For those who got 100%: On a scale of 1 to 10, how hard was it to 100% MGSV?

[Metric Guard]

I'd say it's a 7 for me. There were some legitimately hard parts to complete, but most of the challenge was just the tedium of it all *cough*sideops and animal collecting*cough*.

[GaJoS]

1.5/10. It's all about time you will sink into it really.

[Jac]

It takes time and sometimes some patience to get 100% Though I did find some missions hard on 1st couple of playthroughs as you develop new weapons and tactics things get easier. Later in the game as you develop things like the Parasite suit and Stealth Camo you can get mission tasks fairly easily though you will need an 'S' rank run on a mission - thus limiting the tech you can use.

[DanrSan]

Some tasks are hard, other tasks are bored, im still at 92% bored to listen to conversation tasks ..

[MrFluffyWolf]

it was about a 1/10 up until I had to do all the tasks for [Extreme] A Quiet Exit.
Then it went up to about a 7. Haven't gotten 100% yet actually, but I'm at 94%, finishing [Extreme} Quiet Exit tasks and getting all the animals are all I have left. I've heard parasite armor is the way to go, so I'll try it next, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, does that ONE mission make life harder.

That and the Extreme boss fight against Quiet. It isn't all that hard, it's just getting the task to beat her without using firearms requires more creativity than the non extreme version.

[ZetaZaku]

Yeah it's more about how tedious it was rather than how difficult. The animal thing was probably the worst part about the game. Not only RNG, but you also need to place cages in special areas.

So far I finished everything except for mission tasks, which I'm doing at a slow pace. Got 93%, so the remaining 7% are just mission tasks.

[﷽ DavidLonglivelle]

4/10, it's just a matter of time and luck for me. The hardest part was collecting animals. Just do your best and always try.

[Dragoonseal]

Hmm, 2 or 3 out of 10. Most of it is just endurance to do the busy work filling in all the checkmark boxes. Especially when it comes to listening to those stupid stupid conversations without their scripts bugging out. Getting 100% of the animals is also stupid stupid RNG even when you know exactly where to place the cages.

I've only been on 2 difficult missions. The first is A Quiet Exit of course, that mission is just set up horribly. Worse is that I had entirely the wrong gear loadout for that mission when I got stuck in it, and it took me awhile to figure out that I could piecemeal supply drop in a proper loadout. Forcing you to be stuck in that mission without being able to return to the ACC is mind bogglingly dumb.

The other mission I had an issue with more recently was [Extreme] Sahelanthropus when I used a not-Snake character. Kept getting OHKOed by the dumb unavoidable sword rock attacks. Otherwise with Snake + Medical Prosthetic upgrades + Bandana the mission is very easy.

[Jac]

I found A Quiet Exit relatively easy although I waited until I had done all other missions at 'S' rank and completed all tasks in those missions. So when I got to that point I had upgraded gear and I also knew that it was a mechanised assault though I didn't know how it would play out. I just supply dropped a CGM and used that to get 'S' on my 1st successful attempt. I got all the mission taks too except the extraction one obvs - went back with a parasite suit for that! That guy that did it in nothing but a pair of cargo pants though!

I do think some of the missions in this game are hard when you don't know the best approach, and if you're staying non-lethal. One of the good things is the game doesn't 'hand-hold' too much like some other games. Like the Metal Gear boss, a lot of other games would have had big flashing icons saying {SHOOT HERE] rather than having you figure it out yourself.

As for animals, yes it is a PITA. I am doing that now, I have 5 rare animals still to collect. That aspect would have been much more interesting if all animals you could collect were actual models in the game. Like the Gerbil or the birds. How cool would it be to be sneaking through a tunnel at OKB only to realise there is a Mamba right next to you that could bite you if you get too close.

[GrayHound]

1/10. Getting the top ranks/emblems in other MGSs was far more difficult. This just takes time.

[Luxia]

It wasn't hard, except for a few parts. It mainly took time.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ "Listen to conversation" objectives!
4/10

[Matthew]

Originally posted by Mute_Guardian7:

I'd say it's a 7 for me. There were some legitimately hard parts to complete, but most of the challenge was just the tedium of it all *cough*sideops and animal collecting*cough*.

I'm currently at 89% and have no plan on going any further. All missions are complete, all items are acquired, same goes for all side ops. The only thing left are animals and side-objectives of the various missions.