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I hopped in with my precious cargo, and then jumped on the side mounted minigun to keep the newly arrived reinforcements at bay as my chopper smoked and sputtered its way out of the hotzone. Thats Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain almost all the time, and whats truly incredible is that none of this escape  was scripted or directed. Watch Phantom Pain Full Movie' title='Watch Phantom Pain Full Movie' />My mission was simply to get that prisoner out alive. The rest of it, from the time of day I chose to approach to crippling the bases ability to deal with an aerial assault was a testament to how perfectly all the pieces of Phantom Pains gameplay fit together. It is, unquestionably, my favorite Metal Gear to play, though I do wish its story delivered as many memorable moments as its sandbox empowered me to create for myself. The number of different factors to consider makes every bad situation you find yourself in a fun puzzle to solve. Right from the moment youre told to get on your horse and explore the Afghan countryside, Phantom Pain feels intimidating, almost overwhelming in terms of the freedom its open world affords and the number of concepts it expects you to grasp. Its almost too much, especially given the relative linearity of previous Metal Gears. But what initially appeared to be an overly dense tangle of features to fiddle with instead unraveled into a well integrated set of meaningful gameplay systems that provided me with a wealth of interesting decisions to make. Lets take another look at my daring prisoner rescue for instance. Phantom Pains daynight cycle and dynamic weather played a big role in my decision to pull the trigger on that C4. While I knew I wouldnt have the cover of night, I was also fairly certain I wouldnt have fog, a sandstorm, or even a little rain to make my footsteps harder to hear, because my intelligence team back at my base forecasted the weather in advance. 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From Mother Base, you manage the construction, staffing, and R D needs of your growing mercenary group, the Diamond Dogs. Every soldier I kill and every supply truck I mercilessly blow up in the field is missed potential. In other games, enemy outposts are simply filled with threats to be eliminated, but in Phantom Pain they are opportunities to gain resources and new recruits. And as it turns out, it takes a whole lot of money, manpower, and materials to run a successful private military corporation. Theres an outrageous number of guns, gadgets, and abilities to unlock for yourself, and for the vehicles and sidekicks youll employ throughout the story campaign and many require you to meet several criteria to snag them. Youll need to keenly assign new recruits to an arm of your infrastructure suited to their talents, send well rounded combat groups out on side contracts to keep money coming in, and direct research efforts much like you would in an X COM campaign. The breadth of options to choose from and decisions to make isnt the most impressive thing though its the fact that all of it has a relevant, meaningful impact when you head out onto the field. Granted, re assigning newly conscripted soldiers across different branches of my base sounds about as sexy as balancing my checkbook, but when, for instance, my R D team threw me a newly modified version of my favorite assault rifle, or when re routing personnel into support and logistics led to me gaining access to off map artillery bombardment, I was glad I took the time to sweat the details. The door swings both ways too just as those back end decisions become tangible boons in the field, the choices I make during a mission have ramifications for the resource crunch at home as well. Resource management is, in fact, the blood coursing through the veins of this open world, giving its many interconnected infiltration spaces their reason to be. 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However, where Phantom Pains gameplay systems are far richer and meatier than any the series has ever seen, its story feels insubstantial and underdeveloped by comparison.