The Phantom Pain can best be summarized as a great game, but a terrible Metal Gear Solid. Smooth, polished and awesomely fun, it's a joy to play and will keep you entertained for dozens of hours. The fact that it's unfinished is indefensible, and the open-world concept is clearly overambitious and underdeveloped, but the game has some excellent moments and is certainly worth playing... make no mistake though; it's a complete and utter betrayal, virtually unrecognizable from the previous games you know and love. In this regard it falls catastrophically short of expectations, getting the story monumentally wrong and comprehensively failing to deliver a suitable, satisfying conclusion to the acclaimed series. The tone and atmosphere is totally alien, and the classic style and feel of a real Metal Gear Solid is painfully missing. The omission of David Hayter's iconic voice is a final unforgivable nail in the coffin. For all intents and purposes, the game might as well be it's own separate, original, standalone title, completely unrelated to Metal Gear Solid. Overall, I cannot possibly overstate how crushingly, heartbreakingly disappointed I am with The Phantom Pain.
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