In fact, it has me wishing I’d splurged that extra R200 on the Xbox One release, bugs and all. MGSV: TPP is possibly the best-looking game on the PlayStation 3 and pushes the console to its limits. My platform of choice is the PlayStation 3 and, if sales figures are to be believed, I’m in the minority of users owning a previous generation copy of the game. Sure, it’s interesting listening to the tapes in the middle of a mission or while you’re managing R&D and staff at Mother Base as it keeps some fluidity to the game, but it’s strange for a Metal Gear title. Kojima has broken the golden storytelling rule of “show don’t tell” and throws far too much exposition at the player.

The cinematics in MGSV: TPP are sparse and most of the story is given through audio logs in the form of in-game cassettes. Previous titles contained movie-esque cut scenes which could last for over fifteen minutes and were stuffed with delicious story. I am hoping the story just takes a while to get going, but so far it feels very padded. So far I’ve seen a bit more of Skull Face than what was shown in Ground Zeroes, fought some mecha - this is Metal Gear after all - and completed and failed a lot of side missions. However, once the prologue is complete, the story trudges along like a snail on Ritalin. The Phantom Pain starts with an incredibly strong, bizarre, weird, wonderful, and downright crazy introductory chapter, and something that you immediately know is from Hideo Kojima. It makes a lot of references to Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, so it’s advised you at least know the basics before diving into this new entry.Īs with the past few games, you are playing the Big Boss portion of the Metal Gear saga, which means you’ll play as Naked Snake aka Punished Snake aka Venom Snake aka Big Boss aka father of Solid Snake, Liquid Snake, and Solidus Snake. MGSV: TPP takes place between Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and the original Metal Gear released in 1987.

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