10 Promising Video Games Totally Ruined By Microtransactions
7. Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain
1998’s seminal stealth hit Metal Gear Solid would captivate players and make audiences wonder just how far gaming tech could possibly go. Though the future seemed bright at the time, fast forward twenty years and Konami has turned the series into a survival-crafting mockery which charges a premium for something as simple as an additional save slot.
That is pretty egregious, but it isn’t quite as bad as Metal Gear Solid V’s Forward Operating Base DLC. This was unabashedly and without a shadow of a doubt a publisher attempting to sell an actual insurance plan for in-game items.
The way MGSV’s FoB insurance works is by replacing any stolen or destroyed items in a players base following an invasion by a rival player. Most people already don’t like dealing with insurance and all of its intertwined complications in real life, much less in a video game.
What’s worse, Konami’s insurance plans can and will expire, which naturally means that players will once again be forced to either deplete their MB coins or reach into their wallets to keep all of their nukes safe. Metal Gear Solid V was a fantastic farewell to the Kojima-fronted franchise, but this is insulting.