I suggest you only read this if you've finished the game. Seriously HEAVY spoilers for all of the game.
It didn't satisfy me at all. This was Kojima's chance to show us how the series went from Peace Walker to the first games. And we didn't see that at all. My feelings on the game can be summed up with it was awesome but disappointing too. Hideo sacrificed SO much just so we could do the same side op over and over again.
If I had to make a list of things that I wanted to see it would look like this.
Young versions of Gray Fox, Solid and Solidus. Where were they? Does Kojima derive sexual pleasure from ignoring the fans when they ask for something on Gray Fox.
I know we got to see Liquid and he was a little shit and that's great, but Venom Snake didn't even fucking talk to him. He just beat him up a few times. I'd like to have gotten to know a bit more about his character.
Boss Fights. There were two in the whole game. Maybe three if you count the time the burning man chased your around the hospital, toasting you bumb whilst you ran away giggling. The Skull's don't count as boss fights, they are just an elite enemy type. The previous metal gears had fantastic Bosses like The Fear, the Fury, Vulcan raven, Sniper Wolf, screaming mantis. Admittedly Quiet and Sahalanthropus were great but two isn't enough. I know Skull face dying early and not having a boss fight is supposed to give you a sense of phantom pain, but its more of a phantom annoyance than pain.
An inside to mother base. It felt a bit weird and too 'video gamey' to just see Miller and Ocelot disappear into nothingness after cutscenes. It would've been good to go into small interior areas and at the very least see them doing something mother basey, like you could do with Huey.
Actually play as Snake. Kiefer Sutherland as Snake was utter bollocks, yes he has a nice gravelly voice and is a talented man but he isn't snake. Don't go saying well it works because you aren't playing as Snake. Its established kiefer played both venom snake and bigboss as he's in the truth casettes and ground zeroes. Plus Hideo didn't change the Japanese va for Snake so it was just a stupid move on hideo's part.
I've heard that you playing as Venom Snake and Big Boss sending you a tape saying "thanks for being my m8 and pls carry on my legacy, by the way my son is on his way to murder you" is Hideo's way of thanking us for supporting the series. But the thing is if I fly to Japan smash Hideo's car up and leave him a little note saying "thanks Hideo I like your games" he may appreciate the note but the fact remains his car is ruined. Same with us and Metal Gear V.
I'd be really unhappy if I found out that the reason for Snake being basically mute was that Kiefer was just an expensive guy to hire. Robin Atkin Downs (Miller) was the best voice actor in the game. Leagues better than Kiefer, he had tons more dialogue than Kiefer and was apparently cheaper. Kiefer was just a stupid stupid idea no disrespect to them man though he's a great actor. Yes I am very butt hurt over no Daivd Hayter.
Some stuff I just found disappointing was:-
Quiet
I was a fan of the Quiet is Chico theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9DtyqOX2L8 Now that would have been dark as and edgy as Hideo promised the game would be. Instead Quiet is literally just some random sexy girl, with no significance to anything else in metal gear. When Hideo said we'd be ashamed for popping a boner over quiet, we would all have actually felt shame if she was the little boy we rescued back in costa rica. Instead she's literally just wank fuel.
Cassettes instead of a codec. Just why?! even if it was MGS 1 style static anime faces with talking it would have been enough.
Mother Base was a regular sausage fest. I'm not complaining from an SJW point of view. I understand there are very few women who would want to fight in a PMC and live on an oil rig in the middle of the sea with a lot of sweaty hairy men. And yeah there were playable women soldiers but, I'd have liked a girl to just have around and about. Like that French bird from peace walker, she's still alive I think. Paz not being real really crapped on my day.
No mission 51. Just youtube MGS V mission 51. It would have sorted out the fucking shambles that was Liquid and psycho mantis' disappearance with sahalanthropus.
Battle Gear. What the fuck was it? How do you use it? Is it just for multiplayer?
MGS V was a fantastic game but it wasn't what Kojima promised us it would be. I honestly blame Kojima for most of the things that are missing from the game. He should have included Solid and Gray Fox, or at the very least shown us how Big Boss became a villain. Instead we got Big Boss' border line mute buddy running around the same area doing the same stuff over and over again.
As a metal Gear game goes its only ok. But its still a stellar game 9/10 in my opinion just because the gameplay was so good, the music so tasteful and Quarantine platform mission was so emotional. I just think there needs to be a phantom pain 2 where you actually see outer heaven get set up.
It didn't satisfy me at all. This was Kojima's chance to show us how the series went from Peace Walker to the first games. And we didn't see that at all. My feelings on the game can be summed up with it was awesome but disappointing too. Hideo sacrificed SO much just so we could do the same side op over and over again.
If I had to make a list of things that I wanted to see it would look like this.
Young versions of Gray Fox, Solid and Solidus. Where were they? Does Kojima derive sexual pleasure from ignoring the fans when they ask for something on Gray Fox.
I know we got to see Liquid and he was a little shit and that's great, but Venom Snake didn't even fucking talk to him. He just beat him up a few times. I'd like to have gotten to know a bit more about his character.
Boss Fights. There were two in the whole game. Maybe three if you count the time the burning man chased your around the hospital, toasting you bumb whilst you ran away giggling. The Skull's don't count as boss fights, they are just an elite enemy type. The previous metal gears had fantastic Bosses like The Fear, the Fury, Vulcan raven, Sniper Wolf, screaming mantis. Admittedly Quiet and Sahalanthropus were great but two isn't enough. I know Skull face dying early and not having a boss fight is supposed to give you a sense of phantom pain, but its more of a phantom annoyance than pain.
An inside to mother base. It felt a bit weird and too 'video gamey' to just see Miller and Ocelot disappear into nothingness after cutscenes. It would've been good to go into small interior areas and at the very least see them doing something mother basey, like you could do with Huey.
Actually play as Snake. Kiefer Sutherland as Snake was utter bollocks, yes he has a nice gravelly voice and is a talented man but he isn't snake. Don't go saying well it works because you aren't playing as Snake. Its established kiefer played both venom snake and bigboss as he's in the truth casettes and ground zeroes. Plus Hideo didn't change the Japanese va for Snake so it was just a stupid move on hideo's part.
I've heard that you playing as Venom Snake and Big Boss sending you a tape saying "thanks for being my m8 and pls carry on my legacy, by the way my son is on his way to murder you" is Hideo's way of thanking us for supporting the series. But the thing is if I fly to Japan smash Hideo's car up and leave him a little note saying "thanks Hideo I like your games" he may appreciate the note but the fact remains his car is ruined. Same with us and Metal Gear V.
I'd be really unhappy if I found out that the reason for Snake being basically mute was that Kiefer was just an expensive guy to hire. Robin Atkin Downs (Miller) was the best voice actor in the game. Leagues better than Kiefer, he had tons more dialogue than Kiefer and was apparently cheaper. Kiefer was just a stupid stupid idea no disrespect to them man though he's a great actor. Yes I am very butt hurt over no Daivd Hayter.
Some stuff I just found disappointing was:-
Quiet
I was a fan of the Quiet is Chico theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9DtyqOX2L8 Now that would have been dark as and edgy as Hideo promised the game would be. Instead Quiet is literally just some random sexy girl, with no significance to anything else in metal gear. When Hideo said we'd be ashamed for popping a boner over quiet, we would all have actually felt shame if she was the little boy we rescued back in costa rica. Instead she's literally just wank fuel.
Cassettes instead of a codec. Just why?! even if it was MGS 1 style static anime faces with talking it would have been enough.
Mother Base was a regular sausage fest. I'm not complaining from an SJW point of view. I understand there are very few women who would want to fight in a PMC and live on an oil rig in the middle of the sea with a lot of sweaty hairy men. And yeah there were playable women soldiers but, I'd have liked a girl to just have around and about. Like that French bird from peace walker, she's still alive I think. Paz not being real really crapped on my day.
No mission 51. Just youtube MGS V mission 51. It would have sorted out the fucking shambles that was Liquid and psycho mantis' disappearance with sahalanthropus.
Battle Gear. What the fuck was it? How do you use it? Is it just for multiplayer?
MGS V was a fantastic game but it wasn't what Kojima promised us it would be. I honestly blame Kojima for most of the things that are missing from the game. He should have included Solid and Gray Fox, or at the very least shown us how Big Boss became a villain. Instead we got Big Boss' border line mute buddy running around the same area doing the same stuff over and over again.
As a metal Gear game goes its only ok. But its still a stellar game 9/10 in my opinion just because the gameplay was so good, the music so tasteful and Quarantine platform mission was so emotional. I just think there needs to be a phantom pain 2 where you actually see outer heaven get set up.