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You can create your own Metal Gear character with specific abilities depending on your play style. Last month, Metal Gear Online was added to the overall package and is a serviceable multiplayer component. There is a good amount of variety, but will start to feel a bit repetitive over time. The missions vary from extracting prisoners and highly trained soldiers to eliminating enemy units and removing land mines. In addition to the main story missions, there are well more than a hundred side-ops to complete. All the pieces form like Voltron to create the most complete Metal Gear experience ever. The stellar graphics coupled with the lifelike animations make everything flow during game play and create a truly memorable, enjoyable and fun experience. It runs at a high frame rate and the animations of Big Boss, his allies and other NPCs are very well done. Realistic weather effects such as sandstorms, thunderstorms and fog add to the open world experience.Īlso, this game is silky smooth. The realistic and stylized lightning ‘glitches’ bring character to the environment and add to Metal Gear Solid 5’s visual persentation. Just like Ground Zeroes before, all the characters look fantastic.
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I played on the PS4 and while there were a few minor bugs, this updated FOX engine is just wonderful to look at. And again, it’s only choice that determines what weapons and gear you wish to upgrade. This helps expand your Mother Base and allows you to develop better weapons and equipment for yourself as well as your buddies. It is a good idea to ‘recruit’ enemy combatants out in the field and make them Diamond Dogs via the Fulton. The Fulton Recovery System, which was introduced in Peace Walker, makes its return in The Phantom Pain. Oh, and there are bipedal units called D-walkers that you can use - complete with a gating gun! Quiet is fantastic at scouting as well as providing cover with her sniper rifle. D-dog is great for tagging enemies during sneaking missions. D-horse is great for traversing long distances. There are also options to bring vehicles with you into battle as well as buddies such as D-horse, D-dog and Quiet. The Phantom Pain makes it fun and enjoyable to GO LOUD! The ending is very clever however, but may disappoint some fans.
Despite the great performances, exciting set pieces and engaging mission objectives, the second chapter of the story is poorly executed with only a small number of memorable moments. Every word he speaks is given weight and meaning.
It would have been so easy to have a voice actor deliver a stereotypical Native American performance, but he pulls it off faithfully and knocks it right out of the park. He is one of the best additions to Metal Gear since The Boss.
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One more character to note is Code Talker, portrayed by Jay Tavare, an old Navajo working against his will for Skull Face. Speaking of characters that don’t speak too much - the silent assassin named Quiet, portrayed by Stephenie Joosten, is a mysterious element who deliverers quite a unique physical performance. Snake didn’t speak too much in this game, most of that is relegated to Miller and Ocelot. Kiefer Sutherland does a great job portraying Snake via motion capture as well as voicing the character…whenever he does speak. It is here where Snake begins to take on new missions while at the same time seeking out Skull Face. After returning to a new Mother Base with a mutilated Miller, we learn that he and Ocelot have established a new private military force in the Seychelles waters called Diamond Dogs. Helped by an mysterious fellow patient, Snake escapes and reunites with Revolver “Shalashaska” Ocelot.Īfter Ocelot’s debriefing, Snake travels to Afghanistan to rescue his fellow MSF comrade Benedict “Kazuhira” Miller from the Soviets. It isn’t long before XOF, a rogue division of Cipher lead by the aptly named Skull Face, sends an assassin to eliminate our hero. Set nine years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes, Punished “Venom” Snake wakes up in a hospital in Cyprus only to realize he is missing a forearm as well as sporting a horn of shrapnel. Let’s dive into what is the most playable and entertaining Metal Gear experience ever! STORY
The Phantom Pain has a feeling of finality…yet is incomplete. The sting of Kojima-san’s departure is very real and yet, his presence can still be felt in this game. Konami confirmed his departure from the company last month and now all that remains is his final chapter in the Metal Gear Saga - Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.