Summary
The 5th installment of the Metal Gear Solid saga, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain continues the story of Big Boss (aka Naked Snake, aka David), connecting the story lines from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, and the rest of the Metal Gear Universe.
The 5th installment of the Metal Gear Solid saga, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain continues the story of Big Boss (aka Naked Snake, aka David), connecting the story lines from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, and the rest of the Metal Gear Universe.
Konami Digital Entertainment continues forth the ‘METAL GEAR SOLID V Experience’ with the latest chapter, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain. Ushering in a new era for the franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, MGSV: The Phantom Pain will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
Nine years after the events of MGSV: GROUND ZEROES and the fall of Mother Base, Snake a.k.a. Big Boss, awakens from a nine year coma. The year is 1984. The Cold War serves as the backdrop as nuclear weapons continue to shape a global crisis. Driven by revenge, Snake establishes a new private army and returns to the battlefield in pursuit of the shadow group, XOF.
The METAL GEAR SOLID team continues to ambitiously explore mature themes such as the psychology of warfare and the atrocities that result from those that engage in its vicious cycle. One of the most anticipated games of the year with its open-world design, photorealistic visual fidelity and feature-rich game design, MGSV: The Phantom Pain will leave its mark as one of the hallmarks in the gaming industry for its cinematic storytelling, heavy themes, and immersive tactical gameplay.
Key Features:
– Open-World game design allowing players ultimate freedom on how to approach missions and overall game progression
– Fox Engine delivers photorealistic graphics, thoughtful game design and true new-generation game production quality
– Online connectivity that carries the experience beyond the consoles to other devices to augment the overall functionality and access to the game.
Nine years after the events of MGSV: GROUND ZEROES and the fall of Mother Base, Snake a.k.a. Big Boss, awakens from a nine year coma. The year is 1984. The Cold War serves as the backdrop as nuclear weapons continue to shape a global crisis. Driven by revenge, Snake establishes a new private army and returns to the battlefield in pursuit of the shadow group, XOF.
The METAL GEAR SOLID team continues to ambitiously explore mature themes such as the psychology of warfare and the atrocities that result from those that engage in its vicious cycle. One of the most anticipated games of the year with its open-world design, photorealistic visual fidelity and feature-rich game design, MGSV: The Phantom Pain will leave its mark as one of the hallmarks in the gaming industry for its cinematic storytelling, heavy themes, and immersive tactical gameplay.
Key Features:
– Open-World game design allowing players ultimate freedom on how to approach missions and overall game progression
– Fox Engine delivers photorealistic graphics, thoughtful game design and true new-generation game production quality
– Online connectivity that carries the experience beyond the consoles to other devices to augment the overall functionality and access to the game.
Konami Digital Entertainment continues forth the ‘METAL GEAR SOLID V Experience’ with the latest chapter, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain. Ushering in a new era for the franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, MGSV: The Phantom Pain will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
Nine years after the events of MGSV: GROUND ZEROES and the fall of Mother Base, Snake a.k.a. Big Boss, awakens from a nine year coma. The year is 1984. The Cold War serves as the backdrop as nuclear weapons continue to shape a global crisis. Driven by revenge, Snake establishes a new private army and returns to the battlefield in pursuit of the shadow group, XOF.
The METAL GEAR SOLID team continues to ambitiously explore mature themes such as the psychology of warfare and the atrocities that result from those that engage in its vicious cycle. One of the most anticipated games of the year with its open-world design, photorealistic visual fidelity and feature-rich game design, MGSV: The Phantom Pain will leave its mark as one of the hallmarks in the gaming industry for its cinematic storytelling, heavy themes, and immersive tactical gameplay.
Key Features:
– Open-World game design allowing players ultimate freedom on how to approach missions and overall game progression
– Fox Engine delivers photorealistic graphics, thoughtful game design and true new-generation game production quality
– Online connectivity that carries the experience beyond the consoles to other devices to augment the overall functionality and access to the game.
Nine years after the events of MGSV: GROUND ZEROES and the fall of Mother Base, Snake a.k.a. Big Boss, awakens from a nine year coma. The year is 1984. The Cold War serves as the backdrop as nuclear weapons continue to shape a global crisis. Driven by revenge, Snake establishes a new private army and returns to the battlefield in pursuit of the shadow group, XOF.
The METAL GEAR SOLID team continues to ambitiously explore mature themes such as the psychology of warfare and the atrocities that result from those that engage in its vicious cycle. One of the most anticipated games of the year with its open-world design, photorealistic visual fidelity and feature-rich game design, MGSV: The Phantom Pain will leave its mark as one of the hallmarks in the gaming industry for its cinematic storytelling, heavy themes, and immersive tactical gameplay.
Key Features:
– Open-World game design allowing players ultimate freedom on how to approach missions and overall game progression
– Fox Engine delivers photorealistic graphics, thoughtful game design and true new-generation game production quality
– Online connectivity that carries the experience beyond the consoles to other devices to augment the overall functionality and access to the game.
Story Line
Snake wakes up in a hospital after lying in a coma for 9 years only to find out that the hospital is under attack by an unknown enemy and must escape the hospital as quickly as possible - while only slowly regaining control over his body, degenerated by the coma.
Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
CPU | AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz or higher; Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or higher | AMD Six-Core CPU; Intel Quad-Core CPU |
VRAM | 2 GB | 2 GB |
RAM | 4GB or more | 8GB |
OS | Windows Vista 32-Bit with Service Pack 2 and the KB971512 platform update | Windows 8 64-bit |
Graphics Card | AMD Radeon 3870 or higher; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher | AMD Radeon 7870 or higher; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or higher; Graphics Memory: 3GB |
Direct X | DX 11 | DX 11 |
SOUND CARD | DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card | DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card (Surround Sound 5.1) |
HDD Space | 20GB | 20GB |
Game Analysis | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the ultimate Metal Gear title for gamers who don’t like Metal Gear. Despite an off-the-wall intro channeling P.T. and the Metal Gear Solid of yore, it’s almost as if Kojima has transplanted Snake and put him in a totally different game. | |
High FPS | 99 FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
Optimization Score | 9.3 |
Overview
Release Dates
2015-Sep-01 - Xbox one - North america
2015-Sep-01 - Playstation 4 - Europe
2015-Sep-01 - Playstation 4 - North america
2015-Sep-01 - Xbox 360 - Australia
2015-Sep-01 - Playstation 3 - North america
2015-Sep-01 - Playstation 3 - Europe
2015-Sep-15 - Pc (microsoft windows) - Worldwide
2015-Sep-01 - Xbox one - Worldwide
2015-Sep-01 - Playstation 4 - Worldwide
2015-Sep-01 - Xbox 360 - Worldwide
2015-Sep-01 - Playstation 3 - Worldwide
2015-Sep-01 - PS3 - Worldwide
2015-Sep-01 - PS4 - Worldwide
2015-Sep-01 - PC - Worldwide
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This is a collection of action games in which players follow the story of characters from the Metal Gear Solid franchise. Players assume the role of elite soldiers through counter terrorist and military missions, using pistols, machine guns, and rocket launchers to kill various enemies (e.g., human soldiers, giant robots). Players can also employ close-up stealth attacks (e.g., choking and slitting throats from behind) to defeat enemies. Firefights are highlighted by screams of pain, realistic gunfire, and blood-splatter effects (blood also stains the ground). Some games allow non-adversary characters/prisoners to be injured or killed; cutscenes also depict intense acts of violence: enemy soldiers executed at point-blank range; a restrained character beaten during an interrogation. A comic-book-style sequence (hand-drawn still images) depicts a young character using a knife to execute captured soldiers. Some games in the collection include suggestive/sexual material: a man briefly groping a character's breasts; a male character's buttocks exposed as he runs through levels. In some sequences, players can enter a cardboard box ("Love Pack") to engage in sexual acts with another character—there is no depiction of the sexual acts, though moaning sounds occur. Players also have the ability to unlock a “Snake Beater” award after repeatedly zooming in on a picture of a woman in lingerie. A handful of sequences include depictions of bathroom humor (e.g., a character defecating inside his pants; a character urinating off a platform onto another character). The game includes references to drugs in the dialogue (e.g., “The biggest cocaine consume in the world is the United States" and "How'd he get the cocaine?"). The words “f**k” and “sh*t” can be heard in dialogue.
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Metal Gear Solid Game Series [View Metal Gear Solid Full Game Series]
- Metal Gear Solid VR Missions
- Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Limited Metal Edition
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – Slipcase Edition
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
- Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Metal Gear Solid (Ghost Babel)
Kojima ProductionsKonamiKonami Digital EntertainmentMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
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Trailer
Gamescom 2015 trailer
E3 trailer
Launch trailer
AMAZING exploration and visuals
Slower paced
A little too long
Not very replay worthy
Pretty great sendoff for the Metal Gear franchise, though did feel somewhat rushed/confusing in the end. The gameplay itself was AMAZING, but the story was a bit lacking though the presentation was stellar. Plus… it took WAAAAAY longer than I expected to beat it. I’m glad that is (probably) the last TRUE Metal Gear game…
Score Breakdown
“The Tale”
Story- 7
Pacing- 6
Characters- 7
Originality- 8
Linearity- 10
Length- 6
Epicness- 8
“The Presentation”
Visuals- 10
Display- 9
Music- 9
Sound FX- 9
“The Mechanics”
Ease of Use- 8
Innovation- 9
Replayability- 5