• Open world
• Not a GPU/CPU intensive game. Easily runnable and runs quite smooth.
• Beautiful cut scenes/visuals, gorgeous!
• Clean menu.
• Night/Day Cycle.
• Weather does effect how you take on a mission.
• You can easily get immersed in the game and play it for hours without even knowing it.
• Tons of missions and side objectives. Tnere will be plenty to do.
• Everything you do in-game affects the current and future missions.
• Those who can stragically plan better will have an easier time progressing through missions with a higher score.
• Various weapons/tools/items/gear to research. Lots of customization.
• Custmomizable "Mother Base" with soldiers and objects/items from the open world.
• You can infiltrate other players bases and steal soldiers/resources (FoB's/Events alike).
• Multiple companion's that you can bond with throughout missions. (You are not alone!)
• Intelligent and adapatable AI. They will deal with people using repetitive infiltration methods and the like.
• If you punch one of your soldiers in the face, you will recieve words of praise.
• Not a game you can just breeze through in just 10-20 hours.


• Mission checkpoints can have a large gap, punishing your stupidity and impatience.
• Not necessarily a "Pay to Win" option, but there are microtransactions in this game that 'enhance' your online experience. (MB Coins)


• Storyline seemed to be lacking/repetitive.
• AI and player pathing have a few bugs when encountering ladders or something of the sort in small places (Seldom occurs, but worthwhile to mention).
• Can feel repetitve at times during missions due to similar objectives (Go here and kill/rescure this person, etc).
• Hackers have been spotted while online. (FoB Attacks)
• You CAN NOT bind anything to a numpad key. Which blows for left handed PC gamers.


• Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
• Metal Gear (General Franchise)


With the ingenuity of Kojima and Co. combined with the power of the Fox engine here is another gem to marvel upon- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The game/franchise as a whole continues to be a lovely experience with a multitude of things to do online post-story. Seriously, you will always have something to do. The story is mesmerizing, leaving you with a feeling of wanting more. For the hardcore Metal Gear fans out there, many of your questions regarding to 'plot holes' will definately get (at least some) answers this time around!

Overall Score: 90/100

Thank you for reading! Please leave a comment if you feel I have left anything of importance out or if you just want to share your thoughts. Cheers!

is the cure to male loneliness starting a private military company with your friends?

BRING MGS3 TO STEAM!

Oh no, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world

The only game on the face of the planet that directly tells you weapon skins are useless

Game Pros
• Open world
• Not a GPU/CPU heavy game. Easily runnable. Smooth as butter.
• Beautiful cut scenes/visuals
• Clean menu
• Night/Day Cycle
• Weather effects how you take on missions
• You can easily get immersed in the game and play it for hours without even knowing it
• Tons of mission and side objectives
• Everything you do in-game affects the current and future missions
• Those who can stragically plan better will have an easier time progressing through missions with a higher score
• Various weapons/tools/items/gear to research
• Custmomizable "Mother Base" with soldiers and objects/items from the open world
• You can infiltrate other players bases and steal soldiers/resources
• Dog Companion that grows with you throughout the game (Must find puppy on battlefield and extract it to acquire one)
• Intelligent AI (If they want to hunt you down and kill you. They will)
• If you punch one of your soldiers in the face, They'll thank you for it.
• Not a game you can just breeze through in just 10-20 hours. Yes. It will take a lot more time.

Controversial Features
• Mission checkpoints can have a large gap. Punishing your stupidity and impatience

Game Cons
• Storyline seemed to be lacking
• Other than the prologue which contained a ton of cut scenes. There isn't a lot of cut scenes after that. Wish there was a little more (Not that big of a deal)
• AI and player pathing has a few bugs when encountering ladders or something of the sort in small places (Doesn't happen a lot. But had to throw it in)
• Can feel repetitve at times (Go here and kill/rescure this person)
• Hackers have already been spotted while online (FoB Attacks)
• You CAN NOT bind anything to a numpad key. Which really blows for left handed PC gamers

Relateable Games
• Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zero

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is already on my favorite games list. The amount of content and things to do is incredible. The developers took some serious time to plan out everything. Overall, they put thought into every little detail to make this game what it is. If you got the time and patience to take on a lot of soldiers on your own, investigate, interrogate, and annihilate. Then this is the game for you. If I left anything out, please leave a comment below!

80/100


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What should i say, the dream has come true.
Kept us waiting, huh.

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OLD REVIEW JUST FOR DOCUMENTATION

if you're new, here's your list of the main games

metal gear (msx)
metal gear 2 (msx)
metal gear solid (ps1)
metal gear solid 2 sons of liberty (ps2)*
metal gear solid 3 snake eater (ps2)*
metal gear solid 4 guns of the patriots (ps3)
metal gear rising: revengeance (pc)
metal gear solid peace walker hd (ps3)
metal gear solid v ground zeroes (pc)
metal gear solid v the phantom pain (pc)

*: mgs2 and mgs3 have a ps3/x360 HD ver.
*: there is also mgs2: substance and mgs3: subsistence which are expanded editions: the former has bonus VR missions, snake tales, skateboarding and extras. and the latter includes extra content + metal gear 1 and 2.

thank you for all the mem(es)ories kojima san!

"Boss, you killed a child?! ... Amazing, mission complete! That right there is why you're the best, Boss! The one and only!"

It's kinda like Pokémon but you collect soviet soldiers.

This is Pequod, arriving shortly at LZ!
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