GamesRadar - Moby Dick Studio premiered its trailer for The Phantom Pain during the 2012 Spike Video Game awards, thrusting an unknown developer and its mysterious game into the mainstream spotlight. Since its release, fans have poured through every frame of the impressive video and now there's enough evidence to suggest that “The Phantom Pain” is merely a codename for Konami's next Metal Gear title.
Whether it's showcasing damage realistically or simulating fractures and conditions, these games are worth checking out.
The Metal Gear series has sold 60.2 million copies, as of September 2023.
Too bad it was a lazy release. They could've updated the visuals and everything. Missed opportunity.
...and yet, they couldn't give more respect and effort into the collection.
What a terrible company.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is another rollercoaster of a game in the Metal Gear Solid series. Here's what to expect and why you need to experience it.
Yea I don’t get why they’re allowing old reviews to be posted here. Someone did one on Soul Reaver and I got so excited thinking there was some stealth release of an HD Remaster, but no… it’s just someone who had a slow day posted an old review…
I liked the game but for me it felt somehow like a military simulator rather than a proper MGS.. i got bored of that
The author was in a coma for 9 years and didn't get to play the game when it released.
Amazing how bad this game looks already. We keep acting like this gen doesn't feel like an update but I think we're starting to see it.
Looks better than Starfield, Cyberpunk and most recent games out. Still fine.
The gameplay was great. It was the tacked on open world and repetitive missions that messed the game up.
The game started really strong in that hospital, but after a couple of hours I wondered if it was even an mgs game I was playing.
The hospital section was the only bit that felt like a MGS game.
MGS4 was the ending for me. I totally ignore the fact 5 exists. It didn't need to exist tbh
of course it is, its frickin obvious by now
Yes it is and gameradar I'd rather not scroll through 33 pages with a single paragraph on each. It's not user friendly.
MGS5 Another PS-VITA Exclusive
It's certainly a possibility. Ground Zeroes isn't even out yet, I feel like it'd be a little too much to start teasing for MGS5 right now.
If it were up to me, I'd just have it be Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain exclusively for PS Vita. And then have MGS 5 later on down the line.
How do we know that these aren't just two sections of the same game, specifically MGS5? Same engine, similar progress on visuals, etc.