If you are interested in a short opinion (Because that's what reviews essencially are... Another player opinion on the product), I'd say that it is a good, story rich open world-ish stealth/action game with plenty to do and it's worth the money you will be spending on it. I do recommend this game and it's a 10/10.
Mentioning all the details of this game could take a good while and will inevitable lead to spoilers, so... In order to avoid that, I'd like to expand, but, to keep this review as short as possible. So... First of all, you'll have to bear with first 2-3 missions, where the devs are going to explain you how to play this. You'll get to know main characters, story about what the hell is going on (Partilly at least) and meet some people from previous parts of the MGS series. And after that, you are pretty much free. Do whatever mission you like and the way you like it. You could try a sneaky stealth approach or brutally charge right into the battle. Lethal/Non-Lethal. Ranged/Melee. Long range/Close range. Man, you can even make your own personal universal gun for all kinds of tactical situations... Mine was lethal with non-lethal gas grenades launcher for just in case, silencer and sniper scope... And all that was mounted on a damn ak74. So, yeah... Ridiculous amount of liberty. I think that if I keep writing like that, all you'll see it's just a plain boring text for like about 3-5 pages, so yeah... Ehem. I promised to keep it shorter, so let's jump directly to pros and cons, so the review stays informative and won't bore you to death. Yeah! So...
Pros:
- It's an open world game. So, there are plenty of places to go and a lot of stuff to do. Use the landscapes on your advantage to do mission... Or don't. Select your camo-clothes according to the surroundings, so you can blend in and execute the mission in total stealth perfection... Or just grab a tank and smash some stuff up. Or blow up outposts with a rocket launcher. I don't care what you do... Open world, babe'. Do whatever you want.
- Huuuuuge story-line. So you won't be completing the game any time soon (Unless you are speedrunning it, of course), but if you are playing it for a first/second/third time, it's going to take a looot of time to actually complete it entirelly. Leaving aside entirelly... Completing the main story would take more than 1 real day (Not that I tried... It took me about 100 hours, but I've been told). So yeah. There are tons of primary and secondary missions to do, so if you like a story-rich games, you are for a threat here, mah' boy.
- A lot of easter eggs, hidden mechanics and features that will unlock as you progress through the game. You actully never see those coming... Like, you are reaching the point where you know how is everything works? YOU ARE WRONG! Major plot twist! New mechanic and feature! Adapt or die... Or do not adapt and just wear heavy armor and blow up stuff. But (A bit of a spoiler) there is a karma mechanic, so try to not overdo with all the carnage thingie. Just my personal advice, but do as you please man... You are the boss here. The big boss.
- AI adapt to your actions. That's right, you heard it right, mah' man. No more killing mindless drones the same way all way. No, sir... You are about to get royally ??????åd. You like using a sniper rifle a little bit too much? Be prepared for false decoy soldiers, snipers and mortar fire. You like to rush in and just shoot em' up? Be prepared for units in heavy armor next time. Try to mow one of these with your pathetic, weak assault rifle. Using the vehicles, because they are too op and the enemy can't do síiò about it? Not anymore... Be ready for some rocket launchers and enemy vehicles. So... Yeah. Every bit of tactic you use on your enemies, they'll invent a counter-measure eventually. Makes it more interesting and dynamic.
- There are plenty of online features (Won't tell much about them, because spoilers), but there is a multiplayer! Sadly, there is no coop, but you can enjoy good old deathmatches, capture the file and stuff like that. But it's not the most interesting part of online interactions... You'll see it when it comes. You won't expect that síiò, but it will pop-up and blow right in your face when you least expect it! Hah! Well... Don't be too excited. Maybe I am a bit too excited about it and no one else gives a damn... Anyhow... It's pretty cool.
- Aaand a music. There is some cool good old classic hits. Some new tracks, that (I am guessing) are part of official OST of this game and also... Also you can put your own music in there and listen it as you go killing people on your way. So, that's pretty fun too... Yeah.
Cons:
- Secondary missions are a bit repetitive. You won't notice it first, but after a while they are like the same thing over and over again and after a while you'll just forget they even exists... Even though some of those are a should-do... If you want some cool new features, that is.
- At latest stages of your base development and weapons research (Yeah. You will have your own base. Kind of forgot to mention that before), the game become reeeaaally grindy. If you want that sweet-sweet fakel-sleeping-gas-tripple-barrel-grenade-launcher, for example, it wil take you a gooood while to get the resourses and people to be able to actully research it.
- Insane Japanese shenenigans. I won't even expand this point... There is no need. You'll know it when you'll see it.
So... Pretty much, I'll leave you with that. I won't tell any more, as it will take a looot more words and space and time and your vision and existence... So, yeah. Anyway. That's all, guys. Game is good.
