It shipped 6 million units by December 2015. The Phantom Pain received perfect review scores from several publications and was described as one of the greatest stealth games of all time. The game's repeated missions and ending that left plot points unresolved, attributed with conclusive evidence of removed content, led some to label the game unfinished.
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It received critical acclaim, with praise for its gameplay, player freedom, open world, graphics, themes, and performances its narrative, ending twist, and certain changes to the series formula divided critics, while the portrayal of the character Quiet drew criticism. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on September 1, 2015. Set in 1984, nine years after the events of Ground Zeroes, the story follows mercenary leader Punished "Venom" Snake as he ventures into Soviet-occupied Afghanistan and the Angola– Zaire border region to exact revenge on the people who destroyed his forces and came close to killing him during the climax of Ground Zeroes. It is the ninth installment in the Metal Gear series that was directed, written, and designed by Hideo Kojima following Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, a stand-alone prologue released the previous year it is his final work at Konami. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a 2015 stealth game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami.