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. arostislavna
    Dec 1, 2021
    7
    Good, but an unfinished product and marred by Kojima & KONAMI office warfare.

    Upon playing this game a lot, AI is incomplete and incredibly exploitable as well.

    A real shame that this was the end of the Metal Gear franchise.
  2. progamerjoe
    Nov 20, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. probly the best game ive ever played. all you need to do is play it. the game has the most relistic sceens everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr… Expand
  3. Tvdor47
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    This is some good stuff, the gameplay is just incredible and the story is good too... but the gameplay mmmmm the best, ya gotta play this (I like the cassette thing too cuz you can listen to the final countdown in the game while doing a mission)
  4. 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
  5. Itssshazams
    Nov 16, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was actually perfect story perfect for a game in 2015 that was pretty good kojima put alot of time in the cinematics and the camera movement Metal gear never made me disappointed and the perfect series for anyone The story so far was so good the ending was really shocking but any other characters like skull face,ocelot,kaz,snake,big boss and quite was perfect i hope they get kojima back to complete the story and the series but the story wasn’t a disappointment Mgsv tpp made me thing about how many good games could we get in the future Thank u for spending time to read my review. … Expand
  6. LiveFox
    Nov 13, 2021
    9
    Epic gameplay. Would be a 10/10, but I think it’s missing an ending… ;P
  7. khoitran101507
    Oct 22, 2021
    10
    I have nothing to say ...............................................................
  8. Bioreactor1987
    Oct 19, 2021
    10
    Это грёбаный шедевр. Прошел и на пк на старте и на пс4 позднее.
    Сюжет прекрасен! Катсцены прекрасны! Геймплей прекрасен! Квает прекрасна! Музыка прекрасна! Стелс прекрасен! Всё прекрасно! Ну, кроме конами...
    Да, гринда много, но если играть базу, то вообще пофиг. Каждый зафултоненый солдат = кайф! Я прям упоролся в развитие базы. Потом были вторжения на базы других игроков... И это тоже    Это грёбаный шедевр. Прошел и на пк на старте и на пс4 позднее.
    Сюжет прекрасен! Катсцены прекрасны! Геймплей прекрасен! Квает прекрасна! Музыка прекрасна! Стелс прекрасен! Всё прекрасно! Ну, кроме конами...
    Да, гринда много, но если играть базу, то вообще пофиг. Каждый зафултоненый солдат = кайф! Я прям упоролся в развитие базы. Потом были вторжения на базы других игроков... И это тоже кайф!
    Совет тем, кто играет в первый раз, сначала сюжетка и только по необходимости гринд. Не стоит от неё отвлекаться.

    Из минусов:
    Конечно же увольнение Кодзимы...
    Вырезанная последняя глава... Из-за чего игра как-будто обрывается на полуслове.
    На старте я и куча народа, независимо от платформы, не могли поиграть в онлайн. Их кормили странной ошибкой. Хз как это решилось, но щас в онлайн пускает...Тока там никого нет уже...    … Expand
  9. Badr90s
    Sep 26, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a PS4 masterpiece, the best in the series in terms of gameplay/mechanics, genius diversity of controls and choices, the base building and recruting is complicated and fun, which gives the multiplayer the meaning it needs, the intro is the best I’ve ever seen in a video game, the smart/shocking plot twost ending makes you relise the greatness of this game and it’s plot, the characters, bossfights, soundtrack were all badass and great, not to mention the cassette dialog, long but never bored of it
    The chapter 2 had some reptitive missions as an error that should’ve not happened    … Expand
  10. LoveDeath
    Sep 17, 2021
    9
    No matter of Kojima likes the choices you make within the game or not, the extent of freedom you have gave a lot of inspiration.
  11. Dnische
    Sep 13, 2021
    10
    In this game you can magnetize enemies with prosthetic hand and then make them fall asleep with record of a lullaby. What else could gamer ask for?

    The only one good stealth sandbox, there is nothing similar on the market so far, unfortunately. However this game does have many flaws — uncompleted story, empty open-world, blank characters and etc. But execution of gameplay outweights    In this game you can magnetize enemies with prosthetic hand and then make them fall asleep with record of a lullaby. What else could gamer ask for?

    The only one good stealth sandbox, there is nothing similar on the market so far, unfortunately.

    However this game does have many flaws — uncompleted story, empty open-world, blank characters and etc. But execution of gameplay outweights all of them.

    Impartially The Phantom Pain deserves 8/10 but this game gave me hundreds of hours of incessant fun like no other game did, so 10/10    … Expand
  12. yangfanhong
    Sep 7, 2021
    8
    It is such a pity that the last few missions are just harder versions of the former ones. And the online features seem quite annoying to me. If there were no drawbacks above, it would have been a perfect game.
  13. Axelle_1
    Sep 6, 2021
    10
    прекрасная игра которая останется в памяти у меня на всегда
  14. 3diculous
    Sep 1, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a game V is pretty good.

    A mission by mission structure where you choose your loadout before each mission but unlike Peace Walker, for a cost, you can change your loadout mid-mission via supply drops by individually selecting an item or by calling in a pre-made loadout. Great for switching play styles without wasting too much time.
    The gameplay is great from the stealth aspects to the gunplay. I personally didn't use the reflex mode but it is a good addition to the game as it preserves the flow of sneaking through the large areas. I found it to take away some of the challange and if you're quick enough (or lucky) you don't need it ;)
    The difficulty is where it should be. Not a hard game but can get the better of you if you're complacent.

    As a story, for what little it has, it's just kinda meh.

    The game has one of the best openings as a long narrative sequence escaping a hospital thats being attacked by people that want you dead.
    But if you like this style of game then too bad! Go spend 30-50 hrs doing run around missions until the game feels like exposition dumping the rest of the narrative to you.
    Granted the missions aren't bad to play. But not even half of them need to exist as they have no real purpose in the story other then building up Diamond Dogs and "bringing the legand back to life". In other words: get money, kidnap solders, waste time (especially the repeat missions).    … Expand
  15. Obligaviews
    Sep 1, 2021
    7
    The game suffers from excessive traveling, then load times, then more traveling, and more load times. Story so far has been the best part of the game, but apparently that falls apart in the second half.

    The stealth mechanics are just passable, but important bits are broken. Wall hug/snap seems to have a 1/2 chance of working. You'll be crouch-walking at a wall, and Snake will just    The game suffers from excessive traveling, then load times, then more traveling, and more load times. Story so far has been the best part of the game, but apparently that falls apart in the second half.

    The stealth mechanics are just passable, but important bits are broken. Wall hug/snap seems to have a 1/2 chance of working. You'll be crouch-walking at a wall, and Snake will just happily pass right by and get himself spotted. Other times, you'll just be trying to sneak through a doorway, and Snake decides it's about time to get stuck on the edge of the frame. And again, you're spotted and have to restart. You cannot crawl under railings. Snake loves to slam doors open, even when you're crouch-walking through them. You cannot actually determine when an enemy will realistically see you or not based on things like lighting, stance, distance. It may as well just be random, as there's absolutely no consistency from what I've experienced. Enemies can only be 'held up' if you approach from behind, which again, makes absolutely no sense. Instead, you have to make your own workaround where you choke an enemy, let them go, and then hold them up, just to then tell them to lay down. All of this...or the developers could have just had a bit more common sense and let you 'hold up' enemies from the side and front if you get close enough.

    People calling this the greatest stealth game of all time are out of their minds. Of the dozens I've played so far, MGSV pretty much just average at best. You do get a lot of bang for your buck, but half of that bang isn't worth the time, honestly.    … Expand
  16. felipelucktt
    Aug 17, 2021
    8
    Um ótimo jogo do Kojima, com uma boa história, mas que infelizmente desliza na parte final.
  17. Sapstre
    Aug 17, 2021
    7
    The game is great on it's own, but it doesn't really live up to the Metal Gear Solid series. It doesn't really have much of a story compared to the other installments. You only really get anything out of the plot if you've played Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes.

    Ignoring the story however, it's pretty great. The gameplay is very fun and doesn't really get old. There's plenty to do, many    The game is great on it's own, but it doesn't really live up to the Metal Gear Solid series. It doesn't really have much of a story compared to the other installments. You only really get anything out of the plot if you've played Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes.

    Ignoring the story however, it's pretty great. The gameplay is very fun and doesn't really get old. There's plenty to do, many things to collect.

    If you aren't a Metal Gear fan, you'll find plenty of enjoyment out of it.
    If you are a Metal Gear fan, you'll probably still have fun but find yourself a little disappointed    … Expand
  18. luiznark
    Aug 17, 2021
    10
    Como todo MGS do Kojima é uma obra prima, este não poderia ser diferente! Excelente jogo!
  19. neolithicman
    Aug 4, 2021
    9
    Solid Snake 9

    This may be my entry to the Metal Gear franchise but it's one of my favorite game from the last generation. I can say it has a lot to do with Moby Dick book since i was reading prior playing this. I really immersed into the story.
  20. LuisitoroX
    Jul 21, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. yeah, it's a cool game. btw you know that We're no strangers to love, You know the rules and so do I
    A full commitment's what I'm thinking of, You wouldn't get this from any other guy
    I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling, Gotta make you understand    … Expand
  21. 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
  22. KirbyStar16
    Jul 4, 2021
    8
    Игра очень интересная но иногда бывает скучно но в целом игра хорошая жду продолжения
  23. FRIST_008
    Jun 14, 2021
    9
    Тот момент когда ты не ожидаешь от игры ничего, а получаешь одну из крутых игр и вселенный с кучей оригинальных идей
  24. Lec
    Jun 11, 2021
    9
    Un puto juegazo de principio a fin expecacular sólo superado por mgs4 y mgs3
  25. pharagonesia
    Jun 6, 2021
    5
    No idea how this game is highly rated. Resource scarcity in the world makes boring, highly repetitive grinding necessary, the ending is deeply dissatisfying, and the mechanics are a half-baked mess. Take the character's propensity to cling behind walls as one example of this game's many problems, among so many others. Kojima was trying to boost their game play hours instead of just makingNo idea how this game is highly rated. Resource scarcity in the world makes boring, highly repetitive grinding necessary, the ending is deeply dissatisfying, and the mechanics are a half-baked mess. Take the character's propensity to cling behind walls as one example of this game's many problems, among so many others. Kojima was trying to boost their game play hours instead of just making a polished, non-repetitive, non-grinding game that was fun. Miserable fail.… Expand
  26. Gatesby
    Jun 5, 2021
    9
    The ending almost made me cry. Game is fun, similaor to Peace Walker, but I'd like Peace Walker on MGSV engine better
  27. Volgingae
    May 31, 2021
    10
    THİS GAME İS PRETTY GOOD YEAH İ KNOW THİS GAME İS UNFİNİSHED BUT MGSV TPP İS GOOD GAME AND MUST PLAY JUST TRUST ME
  28. BIGBOSS28
    May 9, 2021
    10
    The game has its own problems, because of the conflict with Konami, the game was not finished, but nevertheless it gave me a lot of emotions on a solid 10!
  29. Dinerofresco
    May 5, 2021
    10
    one of the best games i have ever played, i thought the story was great, the gameplay was awesome, the only flaw i saw was the lifeless open world , big open world yet not much to do but repetitive boring side missions. but the main story makes up for it
  30. chrisse989
    Apr 26, 2021
    5
    +: it has excellent graphics

    -: opening level is meh, just brutal to be brutal
    Liked every MGS game before so I actually wanted to like it and kept playing for 5 hours, but I simply did not have (any) fun
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#1 Best PS4 Game of 2015
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2015

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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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