While that's probably true, I think I would appreciate it more if I was familiar with the characters and events of the previous games.
I can't agree since first two games you're playing a future clone of the MGS 5 hero, but… Your call.
Besides, I'm curious how valid the high ratings are. Every previous title has a user rating of at least 8.7 on Metacritic.
Curiously enough, Phantom Pain is the lowest rated game of the series if you go by the user scores. Given how recently it was released though, I wouldn't put much stock in that. It also has an average critic score of 95%.
Critics are not doing it a favor.
The game has several flaws, huge flaws if you ask me and so far I don't see how it can get more than 8/10.
Although, unlike all those critics and users I still didn't finish the game, maybe it does get better towards max later. But somehow I don't hold my hopes.
And when you buy a game critics say 10/10 you do expect a nearperfect game so fun you don't even remember annoyances and imperfections if there are any. And trust me, MGS 5 is full of annoyances.
TBH, it got max for the playstation version and critics there love to be "blind" on horrible inventory, on too long loadscreens, on too much of grinding, on disastrous checkpoints that are so rare you can easily lose an hour of your game, etc.
They judge the book by it's cover.
And also consoles audience is used to dumb and dumber games. To them, MGS 5 will definetly look as a masterpiece. On PC… Sorry. It's a great game, but a masterpiece it's absolutely not.
