Metal Gear Survive

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1.4

Overwhelming dislike- based on 1090 Ratings

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  1. TatsMcGee
    Sep 8, 2018
    4
    What is Konami doing? What is the point of this game? This game is a sad cash grab attempt at making a quick buck. Konami is already in hot water with the whole the Kojima incident and then they pull this? The whole point of making this game was, “we spent ‘x’ amount of money on the Fox Engine and we’re going to get our money’s worth.

    The sad truth is, this is one of the worst games    What is Konami doing? What is the point of this game? This game is a sad cash grab attempt at making a quick buck. Konami is already in hot water with the whole the Kojima incident and then they pull this? The whole point of making this game was, “we spent ‘x’ amount of money on the Fox Engine and we’re going to get our money’s worth.

    The sad truth is, this is one of the worst games that I have ever played. Nothing about it is fun, it feels like it was intentionally designed to make you hate yourself. The games first hour is almost all cutscenes with a little bit of gameplay thrown in. The thing about it is, things are happening on the screen but not of its actually interesting. It felt like poorly written fan fiction that was trying so hard to link this game to previous Metal Gear games.

    The gameplay itself is not much fun, I personally don’t really like survival games, to begin with, and this seems like a bad survival game as well. First off, I never want to play a game where I have to regularly be drinking and eating to stay alive. I don’t want that, that’s too tedious and it’s not fun. It’s also a loot based game where you run around and loot everything. I like that kind of mechanic as long its quick but in Survive it takes too long to loot. You walk up to the item, you hold down square (I was playing on my PlayStation 4) for 5 and a half seconds and then you have the item. If you kill 20 enemies in an area and want to loot all of them, it’s going to take 2-3 minutes to do that. It may not sound like that big of a deal until you do that over and over again. Oddly enough, that ended up being my breaking point for this game.

    My simple suggestion is, stay away. I knew this game was getting poor reviews and it was not very popular and that made me curious. Now I know, it’s a bad game and this is one of the worst games I have played the last 3 years.    … Expand
  2. ShakesBeer
    Feb 16, 2021
    4
    What a bummer. As a fan of both MGS and sandbox survival, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t heard of this title. Just picked it up for $10, and it’s not even worth that much. The opener to the game is so brutally slow and nonsensical, it’s like they don’t even want you to play it. Then the robots who narrate everything speak at a snail’s pace, so I’m sure most of the game’s runtime is justWhat a bummer. As a fan of both MGS and sandbox survival, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t heard of this title. Just picked it up for $10, and it’s not even worth that much. The opener to the game is so brutally slow and nonsensical, it’s like they don’t even want you to play it. Then the robots who narrate everything speak at a snail’s pace, so I’m sure most of the game’s runtime is just listening to them talk. Once you can actually play, the game is interesting for 30 minutes but then reveals itself to be a totally uninspired, repetitive, boring experience. I wasn’t even motivated to get into the base building, and I love that stuff.

    Also... for some reason the MGS world involves portals? And the enemies are a cross between zombies and unicorns that wind up being much more weird than scary? If they wanted to do MGS survival, the recipe seems pretty simple: make it like snake eater, a soldier lost in the forest surrounded by tribal enemies or even zombies. But a totally wacko sci-fi hell portal full of dust storms? I just don’t get any of it.    … Expand
  3. C3realkillah
    Feb 28, 2018
    3
    Metal gear survive review:

    Believe the hate this game is BAD the game no one asked for has finally released and it's a boring game with elements that we've seen before in better games. It's just not fun to play. Graphics: with a powerful engine at their disposal you'd think the game would at Least look as good if not better than mgs5...you'd be wrong. The textures are bland and    Metal gear survive review:

    Believe the hate this game is BAD

    the game no one asked for has finally released and it's a boring game with elements that we've seen before in better games. It's just not fun to play.

    Graphics: with a powerful engine at their disposal you'd think the game would at Least look as good if not better than mgs5...you'd be wrong. The textures are bland and blurry, antialiaisng is a mess, and everything looks glossed over looking very plain and just unappealing to look at. Cutscenes are ok with some good camera angles but they pale in comparison to mgs5. Pretty disappointing graphics and effects.

    Story: the story tries to be deep and serious but it just comes off as cheesy and boring. Nothing that happened was interesting and I found myself eantintvto skip the boring scenes with these unappealing characters. Uninteresting story overall.

    Gameplay: it works... But it's just so damn boring. Everything you so in this game has been done in better games. Base building, weapon crafting, survival this and hunger elements, have all been seen before over and over again. In this game however they just drag down the experience and don't add anything new or exciting. Killing zombies isn't even that fun because their ai is stupid and they pose little threat. The gameplay works it's just tedious and boring

    Sound: some of the voicework is decent but the two ai bot voices are so monotone and slow it almost put me to sleep. Music is ok if forgettable and sound effects are decent. The worst is defintely the ai voicework though.

    Lasting appeal: if you like tedious and boring grinding than their is some content here but most people will be too frustrated and bored to even bother with this game

    Overall it's just not fun to play. Everything works and their aren't any technical issues but if it's a chore to play then what's the point? That's the games main problem not that it feels like a cheap cash grab on metal gear, not that it has where you have to pay $10 for extra save slots. No, it's the fact that the game is so damn boring and tedious to play.

    3/10    … Expand
  4. AlternActive
    Mar 5, 2018
    3
    While not as bad as most people are rating it... well, it's still pretty bad. This is NOT metal gear in any kind of way, other than graphics and game engine (and references). Heck, Ghost Babel in Game Boy IS metal gear. This says a lot.

    Very bad move konami. I'd say you shot yourselves on the foot, but it was more of a headshot. Do buy this game, when it goes on the budget bin. Even    While not as bad as most people are rating it... well, it's still pretty bad. This is NOT metal gear in any kind of way, other than graphics and game engine (and references). Heck, Ghost Babel in Game Boy IS metal gear. This says a lot.

    Very bad move konami. I'd say you shot yourselves on the foot, but it was more of a headshot.

    Do buy this game, when it goes on the budget bin. Even at $20 you're probably overpaying for what it a glorified MOD.    … Expand
  5. m1234
    Feb 20, 2018
    3
    the is fun at first three four hours but frankly speaking get boring later on because of the repetition. i would suggest don't buy it with this high price. it does not deserve. you may wait later until it very cheap (10-15 $). otherwise don't waste your money.
  6. 17_jrpg
    Feb 23, 2018
    3
    My reasons why I do not like Metal Gear Survive:
    1) I do not like online games, and this game forces me to stay online constantly, you can not be offline.
    2) I do not like cooperative multiplayer mode. I did not like that option either in Peace Walker. I prefer to play solo. 3) I do not like to play zombie games. 4) It does not look like a Metal Gear game at all - it's not like a    My reasons why I do not like Metal Gear Survive:
    1) I do not like online games, and this game forces me to stay online constantly, you can not be offline.
    2) I do not like cooperative multiplayer mode. I did not like that option either in Peace Walker. I prefer to play solo.
    3) I do not like to play zombie games.
    4) It does not look like a Metal Gear game at all - it's not like a predecessor. It just shares the same name.
    5) Microtransactions: you need to pay extra to make a new character or to get an extra save file, also you need to pay extra for some other components. Based on this you can conclude why MG Survive was not sold at full price.
    6) Very bad story, does not make any sense at all.
    7) It's repetitive. Each level is the same: defend the tower from the hordes of zombies.

    These are my seven reasons why I do not like MG Survive. Reasons have nothing to do with Kojima or Konami. The highest rating I can give to this game is 3 out of 10.

    This is the worst spin-off of Metal Gear series. Ghost Babel, Acid, Portable Ops and Rising are much better spin-offs than this game.

    It would be better if Konami completed MGS5 by making several more missions for MGS5 and thus shows how Punished "Venom" Snake formed the Outer Heaven, and thus directly connects the story of MGS5 with the original Metal Gear from 1987. And after completing MGS5, then Konami should make a remake of the original Metal Gear 1 and 2. Then make a remake of Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, 3 and 4 for the PS4. Would also like to see that Konami make a remake of Ghost Babel with Fox Engine, and to make a Metal Gear Rising 2 to show how Raiden became cyborg.    … Expand
  7. Lilahkiz
    Mar 10, 2018
    3
    $40 bucks for this!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??!? i don't even want to know what to say this game is an abomination to gaming period. I can't believe critics wiped their butts on this one and gave it a pass someone gave this game an 85 and said "its one of the most polished survival games out there" were you on cocaine man for someone to love this game and give it game of the year you need to be on$40 bucks for this!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??!? i don't even want to know what to say this game is an abomination to gaming period. I can't believe critics wiped their butts on this one and gave it a pass someone gave this game an 85 and said "its one of the most polished survival games out there" were you on cocaine man for someone to love this game and give it game of the year you need to be on multiple marijuana, Cocaine, Drink vomit and spit to love this game. This game has a truckload of microtransactions something as simple as a save data for 10 bucks FOR A FREAKIN SAVE DATA?!!?!?!?!?!?!?! how da heck in ballsa California did this rank 33rd best PS4 game of 2018 and 2nd most Discussed PS4 game of this year and top 5 of the best shared PS4 game. Overall overload microtransactions, Boring gameplay, boring story, and bland environment Konami pull your pants and underwear down and let me stick a huge bone to your butt on your body to your brains to kick back innovation in your head.(Correction there is some good SURPISINGLYY!!!!! someone at Konami had brains, that big critics never touched on because they want views.) you can farm to get food and water easier you can teleport to base have multiple gadgets and stuff, it not always foggy, you CAN level up your stamina but still its terrible do not buy. Final verdict 3/10… Expand
  8. 2JoshZee
    Feb 28, 2018
    3
    This is not the worst game, however it is a really bad one. $10 for a save slot should really tell us how bad the game is, however that is not all. It is a generic zombie survival open world game in a time where we have battle royale games. PUBG and Fortnite is certainly way better. So what do we get for the base game. Something that should be worth nothing pretty much. You have repetitiveThis is not the worst game, however it is a really bad one. $10 for a save slot should really tell us how bad the game is, however that is not all. It is a generic zombie survival open world game in a time where we have battle royale games. PUBG and Fortnite is certainly way better. So what do we get for the base game. Something that should be worth nothing pretty much. You have repetitive and boring gamplay, AI from a 2003 PS2 game, an awful ending, a story that jumps the shark. Most insultingly we are treated like idiots due to the slow speech we are given from the robots in the game. What are we three years old? Cutscenes are cheap and the game is just a bad mod for Metal Gear Solid V. It doesn't look outright ugly and the base defense can be fun but the fact that it has dust and dirt for an open world and nothing more diverse than that. How did we drop so low Konami, you are on a path for bankruptcy. Anyways that is why I give it a 3/10, hope this review was useful in some way.… Expand
  9. LoganMic
    Mar 13, 2018
    3
    It's not the worst thing ever created, but that doesn't mean it's any good either. Overall this game was extremely boring with no interesting mechanics that will keep it from getting stale. The only good thing about this game is that it ran well for me. But that is it.
  10. babyDoriscruzz
    Sep 14, 2019
    3
    What can i even say about this game? Not only that it turn out to be the desastrous lunch and a bigger of a disgrace spinoff for the entire franshise but also an insult to the loyal fans from the original metal gear till the Phantom Pain came out back in 2015. Screw KONAMI. Hope they can learn from this, big time.
  11. Zalabar22
    Feb 21, 2018
    2
    I cautiously awaited Metal Gear Survive and pre-ordered a few months ago. As the release date got closer, I requested the 20th off so I could play with a friend at launch. I did enjoy having a day off work, I however did not enjoy my time with Survive... The game looks and feels good, my only complaint is some of the controls differ from MGS:V and it took a few minutes to get used to. TheI cautiously awaited Metal Gear Survive and pre-ordered a few months ago. As the release date got closer, I requested the 20th off so I could play with a friend at launch. I did enjoy having a day off work, I however did not enjoy my time with Survive... The game looks and feels good, my only complaint is some of the controls differ from MGS:V and it took a few minutes to get used to. The music is just awful and generic, far from some of the epics fans of the Metal Gear series have come to expect. My friend and I had fun for a little bit learning what items to look for to build things and upgrade, but after about an hour we both started to get bored. There aren't many modes to mix the game up and as far as I can tell the bread and butter of the game is to win matches to get new gear to slightly upgrade your character to take on harder missions. It's a slog to unlock any useful items made even more tedious by the repetitive and uninspired tower defense/survival gameplay. The gameplay feels unpolished and it's missing most if not all the Kojima flair fans of the series have come to expect. After about 4 hours of playing, my friend and I swapped over to Monster Hunter World to take a break and I've honestly only played maybe a total of 2 or 3 hours more of MGS:S since. Maybe wait for this game to go on sale, it definitely feels like it could have been a $15-$20 Phantom Pain dlc. If the game gets any substantial updates that improve the experience I might come back to update my review, but I can see this game being a casual play for most with very few hours of fun to be had.… Expand
  12. TinyTomCruise
    Feb 26, 2018
    2
    Everything from the microtransactions, to the terrible gameplay and tedious design is a big middle finger to what mgs used to be.

    **** you Konami
  13. adamadam63
    Feb 28, 2018
    2
    Very mediocre. Lots of repetition and none of the "Metal gear magic." Also has many microtransaction elements for BASIC game functions like save slots and inventory spaces. Feels more like a decent, free MGS5 mod with free-to-play microtransactions than a full game!
  14. Rider95
    Jul 8, 2018
    2
    The game is mediocre at best (as a stand alone game) but as a Metal Gear game it's really bad, even if it is just a spin off it's still bad, and what pissed me off the most is the inclusion of the scene from MGS V Ground Zero at the beginning...like why?
  15. yertre
    Feb 10, 2021
    2
    And yet another series I loved died painfully. Why, Konami? Why do I have to pay for save slots? Why is the game this repetitive? Why is the game THIS much of a bugfest? Why couldn't you be bothered to make some semi-functional AI in a AAA game released in 2018?

    I hope you're happy, Konami. You've successfully ruined Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Contra and your reputation. Conrats.
  16. Nubosis
    Feb 28, 2018
    1
    The game is boring, you have to grind aprox 15 hours to get things going and then, it´s more of the same, you want a good survival game go buy state of decay, thats an awesome game, this is not fun and on top of it all... 9.90 usd to get a second save slot? wtf, with a 1 im givin away to much score.
  17. steelgrey75
    Sep 11, 2020
    1
    I know it’s be out a while now, but I bought it on a psn sale for £6.99 and I’m amazed at how bad this game is. I’ve tried to get into it but I’m tired of seeing the server logging in messages and I can’t stand the constant verbal garbage reminding me to rest or eat. Has to be one of the worst games I have played for years.the game itself is boring, the melee combat is a joke and the worldI know it’s be out a while now, but I bought it on a psn sale for £6.99 and I’m amazed at how bad this game is. I’ve tried to get into it but I’m tired of seeing the server logging in messages and I can’t stand the constant verbal garbage reminding me to rest or eat. Has to be one of the worst games I have played for years.the game itself is boring, the melee combat is a joke and the world is horribly dull. 5 hours of playing it and it deleted, but compelled me enough to write this.… Expand
  18. Ekko
    Mar 6, 2018
    1
    I'm a big MGS fan and probably, from what I read on the interwebs, the only person willing to give this game a fighting chance. I know about the whole Konami-Kojima situation, but still, I like the series enough to let this convince me it was a good title. It isn't.
    1.: It's heavy, and I mean HEAVY on the microtransactions. I mean, check this: If you want to create a new player character    I'm a big MGS fan and probably, from what I read on the interwebs, the only person willing to give this game a fighting chance. I know about the whole Konami-Kojima situation, but still, I like the series enough to let this convince me it was a good title. It isn't.
    1.: It's heavy, and I mean HEAVY on the microtransactions. I mean, check this: If you want to create a new player character (like, in addition to your main one), you have to pay 10 real world Dollars to do so.
    2.: The gameplay seems clunky. It's just no fun. This is obviously the worst part. It just doesn't gel.
    3.: Zombies? I mean, yes, alternate timeline, and yes, this is still an entry in MGS, which did really questionable things itself long before this, but... Zombies. Apart from not fitting thematically at all with stock MGS themes, it's just lazy. Outright lazy and unimaginative. Everything else would have been better than Zombies.
    4.: For some unexplainable reason, the glorious looking graphics of MGSV's Fox Engine look watered down here. Washed out and lifeless. How? Why? No one knows. Also: They pretty much re-used most of the Afghanistan setting for this. While those were beautiful looking in MGSV, it's just comes across a little lazy in MGSurvive.
    5.: Game needs an online connection to survive. It's pretty much always online. Not a deal breaker for me, but for many others.
    6.: It just feels soul-less. Story wise, art wise. I reckon, that's because this is an uninspired cash grab that tries to milk the expensive existence of the Fox Engine one last time, before Konami calls it quits and goes pachinko all the way.

    I recommend to stay open minded and give this a try of you're a fan of the series. Form your own opinion. There have been people who liked MGSurvive. Keep in mind that most didn't, though, and try to test it somewhere, don't buy it blind. Chances of disappointment and regret are high with this one.    … Expand
  19. Tahdar
    Mar 15, 2018
    1
    It’s not metal gear. Lot of additional pays (save slot and others).
    It is a revenge from Konami to Kojima
  20. Fakk2
    Mar 25, 2018
    1
    Seriously, Metal Gear SURVIVE? This is the garbage that Konami can make without the mastermind, Hideo Kojima, behind the game, and it shows that Konami is in a world of hurt now that they got rid of their most talented artist, and game designer. This is now what we have to look forward to with Konami, and this is why the company will soon meet their demise. This game lacks ANYTHING at allSeriously, Metal Gear SURVIVE? This is the garbage that Konami can make without the mastermind, Hideo Kojima, behind the game, and it shows that Konami is in a world of hurt now that they got rid of their most talented artist, and game designer. This is now what we have to look forward to with Konami, and this is why the company will soon meet their demise. This game lacks ANYTHING at all that a Metal Gear game normally has, and it strips away all it can to make this as bare boned, and as heart-less as possible, all a while bringing in all the Microtransactions we all detest.

    Congratulations to Konami, for making what looks to be possibly THE worst game in their entire library of titles they ever made. I cannot even fathom what in the WORLD they were thinking when making this thing. I understand, Konami wants a cash cow, but without Kojima, Metal Gear will NEVER be that cash cow for Konami any longer. Konami will now be FORCED to make something of their OWN finally, and see where their OWN imagination takes them, because we now all can see that if Konami is in charge of the Metal Gear series without the magic of Hideo Kojima, it can only end up like this garbage presented with SURVIVE!

    With junk like this, I wonder how long Konami will SURVIVE? Not much longer i would assume...

    The game is crap, very bland, very boring, very repetitive, and has WAY to many issues with it to be considered anything but a $10 digital title. If they want more from this game, they should include EVERYTHING on the disc with ZERO microtransactions, and charge no more than $19.99 PERIOD!    … Expand
  21. HTGamer
    Feb 22, 2018
    1
    Metal Gear Survive is not a Metal Gear game. It's a hybrid tower defence/zombie horde game with the Metal Gear name slapped on it by a paranoid Konami, a company hell bent on destroying the Metal Gear series. They are quite successful so far in their endeavor, because Metal Gear Survive is dead on arrival.

    At first Metal Gear Survive feels a bit better than what you'd expect. There is a    Metal Gear Survive is not a Metal Gear game. It's a hybrid tower defence/zombie horde game with the Metal Gear name slapped on it by a paranoid Konami, a company hell bent on destroying the Metal Gear series. They are quite successful so far in their endeavor, because Metal Gear Survive is dead on arrival.

    At first Metal Gear Survive feels a bit better than what you'd expect. There is a lengthy introductory cut-scene taking place after Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes' ending, something which is designed to bait the Metal Gear fans that may be against the game's existence and accept it more easily. You start the game and encounter more zombies chasing you than in the Dead Rising games. Then you slowly start to learn the game's mechanics and complete a few missions. But after a while you realize the game's quite dull actually.

    Missions in Metal Gear Survive revolve mostly around the same pattern of setting up defenses and repel the waves of zombies who try to breach your base and destroy its core, while you are scavenging for resources between waves. It's a survival game, yes, but there are just TOO MANY things to care about at the same time. Build fortifications, find allies, procure materials, pick flowers, assemble weapons, find blueprints, manage ammo, hunt animals, and so on. Oh, did I mention the oxygen level, the hydration status, the hunger meter? You have to eat and drink or else your avatar suffers. Also the stamina bar depletes because you are just walking (whereas in Dark Souls and other games you consume stamina only when you sprint, dodge or attack). All these factors together are more of a nuisance than contributors to a better gameplay experience. There is also co-op for up to 4 players but it doesn't make the game any better.

    Metal Gear Survive is based on the same technology as the great Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain but somehow manages to look dull. Boring art style and enemies, non existent AI (oh yes, zombies are supposed to be mindless and dumb, but still), laughable boss fights (at least the 2 that I tried before I gave up and returned the game). Everything's been recycled from MGSV (art, map, textures, sound fx, animations, gameplay mechanics, etc.) yet it doesn't make for an equally great game.

    Metal Gear Survive's online-only. You can't play this game offline even in single player. It's also full of ridiculous (yet optional) microtransactions, which at least ain't that bad compared to Battlefront 2, there are no loot boxes (at least for now). Pay money to buy virtual coins and exchange them for XP boosters, or you can boost production of water, food, items, etc. Nothing bad, heh? Then how about having to pay $10 for the privilege to get an additional save slot (you only have one by default)!!!!!!1111 That's crazy.

    I award this game with 1/10. It should have been an absolute zero, but I respect the work of the Konami developers who were ordered by the company to make a Metal Gear game that is not really a Metal Gear game. They did the best they could with what they had been given, and I don't blame them because they were in danger of losing their jobs if they didn't comply. The only people at fault here are the Konami higher-ups, because they decided to release an awful, low-budget mod for MGSV as a new game priced at $40.

    Metal Gear fans should steer clear from Metal Gear Survive. Those looking for a survival/co-op game should also avoid this or at least try it before buying it.    … Expand
  22. miccael
    Mar 4, 2018
    1
    You need to spend 9.99 to buy a save slot.
    This is the worst game of 2018 so far. Whoever rates "positive" have no idea what games are.
    This game is a disgrace to METAL GEAR series
  23. EddieMaiden
    Feb 23, 2018
    1
    The problem is not only mgs or kojima, the problem comes from castlevania, silent hill,suikoden,contra, pachinko machines. Konami just went full retard and started **** up things since 2009+ onwards.
    Game is not bad, just mediocre at best, but i wont let konami keep doing what they want. Dont give them your money, thats the only way we can vote or make a difference. Be a smart    The problem is not only mgs or kojima, the problem comes from castlevania, silent hill,suikoden,contra, pachinko machines. Konami just went full retard and started **** up things since 2009+ onwards.
    Game is not bad, just mediocre at best, but i wont let konami keep doing what they want. Dont give them your money, thats the only way we can vote or make a difference. Be a smart gamer/consumer, evil companies feed from stupidity.    … Expand
  24. 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
  25. Pixelparrot
    Feb 24, 2018
    1
    You need to pay 10 bucks for a new save-file.
    Are you kidding me?
    This game is a joke.
  26. viniciusgeo
    Feb 20, 2018
    1
    The same engine of metal gear 5 ... with worse gameplay, and a lot of connection lag .. the music is awful and the enemies, dumb and dull, ... the graphics are great! does not deserve your money or your time...
  27. AShel
    Feb 22, 2018
    1
    TL;DR / The food/water system is a literal headache, annoying voice acting, disappointing coop, much too simple enemy AI, the co-op mode is not what Konami had marketed it as, poor game lore pacing There are more discrepancies in this game than in my sonic fanfic I wrote when I was 12.

    I gave this game a fair shake at 6-8 hours of playing.. If the game wasn't trying to be hailed as a    TL;DR / The food/water system is a literal headache, annoying voice acting, disappointing coop, much too simple enemy AI, the co-op mode is not what Konami had marketed it as, poor game lore pacing There are more discrepancies in this game than in my sonic fanfic I wrote when I was 12.

    I gave this game a fair shake at 6-8 hours of playing..

    If the game wasn't trying to be hailed as a part of the Metal Gear franchise, it wouldn't be terrible. But everyone's said that. So I'd like to go over some of the things in the game I haven't seen in other reviews that make it rather horrible.

    THE GOOD: Same player mechanics that you had in MGSV, so it feels good to shoot, the controls are responsive. The game correctly punishes you for using loud weapons by having any nearby hordes rush to investigate the source of sound. So that's... encouraging stealthy play I suppose.

    THE NOT GOOD:

    FOOD/WATER MECHANICS / Okay, survival, fair enough. Food and drink makes sense. How it's executed however is clumsy at best. You manage food, water, and at points oxygen throughout the game. The bars drop at an excessive pace, meaning that you spend way too much time in the not intuitive inventory system fumbling through food. Which, by the way, has the most OBNOXIOUS eating sound I've heard in a video game. Every 5-10 minutes you get the joy of listening to someone chewing and groaning into a mic.
    ALSO, if you allow your food/drink to reach below 20%, your screen starts going fuzzy and out of focus at regular intervals. It's extremely pervasive and disrupting to watch. Literally gave me a headache. You'd think that the skill trees would have something to slow down hunger and thirst buildup, but I've yet to see it. Meaning you can't increase the amount of time between eating/drinking.

    OXYGEN / A big part of the game is played in an environment the player cannot breathe in, meaning you need an oxygen tank. A small, not upgradeable, short-life span, BREAKABLE air tank.

    VOICE ACTING / All the VA for the characters is mediocre, which isn't the end of the world. BUT the MOST ACTIVE voice you hear is that of your friendly AI. This wouldn't be so bad if they didn't choose the MOST ANNOYING voice for it I've heard in my long years. Imagine a 13 year old in the 80's imitating what he thinks a robot sounds like. The halting, awkward speech patterns, and inflection on all the wrong parts in a sentence. Every time you take up a new mission you have to sit through this dumbass voice.

    GAME LORE PACING / The lore is not given at good intervals to properly look through and listen to it. In the first camp you investigate you get a 4:45 minute long audio recording from a previous researcher. The trek back to home base takes 30 seconds. This means that you're still listening to the voice recording long after finishing the mission and returning to your base, this bad foresight is compounded by that the dumbass AI voice will just chime in randomly as well, giving you TWO bored voice actors to listen to at once. Yay.

    CO-OP / The coop mode is what I bought this game for, and it isn't worth it. I was expecting a game that could be played fully co-op, up to and including exploring the wastes of the world with my friends. Not the case. You are teleported to a very limited horde mode style map, which is ripped out of the single player world to boot. If you want to buy this for coop, just don't buy it.

    Enemy AI / Zombies are dumb, fair enough. But the arbitrary stupidity in pathing is crazy. Any player made object you throw up, instead of pathing around it, the enemy AI will simply attack the object. In a bind? Throw up a 4 foot section of chicken wire fence and the zombies will not be able to get around it. Regardless of where you put the fence. It doesn't have to be a choke point. I put a fence down in the middle of the desert, and the AI wouldn't go around it instead preferring to attack the fence to destruction.    … Expand
  28. Dovahkin510
    Feb 25, 2018
    1
    Let me get this out of the way, i haven't played the game, i'm just gonna leave this review to try to explain why is this so hated ( to those who don't know why at least).
    This game at least from what i've seen, look good, it has some interesting things, but the problem comes when they try to name it "metal gear", i'm a metal gear fan like 500% but when this was announced it felt like an    Let me get this out of the way, i haven't played the game, i'm just gonna leave this review to try to explain why is this so hated ( to those who don't know why at least).
    This game at least from what i've seen, look good, it has some interesting things, but the problem comes when they try to name it "metal gear", i'm a metal gear fan like 500% but when this was announced it felt like an insult to Hideo Kojima and to the metal gear fanbase, it was almost like if they wanted to kill the franchise in the most humiliating way, like a really bad joke, it doesn't have anything to do with metal gear ( story - wise), the way they made this just felt extremely forced and stupid, and also, what does the metal gear franchise deal wtih?... war, nukes, robots, stealth, amazing characters, etc... what does metal gear survive deals with ?... zombies.... it is not even fair to call this a metal gear game...
    if they made a game that didn't have anything to do with metal gear and it's universe, it would probably be a 7 or an 8, probably even a 9 if they made it really awesome, but no, it feels like either they were too pretentious to think they could just do whatever they wanted, or like if they wanted to ruin kojima's legacy or just kill the franchise while making money out of it....

    with that said, i don't know if the game is bad or not, maybe it is, maybe it isn't, so i'll just leave a neutral score, as i said before, i just wanted to explain the context behind all the hate...
    i think you should give it the benefit of the doubt ( if it isn't too insulting for you xD )
    maybe try to picture it like something not cannon or maybe imagine is an alternate timeline or something, i think that if you actually get past that, it could be enjoyable or fun at least...

    edit: f**k everything i just said, they are ven using excesive microtransactions, that's too low, screw them...    … Expand
  29. Giantteeth6666
    Apr 5, 2018
    1
    A disgraceful rip off of a once great franchise. If Konami doesn't care about making games anymore because they believe that there is better profit in slot machine business, let this garbage be the first step of their exit of the gaming industry.
  30. Magnusdenstore
    Oct 9, 2018
    1
    Why did i so eagerly pay for this? This pile of **** then again how could i think anything would compare to mgsv. Those dickheads couldnt make something like mgsv again even if they really wanted to.
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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
  1. 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.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Apr 4, 2018
    70
    Somewhat cynical and clearly a little low budget, it isn't always easy to pull for Survive. Thankfully, some of the best wave combat on PS4 saves the day. [Apr 2018, p.91]
  3. GameOver.gr
    Mar 30, 2018
    50
    The whole existence of Metal Gear Survive closely resembles this of the Wanderers – the game’s zombies. With the story, characters and wit ripped out completely off it’s body, what remains is a lifeless yet standing shell of Metal Gear Solid V. The decent (and borrowed) survival mechanics barely keep this husk walking around aimlessly with no purpose whatsoever. Survive may not be a bad survival game, but the merciless grind required and lack of respect for gamers’ time are inexcusable.
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