#Metal gear solid v the phantom pain ign series#

Set between the events of 2010's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and the original Metal Gear, the 1987 stealth game progenitor in which Big Boss plays the role of chief antagonist, The Phantom Pain serves as a sort of 'missing link' between those two games, an opportunity to learn how Big Boss transformed from a sympathetic hero to an iconic villain. Players who haven't touched last year's Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes will find themselves thrust into a conflict that can be pretty confusing The Phantom Pain closes the loop on the three decade-long Metal Gear saga and the result, warts and all, turns out to be one of the best entries in the series.

The Phantom Pain, an open-world stealth game about the adventures of Big Boss, also known as Snake, seems to be his unexpected swan song.

#Metal gear solid v the phantom pain ign series#

Series creator Hideo Kojima has been making Metal Gear games with publisher Konami for close to 30 years, creating sequels and prequels that bounce back and forth between the future and the past of a labyrinthine fictional world of spies, cold wars and walking nuclear weapons bearing the series' name.

Phantom limb pain is the sensation that flesh once a part of your body can still be felt, can cause you suffering, after it's gone. It's fitting that one of the recurring themes of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is about the loss of a part of your being.