By Jon Porter
The free games you get with a PlayStation Plus subscription can be a bit hit and miss, but this month includes what is hands down the most interesting game of recent years, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.
Now, to be clear, we’re not claiming the final part of the Metal Gear saga is a perfect game. Its main issue is its second half, which is patently unfinished.
Missions simply repeat themselves on a harder difficulty (complete with completely incongruous story elements left unchanged), and the story itself just kind of peters out without any real resolution or conclusion.
A solid game at its core
But underneath the rough edges, The Phantom Pain has one of the most solid stealth games ever made at its core.
The open world and its missions are truly open, and can be approached in any way you please. Sure you could rush into the meeting between the three arms dealers guns blazing, but if you think a little more tactically then you can pull off neat tricks like planting a C4 explosive on the back of one of their jeeps and letting them deliver the explosive themselves.
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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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