Recent reviews by KiryaX

+Great gameplay
+There is a lot of good boss fights
+A lot of enemy variety and their movesets/AI is so much better this time around.
+Really good replay value with harder difficulties and better loot.
+Every little progress you make is so rewarding.
+DLC was fantastic

Its an impressive tour de force and a huge improvement over the first in every way. Play this if you like Souls games. Its the closest thing that comes to FROM games despite being more arcadey and mission based.

Say what you want but this definitely deserves the most innovative gameplay award over the past year. It was so innovative, complex and confusing it basically killed the game. Just an all around stress inducing nightmare. Also not stream friendly at all which was basically the nail in the coffin for it.

But hey Valve can fix this. Turn it into Hearthstone and it will be much more successful.

The most violent, vicious and most engaging combat you will ever experience in a video game.

Everything is so precise too. Its so much fun to play.

FromSoft continues to raise the bar.

Now bring on Elden Ring...Ohhhh Elden Ring.

I doubt you could even imagine it.

Back when Konami sat in the Iron Throne. Back when they were better than Nintendo, SEGA, Square and Capcom.

They released these amazing games with classic soundtracks. Their influence and difficulty still strong to this very day. The Souls games of the late 80s and early 90s. And you can get 8 of them for just 20 bucks. Each is like 3-4 hrs long. Also you can save scum so don't worry about difficulty.

Best 20$ you can spend on Steam today. Bring on a 2nd collection with the rest of the titles pls Konami.

A 10 ouf of 10 game and one of the best Indie games of all time.

+Beautiful hand drawn Art
+Fun combat
+Great platforming
+Good boss fights
+Good music
+Controls are great
+Difficulty is just perfect.
+Closest any game has ever gotten to being a 2D Dark Souls.

Its also one of the largest metroidvania's you will ever play. An overachievement at every step of the way. So go and play it now!

(NOTE: I will talk a lot about gameplay features and presentation. There will be talk about the story but there won't be any actual story/plot spoilers)



Is this the best stealth action game of all time? Is such a thing possible? Yes it is!


-BUDDY SYSTEM- This was my favorite part of the game so I will talk about it first. You can take animals, robots or an overly attached sniper along for the ride with you. The entire feature is probably the best AI buddy thing any game has ever done. I can't even think of a linear game that does what MGSV does when it comes to having a friendly npc with you let alone an open world game. The entire experience was kind of surreal and mind blowing. The game is so ahead of its time.

-AUDIO PRODUCTION- Amazing just like every MGS game in the past. The music, sounds and effects are all sublime. The intro song to the game is very good too. The dialouge is very engaging and well written just like all MGS games in the past. Lots of humor. Lots of nonsense.

-GAMEPLAY- Have you ever wanted to play a game whose developers are a bunch of talented overachievers? Yea this game is for you. Being able to infiltrate enemy outposts from any direction in an open world is an amazing thing. An open world where you roll on the ground while interrogating enemies and use dozens of fun gadgets to help you clear out enemies. There is nothing like it. The running, animations and controls are so well refined its rare to see so much depth in a video game. All of this paired with the buddy system created so much fun. The real great thing about this game is your helicopter. The entire game was designed around it. You will actually be rescuing people. You actually have to call extraction and carry your objective to the chopper. All of this happens under stealth world rules. Its really unique and methodical. Unlike most games out there that trigger a cutscene. This game will actually make you play out all the scenarios. Now of course you don't have to play stealthy if you don't want but it really is rewarding if you do. There are many options and so many different combinations for infiltration.

-MOTHERBASE- Some people probably didn't like this but I thought it was an excellent minigame within the bigger game itself. Managing motherbase and gathering high ranked soldiers was actually a very fun simulator. There was a lot of micromanagement and maintenance but its great. Its like metal gear manager :D

- FOB - This is a very controversial feature in the game but I felt it was a very innovative feature. You build a base and have to defend it from other people who might invade it. You can also invade other peoples bases and steal their resources, soldiers etc. This is very divisive among the community because you can be invaded while you are offline. As a result many people are terrified but at the end of the day its not a big deal because its not that hard to obtain money and resources in the game. Its actually very easy. Anways if you are into risky multiplayer feature you will like this. I spent a good 100 hours invading and actively defending. I had a blast and many close calls. The stealth gameplay and all your singleplayer tools are very well implemented into the feature. This section of the game is like VR Missions + Steroids + Dark Souls PVP + Kojima + lots of fun. You can easily lose hundreds of hours doing FOB stuff. This feature also introduces optional microtransactions but its not necessary in any way. The microtransactions don't really do much other than speed up the development time of items. But it doesn't matter because you will still be grinding resources to start the development. Whether you spend money on microtransactions or not you will grind a lot in this game. A lot.

- FOX ENGINE- The game is really well optimized and the gameplay is perfectly refined. The industry can learn a lot from this game. This is what happens when you leave a project in the oven for so long. It plays so well and you can tell Kojima productions poured their soul into this. Its really special. I played for over 100 hours and never had any crashes. The framerate was always smooth with the exception of like one cutscene. No bugs at all tho some reported a save bug which was quickly patched by the dev team.

BOSS FIGHTS - There were very few fights in this game compared to other MGS. The few fights that are here are very good tho. Its a completely different experience this time around so its really hard to judge. The game is open world and you don't have a life bar in the top corner telling you how much health you have. You don't have some magical rations to equip and use. The health is regenerating as a result you can die wthin seconds of taking damage. Some things like explosions will kill you in one shot. Overall I would say MGS3 and MGS1 had the best boss fights. MGSV is definitely better than MGS2 and MGS4 tho.

-STORY- Kojima probably got real tired of people making fun of MGS4 for having like 10 hours of cutscenes and only 5 hours of gameplay. This time around its very different. You are looking at a stealth action game with over 100 hours of gameplay and only like 5 hours of cutscenes. Its so different compared to all the previous games it kind of split the community. The presentation and pacing is very different this time around. You don't really see a bunch of silly over the top anime characters like you did in MGS4. Instead the story is much darker and you won't find as much cringe in it. The long pointless briefing cutscenes from MGS4 are not in this. Instead you get a lot of tapes briefing you with lots of information. You can listen to these tapes whenever you want. Some tapes are very good and contain a lot of important information. Some I wished Kojima made cutscenes but for what ever reason he didn't. Either way its absolutely critical for you to listen to these tapes. Not listenting to tapes in this game is equivalent to skippin cutscenes in previous MGS games. Some tapes are kind of long so make yourself some food and eat while listenting.

The only real flaw with the story and this game is that the ending was rushed. The ending itself was great but everything leading up to it was just not there. Its missing like a good 5-6 missions. The ending also raises a lot of questions about this long near 30 year story but unfortunately Kojima has left Konami and sadly we will never get any of those answers. Previous MGS games always had future titles to continue elaborating on the story but this time around we probably won't get that type of treatment. It is what it is.



CONCLUSION- Kojima pushed the stealth genre like 15 years into the future with this game. Its a must play and best game of the year without doubt. Take every stealth game released in recent years and all of them combined aren't even 1% of what MGSV is.

28 years of excellence from Hideo Kojima. Thank you for all the fun memories.

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This game is eye candy. Its so beautiful you just can't help but smile the entire time you are playing. Its also one of the best platformers you will ever play and has a soundtrack that will give you goosebumps. Must have for anyone who is a fan of platformers and metroidvania style games. And if you are not a fan of those games than you should play it anyway because it will make you a fan.

Very good game


PROS

-One of the most unique and amazing combat systems you will ever experience. Very exhilarating.
-Many beautiful locations in the game. No stone was left unturned as far as visuals go.
-Many different enemy npcs. Encounters rarely become repetitive.
-Excellent pacing. There is like 5 hours worth of cutscenes in the game. Its all mixed very well with the gameplay.
-Lots of crazy unexpected boss fights which require precise button mashing. Very intense. Much sweaty palms.
-The music is great. Some stuff seemed a bit repetitve but the battle themes and boss fight themes were really good.
-Difficulty is just right. Not too hard and not too easy.
-The last couple chapters in the game was really good.
-Choice of Japanese or English audio.



CONS

-The story can be a bit vague at times. Some ingame datalog reading is required to get a better grip on things.
-Some of the characters are kind of bad. But they turn out to be so useful in combat you will eventually like them.
-Can't customize clothes on playbable characters. They're all dressed like a bunch of bums.
-Lazy port with no video settings. (patched 2 months after release)




I don't understand why there is so much hatred for this game. The Final Fantasy fanbase can be very repulsive sometimes for whatever reason. I guess this is one of those games people really love to hate. I found very little wrong with it. Its not perfect by any means but as far as quality goes this is probably the best 15 bucks you can spend on steam right now. The attention to detail and art design from Square Enix is just extraordinary. The whole experience is filthy rich from start to finish. Its one of very few modern day AAA Japanese games. So play it.


9 out of 10

Fantastic RPG game. One of the best in years.

PROS

-No fetch quests
-No grinding
-Great leveling system that rewards you for exploration, fighting, and arguing with npcs
-Enormous amounts of skills and freedom to build you're own party (up to 4 people) any way you want
-Fun story with lots of depth.
-Perfect soundtrack to catch the feel of the fantasy world
-Amazing turn based combat with a lot of emphasis on the surrounding environment. Gameplay is superb
-One of the best AI in a long time. They can do to you anything you can do to them in combat. Very unpredictable
-Fun and smart sandbox elements that can only be rivaled by Bethesda games.
-Challenging puzzles that will take you back in time when those old Resident Evil games picked your brain
-Co-op


CONS


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No cons. Game is a masterpiece. People nitpick small things like inventory being cumbersome or lack of hand holding. But none of those things are big enough to be worthy of a con. This game is too good. 5-10 years from now it will be even better because people will realize how much better it is than most other game released in todays industry. Its one of those things thats gotta slowly sink in. The first couple hours of the game can be very overwhelming. But once you get past that inital learning curve you will be sucked into an amazing fantasy world. One of the most addicting games I have ever played.

10 out of 10. Would fall for trap again. INTRUDER SPIED!!!!!