Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Overview

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a 2014 action-adventure stealth game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami. It is the eighth main game in the Metal Gear series directed, written, and produced by Hideo Kojima, and serves as a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which was released the following year. Set in 1975, a few months after the events of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the story follows Snake as he infiltrates an American black site in Cuba called Camp Omega, attempting to rescue Cipher agent Paz Ortega Andrade and former Sandinista child soldier Ricardo "Chico" Valenciano Libre.

Ground Zeroes offers new sneaking and traversal methods compared to its predecessors, as well as the choice in what order the story events take place by selecting missions in any order they chose. The game was originally developed as a mission for The Phantom Pain, but an extended development time resulted in Kojima splitting that portion of the game off into a stand-alone product so that players could get early access to Metal Gear Solid V.

Ground Zeroes was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One in March 2014, and for Windows in December 2014. Critical reception was generally positive, with praise for its mechanics and graphics, while the majority of the criticism concerned its short length. The game was met with some controversy for its handling of themes of sexual violence. It shipped a million units by April 2014.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - Nightplay Mission Gameplay, IGDBcom. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter, Tactical, Adventure

Developer

Kojima Productions

Publisher

Konami

Series

Metal Gear Solid

Engine

Fox Engine

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

PEGI

18

USK

18

ACB

MA 15+

CERO

D

GRAC

19+

ESRB

M

CLASS IND

16

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Trophies

Trophies15

Platinum possibleNo platinum

Platinum

0

Gold

1

Silver

1

Bronze

13

Total

15

Points

315

• Reunion Reunite with Chico or Paz
• Downfall Clear the "Ground Zeroes" mission
• Genesis Clear a Side Op or Extra Op
• Accomplished Clear all missions (including Side Ops and Extra Ops)
• Skilled
• Hero
• Rescue In the "Ground Zeroes" mission, rescue the prisoner to be executed and extract him via chopper
• Depth Clear the "Eliminate the Renegade Threat" Side Op by extracting both targets
• Pacifist Clear the "Intel Operative Rescue" Side Op without killing a single enemy
• Infiltration Clear the "Classified Intel Acquisition" Side Op while riding in the back of a truck
• Extraction In the "Destroy the Anti-Air Emplacements" Side Op, rescue and extract all prisoners via chopper
• Reminiscence Recreate all scenes in the "Déjà-Vu" Extra Op
• Unlocked Unlock all trials
• Information Obtain all cassette tapes
• Insignia Obtain all XOF unit patches

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 1.8 GB

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Publisher

Konami

Developer

Kojima Productions

Released

2014-03-18

Age rating

ESRB M

Region

US

Time to beat

about 2 hours