GameCritics: Metal Gear Solid 5 Review

GC writes "It's been nine years since the end of Ground Zeroes, and Big Boss has been taking it easy ever since—not that he's really had much choice in the matter given that he's been comatose the entire time after getting blown out of the sky. Alas, all good things must come to an end, so after waking up at a particularly fortuitous moment he decides that it's probably a good idea to rebuild his private military and seek revenge on the people who wiped it off the face of the earth in the first place."

[Rimeskeem]

In no way shape or form is this game a 6/10.

[DarkOcelet]

And if he did then that would be complete BS! The gameplay alone warrant this game at least a 9/10.

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@Kenpachi

I didnt see it on Metacritic. I cant believe he gave it a 6/10.

[kenpachi]

its on metacritc as 6 out of 10

its on the ps4 version

[Emilio_Estevez]

It can be found before the 'disclosures' paragraph and needs to be highlighted to be revealed. He gave it a 6/10.

Everyone has different tastes and I get the feeling MGS was a bit too much for some people. Lots going on there...coulda made it feel a bit....convoluted I guess. The story wouldn't have helped that.

[suckingeggs]

How can We stand out in a sea of metal gear reviews?

Hmmmmmm... ...

[WellyUK]

"How can We stand out in a sea of metal gear reviews?"

Giving it a score that more resembles the product rather than over rating it... 6/10 is low but it is not a game that deserves anything more than an 8/10. Alot of people have said how boring this game is and this guy obviously has felt the same and has warranted his low score.

[Stallion]

Running around an empty, excessively large open world with copy paste outposts which serve as an MMO-like grinding field to extract soldiers to your empty, lifeless motherbase.

Worst bosses in the series.

Weak, unimaginative level design compared to the previous games.

Over 3/4s of the main ops are filler (even in chapter 1) and the side ops are extremely unimaginative. You are literally checking boxes off a list.

>the gameplay alone warrants a 9/10

Ok bruh.

[Gazondaily]

If he can qualify his score then there's no problem. Many opinions differ

[CrazedFiend]

Do we REALLY need a review this long after the games released?

Unless they've been able to completely avoid any media about this game, reviews made this later going to be biased because they can't go in with fresh eyes.

[xHeavYx]

"Hey, how do we get clicks"
"Let's give a low review to a popular game"
"But, how is that going to give us clicks"
"Let's launch the review almost a month after the game is out"

GENIUS.

[HammadTheBeast]

@WellyUK

Not many people have said it was boring, in fact, the gameplay is it's best aspect. The story, understandably, isn't loved by older MGS fans since they prefer the more direct story rather than what MGS has become since Peace Walker.

[MysticStrummer]

@WellyUK - For me this game deserves nothing less than a 9, though my personal score is higher, and no one I know feels the way you do. You say a lot of people agree with you, but the scores (user and critic) don't really bear that out, now do they?

Either way… it's another opinion for the pile.

[DarXyde]

Stallion,

"Empty"? "Excessively large"? So you're saying there's nothing to do in the game and the world is too big. Yet somehow, people complained Ground Zeroes was too short and small. The game is $60. You're getting a lot of mileage.

Copy and paste outposts? You likely have not been to the outposts. They're pretty different in resources, staff, terrain, and positioning which is further altered by time of day.

Unimaginative level design compared to past games? No. The other games were a lot of urban sneaking and, while great, was a lot of wall knocking and running around corners. Snake Eater changed the formula as did The Phantom Pain. If anything, as Guns of the Patriots had the weakest design, though still a great game.

Worst bosses? Three words: [SPOILERS FOLLOWING:] Metal Gear Sahelanthropus. That alone I would argue is only rivaled by Snake Eater's final boss.

You seem to have an issue with the "repetitious" nature of the game. It's also the only game in the series to be like this. So, assuming this is a problem, what's everyone's reasoning behind every Grand Theft Auto game being so highly praised?

I'll never understand the complaints of critics when the game offers very many hours of gameplay (which are broken up in an episodic manner, which should help to assuage any feelings of burning out) when GTA is essentially "plagued" with very similar issues, if you'd call them that.

Different strokes I guess. I'm having a blast with this game. Then again, I like to switch up my approaches.

[Stallion]

@DarXyde
I'm saying the world is too big for the amount of content or creative environments in the game. That coupled with the fact that there is no *good* fast travel system makes it poorly designed. I love Red Dead Redemption and the world was pretty empty, but it came with 1, a decent fast travel system, and 2, beautiful and varied environments. I still remember the cliff overlooking Armadillo. I still remember riding into Mexico for the first time into the sunset. I still remember Marston's little farm. I still remember the big city, and the snowy landscapes. MGSV's open world has no real variety like that. Went off on a bit of a tangent there, but basically, bigger =/= better. I'd rather have 10 creative, distinct, memorable missions than 50 repetitive ones.

Yeah. The typical outpost is very copy paste. Every one knows that.

>it had a lot of stealth
>implying this as a negative
>MGS4 had the weakest level design
Really? Crawling through the middle of an active, beautifully designed warzone with bullets and dust flying inches away from you versus literally Far Cry. The best stealth games treat stealth like a puzzle. See Blood Money, see Thief, see Chaos Theory. Nothing in MGSVs world feels designed with the puzzle concept in mind. There is no sneaking up in the rafters above dangerous enemies like there was in MGS4 Act 5.

How you can even say Sahalanthropus is better/more memorable than Psycho Mantis, Vulcan Raven, Revolver Ocelot, Fatman, 20 Metal Gear Rays, Solidus Snake, The End, The Fury, The Boss, Laughing Octopus, and Liquid Ocelot is absolutely beyond me. Sally doesn't compare in the slightest.

I think GTAV was pretty overrated, but even that had way more creative missions, and the world is much more lively.

More shit =/= good shit m8.

[Dee_91]

something tells me this "game critic" wears glasses without prescription in them.

[DarXyde]

Stallion,

Many of those missions are optional, particularly side ops. If you approach it monotonously, you're likely to get burned out. Again, the game is made in an episodic manner to help alleviate any issues there.

I don't find the outposts too copy-paste. You return to some to take up different missions, but the outposts themselves are not that similar. Like I said (and to expand), the size of the outpost, the route taken, the time of day, weather, equipment, buddy you have, whether you're coming from above or below, what have you, all factor in to how the scenarios play out. While I would say that there is no wrong way to play Metal Gear Solid V, I have to you say that I believe you're missing it. An incredible amount of thought went into the game. People still discover new things and discuss how they approach particular missions because there's no one way to do it. More is not necessarily better, but considering the mechanics are top-notch and create an entirely different game with regard to how much you can do at the micro and macro level, I would say that, yes, more is better with The Phantom Pain. If you don't see what it offers, that's on you.

There are outposts where you crawl through the ducts in the ground. I would definitely say that constitutes "like" Act 5. You conveniently left out enemy competence relates to combat deployment teams destroying supply sheds that provide enemy shields, weaponry, night vision goggles, etc. There's so much strategy to this game that provides longevity.

You bring up The Boss and I said the last battle in Snake Eater is comparable to Sahelanthropus when they're synonymous. Psycho Mantis was incredibly memorable and I'll give you that, but are you seriously placing the duck duck goose Ocelot Battle, MG RAY, Fatman, The Fury, and any of the MGS4 boss battles in this high of a regard? Sahelanthropus gives you options. Every other boss, The Boss and perhaps The End withstanding, have incredibly scripted ways to beat them. Not saying it's bad, but Sahelanthropus basically puts you up against a bloody gundam without the use of quick time events or gimmicks. It's an all out battle where you assemble Diamond Dogs to aid you, you can summon tanks, go straight at it with a missile launcher, whatever. It was the first time in Metal Gear Solid that you actually felt real creative freedom with fighting a boss. From a story perspective, the stakes were higher here too. I like Solidus a lot, but I definitely don't see that as a memorable battle at all. In fact, overall, Sons of Liberty did a lot to damage the story and it feels like a standalone side game in the same vein as Rising. The characters you mentioned are great, but memorable boss fights I would only ever give The Boss, The End, and Psycho Mantis. The games as a whole have been incredibly memorable; storywise, Snake Eater is still my favorite. Individual boss fights? I don't really agree outside of who I've agreed with.

All things considered, it's still a great game. Imperfect in some of the ways you've mentioned, but still very much exceptional as a quality title which we have no abundance of yet.

[DarXyde]

[continued]

As for GTA V having more diverse missions, I disagree purely for the simple fact that I wasn't talking about GTA V. I was talking about GTA, period. Sometimes the games are a step backwards in terms of freedom and mission variety (San Andreas versus GTA IV) yet the premise remains the same: you kill people, you pick people up, you fight people, that kind of thing. Where The Phantom Pain is a lot of sneaking, it doesn't have to be played that way and your approach is completely affected by very diverse elements. My point being it does not at all have to be repetitive.

As for ineffective traveling, you could use delivery points, return to ACC for specific LZs, or vehicle. For a first effort at an open world Metal Gear Solid title, The Phantom Pain turned out great. I can agree that traveling could have been handled better, but still an awesome game.

In the end, I will simply disagree with you. Tossing opinions back and forth doesn't make them any more factual.

[Gazondaily]

Stallion I've just started playing and whilst my mate gave this a 10 I do kind of see where you're coming from with a lot of your points. Mind you, I wouldn't go so far as to agree with them.

I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far. Glad you can substantiate your points so well though.

[Stallion]

True. Its a strong 7.

[madmonkey01]

neither is it a 10/10

[Ezz2013]

It's an 8/10 for me....but in no way it's a 6/10 game

[quaneylfc]

It's subjective, no way can you disagree.

[quaneylfc]

No, you can't shoot down opinions youn just have to have different opinions. Clearly people are mistaking opinions for allegations.

You cannot judge, disagree with or compliment on opinions, they're all in the brains of those who think it and there is no way of making them invalid.

[Stokedup]

You're right it's not a 6 but its also not a 10 which it got a lot of. This game is 8.5 or 85% which ever way people like it.

[hay]

It's a 5, Metal Gear Solid 5. Not a 6, 9, 10 or even 11 ; p
Just play the effin game and stop playing reviewers. Even reviewers are playing reviewers 'cause they know jack shit about gaming.

[CuddlyREDRUM]

In no way shape or form is this game a 10/10.

[3-4-5]

It's not a 6/10, but it's also definitely not a 9.5/10 or 10/10 like some sites are reporting either.

Once the hype died down, people started calling out some of the BS in the game for what it is.

You know .....the TRUTH.

The thing (truth) that so many forget to mention in their blind praise reviews that they gave.

MGS is a great gaming series, but the circle jerk around Kojima is sickening.

It's ok to make mistakes.

ALL of the best and greatest people at whatever they did, were NEVER perfect, so why would people unrealistically think Kojima would be as well.

[ZombieKiller]

10/10
5/5
9.5/10

Yeah thanks for the heads up, not clicking this article. I don't get HOW it attracts clicks in the first place. If someones opinion sucks, why does anyone care what they say? Lol...sorry I kinda hear what I wanna hear...which is all the crazy ass positive reviews. It's like the kid in high school that used to shave his eyebrows for attention....no, just stop trying.

[GTR]

someone see that ?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv9lh a91IMI

[AizenSosuke]

Umm no a 6/10 unless it's a very warped opinion.

[Muadiib]

A 6 is above average, I'd say that's fair honestly.

[Taero]

Well, technically only if a 5 is actually the average score of all video games reviewed. If the scores are skewed towards a higher number e.g. 7 average then we have 8, 9, 10 to show exceeding it, and simply more categories of bad to terrible below it.

tldr; 5 is the median and average number in the literal scale 0-10, but not necessarily the applied scale in videogames.

[Muadiib]

Doesn't let me ever reply to people that have replied to me for some reason, so I'll reply to myself!

I know that 7 is more akin to an average in videogames, I was just making a point that the rating scale is ridiculous and broken, in fact reviewing games in general is completely broken, I see why Eurogamer got rid of them I really do.

[Palitera]

The number we will use for average depends a lot on our culture and backstory. If you have grown up on a scholar system that demands 7 or 8 to pass, you'll be more in line with the game reviews standard, as Muadib pointed, since below 7 is already bad.

About not being able to reply, there can be only three levels of messaging: the original, a reply and a reply to this.

[KiwiViper85]

There is only 3 levels of comments.

Have a look, any comment in the third tier doesn't have the option to reply.

I see alot of people not understanding this basic logic...

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

There's always that one freakin guy...

[higgins78]

Yes, EVERYBODY should share the same opinion/tastes...

I feel the same when those trolling Nintendo/WiiU share their uninformed opinion - the majority of which don't even own a WiiU.

[SnotyTheRocket]

There are things, objective and not opinion based that make a good game (controls, responsiveness, and so on). Even if I hated Metal Gear, I know it isn't a 6.

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

Don't try to reduce my point. You know when these considerably-lower-than-averag e-reviews come along, it's more about the site hits than anything. That's obviously not to say there can't be fluctuation in opinion, but a 6? Come on.

I do agree about the wii u thing though. In my opinion it's the most misjudged and under appreciated console of all time along with the dream cast.

[RustCohle]

I understand the story's been...lackluster in comparison to other games in the series. But in my opinion, the gameplay alone saves this game. Been putting in so many hours and still haven't got bored of it.

But that's just my opinion and this is his.

[chrisx]

MGS V TPP a solid 9/10 hands down

[getmad]

Completely agree with this..
-Repetitive
-Not enough story
-Open world that is empty, only people there are, are enemies
-Useless side ops
-Venom Snake is really REALLY quiet
-Sometimes the AI is stupid (yes, even with elite soldiers)

+Gameplay is good, really good

It just doesn't feel like Metal Gear to me.. I was hoping missions like Camp Omega with a good story. The open world is pretty useless in this one. And the countless useless missions..

[JackVagina]

Every open world game is repetitive, deal with it. Especially the Ubisoft ones.

[madmonkey01]

not as bland and repetitive as mgs5 though

[gosukyomomma]

the witcher 3, Dragon age Inq Fallout 3? ive never experienced repetitiveness in any of those games and can name alot more open world games that are not repetitive.

MGS5 is an empty lifeless world its like im forcing myself to play this just to get the story as ive played every other metal gear game there is.
I can honestly say this is the only metal gear where i do honestly feel bored playing it

[Vegamyster]

This open world feels very empty and dull compared to other opens worlds, you can't run of in one direction and think "I wonder what i'll find", there's basic outposts, some wild animals and a map littered with generic side op objectives with no side stories at all.

[joel_c17]

Hit seeking article

[endzeitkind]

well said

[madmonkey01]

honest opinion.

[CuddlyREDRUM]

Same could be said of any 10/10 review.

[endzeitkind]

The reviewer did not understood the game.

[bunt-custardly]

Correction: The reviewer did not understand reviewing games.

[WitWolfy]

I can say thw same about your grammar...

[Nivekki]

'I can say thw same about your grammar...'

Now that's funny :D

[Crummybear]

Every time a masterpiece is produced, there is always that one reviewer who has an opinion that makes everybody rage. While I respect his opinion because he actually has some agreeable points, I disagree wholeheartedly. It may not be my favorite MGS game, but it is certainly one of my favorite open world games of all time. The tight gameplay and customization options alone have kept me deeply engaged for hours on end, when most other games would have left me bored at this point. 50 hours later and I still can't put it down.

[CuddlyREDRUM]

Masterpiece is an opinion.

[PowerNerd101]

Played it for ages and it does seem to be running out of steam, plus it's getting super repetitive. Real shame too... the first few hours are fantastic.

[Muadiib]

Exactly, I think most of the people defending it haven't played it enough yet, after 55 hours I was done forever (near the end of chapter 1), I actually enjoyed Ground Zeroes more.

[WitWolfy]

Chapter 1 is glorious. I couldnt get into chapter 2 thanks to everybody who said its the same crap over and over again...

Sure some people will be stubborn and say "its a masterpiece." Just to keep their bubbles, but this game feelsnmore like it was 1/3 completed than 2/3 imo. I cant see why they made auch a big map if most of its is just barren to begin with... Just doesnt make sense, its as if they just wanted to make an open world to say its open world...

[RustCohle]

I'm gonna use this comment to vent some frustrations about the game, contrary to me enjoying the hell out of it.

-What the hell happened to seeing Revolver Ocelot and Miller in Motherbase giving you advice during gameplay? (e.g walking around with you) iirc that was mentioned before the game released
-(SPOILERS) Obvious cut Mission 51, no conclusion with Eli and Mantis
-Plenty of sound bites of Kiefer Sutherland's voice not being used in the game, which really should have been.
-The game should have had most of its main missions equipped with the option to go SUBSIDENCE, not just 1 or 2 missions. Really disappointed with that choice as I enjoyed these missions.
-(SPOILERS)After Mission 46, a chapter 3 could have salvaged the already lackluster story by expanding on the ending, I hear others keep using the 'It's MGS2 again' excuse. Not really, with that game we had plenty of time to digest it, with V it was 'Blam, and that's it'.

Oh man, the story we've been marketed isn't what we got....

[Sevchenko211]

Miller was the only one who really turned into a demon (figuratively speaking) partly because he talked unlike Snake. Kojima hinted towards that throughout the advertisement campaign, and i think its because of the doppelgänger story arc Kojima went with lessened the impact of turning evil.

Big Boss turns evil just before the events of OG Metal Gear but we never see it, its never hinted at when the game concludes and that disappointed me most about MGS5. I like the doppelgänger arc it was very well done but at the end of it i think i prefer something with the real Big Boss. And some actual fucking story!!!!

P.S I hate Eli in this game. Hate!

[WitWolfy]

Pls tell me what makes BB so "evil" in future mgs games? Did you ever think that FOX delibertly made you want to think BB was bad? BB even had a devision named FOXHOUND whos'e soul purpose was to wipe out ZERO AKA CYPHER AKA FOX.

All these idiots who claim they know MGS lore dont know shit. BB was never a bad guy FOX made him out to be when Snake was still working for them. JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH BOSS IN MGS 3!!! FFS...

STOP ACTING LIKE YOU KNOW MGS LORE. GO READ MGS WIKI then come here and say BB was a bad guy. I dare ya... I DOUBLE DARE YA!

[coolman229]

@WitWolfy

Please tell me this is sarcasm

[Tdmd]

Lol ok game critics...

[Imortus_san]

Hahahaha, this is the first bad review about MGS5.

[MilkMan]

Seems right. The other day it dawn on me what bothers me about these games and then it hit me.
These games are action/steal games through a lens as seen with David Lynch's eyes.
Now if you know David Lynch's body of work I don't need to say anything else.
I brought my observation to some of my friends and we all had a "OH YEAH!" moment simultaneously.
Kojima being the movie buff he is, I'm sure is well aware of this.
Thing is David Lynch is is the kind of director you have to see in tidbits. If you see one maybe two of his movie s year your good for a while. Imagine playing a game made in his style.

You don't really need to imagine it, its all of MGS as a whole.

[Hold_It]

Thank you Gamecritics for being honest with the game and giving it the score it deserves. This game is by no means a 10/10. 9/10, or an 8/10. Gameplay and attention to detail doesn't fix the story which is what MGS is known for. The game was meant to tell how and why Big Boss became "evil", and tie up loose ends in the series. This game hardly did one of those, and made the main story missions feel like side ops, and the side ops felt like tacked on Activision tier dlc.

If someone said it is a 7/10 I could agree with them, but gameplay doesn't make the game alone, and calling that an opinion is retarded. No amount of denial or justification is going to fix the fact that Kojima played around with 80M dollars doing God knows what and spent five years on who knows what.

You can be in denial all you want and think there is going to be some secret where you find all seven Chaos emeralds and the game fixes the story automagically, but it doesn't work like that. The game is "good" for a game if it was an IP, but since it is canon, and is a staple in the main story it is a bad MGS game.

PS: I listened to all the tapes, it's pretty bad that they made the most interesting part of the game something you have to purposely look for. Kojima Productions should have had the tapes as actual cutscenes. Then again he should have actually let us play as Big Boss and get the story we were supposed to experience.

[UnwanteDreamz]

Well it is an opinion. Calling people retarded does not magically change the definition of the word.

This is the problem with extremists. Your opinion is not fact. Stop

Funny that when people have their opinions validated by the media it is being "honest".

[Hold_It]

It's really not though. Never playing a MGS game before and thinking TPP is what a MGS game is supposed to be is retarded. Which is what the majority of people defending Kojima are. Where are the interesting boss fights? Where are the innovative mechanics that make each boss fight feel unique and memorable? There is no End, Fury, Sorrow, Pain, Psycho Mantis, Revolver Ocelot, Vamp, Fortune, Fatman, Vulcan Raven kind of fights in this game at all. Boss fights were just as important as story in the MGS series and it was completely disregarded here.

It's really no different than when Ubisoft got too Hollywood with Assassin's Creed and starting "phoning it in" allowing it to become a terrible series for the sake of money.

That's the problem with Kojima and other egotistical developers these days. They just want to slap their name all over everything and not put as much effort into delivering a rewarding and solid experience like games used to be in 1990's to early 2000's.

It must be pretty easy to sit there and just call people extremists because they don't support the visionary who decided he was going to have some terrible M.Night Shamalayn twist to take a jab at the fanbase instead of wrapping up loose ends and giving the game that people were promised and sold.

This game is very ironic because Kojima played the fanbase like a fiddle, and he was The Man Who Sold The World a lie.

That's what MGS V: TPP feels like in comparison to the MGS 1,2,3,4, Peace Walker, Acid, Acid 2, Rising and Ground Zeroes.

Extremists? Lol, ok. My "opinion" on The Phantom Pain is fact. There's a difference between being blind and being able to see something for what it is. Being blind/delusional is thinking that MGS V: TPP is deserving of 8-10/10 because of gameplay alone.

It's the Resident Evil 6 of the series. You know what Resident Evil 6 is to the Resident Evil fans? A huge middle finger. This is Kojima's last laugh at anyone who enjoyed the series.

I bet you're one of those people who thought Operation Racoon City and 007 Legends were 9/10 games. Funny when the media validates my "opinion" it makes it "dishonest".

[TwitchForFun]

To imply that games need a story to be good, is subjective at best. Story can enhance your experience, but it dose not make it (looking at you The Order 1886). There are thousands of games, than span multiple decades, that contradict your point of video.

The fundamental of all games are based on interactivity "gameplay". Without gameplay, all you have is an animated movie. Gameplay is what makes video games unique from other typys of media (that is a fact) interaction.

People like yourself do not like this game, because of expectations, not quality. If the game was called Splinter Cell, it would deserve a 10/10, but because its called Metal Gear its a 6/10.

PS.I thought when I played MGS3 Snake Eater back in 2004. I would see exactly how Bigg Boss turned into the villain.

[TwitchForFun]

@ErmacWims

To imply that games need a story to be good, is subjective at best. Story can enhance your experience, but it dose not make it (looking at you The Order 1886). There are thousands of games, than span multiple decades, that contradict your point of video.

The fundamental of all games are based on interactivity "gameplay". Without gameplay, all you have is an animated movie. Gameplay is what makes video games unique from other typys of media (that is a fact) interaction.

People like yourself do not like this game, because of expectations, not quality. If the game was called Splinter Cell, it would deserve a 10/10, but because its called Metal Gear its a 6/10.

PS.I thought when I played MGS3 Snake Eater back in 2004. I would see exactly how Bigg Boss turned into the villain.

[mad-dog]

lol, Kinda aggressive tone there mister.
I've played a lot of MGS. This is my best MGS ever.
That's because i'm open to new things. And this game is so absolutely full of stuff that makes the gameplay more interesting and fun. I liked the cutscenes in earlier MGS games for what they were (masterpeices sometimes). But i can't play a cutscene. If anything, THAT was Kojima pretending to be a Movie director. Now he's the perfect game director.

I'll agree that some of the missions were repetitive. But at least you have all these options to play around with. Ofcourse, if you JUST want to sneak and be all boring S rank about it, then yes... it's a boring game. As boring as it ever was.

Some of you people really lost your inner child at a young age.
But sure, if you think this game deserves scores similar to The Order 1886 then you're free to to think so. To each his own.

[user9950279]

I'm starting to think I made a good choice holding off until after MGO is out.

[SuperBlunt]

Games a 10/10 and its better than your favorite game. I dare somebody to point out a superior title to me with at least half arsed facts as to how its better. Nostalgia doesnt count sadly so mgs1-3 arent better

[the_dark_one]

Oh, i 100% disagree with you,mgs1 and mgs3 is by far superior to this game. I love MGS to bits but this game apart from its gameplay( even if a bit repetitive at times) is a bit of a letdown, im only in mission 18, and many of the main missions dont feel like main at all more they are there just to fill the campain, and the story is just not there and not really greeping like the past mgs.

And the witcher 3 is by far superior game, huge open world with lots of stuff to do, there is always something of interest to be found while exploring, lots of interesting caracthers to be found, huge variety of missions and the only thing that feels repetitive is having to go from point A to point B

[SuperBlunt]

I stand by my opinion that this title is still better with the exorbant amount of ways i can tackle each mission or "quest". The witcher has only but a few truly epic missions while the rest are minimal in its design. I look at it as a close second to tpp. But i appreciate your input

[WellyUK]

there are 3 games out this year alone that are better than MGSV. If you people think a game that is repetitive is a 10/10 masterpiece then why isn't Destiny your favorite game ever...

Witcher 3, Bloodborne, Until Dawn and even Batman AK even though it was overrated as well. Witcher 3 and AK have much better open worlds as well as equal gameplay.

[Piffgaming]

Must be an Xthot gamer. There opinion is generally disregarded. Nothing to see here guys

[Hold_It]

The game is multiplatform. Way to resort to fanboyism.

[Tzuno]

This game is amazing, not bored at all, it deserves at least a 8 to begin with.

[ThunderPulse]

I haven't even gotten bored yet and MGO will release soon.

[flyingwombat33]

Lol, and even in death, Metal Gear continues to be extremely divisive. Nothing New here.

[bryank75]

What a disgraceful review, this guy should be banned from getting on metacritic.... this is poor form. I will never visit this site.... Scum.

[ThunderPulse]

He is just a Kojima hater.

[Keregan]

Honestly i can't blame him for that review, he's spot on on many points. I just finished it last night, and it's obvious that MG5 is an unfinished product. While it's true that the gameplay is the best of the serie, things get rocky after mission 30 story wise. 8/10 would be a fair review but in no way this unfinished game deserve all the 10/10 it gets from many sites.

[LoveSpuds]

I learned a long long time ago that reviews are pointless, especially ones where people are clearly looking to increase traffic to their websites with bonkers ratings.

I played around 125 hours of this game and neither this so called journalist's opinion nor anyone elses can change my own opinion that this game was utterly fantastic.

[Realms]

I find it so hilarious how it has become a thing to bash this game. MGS 5 is a good game. Is it repetitive yes, does the story arc seem a bit off at times yes and even with those limitations it is still in the discussion for GOTY. Why? Because the game play is that good, some gamers might not like the game and that's fine they are entitled to their opinion, but their opinion is not shared by all. I take this review for what it is click bait. The game got reviewed extremely well and some gamers expectations where over the top. Take the game for what it is not for what you want it to be 10 out 10 for me as far as the gameplay is concerned.

[Gardenia]

No way MGSV is a 10/10 but a 6/10 is a pretty low score. Over 100 hours into the game and I give it a 8/10

[WellyUK]

Agree with you it's not a 6 nor a 10 it's bang on an 8 for me its good but it isn't great or bad.

[NewAgeisHere]

I'd say it's an 8. Awesome gameplay amd solid story with weak ending, but criminal copy paste mission design.

[kenshiro100]

Don't think the game deserves a 6. Maybe a solid 8 but not a 6.

[windblowsagain]

I've only played a little of it.

It's interesting, and the gunplay, sneaking is decent.

Graphics are a mix of last and new gen.

[arbitor365]

why is this site even around still? This is the same site that gave legend of dragoon a 6/10. They have been one of the worst review sites for literally 15 years

[goathouse774]

You don't just arbitrarily dump 100+ hours into a 6/10. You have to love the damn thing. This game has questionable elements, but a 6 it is not.

[benji101]

Totally agree. I would add that playing one hundred hours in one game in a very short time period is always going to cause burn out on the game.

[Swiggins]

Hey, I remember this site. This was the same website that claimed it had evidence that the industry was propping up review scores for big games....and then refused to disclose any of it simply stating they had "inside sources"

Gotta love that clickbait!

[benji101]

I feel like most of the negative feedback comes from people who just watched the cut scenes on Youtube or hypocrits on steam who give this a bad review while clocking over 200 hours. How can anyone justify spending 200 hours playing a game and then say they didnt like it? If you dont like a game you should know after 20 hours. Most hide behind the argument that the story let them down.. But 200 hours... honestly how can you say you hated it? you got burnt out is what happened.

[whyisthehorsestaring]

I liked the game, but it doesn't deserve all the 10s its receiving.
For chapter 2 alone it deserves to have a few points deducted.

[benji101]

How is the game itself? If you were asked to throw out all connection to the brand, how is the gameplay? What are the issues with the game as a game? Leave story out of it. Story is a device in video games. A device used to push game play forward and add progression to increased difficulty. People who argue that only serious story telling will make Video games a true art are the people damaging video games as a pure art.

[whyisthehorsestaring]

I think the side ops needed a lot more variation, I kinda lost interest trying to extract prison 7 or elite solider 7. The gameplay is good, no doubt, but I thought personally it did get stale after a while.

[madjedi]

If your still playing a game after 50+ hrs and you consider it a 6 out of 10 either you have nothing else worth playing.

Or you are vastly under estimating how enjoyable the game is to you.

Sure for hipsters.

One final note stop using the bullshit repetitive excuse, every game is repetitive. If you do something more than once in the game it is being repetitive.

[captainexplosion]

I really hated this game. I thought it was incredibly boring. But I didn't like Bloodborne or Witcher either.

[s45gr32]

Hmmm should I buy this game

[Maywell]

Very honest review... everything said is fact, especially the repetitive gameplay.

[DivineAssault]

Thats their opinion.. I know i wouldnt play a game so damn much if it were a 6.. Graphics, sound, gameplay, and fun factor are all the best it can be 3rd patry wise.. Nothing is perfect but this game is a 10/10 to me. Replay value is good too because im on my 2nd run and loving it

[Elda]

Everyone has their take & opinion on certain games or whatever.It seems majority of the masses like the TPP but I have read certain flaws about here on this site,it's possible this person genuinely sees the game for what he thinks it is & gave it a 6.People can disagree but you will never sway how someone thinks if they made up their mind already.