Good for you but you dont represent everyone there's been many reports of bugs in the game the one I've gotten is the frame rate drop shit gets annoying when your trying to be stealthy
Yea, I understand that others may have had issues with glitches and freezing, but I too have put close to 50 hours and never experienced a freeze or any glitch of any kind. I don't say this as a brag or something, I just want people who are interested in buying this game to know that it is not as common an issue as this video would lead you to believe...
+Daniel Faliszewski If you want to get a crash play the mission "Traitor's Caravan", deploy with an ZHUK IFV and start knowing down electricity poles on by one by speeding through them. The game crashed many times for me when I did this.
You had me with the intelligent A.I, thats always a important facet to me. If the enemies are dumb or have tunnel vision, it kinda ruins the immersion and skill factor, because you're just exploiting the limitations. Too bad about the open world aspect kinda being pointless. It would have been better to just build massive sandboxes of different locations.
+TheDalinkwent You probably won't reply, but the AI is literally the difficulty scale. As you do more headshots, more helmets will appear, more kills? Body armor starts to appear. Sneak during night a lot? NVGs will be more popular.
shady1237 That kicks ass. It forces you to try different approaches to have a better grasp of all of the mechanics. Many times gamers find a strategy or exploit and stick to it.
TheDalinkwent Yeah. I remember a yotuber bitching on how the game was "too easy" but most likely used his motherbase team to reduce the difficulty. Another thing you can do as well, unless you want it to be harder.
+TheDalinkwent Well you can disable reflex, target markings and all those aids, to make the game unforgiving. You will be constantly on the edge, and strategists will always be the ones to succeed. Also, if you have a clear strategy in mind, then you are always gonna get stuck. The true stealth master adapts to the environment.
not enough story and structure for me. Im not a fan of PeaceWalker, I prefer the Standard Metal Gear Solid format. Sneaking Through Facilities, cutscenes,crazy boss battles, more crazy cutscenes.
+Dan M its good voice acting for troy baker but the way he delivers feels boring a dull (at least for me) snake a Kaz were propbaly the best at their performance they were alive with enthusiasm.
+Dan M To be fair most characters in the MGS series come off with Anime Vibes. so sutherland was a really nice change of pace. But seriously, listen to ANY MGS voice acting and they all come off as very anime. And like someone said it's really good voice acting because it really sounds like the transition into when Ocelot is in games like MGS1 and 2. Came off really well in my opinion.
+Tom Maxey (Solidcrock013) I think the problem is more with the writing than the voice. Ocelot is pretty well-written in this game, he's just written completely differently than the crazy wildcard we're used to. I think he would've been much better as a whole new character instead.
+Erik Brown yeah sure he's a different character in this game but more or likely in some moments of the game his voice sounds boring a dull (propably through radio calls) besides the way he was written as a character as well but what can I say * huge spoilers for others*, he isn't talking to the real big boss (phantom medic) so he might interact differently since he's using him to help the real big boss make outer heaven deep undercover and also how he shows a fond relationship with naked snake during the last 2 decades.
+pollenontheshoot definitely they've streamlined alot of the thinga in the game to make it appeal to a more mainstream audience or people who don't play stealth but older fans will feel scarrd, betrayed and utterly dissapointed with what they got because in their eyes its incomplete.
Tom Maxey I actually played this and thought it was ok. But it got boring quick and since I have 0 attachment to the story being a MGS newb, I just stopped playing it. Thanks Redbox!
I disagree with pretty much all of your negatives and you're usually spot on for me. 50 hours in and the game has never crashed on my PS4, constant 60 fps, the textures on the enemies look fantastic, the open world is perfectly designed for tactical stealth gameplay plus there are always side ops to do. You can tackle the side ops in a variety of different stealth tactics so it is never repetitive. Troy baker is awesome, Afghanistan doesn't feel empty, it feels like a soviet controlled desert with expertly designed, tactical outposts for you to take down in a variety of ways...like it's supposed to feel. This is MGS, not GTA or Skyrim. Saying the open world is barren and boring is just missing the point of what the story and situation is. This is essentially a warzone, not a lush sprawling fantasy world or a busy, sprawling city with bank heists. This is open world stealth at its finest, Kojima's magnum opus and a 10/10 for me. But hey this is the only time I've disagreed with ACG.
bear in mind the textures that look fantastic for a ps4 are not the same as fantastic looking textures for others (pc users). He also did still rate it a buy, just not 10/10 as others have (honestly how does a game get 10/10. No game is perfect.
no he is a straight up fanboy he has rose colored glasses stuck on his head can't you read what he said? He called it kojimas magnum opus that alone tells you he let kojima go balls deep and refuses to slight the game at all.
snake eater was so damn fun it actually made me feel like a real soldier. survival systems, jungle setting , camouflage system. none of it was in this game.
For me, this is easily the best stealth game I've ever played (I've played every other metal gear, every splinter cell, every hitman, every deus ex, every thief, and Death To Spies 2). I don't really see the complaint about the open world--the game is in soviet occupied Afghanistan, I didn't really expect a lot to be going on aside from soldier patrols and random animals. I also haven't experienced a single crash, so I'm lucky there. The game is very challenging if you're going for perfect stealth S-ranks... I haven't seen any bugs like the floating animals or clipping mentioned here. I downloaded from The PS Store so maybe that's why? Idk but the game has functioned flawlessly for me. This is a 10/10 game for me.
+Christian Campbell Who is this message to? If your talking about me I already stated how good I thought the AI was in various ways which is all encompassing including how it needs to be applauded.
+AngryCentaurGaming I was just adding to my first point. I know you mentioned how good the AI was but when you critiqued going back to a base you emptied, you didn't mention how returning to those bases presented new challenges like helments and NVGs on enemy soldiers. I liked your review but I was surprised at the omission of that, in my estimation, important fact.
+Dan M hahahahahaha, i saw one post on steam he just teleport right next to the mission object when he enter the area, the bleeding enemy just die when i kick him, and some lag, funny bugs thou, except lag
The sheer grind of the side missions killed the game for me. I had to tap out at around 70 hours. Gameplay just got way too repetitive, and I have no issue with long games. MGSV made me walk away disappointed.
toolshedvideo yeah totally get you. Only MGS game I got bored with & now I can't stand it, any time I think about it. The gameplay was awesome but the repetitiveness of mission structure & the sparseness of the story killed it for me. Also, structure of the game was terrible, the decision to have Snake mute was baffling considering the got Keifer Sutherland to be the voice, why did they bother? I know there's the cassette tapes but to not say ANYTHING in cutscenes when you're the revered leader of the group was just confusing. Not enough Skull Face he could have been interesting. Just reminded me, structure - best mission of the game WAS No 30, why? You actually stealthily infiltrated a fortress, that's why! It's what MGS games were all about. I've ranted enough. Sorry. I gave up after 120hrs, gt stuck trying to save Quiet. I felt relieved to stop & do something else lol. *breathe out*
As a fan of MGS series, I admit that the world is a little empty and small, but for me it kept me connected to the game because of the awesome gameplay mechanics, and the badass bigboss and his army. I really found it one of the best games of all time.
Disclaimer: I highly respect you and and value your opinion. I get the impression that you didn't really "get" this game. This "open world" wasn't meant to be like GTA or something like that. The fact that it's barren is not a problem. The open world is just several bases connected by open areas and streets which are littered with small outposts. It's just there as a means to provide you with a place for tactical espionage and free infiltration. Most problems you mentioned aren't a problem at all TO ME. The only thing I don't like is the fact that you cannot order your helicopter to pick you up, then fly you over to a different drop point on the same map. Another problem is the lack of cutscenes and the cut content. All in all, the game is absolutely stellar and one of the best I have ever played in my life. It could've been better though, and the story should've flowed better. Btw, Big Boss never walked on a missile. That was Solid Snake in MGS1 The Twin Snakes, the MGS1 remake for the Gamecue which was totally hilarious because the cutscenes were so over the top. Snake never walked on a missile in the original, but in Twin Snakes he does a backflip on a flying missile.
+iWillWakeYouUp I rated the game a buy. So...then if I didn't get it...Is it not a buy. Are the things I liked not good and the things I dislike as here bad? Personally I think its just things lol
AngryCentaurGaming Oh, okay. Well then, everything's fine. It's all just opinions, and I like discussing games from different points of view. Thanks for the replies, ACG.
Another great review by ACG love the buy, wait rent, never touch format. More informative than a simple " out of 10 " rating. Will be picking this up soon.
The emptiness of the world didn't really bother me because unlike most open world games, the purpose of this open world is not to give you a world to explore or massive amounts of markers to chase on the map. The purpose is to give the player a massive amount of tactical freedom. Also, returning to ACC from the pause menu technically means fultoning yourself. You can sometimes even hear a fulton sound when you do that.
Thanks again for the honesty and integrity. It's always obvious you don't go into games with an agenda for your review, and you're actually someone who's a gamer so your content is always relevant. You're one of the only reviewers other than gameranx who I truly respect as a journalist (you're also not obnoxious and annoying), and I appreciate the depth and throughness in your show.
I really wanted to love this game, but in the end I couldn't get over the overwhelming repetitiveness of almost every aspect of the gameplay. That combined with the fact that you are often penalized for using lethal force despite hundreds of different machine guns, rocket launcher, pistols, grenade launchers, and sniper rifles available, made the entire world too restrictive for my tastes.
How are you under the impression that your punished for using lethel force? sure you get a very minute point deduction but that can easily be compensated for, in fact often times going in guns blazing with the chopper grabbing a prisoner throwing them onboard and murdering everyone else on your extract is the easiest way to get the S rank. The only "punishment" is that you can't staff your Mother Base with corpses but you can always find others to extract. I'm really confused how you could think your "punished" for using lethel force.
I get A's and S's when I go loud. Only aim for the head, do tactical take downs. I meticulously kill everyone and hunt everyone down and still get a good rating at the end of it all. Just dont get shot or restart the mission
i remember when the game come out everyone was praising it it was 96 positive on steam and now that people finished the game they see how repetitive and empty this game is and now its like 88 positive on steam and will fall more good review man
One of my biggest gripes is the checkpoint system. I've completed all story objectives to then die by mistake searching for shit only to then have to do half the objectives again.
+necropig well you died :D that's the minimum you go back to a checkpoint.. i manually restart my checkpoint just if i get spotted 'cause i wanna finish the mission full stealth. that's a real pain lol
+scubbasan ha I do that too :p My main example of this is the honeybee mission. Done all the objectives then I went looking for diamonds, found one in the big mountain with the holes in it but it was over a tiny gap, couldn't ledge grab it so I dove at it and fell to my death :( Had to do all the destroy tanks again and drop in c4 etc
necropig yea in that case it's pretty lame, happened to me during a sandstorm i horse-jumped into the dry river bed and died while chasing the last enemy.. but if we could manually save every time we advance, that would be way too easy for a stealth game! going back to a checkpoint you can also completely change the strategy if you want.
+scubbasan yea i literally had to checkpoint there to retry to fight some skulls. Though I snuck by them all and fulton'd the truck :3 Quiet is great, angry never mentioned her in his review.
best game i've ever played. well...not. but close. 10/10. fucking loved it, and even though just beat it after 100 hours gameplay, i can't wait to play EVERY mission again! this game will never get old to me. perfect physics, AI intelligence is great, photorealism of rendering, yes, the landscapes can be a bit boring, but its REAL, and the game is amazing and works wonders!
I have to say that I feel like the "barrenness" of the world is to be expected. People nowadays want a bijillion side activities and quests when they hear "open world" but the way the open world in MGS V is set up makes sense. EVERYTHING you do goes back to motherbase. Every objective, side mission, outpost raid all benefits motherbase which in turn benefits you. I loved that and it makes sense. This isn't an open world where you're supposed to go for a drink, play Gwent, or go bowling (uuuuggggggghhh fucking Roman). The way it's set up makes sense to me. Snake wouldn't be dicking around, he'd basically be going hard at it. The lack of too many side activities is a plus for me. They didn't waste time with useless activities. Everything you do helps progress the game and that is genius and something that a lot of open world games do not do well but MGS V nailed it.
+Dean444ful oh, well it's a different kind of open world. It doesn't have to follow every other open wold ever, especially when it's not exactly "open world" u know what I mean ?
jalal ali yeah, it's more of a tactical based open world so less side activities and goofing around is to be expected. I don't think it's perfect but for what it was trying to accomplish I do think it was pulled off pretty well.
A very solid and fair review. I would say this though; there is a way to fulton yourself directly back to mother base but the game doesn' really tell you. If you quickly jump in a vehicle or cargo can right after you slap on the fulton, you will get sent back to base. Additionally, if you discover the cargo delivery manifest document in any of the larger enemy bases, you can then use the bases as fast travel locations. Also, destroying enemy anti air radar will unlock new location options for helicopter pick up and drop off. These features help reduce boring trekking in the open world.
I only get to 15 mission and i passed. This whole story felt like a side quest and the gameplay wasnt fun either with everything locked behing walls of building mother base. Probably one of the most repetetive games i have ever played. I just watched cutscenes instead on yt. Way more interestnig
The story will not make sense to you not until you see the final hidden ending and also listen to the final cassette tapes, also play all the previous 6 games (starting with Metal Gear 3 >>> Portable Ops >>> Peace Walker >>> Ground Zeroes >>> 1 >>> 2 >>> 4 then 5), after that you will realize that you experienced one of the best stories in your life! Thank you Hideo Kojima! and thank you Karak for review!
As far as extracting yourself, you can Fulton a vehicle with you inside and or Fulton a container with you on top. Both send you flying back to motherbase. As far as exfiltrating the hot zones, you really only have to run away a short distance. I personally don't find difficulty or frustration in leaving or traveling. It takes experience. Bugs, I've experienced two. One was a soldier levitating, the other was a silencer levitating. No audio bugs. I think this is all going to apply to the individual. I too feel the AI faces were a bit weird at times when scoping them during reflex mode but it didn't bother me much. As for the open world with nothing to do, there are story elements which explain the absence of civilization and one obvious reason would be a potentially world dominating organization like Cipher lining the pockets of both the Soviet and African forces. Everything has either been destroyed or occupied. People were all harvested for the parasitic objective, so, yeah. I also found the mission versatility in every way more than enough to compensate for the repetitive nature of deployment. The AI is far too smart to allow one to simply approach any mission the same way too often. As for fun, its an overload. I'm roughly 150 hours in, mission 33, 82/157 side-ops, 50% complete. This game has completely stolen the show for me until Fallout 4 comes out. Far better visually and technically than The Witcher 3 which I see as being its only competition. GOTY at least by some standards. If not I'll be extremely surprised.
+AngryCentaurGaming I think the fulton thing is fine for everything else. As for yourself, I think it might take away from the challenge. It's almost too easy to use the balloon in almost all cases. That's probably why you have to either completely vacate a hot zone and or escape to an LZ. Just my thought is all.
+AngryCentaurGaming I get it. And it is a sensible point to touch on whilst reviewing the game considering that the Fulton extraction is such an important aspect. You should be able to extract yourself, maybe with an added element of challenge. Like a countdown of sorts while enemy combatants bombard you. That might be a really cool detail.
+Alan Clusan Having story elements explain why the game world is empty feels like a cop-out. The game took years to make, and they couldn't come up with a use for their open world besides collecting plants, animals, and diamonds? If there is nobody left to fight, why defend the bases at all? This is a warzone after all, so where's the war? Konami made an excellent AI that could've been put to use with open conflicts that you could encounter and actual base activity that involves more than one truck arriving, two soldiers getting out, getting back in, and one truck leaving. It's such a waste.
An unbiased, trustworthy review. Thank you! Let me guess. You didn't bother showing up to Konamis little review event concentration camp, and decided to do your own thing, with the sacrifice of putting out a late review, huh? Smart move, in the long run. (Unlike some major review outlets. *EHEMIGNGAMESPOTEHEM*)
+Redjohn Kragle seeing and doing things are two different things bud. you can only be amazed by how the same rock you've passed 4 times looks pretty accurate to real life rocks for a little bit before you get bored and realize how repetitive the game rlly is.
+Redjohn Kragle The game as far as world structure is severely lacking, no two ways about it. The animals and environmental features is only a slight amazement for the first few hours. You can only be so amazed by the same Animal, rock, or piece of vegetation for a while until the amazement turns into a question of whether or not it was simple copy and paste. The world may be "open" but open for what? For the few select animals, guards and rock formations. You cannot say you disagree on the hard crashes and then say you've encountered them. That's a contradictory statement. A hard crash is a hard crash and if they exist, then that is a serious problem, a problem regardless of whom you are find to be annoying and an immersion killer. The game, however; is a great game, no questioning that but no game is perfect and this one isn't an exception and it definitely has a few flaws here and there, but the positives outweigh the negatives (depending on who you are). It's a buy, but I would say only a buy for those who have played previous MGS games.
+Wezzipooh Amen!! The stealth action is what matters, not a bustling world (in the middle of a war zone lol) where NPC's with stupid errand boy quests lurk around every corner. I don't give a shit about any of that. This game delivers MGS gameplay in a way where you can tackle objectives anyways you want...what else do you want from a MGS game?? If your looking for a vibrant world your in the wrong game...Try looking for one that doesn't take place in a warzone and I'm sure you'll find all the pointless "go here, get this" gameplay that is the filler crutch for SO many open world games.
I've put in a good amount of hours on the PS4 and yet to see any major problems or crashes...hope it stays that way. I agree that Afghanistan is empty and barren but it's pretty accurate from what I remember when I was there in the Marines. The attention to detail in the world and near spot on military tactics sold me right off the bat.
To anyone who is on the fence about buying MGSV: TPP it is a for sure a buy. This was my first metal gear game I ever played and it's pretty damn good (i looked up the metal gear time line and back story before I played, it helps to understand the story and characters). As of now the pc version is 99% bug free. A part of the online play is also working it's called Forward Operating Base which you raid other players for resources and recruits. As for gameplay top notch for a stealth game because the A.I. has to be very competent which it is in this game. For example if you headshot a lot, soldiers start wearing helmets which prevent one hit to the dome. Like the review states, soldiers pretty much have the same vision as an actual human and behave like one. They come to investigate sounds/sightings, they notice if a friendly is down, they even fire in your general direction if you are sniping from a distance and they manage to get a direction of where you are. The open world element i found to be good not GTA status but good, it's not as empty as one would think though with many animals and people who want to kill you. Music is great, story is above average but not the best, graphics/physics are top notch (pc version), characters get the job done, they really could have put more context to Quiet though I didn't get as attached to her as other female supports in other games at least not as much as Elizabeth in Bioshock Infinite, just an opinion. I would give the game a solid 8/10 with 5/10 being an average game like the Call of Duty franchise, again just an opinion. Also side note, lots of unlockables, customization, missions, and side ops. I've been playing for 50 hours and only 53% done, haven't even replayed missions or attempted to complete with an S rank. UI is fantastic, Buddy system is very unique and the way everything flows together is outstanding. Well worth $60. The amount of detail put into the game is very noticeable.
A bit late but you are not supposed to play the game like that..yes you can go guns blazin but its much better to do stealth (also much more challanging). The point you said about the enemy alert stages taking long can be medigated with the phantom cigar.
wow. i just came across your channel by accident. and i must say i am surprisingly happy by the way you do your reviews. complete unbiased. this is a sort of channel which i had been looking for which would give me an honest review that will help me to decide on the game to purchase or not. keep up the awesome work sir. i am hooked to your channel for eternity.
Though I disagree with a lot of your points of view, this was a great review. I think it's very clear that you're not exactly a fan of the MGS franchise, which is understandable, but for me these are my favourite games of all time and I am loving the Phantom Pain so far.
Part of me agrees that the open world is kind of sparse, but then part of me considers the notion that Hey This is Afghanistan! Even in real life there is next to nothing out there except soldiers and a bunch of random wildlife. So for me it passes. I dunno, maybe they could have included some civilians walking around like the traders in Fallout 3.
+ShogunOrta I think of me its all in a contained area, like no more than a couple miles with tons of soldiers in these little cramped sandbox areas but then NOTHING between them like, for the most part, they are terrified of the night, and open spaces, and sheep
I agree. I guess that's what I meant about the civilian traders. Maybe also have some random Russian patrols also. - I'm looking at you Modding community...
I think my one big problem with the sand box is that when the game was linear you had a much greater variety of locations to explore. I know this isn't MGS, but I've been playing Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, and in that you go from New York to Hong Kong to all kinds of places. The only thing that openness brings to a covert espionage game is ability to choose my attack point. Which I do like. But I also miss the grandiose feeling of a game expanding over several exotic locations, which I guess a sandbox game could do, but it would be ridiculous to create. Maybe some kind of middle could be struck? Sandbox still, but smaller, and combined with a myriad of closed levels in differing locals. Eh, I dunno. I do like MGS 5, but I get what people mean by the change in game play.
I have literally not gotten a single technical issue you mentioned except one guy got caught inbetween rocks in Africa and kept spinning in circles. I agree with the emptiness of the land, but I think it adds to the realism. I think people try and look at other open world games and try to set a standard on "Content Value". I enjoy the hump needed to travel 1500m to my objective, but that's me. This isn't GTA or Assassins Creed. MGS is a story driven game and doesn't pretend not to be. We haven't even seen the online portion of the game yet, so I'm not worried at all about it being repetitive. Good Review though.
Actually though, destroyed targets remain destroyed when you revisit those locations. So its in your best interest to sabotage as much as you can when you can. Saying that, trying for a perfect score on levels makes for a really difficult experience...
Odd that you had so many bugs. 25 hours in and i spotted zero bugs and no crashes. Everything about this game is incredible for me so far. Good review though.
Bought it for 40 bucks on G2a... Its a good game 8.5/10 theirs just a meme to hate MGSV. Kojima was doomed you cant please everyone. He heard people hated two hour cut scenes so he listened to fans. Then the same Fans bitch!
The problem with this game is there is no random events that happen... How cool would it be to have 2 different factions fighting eachother once in awhile. Or just more things you see when you are travelling from point a to point b. Like a stalled jeep getting fixed, people getting attacked by wild animals. Being hunted down by some special task force? Tons of things....I could come up with.
just finished this game. i agree with pretty much everything you just said lol. the repetitiveness was super irritating but weirdly enjoyable and the whole AC mission assignment mechanic with your military was cool. the story however was started off awesome and than it just blah. i dont want to mention spoilers in case anyone reads this but it feels like the story hit an epic MGS Climax and than suddenly took a shit. the whole credits before and after was so damn irritating as well. i love the game but i dont feel it should have got all the praises. idk i guess after the whole mgs 4 epic long cut scenes i got spoiled.
What I find really cool is that if you knock out an outpost's comms in a side-op, when you return in a story mission they won't be able to call for back-up (and vice-versa)...
Thank you for being one of the few reviewers who mentioned that the game starts to repeat missions. I find that extremely annoying and i can't see why any site would give it a 10 despite that fact. Otherwise it's a great game and i actually haven't had one single crash or bug in the entire game, which is rare for a open-world game.
I really love this game. a Solid 9/10! almost 200hours on 2 different systems. The only think i dont like, is most of part 2 just being do the same mission again, but harder. Im just "why?" just let me do the mission on a harder difficulty or something. But dont make them new, with the same cutchene and everything. And yes, the wait for the helicopter / no fast travel, is quite tidious. And why do i need to see who starred in every dam mission ? Im finaly on the pc, where there a ALOT of great mods. One day, i want the game to be fuck me in the ass - hard. The nxt, i want it to be you cant touch me - easy.
The best review I've seen of the game, I hate those reviewers that say that the game is perfect, 10/10 and the best MGS ever created. IMHO the best MGS is still the first one and the one that I enjoyed the most was MGS3.
I love your reviews Sir. One quick respectful point please: you can fulton out of any mission area on top of a cargo container. You can also start most missions while in area of operations. That said, you are absolutely right about the awful mission structure design
I totally agree with the comment about Troy Baker and Nolan North kinda hogging all the voice acting for video games, granted they are very experienced and professional voice actors and still haven't seen one unconvincing performance from either of them, but you are completely correct and I think game studios need to open up more to new voice actors for video games, like the voice actor for Ronan O'Connor in Murdered: Soul Suspect! Amazing voice acting from that guy but I never hear about him anymore after that outstanding performance!
That is essentially the problem with the industry these days, this seems better because 99% of everything else released is either a remake or a bland hand holding exercise. This on it's own is pretty poor, but seems better compared to the majority of the bilge released these days.
Juan King No. Very comparable as they follow the same game structure. Snake could (and should) talk to people like Geralt does. Both as openworld gameplay with loads of sidequests
Welther47 imo they aren't comparable AT ALL. i tried to finish TW3, but i simply couldn't do it. the game is (imo) soooo boring. this is probably not due to the game tho, but rather me: i love stealth games (dishonored, AC and so on) and i can't stand RPG's (execpt fallout 4, i
I'm a newcomer to the franchise and I'm certainly not as invested in the story as a true/old fan, but I succumbed to the hype and bought the game. Been loving it so far, I must say. It's a rewarding experience if you put the effort and patience. Love the gameplay and the story! And as always great review dude!
I honestly love the story off MGS 5, and i think it's one off the best in the series, or at least one off the most interesting. But i understand why most "HARDCORE, i've been playing the series, since they were 3 years old, MGS fans" didn't love it, or the game in general. Which is actually pretty sad, because the game was honestly Great, but was pretty different from the others, so the hardcore fans didn't like it. (That's Understable) But i feel like just because it's different doesn't mean it was "Bad" I can easily agree that the game isn't perfect by any means, heck it was never finished, but if anything people should probably appreciate the story, or the cutscenes more. There was just a lot off visual storytelling, which i guess a lot went over people's heads or something, plus a lot off small little details on character face's, or in the music. And the idea of less cutscenes in the game, (a "Less is more" style) made me remember or appreciate the ones we got even more. I do understand why people think it's the "weakest" story in the series, mostly if you didn't listen to the cassette tapes that help flesh out the story. But i personality loved it's more serious and realistic tone, instead off a more sillier/serious type like the others. (also the boss fight's were Epic as hell and not wired/stupid like most MG boss fights are) Plus the game had tones off customization, and has the best game-play I've play in a MGS game, and looked great. Also IDk if things have changed over the years, and more fan are now more open to TPP or maybe more people dislike it. But i honestly will always love MGS 5, for it's main story and the crazy war stories i got from playing it. But mostly as the game that introducing me into a great series, which it did for SO many others as well. Over all TPP does have problems but i do think it's worthy off the "Metal Gear Solid" name. (and of course this is my opinion)
If anyone likes this type of game and wants something similar I recommend the Mercenaries games, they are much bigger open worlds and have more uh....large scale tactical stuff like airstrikes and what not. But the basic flow is similar and even involves extracting a bunch of targets with a helicopter.
+Fangs of Yima Mercenaries was no doubt one of the absolute best games ive ever played. even on the ps2 it was fantastic, the second had room for improvements but maybe thats just my typical gamer knowledge of how every game is terrible because of one tiny aspect and we all take new games for granted and over hype about them.
Nice honest review , I too am finding it annoying when I capture an outpost and when I return everybody is there again it just seems pointless. MGS on the PSone. Will always be my favourite even the upgraded Twin snakes is sweet.
Outstanding review. Ive watched a number of your reviews this year, and each one I have valued more than other outlets such as IGN. Balanced, unbiased, and not afraid to highlight the large flaws in these so called "blockbuster masterpieces" according to other reviewers. Think I will give this game a miss, with a world this large, I would personally rather a better story/more interactive world. Thanks for the review Good work, subscribed.
Gotta admit, these reviews get intensely hysterical when the jokes and references come from the livestream (which was phenomenal by the way, great job at spreading gameplay beyond basic stealth). Oh and thanks for reporting the crashes, NO ONE really is reporting it and that saved what could have easily been a pissed off trip back to trade it in. Can't wait to pick it up and do keep streaming! I may not chat much, but I gotta say the laughs and discussions that come are a welcoming highlight to evenings.
Most of chapter 2 was just the same missions from chapter 1, except more difficult. Mission 51 (closure to Eli's story arc) was completely cut, and so was chapter 3. All we have left of chapter 3 is the bloody title card. I feel like Konazi rushed Kojima to reach the deadline.
What sucks is the fact that it is literally not converted to any currency properly, so when you guys are paying $60 we are paying £60 which is ridiculous.
I really wanted to like this game, but after about 30 hours I realized that in any given 2 hour session I spent about forty minutes riding around a barren wasteland, 10-15minutes (minimum) traveling between the base and world/showering/beating up diamond dogs, half an hour sneaking around taking out most guys in an area only to have one guy detect me and ruin the whole thing, another half hour doing the whole mission again, and another five/ten minutes extracting myself and doing resource management. The amount of time spent actually playing the game was just way, way too dilute, and the fact that I often had to do the same thing three times simply killed any satisfaction I might otherwise have gotten when I finally succeeded.
I'd give it a 9.5 at the most. The story in chapter 2 (save for a few missions) and the fact that the bulk of chapter 2 was just more difficult missions from chapter 1 really let me down.
Huge respects to you sir. You are the only reviwer who called this game for what it is (although i do disagree wgen you said the story is awsome. Its mediocre at best) but besides that you mentioned all the flaws from bugs to dead, small, and empty world. Other reviewers, even independent ones, for some reason sayed the exact opposite, they said that the game has little bugs, and the open world is massive and alive??? They even said that each mission is new with little to no repetitive missions. Absolutely disgraceful. Thank you for giving me hope in humanity
You can technically Fulton yourself, but you have to upgrade your Fulton to allow the extraction of shipping containers. You have to hop on top, Fulton the container, and then hold triangle (on PS4, don’t know what it is on other platforms).
good for you Centaur. I watched at least 5 reviews on the game and didn't hear half of the negative things on the game. now I kind of regret buying it on Amazon a few hours ago. should have waited
Ive been a fan of the series all since 1998, and Phantom Pain is the only one that i can say its boring as hell.The Good- enemy's AI is awesome as they are unpredictable and have a long aye site making it more challenging. The Bad- the game is super repetitive, the world feels empty and the story line sucks.One of the things that made metal gear so popular was that it had a lot of cut scenes making you feel like you are in a movie( this one don't), also the boss battles where also super exciting. In the phantom pain i have 25 hours played and i haven't encounter a Boss battle yet other then every time i see the Zombie guys or metal gear i have to run away. I've only enjoy the firs mission escaping from the hospital. I'm not saying its a bad game but its not that 10 out of 10 all those websites are giving it.
+Leandro c (lean305) I never played the previous MG games and i can see where you are coming from. I have watched the cutscenes movies and funny moments in MGS 1-4 before MGSPP is released hoping that TPP is going be as good as those , but i was really disappointed. Bigboss dosen't talk as much as before and they didn't implement the random codec calls discussing random stuff which made me LOL at times. And those crazy ass battles like psycho mantis , there wasn't any of those which is a shame.
+Leandro c (lean305) Repetitive when you can play a mission like 5 or 6 different ways including different play style (stealth or guns n' blazing), with variable arsenal to choose from, buddy system and factors like weather or day-night cycle? Can't you just be creative not even a little? Also, an open world with RPG elements in an infiltration simulator would be totally pointless and useless. An empty open world is exactly what the game needs because it's not an RPG! That's what most people miss. As for the story, that's completely subjective so i respect your opinion. But that's what happens when people are crying about the lengthy cutscenes of the previous installments. That's why you have that complaint. One last thing is that it didn't receive only 10s from every website but 9s as well! The same like the big names GTAV and the witcher 3. Even the scores are subjective but when a game receives highly positive scores and reviews from the majority then is considered a pretty good to a near perfect game!
+Chris Redfield .Been able to approach missions in different ways is not an excuse, the missions it self are repetitive. It's all about extract that guy or kill that guy, on chapter 2 are the same exact missions just harder. Isn't that repetitive? don't be blind. The game its really good, the mechanics are on point and it's the hardest metal gear so far. It's true that liking the story is a personal opinion but man, a parasite that kills because the language you speak? that is the lamest story ever. Snake never speaks, on any of the metal gears snake its always talking back and forward on the radio and i get it, Kiefer Sutherland should have been expensive as hell. But if you are going to hire the guy to speak 3 lines, don''t hire him at all then.
Leandro c That's just only you... You just belong to the minority that don't like the game. For me and even the majority none of these are problems. I can be creative enough so that i can find new things every time and enjoy the game! That's the important thing in this game, to be "creative"... If someone is not creative by nature then he will find it boring for sure.
+iwanfishz9 one of the obscure/subtle story reasons why Big Boss doesn't talk that much in Phantom Pain is because he barely says anything in Metal Gear (NOT Metal Gear Solid), which is chronologically set right after the final cutscene in Phantom Pain.
100% agreed on the open world, plus i feel they could have done more with that. Maybe actually let civilians walk around now and then in/outside their houses, or how about some small towns where we'd see AC like crowds and some stores? Could have been really nice. I honestly am starting to hate the repetition. After having seen and destroyed certain things in locations..i really don't wanna go back there. This to me just shows that a sandbox doesn't always work for any game. Or how about...they really want you to stealth through these missions, at the same time encourage you to develop new LETHAL weapons, but punish you in the final rating of a mission if you actually use the newly developed weapons....lol? This game is about stealth, yet the non-lethal weapons are locked until like 15+ hours into the game. Except for the silenced pistol and tranq gun. A.I. Yes for the most part awesome, but....sigh....how do enemies not hear me when i jump through a glass window? They just don't and it baffles me. Bugs. Truly the only real bug i keep getting is that the audio starts crackling, and the controls go batshit crazy. Highly annoying and i expect a fix.
AngryCentaurGaming yes definitely, and thats something I never ever had in MGS before. I also am really missing the lack of cutscenes, now I am only in story mission 8, so I hope those kind of things will pick up.
+Crag B I get that. but Kojima decided to go open world with this, so he should have thought about making it an interesting world. how about random events where the military is taking people out of their homes and putting them in trucks? or maybe rebels fighting against the military in some places? All i am saying is that more could have been done with this world. The way it is now it becomes a chore after a while and you just go straight for the mission area. Was that truly Kojima's intention?
The stuff you mentioned about bugs seems quite odd. I completed the entire game on PS4 before the day one patch came out (shops around here sold them way earlier than they were supposed to) and the only bug I encountered was one where the D-Walker would occasionally float a few inches above the ground when rolling around the map. Maybe you just have a better eye for this kind of stuff than I do, but in my experience the game ran almost perfectly. I also did not experience a single crash, which I guess means I'm quite lucky :) Anyway, great review as always, keep up the good work :D
+AngryCentaurGaming Yes, that is true. I just found it odd that you experienced quite a number of bugs in a game that from my experience seems quite stable. I may just have been lucky, or you may have been unlucky.
Empty and boring world, repetition, missing codec, no sence of humor, story lacking a 'driving force', generic soundtrack you can find in every modern by-the-numbers FPS games. Because of that V doesn´t feel as a regular MGS game, magic just is not there. It mostly resembles a mixture of Far Cry 2, old Splinter Cells and Peace Walker. While not a bad game by any means, V feels very weak and passionless compared to Snake Eater and Sons of Liberty.
Very sad to hear about the sound and crashing problems. I've been playing about 70 hours and just now finished two main missions on the second area on PS4 and haven't experienced any technical problem other than minor travesal issues, but nothing game breaking. But glad to hear that you share many of the likes and dislike that I am having. :) Great review Karak!
Looking at this game two years later, it did not age well, it spoilt like milk. The game box is the grave marker of Kojima's hubris. It couldn't have died soon enough, or gracefully for that matter. Looking forward to Metal Gear Survive.
I never considered game reviewing as an art till I found you. I can tell you love writing these beautifully thought out scripts; bedazzled with some hilariously complex sentences, that force me to watch at least 2 or 3 times to understand them fully. I love it
+AngryCentaurGaming On Very High? Sorry I couldn't tell by watching the video that you played the PC version. 1:50/2:00/3:21/ I guess you didn't make it clear that you played it on PC. As for Vaseline that's probably depth of field which can be disabled. I have it on due to preference (Looks damn good in the Phantom Pain.) but I have motion blur off. Having played it on PC the bugs you mentioned never seemed to happen to me. As for performance am running it four resolutions higher than 1080p with the settings maxed out at 60 or 70 fps at any given time. One issue the PC version has that I noticed is that unlike the console version the particle effects cause slowdown when Quiet runs past you or you are lifting a crate etc. 5:41/6:04 looks like the console version. I haven't had any super noticeable pop in on the PC version. 6:56 is the smoking gun to me that has me convinced you played on console. If you were on PC it wouldn't give a console prompt unless you plugged in a controller.
+AngryCentaurGaming I feel I've made my point but I would now like to bring up bad things/quirks that I noticed in The Phantom Pain. Some rocks are so jagged that it looks like I'm playing Half-Life 2 and certain parts of Africa look flat out unfinished (Probably due to Konami rushing the developers.).
I have invested 80 hours in this game since launch, and I haven't not experienced one crash, glitch, or bug...
Good for you but you dont represent everyone there's been many reports of bugs in the game the one I've gotten is the frame rate drop shit gets annoying when your trying to be stealthy
Yea, I understand that others may have had issues with glitches and freezing, but I too have put close to 50 hours and never experienced a freeze or any glitch of any kind.
I don't say this as a brag or something, I just want people who are interested in buying this game to know that it is not as common an issue as this video would lead you to believe...
+Daniel Faliszewski Same here. I feel like I picked up the cleanest copy of the game.
+Daniel Faliszewski If you want to get a crash play the mission "Traitor's Caravan", deploy with an ZHUK IFV and start knowing down electricity poles on by one by speeding through them. The game crashed many times for me when I did this.
+Tyler Thompson what platform are you playing on
You had me with the intelligent A.I, thats always a important facet to me. If the enemies are dumb or have tunnel vision, it kinda ruins the immersion and skill factor, because you're just exploiting the limitations. Too bad about the open world aspect kinda being pointless. It would have been better to just build massive sandboxes of different locations.
+TheDalinkwent You probably won't reply, but the AI is literally the difficulty scale. As you do more headshots, more helmets will appear, more kills? Body armor starts to appear. Sneak during night a lot? NVGs will be more popular.
shady1237 That kicks ass. It forces you to try different approaches to have a better grasp of all of the mechanics. Many times gamers find a strategy or exploit and stick to it.
TheDalinkwent Yeah. I remember a yotuber bitching on how the game was "too easy" but most likely used his motherbase team to reduce the difficulty. Another thing you can do as well, unless you want it to be harder.
+TheDalinkwent
Well you can disable reflex, target markings and all those aids, to make the game unforgiving. You will be constantly on the edge, and strategists will always be the ones to succeed.
Also, if you have a clear strategy in mind, then you are always gonna get stuck. The true stealth master adapts to the environment.
Lol I don't know why he said that the ai is great because I found the enemy's dumb as rocks easy to kill
Liking the review so far. I love how deep your knowledge is of the industry. Great channel all around
agreed. this is why I love to watch his review.
aren't you the guy who reviewed the Kim Possible movie?
not enough story and structure for me. Im not a fan of PeaceWalker, I prefer the Standard Metal Gear Solid format. Sneaking Through Facilities, cutscenes,crazy boss battles, more crazy cutscenes.
I still love MGS5 and think its a great entry....but I, like you, do prefer the old format with less roaming and more structure.
the narrative does somewhat take a back seat in this case...
+Caroline Gibson back seat? they put duct tape on its mouth and stuffed it in the trunk!
+Damion Lawson agreed
+Damion Lawson right on!!!!
I thought Troy Baker as Ocelot is fantastic. Like, I can easily hear both his young self and his MGS1 self developing out of it.
+Dan M its good voice acting for troy baker but the way he delivers feels boring a dull (at least for me) snake a Kaz were propbaly the best at their performance they were alive with enthusiasm.
+Dan M To be fair most characters in the MGS series come off with Anime Vibes. so sutherland was a really nice change of pace. But seriously, listen to ANY MGS voice acting and they all come off as very anime. And like someone said it's really good voice acting because it really sounds like the transition into when Ocelot is in games like MGS1 and 2. Came off really well in my opinion.
+Tom Maxey (Solidcrock013) I think the problem is more with the writing than the voice. Ocelot is pretty well-written in this game, he's just written completely differently than the crazy wildcard we're used to. I think he would've been much better as a whole new character instead.
+Erik Brown yeah sure he's a different character in this game but more or likely in some moments of the game his voice sounds boring a dull (propably through radio calls) besides the way he was written as a character as well but what can I say * huge spoilers for others*, he isn't talking to the real big boss (phantom medic) so he might interact differently since he's using him to help the real big boss make outer heaven deep undercover and also how he shows a fond relationship with naked snake during the last 2 decades.
+Erik Brown Are you the mo-cap actor of Venom Snake?
I haven't had nearly the amount of problems you've had with this game :/
+Nison545 Thats the very nature of bugs
AngryCentaurGaming That's a good point.
+AngryCentaurGaming If you hate stealth and have never played a MGS game should you even attempt this game?
+pollenontheshoot definitely they've streamlined alot of the thinga in the game to make it appeal to a more mainstream audience or people who don't play stealth but older fans will feel scarrd, betrayed and utterly dissapointed with what they got because in their eyes its incomplete.
Tom Maxey I actually played this and thought it was ok. But it got boring quick and since I have 0 attachment to the story being a MGS newb, I just stopped playing it. Thanks Redbox!
I disagree with pretty much all of your negatives and you're usually spot on for me. 50 hours in and the game has never crashed on my PS4, constant 60 fps, the textures on the enemies look fantastic, the open world is perfectly designed for tactical stealth gameplay plus there are always side ops to do. You can tackle the side ops in a variety of different stealth tactics so it is never repetitive. Troy baker is awesome, Afghanistan doesn't feel empty, it feels like a soviet controlled desert with expertly designed, tactical outposts for you to take down in a variety of ways...like it's supposed to feel. This is MGS, not GTA or Skyrim. Saying the open world is barren and boring is just missing the point of what the story and situation is. This is essentially a warzone, not a lush sprawling fantasy world or a busy, sprawling city with bank heists. This is open world stealth at its finest, Kojima's magnum opus and a 10/10 for me. But hey this is the only time I've disagreed with ACG.
He rated it a buy.
Stable 60fps on the ps4? Nah
bear in mind the textures that look fantastic for a ps4 are not the same as fantastic looking textures for others (pc users). He also did still rate it a buy, just not 10/10 as others have (honestly how does a game get 10/10. No game is perfect.
+Eren Jaeger and he has an opinion too no need to call him a fanboy douche
no he is a straight up fanboy he has rose colored glasses stuck on his head can't you read what he said? He called it kojimas magnum opus that alone tells you he let kojima go balls deep and refuses to slight the game at all.
snake eater was so damn fun it actually made me feel like a real soldier. survival systems, jungle setting , camouflage system. none of it was in this game.
That Steve Hawking joke aged about as well as Stephen Hawking.
For me, this is easily the best stealth game I've ever played (I've played every other metal gear, every splinter cell, every hitman, every deus ex, every thief, and Death To Spies 2).
I don't really see the complaint about the open world--the game is in soviet occupied Afghanistan, I didn't really expect a lot to be going on aside from soldier patrols and random animals.
I also haven't experienced a single crash, so I'm lucky there.
The game is very challenging if you're going for perfect stealth S-ranks...
I haven't seen any bugs like the floating animals or clipping mentioned here. I downloaded from The PS Store so maybe that's why? Idk but the game has functioned flawlessly for me. This is a 10/10 game for me.
You also neglect to mention how the AI adapts to your tactics when you return to a base you've already been to...
+Christian Campbell Who is this message to? If your talking about me I already stated how good I thought the AI was in various ways which is all encompassing including how it needs to be applauded.
+AngryCentaurGaming
I was just adding to my first point.
I know you mentioned how good the AI was but when you critiqued going back to a base you emptied, you didn't mention how returning to those bases presented new challenges like helments and NVGs on enemy soldiers.
I liked your review but I was surprised at the omission of that, in my estimation, important fact.
+Christian Campbell each to their own
+Dan M hahahahahaha, i saw one post on steam he just teleport right next to the mission object when he enter the area, the bleeding enemy just die when i kick him, and some lag, funny bugs thou, except lag
I've literally never had a glitch, and I get perfect 60fps on the highest settings on a lower end pc.
The sheer grind of the side missions killed the game for me. I had to tap out at around 70 hours. Gameplay just got way too repetitive, and I have no issue with long games. MGSV made me walk away disappointed.
toolshedvideo yeah totally get you. Only MGS game I got bored with & now I can't stand it, any time I think about it. The gameplay was awesome but the repetitiveness of mission structure & the sparseness of the story killed it for me. Also, structure of the game was terrible, the decision to have Snake mute was baffling considering the got Keifer Sutherland to be the voice, why did they bother? I know there's the cassette tapes but to not say ANYTHING in cutscenes when you're the revered leader of the group was just confusing. Not enough Skull Face he could have been interesting. Just reminded me, structure - best mission of the game WAS No 30, why? You actually stealthily infiltrated a fortress, that's why! It's what MGS games were all about. I've ranted enough. Sorry. I gave up after 120hrs, gt stuck trying to save Quiet. I felt relieved to stop & do something else lol. *breathe out*
As a fan of MGS series, I admit that the world is a little empty and small,
but for me it kept me connected to the game because of the awesome gameplay mechanics, and the badass bigboss and his army.
I really found it one of the best games of all time.
finally a review i can trust. i dont trust the big sites so its always good to hear a unbiased opinion
+XProjectHunterX thanks!
Son of Tiamat (formerly known as tiakpark) or a fanboy who has their head so far up konamis ass they will give it a good review on title alone lol
XProjectHunterX MGS! ERMYGAWD! BEST SERIES EVAH! BEAST GEAM EVAH! 12/10!!!
Son of Tiamat (formerly known as tiakpark) ya something like that lol
+Zach Arbogast Angryjoe is also paid, he was paid for the Witcher 3 review with a small cameo in the game and a trip to Poland.
Disclaimer: I highly respect you and and value your opinion.
I get the impression that you didn't really "get" this game. This "open world" wasn't meant to be like GTA or something like that. The fact that it's barren is not a problem. The open world is just several bases connected by open areas and streets which are littered with small outposts. It's just there as a means to provide you with a place for tactical espionage and free infiltration.
Most problems you mentioned aren't a problem at all TO ME. The only thing I don't like is the fact that you cannot order your helicopter to pick you up, then fly you over to a different drop point on the same map.
Another problem is the lack of cutscenes and the cut content.
All in all, the game is absolutely stellar and one of the best I have ever played in my life. It could've been better though, and the story should've flowed better.
Btw, Big Boss never walked on a missile. That was Solid Snake in MGS1 The Twin Snakes, the MGS1 remake for the Gamecue which was totally hilarious because the cutscenes were so over the top. Snake never walked on a missile in the original, but in Twin Snakes he does a backflip on a flying missile.
+iWillWakeYouUp I rated the game a buy. So...then if I didn't get it...Is it not a buy. Are the things I liked not good and the things I dislike as here bad? Personally I think its just things lol
AngryCentaurGaming
I didn't mean it as negative criticism. You properly assessed the game, but I feel as if you expected something different.
iWillWakeYouUp
Actually the game was one of the closest titles to expectations I have had this year. It just wasn't as good as it could have been,
And no worries I didn't take it as such:)
AngryCentaurGaming
Oh, okay. Well then, everything's fine. It's all just opinions, and I like discussing games from different points of view.
Thanks for the replies, ACG.
Another great review by ACG love the buy, wait rent, never touch format. More informative than a simple " out of 10 " rating. Will be picking this up soon.
thanks!
It's MGSV: TPP. Not MGS PP. It's also Diamond Dogs. Not Dirty Dogs.
Sorry but I had to point that out lol.
+MisterHooboMaster Its ok. I am assuming you didn't see the video annotations.
+AngryCentaurGaming I did not. Sorry. My bad!
+MisterHooboMaster its not problem at all. Annotations dont seem to work for many
+AngryCentaurGaming It's my favorite franchise of all time. So I have to correct people lol.
So still. I'm sorry x)
+MisterHooboMaster bro I love your mgs fan made trailers
The emptiness of the world didn't really bother me because unlike most open world games, the purpose of this open world is not to give you a world to explore or massive amounts of markers to chase on the map. The purpose is to give the player a massive amount of tactical freedom.
Also, returning to ACC from the pause menu technically means fultoning yourself. You can sometimes even hear a fulton sound when you do that.
Thanks again for the honesty and integrity. It's always obvious you don't go into games with an agenda for your review, and you're actually someone who's a gamer so your content is always relevant. You're one of the only reviewers other than gameranx who I truly respect as a journalist (you're also not obnoxious and annoying), and I appreciate the depth and throughness in your show.
you bet
I really wanted to love this game, but in the end I couldn't get over the overwhelming repetitiveness of almost every aspect of the gameplay. That combined with the fact that you are often penalized for using lethal force despite hundreds of different machine guns, rocket launcher, pistols, grenade launchers, and sniper rifles available, made the entire world too restrictive for my tastes.
How are you under the impression that your punished for using lethel force? sure you get a very minute point deduction but that can easily be compensated for, in fact often times going in guns blazing with the chopper grabbing a prisoner throwing them onboard and murdering everyone else on your extract is the easiest way to get the S rank. The only "punishment" is that you can't staff your Mother Base with corpses but you can always find others to extract. I'm really confused how you could think your "punished" for using lethel force.
I get A's and S's when I go loud. Only aim for the head, do tactical take downs. I meticulously kill everyone and hunt everyone down and still get a good rating at the end of it all. Just dont get shot or restart the mission
It's rediculous how fogiving the game is sometimes but fun.
I agree. But the stealth is really good.
Same for me was just too repetitive . A little boring to me
i remember when the game come out
everyone was praising it
it was 96 positive on steam
and now that people finished the game they see how repetitive and empty this game is
and now its like 88 positive on steam and will fall more
good review man
+Alex DeadMan and 88 is bad in what universe?
One of my biggest gripes is the checkpoint system. I've completed all story objectives to then die by mistake searching for shit only to then have to do half the objectives again.
+1misanthropist uses autosave, its really hit or miss though.
+necropig well you died :D that's the minimum you go back to a checkpoint.. i manually restart my checkpoint just if i get spotted 'cause i wanna finish the mission full stealth. that's a real pain lol
+scubbasan ha I do that too :p My main example of this is the honeybee mission. Done all the objectives then I went looking for diamonds, found one in the big mountain with the holes in it but it was over a tiny gap, couldn't ledge grab it so I dove at it and fell to my death :( Had to do all the destroy tanks again and drop in c4 etc
necropig yea in that case it's pretty lame, happened to me during a sandstorm i horse-jumped into the dry river bed and died while chasing the last enemy.. but if we could manually save every time we advance, that would be way too easy for a stealth game! going back to a checkpoint you can also completely change the strategy if you want.
+scubbasan yea i literally had to checkpoint there to retry to fight some skulls. Though I snuck by them all and fulton'd the truck :3
Quiet is great, angry never mentioned her in his review.
best game i've ever played. well...not. but close. 10/10. fucking loved it, and even though just beat it after 100 hours gameplay, i can't wait to play EVERY mission again! this game will never get old to me. perfect physics, AI intelligence is great, photorealism of rendering, yes, the landscapes can be a bit boring, but its REAL, and the game is amazing and works wonders!
exactly I love this game got the platinum after 190 game play hours loved it
Colin Weiss this game would probably be in my top 3 favorite games
Colin Weiss hey what's the best game you ever played?
Totally agree with you
I have to say that I feel like the "barrenness" of the world is to be expected. People nowadays want a bijillion side activities and quests when they hear "open world" but the way the open world in MGS V is set up makes sense. EVERYTHING you do goes back to motherbase. Every objective, side mission, outpost raid all benefits motherbase which in turn benefits you. I loved that and it makes sense. This isn't an open world where you're supposed to go for a drink, play Gwent, or go bowling (uuuuggggggghhh fucking Roman). The way it's set up makes sense to me. Snake wouldn't be dicking around, he'd basically be going hard at it. The lack of too many side activities is a plus for me. They didn't waste time with useless activities. Everything you do helps progress the game and that is genius and something that a lot of open world games do not do well but MGS V nailed it.
There are over 150 repetitive side mission, what lack are you talking about ? It's too much
jalal ali people complain about the lack of activities beside side mission and missions. That's what I'm talking about.
+Dean444ful oh, well it's a different kind of open world. It doesn't have to follow every other open wold ever, especially when it's not exactly "open world" u know what I mean ?
jalal ali yeah, it's more of a tactical based open world so less side activities and goofing around is to be expected. I don't think it's perfect but for what it was trying to accomplish I do think it was pulled off pretty well.
I try and go in stealthy but ALWAYS fuck up lol,
+rick jin Gee Aye Enn I found this one to be the hardest when being caught on accident but a planned stealth worked
Same, and then it would send you back like 10-15 minutes with the lack of checkpoints.
A very solid and fair review. I would say this though; there is a way to fulton yourself directly back to mother base but the game doesn' really tell you. If you quickly jump in a vehicle or cargo can right after you slap on the fulton, you will get sent back to base. Additionally, if you discover the cargo delivery manifest document in any of the larger enemy bases, you can then use the bases as fast travel locations. Also, destroying enemy anti air radar will unlock new location options for helicopter pick up and drop off. These features help reduce boring trekking in the open world.
This is by far the most honest review of this game I have come across. EXCELLENT WORK!
thanks brother
It's not really honest. Didn't even bring up how incomplete and shit the plot is. SomeCallmeJohnny did better.
Crono fuck off m8
SomeCallmeJohnny didn't bring up any of those things in his review.
I only get to 15 mission and i passed. This whole story felt like a side quest and the gameplay wasnt fun either with everything locked behing walls of building mother base. Probably one of the most repetetive games i have ever played. I just watched cutscenes instead on yt. Way more interestnig
It is a great game.. Loving it so far.
+camlwatts awesome!
The story will not make sense to you not until you see the final hidden ending and also listen to the final cassette tapes, also play all the previous 6 games (starting with Metal Gear 3 >>> Portable Ops >>> Peace Walker >>> Ground Zeroes >>> 1 >>> 2 >>> 4 then 5), after that you will realize that you experienced one of the best stories in your life! Thank you Hideo Kojima! and thank you Karak for review!
As far as extracting yourself, you can Fulton a vehicle with you inside and or Fulton a container with you on top. Both send you flying back to motherbase. As far as exfiltrating the hot zones, you really only have to run away a short distance. I personally don't find difficulty or frustration in leaving or traveling. It takes experience.
Bugs, I've experienced two. One was a soldier levitating, the other was a silencer levitating. No audio bugs. I think this is all going to apply to the individual. I too feel the AI faces were a bit weird at times when scoping them during reflex mode but it didn't bother me much.
As for the open world with nothing to do, there are story elements which explain the absence of civilization and one obvious reason would be a potentially world dominating organization like Cipher lining the pockets of both the Soviet and African forces. Everything has either been destroyed or occupied. People were all harvested for the parasitic objective, so, yeah.
I also found the mission versatility in every way more than enough to compensate for the repetitive nature of deployment. The AI is far too smart to allow one to simply approach any mission the same way too often.
As for fun, its an overload. I'm roughly 150 hours in, mission 33, 82/157 side-ops, 50% complete. This game has completely stolen the show for me until Fallout 4 comes out. Far better visually and technically than The Witcher 3 which I see as being its only competition. GOTY at least by some standards. If not I'll be extremely surprised.
+Alan Clusan Thats extracting a vehicle. I am talking about the oddity of not being able to extract yourself. As in a skill like everything else.
+AngryCentaurGaming
I think the fulton thing is fine for everything else. As for yourself, I think it might take away from the challenge. It's almost too easy to use the balloon in almost all cases. That's probably why you have to either completely vacate a hot zone and or escape to an LZ. Just my thought is all.
*****
could be. It just isn't backed up by the fiction so it seems so odd. But thats life. Just very noticable
+AngryCentaurGaming
I get it. And it is a sensible point to touch on whilst reviewing the game considering that the Fulton extraction is such an important aspect. You should be able to extract yourself, maybe with an added element of challenge. Like a countdown of sorts while enemy combatants bombard you. That might be a really cool detail.
+Alan Clusan Having story elements explain why the game world is empty feels like a cop-out. The game took years to make, and they couldn't come up with a use for their open world besides collecting plants, animals, and diamonds? If there is nobody left to fight, why defend the bases at all? This is a warzone after all, so where's the war? Konami made an excellent AI that could've been put to use with open conflicts that you could encounter and actual base activity that involves more than one truck arriving, two soldiers getting out, getting back in, and one truck leaving. It's such a waste.
An unbiased, trustworthy review. Thank you!
Let me guess. You didn't bother showing up to Konamis little review event concentration camp, and decided to do your own thing, with the sacrifice of putting out a late review, huh? Smart move, in the long run. (Unlike some major review outlets. *EHEMIGNGAMESPOTEHEM*)
+mikhail antonio THanks!
I'd rather have a so called "empty" open world than one filled with pointless filler and collectibles.
+Redjohn Kragle seeing and doing things are two different things bud. you can only be amazed by how the same rock you've passed 4 times looks pretty accurate to real life rocks for a little bit before you get bored and realize how repetitive the game rlly is.
+Redjohn Kragle The game as far as world structure is severely lacking, no two ways about it. The animals and environmental features is only a slight amazement for the first few hours. You can only be so amazed by the same Animal, rock, or piece of vegetation for a while until the amazement turns into a question of whether or not it was simple copy and paste. The world may be "open" but open for what? For the few select animals, guards and rock formations.
You cannot say you disagree on the hard crashes and then say you've encountered them. That's a contradictory statement. A hard crash is a hard crash and if they exist, then that is a serious problem, a problem regardless of whom you are find to be annoying and an immersion killer.
The game, however; is a great game, no questioning that but no game is perfect and this one isn't an exception and it definitely has a few flaws here and there, but the positives outweigh the negatives (depending on who you are). It's a buy, but I would say only a buy for those who have played previous MGS games.
+SpeCifiC0507 its a rural afghan evacuated warzone, what more do you want there than soldiers and wildlife ? Themeparks ? Aliens ?
+Wezzipooh there are collectables lol in the form of plants animals diamonds and resources
+Wezzipooh Amen!! The stealth action is what matters, not a bustling world (in the middle of a war zone lol) where NPC's with stupid errand boy quests lurk around every corner. I don't give a shit about any of that. This game delivers MGS gameplay in a way where you can tackle objectives anyways you want...what else do you want from a MGS game?? If your looking for a vibrant world your in the wrong game...Try looking for one that doesn't take place in a warzone and I'm sure you'll find all the pointless "go here, get this" gameplay that is the filler crutch for SO many open world games.
Good Review! I'm surprised you don't get more subscribers, you're honest, funny, and reliable.
+K Money Thanks Kmoney. Spread the word
+AngryCentaurGaming oh I will :)
This game is so repetitive and in my opinion overrated. It still is a good game but not a great game.
The witcher3 is better
Welther47 Agreed.
Adam Johnson completely disagree. I fucking love this game lmao
Was waiting for your review on this game, wouldn't watch/read any others until i saw yours :)
I've put in a good amount of hours on the PS4 and yet to see any major problems or crashes...hope it stays that way. I agree that Afghanistan is empty and barren but it's pretty accurate from what I remember when I was there in the Marines. The attention to detail in the world and near spot on military tactics sold me right off the bat.
+Dimitri yep agreed!
No you weren't
To anyone who is on the fence about buying MGSV: TPP it is a for sure a buy. This was my first metal gear game I ever played and it's pretty damn good (i looked up the metal gear time line and back story before I played, it helps to understand the story and characters). As of now the pc version is 99% bug free. A part of the online play is also working it's called Forward Operating Base which you raid other players for resources and recruits. As for gameplay top notch for a stealth game because the A.I. has to be very competent which it is in this game. For example if you headshot a lot, soldiers start wearing helmets which prevent one hit to the dome. Like the review states, soldiers pretty much have the same vision as an actual human and behave like one. They come to investigate sounds/sightings, they notice if a friendly is down, they even fire in your general direction if you are sniping from a distance and they manage to get a direction of where you are. The open world element i found to be good not GTA status but good, it's not as empty as one would think though with many animals and people who want to kill you. Music is great, story is above average but not the best, graphics/physics are top notch (pc version), characters get the job done, they really could have put more context to Quiet though I didn't get as attached to her as other female supports in other games at least not as much as Elizabeth in Bioshock Infinite, just an opinion. I would give the game a solid 8/10 with 5/10 being an average game like the Call of Duty franchise, again just an opinion. Also side note, lots of unlockables, customization, missions, and side ops. I've been playing for 50 hours and only 53% done, haven't even replayed missions or attempted to complete with an S rank. UI is fantastic, Buddy system is very unique and the way everything flows together is outstanding. Well worth $60. The amount of detail put into the game is very noticeable.
+tyler sakatani oh yeah and there is a secret mission that really flushes out the story which is nice.
A bit late but you are not supposed to play the game like that..yes you can go guns blazin but its much better to do stealth (also much more challanging).
The point you said about the enemy alert stages taking long can be medigated with the phantom cigar.
wow. i just came across your channel by accident. and i must say i am surprisingly happy by the way you do your reviews. complete unbiased. this is a sort of channel which i had been looking for which would give me an honest review that will help me to decide on the game to purchase or not. keep up the awesome work sir. i am hooked to your channel for eternity.
Thanks Sankar
Pleasure is all mine sir..
Bugger steven hawkings may be turning over in his grave 😓😭
Though I disagree with a lot of your points of view, this was a great review. I think it's very clear that you're not exactly a fan of the MGS franchise, which is understandable, but for me these are my favourite games of all time and I am loving the Phantom Pain so far.
Part of me agrees that the open world is kind of sparse, but then part of me considers the notion that Hey This is Afghanistan! Even in real life there is next to nothing out there except soldiers and a bunch of random wildlife. So for me it passes. I dunno, maybe they could have included some civilians walking around like the traders in Fallout 3.
+ShogunOrta I think of me its all in a contained area, like no more than a couple miles with tons of soldiers in these little cramped sandbox areas but then NOTHING between them like, for the most part, they are terrified of the night, and open spaces, and sheep
I agree. I guess that's what I meant about the civilian traders. Maybe also have some random Russian patrols also. - I'm looking at you Modding community...
I think my one big problem with the sand box is that when the game was linear you had a much greater variety of locations to explore. I know this isn't MGS, but I've been playing Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, and in that you go from New York to Hong Kong to all kinds of places. The only thing that openness brings to a covert espionage game is ability to choose my attack point. Which I do like. But I also miss the grandiose feeling of a game expanding over several exotic locations, which I guess a sandbox game could do, but it would be ridiculous to create. Maybe some kind of middle could be struck? Sandbox still, but smaller, and combined with a myriad of closed levels in differing locals. Eh, I dunno. I do like MGS 5, but I get what people mean by the change in game play.
I have literally not gotten a single technical issue you mentioned except one guy got caught inbetween rocks in Africa and kept spinning in circles.
I agree with the emptiness of the land, but I think it adds to the realism. I think people try and look at other open world games and try to set a standard on "Content Value". I enjoy the hump needed to travel 1500m to my objective, but that's me. This isn't GTA or Assassins Creed. MGS is a story driven game and doesn't pretend not to be.
We haven't even seen the online portion of the game yet, so I'm not worried at all about it being repetitive.
Good Review though.
Plus the castette tapes are perfect for those long travels
I put a lot of time into this...but sorta regret it. If this wasnt called metal gear solid, i rly wonder how it wouldve been received.
Actually though, destroyed targets remain destroyed when you revisit those locations. So its in your best interest to sabotage as much as you can when you can. Saying that, trying for a perfect score on levels makes for a really difficult experience...
"Enough many black holes to make Stephen Hawking turn in his grave... when he dies"
Stephen must be rolling now
Stephen was ALWAYS rolling
Odd that you had so many bugs. 25 hours in and i spotted zero bugs and no crashes. Everything about this game is incredible for me so far. Good review though.
+alpinestarsssss Ya lots of people having bugs, lots not. Thats gaming nowadays
Bought it for 40 bucks on G2a... Its a good game 8.5/10 theirs just a meme to hate MGSV. Kojima was doomed you cant please everyone. He heard people hated two hour cut scenes so he listened to fans. Then the same Fans bitch!
The problem with this game is there is no random events that happen... How cool would it be to have 2 different factions fighting eachother once in awhile. Or just more things you see when you are travelling from point a to point b. Like a stalled jeep getting fixed, people getting attacked by wild animals. Being hunted down by some special task force? Tons of things....I could come up with.
+DaBuddahMan agreed
just finished this game. i agree with pretty much everything you just said lol. the repetitiveness was super irritating but weirdly enjoyable and the whole AC mission assignment mechanic with your military was cool. the story however was started off awesome and than it just blah. i dont want to mention spoilers in case anyone reads this but it feels like the story hit an epic MGS Climax and than suddenly took a shit. the whole credits before and after was so damn irritating as well. i love the game but i dont feel it should have got all the praises. idk i guess after the whole mgs 4 epic long cut scenes i got spoiled.
What I find really cool is that if you knock out an outpost's comms in a side-op, when you return in a story mission they won't be able to call for back-up (and vice-versa)...
I haven't had any crashing issues on my PC.
Thank you for being one of the few reviewers who mentioned that the game starts to repeat missions. I find that extremely annoying and i can't see why any site would give it a 10 despite that fact. Otherwise it's a great game and i actually haven't had one single crash or bug in the entire game, which is rare for a open-world game.
I really love this game. a Solid 9/10!
almost 200hours on 2 different systems.
The only think i dont like, is most of part 2 just being do the same mission again, but harder. Im just "why?" just let me do the mission on a harder difficulty or something. But dont make them new, with the same cutchene and everything. And yes, the wait for the helicopter / no fast travel, is quite tidious.
And why do i need to see who starred in every dam mission ? Im finaly on the pc, where there a ALOT of great mods. One day, i want the game to be fuck me in the ass - hard. The nxt, i want it to be you cant touch me - easy.
The best review I've seen of the game, I hate those reviewers that say that the game is perfect, 10/10 and the best MGS ever created. IMHO the best MGS is still the first one and the one that I enjoyed the most was MGS3.
+diegomireles thanks spread the word if you can
0:44 it happened in 3/14/2018. RIP Hawking
I love your reviews Sir. One quick respectful point please: you can fulton out of any mission area on top of a cargo container. You can also start most missions while in area of operations. That said, you are absolutely right about the awful mission structure design
true for sure man
Steve Hawkins just turned over in his grave
I totally agree with the comment about Troy Baker and Nolan North kinda hogging all the voice acting for video games, granted they are very experienced and professional voice actors and still haven't seen one unconvincing performance from either of them, but you are completely correct and I think game studios need to open up more to new voice actors for video games, like the voice actor for Ronan O'Connor in Murdered: Soul Suspect!
Amazing voice acting from that guy but I never hear about him anymore after that outstanding performance!
I wish Keither Sutherland had way more lines.
I am baffled as to how you consider the AI to be ''wonderful''.
This is actually one of the only truly objective or at least seemingly objective review I've seen yet.
this is one of the better games ive ever played
That is essentially the problem with the industry these days, this seems better because 99% of everything else released is either a remake or a bland hand holding exercise. This on it's own is pretty poor, but seems better compared to the majority of the bilge released these days.
The witcher3 is better
Welther47 Not really comparable considering they're completely different genres but I agree Witcher 3 is excellent.
Juan King
No. Very comparable as they follow the same game structure. Snake could (and should) talk to people like Geralt does. Both as openworld gameplay with loads of sidequests
Welther47 imo they aren't comparable AT ALL. i tried to finish TW3, but i simply couldn't do it. the game is (imo) soooo boring.
this is probably not due to the game tho, but rather me: i love stealth games (dishonored, AC and so on) and i can't stand RPG's (execpt fallout 4, i
I'm a newcomer to the franchise and I'm certainly not as invested in the story as a true/old fan, but I succumbed to the hype and bought the game. Been loving it so far, I must say. It's a rewarding experience if you put the effort and patience. Love the gameplay and the story! And as always great review dude!
0:48 nice..
I'm really enjoying this game so far. Picked both this and mad max up and love them both.
I think I'm gonna pass on this one.
Mkay
okay.
I honestly love the story off MGS 5, and i think it's one off the best in the series, or at least one off the most interesting. But i understand why most "HARDCORE, i've been playing the series, since they were 3 years old, MGS fans" didn't love it, or the game in general. Which is actually pretty sad, because the game was honestly Great, but was pretty different from the others, so the hardcore fans didn't like it. (That's Understable) But i feel like just because it's different doesn't mean it was "Bad"
I can easily agree that the game isn't perfect by any means, heck it was never finished, but if anything people should probably appreciate the story, or the cutscenes more. There was just a lot off visual storytelling, which i guess a lot went over people's heads or something, plus a lot off small little details on character face's, or in the music. And the idea of less cutscenes in the game, (a "Less is more" style) made me remember or appreciate the ones we got even more.
I do understand why people think it's the "weakest" story in the series, mostly if you didn't listen to the cassette tapes that help flesh out the story. But i personality loved it's more serious and realistic tone, instead off a more sillier/serious type like the others. (also the boss fight's were Epic as hell and not wired/stupid like most MG boss fights are) Plus the game had tones off customization, and has the best game-play I've play in a MGS game, and looked great. Also IDk if things have changed over the years, and more fan are now more open to TPP or maybe more people dislike it. But i honestly will always love MGS 5, for it's main story and the crazy war stories i got from playing it. But mostly as the game that introducing me into a great series, which it did for SO many others as well. Over all TPP does have problems but i do think it's worthy off the "Metal Gear Solid" name. (and of course this is my opinion)
If anyone likes this type of game and wants something similar I recommend the Mercenaries games, they are much bigger open worlds and have more uh....large scale tactical stuff like airstrikes and what not. But the basic flow is similar and even involves extracting a bunch of targets with a helicopter.
+Fangs of Yima Mercenaries was no doubt one of the absolute best games ive ever played. even on the ps2 it was fantastic, the second had room for improvements but maybe thats just my typical gamer knowledge of how every game is terrible because of one tiny aspect and we all take new games for granted and over hype about them.
just cause 3 would probably be the closest youll get
Nice honest review , I too am finding it annoying when I capture an outpost and when I return everybody is there again it just seems pointless. MGS on the PSone. Will always be my favourite even the upgraded Twin snakes is sweet.
+ian666uk Agreed and thanks
Outstanding review. Ive watched a number of your reviews this year, and each one I have valued more than other outlets such as IGN. Balanced, unbiased, and not afraid to highlight the large flaws in these so called "blockbuster masterpieces" according to other reviewers.
Think I will give this game a miss, with a world this large, I would personally rather a better story/more interactive world.
Thanks for the review
Good work, subscribed.
+Matthew Armitage I appreciate that and am glad they are useful to you man! Spread the word if you can
Gotta admit, these reviews get intensely hysterical when the jokes and references come from the livestream (which was phenomenal by the way, great job at spreading gameplay beyond basic stealth).
Oh and thanks for reporting the crashes, NO ONE really is reporting it and that saved what could have easily been a pissed off trip back to trade it in. Can't wait to pick it up and do keep streaming! I may not chat much, but I gotta say the laughs and discussions that come are a welcoming highlight to evenings.
+Atomic Rebellion No problem. You know how it is with bugs. Not everyone will get them
stephen hawking died today..
"the newness of your own phantom pain begins to rub off" Amazing little nod for the endgame.
haha dirty dogs. I loved it however chapter 2 was some BS. Also it felt rushed past that point. Legends say theres a 3rd area.
Most of chapter 2 was just the same missions from chapter 1, except more difficult. Mission 51 (closure to Eli's story arc) was completely cut, and so was chapter 3. All we have left of chapter 3 is the bloody title card. I feel like Konazi rushed Kojima to reach the deadline.
What sucks is the fact that it is literally not converted to any currency properly, so when you guys are paying $60 we are paying £60 which is ridiculous.
"Less P's on a massive box"
I really wanted to like this game, but after about 30 hours I realized that in any given 2 hour session I spent about forty minutes riding around a barren wasteland, 10-15minutes (minimum) traveling between the base and world/showering/beating up diamond dogs, half an hour sneaking around taking out most guys in an area only to have one guy detect me and ruin the whole thing, another half hour doing the whole mission again, and another five/ten minutes extracting myself and doing resource management. The amount of time spent actually playing the game was just way, way too dilute, and the fact that I often had to do the same thing three times simply killed any satisfaction I might otherwise have gotten when I finally succeeded.
0:49
Interesting since Stephen Hawkings is now dead
im 30 hours in and never had a crash < playing offline > but this game is no 10/10 that some reviewer gave it maybe a 8
I'd give it a 9.5 at the most. The story in chapter 2 (save for a few missions) and the fact that the bulk of chapter 2 was just more difficult missions from chapter 1 really let me down.
I say don't touch it there is nothing good about it at all it is the one mga game I will never touch again
There are literally so many good things about this game though...
Huge respects to you sir. You are the only reviwer who called this game for what it is (although i do disagree wgen you said the story is awsome. Its mediocre at best) but besides that you mentioned all the flaws from bugs to dead, small, and empty world. Other reviewers, even independent ones, for some reason sayed the exact opposite, they said that the game has little bugs, and the open world is massive and alive??? They even said that each mission is new with little to no repetitive missions. Absolutely disgraceful. Thank you for giving me hope in humanity
+Kraetos John Thanks John appreciate it
The review I always wait for.
+Mantenner I hopefully you dont wait super long
You can technically Fulton yourself, but you have to upgrade your Fulton to allow the extraction of shipping containers. You have to hop on top, Fulton the container, and then hold triangle (on PS4, don’t know what it is on other platforms).
I'm tempted to actually return this
Not a fan of this, feel totally cold towards it
good for you Centaur. I watched at least 5 reviews on the game and didn't hear half of the negative things on the game. now I kind of regret buying it on Amazon a few hours ago. should have waited
+Peter bahh Well you may love it. I liked it a lot. Its just no where near any kind of masterpiece or anything. Its a good game.
Ive been a fan of the series all since 1998, and Phantom Pain is the only one that i can say its boring as hell.The Good- enemy's AI is awesome as they are unpredictable and have a long aye site making it more challenging. The Bad- the game is super repetitive, the world feels empty and the story line sucks.One of the things that made metal gear so popular was that it had a lot of cut scenes making you feel like you are in a movie( this one don't), also the boss battles where also super exciting. In the phantom pain i have 25 hours played and i haven't encounter a Boss battle yet other then every time i see the Zombie guys or metal gear i have to run away. I've only enjoy the firs mission escaping from the hospital. I'm not saying its a bad game but its not that 10 out of 10 all those websites are giving it.
+Leandro c (lean305) I never played the previous MG games and i can see where you are coming from. I have watched the cutscenes movies and funny moments in MGS 1-4 before MGSPP is released hoping that TPP is going be as good as those , but i was really disappointed.
Bigboss dosen't talk as much as before and they didn't implement the random codec calls discussing random stuff which made me LOL at times. And those crazy ass battles like psycho mantis , there wasn't any of those which is a shame.
+Leandro c (lean305) Repetitive when you can play a mission like 5 or 6 different ways including different play style (stealth or guns n' blazing), with variable arsenal to choose from, buddy system and factors like weather or day-night cycle? Can't you just be creative not even a little? Also, an open world with RPG elements in an infiltration simulator would be totally pointless and useless. An empty open world is exactly what the game needs because it's not an RPG! That's what most people miss. As for the story, that's completely subjective so i respect your opinion. But that's what happens when people are crying about the lengthy cutscenes of the previous installments. That's why you have that complaint. One last thing is that it didn't receive only 10s from every website but 9s as well! The same like the big names GTAV and the witcher 3. Even the scores are subjective but when a game receives highly positive scores and reviews from the majority then is considered a pretty good to a near perfect game!
+Chris Redfield .Been able to approach missions in different ways is not an excuse, the missions it self are repetitive. It's all about extract that guy or kill that guy, on chapter 2 are the same exact missions just harder. Isn't that repetitive? don't be blind. The game its really good, the mechanics are on point and it's the hardest metal gear so far. It's true that liking the story is a personal opinion but man, a parasite that kills because the language you speak? that is the lamest story ever. Snake never speaks, on any of the metal gears snake its always talking back and forward on the radio and i get it, Kiefer Sutherland should have been expensive as hell. But if you are going to hire the guy to speak 3 lines, don''t hire him at all then.
Leandro c That's just only you... You just belong to the minority that don't like the game. For me and even the majority none of these are problems. I can be creative enough so that i can find new things every time and enjoy the game! That's the important thing in this game, to be "creative"... If someone is not creative by nature then he will find it boring for sure.
+iwanfishz9 one of the obscure/subtle story reasons why Big Boss doesn't talk that much in Phantom Pain is because he barely says anything in Metal Gear (NOT Metal Gear Solid), which is chronologically set right after the final cutscene in Phantom Pain.
100% agreed on the open world, plus i feel they could have done more with that. Maybe actually let civilians walk around now and then in/outside their houses, or how about some small towns where we'd see AC like crowds and some stores? Could have been really nice.
I honestly am starting to hate the repetition. After having seen and destroyed certain things in locations..i really don't wanna go back there. This to me just shows that a sandbox doesn't always work for any game. Or how about...they really want you to stealth through these missions, at the same time encourage you to develop new LETHAL weapons, but punish you in the final rating of a mission if you actually use the newly developed weapons....lol? This game is about stealth, yet the non-lethal weapons are locked until like 15+ hours into the game. Except for the silenced pistol and tranq gun.
A.I. Yes for the most part awesome, but....sigh....how do enemies not hear me when i jump through a glass window? They just don't and it baffles me. Bugs. Truly the only real bug i keep getting is that the audio starts crackling, and the controls go batshit crazy. Highly annoying and i expect a fix.
+Thijs van Abs ya it can get grating
AngryCentaurGaming yes definitely, and thats something I never ever had in MGS before. I also am really missing the lack of cutscenes, now I am only in story mission 8, so I hope those kind of things will pick up.
excellent point on the contradiction of rewarding stealth with nonstealthy weapons. and the repetitiveness is slowing killing my enthusiasm
is it not ment to be a war zone not a shopping mall
+Crag B I get that. but Kojima decided to go open world with this, so he should have thought about making it an interesting world. how about random events where the military is taking people out of their homes and putting them in trucks? or maybe rebels fighting against the military in some places? All i am saying is that more could have been done with this world. The way it is now it becomes a chore after a while and you just go straight for the mission area. Was that truly Kojima's intention?
He likes "the story" lmao
people like different things
the game story sucks, that's my opinion, but if he liked it, who are you to make fun of that? dick.
He likes the money he got bribed with to say this crap. That's the entire review industry these days.
no, i highly dought out of all the youtubers i watched that he would take money. he is one of the most honest reviewers.
I don't think he was bribed no he doesn't do that, only reason I said that is because there was no story to like not that it was a bad story
The stuff you mentioned about bugs seems quite odd. I completed the entire game on PS4 before the day one patch came out (shops around here sold them way earlier than they were supposed to) and the only bug I encountered was one where the D-Walker would occasionally float a few inches above the ground when rolling around the map. Maybe you just have a better eye for this kind of stuff than I do, but in my experience the game ran almost perfectly. I also did not experience a single crash, which I guess means I'm quite lucky :)
Anyway, great review as always, keep up the good work :D
+Roganjoshua Freeman They are bugs. NOt everyone will get them
+AngryCentaurGaming Yes, that is true. I just found it odd that you experienced quite a number of bugs in a game that from my experience seems quite stable. I may just have been lucky, or you may have been unlucky.
Empty and boring world, repetition, missing codec, no sence of humor, story lacking a 'driving force', generic soundtrack you can find in every modern by-the-numbers FPS games. Because of that V doesn´t feel as a regular MGS game, magic just is not there. It mostly resembles a mixture of Far Cry 2, old Splinter Cells and Peace Walker. While not a bad game by any means, V feels very weak and passionless compared to Snake Eater and Sons of Liberty.
Thank you! Now I don't feel too weird about not being able to enjoy this game.
Very sad to hear about the sound and crashing problems. I've been playing about 70 hours and just now finished two main missions on the second area on PS4 and haven't experienced any technical problem other than minor travesal issues, but nothing game breaking.
But glad to hear that you share many of the likes and dislike that I am having. :)
Great review Karak!
+Cedric M Thanks Cedtric. Glad your liking it. The title is damn fun
Looking at this game two years later, it did not age well, it spoilt like milk. The game box is the grave marker of Kojima's hubris. It couldn't have died soon enough, or gracefully for that matter. Looking forward to Metal Gear Survive.
I never considered game reviewing as an art till I found you. I can tell you love writing these beautifully thought out scripts; bedazzled with some hilariously complex sentences, that force me to watch at least 2 or 3 times to understand them fully. I love it
+Kevin K Well thank you! Spread the word.
PC version looks WAAAYYYY better just saying.
+GuyOnAChair I played the PC version...
+AngryCentaurGaming On Very High? Sorry I couldn't tell by watching the video that you played the PC version. 1:50/2:00/3:21/ I guess you didn't make it clear that you played it on PC. As for Vaseline that's probably depth of field which can be disabled. I have it on due to preference (Looks damn good in the Phantom Pain.) but I have motion blur off. Having played it on PC the bugs you mentioned never seemed to happen to me. As for performance am running it four resolutions higher than 1080p with the settings maxed out at 60 or 70 fps at any given time. One issue the PC version has that I noticed is that unlike the console version the particle effects cause slowdown when Quiet runs past you or you are lifting a crate etc. 5:41/6:04 looks like the console version. I haven't had any super noticeable pop in on the PC version. 6:56 is the smoking gun to me that has me convinced you played on console. If you were on PC it wouldn't give a console prompt unless you plugged in a controller.
+AngryCentaurGaming I feel I've made my point but I would now like to bring up bad things/quirks that I noticed in The Phantom Pain. Some rocks are so jagged that it looks like I'm playing Half-Life 2 and certain parts of Africa look flat out unfinished (Probably due to Konami rushing the developers.).
+GuyOnAChair yep on very high
+GuyOnAChair cool too bad
So... being stealthy is harder than going guns blazing? That's terrible, because in a stealth game it should be the contrary.
Why the wolf has an eye patch? For coolio effect or some other reason?
Thank you man, didn't know that.
+Nordish Ginger thats weird... i mean the artificial eyes, i freak myself out when at the helicopter...
Nano machines, son.
Great review, got so sick of all the other major sites not even mentioning the glaring issues with the game....namely the dead open world.
HA,
Dirty dogs.
Lmao
Nope. lol