Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

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8.2

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  1. Pwnographyz
    Sep 7, 2015
    10
    I've never ever had a Gameplay like this in any Game ever, the extremely many possibilities u're offered finishing a Mission. This was the first MGS for me, didn't played any others, I've never been gripped that hard into a Story like this one. There are so many 'wait, don't tell me this is poss... THIS IS POSSIBLE?!' moments. Also the hundreds of small details put in the Game gets a smileI've never ever had a Gameplay like this in any Game ever, the extremely many possibilities u're offered finishing a Mission. This was the first MGS for me, didn't played any others, I've never been gripped that hard into a Story like this one. There are so many 'wait, don't tell me this is poss... THIS IS POSSIBLE?!' moments. Also the hundreds of small details put in the Game gets a smile into my face. By far the most fun game I've ever played. 120 hours into currently. 81% Finished.… Expand
  2. RockmasteR
    Nov 5, 2015
    9
    ok, first of all let's get something out of the way, I hate Stealth, I really do, waiting for 10 or 15 minutes just to make a move, is not my favorite thing to do, but here I am, playing MGSV, and oh GOD I'm loving it, the freedom this games gives you to do your missions is what makes this game shines, you can equip yourself with the deadliest weapons enter a base and start a killingok, first of all let's get something out of the way, I hate Stealth, I really do, waiting for 10 or 15 minutes just to make a move, is not my favorite thing to do, but here I am, playing MGSV, and oh GOD I'm loving it, the freedom this games gives you to do your missions is what makes this game shines, you can equip yourself with the deadliest weapons enter a base and start a killing spree, or you can choose a stealthy way and interrogate the enemy to get information and put them to sleep or extract them or even kill them, or you can do both, start stealthy and end in a killing spree, and what I'm talking about here is just missions and did not talked about free roaming which is freedom at its best, so if you are a stealth fan go grab the game, if you are a MGS fan you already grabbed the game, and if you really do hate stealth, try this game before and I think you'll like it and get it just like I did...… Expand
  3. nezj29
    Apr 26, 2016
    10
    This game is amazing point blank period. The attention to detail the replay value the story the side missons this game is the best next gen game period. There is so many different things and ways you can go about playing this game it just blows my mind. And it really puts your brains snd skills to the test. People giving this game average scores do not know a masterpiece if it slapped themThis game is amazing point blank period. The attention to detail the replay value the story the side missons this game is the best next gen game period. There is so many different things and ways you can go about playing this game it just blows my mind. And it really puts your brains snd skills to the test. People giving this game average scores do not know a masterpiece if it slapped them in the face and that is what this game truly is i rarely come on here to score games but this is a stand out and it needs to be treated as such… Expand
  4. joaopontesvaz
    Oct 7, 2015
    10
    Graphics: 10 Sound: 10 Gameplay: 10 Fun/Story: 10

    A huge game. Directly to my all time top 10 games, if not top 5... It deserves the number 10 like Ocarina, RE4, Metroid Prime, GTA V or Goldeneye. In my opinion the open world favored this type of game. The infiltration feeling and freedom is near perfection. The guns and the amount of items to develop, missions, side ops, Mother Base,    Graphics: 10 Sound: 10 Gameplay: 10 Fun/Story: 10

    A huge game. Directly to my all time top 10 games, if not top 5... It deserves the number 10 like Ocarina, RE4, Metroid Prime, GTA V or Goldeneye. In my opinion the open world favored this type of game. The infiltration feeling and freedom is near perfection. The guns and the amount of items to develop, missions, side ops, Mother Base, post end missions, partners, ..., give a great dimension and replay value. Thanks H. Kojima.    … Expand
  5. MaximumD
    Dec 1, 2015
    9
    I'll have to say that this game does feel like more of a Metal Gear Spinoff that a true Metal Gear game. However, that's great for me, because my 2 favorite in the series were Peacewalker (the remake for ps3) and MGS3. This game is more along the lines of those two, offering much more freedom than the standard MSG formula of moving through a room and watching a 30 minute cutscene followedI'll have to say that this game does feel like more of a Metal Gear Spinoff that a true Metal Gear game. However, that's great for me, because my 2 favorite in the series were Peacewalker (the remake for ps3) and MGS3. This game is more along the lines of those two, offering much more freedom than the standard MSG formula of moving through a room and watching a 30 minute cutscene followed by a 15 minute codec conversation. Don't get me wrong, all MGS games have been stellar, but I found MGS4 and 2 to be the worst as it offered the most limited gameplay and terribly long cutscenes.

    That being said, for 60$ or less depending on when you get it, the bang for your buck is astounding. Go on missions, free roam, or do side ops while building up your base, with an option to further things with the online portion which is also pretty robust. The story is fleshed out with long casette tape recordings so if you want in on it, play the tapes. Or don't, it's up to you. I love the freedom. After completing about a 2 hour session of missions and free roaming (extracting specialists for my base and scrouging for precious supplies) I sat and listened to a few tapes on the way back to Mother Base to fill in the story a bit. Everything you do in the field has an impact on your base and while the world is a little sparse, it's really all about infiltrating outposts and finding stuff to extract and build your resources. The amount of weapon variations and gadgets is huge and once you start cruising with R&D you won't even know what to do with all the possibilities at hand. Also, having buddies come with you on missions to build trust is also essential and really enhances the gameplay. Any hey, if you don't feel like stealthing it and just want to blow **** up, you can do that too. The controls are as tight as any game I've played on new gen thus far, so you can shoot it out with high caliber weapons if you so desire. Or go ahead and call in that support chopper to rain hell as you sit back and enjoy the view from a hilltop with your horse.

    Gameplay is emergent and things happen that you would not expect. You can do things that seem logical and they work, like shining a flash light at a guard with night vision which will blind them. Leave an unconscious guard on a bed and no one will notice, or they stop and complain that they are lazy, lol. I recently had an incident where I deeply infiltrated a base to extract a specialist, but as I pick him up to carry him out I was spotted. I booked up a cliff under heavy fire I noticed he got clipped a couple of times by his buddies. I thought nothing of it, except that when I tried to extract him out he was dead, lol. That sucks but at least it makes sense. Stuff like this that you don't expect frequently happens during gameplay. For instance, guards can clearly see you from a long distance during the day, but they have rely on spotlights and flashlights at night, so doing missions in the dark is logically much easier. Other times they will shoot flares out in an effort to spot you. Simply put, things feel natural and if you think you can do it, you probably can actually. If you put on green camo, you hide better in tall green grass. Put on the yellow camo and you hide better in the desert. It makes sense and the game doesn't need to explain it to you.

    The one thing that detracts from all this though is the addition of boundaries at certain places. You can climb a cliff as long there is a crack, but sometimes you can't traverse up a 5 foot high stone for instance. It's kind of distracting when it happens. Another thing, for some reason soldiers sometimes act really dumb and I'm wondering if they don't all have there own hidden skill levels. Every once in a while you will see them make some stupid decisions. Also, sneaking around in a box has always been ludicrous, but it's a staple of series at this point but I choose not to use it too much. I guess no game is perfect, but overall gameplay wise this might be the deepest game I've come across yet.

    Tell ya what, if you liked Peacewalker just get the game and you won't regret. The lack of major cutscenes in the game is a little jarring if your a fan of MGS4, but otherwise the game is superb. It's not like there are no cutscenes, it's just that they are not as developed and snake barely says anything in them.

    My one ohter disappointment is that there a clear lack of boss battles like some of the legendary ones in games past. Those were the highlights of previous games but they are almost non-existent here or are completely underwhelming. You won't any find battles like the one against Psycho mantis or The end,etc. So I have to knock the game down a notch to 9 because of that, but hey it's already got plenty of straight 10s    … Expand
  6. MickMiko
    Nov 8, 2015
    10
    Como cada Metal Gear es un juego increible, le falta la historia de los demas pero en jugabilidad es la mejor , el mejor juego del año y de muchos años , gracias Lord Kojima
  7. roman_emperor
    Oct 1, 2015
    10
    I really love what Hideo Kojima did with this game. He finally gave me the open world I always wanted in a Metal Gear game. The ability to tackle a challenge from any angle is fun. I like how you can gather intel and hope that you didn't miss anything. Surprises can lead to death and constant frustration. The chicken hat is humiliating but fun if you want to get some good in game footage.I really love what Hideo Kojima did with this game. He finally gave me the open world I always wanted in a Metal Gear game. The ability to tackle a challenge from any angle is fun. I like how you can gather intel and hope that you didn't miss anything. Surprises can lead to death and constant frustration. The chicken hat is humiliating but fun if you want to get some good in game footage.

    The game does adapt to your behavior. If the engine begins to notice that you like running mission in the dark, the next time you return to an area, you will find that the enemy is equipped with night vision goggles. If you like running in an going guns blazing, the game will throw heavily armored guys at with shotguns to knock you off your ass. If you like hanging back and sniping. You will find more snipers hanging around. The games mechanics are just so varied. As you progress and unlock new goodies, you change your tactics as wells.

    I'm just patiently waiting for Mother Forward Base Operation and Metal Gear Online. I have a group of friend I will cause mayhem with.    … Expand
  8. Batman2752
    Sep 24, 2015
    10
    I have been with metal gear sense the beginning. So believe me when I tell you this is one of the best metal gear games by far only rivaled by snake eater. This is the best farewell gift Kojima could ever give us!
  9. bryan016
    Mar 17, 2016
    5
    Am I playing the same game as everyone else?

    The game isn't even finished and even though there are well over a hundred missions, they are all the same, literally. This game is very similar to MGS2 except for time period and your character undergoes spoiler plastic surgery. The character is never given a chance to develop and become evil or venom snake. The gameplay is great yes, but it    Am I playing the same game as everyone else?

    The game isn't even finished and even though there are well over a hundred missions, they are all the same, literally. This game is very similar to MGS2 except for time period and your character undergoes spoiler plastic surgery. The character is never given a chance to develop and become evil or venom snake. The gameplay is great yes, but it is the same as MGS4 gameplay so I don't see what all the hype is about. Also, this game's open world idea should have never been created. Just wasn't met to be for this game, what a waste of 5 years of development this game was and I had such high expectations for this game.

    Pros:
    Great gameplay even though it is exactly like MGS4
    Great soundtrack
    Great variety of weapons
    Great introduction
    Beautiful graphics

    Bad:
    Where is the story?
    Short and repetitive missions
    The bloody chopper rides are just tiring
    Is there even a story worth mentioning here
    Where is the rest of the game
    Characters are never given a chance to develop
    Same missions that are repetitive    … Expand
  10. Blaxpupas
    Mar 16, 2016
    9
    Boss, congratulations! One Metal Gear that strikes with an assom gameplay and open world, but story, performaance... aren't very good but, i just think its assom.
  11. 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.
  12. dagoldberg
    Sep 1, 2015
    10
    Really an amazing game. By far the best i have played on PS4 so far. Its wacky, has a ton to do, and the story is pretty good too. The game is challenging and i really dont have much to complain about!
  13. Aryandaddy
    Sep 1, 2015
    10
    The game is very good with amazing graphics, good voice acting, perfect smart game and enjoyable story. This will probably be the game of the year I enjoyed it even more than the Witcher 3 and Batman Arkham
    Knight!
  14. brandog0
    Sep 1, 2015
    9
    wow, this game has so much content it blows my mind, the graphics are fantastic, and it even has weather affects. I don't know how well the ps3 and 360 versions run but I doubt it looks as pretty as the current gen versions because there is just so much going on at once in this game. Also voice acting is fantastic i mean im one of the few who love/prefer Keifers voice for Big Boss overwow, this game has so much content it blows my mind, the graphics are fantastic, and it even has weather affects. I don't know how well the ps3 and 360 versions run but I doubt it looks as pretty as the current gen versions because there is just so much going on at once in this game. Also voice acting is fantastic i mean im one of the few who love/prefer Keifers voice for Big Boss over Davids even tho David is better when it comes to young boss and solid snake. I havent gotten far story wise but i can already tell this is a 10/10 already and I just beat the prologue. if you're a true metal gear fan, you have to get this game! also its a Hideo Kojima game, just in case you didn't know ;)… Expand
  15. TsukasaHiiragi
    Sep 10, 2015
    5
    Metal Gear Solid V: TPP has a dirty and terrible secret that needs to be exposed, especially after Konami lied to everyone about how F.O.B would work, and that the FOBS would be optional, and you could disable invasions but these features was cut and made mandatory - What that means for the player is that anyone can invade, steal your soldiers/resources/GMP at anytime whether your onlineMetal Gear Solid V: TPP has a dirty and terrible secret that needs to be exposed, especially after Konami lied to everyone about how F.O.B would work, and that the FOBS would be optional, and you could disable invasions but these features was cut and made mandatory - What that means for the player is that anyone can invade, steal your soldiers/resources/GMP at anytime whether your online or offline, this directly affects your SINGLE player experience, imagine you go on vacation for a week and find out your missing most of your troops and all your GMP?

    Alot of the more paranoid players, the ones who'll stay up for days at a time will most likely kill themselves to stop players from raiding their bases.

    The FOB invasions are already a mess with hackers usings CEs - Konami, your fall from grace is astounding here, Lets also talk about the microtransactions the FOB have, and that MSG5 most likely will go directly into P2W areas, to make matters worse that will still affect your SinglePlayer game, and indeed progress.

    The research tree is also directly impacted and designed that you HAVE to invest into FOBS if you want to better gear since your base is restricted at 700 personnel so naturally it doesn't take a genius to figure out that you need the extra bases to increase the amount of people you can have which increases the rank of your equipment.

    MGSV is a good game thats ruined by all of these forced online components after Mission 22. Sure, people have mention you can attempt to stay offline permanently, but then you'll miss out on the daily bonuses (think fish + bait here) and what about patching the game? Once you log back into the game for any reason, all the damage is applied retroactively so instantly you could lose everything. Right now, there are supposedly ways around this by backing up several files - but this might be patched so the player cannot do this soon.

    There are many posts about it now, with this being a COMMON theme-

    ""
    Play offline

    While the online multiplayer mode of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has you constructing a Forward Operating Base (FOB) to which you can allocate soldiers and resources, it also leaves you open to attack from other players even if you're offline. What this means is, you can lose your top Mother Base staff that you spent time and energy capturing, even when you're not playing the game or in online mode. Simply pause the game and disconnect from it as soon as you start and ensure you do so before the end of mission 22 to prevent being forced to build an FOB and take part in a game mode that's more detrimental than it should be. Hopefully Konami patches this mode to make invasions from other players optional. ""    … Expand
  16. Heavy_Boab
    Sep 4, 2015
    10
    A fitting installation to a crazy series. In my opinion they have got the game play right this time. I've always felt MGS was slow with is mechanics and you had to be very methodical with your approach, the more action orientated mechanic really works well and compliments the stealth mechanics nicely.

    Micromanaging your motherbase is a nice way to take a break from all the action. I    A fitting installation to a crazy series. In my opinion they have got the game play right this time. I've always felt MGS was slow with is mechanics and you had to be very methodical with your approach, the more action orientated mechanic really works well and compliments the stealth mechanics nicely.

    Micromanaging your motherbase is a nice way to take a break from all the action. I really enjoy assigning staff to particular roles and sending them out on missions to get more rewards.

    I could say more but I'd be rambling about my love for this game.

    A fitting swan song for Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear.    … Expand
  17. SK747
    Sep 1, 2015
    8
    I got a chance to play and finish this early in my country. The only negative points were pacing issues, some repetition and inconsistencies with gameplay, and not as much development as I'd like for Big Boss. I like the base management and dark themes but I can understand these things aren't for everyone. Other than that it's a fantastic game with great presentation and insane gameplay.I got a chance to play and finish this early in my country. The only negative points were pacing issues, some repetition and inconsistencies with gameplay, and not as much development as I'd like for Big Boss. I like the base management and dark themes but I can understand these things aren't for everyone. Other than that it's a fantastic game with great presentation and insane gameplay. It merges the best stuff from all MGS and improves on all of them.… Expand
  18. 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?
  19. mrcollaborator
    Sep 10, 2015
    10
    A fitting ending to the metal gear saga. The gameplay is brilliant. Much more freedom than before. This leads to a story that is a bit more spread out over several missions. But every second of it is enjoyable. Spent an entire week, just getting through the story. Still only at 50%. Worth every penny.
  20. snick
    Sep 5, 2015
    10
    Massive, complex, challenging, deep, ambitious and innovative, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is more than a mere video game, it's a life devoted to the medium. A game for the ages.
  21. daytoneous
    Sep 9, 2015
    10
    This game has been receiving quite a bit of hate for the lack of story and the massive change in gameplay. Critics scores are high yet user scores are low. As a self professed huge Metal Gear Solid fan (seriously guys I have every game, as well as put over 500 hours into each) I must say that I was massively excited for this game. I have never been more excited for anything in my life.This game has been receiving quite a bit of hate for the lack of story and the massive change in gameplay. Critics scores are high yet user scores are low. As a self professed huge Metal Gear Solid fan (seriously guys I have every game, as well as put over 500 hours into each) I must say that I was massively excited for this game. I have never been more excited for anything in my life. They day it came out was euphoric for me, I could not believe that the day had finally come where I would not only get another Metal Gear Solid, but the final Metal Gear Solid. I was expecting massive story which would be highly emotional and mind-bending. I was expecting a gigantic world with smooth gameplay, and a game which is overall fun and a masterpiece... and you know what, thats exactly what I got.
    Gameplay
    It goes without saying that the gameplay is the best in the series. This is the only part of the game that everyone agrees on. The game feels so smooth it must be illegal. The shooting from all guns feels firm like a real gun, but light making it easy to shoot. The sneaking feels like you are in your own movie and most of the time the mission will play out like a grand action sequence in a movie where you are the star. Everything ties together and feels magnificent. There isn't much more to say other than, this game is worth it's 60 dollars alone for how fun it is and there is so much content on top of that. I can easily see myself putting hundreds of hours into it. As a final statement on the gameplay, I must say I felt completely in control the entire time. These grand action sequences were on par with something like Uncharted's scenes of grand mayhem and cinematic glory, except, in Metal Gear Solid V, the scenes were because of my choices, and my choices would have to get me out. This is something extraordinary which I have never seen a game do before. Suffice to say gameplay blew me away.
    Story
    This is the controversial one, the one that some people makes or breaks the game. For me, it made it. At first I was very disappointed at how after that glorious opening, the cutscenes calmed down and frankly left me without a story for about 3 hours. I almost hated it for what had happened, I almost gave this game a 7/10, but the game's story started to kick up dust again, and it was glorious. The games story really start to rank up at the end of the first part of Afghanistan, most people say there are less cutscenes and subsequently less story, but this is simply not true. If you look at the amount of cutscenes altogether, its the same as something like MGS 3 but just more spread out since the game is longer, and the story is not told as much through cutscenes (which are beautiful by the way) and more through audio peaces after missions telling you what happened and cassette tapes which give that famous MGS dialogue and deliver gut punching revelations. Some people think this was a stupid way of doing but I disagree. Yes I miss the extremely cinematic cutscenes but this new way of doing it makes it so if you don't like cutscenes and are new to the MGS franchise, you are not burdened with a huge amount of them, and the cassette tapes can be listened to while on long horseback rides giving you insight into the story while you ride. And the twist, oh the twist, it is game changing and it will make you scratch your head while you ponder it.
    Tone
    The tone is extremely dark while keeping that signature Metal Gear silliness. It as always, handles heavy topics like child soldiers with grace. Sometimes the more serious moments make the silly moments seem a little to silly but this is the case with every Metal Gear game.
    Conclusion
    The game is presented very cleanly and feels and looks incredible if any game deserves praise it is this one. This game is incredible in every way and deserves your money.
    10/10    … Expand
  22. KJosey
    Sep 2, 2015
    10
    Figured this game was going to be a little polarizing with the open world aspect and the reduction of cut scenes...me included in that. However, I've spent over 50 hours with this game so far. I'm tired. My eyes hurt. My hands are near deformity. Yet, I still want to play more. The game play is unbelievable, the amount of REAL content is fantastic (not running around opening randomFigured this game was going to be a little polarizing with the open world aspect and the reduction of cut scenes...me included in that. However, I've spent over 50 hours with this game so far. I'm tired. My eyes hurt. My hands are near deformity. Yet, I still want to play more. The game play is unbelievable, the amount of REAL content is fantastic (not running around opening random treasure chests or "animus" fragments), the visuals are impressive...I could go on and on.

    The low scores are from idiots. It's that simple. If you're not a Metal Gear fan, you might not get the inside jokes and the peculiar oddities that crop up during the game, but I highly recommend this game to anyone with the cash to afford it. You can adjust practically any setting to make your play-through as easy or as difficult as you want and you can replay your missions over and over at any point (The Witcher 3 could learn from this) to improve your score, find all the goodies, and get that S-rank.

    I can't tell you if the story is good or not. This is a story that has been continuing for almost 30 years. You can accept the great parts with the cheesy parts or not. I will say that I enjoyed the story in this game better than any other MGS game, except maybe MGS1 (and I think that's due to nostalgia more than anything). The voice acting is absolutely terrific all around.

    PRO TIP: Turn off the camera shake under options. I was seriously getting a headache from it and it's my only true complaint.

    Seriously, play this game. Then send me hate mail because you spent money buying other Metal Gear games because I got hooked on the series. Happy gaming.    … Expand
  23. thegadfly44
    Sep 26, 2015
    9
    I had to scale my initial review back a bit. This game is absolutely amazing, worth every penny of 60 bucks. the graphics are awesome, it's a lot of fun to play, the story is engaging it's just about perfect.

    The reason I had to scale my initial review of a 10 out of 10 back is because of the repeated story missions. They literally force you to replay missions you've already beat at    I had to scale my initial review back a bit. This game is absolutely amazing, worth every penny of 60 bucks. the graphics are awesome, it's a lot of fun to play, the story is engaging it's just about perfect.

    The reason I had to scale my initial review of a 10 out of 10 back is because of the repeated story missions. They literally force you to replay missions you've already beat at harder difficulties to progress. This was a really dumb design choice and I have no idea what Kojima was thinking. What they should have done instead is just allowed you to go back and replay those missions on harder difficulties if you wanted to. With the way it is this was an obvious ploy to extend the amount of missions available and pad out game time. Something that wasn't even needed as the game without these "extra" missions would have been amazing anyway.    … Expand
  24. Mcfly69
    Sep 3, 2015
    6
    Well here it is, I was so excited about this game, I've played every Metal Gear from PS2 and up and have always enjoyed them. Metal Gear 5 is NOTHING like the past Metal Gears, you're in a open world and you pick your missions? NOOO that's not what Metal Gear is about, I loved these games because of the intense and interesting storyline with missions that went with the storyline, MG5 isWell here it is, I was so excited about this game, I've played every Metal Gear from PS2 and up and have always enjoyed them. Metal Gear 5 is NOTHING like the past Metal Gears, you're in a open world and you pick your missions? NOOO that's not what Metal Gear is about, I loved these games because of the intense and interesting storyline with missions that went with the storyline, MG5 is not like that and pretty much should be called Far Cry 5.. So disappointed :( you messed up on this one Kojima… Expand
  25. GiftofGab
    Sep 4, 2015
    10
    I've put somewhere in the ballpark of 15-20 hours into this game and my initial reaction is that this is the GOTY so far. Hands down.

    Pros: -Finally a game that doesn't treat players like idiots and allows the player to attack any sort of situation as they choose. Want to play it like a traditional MGS game and stealthily accomplish the mission? Check. Want to aggressively charge into    I've put somewhere in the ballpark of 15-20 hours into this game and my initial reaction is that this is the GOTY so far. Hands down.

    Pros:
    -Finally a game that doesn't treat players like idiots and allows the player to attack any sort of situation as they choose. Want to play it like a traditional MGS game and stealthily accomplish the mission? Check. Want to aggressively charge into a base and cause mayhem? Check.
    -Buddy system adds an additional dynamic to fit most players play styles.
    -The most visually stunning game to release on the PS4 so far.
    -Large open world with an abundance of side quests and main story missions
    -In depth base expansion, staff management, and weapon development.
    -Smooth framerate with no drops

    Cons:
    -While the enemy AI is mostly spot on, there are a few instances in which they will blindly walk feet from your position and at the very worst will pause and get closer to see if they can find you.
    -The overall story is very good, but can be overwhelming/disjointed for people who are new to the series.

    All in all, this is an absolute must buy as it could very well be one of the best open world games to come out in a long, long time.    … Expand
  26. Ynja
    Sep 3, 2015
    10
    Kojima kept me waiting, huh?

    But in the end, it was worth the while. I've never been so hyped to a game since GTA V and TLOU.

    I thank him for this masterpiece.
  27. JustinTheDivine
    Sep 3, 2015
    10
    Konami can delete Kojima off the boxart, but they can't delete me. A Hideo Kojima Game. A Hideo Kojima Game. Rip off Kagemasa's arm so he can feel The Phantom Pain. A Hideo Kojima Game. A Hideo Kojima Game. Written by Hideo Kojima, directed by Hideo Kojima, produced by Hideo Kojima, loved by Hideo Kojima. And it's also the greatest game of all time.
  28. chescone
    Sep 4, 2015
    10
    This is the best game of the last 5 years. it's a Masterpiece by a real craftsman, Hideo Kojima. Don't pay attention the the bad reviews from users, there is a review from a guy who didn't even get past the prologue.
    This is the most freedom you'll ever get in a video game. No other open world is like this. You can DO whatever you want to get the mission done. It's Amazing. Plus, you get    This is the best game of the last 5 years. it's a Masterpiece by a real craftsman, Hideo Kojima. Don't pay attention the the bad reviews from users, there is a review from a guy who didn't even get past the prologue.
    This is the most freedom you'll ever get in a video game. No other open world is like this. You can DO whatever you want to get the mission done. It's Amazing. Plus, you get to play Hideo Kojima's farewell to his greatest creation. Metal Gear Solid.    … Expand
  29. JJota
    Sep 29, 2015
    10
    The best game of this generation, and other masterpiece of the Master or Samurai Hideo Kojima...all the charisma and elements of the visionary producer are intact here, in your last game for Konami. Almost perfect, and serious candidate for the GOTY...on side of Batman Arkham Knight, of course.
  30. AhmadAlsumain
    Nov 14, 2015
    10
    This is everything you would want in a metal gear game. Plus more. The only complaints I have about this is the lack of epic moments and long cutscenes.
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Metascore
93

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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