NOTE: This video contains some spoilers for the bat shit crazy story for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. This has also been edited from the original video where copyright strikes were automatically filed by BBC Worldwide for use of Live at the Apollo where Metal Gear Solid was discussed and Konami also added enforced advertising on the video due to one of their cutscenes from the game itself.

This is currently pending an appeal on the original video, but figured just get a safe version back out there now. Should I be successful or not, this video will probably remain the final version anyway….

And finally the second of September’s big releases is here and on the PC; Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, overshadowing life itself (well just in the gaming industry at least). Arriving to universal praise from everyone including your mum, it’s been acknowledged to be Hideo Kojima’s final masterpiece.

But the bigger question is, is this a masterpiece for a numpty like me who has not played any of the main previous titles before, save for an hour on the paid for demo, MGS V: Ground Zeroes on the very first livestream which then went on to be the Gaming Car Crash everyone despises and laments today? Even then it didn’t go well and just turned into a shooting gallery which I enjoyed for about 5 minutes and then got bored.

I have my working eye on you….

Well, seeing as Metal Gear Solid V is meant to be a massive game, I decided to just go with a first time playthrough of the first chapter in Afghanistan to see if there was enough there for a non-fan of the franchise to get hooked and perhaps be surprised by what everyone else has been enjoying in the series so far.

Therefore the real questions for this video are; Is the full game in the opening two hours going to turn into the exact same mess as the paid for demo at which point I wander back off to play Mad Max instead? Will it actually make me want to play it even more till my eyes and ears bleed? Will the cutscenes be too frequent with Hideo Kojima’s name popping up every 12 seconds?

Actually, will anyone care? Or more to the point, will anyone care enough to then get enraged to write crap like the internet often does when it gets collectively enraged about something which doesn’t matter? Hell, will we get time with the sniper lady with not many clothes on that the internet went on about for a while?

Ladies, Gentleman and other genders, please find for your consideration what happened during the opening playthrough of Metal Gear Solid V, which left shall we say a lasting impression*…..

* Terms and conditions apply, see pack for details, Snake? Snake…..SNAKE!