In the world of video games, few franchises have achieved the level of acclaim and notoriety as Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid series. Over the years, this legendary saga has managed to captivate gam… Read more
I've always found the whole movie-game hybrid schtick of previous Metal Gear games like Sons of Liberty and Snake Eater to be a little off-putting, which is made worse by the fact that the story of th… Read more
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN has you playing as Big Boss, a.k.a. Ahab, a.k.a. V. a.k.a. Venom Snake, a.k.a. Punished Snake, a.k.a. Big PUN. and it's an ambitious game, even for a metal gear, a… Read more
There is this notion in some videogames where if you play up to a certain point, that's when things really start getting good and the "real game" kicks in. Usually I mark these as a videogame having a… Read more
That is what does it for me. It gets my engine revvin'. Boy howdy has Hideo Kojima always paid attention to the little details in his games, but The Phantom Pain takes the cake. Rain makes Snake's foo… Read more
The Metal Gear series is one my all time favourites, and The Phantom Pain was promised as its ultimate chapter, a final coda that will refine, reimagine and put to bed all things Metal Gear. Right off… Read more
http://www.davidthemavin.com/metal-gear-solid-5-the-phantom-pain-review/ Hideo Kojima, the creator of the Metal Gear franchise, is an auteur. Playing something he’s made feels like tapping into his br… Read more
Before I get to the review I would like to address a few things: The ethical issues at Konami detailed by Austin earlier this year ( http://bit.ly/1Wb94iz ). These working conditions are unacceptable… Read more
Hideo Kojima's probable last hurrah at Konami is, independent of the quality of the game, one of the most interesting case studies in terms of game design and development of the last decade. In recent… Read more
(For reference this was played on a PS4) Metal Gear Solid V synergises the best of Japanese and Western game design to the point where it is one of the best playing games that has been made. Like most… Read more
Ladies and gentlemen, this is it. After establishing a story over the course of almost three decades, the Metal Gear saga is probably seeing its last untold chapter, at least under the jurisdiction of… Read more
Warning: **spoilers** throughout Where to begin with MGSV The Phantom Pain? There is just so much here to pull from. If you include Ground Zeros in the conversation – like you should – you are left wi… Read more
Let it be known that I am a huge fan of the Metal Gear Solid series. More than that actually - it's my personal favorite series of all time, in any medium. This will be as objective of a review as I c… Read more
After Ground Zeroes, I had mixed expectations going into The Phantom Pain. I didn't like the new, more serious tone at all. The plot devices in Ground Zeroes were gross, insulting, and exploitative by… Read more
If you'd prefer to watch the following review instead, here's the youtube link: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Review (PC) The Metal Gear Solid games have been trail blazers when it came to the… Read more
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain means a lot of things to a lot of people. Its the last in the Solid series for fans, its the final game for Kojima Productions , and its probably the last big budg… Read more
Preface I spent three weeks with this game and have now completed the main story arc (as well as its “epilogue” arc, as some are describing it), and this review is intended as a dialogue to speak my m… Read more
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… Read more
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