Reid Writes: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is probably my least favourite entry to Kojima Productions’ venerable action series. There are many reasons for this, from its repetitive mission design to the fragmented, poorly paced story, but it’s the character of Quiet who stands out amongst the games’ many flaws. A crack sniper who joins up with Snake as a mission support member, Quiet is the latest in a long line of female Metal Gear characters whose visual design is meant, first and foremost, to titillate players.
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The Metal Gear series has sold 60.2 million copies, as of September 2023.
...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.
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.
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.
There are characters more wasted than Quiet in this game. Skullface, the Man on Fire, Mantis… compared to them Quiet is deeply nuanced, but why are we talking about her instead of them? Boobs. Humans are silly.
Still love this game though. I can't stop playing for long without thinking about what I did recently or what I might do next. So many great moments, all created spontaneously, not scripted. I think it's amazing, but I do wish the story had been closer to the older games. Despite that it might be my favorite of them, or at least tied with MGS3.
My goodness the author really needs to watch the newest episode of south park :D. You PC, Bro?
The whole game was a wasted opportunity IMO.
There just aren't that many intersting characters period,. compare them to characters in previous MGS games like Otacon, Deep Throat, Meryl , sniper wolf etc ( I did put quiet in sniper wolf's costume tho!) that's because you get very few opportunities to interact with the other characters, so far the only way I got to know Emerick was listening to his interrogation tapes!!
There should be an award for most overrated game of the year, mogoty if you will and this game would win it hands down.