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or not buy it at all
i saw the way the series was going with Ground Zeroes so i stayed clear of Phantom Pain and besides apparently the story doesn't add much to the Metal Gear Mythology anyway
@FullbringIchigo
One of the best games on PS4.
Easily the best stealth game ever made.
The story is brilliant. (although less than a usually Kojima game)
The graphics are outstanding.
60fps.
The cool base
The cooler dog 🐶
Taking down 3 helicopters, 6 soldiers and 2 tanks using a cardboard box, cigar and some c4 wearing your underpants.
Your missing out my friend.
I purchased for $40, but quit playing after the opening as once ouside i found the motion blur annoying. When disabling motion blur is offered i will resume play.
The motion blur i am experiencing is the blur from just looking around. What is the purpose of such fake blur in a video game anyway?
That is a phenomenal deal - I LOVED the intro to TPP, and I don't mean Ground Zeroes - it was EPIC, really set the tone - but evidently it was unfinished, however I also believe it is the best stealth game ever made, even if Snake Eater is story-wise the best metal gear. Especially on Vita, and that tune.........so good I bought it on ITunes 👌
Really great game that didn't quite live up to its hype and ultimately outstays it's welcome.
Might stick it on now.
No thank you. Not a big fan of the Metal Gear Solid series. The first one was enough for me.
Never finished though I know I ought to. However a steal at that price from Amazon. I also like the cool refreshing taste of Pepsi with a bag of tasty Doritos chips. Hmm mm.
I am just being hypocritical though, ordered two things already in the sale.
@Galvatron "What a thrill..." ©best-soundtrack-of-all-time
@themcnoisy @FullbringIchigo
Worst MGS Game in existence, A great game outside all the MGS branding sure.
MGS 5: Ground Zeroes (despite the shortness) did what the Phantom Pain couldn't, be an MGS game, mission variety, great soundtrack. I would rather MGS end on that cliffhanger than even dare to shudder relieve that experience.
In simpler terms, The Phantom Pain can be likened Resident Evil 6.
@Kidfried - certainly the best tune in any game ever made. Not just as a standalone tune - it's also the best Bond song never made - but for the pathos it gives Snake in the preceding scenes......lyrically, musically and tonally spine-tingling 👌👌👌
@Punished_Boss_84 MGS5 is the worst MGS but it's still excellent. RE6 was just pretty bad, having characters like Leon and Chris was its only saving grace really.
@Galvatron I couldn't have said that better myself. And I will never forget that moment when the song plays and Snake climbs the stairs. Man...
(@Punished_Boss_84 @kyleforrester87 The best Resident Evil is about as good as the worst Metal Gear Solid.)
@Punished_Boss_84 MGS5 wasn't perfect, but it is nowhere the atrocity of Resident Evil 6.
@Kidfried - agreed on both points, touché 👌
@Punished_Boss_84 That's a ridiculous statement. MGS 5 PP finished 2nd in Eurogamers best games of the year, 4th in our forum poll goty, Rated extremely highly with a bunch of reputable websites and is brilliant.
Resi 6 was Resi 4s afterbirth.
"Do you begrudge us our glorious Freddo fix?"
I couldn't begrudge anyone a Freddo fix! Good price too!
@Rudy_Manchego You can't finish. The game itself wasn't finished!
10 out of 10 - IGN (yyeeaahh right).....
MGS5 is good in a lot of aspects, but ultimately I grew tired of it and eventually found it rather forgettable.
It will not be on my list of the best games of this generation.
MGS5 is like dating a model archetype, the first 5 dates are really exciting, but after three months if feels hollow, shallow, and not worth pursuing anynore.
I'm umming and arring about getting this for when I have a fortnight off next month... Did MGS Online ever take off properly? Is it still popular?
Erm, it's £17? Surely it lasted more than a couple of hours?
@themcnoisy
Sure, The Phantom Pain is brilliant, it is highly praised, yeah. It's just not a brilliant MGS game, that distinction is key. Its anything but and it is precisely for that reason why people like it so much. Even the three Templates for this game didn't stray this far off the course.
A ridiculous statement? I'd be more inclined to believe my opinion is a ridiculous statement if you weren't just using other people's opinions.
@Kidfried @stevie85 @kyleforrester87
I'm not talking about reception, they both strayed from the franchise roots.
@Punished_Boss_84 I understood the point you were trying to make, but I was just defending the MGS series. No matter what.
OK, I've never played a metal gear game in my life, but the series really appeals to me. I know this is the last game in the franchise, but should I go for this deal? Or would I be better off starting elsewhere?
@Drawfull 'Fraid so.
@Punished_Boss_84 its my opinion bro, I'm just stating sources as I deemed it necessary - since when was that a bad thing?
I loved mgs pp, its got massive faults, huge gaping chasms of faults. Its not finished as what Kojima envisioned, although it still ends sufficiently Imo, the crazy grind and unclimbable mountains blocking your path. (that latter ones a stinker to begin with)
But I forgive it all, as it feels so good minute to minute and some of the strings you can pull are a million miles away from anything I've ever played. Its an evolution of stealth gameplay, the best by miles, lightyears ahead of that crap stealth in fallout 4.
Resident evil 6 was so bad it shouldn't have been released. Its borderline unplayable and completely unenjoyable.
I'm dozens of hours in at 40% completion and it's excellent so far. I've played them all since mgs1, and 5 is one of my favorites. I can see people not understanding it's majesty without playing ALL of the previous MGS titles, tho
@Dodoo Ha ha - I don't feel so bad now. It wasn't me being lazy but Konami's fault!!!
Both MGSV and Street Fighter V got 9/10 on this very site.
If only they were finished, huh?
@Rudy_Manchego Exactly!
No clue what you all up there are on to.
Fact is that Konami cut budgets of the MGS:V development since it was having some issues with Hideo Kojima, and he eventually after years of rocky relationship quit the company. MGS:V PP is an incomplete game, it lacks an entire Chapter III so it is understandable some of you may be upset.
Also it's a departure from the previous classic MGS installments, far less cutscenes and far less conversations.
However, Fox Engine is a technological marvel, the graphics is probably the most realistic thing I've seen on a console, and the controls are just absolutely brilliant.
Things you can do, freedom that the game allows inside the game is spectacular, and it does not cease to be a proper MGS.
I paid full price on the first week it was released and I regret NOTHING. In fact, it was my proudest purchase in my life. This price? its possibly the best steal.
Do not let the comments section deter you from playing one of the best games ever made.
No idea what these disgruntled people are complaining about. (Other than the game not being finished, still you'll have a BLAST.)
For a game that wasn't finished it has more content then 99% of games that have come out this Gen Shame we didn't get part/chapter 3 tho(they could of ended it after chapter 2 really) but God there is so much to do in the game. But saying that it has some irritating features like having to wait days!?!? :-/ to get more Bases and days for the better Weapons and the only way you can get other Bases is to buy coins :-/ or wait months if you log in all the time to get them free sometimes :-/ Maybe Kojima left Konami because they wanted to include all that cr*p coin/DLC Sh*t. Oh well, brilliant game tho and a MUST BUY at it's cheaper price
I think Metal Gear Solid V is probably the most overrated game of this generation, and likely for a good few years before that too. I don't think history will remember it as fondly as the Metacritic rating suggests.
It's blatantly unfinished. It's far too long with way too much padding. The missions are repetitive, many of them literal repeats of missions you've already done with a slight modifier. The story is nonsensical, hampered by a silent protagonist for no logical reason, and lacking in any sort of meaningful climax. Even the gameplay which is largely fun is a weird step backwards in some ways compared to previous iterations of the series.
The sad thing is that I think there's a fantastic game buried in there. The moment to moment gameplay is phenomenal. Sneaking into a base feels great. The mechanics are all sound. Technically it's phenomenal. And that would be awesome if the whole game played out like the tremendous introduction did. But once the game opens up, you basically spend the next forty hours doing the same handful of missions over and over again in slightly different scenarios. It's one great idea stretched out well beyond its elastic limit to the point of souring the entire game.
I'm not going to say I didn't have a lot of fun playing Metal Gear Solid V, but I will say that the fun I got out of it was disproportionate to the amount of time I spent playing it, and I wouldn't play it again if you paid me £12.99.
Tesco have been selling MGSPP for £17 for a good while. Whether you like the Metal Gear games or not, there is no denying that £17 for a game of that caliber is a damn good deal.
I rarely purchase games day one these days as I can happily wait for a price drop. I just work on my backlog until im happy with the price. I picked up MGSPP and Mad Max both for £35 new, and I only had to wait a few months for that deal. Infact, Tesco have some pretty good deals on right now. For £40 you can get two selected top PS4 games.
@themcnoisy
Eh, tomato, tomahto: what you call sources is just collating opinions. I would happily accept an unfinished story if it were at the very least an engaging one. it did not end sufficiently, so many story threads left so open: a real chapter with real story missions is needed to clean up that mess.
If the Phantom Pain just followed up on its potential, I could almost accept it as it was. It didn't, so I shan't.
@ZeroExia Boom, this. Totally agree.
@johncalmc Have you finished the game?
"The story is nonsensical, hampered by a silent protagonist for no logical reason, and lacking in any sort of meaningful climax."
The ending explains this to an extent, the repeat of the introduction in the hospital before ending staring at ahem Snake in the mirror with the flashbacks to the helicopter crash from ground zeroes.
@Punished_Boss_84 we wont ever agree here. I personally thought mgs pp was brilliant. I cant play other AAA openworld games anymore as they just look and play terribly in comparison, no real dynamic gameplay or strategy like in pp.
So when people say its the Worst mgs in existence or mgs ground zeroes is a better mgs I'm obviously gonna call you out as I disagree, although ground zeroes is fun for a few hours phantom pain gives you the same fun but In loads of locations.
Like I stated before up there, I'm going to reiterate one very important thing here:
Forget what all others are saying on this. My recommendation is firm, I'm not out to waste anyone's money and you're definitely going to have more fun than you'd imagine. If you skip this game, oh man, I don't know what to say because you would be missing out A LOT in the genre.
Incomplete or not, story is cohesive or not, repetitive or not, all of that doesn't really matter.
Every once in a while, there comes a game that require you to get your hands on first and judge it for yourself. And this is THAT game.
@themcnoisy "The ending explains this to an extent, the repeat of the introduction in the hospital before ending staring at ahem Snake in the mirror with the flashbacks to the helicopter crash from ground zeroes."
I don't think that explains the silent protagonist at all. Sure, it might give a tiny bit of justification. But it's clutching at straws, and the far more likely scenario is that Keifer cost too much money.
The fact is, there are numerous scenes in the game that are thoroughly awkward and jarring because Snake simply refuses to talk. The most egregious example, of course, is the infamous truck ride late in the game in which Snake literally just sits there while the villain spouts off about his evil plan, and he never, at any point, says anything. Even in previous games, when a villain was monologueing, Snake would throw one of their sentences back at them posed as a question if only to remind us he was still there.
In this game Snake doesn't talk when all common sense says that he should, and it never stops being weird. It's odd right away, and it's odd when he's still doing it at the end of the game. It just doesn't seem like there's any logical reason for this. He talks in the tapes. His silence in cut-scenes is immersion breaking and weird.
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