Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
For every beginning, there is an end but sometimes, there is no end. Like a ballad of murder and revenge on repeat, the Metal Gear Solid series goes forwards and backwards to tell the story of Big Boss and how his actions ultimately changed the world. What was the instant that ultimately drove him to become the feared leader of Outer Haven and fight for world domination? We got a glimpse of that in Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes with the brutal treatment and death of Paz but The Phantom Pain will be the journey to evil that will ultimately define Big Boss as an antagonist.
In terms of gameplay, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain will look to open up the avenues introduced by Ground Zeroes and take the open world sneaking to a brand new level. Yes, some elements like the decoys of Lisa from P.T. are corny. Air-lifting sheep or having your horse shit on the road to disorient incoming vehicles is corny. However, this is Metal Gear Solid where both the corny and serious collide and The Phantom Pain will look to tell another classic tale of espionage that we won’t soon forget.
