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Gearburn • 1 Oct 2015

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain review: does Big Boss deserve his title?

By Graham van der Made: Staff Reporter

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The Metal Gear series have a deliciously convoluted and robust lore — it’s what keeps players like myself coming back for more. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (MGSV: TPP) looks to finish the magnum opus story started almost thirty years ago.

MGSV: TPP is a long game, a very long game. I was hoping to play through the entirety of the main story before reviewing it, but after 70 hours of gameplay, I’ve only managed to finish the first act and a lot of side content, which means a complete review of the story isn’t going to happen anytime soon. It’s a big game.