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. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. yuanfanz
    Aug 10, 2020
    0
    Not playing a game, more like watching a movie, a bad one. Camera angle is ridiculous to move around.
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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!!!!!!!!!!@
  21. 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.
  22. mitertc73
    May 14, 2023
    0
    this game is plain sttupid and really horrible, i can not understand how this crap could be liked by even a single person ?????
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Universal acclaim - based on 86 Critic Reviews

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  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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