, like the first hour and some cool stuff you can use during missions, when your game is so chaotic that I don't want to play after the first 7% (?), you are doing something wrong. Maybe it is because this is only my second MGS-game (with Ground Zeroes being the first), but I am going to resell it.
    If you would take the time to read yourself into this game, learn how to play it and figure out a way to play with the story and whatnot, I'm sure you'll have yourself a hell of a game. For me it just isn't working.    … Expand
  47. corneredfox
    Oct 12, 2015
    1
    Let's be clear and honest: This is the worst Metal Gear in the series and surely one of the most forgettable games of the year, period. People need to chill and relax when making such passional reviews. It was advertised as if one of its strengths were the big maps. Yes, it does have big maps, but only 2 regions filled with blank spaces makes you spend more time riding a horse thanLet's be clear and honest: This is the worst Metal Gear in the series and surely one of the most forgettable games of the year, period. People need to chill and relax when making such passional reviews. It was advertised as if one of its strengths were the big maps. Yes, it does have big maps, but only 2 regions filled with blank spaces makes you spend more time riding a horse than fulfilling missions and it turns frustrating and repetitive. The flesh of the story and it's details are degraded to the form of audio-drama as in-game cassettes you unlock while playing, so there are very few cutscenes with Kiefer actually TALKING, another marketing device that turned out like a scam. Everything important in the plot "just happens", or happens too fast with no major impact nor glory at all, specially during big revelations scenes and overall the story revolves around revenge for the attack at the end of Ground Zeroes. Even the word "revenge" is overused and bad delivered, specially by Miller. He talks like Batman Bale when arguing with Ocelot. The game manages to make everything obvious (Man on fire since the first trailer) but at the same time it tries HARD to make it look all CSI kind of plot, it takes itself too seriously when all the puzzles were solved 5 years ago.
    I really WANT to LOVE the game, but so far I find it hard to achieve.
    It pains me that we were waiting 5 years for this to come out and get this. As an old ex-fan of MGS, this should have ended in Guns of The Patriots, which looks better in my honest opinion. Konami did well by firing Kojima.
    Long story short: If you think MGS4 was a big movie, MGSV is like a big movie interrupted by going to the bathroom constantly.    … Expand
  48. rainey06au
    Oct 30, 2015
    2
    I bought The Phantom Pain expecting a rich and engaging single player experience with a cohesive and cinematic level of storytelling. Instead MGS V feels like a disjointed and lost effort at some sort of open world RPG. The two environments are forgettable like the developers bought a whole bunch of prefabricated objects and terrain elements from the Unity engine store and tried to build aI bought The Phantom Pain expecting a rich and engaging single player experience with a cohesive and cinematic level of storytelling. Instead MGS V feels like a disjointed and lost effort at some sort of open world RPG. The two environments are forgettable like the developers bought a whole bunch of prefabricated objects and terrain elements from the Unity engine store and tried to build a game around it. The 'missions' feel completely repetitive, especially because each one starts with the opening credits again like the game is reminding you that the last mission seemed to have nothing to do with the next mission. It's a grind to get anywhere rewarding in the game and I gave up on it pretty quickly.… Expand
  49. pjtaylor2011
    Nov 2, 2015
    4
    I played the orginal MGS and was one of the few that wasn't impressed...I didn't have the patience for it... But after reading the hype over the last few months, knowing how highly the fans of the series rated it, and hearing how involved the storyline of the games were I eagerly bought the new incarnation to see what all the fuss was about. Sorry guys, still not impressed and stillI played the orginal MGS and was one of the few that wasn't impressed...I didn't have the patience for it... But after reading the hype over the last few months, knowing how highly the fans of the series rated it, and hearing how involved the storyline of the games were I eagerly bought the new incarnation to see what all the fuss was about. Sorry guys, still not impressed and still haven't got the patience and it still bored me...I see many MGS fans complaining about this ones story too.… Expand
  50. UnBiasedps4Rev
    Nov 13, 2015
    2
    This game is so overrated. Its not even close to being a masterpiece.
    - Little to no story
    - Mediocre graphics
    - Very repetitve gameplay
    -Bad ending
    This game is overhyped garbage.
  51. edone
    Nov 20, 2015
    4
    great gameplay great graphic but the story, the dramaturgy is really a 0. they really need to pay for good scriptwriter. really disappointed. hope it will change it's feels like most off the games dont have good story this day.
  52. yuanfanz
    Aug 10, 2020
    0
    Not playing a game, more like watching a movie, a bad one. Camera angle is ridiculous to move around.
  53. shrinen
    Sep 18, 2015
    0
    Hype and blindness: One of the most disappointing gaming experiences I've had in my 20 years of gaming.

    There's no plot to speak of. What little there is comes off as cheesy, poorly written, disjointed, and reliant on cassette recordings or experience with earlier games (namely, Peacewalker). Spooky ghost ninjas? A firey man straight out of a cheesy Comic Book put out by sprinkler    Hype and blindness: One of the most disappointing gaming experiences I've had in my 20 years of gaming.

    There's no plot to speak of. What little there is comes off as cheesy, poorly written, disjointed, and reliant on cassette recordings or experience with earlier games (namely, Peacewalker).

    Spooky ghost ninjas? A firey man straight out of a cheesy Comic Book put out by sprinkler systems? If I wanted to play a cheesy superhero game, I'd play one. MGS has always presented itself as a futuristic military sim, not a ridiculous, over-the-top US Marines version of Saints Row.

    Again, cassette's: why am I listening to conversations that are completely irrelevant to my current mission while playing? Why would such a distraction be welcome during a strategy/stealth game? Why would the codec call, famed, uniquely genius, and perfected so early in the series be discarded for an after-thought like this? Playing cassettes feels like entering the soundtrack menu of old 16 bit games.

    The world and its inhabitants have no character. I heard the same "paw-touching" dialogue 10 times in a row upon visiting the base (which is a wasteland and devoid of any detail or interaction). Interacting with friends amounts to punching them in the face -- the same basic way we interact with enemies.

    The management system is a CityVille clone. Push around names on a list to get that jolt of adrenaline from the earning of "points." Better weapons, better features, yawn. Where's the gameplay in it? If I wanted to sort Excel spreadsheets I'd get an office job.

    The combat world, likewise, is barren. It feels like DayZ - a slapped together hobble of faceless metal and brick buildings guarded by randomized entities - again, without any personality or story behind any of them. Contrast this with all of the amazing scripted wonder of earlier game soldiers, even going back to MGS1 and Meryl's guards.

    Want to play a mission? Here, watch this same exact helicopter ride for the 50th time.

    Combat, gameplay, etc, etc it's good solid sure. Fun to play. But what's the motivation for playing? What am I doing in this world, who am I? What's my goal, who is giving me my missions?    … Expand
  54. jerrymimus
    Sep 4, 2016
    0
    This game deserves a 0 because it had so much potential and in the end of the day delivered nothing but frustration due to stupid inclusions in the game. First of all the open world is empty..there is nothing to do in it whatsoever but run to your next objective which is incredibly tedious. The creator of the game has such an inflated ego about the metal gear brand and the little tussle heThis game deserves a 0 because it had so much potential and in the end of the day delivered nothing but frustration due to stupid inclusions in the game. First of all the open world is empty..there is nothing to do in it whatsoever but run to your next objective which is incredibly tedious. The creator of the game has such an inflated ego about the metal gear brand and the little tussle he had with konami that he has put credits in the begining and end of every single mission saying it is a hideo kojima game..every single time...the charachters lack depth compared to previous games, the missions are exactly the same thing every single time.. whats worse is that when you get to chapter 2 you have to repeat the exact same missions from chapter 1 on a harder stealth difficulty..no new missions.. just the same old rubbish you did in the first chapter. The game is the worst in the metal gear franchise and it is so bad that I am left wondering what its creator was thinking and how it can have such a high score. The worst is that you have in game purchases and need to wait around 40minutes for an upgrade to your weapons or items. Pathetic game. **** it to hell… Expand
  55. phoenix31a
    Sep 17, 2015
    2
    I will say that the open world concept was novel and was impressively done, but it lent a hand to ruining the game as a whole. Because you are forced into your helicopter between each mission, the game feels entirely disjointed. There is little linear progress through the otherwise impressive world that fans of the series have come to expect. Just as things begin to get interesting, youI will say that the open world concept was novel and was impressively done, but it lent a hand to ruining the game as a whole. Because you are forced into your helicopter between each mission, the game feels entirely disjointed. There is little linear progress through the otherwise impressive world that fans of the series have come to expect. Just as things begin to get interesting, you are presented with a "to be continued" message during a cutscene, then find yourself riding in the helicopter once more, completely pulling the viewer out of whatever immersion they were experiencing. In addition, I found myself wondering what I should be doing next at certain points because there was no story mission available. I then relegated myself to doing side missions until Ocelot tells me I had better get back to base for whatever comes next.

    By the time I had completed the game, I simply didn't care about the characters, the story, or to continue with the repetitive nature of the missions. NO spoilers, but the ending of the game was entirely disappointing. It took me a short while to realize that there was in fact no additional content. The story line simply does not resolve itself.

    For the enjoyable open world concept, I give 2 points.

    For the lack of a compelling story, depth of character, progression in the MG world, broken-up gameplay, non-linearity, and complete lack of an ending, I award it zero (additional) points, and may God have mercy upon it's soul.    … Expand
  56. User3
    Jul 27, 2017
    0
    Somebody should have put this franchise out of its misery a long time ago. MGS1 was good, MGS2 had a stupid over-the-top story, MGS3 had tedious gameplay with heals etc, MGS4 had totally jumped the shark and MGS5 has to deal with the baggage of all the previous games while adding more dumb stuff of its own.
  57. Seton315
    Dec 3, 2015
    1
    Terrible awful game with defect that does not allow the user to save game progress after hours invested in game play. Avoid this game it is not worth the frustration. By the way, yet another reason to purchase physical discs that can be returned because they are defective instead of downloading from the PlayStation Store which will not allow refunds of defective games.
  58. fhl
    Sep 20, 2015
    0
    As a fan of MGS1, MGS2, MGS3 I'm very disappointed of this game. I tried to like it but I can't. Here the list of some annoying/bad things:
    repetitive missions;
    annoying open world; the helicopter usage is so boring and annoying, you'll lose a lot of time; you must lose extra time to farm resources/soldiers or you can't go on. People are blinded by graphics nowadays and can't get    As a fan of MGS1, MGS2, MGS3 I'm very disappointed of this game. I tried to like it but I can't. Here the list of some annoying/bad things:
    repetitive missions;
    annoying open world;
    the helicopter usage is so boring and annoying, you'll lose a lot of time;
    you must lose extra time to farm resources/soldiers or you can't go on.
    People are blinded by graphics nowadays and can't get which games are good or not. If you are a fan of open world games/MGS (especially 1,2,3), this is not the game you looking for.    … Expand
  59. 3dYoumad
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    So 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 andSo 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 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.

    Thanks for reading me.    … Expand
  60. collector773354
    Sep 20, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a huge and long time fan of Metal Gear I am for once truly disappointed. I'll start with the only good thing this game has, the gameplay. The freedom to decide on how to tackle a mission is great. The buddy system is a new and useful addition. Being able to use vehicles is fun and all the equipment available gives the gameplay a high level of variety. Snake moves as smooth as he never did before and his new CQC and sneaking moves were long awaited for. Rebuilding mother base is rewarding but it just needed to be more lively. There is nothing much to do, while the idroid has too much to do. The open-world is not the problem, but the repetitive areas and missions are. What I think would have worked is set open sandbox areas to go to.
    Metal Gear is a game built by the story and everything else follows it, but not this time. It seems all the key elements that define Metal gear have been taken away to appease to the majority of gamers that are only entertained with shooting. I've always felt that Metal Gear was one of those few games that was moving the gaming industry to evolve into art and no longer just be an entertainment medium. For this franchise in particular, the story drives the gameplay and gives it meaning. As much as the gameplay is fun it soon falls stale because there is no story to give you purpose to continue on.
    Codec calls and cut scenes can be skipped so there was no reason to rip away more pieces of metal gear. I wonder why there can't be an even balance of cut scenes and gameplay to make the best Metal Gear possible. The game was advertised as the missing link to the saga, the story of what led Big Boss to descend into a darker path and start Outer Heaven. Revenge was suppose to be a big theme but only Miller portrays it. The real Big Boss is not even there to seek revenge with his own hands. Instead we get to be his double, in this story that doesn't add anything important to the Metal Gear saga. The shrapnel in his head is suppose to depict his change into a demon but nothing truly happens in the story to make him one. I think the story would have been better if we would play as both the real and fake Big Boss as they worked together to seek revenge and bring the rise of Outer Heaven. It would have given more room to include a larger cast of characters such as Gray Fox, Naomi, etc. The game is already set in Africa why not add more of Metal Gear history for us to see? Then it makes no sense to me that Big Boss would agree to use the Medic to be his double without consent. Big Boss was used himself in previous history and I find hard to believe he would do that when he believes soldiers deserve better, hence Outer Heaven.
    Epic boss battles are missing, which Skull Face should have been one. Skull Face's motives are not really portrayed and he seemed to have great potential to be a purposeful villain. Volgin's appearance should have been only to torment the real Big Boss and maybe Ocelot, it has no meaning for any other character. Metal Gear always has its large cast of characters and this time it lacks that. If there was a good story to tell, Quiet would have had more potential to shine. Wearing almost nothing wasn't necessary either, even with her powers she could have at least worn shorts. Eli is just thrown out there with not much focus either and the same goes for Psycho Mantis.
    Instead of chapters, the game should have just kept running in episodes, with Skull Face and Metal Gear ST-84 being the epic finale. Big Boss should have been shown taking in child soldiers and actually training them for Outer Heaven, therefore showing him change. The chapter where Diamond Dog soldiers must be killed to stop the spread of the parasites definitely could have been more dramatic. You only kill a few in the short chapter and Snake is not shown to be utterly broken by having the blood of his comrades in his hands. It also would have been more impactful if Skull Face would have done this rather than Huey. The need for revenge would have gone more deeper. As history repeating itself is a theme of Metal Gear, Huey would have been just fine as the scientist who was used, for old Metal Gear sake. The way it happens in the game, Huey should have been killed but was not to avoid a time paradox.
    Overall, the themes of revenge and race and rarely felt in the game. Then to add to the negativity, pieces of the game were not included like the famous Mission 51. Cut scenes shown in some of the trailers are not in the game. This game had nothing meaningful to say (maybe that explains the lack of dialog) or show as the previous ones. It was a long wait for this game, much anticipated because it is the last one, only to end up in shock with what we actually got. A Metal Gear game that doesn't feel like one at all. I am left wondering what happened between Konami and Kojima that lead to the ruin this game. In the end for me, Metal Gear will always be my #1 game but I say goodbye with sadness instead of happiness    … Expand
  61. objectivelytrue
    Dec 10, 2015
    4
    This is an awful letdown, kept alive in reviews by one of those sonic-tier fanbases dedicated to tirelessly trolling by reporting reviews for honesty and upvoting reviews for blatant lies. It's as incoherent and poorly written as usual, but no longer has the humor that justified garbage dialogue. The gameplay is an improvement over earlier MGS titles, but the campaign is idioticallyThis is an awful letdown, kept alive in reviews by one of those sonic-tier fanbases dedicated to tirelessly trolling by reporting reviews for honesty and upvoting reviews for blatant lies. It's as incoherent and poorly written as usual, but no longer has the humor that justified garbage dialogue. The gameplay is an improvement over earlier MGS titles, but the campaign is idiotically designed. Virtually every feature outside of sneaking and shooting is an absolute waste.

    The best part about this game, is they fired the douche who took credit for ruining it.    … Expand
  62. BillyJ
    Dec 3, 2015
    4
    This game is not metal gear. It's something completely different. It reminds me of more of a VR mission game. Where you do the same repetitive things over and over.

    There is no story, and from what there is, it is extremely weak. Cancer Patient forth stage weak. There is no connection with any of the characters. You have no bond towards Otocon, like in the previous metal Gears, The    This game is not metal gear. It's something completely different. It reminds me of more of a VR mission game. Where you do the same repetitive things over and over.

    There is no story, and from what there is, it is extremely weak. Cancer Patient forth stage weak.
    There is no connection with any of the characters. You have no bond towards Otocon, like in the previous metal Gears,
    The boss fights were non existent - The last boss fight was a absolute joke. I get it Kojima Metal Godzilla scares you.
    Quiet's character... Seriously... No wonder women think gamers think this way.

    It felt like a incomplete game. I don't understand why so many people give this game a free pass. It is absolute garbage in its release state. I remember when MGS 2 came out. All my friends were upset that they had to play as raiden, everyone wanted to play snake.

    Now I laugh and think, at least that game still held true to the original formula.    … Expand
  63. orkinen
    Apr 21, 2016
    3
    Yo tenía muchas espectativas sobre éste juego , pero se me cayeron al suelo cuando comencé a jugarlo.. lo que menos me gustó fué la jugablidad , una gran dificultad para controlar al personaje muy duficultoso , aunque los gráficos sean espectaculares la jugab lo es tanto.. prefiero el MGS 4 o el Metal gear rising
  64. UrGameSucks
    Sep 14, 2015
    4
    Pros: Quiet boss fight, It's fun until it's repetitive, constructing motherbase

    Cons: Repetitive, Samey environments, Boring enemies, Boring story (lack thereof), tarrible characters.
  65. Savante
    Sep 14, 2015
    1
    Without a doubt, this is the worst MGS game. It had so much potential, gameplay, rpg elements were great and I thought "I'm about to play the best MGS" when I started playing. But lack of content ruined it all. Gameplay gets boring after a while playing same missions over and over again. Story is non-existent. In first chapter of the game, story progresses slowly, and in second chapter ofWithout a doubt, this is the worst MGS game. It had so much potential, gameplay, rpg elements were great and I thought "I'm about to play the best MGS" when I started playing. But lack of content ruined it all. Gameplay gets boring after a while playing same missions over and over again. Story is non-existent. In first chapter of the game, story progresses slowly, and in second chapter of the game story stops progressing alltogether. Then all of a sudden, game drops the "twist" ending as a 'flashback mission' out of nowhere, and without any connection with story progress.
    Besides story and repetitive gameplay, another "flaw" is that in my opinion, our character almost never talks. And when Snake meets a character, Quiet who actually never talks, in a cutscene, it was way too awkard when they stare each other for five minutes    … Expand
  66. AntiKojima
    Sep 12, 2015
    4
    Sry Kojiwood but this game is a failure or just a test object for the Fox Engine. After playing over 50 hours i am very disapointed i feel like kojima has destroyed the whole MGS franchise for me.

    This game is terrible! Where are the large Military Bases? Did anyone see Tanks, BMPs in Story Missions on Patrol? - STORY - Map Design - Empty World - Bossfights??! - No one talks -    Sry Kojiwood but this game is a failure or just a test object for the Fox Engine. After playing over 50 hours i am very disapointed i feel like kojima has destroyed the whole MGS franchise for me.

    This game is terrible! Where are the large Military Bases? Did anyone see Tanks, BMPs in Story Missions on Patrol?

    - STORY
    - Map Design
    - Empty World
    - Bossfights??!
    - No one talks
    - The Mainops feels like a big Sideop    … Expand
  67. angry_farmer
    May 27, 2020
    0
    ridiculous missions, intrusive cut scenes, bad gameplay...if this wasn't a metal gear game it would be trashed all over the internet
  68. masterchief247
    Nov 16, 2015
    3
    Never played a Metal Gear game, but rented this to give it a try. Frankly, having not played any prior, you will have no idea what is going on. So the story for me is a problem. Graphics are current gen, but I am tired of games getting a free pass JUST for having good graphics these days. As for the game play, I found it clunky. Shooting is hit or miss. The AI are like superNever played a Metal Gear game, but rented this to give it a try. Frankly, having not played any prior, you will have no idea what is going on. So the story for me is a problem. Graphics are current gen, but I am tired of games getting a free pass JUST for having good graphics these days. As for the game play, I found it clunky. Shooting is hit or miss. The AI are like super soldiers. You show an inch of yourself, and BOOM!! You take tons of damage. Not fair. As for the goals of the game, this is basically Far Cry in a different skin. You'll spend an hour in scripted "on-rails" movie scenes and pointless nonsense before the actual game even begins. Once it does, you ride around a boring landscape to different camps, of which, you really have idea why you are doing this. Boring. Wasn't for me.… Expand
  69. 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
  70. nermack
    Sep 10, 2015
    0
    The game had a LONG but great prologue. After that on the first mission the hell began. You are on a horse that you can not call. So you get off run to a base, kill everyone. Then the time of day changes and they all re-spawn. Then you go get your horse and the game starts spamming you with fame -10 fame -10. You have to shut down the game to get it to stop and reload but then everythingThe game had a LONG but great prologue. After that on the first mission the hell began. You are on a horse that you can not call. So you get off run to a base, kill everyone. Then the time of day changes and they all re-spawn. Then you go get your horse and the game starts spamming you with fame -10 fame -10. You have to shut down the game to get it to stop and reload but then everything is messed up because you can not save only auto save. Worst game i have ever played. Returned for refund.… Expand
  71. laimer_pro
    Apr 1, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Неудобный интерфейс управления , не могу быстро переключится между оружием , нету в этой игре скиллового убийства простая механика убийств , монстры которые незнаю откуда нарисовались короче игра сделана под консоль .… Expand
  72. Ninja_Se7eN
    Nov 9, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. MGSV is an OK game but a terrible Metal Gear.
    Open world mechanics are nice but a bit crude, expect a LOT of map recycling (I've literally lost count of the times the game made me infiltrate OKB Zero...).

    The story is absolutely terrible. The game was supposed to be the missing link between Peace Walker and the first Metal Gear and it fails completely in that respect.
    The game DOES NOT link you the first Metal Gear.
    In fact after one of the endings you find out that everything you've been doing doesn’t really matter to the story because [MAJOR SPOILER WARNING] you're not playing with Big Boss at all. The real Big Boss is somewhere else actually linking the story with the first Metal Gear but you never get to see it...    … Expand
  73. Iluvatar21
    Jan 2, 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.
  74. Minicubo
    Feb 24, 2018
    0
    es la mejor mierda que he jugado despue del thomas y sus amigo siempre es lo mismo y metal gear survive es mejor
  75. epistm87
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    The plot twist is ridiculously terrible very mediocre game that's also occasionally awful This is the worst Metal Gear in the series most of the time is spent just traversing to predetermined destinations
  76. Vexille
    Dec 9, 2019
    0
    Good ideas, but the gameplay and the game itself are pure crap with the Kojima flag on top of it just to sell more copies.
  77. xG4M3R4LYF3x
    Nov 1, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The twist sucks alot. Like alot alot. Its really bad. So bad i don't even know what to say… Expand
  78. videogamingtown
    Nov 3, 2022
    0
    I hate the mission select format it kills all immersion , this isn't a metal gear game that i loved through childhood.
  79. Kadirov
    Jan 4, 2021
    0
    Я уверяю вас - вы уже играли в эту игру несколько сотен раз, даже если вы никогда её не запускали. Просто вас ждёт тот же самый геймплей, что и тысячах других подобных игр. Как в это говно наиграть более 20 минут - мне не ясно. Меня не хватило и на 10, я просто не мог терпеть этот уебищный геймплей, мне было плохо, я альт-табался каждые 2 минуты от скуки, чтобы в очередной раз проверитьЯ уверяю вас - вы уже играли в эту игру несколько сотен раз, даже если вы никогда её не запускали. Просто вас ждёт тот же самый геймплей, что и тысячах других подобных игр. Как в это говно наиграть более 20 минут - мне не ясно. Меня не хватило и на 10, я просто не мог терпеть этот уебищный геймплей, мне было плохо, я альт-табался каждые 2 минуты от скуки, чтобы в очередной раз проверить соц-сети.… Expand
  80. Chrisabc
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay is basically a constant repetition. And the part with the child soldiers just seemed like some crazed 14-year old animé-fan wrote it.… Expand
  81. Gamepro3093
    Apr 12, 2020
    1
    Must play?! Yeah right! All you need to know is that the only good part of this game is chapter 1. The rest sucks Ocelots revolver. It’s basically one of the single most repetitive and boring games ever where the boring and tedious gameplay supersedes the plot. The plot is probably the weakest of the series. Yes, more weak than Big Boss hatching a scheme to kill his operatives to falsifyMust play?! Yeah right! All you need to know is that the only good part of this game is chapter 1. The rest sucks Ocelots revolver. It’s basically one of the single most repetitive and boring games ever where the boring and tedious gameplay supersedes the plot. The plot is probably the weakest of the series. Yes, more weak than Big Boss hatching a scheme to kill his operatives to falsify documents or having to kill your own mentor as a secret ploy for the CIA to use you killing her to prevent world war 3. This game also messes up the already convoluted timeline by suddenly saying the Big Boss you fought in Metal Gear was a “Phantom “. Something never mentioned before in the roughly 30 years to the date of this games release in any of the previous games. Not even in 4 by the man himself. No no. He acts entirely like he was there twice. Don’t waste over 60 hours of your time on this lazy cash grab.… Expand
  82. yurivital
    Mar 25, 2022
    3
    Not a metal gear game...is a peace of **** open world. Please...bring back the real metal gear.
  83. kryzak
    Nov 27, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I know the MGS series require a certain taste in video games, and I did enjoy MGS IV, even though those cutscenes were a bit long and dragged on a bit. After seeing how good the reviews were for MGS V, I got it. The intro was definitely interesting but after a few hours of playing the game, it was not only frustrating because the controls weren't very precise (hit a bottle and the entire complex discovered me) or the fights weren't that interesting. The story got even weirder and I gave up after about 5 or so hours of playing it. This is definitely NOT a must play and you gotta really LOVE the series to like this game.… Expand
  84. SplitMind
    Apr 30, 2020
    4
    This game is simply awful. I have my grievances with all MGS games but I played them all the way through. In this one I rage quit before I even finished the hospital section. I spent more time looking at loading screens and cut scenes than I did playing the game. Plus my character kept walking forward of his own volition, rendering the game near unplayable in itself. Avoid this wastelandThis game is simply awful. I have my grievances with all MGS games but I played them all the way through. In this one I rage quit before I even finished the hospital section. I spent more time looking at loading screens and cut scenes than I did playing the game. Plus my character kept walking forward of his own volition, rendering the game near unplayable in itself. Avoid this wasteland of disappointment, even though it looks nice.… Expand
  85. Mindurbidniss
    Aug 15, 2023
    3
    The level of repetition here will have you burnt out in this game within the first hour. Essentially keep visiting the same few maps with a different objective each time. There also seems to be a story somewhere in here, but it's so lackluster and threadbare that you'll be playing for the gameplay alone. Spoiler alert, this game plays like it's on the PS3. Stiff movement and controls breakThe level of repetition here will have you burnt out in this game within the first hour. Essentially keep visiting the same few maps with a different objective each time. There also seems to be a story somewhere in here, but it's so lackluster and threadbare that you'll be playing for the gameplay alone. Spoiler alert, this game plays like it's on the PS3. Stiff movement and controls break any sense of immersion you feel. Also the empty, open worlds offer nothing of interest but eye candy. Overall this game is such a disappointment and glaring step down from the established franchise. Finally, there's no true ending. It was cut content, so that pretty much gives you an idea of what you're getting here as far as quality.… Expand
  86. yaminotenshi
    Dec 19, 2020
    4
    the game is devastating boring and repetitive, the story is just stupid, with weak characters and lame plot. the open world is completely empty, and there is literally nothing to do, except hiding behind rocks waiting the alarm goes down.

    really tedious game.
  87. CeLeBusk
    Apr 14, 2020
    4
    I opened the game was watching retarded unskippable and supper slow cinematic for half an hour, then I slammed my desk and deleted the game...
  88. MeshariAmz
    Apr 15, 2020
    4
    Diassapointing end for one of the most great series of game viedo.
    Became an unrelated missions.
    I expect it foucus on the big boss familly story. Snake liqued solidus
  89. MissDove
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    It's not ok for a full priced game to include micro-transactions that affect main story progress. What's even less ok, is finding out about said microtransactions AFTER buying the game because neither the game nor the reviews warn you about them.
  90. lucker0k
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    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.    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.
  91. NoneUser
    Jul 16, 2020
    4
    В геймплейном плане игра отличная, однако, помимо этого имеет гору недостатков:
    - Половины сюжета, как и миссий в игре нет, их просто забыли добавить, так же как и концовку.
    - Игра принуждает к донату: если вы заходите разрабатывать новые интересные гаджеты на поздних этапах игры, вам понадобятся хорошие сотрудники или большая их численность. Но в игре есть большая проблема с хорошими    В геймплейном плане игра отличная, однако, помимо этого имеет гору недостатков:
    - Половины сюжета, как и миссий в игре нет, их просто забыли добавить, так же как и концовку.
    - Игра принуждает к донату: если вы заходите разрабатывать новые интересные гаджеты на поздних этапах игры, вам понадобятся хорошие сотрудники или большая их численность. Но в игре есть большая проблема с хорошими сотрудниками - их почти невозможно получить без многочасового фарма. Если же вы решитесь брать количеством, а не качеством - вас ждет полтора месяца ожидания, пока вам накапает ГБ монет на постройку новой акватории. Ахуенное геймплейное решение.
    - Разработка новых гаджетов может занимать до целой реальной недели. Знаете почему? Чтобы вы донатили на ускорение разработки.
    - В онлайн режиме наблюдаются бесконечные баги и вылеты: охраники могут спавниться у вас за спиной, видеть вас через стены, очки за прохождение миссий фоб могут не начисляться, а миссии по проникновению на чужую базу просто вылетают во время их прохождения - без причины, просто потому что у Конами отвратительные сервера.
    - Баланс в онлайн режиме ужасный - невозможно найти соперника с подходящим тебе уровнем базы, постоянно попадаются люди, у которых уровень базы ниже твоей на уровней 20-30.
    Итого: Одиночная игра получается 5/10, так как это половина игры, а онлайн режим ФОБ - 3/10 из-за идиотов, которые решили запихнуть в платную игру донат и этим сломали баланс. Общая оценка 4/10, геймплейно игра великолепна, но в остальных аспектах - всё плохо.    … Expand
  92. giopi
    Jul 24, 2020
    4
    El juego de sigilo es bueno, pero ya no es juego de metal gear. Siento que perdieron la vision de la franquicia por las ganas de innovar, si la gente lo que buscaba en MG era una buena historia, acá no se va a encontrar.
  93. psyctor88
    Mar 24, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kojima is a **** makes us start all over again the gigantic missions when we die, it makes us very angry, why don't you give the option to save your child at any time from a disgraced prostitute?… Expand
  94. KeylorCR2005
    Jul 17, 2021
    0
    Un juego que si no es un metal gear habitual es un juego que disfrutas siendo fan de la saga o no la historia entretenida sin muchos revueltos y el final que explica muchas preguntas pasadas de la franquisia
  95. Pokemonmaster3
    Feb 10, 2021
    1
    I was crouched behind a wall and he stood up slightly to look at his phone, leading to my detection by the enemy. Why the hell would you stand up to look at your phone. That is the most retarded thing I have ever thought of in my entire life.
  96. Xpem
    Mar 10, 2022
    4
    A primeira parte é até boa, daria uns 7 para ela. Mas a segunda parte é uma repetição da segunda, só que mais difícil. Isso torna as missões que já sao meio limitadas em voce invadir um determinado lugar, ainda mais cansativas e frustrantes. O mapa aberto é morto, e toda vez que voce quer se deslocar, equipar outra arma ou ir para uma próxima missão, tem que chamar um helicóptero e esperarA primeira parte é até boa, daria uns 7 para ela. Mas a segunda parte é uma repetição da segunda, só que mais difícil. Isso torna as missões que já sao meio limitadas em voce invadir um determinado lugar, ainda mais cansativas e frustrantes. O mapa aberto é morto, e toda vez que voce quer se deslocar, equipar outra arma ou ir para uma próxima missão, tem que chamar um helicóptero e esperar a boa vontade dele vir te pegar. Em resumo: Inicio bom, 8 horas boas jogando, mas depois é só enrolação. Não entendo como elogiam tanto um jogo tão cheio de falhas.… Expand
  97. Robephiles
    Jul 27, 2022
    3
    to be honest here, this is the only Metal Gear game I have ever played, and it probably isn't the place to start. However, I am going to say that the thing that killed this game for me was its pretentiousness. The opening segment in the hospital was one of the most tedious things I have ever been forced to play in a game, and the fact that it forces you to do it as the opening isto be honest here, this is the only Metal Gear game I have ever played, and it probably isn't the place to start. However, I am going to say that the thing that killed this game for me was its pretentiousness. The opening segment in the hospital was one of the most tedious things I have ever been forced to play in a game, and the fact that it forces you to do it as the opening is unforgivable.

    The thing I couldn;t stand about the game is the incredible pretentiousness coupled with its utter vacousness. After playing this game, I pormised myself to never play a Kojima game again, though I sometimes get tempted to play Death Stranding, because ir looks so weird. The dude doesn;t know how to get out of his own way.

    I did love the actual stealth gameplay of the game, but the base part of the game made it unbearbale me, and I had to endure unskippable cutscenes and incredibly clueless sexiest treatment of female characters. I just couldn;t do it.    … Expand
  98. Realistic123456
    Nov 3, 2022
    0
    Game is ok at one point but then its absolute unrealistic garbage. Imagine things happens like when enemy sees you and shoot you threw tent and your tank flips over a fist size rock u get nerve break down.I really tolerate game bulls*it but this one got it to the top!!!!!!!!!!@
  99. Dannyex10
    Nov 8, 2022
    4
    very good missions, well done combat system and good graphics but the open world feels dead and can make you melancholy
  100. somovbiu
    Jun 30, 2023
    4
    First of all, if you have to play this game, then watch video guides for every mission, it's really not worth it to explore, this game doesn't reward you for exploration, and if you don't read guides, you are gonna be stuck.

    For a stealth-heavy game, it sucks: - Most of the missions are time-sensitive, you can't just sit back and make plans to take out enemies silently. The game    First of all, if you have to play this game, then watch video guides for every mission, it's really not worth it to explore, this game doesn't reward you for exploration, and if you don't read guides, you are gonna be stuck.

    For a stealth-heavy game, it sucks:

    - Most of the missions are time-sensitive, you can't just sit back and make plans to take out enemies silently. The game doesn't tell you about the time limit, but after a while, it will fail.
    - The dumbest way to take cover: face the camera to the wall and push forward. which leads to the next dumbest point
    - If you are close to an enemy, you need to take cover and then use binoculars. If you just prone and take out your binoculars you'll be seen. Makes no f-ing sense whatsoever.
    - You can't change equipment on the run. You have to stupidly wait for the supply drop. Not to mention choosing the supply is a pain the ass. What the F is the excuse for not pausing the game when using iDroid if we are playing offline?
    - sliding down the pipe will kill you, why the F implement it then?

    For non-stealth missions, it sucks even harder, most of the missions need one kind of gimmick or another. Nothing is intuitive and nothing makes sense.

    This game is developed by a Japanese freak, I don't even want to name him. You play one of his games, you play them all. They are all complicated in the same way, yet they are all wonky in the same way.    … Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 86 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 84 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 86
  3. Negative: 0 out of 86
  1. Polygon
    Dec 3, 2015
    90
    If this is where Kojima does finally leave the series he created, it will be a bittersweet send-off, both for Big Boss and one of gaming's most intriguing auteurs.
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  2. Time
    Nov 10, 2015
    100
    The holy grail of world-building games, it’s argued, is a black box that lets players do as they like with minimal handholding. Pliability with just the right measure of accountability. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, a tactical stealth simulation wrapped in a colossal resource management puzzle inside a love letter to theatrical inscrutability, comes the closest of any game I’ve yet played to realizing that ideal.
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  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Nov 5, 2015
    91
    There’s no denying the Game of the Year potential of The Phantom Pain. The campaign is absolutely massive, it’s almost too much to cope. That being said, Chapter II is a huge let-down and feels like artificial padding. Still, this is about as good as tactical espionage operations can get in a video game. [Oct 2015]
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