![]() This constantly interrupts the fun of traversing Dite. While the idea of scavenging for food isn’t inherently flawed, your hunger and thirst drain too quickly. Survival is difficult at first during my first dozen hours, where and how I’d score my next meal was always on my mind. Layered on top of this skeleton are various meters to manage as you build up your character and base. Melee weapons are sometimes awkward to wield, but combat becomes more diverse and fun as you find new weapons, defenses, and traps. The Dust, a harrowing dark zone where your objective markers disappear and your oxygen drains, make missions tense as you’re constantly on the clock. Traversing Dite (a hellscape version of MGS V’s map) and sneaking up on unsuspecting zombies feels great. The controls and mechanics of Metal Gear Solid V anchor most of Survive. If you’re looking for a plot that enriches the Metal Gear universe, prepare to be sorely disappointed. While that sounds interesting, the campaign spends far too much time justifying progression loops instead of constructing an interesting story, and the few tantalizing threads lead to tepid payoffs. The story distances itself from the rest of the series’ fiction, as the Captain (you) gets sucked into a wormhole that opens up in the aftermath of the XOF attack on Mother Base at the end of Ground Zeroes. Metal Gear is known for its intriguing, over-the-top geopolitical narrative, but that isn’t part of Survive. It buries Metal Gear Solid V’s fantastic core mechanics beneath an abysmal campaign, skewed survival systems, and a tedious grind for resources. But while that might sound like heresy to fans, the most damning thing about Survive is how it squanders its own promise. It features a non-canon, spin-off story and veers away from its stealth roots in favor of a survivalist approach. ![]() Metal Gear Survive is the first entry since Konami and series creator Hideo Kojima’s contentious split, and it shows. ![]()
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