There’s no way to sugarcoat this: Metal Gear Survive is an utterly disappointing game. Who would have thought that a half-baked stab at recapturing the magic of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Menace Pain only without the guiding light of series icon Hideo Kojima and done as cheaply as possible, would have resulted in a flop? I’m utterly stunned, …
Metal Gear Survive is a good idea that finds itself crippled by an overwhelming mob of bad ideas. It’s interesting, but ultimately handicapped by a ruthless application of constraints that serves to diminish what should have been a fascinating spin-off.
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There’s one resource you need to manage in Metal Gear Survive: Your stomach. In a hellish landscape without much of an ecosystem, finding food is a challenge that’ll constantly be on your mind. Sure, there may be a few gerbils roaming around the land, but you’re going to go to bed hungry for most nights. Unless you use this handy exploit that is.
Hideo Kojima happens to be persona non grata within Konami after Metal Gear Solid V. Gone but definitely not forgotten, a remnant of Kojima still lives on within the latest game to bear the infamous stealth tactical espionage gameplay: Metal Gear Survive.
SURVIVE! If you’re going to prevail against homeopathic crystal monsters running amok in Metal Gear Survive, you’re going to need to tap into your inner MacGuyver Gear Solid to stay ahead of the nightmares on Dite. Hell is crawling with all manner of creatures that wants you dead, but it’s also home to plenty of leftover scraps and gear which will make your journey throughout the land a little bit easier. Why with just some gum, a few paperclips and the corpse of a midget, you too can easily build a Metal Gear Rex with which to stomp on the Wanderers!
Metal Gear Survive is out, and we’ve played around with it a bit, and you can expect the review sometime next week. It’s a game that’s made a great many people angry though, purely because of the way that it rides on the coattails of Kojima’s legacy. There’s a new reason for people to be angry though
Despite some tantilising rumours over the weekend, Armature Games has quickly shut down suggestions that they're working on more Metal Gear goodness for PS4.
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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