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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.
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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
Longer cutscenes should really happen in MGSV, loved them in MGS4, any one who bitched about them is not a true MGS fan
1."Yet compare the robot ladies to the mournful madness of Psycho Mantis or the pistol-spinning treachery of Revolver Ocelot, and they were left sorely lacking in personality and backstory" -- See, these same 'type' of people also review games. U can't tell me games don't get marked down because they're NOT like a previous/another game. (i know this isn't a review. i'm j/s) 2. Make cutscenes more interactive. -- Really? As a MGS fan that's exactly what i've wanted since 1998 /s. 3. -- LOL! BIG BOSS EMBLEM. 4. I agree. 5. Wierd, but i agree. I still think Snake Eater should've had this. 6 & 7 No comment. (don't care about monkeys or trophies)
exclusivity sucks?
I want this on pc.
Skippable cutscenes. I'm a big MGS fan but my god those "plane sequences" where bad enough first play through let alone the forth.
An editor. The dialogue in MGS games is dreadful. The story might be complex and awesome (the characters well rounded and interesting) but, my God, the lines they deliver are just pure garbage. They should look at Bioware and their games for how effective dialogue is being written - long and overly convoluted sentences (probably the result from translation from Japanese) just drown down the urgency and sense of dread and make if laughable.
I strongly believe that if they can manage to sort that out and focus on stealth more (MGS4 felt more like an action FPS) they can deliver a worthy sequel to the franchise.