Games

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Kojima Productions

2014•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 3 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionespionagehistoricalfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA wide-ranging shooter that is fantastical, fast and familiar. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

77 / 100

520 ratings

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About This Game

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. It offers players new sneaking and traversal methods compared to its predecessors, as well as the choice in what order the story events take place by selecting missions by advance. The most important change for this title is the shift to an open world design with a real-time day and night cycle doing away with the linear mission approach of previous games. The game was originally developed as a mission for The Phantom Pain, but an extended development time resulted in director Hideo Kojima splitting the specific portion of the game as a stand-alone product so that players could get early access to Metal Gear Solid V.

Summary: IGDB

Story

The year is 1975, the age of détente. The Vietnam conflict is drawing to a close and the world is thawing in the wake of the Cold War. However, as tension among the world's giant superpowers eased, a tiny military force quietly took root in the Caribbean. A new type of military - an army without a nation, or any land to call home. Lead by an enigmatic man known as "Snake," the clandestine group operated in the shadows as elite guns-for-hire, servicing various governments around the world. As their reputation grew, so did their funding and military might. Eventually, rumors began to spread...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionEspionageHistoricalAll consuming questRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Modern warfareCold warSoldierMilitaryWarEspionageConspiracyCapitalism

Where to play

Details

Developer: Kojima Productions
Publisher: Konami
Released: 18 March 2014
Series: Metal Gear Solid
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person, Third person
Time to beat: 2h rushed, 3h normally, 28h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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