What took you so long?
920925
Couldn't disagree more with dissenters on the price. There's single missions in nearly all the MGS games I've spent countless hours on the get everything or at least get everything non lethal and this has that feeling.  I'm three missions in and I think it was totally worth it. For me, it's unfair to call Ground Zeroes a "demo." In our modern revisionist history, nobody seems to remember the original labyrinthine Metal Gear Solid on the Playstation One could be completed entirely in a couple hours on the lower difficulties. Even then, it's still a great game today.

GZ is clearly a slice of the Phantom Pain but if you know MGS, you know it's never about a straight play through.  There's tons here to do, if anything, it's a great platform for out and out speed running by design.  While a newcomer may dismiss this as a third person shooter, MGS has really just been a puzzle game series packed with character and a monster story nobody really understands.  That's part of the fun!

Graphics-wise, it looks fantastic if bare at times, plays at a smooth 60fps and there's plentiful objects to keep you busy on repeated mission trials. If you're into One And Done games, go pick up Call of Duty or any number of disposable shooters gathering dust on the discount rack. Ground Zeroes is a fantastic foundation for Phantom Pain and a total riot to play over and over again.  You'll miss a huge portion of the story impact if you never went through Snake Eater or in particular, Peace Walker.  But that's just the incentive to go back and try those in the mean time.

The only downsides I can nitpick come down to matters of taste. At this point, even in limited exposure, I'm not into Sutherland as Big Boss. It's a pretty big jump to forget the old campy gruff Snake from David Hayter we all know and jarring to hear Jack Bauer in his place.  Sutherland could grow on me and Hayter could well appear as Solid again, but I'm unconvinced right now. Secondly, while the controls are a lot smoother this time around, I'm a bit miffed they simplified all the movement options from MGS IV. Admittedly it's not as daunting for beginners but there's a bit less personality to Snake for CQC. The only way to look at it is Kojima is keeping things in line with Snake Eater so it's not a huge mishap and has some degree of continuity.

Overall, if you're new to Megal Gear Solid and coming from the shooter corner, it's possible this game in particular may not be for you. If what you experience is simply a seemingly short third person shooter after rescuing two people in twenty minutes and don't get it, you're missing a huge chunk of what these games are about - replay is the fun. But if you have put Snake through his paces before and are itching for a sneaky challenge, then there could be a great adventure ahead to play again in Kojimas sandbox until Snake rides again in the Phantom Pain.
2583172
At some point it just becomes tedious. How long should it take to get the big picture?  Just don't understand blindly, voluntarily turning over your brain to ANYBODY or ANYTHING else. If it looks like a duck...
100170
I think that I waited too long to read this book after all the hype.  It didn't hold me the way I expected it to.  However, still an excellent book.
3402360
Good ideas but it took so long to get to me that the dog was well on his way to being adjusted to his new home.  He was 5 y. and when adopted and never in a house before.  Now he is a homebody.  I loaned this to a friend and she thought it had good ideas too.
2667834
very slow to respond.  In  fact, it takes so long between the time I pushed the buttons until anything happened that I did not think it worked at all and sent one back> When I got a replacement, it seemed to be defective also ,,, until I pressed the button to open the dvd slot, went to the bathroom, washed the car, took the dog out and when I got back!  Yeah, the door was open,

 I put in a DVD, changed the litter in the cat box, gassed up the car, had a little supper and when I got back!  Yeah, it had started playing the DVD
OK OK, I may have exaggerated the delay some and DVD players are all a little slow, but it really annoyed me.
614123
I waited so long for this book to come out, then it took me awhile to get to reading it. So glad I was able to find the time because this is an amazing story, as I knew it would be!
2121927
how much you have paid for your medicine and how much you have suffered ?
and you still don't know how should you adjust your life style and diet !
it is worthy ! get it, be patient and read it !
1895007
Want more time?  This book has the answer.  Took me reading it four times to understand it totally, but worth it.
2168962
Took forever to come! Like what? But it was a good book
980573
It took me a little while to get into this book. It was good after I did. All my questions that I generated during the book were answered. I like that.
1880232
Great but took long time  I did not realize it would have taken as long as it Did but over all very pleased w everything!!!
3768627
It took a long time for this book to get going.  It was good when it finally did.  It's sad to think one selfish person could ruin so may lives and that she had such power over all of them.  To still believe in her after all the things she did and got away with is truly sad.
4059303
Recommended by my cousin. I did it alone, so it took about 4 months.  The week on grace and the final week impacted me the most.
556179
took  while fr the story to come out but when it did it was worth the wait
3258840
It took me a while to start this book and I'm so disappointed in myself for taking forever. If u haven't one-clicked u should right now u won't be disappointed!!
122718
Thanks for this book!  It took many years for me to come to these realizations, and I appreciate that you have written it up so concisely that anyone can follow!
170697
it took quite awhile to get here and then it wasn't what I thought it was : ( unfortunately for me.