news flash this game fucking rocks biggest surprise of the century. for personal reasons I still would say i prefer mgs1 and 2 but I understand why people say this one is the best one, is one of the greatest games of all time. The character writing is the best it's ever been, and the bosses are consistently good (with the exception of The Pain fuck that guy). My only real gripes are that I don't think the additions to the systems such as the stamina meter and hunger management actually add much more than stress an Volgin is the lamest villian in the series so far but it doesn't matter because The Boss is there and shes the best one so its ok.

I really really wanted to love this game but as it stands I just liked it. It's good but nothing more. The story feels utterly emotionless and desolate, it has cool things happening but everything is lifeless which I think is on purpose but that doesn't make it any more enjoyable. mechanically I found this game kind of bland, and I love turn-based combat and have gotten through some very very tedious games but I found alot of the bosses very samey and non-memorable, I love how this game makes you rethink your battle strategies in ways other jrpgs dont really but I think alot of the bosses boil down to buffing and debuffing attacking repeating and I just didnt find it very fun. really was enjoying this game for thefirst 10 hours for its atmosphere alone but by the end I was just so unfeeling towards it.