I got it day 1 and have enjoyed it a ton. The original trailer was impressive enough but playing this at home on a large TV, running at 1080p and 60fps on PS4 is what next-gen is all about. The gameplay is nuts and it integrates the radio conversations and menu stuff back into the actual play, on the go, similar to how they started doing with Peace Walker. The entire main mission is a sequence shot: from start to finish, everything takes place in one shot with no camera breaks, so to me Kojima's pulled off one of the most impressive sequences in gaming history. If the entirety of the Phantom Pain is like that, well, damn.

To me it is worth the price point and unquestionably so if you're a Metal Gear veteran. Most finish the main mission in an hour or less but I took time to explore the base, rescue prisoners, raid supply depots, listen to audio tapes, get into gunfights, and interrogate soldiers. All in all I probably spent a little under two hours on my first. The other missions are a half hour to an hour but the different entry points and scenarios make Omega Base seem completely different each time. And they do have their own stories to go with them, all of which are fairly interesting. When you add in collectibles, finishing on hard mode, going for S Ranks, going for 0 kill 0 alert completions, the game is an easy 20-30 hours of content. The low end of that is a single play through of a full Metal Gear game, but this isn't a full Metal Gear game, it's a $20 Metal Gear game. It also bears emphasis that Omega Base is HUGE with many distinct areas and a ridiculous amount gadgets, toys, even vehicles to do whatever it is you want to do.

Personally, I think we need to get away from the mentality that games are disposable entertainment experiences that you play once and forget, except when you nostalgically brag about having played it on video game forums. Games are meant to be fully explored and appreciated and if we don't take this medium seriously, we're going to get more generations like the last one - a never-ending slew of homogenous Hollywood-imitating action games with tacked on multiplayer and on disc DLC.