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    Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

    Game » consists of 19 releases. Released Sep 01, 2015

    The final main entry in the Metal Gear Solid series bridges the events between Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and the original Metal Gear, as Big Boss wakes up from a nine-year coma in 1984 to rebuild his mercenary paradise.

    sgubby's Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PC) review

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    The Little Detail

    That is what does it for me. It gets my engine revvin'.

    Boy howdy has Hideo Kojima always paid attention to the little details in his games, but The Phantom Pain takes the cake. Rain makes Snake's footsteps harder to hear while mist and sandstorms distort visibility. I can call ol' Pequod to come extract me, or I can simply climb onto a shipping container and quickly fulton myself out. There are so many options within this game that I inevitably forget all of my options, and only until I am dead can I reflect on the fact that I probably could've attached the sticker of the soviet commander to my c-board box to buy myself some valuable time to make my escape. I crave the little immersive details within this stealth action game. I will admit the story isn't the strongest, but TPP remains my favorite because of the meticulous little details that run rabid throughout the game.

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