Metal Gear fan here. This game is probably more enjoyable to newcomers than fans, but an overall good experience. There is a lot of freedom to complete the game however you see fit, but this is the least Metal Gear a Metal Gear game can get. (If we consider Ground Zeroes and TPP as the same game, that would make this the third game in the series chronologically.)
Pretty fun game but it has some real difficulty issues. I never could beat the metal gear at the end on xbox no matter how hard I tried. The researching and gunsmithing is pretty cool but the motherbase thing kind of feels like a mobile game. The sandbox is really good but the enemies are pretty braindead which leads to no interesting enemies to really test it on.
The balls of Konami to explicitly call this "The Definitive Package" knowing they sold Ground Zeroes separately is astounding. If you want an excellent introduction to MGS5 that isn't the 1 hour crawling simulator in the hospital, this is the way to go. At the time of writing, I have yet to finish Phantom Pain, but based off of what I have already experienced, this is the first Metal Gear game where I have truly enjoyed the gameplay, enough so that I want to delve back in to the earlier games with a new set of eyes.
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This game is absolutely fantastic. I picked this up at a CEX for a stupid low price, like £8. It was some of the best money i've ever spent - I got hundreds of hours out of this game, some smiles on my Dad's face as he watched me play (he LOVES the original MGS, and he loves stealth / sniper games, so he enjoyed giving me commentary and advice where he could), and many tears toward the back end of the experience.
I want to note that I do not condone the trash practice of selling Ground Zeroes as a full priced game for an hour of content, however on this disc it is added for free, and it is a nice addition. Basically prologue DLC.
The gameplay is close to flawless. Everything feels as smooth as butter and Snake has a behind that looks the same way (he got them cheeks tho). The story really hits hard - unfortunately there are alot of replay missions toward the back end, and though the missions are fun so it's not a complete chore, it does come across as lazy which is unfortunate as it's basically the only thing stopping this being a 5/5.
Multiplayer is mid but it's not really part of the score at all as it's not the focus. The single player deserves the rating on its own.
Not ticked as mastered as I'm a few top ranks away from unlocking Raiden.
I want to note that I do not condone the trash practice of selling Ground Zeroes as a full priced game for an hour of content, however on this disc it is added for free, and it is a nice addition. Basically prologue DLC.
The gameplay is close to flawless. Everything feels as smooth as butter and Snake has a behind that looks the same way (he got them cheeks tho). The story really hits hard - unfortunately there are alot of replay missions toward the back end, and though the missions are fun so it's not a complete chore, it does come across as lazy which is unfortunate as it's basically the only thing stopping this being a 5/5.
Multiplayer is mid but it's not really part of the score at all as it's not the focus. The single player deserves the rating on its own.
Not ticked as mastered as I'm a few top ranks away from unlocking Raiden.
Since this is just the full version of V its is a more full experience but I really do wish the TPP part of the game took more from GZ in terms of atmosphere and gameplay considering the open world aspect and lack of major indoor military installations made the game feel a bit foreign. Lack of cutscenes also dragged the game down but still a solid mgs title and Ill take this over PW any fucking day.