Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is a PC shooter game developed by Kojima Productions. It centers on aiming and shooting, positioning and evasion, and weapon and firepower management, with controls and information arranged around keyboard movement and mouse aiming, with a controller where supported.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.9 / 10
About this game
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is a PC shooter game developed by Kojima Productions. It centers on aiming and shooting, positioning and evasion, and weapon and firepower management, with controls and information arranged around keyboard movement and mouse aiming, with a controller where supported.
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain excels through interlocking stealth systems support exceptional player freedom, although the second half repeats missions and spaces limits this specific release.
Movement, enemy awareness, buddies, vehicles, gadgets, and extraction all interact, allowing the same objective to be solved through observation, diversion, stealth, or direct force. Animation and sound make systemic information exceptionally readable. Repeated locations and objectives weaken the second half, however, while the final narrative arc feels incomplete and online-connected base features add external dependency to an otherwise excellent PS4 package. Overall, its strongest qualities are interlocking stealth systems support exceptional player freedom and animation and sound communicate enemy state with remarkable clarity. Its material limitations are the second half repeats missions and spaces and the story feels incomplete and some base systems depend on online services. This score covers only the playstation-4 release represented by this catalog record; it excludes later ports, emulator enhancements, and mechanical conversion of any external outlet score. The cited release evidence supports the assessed mechanics, content, presentation, and platform-specific usability.
Strengths
- Interlocking stealth systems support exceptional player freedom
- Animation and sound communicate enemy state with remarkable clarity
Weaknesses
- The second half repeats missions and spaces
- The story feels incomplete and some base systems depend on online services
Who it is for: Players who enjoy systemic stealth, open missions, and experimenting with solutions.
Play notes: The latter half repeats content and the narrative does not fully resolve.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Animation and sound communicate enemy state with remarkable clarity; The story feels incomplete and some base systems depend on online services. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Interlocking stealth systems support exceptional player freedom; The second half repeats missions and spaces. | Reviewed | 9.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Animation and sound communicate enemy state with remarkable clarity; The second half repeats missions and spaces. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The second half repeats missions and spaces; The story feels incomplete and some base systems depend on online services. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Kojima Productions
- Publisher
- Konami
- Release date
- 2015
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- Third PersonSolo-friendlyMain Story Under 10 HoursShooting3D GraphicsFast-pacedDodgeLinear LevelsReplayablePlayer versus Environment
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2015
- Xbox 360Worldwide2015
- PlayStation 4Worldwide2015
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