Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Day 1 Edition (Xbox One)

This game is absolutely stunning to look at and having put in about 5 hours I'm 5% through the game. There are some 150+ missions so it says in the missions list (could have been looking at the Side Ops for which there are probably a similar number.I started off playing this game 4 days ago after buying it on release day. I had a lot going on and I'm grateful I didn't start it last month as I would not haveachieved what I had to. This game is very immersive and you will be glued to it from the word go. It does start a little slow but when yo get to Afghanistan it's your choice what is done and when. I would suggest getting as many Specialists extracted after the Fulton recovery is unlocked and upgrade the Fulton to Vehicle & Armaments extraction level as soon as possible - Mission 10 seems to be the earliest opportunity if you have expanded MotherBase.There is so much attention to detail it's crazy. For instance if you incapacitate a guard with a melee attack or tranq gun and they fall into a puddle they drown, if you get your horse to crap in the road it can cause enemy vehicles to crash, and on the birth date you enter during the start of the game you get a cake and a cigar on that day in the game, if you play most missions at night the enemies will start to wear night vision goggles in future mission, if you get a lot of headshots enemies start wearing helmets so you have to be more accurate. Thats just a few things. If you search "100 things in MGS TPP that will blow your mind" you will see a lot more stuff like this.This game sets the standard for future sandbox games and Hideo Kojima put the video in video game! I haven't played MGS since the 1st one and I can't stop playing this game there are so many ways to play a mission and there is a lot of replay value to improve your rating.

First let me start off by saying Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain is completely different to the rest of the franchise, and for a while that bothered me, I am an individual that enjoyed Guns Of The Patriots thoroughly and I am a great admirer of story telling, and at first glance you can be mistaken to think this game has little to no story, and that is what I also thought when I read the reviews and early play throughs so let me clarify, do not worry, Metal Gear Solid V still has a fantastic story just this time Kojima has given the players more freedom to be Snake, you craft your own narrative in a way, I am only 12% complete so far and from what I have seen Metal Gear Solid V still has that Metal Gear charm, now just with better controls, slicker gunplay and semi-RPG elements in the shape of mother base, creating your own Diamond Dogs army has never been more fun. So my review, Metal Gear Solid V is still faithful to the Metal Gear lore, but now also welcomes new people to the series, this game has something for everyone, from following the main story arch to sending your diamond dogs on missions across the globe to earn income for your mother base operating costs, lets not forget your buddies D .D your dog and D-Horse your trusty steed, my only issue is that some side missions can feel repetitive, but that's to be expected with the open world design choice for this game.I highly recommend, this is a more mainstream friendly Metal Gear game but you will still need to have a certain love for Metal Gear games and what they bring to the gaming world to fully appreciate the world Kojima has created, well done Kojima-San.

First discovered this game when it was reported on by sky news, as "the best game, ever"Subsequently I ordered this and got it in good time, ready for it's release. I have never been an avid fan of the Metal gear games but thought I would at least give this a try.It started off slow, sneaking around in games is not my favorite genre, I find low profile gaming to be not too distant from reality, not offering the distraction it should but persevered. finding the game itself difficult only added to my frustration, offering multiple ways to complete a mission is a bit like saying you don't have to eat a meal with a knife and fork, we all know that but it inevitably goes in the same hole, essentially kill maim everything is the end goal , but as the game progress' it only improves offering you the opportunity to manage a big oil rig looking base, capturing enemy soldiers to man the fort and sending them off on covert missions.There is lot's of fun to be had with the management side of this game but how new is this third person shooter, I would argue not very.I have given this 4/5 stars, while I don't personally believe that there is anything new with the core mechanics of the game, the base management, look feel and diverse missions kept me interested though out.referring back to the food theme, It's like a tasty doughnut with a new filling, I love doughnuts they're a safe bet, as are shooters but the filling has been changed to peanut butter, offering something different in a clogged up world of doughnuts.