Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This video contains potential spoilers for every game in the Metal Gear Solid series. Also, this is all just my opinion, obviously.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Context
4:49 - Beginnings
9:40 - A Strong Introduction
17:26 - One Step Forward, Ten Steps Back
23:01 - To Make Matters Worse
26:46 - The Not-so-open World
33:00 - The Unexpected Positives
40:06 - Conclusion: Phantom Problems
I replayed Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain so you don't have to. Having reviewed the game back in 2015 and heaped praise upon it, I grew increasingly dissatisfied with those videos as time went on, given how similar the circumstances under which I played it were to those journalists attending the Konami "boot camp" review event. So I put close to another 100 hours into the game over a period of a few months in order to fairly analyse the game, sans hype. The results were... interesting.
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Patreon: patreon.com/writingongames
Podcast (iTunes) - itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/writing-on-gamescast/id1124674245?mt=2
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Source for claim about staff morale: reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/3lmgos/everything_you_need_to_know_about_staff_morale
IGN review: ign.com/articles/2015/08/24/metal-gear-solid-5-the-phantom-pain-review
Additional MGS3 footage from MylesJBenis and BoneofHead.
Intro Text Provided by Lashman - twitter.com/RobotBrush
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Thank you so, so much for your continued support. You all mean the world to me.
This video contains potential spoilers for every game in the Metal Gear Solid series. Also, this is all just my opinion, obviously.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Context
4:49 - Beginnings
9:40 - A Strong Introduction
17:26 - One Step Forward, Ten Steps Back
23:01 - To Make Matters Worse
26:46 - The Not-so-open World
33:00 - The Unexpected Positives
40:06 - Conclusion: Phantom Problems
I replayed Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain so you don't have to. Having reviewed the game back in 2015 and heaped praise upon it, I grew increasingly dissatisfied with those videos as time went on, given how similar the circumstances under which I played it were to those journalists attending the Konami "boot camp" review event. So I put close to another 100 hours into the game over a period of a few months in order to fairly analyse the game, sans hype. The results were... interesting.
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Patreon: patreon.com/writingongames
Podcast (iTunes) - itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/writing-on-gamescast/id1124674245?mt=2
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Source for claim about staff morale: reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/3lmgos/everything_you_need_to_know_about_staff_morale
IGN review: ign.com/articles/2015/08/24/metal-gear-solid-5-the-phantom-pain-review
Additional MGS3 footage from MylesJBenis and BoneofHead.
Intro Text Provided by Lashman - twitter.com/RobotBrush
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Thank you so, so much for your continued support. You all mean the world to me.
