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#49
#49

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

2015The Stealth Sandbox

Gameplay

10/10

Innovation

7/10

Legacy

7/10

Total

24/30

The open-world stealth sandbox.
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Why It Ranks

The open-world stealth sandbox.” — The Stealth Sandbox. Scored 24/30.

Score Breakdown

GameplayControls, mechanics, moment-to-moment fun factor
10/10
InnovationHow much it pushed the medium forward at release
7/10
LegacyLasting influence on the industry and culture
7/10
Total Score24/30

The Review

Metal Gear Solid V has the best stealth gameplay ever created. The Fox Engine delivers a sandbox where every mission can be approached from any direction with any combination of weapons, buddies, and gadgets. Fulton-extracting soldiers, vehicles, and even animals to build your private army is endlessly entertaining. The story is famously incomplete due to the Konami fallout, but the moment-to-moment gameplay is so flawless that it remains the benchmark for tactical espionage action. Kojima's farewell to Metal Gear is mechanically perfect.

Fun Fact

The game's development cost over $80 million and contributed to the public fallout between Hideo Kojima and publisher Konami.

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