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Metal Gear Solid V PC Disc Contains Steam Installer, Nothing Else

Posted by Soulskill on from the enjoy-your-coaster dept.

dotarray writes: The boxed copy of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain reportedly contains nothing but a Steam installer. That's right, even if you fork out real-world money for a physical copy of the game, you'll still have to download the whole thing from the internet. The game officially launches tomorrow. Early critical reviews are quite positive, though you should take that with a grain of salt until the game is more widely distributed. Game Informer says, "Unlike the linear design of previous entries, The Phantom Pain rarely assumes you have particular weapons and equipment, so the missions are brilliantly designed with multiple paths to success." The Washington Post notes, "The Phantom Pain’s openness feels like Kojima finally found a technical platform broad enough to make use of all of those tools and trusts players to build their own narrative drama from the way they choose to put these tools together for each mission." IGN has this criticism: "... where Phantom Pain’s gameplay systems are far richer and meatier than any the series has ever seen, its story feels insubstantial and woefully underdeveloped by comparison." Metal Gear Solid 5 is launching for PCs, current consoles, and previous-gen consoles; Digital Foundry thinks is likely to be the last true cross-generation AAA title.

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  1. Who names this shit by TheNastyInThePasty · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Phantom Pain? Like the pain that amputees feel in the location of their removed limbs? That is truly an awful name for a game.

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    1. Re:Who names this shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's what happens when you watch Star Wars Episode I

    2. Re:Who names this shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You pay for the game, you expect the game to be in the box, but it's not there: Phantom Pain.

    3. Re:Who names this shit by Panoptes · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Knowing Kojima's body of work, the title is deliberate and thematic."

      Actually I don't think they have a leg to stand on.

  2. All your games... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What happen?
    Somebody set up us the STEAM.
    We get signal.
    What!
    Main screen turn on.
    It's You!!
    How are you, gentlemen!! All your GAMES are belong to us. You are on the way to pwn3d4g3.
    What you say!!
    You have no chance to survive make your time. Ha Ha Ha Ha ....
    Take off every INSTALLER!! You know what you doing. Move INSTALLER. For great justice.