Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Released: Sep 1, 2015
4,069 days ago
Platforms: PC
PS4
Xbox One
PS3
Xbox 360
Ratings: IGDB90
OC92
Steam92%

Release dates

North America dates

Sep 1, 20154,069 days ago
- PC
- PS4
- Xbox One
- PS3
- Xbox 360

About

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.

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How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 3,141 players

Main story: 46 h
Main + extras: 81 h
Completionist: 164 h

Reviews

Critic scores from OpenCritic ↗

OpenCritic92/10098% recommend · Mighty123 critic reviews Steam92%Very Positive · 103,692 reviews

Critics (IGDB)96/10019 reviews

IGDB players90/1001,203 ratings

Game info

Released: 2015 · see every game from that year
Modes: Single player · Multiplayer
Perspective: Third person
Engine: Fox Engine
Multiplayer: Online up to 16

Editions, DLC & expansions

Expansions 1

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes2014 · Standalone expansion

Editions & bundles 2

Studios

Kojima ProductionsDeveloper
KonamiPublisher
KKojima Productions LA StudioPorting · Support

Characters

Age ratings

ESRBMBlood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language
PEGI18Bad Language, In-Game Purchases, Online Gameplay, Violence
CERODCrime, Violence
USK18No content descriptors
GRAC19+Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug, Fear, Horror, Threatening, Language, Violence
CLASS IND18Violência (Violence)
ACBR 18+No content descriptors

Languages

8 languages

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil) and 2 more

Language	Audio	Subtitles	Interface
EnglishEnglish (US)
FrenchFrançais	–
GermanDeutsch	–
ItalianItaliano	–
Japanese日本語
Portuguese (Brazil)Português (Brasil)	–
RussianРусский	–
Spanish (Spain)Español (España)	–

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Story & names

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."

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