Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Final Fantasy XV featured some of the best stories in video games, and James thoroughly enjoyed them. However, when he speaks of how great their stories are to others, they act as if these games had some of the worst stories in their respective franchises. This phenomenon had him stumped until recently, when he realized why he found the stories of games like these to be so appealing: Dark Souls had conditioned him to piece stories together in order to see the grand picture.
With Elden Ring's DLC Shadow of the Erdtree coming this month, JDR takes a look back at the greatest Soulsborne bosses. To start with, those of Dark Souls.
The Metal Gear series, led by Kojima, pioneered the stealth genre, creating a masterclass in storytelling and gameplay.
No. But MGS5: Ground Zeroes might actually be one of the greatest Game Demo ever, if not the best.
Meh
Great stealth gameplay but the game was just average.
Bland open world that felt lifeless, the story felt shoehorned in, unfinished story etc. The whole thing was just average to me compared to the other main titled games.
I would have rather preferred it if they kept Ground Zeroes for the main game as the opening and the rest of the game turns into a Metal Gear 1 & 2 remake to bring things full circle.
Like hell it is. That was the first time I became aware of being sold an unfinished game and was blown away about blind fanboys saying it was some perfect game.
Yea, the first few chapters were great until they do that thing halfway and make you replay all the missions again. Then little things like capturing animals but only seeing a JPEG unlike 3 where everything was modeled out. Areas were massive, desolate, and boring to look at.
Game was a massive let down for me and the potential was so high for it. Honestly, this was one of the most disappointing games I ever played. What’s worse is it starts off brilliant. You literally play through until you get to the point where you could tell they just stopped developing and then quickly used glue and construction paper to “finish” it and then sold it. Quite frankly, that’s insulting to consumers and fans.
Yes and no. In many ways in was a great game; there's a very strong argument that it has the best gameplay of any MGS game, and that it is one of the more interesting open world "playgrounds" we have gotten, in terms of how the world operates. But as an MGS narrative, it is pretty far down the list, for many reasons.
Here are the games that will be leaving the Extra and Premium tiers of the PS Plus subscription service in the month of May, 2024.
Absolver Downfall
Abzu
Adrift
Ashen
Elex
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X | X-2
Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age
Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
How To Survive 2
I Am Dead
Jotun
Last Stop
Minit
Moster Jam Steel Titans 2
My Friend Pedro
Observation
Sundered Eldritch Edition
The Artful Escape
The Messenger
This Is The Police
This Is The Police 2
World of Final Fantasy
I'd suggest you play Nier Automata as well then.....
Bs, the game would have been way better with a coherent story.
Don't give me the less is more bs, imagine a deep story line to go along with the immaculate gameplay.
"Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Final Fantasy XV featured some of the best stories in video games"
Uhmm....no. Final Fantasy 15's story felt bland and confusing for the most parts and and the only way to understand the story is to watch the anime, watch the movie and maybe play those short dlc episodes. In other words, it felt rushed on purpose, or just felt as if you were watching/playing a sequel without even seeing the first. Personally, Final Fantasy 6 and 9 has the best stories.
And as for MGS 5? Wasn't the story criticized for being almost nonexistent? I know most MGS games' stories were at times nonsensical or ridiculous but personally, MGS3 and 4 had a fantasic story, and seeing that MGS5 focused too much on gameplay and an uneccesary open world than on the story disappointed me a lot.