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[GigaBowser]

We have yet to have a next gen experience like that (It was in fact cross gen but the graphics were amazing on PS4 and the gameplay felt next gen)


No Kojima Metal Gear is a massive blow to this gen.

The greatest gaming franchise of all time.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Loved the game, even with all the cut and padded stuff. Gameplay-wise it was a bliss.

 

[The Stig]

so many weapons, gadgets, great gameplay.

such a crime that the game wasn't finished....

 

[Certinty]

Still one of the best games ever made gameplay wise. Amazing visuals too.

The less I comment on the rest, the better.

 

[Javthusiast]

Loved the game, even with all the cut and padded stuff. Gameplay-wise it was a bliss.

I was let down the hardest ever by a videogame with tpp. And yet I agree completely with you.

 

[Terenty]

Compare MGS 5 to anything coming out in the near future or has come out recently...there's no ambition left in this industry.

Kojima save us!

 

[Perrott]

Heh, I'm literally playing it right now, gotta farm those S++ and S+ soldiers!

Truly outstanding game.

 

[Roufianos]

To be fair, Elden Ring could easily be considered an equivalent for this gen.

I do agree though, this gen really feels like it's yet to begin.

 

[GigaBowser]

To be fair, Elden Ring could easily be considered an equivalent for this gen.

I do agree though, this gen really feels like it's yet to begin.

Elden Rings graphics don't put it as a next gen (current gen) experience though.

 

[Jonnie_Darko]

Amazing visuals but the most underwhelming game of the franchise.

 

[Hohenheim]

MGS 5 was one of the biggest disapointments last gen for me. Great intro, and then it fell apart. Such a bore.

 

[begotten]

Ground Zeroes > TPP

What could have been. Kojima confirmed his fraud status after that shit.

 

[Punished Miku]

Loved the game, even with all the cut and padded stuff. Gameplay-wise it was a bliss.

It's by far the best MG game ever made. I wouldn't have even thought anyone took the story seriously in these games if I didn't have the internet.

 

[GigaBowser]

Amazing visuals but the most underwhelming game of the franchise.

The gameplay loop, combat and graphics are all the best in MGSV

the story was a bit lacking and it was unfinished, but otherwise a very impressive game.

 

[22•22]

We have yet to have a next gen experience like that.


No Kojima Metal Gear is a massive blow to this gen.

The greatest gaming franchise of all time.

 

[hemo memo]

Pachinko >>>>>>>> Games according to Konami.

Sadly I don’t think Konami would sell the IP as they are using it for pachinko machines.

 

[TintoConCasera]

It's by far the best MG game ever made. I wouldn't have even thought anyone took the story seriously in these games if I didn't have the internet.

Hey! I like their stories, they are wacky as hell but also know how to be cool when they want to get serious. I think they might have kinda the same appeal as Yakuza stories for me.

That said, yes! MGS V is by far the best one once you put the story aside, gameplay carried the game for me.

 

[TheShocker]

Because the gaming industry has been hiding behind GaaS and Covid.

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

Gameplay was excellent, but I swear I could have fallen asleep during the cut scenes. Quirky, yes. Fun sometimes, yes. Way too fucking long, also yes.

 

[Kilau]

Next gen game that was also on PS360.

 

[22•22]

In my Top 10 games.

Essence of the gameplay is unmatched

 

[Droxcy]

Sad the MP flopped due to the microtransactions could've been so much better

 

[lovetalkgames]

That was lucky timing because MGSV was originally only going to be on previous gen consoles. Kojima famously went sour with Konami which undoubtedly slowed things up.

 

[22•22]

Still one of the best games ever made gameplay wise. Amazing visuals too.

The less I comment on the rest, the better.

 

[rofif]

Freaking incredible game. Chapter 2 is a mess but man... what a game.
The only stealth game you want to stealth since you want to fulton these fools!

 

[Gun Animal]

MGSV was cross-gen, easily comparable to Death Stranding or Elden Ring. Also, MGSV sucked, I'm a huge optimist and pride myself in having realistic expectations and being able to find the good in everything, nonetheless MGSV was the biggest disappointment of my entire life---bigger than any disappointment over my career or love life, which is really saying something. It's really bad, just like this thread. (sorry)

 

[Guilty_AI]

Elden Rings graphics don't put it as a next gen (current gen) experience though.

Neither did MGSV's. In fact, it was also a crossgen title

 

[remember_spinal]

I mean MGSV was cross-gen, and the third act was never properly finished.

It was a really disappointing way to end the Metal Gear Solid franchise imo even though the gameplay and some of the cinematic was the best in the franchise. Also having snake as a silent protagonist was the icing on the cake for me, just all around a miserable unfocused experience.

Its the life of Pablo of Kojimas game catalogue

 

[-BLITZ-]

I still play this game. This morning I did a check up routine of FOB status.

 

[Black_Stride]

I honestly forgot MGSV was a crossgen title.
I also forgot it came out 2 years into the generation.

 

[KormaChameleon]

Great game but you can tell it was clearly unfinished from chapter 2. Fuck Konami.

 

[Sosokrates]

It was cross gen, but an excellent cross gen game. The last gen version weren't to bad either.

 

[Belthazar]

What's even the point of this thread? There were plenty of bad cross-gen games in the first 2 years of this gen too, just like MGSV was when it came out.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

We have yet to have a next gen experience like that.


No Kojima Metal Gear is a massive blow to this gen.

The greatest gaming franchise of all time.

It was cross-gen and there wasn't a pandemic. Right?

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

Hey! I like their stories, they are wacky as hell but also know how to be cool when they want to get serious. I think they might have kinda the same appeal as Yakuza stories for me.

That said, yes! MGS V is by far the best one once you put the story aside, gameplay carried the game for me.

If all of Phsntom Pain wouldve been as good as Ground Zeroes, which actually had great level design and a decent amount of story in its mission, then V couldbr been the best MGS. As it stands though it's too unfinished, barebones, and lacking in all but it's gameplay. No base in Phantom Pain was close to as good as GZ which is just lame considering it was the main game.. Story and lack of cutscenes also was a major flaw. I'd say it's easily the weakest MGS.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Good game it just needed to be finished. It only released cuz it was rushed.

 

[Apocryphon]

Fantastic engine and fantastic gameplay mechanics, but the story was weak and the game lacked the atmosphere found in previous games. It was unfinished and felt it.

I love the game but I found the premise and feel of Ground Zeros to be more interesting. A remake of the first MGS in that engine would have been incredible.

 

[JerryinSoCal]

The most overrated game ever, yeah the rain looked good and the gameplay felt nice but the missions were all the same thing over and over again, quiet was one of the most embarrassing characters I've seen in a game and I've never seen a more lifeless open world in a game. You had to keep going back to the same couple of spots for missions and nothing made much sense.

 

[Javthusiast]

It is criminal Konami left this gameplay system to rot.

TPP and TLOUP2 are the only truly fantastic third person stealth games of the last decade+, just judging on gameplay alone.

 

[TGO]

We have yet to have a next gen experience like that.


No Kojima Metal Gear is a massive blow to this gen.

The greatest gaming franchise of all time.

Funny because it was available on PS3 too, damn crossgen games!

 

[Northeastmonk]

This thread makes me want to call in air strikes and throw explosives at tanks. I played around 180 hours back when it came out. I’ve been meaning to play it again. I’ve wondered if it runs better on PS5.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

I'll never forgive konami for releasing this unfinished

And for the fact we'll never get another

 

[RIPN2022]

We have yet to have a next gen experience like that.


No Kojima Metal Gear is a massive blow to this gen.

The greatest gaming franchise of all time.

MGS V really felt like a next gen experience when I played it Christmas 2015.

Overall, 2015 was a great year for gaming. Dying Light, MGS V, Rainbow 6 Siege, Batman Arkham Knight, AC Syndicate, Mad Max, The Order 1886, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Fallout 4.

2022 has been a strong second year for PS5/Series X/S, but COVID hitting launch windows really has taken the wind out of sails so to speak.

 

[Krappadizzle]

I'll never forgive konami for releasing this unfinished

And for the fact we'll never get another

 

[SuperBabyMethod]

It’s a fantastic game with incredible fluidity and gameplay mechanics.

A lot of the main criticism seems to come from the games plot and “incompleteness” - even though Kojima himself has come out and said that MGSV is complete with its ending. The idea that MGSV is incomplete is a myth that unfortunately still exists. In due time, however, I feel that MGSV will have its own “MGS2 moment” in which it will take years for it to be truly appreciated for the masterpiece it is and how far ahead of its time it was in terms of its story. The themes of globalization, linguistic imperialism, and the role the English language has in “Englishizing” the world and it’s culture will have larger precedence and appreciation in the future.

 

[Thaedolus]

It’s a fantastic game with incredible fluidity and gameplay mechanics.

A lot of the main criticism seems to come from the games plot and “incompleteness” - even though Kojima himself has come out and said that MGSV is complete with its ending. The idea that MGSV is incomplete is a myth that unfortunately still exists. In due time, however, I feel that MGSV will have its own “MGS2 moment” in which it will take years for it to be truly appreciated for the masterpiece it is and how far ahead of its time it was in terms of its story. The themes of globalization, linguistic imperialism, and the role the English language has in “Englishizing” the world and it’s culture will have larger precedence and appreciation in the future.

Well then Kojima fucked up because it feels incomplete.

 

[Furozen]

Oh, yeah. I remember playing this game on my PS3. Truly next-gen experience.

 

[TexMex]

They should have spent another 2 years finishing it.

 

[Gun Animal]

I mean MGSV was cross-gen, and the third act was never properly finished.

It was a really disappointing way to end the Metal Gear Solid franchise imo even though the gameplay and some of the cinematic was the best in the franchise. Also having snake as a silent protagonist was the icing on the cake for me, just all around a miserable unfocused experience.

Its the life of Pablo of Kojimas game catalogue

you take that back! life of pablo is a great album.

 

[remember_spinal]

you take that back! life of pablo is a great album.

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