Metal Gear Survive

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 45 out of 70
  3. Negative: 10 out of 70
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  1. 4P.de
    Mar 11, 2018
    48
    A monotonous arcade survival experience with a few interesting ideas, but even more so a lot of mission recycling, tedious grind and impudent micro transactions.
  2. Impulsegamer
    Mar 5, 2018
    48
    Overall, Metal Gear Survive is an instantly forgettable, drab and insulting entry in the Metal Gear series that isn't worth your time.
  3. InsideGamer.nl
    Mar 4, 2018
    47
    This is a good try in doing a Metal Gear game without Hideo Kojima, but the game is simply not survival enough. The gameplay is pretty repetitive and we simply got bored way before the story ended.
  5. Gaming Age
    Mar 8, 2018
    42
    I can’t really suggest Metal Gear Survive to either Metal Gear fans or survival game fans. There are better options out there for both, and Metal Gear Survive provides little incentive. I can appreciate the idea of trying to make a Metal Gear sidestory work, but this is an abysmal first effort by Konami, and really adds another layer of tarnish to the whole Kojima exit.
  6. PlayStation Country
    Mar 11, 2018
    40
    Metal Gear Survive replaces the personality and heart of the Metal Gear franchise with plate spinning survival mechanics and a story that simply does not excite. There are some serviceable moments to find within the game, however the sense of tedium unfortunately overpowers the whole experience.
  7. Giant Bomb
    Mar 5, 2018
    40
    Metal Gear Survive is both a bad survival game and a bad Metal Gear game.
  8. Slant Magazine
    Mar 1, 2018
    40
    The game wastes an inordinate amount of time on exposition and, more regrettably, includes a microtransaction system so as to reach into players’ wallets.
  9. GameGrin
    Jul 12, 2019
    30
    Is Metal Gear Survive worth it? Oh yeah, totally. Game of the Year. Honestly, I don’t know why you haven’t bought it yet! Death Stranding won’t be able to compete with this. Sarcasm aside, don’t buy this game, just don’t. Yeah, the environments and visuals are kind of neato and the feeling of helplessness certainly comes across, but it’s just a clusterf**k.
  10. PlaySense
    Mar 5, 2018
    30
    It's a neat idea in and of itself, but Metal Gear Survive never truly lives up to the promise its concept holds. The stupid storyline, terrible AI and lacklustre gameplay make for a pretty horrible experience.
  11. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 17, 2018
    25
    Bland and mediocre gameplay. Ludicrous hunger and thirst meters which made this game practically unplayable, not to mention the “always online” feature, are what’s making this game a great candidate to avoid.
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  1. Eurogamer
    Feb 23, 2018
    Metal Gear's first post-Kojima outing plays fast and loose with the formula, with results that are equal parts brilliant and baffling.
  2. Kotaku
    Mar 7, 2018
    Metal Gear Survive’s team managed to make a game both bad to play and fascinating to examine. Survive finds itself in small moments but is lost to grinding, mindless gameplay.
  3. The Jimquisition
    Feb 21, 2018
    Metal Gear Survive is here, and it’s worse than I expected...I thought they’d at least TRY and make it feel like Metal Gear, but instead it truly is a derivative, irritating, bog-standard survival game...There was so much rubbish to laugh at I forgot to even mention the microtransactions!

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1.4

Overwhelming dislike- based on 1090 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 110 out of 1090
  2. Mixed: 43 out of 1090
  3. Negative: 937 out of 1090
  1. DannyChryst
    Apr 23, 2018
    0
    I created this Metacritic account just to review this flaming piece of garbage that Konami has thrown at us. It's official, the Metal GearI created this Metacritic account just to review this flaming piece of garbage that Konami has thrown at us. It's official, the Metal Gear Solid franchise is now DEAD and this game is the final nail in the coffin. Instead of getting a much needed conclusion to The Phantom Pain or even a reboot of the original Metal Gears, Konami decides to pull this stunt as a HUGE slap in the face to Kojima and MGS fans.

    This atrocity of a game is a strange tower-defense/Resident Evil hybrid with the Metal Gear name slapped on it. The beta was painful enough to endure and I absolutely refuse to devote any time or money to such an obvious cash grab. Not to mention the stupidly awkward gameplay mechanics, pointless objectives, and meaningless story that has almost zero connection to The Phantom Pain along with NONE of the major characters from that game either. They literally just copy-&-pasted the Afghanistan environment from MGSV which is pathetically lazy and cheap. Zombies are becoming such a tired and cliche concept so of course Konami decided to go down this route, forever tainting this landmark game franchise. Anyone who grew up playing MGS should be utterly appalled and disgusted by this shameless attempt for mass-marketing appeal.

    To make matters even worse, you have to pay for extra save slots, the game is filled with micro-transactions, and you have to be online at ALL times to even play the game. This is only adding insult to injury, plus it makes it that much more obvious that they only designed this game to suck as much money out of their consumers as possible. If the game wasn't already bad enough then this was definitely the icing on the cake.

    Metal Gear Solid did not need to become like Call of Duty, but I guess the big wigs at Konami decided they needed to milk this franchise while simultaneously destroying it. What's next, Metal Gear Dance Revolution? How much more embarassing can it get? I truly hate Konami for pumping out this piece of crap game, and I'll be saving my money for Kojima's next game Death Stranding which will be BRILLIANT and a million times better than this waste of data.    … Full Review »
  2. buttersweets
    Feb 21, 2018
    0
    Konami really missed a huge money making opportunity here by not charging extra for the un-installation file.
  3. FearlessYxY
    Feb 21, 2018
    1
    You need to pay 10$ to create more characters beyond your first one. Lol paying money for more save slots. A good joke
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