With the Phantom Pain’s final development cycle mired in falling-out rumours and reported intrigue on par with the game’s storyline, Konami posted a message to the former director of Kojima Productions, thanking him for a job well done. $50-$100 for Standard, or Collector’s Editions for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Windows PC.
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is now available across India through e-xpress Interactive Software Pvt. Ltd.
And finally, we have this 10-minute “Debriefing”, in which Kojima visits some of the personnel who’ve made the Metal Gear franchise such a success.
Following up on the story of Snake Eater, this game played very well for a portable game and had a very solid story that was worthy of the name Metal Gear. Meanwhile, Kojima is expected to exit Konami sometime after The Phantom Pain ships on September 1. Apparently, the content in question is a selection of recruits from GZ that players will be able to transfer to the main game.
After many criticized the objectification of one of the game’s only female characters, creator Hideo Kojima defended the decision and stated that there was a reason for her attire that would justify its inclusion in the game.
My time with The Phantom Pain has been short so far but oh, so sweet. In a series of tweets, Konami explained that they have temporarily disabled some features, like the display of Win/Loss and Heroism stats, and are “working hard with all parties” to get everything up and running smoothly. That said, if you’re having trouble getting your game saves to load, and managed to get an early copy of MGSV, try uninstalling the game and then preventing it from installing the game’s first update.
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“The Phantom Pain sees ideas formed in the PSP title Peace Walker come to fruition, as [the player’s HQ] Mother Base is not only explored, but shown-and used to add a tactical bent to the game”, Edwards said. This is being written at 2am (let me know if you can tell) as I simply can’t shake the compulsion to play it or wait until I wake up before I start transcribing my preliminary thoughts.
