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Now that I've played quite a hefty amount of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, I feel that I'm in a very solid position to accuretly review this game without biase clouding my judgement. (TL;DR is included at the bottom of this review)

Right off the bat, this game is short content wise and that may turn off certain people, but trust me the replayability of all 7 missions is amazing. Each mission differs with objectives, but not area as the whole game takes place in a Cuban military base, but the level design of said base is astonishing. Every time you replay any of the missions it feels as if another route or way to execute said missions is found, creating a sense of longevity to the game that is hard to find in games.

The main mission resorts around the finding and rescuing of two hostages and can easily be done in a speed run in 10 minutes. You might be saying at this time "10 MINUTES!?!?! That doesn't justify a £16.00 price tag!" But trust me, you won't me finishing the first mission within that time. Not even on your 2nd 3rd or 4th time. You'll start to quicky understand the many different ways of dealing with situations which the game throws at you. Suddenly you've spent 2-3 hours doing a mission that, if executed with extreme accuracy, can be done in under 10 minutes! This gives you a strong reason of replaying the main mission. Everytime you do, the game gives you a score. The highest score possible is a S-Rank which even I'm struggling to get 34.1 hours into the damn thing!

The other 4 missions, labled as 'Pseudo-Historical Recreations' are centered on all sorts of different objectives from eliminating 2 targets to protecting a very 'special' undercover agent whilst shooting from a hellicopter. The last 2 'Deja Vu' and 'Jamais Vu' are obtained when all 9 XOF Patches are found within the game, this also creates another reason to go back and play the game because the 2 missions are filled with cameos and nostalgic moments that are pretty awesome.

You really need to play the game just to get a feel of how amazing the game mechanics are. It feels responsive and fast, with everything just feeling so damn satisfying! Like I said, it really needs to be seen first hand just to be respected!

With all that being said, the port is absolutley amazing! Running at a smooth 60FPS on high graphics settings, the game looks beautiful! The required graphical settings for all PC games are there in detail. You can really tell that Konami finally know how to make an almost perfect PC port and I'm excited to see how well they do Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain!

So, for a TL;DR,

PROS
- Amazing port with all of the settings you'd expect for a PC game. One of the best ports out there!
- Slick controls with amazing gameplay that is in a class of it's ow
- The replayability is astonishing with endless ways to execute all 7 different missions
- The graphics are absolutley breathtaking, running at 60FPS 1080P is incredible. And, if your rig can handle it, 4K with 60FPS. This game showcases what 'Next Gen' means!

CONS
- Some people may find the game somewhat short, with a lot more to be desired.

FINAL VERDICT... 9.5/10
The great Kojima has made us PC player wait for this game, but the wait was worth every second! An absolutely brilliant port! Now we all have to patiently wait for MGS V: TPP, and I'm pretty sure that that's going to be three times as good as this!

Do yourself a huge favour, BUY THIS GAME!