As many may know Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain is being outed as the last game in a series that been around for longer then 25 years even though the 4th game was said to be the last it was in a way as it served as the end of solid snakes this entry will be the true and final game for Big Boss...

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.

A new standard for open-world interaction, and an incredible sign-off to a spectacular, often infuriating, series. This is one of the most ingenious, lovingly crafted games of all time.

Staggeringly deep open-world with huge variety of strategies and item upgrades; Impeccable production values and haunting audio; The most-accessible MGS game yet; Ingenious game-structure-as-metaphor; with philosophical depths; Attaching an upgraded fulton balloon to *anything

Intense pacing; from initially daunting to incredibly tough

'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.

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

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!

Welcome back to the Metal Gear Solid universe as we are once again introduced to legendary and iconic video game character "Snake" ( aka Big Boss ) who awakes from a nine year coma and is forced to rebuild his mercenary army known as the Diamond Dogs to end the reign of the organisation of Cipher...

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.

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...