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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

"Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain."

Kojima Productions·Konami· March 18, 2014· Standalone Expansion
79
Critic Score
19 reviews
77
User Score
519 ratings

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. It offers players new sneaking and traversal methods compared to its predecessors, as well as the choice in what order the story events take place by selecting missions by advance. The most important change for this title is the shift to an open world design with a real-time day and night cycle doing away with the linear mission approach of previous games. The game was originally developed as a mission for The Phantom Pain, but an extended development time resulted in director Hideo Kojima splitting the specific portion of the game as a stand-alone product so that players could get early access to Metal Gear Solid V.

Released 18 March 2014 for PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Xbox One by Kojima Productions, published by Konami. Rated 18 by PEGI, 18 by USK. About 3 hours to beat, 28 hours for everything.

Story

The year is 1975, the age of détente. The Vietnam conflict is drawing to a close and the world is thawing in the wake of the Cold War. However, as tension among the world's giant superpowers eased, a tiny military force quietly took root in the Caribbean. A new type of military - an army without a nation, or any land to call home.

Lead by an enigmatic man known as "Snake," the clandestine group operated in the shadows as elite guns-for-hire, servicing various governments around the world. As their reputation grew, so did their funding and military might. Eventually, rumors began to spread that the group had attained nuclear weapons capability. The alarming prospect of a nuclear-equipped military force existing beyond the confines of the NPT (Nuclear Proliferation Treaty), and without any formal government, prompted demands for immediate nuclear inspection by the IAEA.

At that same time, Snake also received word that "Paz," a female spy who had once infiltrated his army's "Mother Base" was alive and being interrogated at a US Naval base on the southern tip of Cuba. The base housed a prison facility - a black-site that could operate outside the laws of both Cuba and the United States, where extreme forms of interrogation were sanctioned. Upon learning of the situation, Chico, a young volunteer in Snake's army with feelings for Paz, took it upon himself to rescue her.

It wasn't long before Snake received a distress call from Chico revealing that he had also been captured. With few options left, Snake embarks on a covert mission to reclaim both Paz and Chico from Cuba while Mother Base prepares to welcome its nuclear inspection.

Little did Snake know that this decision would set in motion a series of tragic events that would forever change his fate.

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PlayStation 4
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EU
Mar 20, 2014
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AU
Mar 27, 2014
Xbox 360
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NA
Mar 18, 2014
PlayStation 4
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NA
Mar 18, 2014
PlayStation 3
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JP
Mar 20, 2014
PlayStation 4
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JP
Mar 20, 2014
Xbox 360
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EU
Mar 20, 2014
Xbox One
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EU
Mar 20, 2014
Xbox 360
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AU
Mar 27, 2014
Xbox One
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JP
Sep 4, 2014
Xbox 360
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JP
Mar 20, 2014
PC (Microsoft Windows)
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WW
Dec 18, 2014
PlayStation 3
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AU
Mar 27, 2014
PlayStation 3
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EU
Mar 20, 2014
PlayStation 3
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NA
Mar 18, 2014
Xbox One
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Mar 18, 2014
Xbox One
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AU
Mar 27, 2014
Critic Score
79 /100
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 professional reviews
Aggregated from professional game critics and publications.
User Score
77 /100
Generally Favorable
Based on 519 ratings
Aggregated from player ratings across platforms worldwide.
Score Comparison
Critics
79
Users
77
Score Guide
90–100
Universal Acclaim
75–89
Generally Favorable
CriticsUsers
50–74
Mixed or Average
20–49
Generally Unfavorable
0–19
Overwhelming Dislike