Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

MGSV keeps the unique charm of the previous games while also turning it into the best playing Metal Gear so far. First up the gameplay has been carried over from Ground Zeroes. Which fits in perfectly with the open world shenanigans you can get up to while playing through this game. Even though this is a stealth game the moments where I got caught were still fun thanks to the amount of tools they give you to deal with enemies. Blasting my way through a base with a grenade launcher is just as fun as sneaking through it fultoning everyone. New companions like D-Dog who can scout out enemies or Quiet who can distract them while you sneak by give you new ways to deal with enemies. The story in this game is still what you want from a Meta Gear game. It is just spaced out a bit more thanks the open world nature. All of the moments add up to something pretty awesome that is worth seeing.

Even with all these good things this game still has a few flaws. I can see the fact that this game is overly long could be a negative. Especially since in some sections of the game it takes a while before another important plot point comes up. Which makes it feel like your just doing busywork till the next important mission. The open world also feels a little empty since other than sneaking into bases it doesn't give you much to do outside of those locations other than capturing animals or a occasional side mission objective. Even with those flaws the fact that I keep wanting to play this game after seeing the ending tells me how much fun the general gameplay loop is. It doesn't hurt that I'm also listening to a bunch of Metal Gear/80's music on my iDroid while blowing up helicopters and fultoning a bunch of tanks to my base. If any of this even slightly makes you interested then you need to check this game out now.