• 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

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