Gears Tactics Review:

Starring the renamed Punished "Venom" Snake, formerly Naked Snake or Big Boss (not to be confused with Solid Snake), Metal Gear Solid V will be about advancing through open environments, doing missions and accomplishing objectives to combat Cipher, an organization which struck a blow against Snake's previous mercenary group Militaires Sans Frontières in the Metal Gear Solid V prologue Ground Zeroes. All the while, players will be building up a new organization, recruiting troops they find out on the field and acquiring resources to improve their armaments and resources. Heading a new private military company called Diamond Dogs, Venom Snake seeks to build a new free army, upgrade his headquarters of Mother Base, take vengeance on Cipher and likely even more as the story unfolds.

To start things out, players will often find themselves in a helicopter which will act as a sort of mobile command center. From here, they can deploy to an open area and do missions therein. Side operations and primary missions co-exist in an area, and can be tackled at the same time. The way this works is players typically deploy from the mobile command center, where Snake sits with his selected buddy. The buddies, at least that which have been revealed for now, consist of either the mute, bikini-clad supernatural sniper Quiet, the loyal eye-patch-wearing D-Dog, and the mechanized, multifunctional D-Walker. An interesting thing to note is Quiet's demeanor towards Snake can change depending on how their relationship progresses over the course of the SLG game Online guide. When deploying to an area, players will have a wide variety of customization options to go through. For example, the weapon loadout can be customized to a great extent; colors, insignias, attachments, even parts from different guns can be used to customize a weapon to your liking. Vehicles can be painted as well, and decorated with custom emblems. Speaking of, if the player so chooses, they can even deploy to an area in a vehicle and even then they can choose from deploying in a nice variety of different types of vehicles and different vehicles of each type, tanks included. Since players can recruit other soldiers in the field, either by rescuing them or abducting them, they can also once again deploy as a recruited soldier. Though it is unlikely always the case, playing as Snake is again optional. Each one of the soldiers at Snake's command have unique skills and different stats in different areas which will determine their effectiveness in areas like combat and stealth. People who have played Portable Ops and Peace Walker will be familiar with this feature. Once players have selected a loadout (which may be upgradeable and seems to consist of two primary weapons and a sidearm), a vehicle, a deployment time, and a buddy, they will be dropped off on the map. Buddies, it should be mentioned, have their own customizable loadouts. These are not as intricate as say... Snake's, but there are options, for example D-Dog can be given a stealth suit with a stun rod.

Metal Gear Solid V plans to be many things: open-world, customizable, flexible, dark, funny, epic, heartfelt, cinematic... and it plainly seems to accommodate all those things together into a freeing stealth experience. For starters, as an open-world game, Metal Gear Solid V will not be that large, nor will it have a giant continuous area. Instead, the game treats you to patches of land in different countries where a large range of missions and operations will take place and can be initiated.


When players start an XCOM game they only have a handful of fresh soldiers who feel unprepared for the mission ahead of them. As a player progresses through the game it seems like every advance in technology or newly available resource is countered by some new weapon in the alien’s arse


Overall, it leaves the campaign feeling about two-thirds baked. Adding in more mission variety (or even trimming the side mission fat) to minimize repetition would undoubtedly solve attention-loss issues towards the ending stre

Once deployed, players may notice that there is no mini-map or radar. Instead, players will need to go into the menu to view the map, which is also where mission start points will be marked and where the side ops zones are laid out. The selected buddy will also accompany you and aid you in general and specific ways. D-Dog, for example, can spot out and mark enemies for you and attack or distract someone at your command. If he has the stealth suit on, D-Dog can even mount the targeted enemy's shoulders and stick a stun rod into his face. Meanwhile, D-Walker, a ride-able smaller-sized mech, can be a mode of loud or silent transportation, but also a mobile turret. On the map, missions and side ops are indicated differently; side ops are a general area while missions have specific start points. Side ops range from a variety of things and can hold more than just an asset. A side op to capture a soldier with a specific skill can also contain a hostage with another special skill which can aid in your R&D back at Mother Base. Along the way, resources, blueprints, music tracks, and many other things can be collected to benefit the player and Mother Base, encouraging the player to explore. Speaking of, there are many development trees for different weapons and tools, including the attachments that go with them. Getting a blueprint, be it from some scared soldier or on a table, could mean unlocking the next upgrade for your favorite rifle.