this game is a worthy end to the series

TBH this game is ruined by it going "open world", they put so much effort in the graphics and gameplay that they forgot to focus on the real thing. They story could be sooooo much better. The few cut scenes that we get are epic but why are they so few? oh yeah kojima wanted to appeal to everyone with this game so they changed the core of MGS by reducing the cut scenes which people complained in MGS4.

Also this games' story should have been on the psp because all the missions are fetch and fulton this dude. PW introduced fulton but that game wasn't only focused about fulton this man because he escaped this facility. Or kill this guy because he is bad. Peace walker was waaaaaay better in terms of story. It only needed MGS 5 graphics and gameplay. kojima decided to release it on the psp which was fitting for that platform since it used tapes to give you extra info. But listening to tapes is nice when you can sleep in your bed and listen to them NOT in front of your monitor. In previous MGS titles they used cutscenes for that, but people complained.

I think kojima really had lack of money with this MGS. In all previous titles konami let him do whatever he wanted. He wanted to make the game appealing to everyone and get away from its cores and that's where he fucked up. Konami wanting to exit the gaming industry and kojima wanting to expand the game and build a new graphics engine costs too much. So he fucked up the game. Did kiefer cost that much money that he has like 1 page of dialogue in this game :p
You clearly see that this game kind of feel unfinished and konami or kojima decided to wrap things up real fast at a moment. Looks like they spend sooo much time on developing the engine and focused less and less on the game itself.

Still GOTY but not a true MGS title. Feels more like portable ops to fill some story gaps that really has nothing to do with mgs story. They could do soooo much more, like introduce young solid snake, do more with les enfants terrible, bring some old characters from MGS: PW back, let you play as the Boss in some flash backs or let BB have hallucinations bout her. But no kojima wanted to appeal to he mass :(

First DLC for MGSV: The Phantom Pain announced: MGS3 themed costumes and horse outfits, exactly what the fans were clamoring for after finishing the game with an incomplete story.

The more I read about the lackluster story that feels unfinished and rushed, the sadder I get. First the microtransactions along with all the resources wasted on MGS: Online followed by this bullshit cosmetic DLC instead of some kind of story DLC to fill in the gaps in the main game once again shows how little Konami cares about the fans of their well regarded franchises.

Well, that's finished (my choice)
Oh, how I loved playing this game with all it's quirks.
Then, spoiler alert, I played Mission 46...


Sorry, not to my taste, you ruined it for me.

I think there was big gap between what Kojima wanted to make and what Konami wanted to make.
Open-world games are the desired standard these days and Konami wanted to focus on that, to sell better.
All of this drained money away from the campaign and storyline, which is what Kojima probably wanted to focus on.
So my blame for this comparatively lackluster game is on Konami, not Kojima.
Western mainstream gamers thought the old games were too weird and Konami responded by demanding something more generic and less weird from Kojima. In my opinion this is why we got the game we got.

#FucKonami

That hashtag is starting to annoy me :P

Wait till you see the t-shirt which makes it look official. ;)

I am getting tired of publisher bashing for things like this period.

Crapcom, Nintendo with Youtube and such, DLC/Microtransactions litirally everytime an article mentions a certain game getting Microtransactions Angry Joe and AlphaOmegaSin and Jim Sterling makes a rant video.

They do it to have content on their channel and get views :P

Makes it almost seem like you don't mind the publishers screwing over the biggest fans of their games.

Its not that don't mind publishers screwing over fans and gamers.

Its that I accept that this is the reality of gaming right now and fighting over it so far has been a lost cause.

I mean despite SO MUCH BACKLASH against Microtransactions, its still here in gaming, new games are getting Mircrotransactions regardless.

I mean the only time where its legitimate is when the gaming industry pretty much supported SOPA.

(The Guys that run E3)

They do it because they love games. And for the views. The two don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Youtubers are more than happy to admit Konami’s antics are putting their kids through college.

You're entitled to your opinion, bizarre as it may be. Where do you think you are right now? GoG is the alternative digital platform for consumers who aren't happy with the business side of gaming encroaching on the territory of its art side. It's not a shocker if the userbase is strongly against micro-transaction and day 1 DLC shenanigans.

Well it still sounds like you don't mind publishers getting away with bullshit like "Augment your pre-order" . You may think that complaining on the internet achieves nothing but this is exactly the kind of apathy these money grubbing publishers are relying on, but they are taken to task when people actually vehemently protest against such anti-consumer practices.

[url=www.deusex.com/news/aypo-cancelled]https://www.deusex.com/news/aypo-cancelled[/url]

As for microtransactions, the very reason publishers are getting away with it is that fans don't oppose it enough to actually make a difference and that is why Jim Sterling mentioned its important to continue highlighting the terrible practice of microtransactions in $60 dollar single player games instead of letting it become the norm for every AAA game release.

Instead of disregarding it as a rant to garner more views actually listen to what the man has to say because the general aggressively dismissive attitude of most customers like yourself towards microtransactions or other standard practices has given publishers confidence to shoehorn them in more and more games.

Enjoy the Silence, Feel the Noise

Augment your pre-order was a good idea, its how they did it and the crap they offered that was the problem.

Well what do you want? Bad buisness practices and shamefull treatment of employees and properties deserve to be mocked.