The Phantom Pain is unlike other Metal Gear games

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Editor's note: This is an early impressions piece of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, based on a recent review event. Our full review from final retail code will be live in the near future.
Metal Gear Solid 5 is abrupt, aloof, and very, very brown.
In a year where The Witcher 3 set the new standard for open world gaming, Kojima's final bow makes for interesting playing. In many ways, The Phantom Pain is the antithesis of CD Projekt's lavish high-fantasy dazzler. The Witcher 3 is a game of meticulous world building, where rich environments meld with a sweeping narrative and winning characterisations. Swords aside, it is a warm bubble bath of a game.
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