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.