The first minutes of Metal Gear Solid 5 promise bliss and beauty. With a heavy focus on cutscenes and over the top action seen in previous entrees, however once you start the core gameplay it becomes somewhat of a chore.

I had planned it all very carefully. There were way too many guards still looking for me, and with sunrise coming shortly, I had almost no chance of making it out to the nearest safe landing zone with an injured prisoner on my shoulders. But I wouldn't have to.

Exceptional sandbox gameplay; Meaningful complexity; Stealth flexibility; Tons of gadgets and abilities

Sparse story

It's the middle of the night in northern Afghanistan, I am positioned just outside of a heavily fortified and guarded stronghold, planning my next move, while also trying to locate the prisoner that

Great soundtrack; Compelling; varied gameplay; Stunning visuals; Amazing value for money

Occasional story padding

Epic conclusion to one of the best Series out there.

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It's a shame that this will be Kojima's last MGS game, but for what it's worth he set aside whatever ill feelings he might have against Konami to create one of his most ambitious games yet.

People always try to downplay the story in Metal Gear Solid games. There's always a lot of hand-waving, a lot of 'yeah, it's bananas but...' that seems superficially like cultural cringe.

Metal Gear Solid V practically redefines the notion of what open-world gameplay can be.

metal gear solid 5 is amazing. I wasn't sure that the open world metal gear would really work, however I was wrong. The game is a masterpiece. After playing for 12 hours so far and iv only done 4% of the game. the scale of this game is huge.

Graphics; gameplay; open word mgs woks well

Credits between each mission seems a bit silly

One of the best games I have played on the PS4. The attention to detail is unreal. So much to do, I've have been on it quite a bit and haven't even completed 10%! Which is good because I was sick of games with short stories. Defo recommend it, specially if you love the franchise.