A masterclass in action design, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain delivers an unforgettable experience from start to finish.
93
Verdict
92%
Steam
96
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (92% positive from 106K reviews)
Healthy player count of 1,937 concurrent
Critically acclaimed (96/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
No significant drawbacks reported
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a 2015 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Konami. Directed, written, and produced by Hideo Kojima, it is the ninth installment in the Metal Gear franchise, following Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, a stand-alone prologue released the previous year. Set in 1984, nine years after the events of Ground Zeroes, the story follows mercenary leader Punished "Venom" Snake as he ventures into Soviet-occupied Afghanistan and the Angola–Zaire border region to exact revenge on those who destroyed his forces and almost killed him during the climax of Ground Zeroes.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 2d ago
Does this game still hold up? Yes. Is this game unfinished? Yes. Do I want Kojima to take over the MGS IP and complete his masterpiece? Yes and yes.
They added Denuvo, now the game runs like sheeet. It's like they are incentivizing piracy at this point. Edit: It seems like a recent update fixed the performance issues. I will leave this review as it is as a reminder of Konami's incompetence. Long live project PHYSINT!!!
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