Forbes: Tomorrow marks the launch of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, Hideo Kojima’s latest masterpiece, at least judging by its early review scores. The game has amassed a close-to-flawless 95 on Metacritic, drawing perfect 10s from over a half dozen outlets, with more likely to come as the game is launched.
I previously wrote about how despite being well-received, I had trouble believing that in terms of pure sales, Metal Gear Solid 5 would be able to top Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Fallout 4 this year. But with that said, I’m more than convinced that The Phantom Pain is the most significant release of the fall for a few reasons.
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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
I think what I like the most about MGS5's situation is that is proves that the franchise is not stuck in the past and that it can move out of its comfort zone (even though it very well may be the last MGS).
The new open-world approach is an immense success, and the game impresses not only with its quantity of content, but also with its quality. Seriously the amount of stuff you can do in this game is overwhelming, and it all feels extremely polished
At least it ended in a high note. The game us great!
always come up with new things which is not only a little,but some might overhaul the whole things for innovation is one of things that keep a franchise fresh
(not just only added to exisiting things or just improved stuff already there of course)
kojima always tackled new stuff for each metal gear and he always had a vision for it
and its also one of reason franchise like final fantasy doesnt turn out be call of duty or assasins creed...
i think it also show different between company that always care for profit vs company that always want to entertain their fans/players