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ACTION·STEALTH·REL 2015.09.01

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’15

The Verdict GOOD 2 of 4 said it
Aggregate · creator panel
4 scored reviewers
Vote distribution
Positive3 Mixed0 Negative1
Source
// facts checked 2026-05-31 · steam, wikipedia, igdb

The Consensus: Is It Worth Playing?

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an open-world stealth-action game developed by Kojima Productions and directed by Hideo Kojima, in which players control mercenary commander Big Boss conducting covert operations in 1984-era Afghanistan and Africa. It was Kojima's final Metal Gear title before his departure from Konami.

Streamer verdicts

One bucket per creator — explicit picks plus inferred reads from their quotes

Review notes ·4

Verbatim quotes from indexed creators
GOOD
42:31 positive

I don't think there's ever been a bad Metal Gear Solid game... it absolutely still works.

WOW
SHIT
GOOD
13:51 positive

this game is a buy though hampered by a fairly empty open world and poor repetitious mission design