Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is effectively an ending. Although Metal Gear may continue, many important people behind it, including creator Hideo Kojima, will no longer be involved. Yet the Phantom Pain doesn't feel like an ending, but rather a beginning.

'Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain' isn't just great a stealth experience by 'Metal Gear' standards, it's a great stealth tour for this generation of gaming. The devs have built on the great prequel series and made an extremely sympathetic character of Big Boss.

The game is amazing. I did not get the "Day One Edition". I feel a bit betrayed by this, as I chose this version to buy for that reason. I normally have had excellent results from Amazon, but that was not the case this time.

Here it is: review impressions spliced with final conclusions. We're finally ready to offer our verdict on one of the year's biggest games.

+ Huge open world; plenty to do; thought-provoking; new ideas well implemented

- Some recycled content in the second act

Amazing game. I love Kojima and his amazing but convoluted stories. This game is so far and above any of his other games in the series. I can't take away from the masterpiece that is MGS1 or 2, but this game could be stand alone and still be great.

I've played previous MGS titles but none are as good as this one. Pros: 1.The best game I have ever played ( and I have played GTA V, THE LAST OF US and The Witcher 3) 2. Open world 3. You can customize things 4.

Outstanding game. Graphics are amazing, the game is really indepth and there is so much to keep you entertained. Its a pretty long game which is great so you get your moneys worth rather than a game thats so short you can complete it within a day, so glad i got this.

If ever there was a time to get into Metal Gear Solid , The Phantom Pain is probably it. By far the most accessible from a gameplay standpoint, it shares a similar level of intimidation and scope as its predecessors, while expanding the ways in which it approaches combative gameplay.

+ Deep customisation; + Mother Base development; + Great gameplay fundamentals; + Nice balance between action; stealth

- Story lacks cohesion; - Moments of visual beauty let down by bugs and an unstable engine; - Repetitive missions

Amazing game, had to download 20 GB from steam, but it was all worth it, only downside would be that I got it a day later than expected, never the less, 5 stars!

With the latest influx of open world games that have come onto the market in 2015 and next gen consoles this makes an excellent addition to any collector, Snake Lover or Gamer. Having not personally played any of the other Metal Gear Solid games I was somewhat dubious of tackling this battle but I...