

He sent a letter to Kojima during a time when it was publically known that the game’s production was becoming rocky. Sean was a lifelong Metal Gear fan and when MGS V: The Phantom Pain was in production, Sean was battling cancer. Then the video turned to the story of a dedicated fan by the name of Sean Gillespie. I felt a swell of emotion at the beginning of the video, just a wave of memories, of growing up with these games and always replaying the prior ones before a new entry came out. This video shows why Metal Gear is more than a game and why it deserves to be remembered. This is the video that moved me to tears, and I’m not ashamed to admit that. This is Hideo Kojima’s final farewell to the series he has worked on for all of these years. If you will, set aside ten minutes to watch the video below. A Bittersweet Farewell to an Icon and a Friendĭo me a quick favor dear reader. That’s a tribute fitting of Metal Gear and its 28-year legacy. This article would be about the man behind the games, and the way these games have profoundly affected me and so many others. This Collector's edition comes in exclusive packaging and includes the full game, a collectible SteelBook case, a half-scale replica of Snake's bionic arm, a behind-the-scenes documentary, and a variety of in-game weapons, outfits, and items, as well as bonus XP for the Metal Gear Online mode.So that’s when I decided that this article wouldn’t be about the long and winding storyline, it wouldn’t be about how perfectly fine-tuned the gameplay has become in the latest and final entry either. Players can once again build a home base and use resources they collect while exploring to upgrade Snake's weapons and abilities, and the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system returns to let gamers transport items, animals, vehicles, and captured foes back to the base. Realistic day/night cycles and weather patterns have been introduced to give the action more variety, and several features from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker have been resurrected and upgraded in The Phantom Pain. The expanded open-world environments open up new gameplay options, including traveling on horseback, scaling rock faces, requesting helicopter support, and getting help from new AI allies like Quiet the sniper, and the trained wolf. It continues the franchise's signature stealth-action gameplay, with players possessing maps, binoculars, and the beloved cardboard box to avoid detection, and non-lethal weapons like tranquilizer darts to end conflicts quietly. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain lets up to 16 gamers compete in a variety of multiplayer modes on large, open maps.
