Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Kojima Productions

2015•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 101 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyanimalsespionagehistoricalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeAn expansive, fantastical shooter: fast-moving and polished. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

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

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About This Game

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the sequel to Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and a prequel to the original Metal Gear. The game has a complex story with long cut-scene sequences, but there are fewer and they are shorter compared to earlier Metal Gear Solid titles. Most of the gameplay mechanics introduced in Ground Zeroes are carried over: it is still an action game and stealth oriented but replaces the linear corridor design from most earlier titles with large open world environments that offer the player unrestricted freedom for the approach. The world has now a real-time day and night cycle and various weather effects that influence enemy behaviour, visibility and sound. Sabotaging or destroying certain structures can also influence other parts of the map.

Summary: IGDB

Story

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has brought a new edge to the Cold War, and in 1984, a one-eyed man with a prosthetic arm appears in the country. Those who know him call him Snake; the legendary mercenary who was once swept from the stage of history and left in a coma by American private intelligence network Cipher. Snake is accompanied by Ocelot, an old friend who saved him from attack when he finally awoke. Now, Snake’s former partner Kazuhira Miller is being held by the Soviet forces in Afghanistan. Snake must undertake a solo mission to rescue Miller and prove to the world that the...

Screenshots

  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain screenshot
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain screenshot
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain screenshot
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain screenshot

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyAnimalsEspionageHistoricalRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Modern warfareCold warHelicopterAssassinVehicular combatHuntingExplorationBloody

Details

Developer
Kojima Productions
Publisher
Konami
Released
1 September 2015
Series
Metal Gear
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Third person
Time to beat
49h rushed, 101h normally
Age rating
PEGI 18
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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