Recent reviews by fightabelincoln

Do yourself a favor, after you finish this game - go to youtube and type in "MGSV theory". I loved the hell out of this game (and every MGS game) and all the layers and twists. But my God, this thing goes even deeper. And it was in front of our eyes the whole time. Kojima PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIIIDDLLEEEE!

Pluses
+Animations added to make it feel more authentic, IE: surprised animation after hard kickouts, grapple and can push to the ropes and decide to give a clean break or give a dirty strike, certain animations added like sitting upright after escaping a pin to setup for the next move you can do if you'd like strike to the back. Little things like that to add a better flow.
+Limited reversals improves the incredibly easy difficulty level of last year (though it still regenerates faster than I'd like)
+Career mode post interview after matches adds a lot of life
+Graphics and roster continue to get better. Sure is a lifetime away from the 2k14 graphics engine now.
+Pretty good customizatin suite

Neutral
/ Showcase mode is not as exciting because it's only Austin and a couple matches for hall of famers. Last year they had a better idea with it. But I can't put this under the minus section because it is technically still good.
/ Changed mini games, I could see hating the new submission system, I'm ok with it. I'm also ok with the new pinning.

Minuses
-CRASHING ISSUES - this is bad enough to warrant a non recommendation but luckily it's happened very rarely for me and only with entrances. I suspect an issue they'll fix, but even so I can understand this causing you to think twice about getting it now.
-Online improved but still takes time to find matches and can have a lot of lag. For twitch reactions like reversal and fighting games in general where you're paying attention to the frame this can be really rough.
- One thing about the pinning I would qualify as a negative is they still haven't gotten it to a point where doing things like multiple match ending moves don't end matches and that's partly due to the kick outs not getting harder sooner
-Commentary is still garbage
-Misc audio like strikes and throws into barriers still the same archaic sounds from years ago
-Career and universe mode aren't very different from the past year, they could still use more branching storyline options


Some improvements, some is the same crap. The technical issues still make me consider giving it a thumbs down, but I'm enough of a fan and enjoy it enough to push through. If you're not maybe this isn't for you right now. Otherwise I am having a good time.

Gameplay gets repetitive but the timing on reversals are a lot more difficult making it more of a challenge. The graphics upgrade is definitely great.