Yay, it’s done.

Well it’s had it’s ups and downs – but overall it was an absolute top class game. Warning mild spoilers follow

It did start to grind a little at the end. The Sorrow was spooky and different but frustratingly obscure to defeat. The Volgin / Shagohod fight was a proving to be a bitch, then it just clicked and I did it with barely a scratch. I also found the fight against ‘The Boss’ fight a bit disappointing – the setting and overall cinematic were gorgeous, but the actual fight was a bit ‘flat’. Unusual for a MGS game – I actually followed the plot, for once Kojima didn’t go too bonkers with triple bluffs and twisting conspiracies within conspiracies, it actually made sense!

I won’t go into a lot of detail on opinions, it’s a 3.5 year old game after all, so it’s all been said before. But I will say one thing, after all my initial impressions and bile – I was wrong. This is a text book example of when persevering with a game can be worth it. I also urge anyone thinking about playing this game, to pick up the Subsistence version – if only for the improved camera, I can’t imagine how painful & frustrating it would be with the original top-down camera

Here’s looking forward to number 4. But I’m going to take a break and play a few things in-between before starting that. I think a double dose of Snake might be overkill.