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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

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First release
Sep 01, 2015
Publisher
Konami
Genres
Adventure, Shooter, Tactical · Open world, Action, Fantasy, Historical, Stealth
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the sequel to Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and a prequel to the original Metal Gear. The game has a complex story with long cut-scene sequences, but there are fewer and they are shorter compared to earlier Metal Gear Solid titles. Most of the gameplay mechanics introduced in Ground Zeroes are carried over: it is still an action game and stealth oriented but replaces the linear corridor design from most earlier titles with large open world environments that offer the player unrestricted freedom for the approach. The world has now a real-time day and night cycle and various weather effects that influence enemy behaviour, visibility and sound. Sabotaging or destroying certain structures can also influence other parts of the map.

Also known as MGSV, Metal Gear Solid 5, MGSVTPP, MGS5TPP
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Storyline
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has brought a new edge to the Cold War, and in 1984, a one-eyed man with a prosthetic arm appears in the country. Those who know him call him Snake; the legendary mercenary who was once swept from the stage of history and left in a coma by American private intelligence network Cipher. Snake is accompanied by Ocelot, an old friend who saved him from attack when he finally awoke. Now, Snake’s former partner Kazuhira Miller is being held by the Soviet forces in Afghanistan. Snake must undertake a solo mission to rescue Miller and prove to the world that the legendary mercenary is not dead and gone. That first step will lead to a path of vengeance against the very Cipher that slaughtered so many of Snake’s men, and to a battle that will embroil the whole world... What started in Ground Zeroes... must finish with "V."Read more

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has brought a new edge to the Cold War, and in 1984, a one-eyed man with a prosthetic arm appears in the country. Those who know him call him Snake; the legendary mercenary who was once swept from the stage of history and left in a coma by American private intelligence network Cipher. Snake is accompanied by Ocelot, an old friend who saved him from attack when he finally awoke. Now, Snake’s former partner Kazuhira Miller is being held by the Soviet forces in Afghanistan. Snake must undertake a solo mission to rescue Miller and prove to the world that the legendary mercenary is not dead and gone. That first step will lead to a path of vengeance against the very Cipher that slaughtered so many of Snake’s men, and to a battle that will embroil the whole world... What started in Ground Zeroes... must finish with "V."

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 01, 2015
PlayStation 3
Sep 01, 2015
PlayStation 4
Sep 01, 2015
All 5 release dates
Xbox One
Sep 01, 2015
Xbox 360
Sep 01, 2015
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
49h
Main + Extras
101h
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
modern warfare, cold war, helicopter, assassin, vehicular combat
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Critic Score
96
Main Story (IGDB)
49h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
101h
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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 73,525 reviews in all languages, recorded 17 October 2026

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  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 31 Oct

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