Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain delivers systems-driven tactical operations through open bases, stealth freedom, buddies, and equipment research. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.0 / 10
About this game
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain delivers systems-driven tactical operations through open bases, stealth freedom, buddies, and equipment research. Stealth systems, enemy response, and solutions are outstanding, while controls, animation, audio, and cross-gen optimisation excel. Late missions repeat and the story ends incompletely, and online bases and resources interrupt solo pacing. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. This description covers the original xbox-360 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain delivers systems-driven tactical operations through open bases, stealth freedom, buddies, and equipment research.
Stealth systems, enemy response, and solutions are outstanding, while controls, animation, audio, and cross-gen optimisation excel. Late missions repeat and the story ends incompletely, and online bases and resources interrupt solo pacing. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. Overall, its main strengths are Stealth systems, enemy response, and solutions are outstanding; Controls, animation, audio, and cross-gen optimisation excel. Its material limitations are Late missions repeat and the story ends incompletely; Online bases and resources interrupt solo pacing. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Stealth systems, enemy response, and solutions are outstanding
- Controls, animation, audio, and cross-gen optimisation excel
Weaknesses
- Late missions repeat and the story ends incompletely
- Online bases and resources interrupt solo pacing
Who it is for: Players who value stealth systems, enemy response, and solutions are outstanding and accept this release's limits.
Play notes: Expect late missions repeat and the story ends incompletely and online bases and resources interrupt solo pacing.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Controls, animation, audio, and cross-gen optimisation excel; Online bases and resources interrupt solo pacing. | Reviewed | 8.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Stealth systems, enemy response, and solutions are outstanding; Late missions repeat and the story ends incompletely. | Reviewed | 9.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Controls, animation, audio, and cross-gen optimisation excel; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original xbox-360 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Late missions repeat and the story ends incompletely. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Kojima Productions
- Publisher
- KonamiKojima Productions
- Release date
- 2015
- Platforms
- Xbox 360
- 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
- Story-drivenThird PersonStealthMain Story 100 Hours or MoreShootingOpen WorldModern Setting3D Graphics
- 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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