Dare I say that the Snake himself is sometimes a little dull – yes, yes I will – but for the most part Konami and Kojima have excelled in this area as well. The audio is also first class, with scripts and voice acting all of the very highest quality. It doesn’t in any way detract from the experience though and shouldn’t be seen as even the slightest issue. Occasionally, and this is only very occasionally, Snake or an enemy may become enveloped in the surroundings, with limbs dropping into tents and walls, but the vast majority of open world games see this kind of problem from one time to another. The visuals of both the considerable cut scenes (my God Konami like a cut scene!) and that of each and every mission are first class. A Cold War has gripped the world, Snake has lost his left arm, instead relying on the cybernetic advances of Konami’s 1984, and it’s time to to make sure you can dish out some revenge in a series of missions and objectives like no other. Mother Base has fallen and the main man finally awakes in a hospital after missing out on nine years of action. A fully open world title, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is set just after the events of Ground Zeroes.

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