Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain isn’t quite the cohesive, linear story experience you might be used to, but rather made up of mission after mission of stories that capture the feeling of truly being Big Boss, the legendary soldier. Scouting out a base for entrances, exits and key assets like anti-air and comms is key to getting an S Rank. Jumping into our airborne escape plan, I grab one of the mounted miniguns and cover our exit. We sit crouched atop a craggy peak, raining fire down on enemy reinforcements like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, until our extraction arrives. I unleash it on the Walker, destroying the final objective.Īs Quiet lights up enemies, I join her on a mountaintop perch and call in support. Yet in preparation for the mission, I packed what I lovingly called “The Backup Plan.” A massive rocket launcher, it has a slow load time, but like Tony Stark’s Jericho, the best weapon is the one you only have to fire once. I have seconds before the Gear launches its payload of rockets into me. Quiet tries to snipe the pilot, but her bullets can’t penetrate the armor. My screen lights up with an alert, and I turn to find the last Walker Gear is manned and honing in on my position. Enemy comms and anti-air radar explode like the Fourth of July, and I make my move towards the docked Walker Gears.Īs the base scrambles for cover, I methodically place a Fulton device on each one, airlifting the Walkers to my Mother Base, where they’ll be refitted and repurposed for my private army’s use in future missions.

As the rest of the camp looks up to the mountainous horizon for her telltale laser-sight, I slink out of my hiding spot and detonate the payload. Quiet’s shot rings out, downing the closest enemy to me. I pull out the detonator and give the order. The thunder and downpour will drown out my footsteps. The clouds are moving in my direction and it will start raining soon.

Quiet hums softly in my ear she has a target, and is slowly notifying me of all the weapons, enemies and objectives throughout the small fortress we’ve infiltrated. I’ve slowed my breath, patiently waiting for my moment. I lay prone in the muddy sludge of an African wetland, as enemy forces pace slowly just a hair’s length above on planks spanning the ankle-high water. Clouds move overhead in the distance, slowly closing in.

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