I quite enjoyed the beta. In when it's cheaper.

I don't even begin drafting OPs for anything less than a Recommended

In this instance it was a goof based on the Eurogamer rating system, which includes: Recommended and, Essential

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I'm not touching this game, but surely anyone who calls themselves Angry Joe is probably doing a bit

Like I watched that first one and it's also a guy doing an internet bit. If we are going to take this game to task (and all systems point to go there) let's at least get some non chuckle fuck videos on

Microtransactions right up the wazoo then...

MGSV is why I'm not interested in Death Stranding. Along with Halo 3 and GTAIV it would have to be right up there with my biggest personal disappointments when it comes to games.

Sure, I played it a lot. 105 hours apparently. Best controls for stealth game ever, fantastic environment and some classic 80s tunes (rescue run to the chopper to the sound of Final Countdown). 
There are some stupid limitations though.

Dead end creeks, poor map, and a path blocked off by logs necessitating a 30min reroute. When loaded up with several RPGs, grenades and legs capable of climibing over it. Oh, and inability to climb more than about 6 fixed points in the maps. Disarm the landmines mission 16. Ghost rock enemy cunts. No story payoff. 

Played like a damn fiddle.

Mgsv phantom pain is up there as some of the best gaming ever.

MGS4 was shite*. 

I like Peace Walker and V. Their form (small, discrete missions) matches their fiction (the narrative of building a collective force piece by piece). 

Just like 3's form (a contiguous world that allows you to feel like a covert operative)  matches its fiction (a knowing send up of lots of behind enemy lines/spy fiction).

*you could argue its form (broken, apropos of nothing missions, incoherent rambling cutscenes) matches its fiction (an incoherent wrap up of a story that its author never wanted to finish)

As per my complaints in the Last Jedi thread, the way a lot of people digest stories has changed, and it often leads to poorer fiction. The need to fill every gap and explain every mystery is pretty strong these days. I don't think the concept behind MGSV is a bad one really, but people still want more. The idea of Big Boss creating a proxy of himself who caries on his Legend Building for him, so he can covertly do work elsewhere didn't land with a lot of people. They still wanted a "why" to him turning bad.

Yeah I was in no rush for MGSV's story to be told but it's not the same as Ep 1-3, or Halo 2-X to me. I thought some of what V achieved was quite smart, but hampered by some really terrible decisions and restrictions. But I still enjoyed playing it, and would have enjoyed the story more if it was told better.

Dunno, I think it'd work better just being shorter, more inventive, no side missions, and finished. I did like 3 Side Ops before realising they were total junk, and giving up. Pretty much every open world game would be far, far better if it just cut all the cruft out.

Eurogamer are claiming a 6th place entry onto the chart as a flop.. Not sure whether that's strictly true or just an excuse for a story.

FIFA, GTA5, CoD:WW2 MHW, UFC3

Two out of five ain't bad.