Yes, worth buying.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $17.99.
- Story and characters: 156 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 127 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 108k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
A Masterpiece of Mechanics, a "Phantom" of a Story
The graphics are unbelievable for the age of the title and a sure mark of Kojima and his team's capabilities, if the story-telling, art-style, and gameplay don't say for itself.
The game and its optimization is extraordinary, I'm running a 1070 and can max out the graphics AND use an 'extra high' graphics mod maximizing LOD and distant shadows and even simulated shadows for the volumetric clouds, and I'm still running at an ever-smooth and consistent 60 frames per second with absolutely zero drops in performance in any location in the game, nor any parameters I've come across.
The game and its optimization is extraordinary, I'm running a 1070 and can max out the graphics AND use an 'extra high' graphics mod maximizing LOD and distant shadows and even simulated shadows for the volumetric clouds, and I'm still running at an ever-smooth and consistent 60 frames per second with absolutely zero drops in performance in any location in the game, nor any parameters I've come across.
• The Sound of Silence: While the 80s soundtrack fits, the absence of sweeping orchestral compositions leaves certain emotional moments feeling restrained rather than monumental.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $17.99.
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