Release Date: September 1 2015 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes proved to be something of a disappointing experience - more like an extended demo than a full-on game. But taken as an appetiser for the main course that is the upcoming Phantom Pain, and all could very well be forgiven. After all, The Phantom Pain looks insanely good on every level; a vast and sprawling epic of a game that appears to be taking what is great about the MGS franchise and making it even greater - not to mention the added addition of free-roaming gameplay, a first for the series, coupled with combat sequences and a home base. There has been a lot of controversy and tons of production problems associated with the release of Phantom Pain, of course (talks of creative struggles within Konami), but given what has been glimpsed thus far, and the integrity of the entire MGS franchise to date, there is hope for this game; hope that it will secure itself as one of the Playstation 4's best releases ever, and as an easy candidate for a huge explosion of 10/10 scores.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
