Metal Gear Solid :The Phantom Pain. For the old MGS fans i can say this feels like MGS:Peace Walker on steroids.For the rest this, in my opinion,is one of the best stealth action games out there.But is it one of the best Metal Gear games?Well ,that's debatable.

The game is amazing gameplay wise!Imo the best there is in the franchise.Controls are great.Only thing that bothers me is the lack of mouse control in the menus of the game.Movement is fluid and Snake responds fast to everything you want to do. You have a lot of ways to complete the objectives of each mission and countless tools/weapons on your disposal.There are also some companions to assist you on the missions.Your trusty horse ,a pet wolf ,a combat mech/vehicle and another secret one i wont mention here.There are many unlockable in this game,from music cassettes to futuristic weapons and technologies.The Base/soldier management element adds a lot of depth in the game and will keep you busy even after you finish the story,if you want to unlock everything the game has to offer .

The game also offers PVP with 2 modes.F.O.B. invasions and MGO.The Forward Operating Base (or F.O.B.) is an online extension of Mother Base.Constructing one (or multiple) FOBs can greatly increase your resource gathering and expansion of Mother Base as a whole, but the true features come from the ability to infiltrate the FOBs of another players, and beinfiltrated in return.
MGO is the true online multiplayer component of MGSV and its more traditional.It offers various maps and players are split into 2 teams and play against each other in modes like Comm Control(domination type map),Bounty Hunter(team deathmatch) and Cloak and Dagger (capture the flag type map).You can easily spend many hours in the online mode.This mode offers many unlockable too in the form of customisation of your character and weapons/gear.The gameplay works really good even when you are against other players.The sad part is that the community wasnt that big even early on and now is being reduced more and more each day.

The graphics and sound of this game is amazing.All environments are really detailed and beautiful.Smooth animation on all all the characters you will encounter.The game runs on a plethora of systems,even some older ones.It is really well optimized.Fox Engine is amazing and it's a pity we wont see another game of this caliber with it!The soundtrack of the game is also amazing ,having both original tracks that really fit the story and the environments and a lot of well known 80s tracks that fit the time period.
The Voice acting is great too.A lot of known voice actors lend their voices to the in-game characters along with Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland.

Now to the story. The directing of the game was phenomenal,Kojima did it once more . The opening level,that acts as the introduction to the game, was one of the best if not the best ever in video games so far.It oozes atmosphere and sets the player up for the incredible adventure that will follow.The story parts ,between missions were pretty good and so were most of the characters.We get the usual quirky,fun , larger than life characters that Kojima always uses in his games!But we didnt have the amount of story that we were used from the previous MGS games,with long cutscenes.Many of the story elements are given to the player in the form of audio tracks,that you unlock as you progress the game,or complete a secret objectice.The ending has a twist that felt forced and weird for many MGS fans,but i personally wasn't disappointed.But on the other hand ,there was a whole chapter that was removed from the game,the infamous chapter 3 and so we have a lot of story elements that are unsolved.Even chapter 2 felt that was made longer,to compensate for this,forcing players to replay older missions with new objectives and it felt quite repetitive.

In general the game felt like an incredible ambitious project and Kojima managed to deliver on all levels "almost" his dream game. Almost since the game felt at times, butchered to made a deadline.The problems Kojima had with Konami even before the release,were well known and we can see that the game was affected. I think that's why many fans were dissapointed.They can see the Diamond(dog) that is hidden underneath! If we had all the story parts that were missing,the 3rd chapter that closes the biggest loose ends and adds a whole new area to the game.Boss fights that felt half finished.Even Ground Zeroes,which all clearly can see was just the prologue of this game and should have been in this game not the whole payed demo controversy.Just imagine what we could have had in our hands.

tl;dr Good Game,could have been amazing.8/10 also Damn you KONAMI!