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  1. Feb 8, 2021
    0
    Inacabado, insípido y sobrevalorado. Pésima prensa que elevó este juego sin siquiera merecer méritos.
  2. Dec 21, 2020
    10
    I have played this over 300 hours but yet I wouldn't play another 300 hours of this game. Each episode is so fun and tense. Truly a master piece!
  3. Jan 12, 2016
    9
    As far as the gameplay goes, The Phantom Pain is flawless. The controls and stealth gameplay are very intuitive and incredibly polished. The enemy AI is incredibly advanced, and each area you infiltrate is distinct and very well designed. My only complaints are the weak story and the somewhat empty open world, but these do not detract much from the overall experience. It's easy to see whyAs far as the gameplay goes, The Phantom Pain is flawless. The controls and stealth gameplay are very intuitive and incredibly polished. The enemy AI is incredibly advanced, and each area you infiltrate is distinct and very well designed. My only complaints are the weak story and the somewhat empty open world, but these do not detract much from the overall experience. It's easy to see why this is a game of the year contender. Expand
  4. Jan 28, 2016
    9
    The gameplay is great but the story...My god the story, if you can get past bad story then pick this up, if not stay away. I could maybe have been Okay with a Mute big boss but a sometimes mute big boss is something which is impossible to stand, Theoretical Example but it's what would happen,he will be in a helicopter getting shot at by missiles and not even make a sound, 10 minutes laterThe gameplay is great but the story...My god the story, if you can get past bad story then pick this up, if not stay away. I could maybe have been Okay with a Mute big boss but a sometimes mute big boss is something which is impossible to stand, Theoretical Example but it's what would happen,he will be in a helicopter getting shot at by missiles and not even make a sound, 10 minutes later he will be talking to some guy like nothing happened, he has no emotion AT ALL, it's like an older version of Jaden Smith. Expand
  5. Aug 15, 2016
    9
    I'm gonna say right away that this is one of the best games I have ever played. It didn't matter that this was my first metal gear game ever. I loved every moment of it. Mechanically, the game is flawless. The controls, while difficult to get used to at first, are great once you know what you're doing. The gameplay is almost perfect. The number of ways you can go about completingI'm gonna say right away that this is one of the best games I have ever played. It didn't matter that this was my first metal gear game ever. I loved every moment of it. Mechanically, the game is flawless. The controls, while difficult to get used to at first, are great once you know what you're doing. The gameplay is almost perfect. The number of ways you can go about completing objectives is endless. Its more than just stealth v. rambo. If you want to go with the stealth approach, you can utilize a wide variety of tools in your arsenal, like the inflatable decoy, to distract and freak out enemies as you slip by them. You can lure them out of your path by throwing spare magazines or knocking using your robotic arm. You can knock out or kill all of them using your tranq gun or awesome close quarters combat skills. If you want to go guns blazing, the game doesn't punish for doing this, even though doing stealth is easier and minimizes the amount of problems you face. Because of this, if you get noticed, you are encouraged to roll with your mistakes and make the best of it. And it may actually work, where in other stealth games you would be screwed. If you are noticed, you can call in all kinds of support from your helicopter than with mow through enemies giving you trouble, to bombardments, to your own soldiers. You can also bring 4 different buddies with you. There's D-Horse who can **** on command, which actually causes vehicles to spin out of control, something useful the game doesn't tell you. D-Dog you can sniff out enemies marking them for you, and also attack soldiers. D-Walker is a walking bipedal tank thingy, who I didn't really use a whole lot but he is a good all around type buddy. Then there's Quiet, who, to say the least, is dressed rather questionably throughout the game, 14 year olds will love it, everyone else will think it's weird and insulting. Aside from her appearance, she actually plays a pretty big role in the story and is an interesting character. So she isn't just there for prepubescent fan service. Speaking of the story, that's where the game loses a few points. The first chapter, while not perfect, is interesting enough to keep you entertained. Certainly not at a level where most metal gear fans expect a story to be. It doesn't always flow very well, I think because of it's "episode" structure and since the game is open world, where people (myself included) like to explore and dick around doing random things, which is extremely fun here. The first chapter of the story is fine. There aren't any of those iconic 4 hour cutscenes this game has become known for. Most of the exposition is delivered by either Miller or Ocelot giving you a mission briefing or summary. Which kind of sucks because they actually drop some pretty important hints of future events in the story. Listen carefully after the Honey Bee mission, the Angel with Broken Wings, The Human Trafficker, and the one where you rescue two researchers. But in the moment, because of the nature of how boring it is just listening to someone talk, most people would tune it out. And because of how fun it is doing sideops and just exploring the huge sandboxes, by the time you get to the mission where it explains everything, most people would've forgotten that mission already. That's chapter 1, which is a decent chapter. Chapter two is pretty ****ty. Idk what kind of fight Konami and Kojima had over this game but goddamn it hurt this next act. It's where the game loses it's sense of direction. It's clear they cut a **** load of episodes out of the game, replacing them with earlier missions but with different modifiers like instant failure upon detection, or super hard, or starting with no weapons. Some of these can be infuriating like the one where you have to take down this sniper. They see you a millisecond after you pop your head up and kill you with one hit. Plus you have to finish most of these missions if you want to unlock the final missions. In addition, there was a whole additional chapter cut from the game as well, called "Peace". So I'm a little pissed at Konami for ruining what could've been the greatest game ever made. However, besides all those flaws, the game still manages to remain extremely enjoyable and fun, which is a testament to how good the rest of the game is. From the stealth/combat to the extremely in depth base/staff building, which is extremely in depth as ranking up your different units is key to unlocking new items. And holy **** there are a lot of things to unlock. Like power weapons to useful tools to even different uniforms which have different uses depending on where you are or what playstyle you have. There are endless ways to recruit staff as well. Completing missions will net you volunteers, but you can also extract them from the battlefield. I could go on and on about how awesome this game is, and how well everything works together. Reached my word limit. Expand
  6. Apr 21, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Warning: Spoilers
    I got this game because I hugely enjoyed the previous entry (which was more of a preview) and acquired the taste. As a long time gamer, MGS5 will turn out much much much much more than you would expect and what you're to experience here can only be described as epic.

    Easily the best action game I have ever played. This world is so rich and missions have so many variations, I could play it for a month at least. MGS5 truly deserves the high rating it has.

    Hideo Kojima outdid himself with this one. A perfect game!!!

    Can't wait for his next. I am now a big fan.

    Here's to you, Kojima-san.
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  7. Dec 5, 2016
    9
    metal gear solid 5 the phantom pain I go thought the sad development story these developers went through with this game first for the most part things where going very smoothly up until the last 6 months when Hideo Kojima got separated from the rest of his development team and konami started treating him like **** while (I assume) they added as many micro transactions as they possiblymetal gear solid 5 the phantom pain I go thought the sad development story these developers went through with this game first for the most part things where going very smoothly up until the last 6 months when Hideo Kojima got separated from the rest of his development team and konami started treating him like **** while (I assume) they added as many micro transactions as they possibly could to the game while completely scrapped chapter 3 and a bunch of chapter 2 missions being repeats of missions you already done in chapter 1
    its a dame shame to because I know deep down in my heart that if Hideo Kojima was able to finish the game the way he wanted to it would off been a 10 out of 10 game which would off made the game of the year award extremely interesting in 2015 but because of this the Witcher 3 won it by a land mile
    now for the actual review
    I was very surprised to see how great this game turned out despite the konami,s nonsense
    its the best stealth game that I have ever played and its the very game that got me to play more stealth games before I played this game I wasn't into stealth games at all and I picked this game out only after I watched angry Joe's review on it and I didn't regret it their are 100+ weapons and gadgets to play around with
    the Fulton device was genius its my favorite gadget
    building your own private army called diamond dogs was fantastic it was also cool that u also capture enemy forces out in the battlefield than come work for you and also being able to fire who ever you want at almost any time you want the same goes for raw materials in crates gun placements and even vehicles
    most of the missions are fantastic to go through their are some that are not that good though and the repeat missions is a bit annoy but at least the extra challenge added to them make them more interesting to go through
    some bad things
    I found controlling the vehicles where really awkward which clearly shows that driving controls where not focused on to much which makes sense since your only driving like 10 to 15% of the time u can get spotted sometimes a second after you go into a corner or behind a wall which can be frustrating and also all the missing missions which I already addressed why
    my score is a 9 out of 10 some of you may only give this game an 8 since this game was unfinished from a story standpoint and the rough development cycle and I can understand that but since this is still my favorite stealth game 1 year later that's why I personally give it a 9 not because angry Joe gave it the same score
    and konami if you are reading this kojima deserved to be able to get his award from the 2015 game award stage you jerks I don't think I can ever forgive konami for doing that same on you
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  8. Oct 31, 2019
    5
    Es una estafa, mundos vacíos sin nada que hacer, para que me dejan tener todo un arenal para matar si luego me van a penalizar por matar
  9. Apr 5, 2016
    10
    As a Xbox user for years (all generations), i never got my hand on any Metal Gear Solid game before 5. Always been a fan of the stealth games like Hitman and Splinter Cell, so when I heard MSG came to Xbox i was super hyped. And luckily all the hype was true. This game is amazing in every aspect of a stealth game. Every mechanism works perfectly, every approach feels different, and withAs a Xbox user for years (all generations), i never got my hand on any Metal Gear Solid game before 5. Always been a fan of the stealth games like Hitman and Splinter Cell, so when I heard MSG came to Xbox i was super hyped. And luckily all the hype was true. This game is amazing in every aspect of a stealth game. Every mechanism works perfectly, every approach feels different, and with all the weapons and items you can use, you can have fun for many, many days/weeks/months. FOB missions are where it is at for me, the feeling when you perfectly pull off an infiltration on some high level sniper platform or when you load up their resources while all his guards are zzz'ing around you is like an adrenaline rush. Expand
  10. Mar 6, 2017
    9
    This one is going to take a while to play through. Classic Metal Gear Solid game play fused with an open world and the ability to make your own base and army. As far as game play goes this is the best in the series, It's just the story is not quite as good as in some previous entries in the series. Still a must buy game.
  11. Apr 19, 2016
    10
    Mucha gente cuestionará esta nota y es cierto que el juego como Metal Gear quizás sea uno de los peores de la saga ya que rompe por completo con las mecanicas anteriormente vistas. Es verdad que el juego nos llega incompleto, faltan cinematicas y la repeticion de misiones lo hace algo tedioso. Pero por contra el juego es una virgeria, tanto a nivel grafico como jugable. Cierto es que losMucha gente cuestionará esta nota y es cierto que el juego como Metal Gear quizás sea uno de los peores de la saga ya que rompe por completo con las mecanicas anteriormente vistas. Es verdad que el juego nos llega incompleto, faltan cinematicas y la repeticion de misiones lo hace algo tedioso. Pero por contra el juego es una virgeria, tanto a nivel grafico como jugable. Cierto es que los escenarios estan algo vacios pero no se puede negar que visualmente el fox engine luce increible a 60fps. En definitiva, para mi es un juego sobresaliente. Si hubiese llegado "completo" habria sido un juego memorable.
    Añadir que Quiet es un personaje increible y es una verdadera lastima ver como Kojima la trata..
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  12. Apr 20, 2016
    9
    MGS V: The Phantom Pain is a technical masterpiece. The graphics are stunning, the open world sandbox game-play allows you to approach missions in many different ways (you can remain true to the MGS ethos and sneak your way around, avoiding killing enemies, or go all guns blazing and calling in a support chopper, there is no right or wrong way about it). The game takes a LONG time toMGS V: The Phantom Pain is a technical masterpiece. The graphics are stunning, the open world sandbox game-play allows you to approach missions in many different ways (you can remain true to the MGS ethos and sneak your way around, avoiding killing enemies, or go all guns blazing and calling in a support chopper, there is no right or wrong way about it). The game takes a LONG time to complete. If you're like me and get distracted with the vast amounts of side-ops, it can easily take 100 hours+ to complete. The only thing that prevented me giving this game a full 10 was the somewhat lacklustre plot, as well as the minimal cut scenes. Snake also barely speaks, which seems to be a total waste of hiring an actor like Kiefer Sutherland to provide the voice. Other than that, if you like open world, stealth/action/adventure games, I highly recommend purchasing it. I guarantee you won't regret it. Expand
  13. Nov 1, 2016
    10
    Great game for new players, after completing 100% there isnt anything else to do, great graphics, game felt rushed towards the end, love keifer Sutherland
  14. Oct 21, 2017
    6
    Hideo Kojima always made the game worthy of attention, games that were truly art. We've learned that he can't do a checkpoint or base. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was waiting. The more she appeared not only on the console from Sony. The prequel Ground Zeroes gave a good seed. We've been getting a typical representative games for srubaniya money on the popularity of the franchise.Hideo Kojima always made the game worthy of attention, games that were truly art. We've learned that he can't do a checkpoint or base. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was waiting. The more she appeared not only on the console from Sony. The prequel Ground Zeroes gave a good seed. We've been getting a typical representative games for srubaniya money on the popularity of the franchise. Our expectations, scandal Kojima with Konami resulted in an overestimation of both users and the press.

    Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain begins with a beautiful prologue. Hideo kojima is directing great videos. All the movies in the game is executed perfectly. After the prologue the expectations of the user on top, but then starts grindilka long hours in 100 (it at whom as). After a brilliant prologue and maybe the first mission to rescue Miller, begins an aimless romp in the sandbox. Many pointless and uninteresting additional missions diluted the plot. But the story missions sometimes are neither setting nor plot development. Rollers we all will indulge rarely. Buying this game you agree not to plot an adventure, not to play the movie with long rollers, and at long romp in the open world. The situation worsens more and that this open world (Afghanistan and Africa) completely empty and completely hostile. There is nothing but empty spaces and enemy bases.

    The game is really good. This is the best of STEL action in an open world! You have many opportunities to perform tasks. It is a pity that if you go through the game quietly, the arsenate will be only a tranquiliser gun. The lethal Arsenal of weapons is very extensive. Various gadgets are also set. With them, the game becomes infinitely replayable sandbox. Also, you have 4 partners: horse, cute dog, dog, d-walker, and sexy sniper Quiet. Each of the companions useful in their own way: with the horse's help you'll overcome the game miles, the dog will mark enemies and kill them, d-walker is generally a mini tank, a Quiet is to eliminate targets from afar.

    Those who will play Phantom Pain for the sake of the plot and stunning commercials will be disappointed. This game is about gameplay. Despite the fact that the story missions in the game a lot (50 pieces), but most can be written in extra, since there won't be anything interesting. They themselves do a few story missions are really good and are accompanied by stunning videos. But those missions are few (not more than 15, I think). Most of the story details we learn by listening to tapes, which is too much.

    In addition to performing the repetitive missions in the open world, we will equip our database (from people to animals). It's not very exciting, and extremely repetativly process.

    Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, unfortunately, does not deserve all these great ratings and positive reviews. This is the best prohodnyak. Go and forget. If you want to re-again, you would have to do all of these monotonous effects, to get to the plot. The game is like this not because of Kojima. It is already clear that Konami just welded on the famous brand. Kojima can understand. It is impossible to force to make a good creative product. And the story he had to suck from a finger, so at least something was. However, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain remains the best stealth action game in an open world. If you want to perform monotonous missions and play with the local sandbox, the game for you. Once the game you need to enjoy rare clips and great replayability sandbox.
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  15. Aug 28, 2017
    10
    Un mancato capolavoro assoluto dovuto alla lite tra il maestro e Konami , nonostante tutto un gioco con un gameplay fantastico . Centinaia di ore di gioco senza mai annoiarsi grazie anche ad una trama stupenda tipica dei Metal Gear
  16. Feb 25, 2019
    8
    This game is the reverse of the 1st MGS this one has great game play but just awful story with a only a few good moments sprinkled about but the stealth and gun play is better then any other MGS game but everything else from charcters to mission structure and the fact it's open world doesn't feel very Metal Gear so this could be considered the worst metal gear in the main series but as aThis game is the reverse of the 1st MGS this one has great game play but just awful story with a only a few good moments sprinkled about but the stealth and gun play is better then any other MGS game but everything else from charcters to mission structure and the fact it's open world doesn't feel very Metal Gear so this could be considered the worst metal gear in the main series but as a game its pretty good. Expand
  17. Sep 25, 2018
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is one of the best games i have ever played. The game has great game-play and graphics.

    But sadly the game is somewhat unfinished story-wise and the multiplayer is not as great as what people would want it to be.
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  18. Feb 21, 2019
    8
    Un juego imprescindible para los amantes de los videojuegos, la narrativa es casi nula, pero se compensa con su libertad al momento de hacer misiones. Los gráficos son muy buenos, el sonido es excelente y la jugabilidad es de lo mejor que hay en la actualidad.
  19. Sep 6, 2019
    8
    An amazingly detailed pivot for gameplay - Not so much for its story

    The gameplay in this game is insane, Unpallered freedom and an unholy amount of choices and options to make when just walking into a base. However, the story is weird and feels incomplete any MGS fan will feel a Phantom Pain of their own and any non-MGS fan will be too confused by the refrences and inconsistency and
    An amazingly detailed pivot for gameplay - Not so much for its story

    The gameplay in this game is insane, Unpallered freedom and an unholy amount of choices and options to make when just walking into a base.

    However, the story is weird and feels incomplete any MGS fan will feel a Phantom Pain of their own and any non-MGS fan will be too confused by the refrences and inconsistency and general lack of plot to care, but that leaves the focus to the gameplay, the true purpose of this game
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  20. Odh
    Sep 6, 2019
    9
    I know some will say this game was incomplete and know the whole Kojima backstory, but I don't care. I loved the gameplay. Past MGS games were all about stealth and often were forced to do stealth or die. This game focuses on stealth too like any MGS game, but you can tackle enemies in a multitude of ways even engaging them in combat first at times. So it is a breath of fresh air in thatI know some will say this game was incomplete and know the whole Kojima backstory, but I don't care. I loved the gameplay. Past MGS games were all about stealth and often were forced to do stealth or die. This game focuses on stealth too like any MGS game, but you can tackle enemies in a multitude of ways even engaging them in combat first at times. So it is a breath of fresh air in that you have a lot more freedom in how you take on enemies in this game. I loved it. Expand
  21. Sep 8, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Las primeras 20 horas son geniales, luego el juego decae de tal forma que es un suplicio terminarlo. Buen juego, pero el peor Metal Gear de todos. Una historia rebuscada y comparada con la del resto de la saga, es pésima.
    Todo lo que hizo grande a Metal Gear no está aquí.
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  22. Oct 24, 2019
    9
    Jogo não demais. Um dos melhores jogos que já joguei. Joguem joguem joguem.
  23. Nov 10, 2019
    7
    Excelentes mecánicas , historia interesante y gameplay lleno de detalles y variantes , un juego muy abierto a como jugarlo , el problema es el crecimiento de misiones secundarias repetitivas , la trama de cortada de Liquid Snake , dejan una experiencia semi amarga al final , aún así siempre se merece una oportunidad para ser jugado
  24. Nov 18, 2019
    8
    This game has major problems, but what it does well, it does near perfection. The gameplay is the best stealth game to ever exist, no hyperbole. The story, dialogue and characters all start out very promisingly but they just fizzle out, the game is bluntly unfinished in terms of this. It is so conflicting as this is one of the best games I have played but also one of the ones with suchThis game has major problems, but what it does well, it does near perfection. The gameplay is the best stealth game to ever exist, no hyperbole. The story, dialogue and characters all start out very promisingly but they just fizzle out, the game is bluntly unfinished in terms of this. It is so conflicting as this is one of the best games I have played but also one of the ones with such squandered potential. Building Diamond Dogs is also done so well. The story, although it is really interesting, fails to deliver on any of the characters, there are no character archs, themes are left unresolved and therefore undelivered, however, the game starts off so strong I cannot give it less than an 8 due to how good the finished start of the experience is. Expand
  25. Feb 1, 2020
    10
    I recently achieved a completion rate of %100 in the game and I have to say that MGSV: TPP is a game that is few and far between. We may have mixed opinions on how this game turned out, but it will forever be one of the most unique games to ever be created. Also, the AI in the game are superb compared to other games in 2019, and this game was made in 2015. A Hideo Kojima productions master piece!
  26. Aug 13, 2020
    9
    el gameplay es el rey definitivo, libertad para abordar cualquier misión como sea que se te ocurra. Problemas? los hay claro la narrativa es muy simple comparado con las anteriores pero es completamente disfrutable.
  27. Jun 11, 2020
    4
    QUESTO GIOCO È IL PEGGIORE DI QUEL GENIO DI HIDEO KOJIMA, OK IL GAMEPLAY MA LA TRAMA E LA NARRATIVA FA SCHIFO. NON COMPRATELO
  28. Jun 18, 2020
    9
    Well the story is not what I expect. I expect it to be filled with great plot twist and a lot of dialogue but there is none of it in this game. So if the story is not good, is the gameplay good? Hell yeah it is. Though out my playthrough to the game, I never had so much freedom to do in order to complete my mission. There are numerous things that you do which is not limited. You could usedWell the story is not what I expect. I expect it to be filled with great plot twist and a lot of dialogue but there is none of it in this game. So if the story is not good, is the gameplay good? Hell yeah it is. Though out my playthrough to the game, I never had so much freedom to do in order to complete my mission. There are numerous things that you do which is not limited. You could used a cardboard box just like you do in previous games, call your companion for some help, snipe them until they pee their pants, drop a object into their head and a lot more. You could say "Yeah gameplay is badass". Expand
  29. Jul 19, 2020
    6
    This game is really repetitive, and the story and caracters are mediocre at best, but it’s fun
  30. Aug 1, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este juego me gusto y esta muy bueno pero la historia al estar inconclusa perdio mucho potencial ya que despues de pasarmelo 2 veces y desbloquear la "ultima mision" es obvio que falta la verdadera conclusion pero debemos conformarnos con un juego sin final :(
    En gameplay y rejugabilidad si esta bien y me gustaron las mecanicas ya que los unicos metal gear que jugue fueron este el rising y el peace walker y megusto la evolucion que tuvo en terminos de movimiento le pondria un 8 o 9 si fuera un juego completo pero desgraciadamente solo nos queda como continuacion el survive y no gracias
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95

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Sep 30, 2015
    80
    With The Phantom Pain, Metal Gear has had its arm removed and replaced with something technically far more impressive.
  2. Sep 19, 2015
    90
    Kojima managed to create the perfect open-world stealth game, giving the player an incredible freedom coupled with great depth and variety. MGS fans will probably dislike its sparse and somewhat unsatisfying storytelling, but it undoubtedly is a masterwork of game design.
  3. Sep 13, 2015
    100
    Metal Gear Solid V Phantom Pain is an interactive piece of art that truly pays homage to the original game and successfully expands the franchise into an open-world game.