

This rather unimaginative and formulaic approach is interesting for a while but quickly becomes bland. While some missions will send you to retrieve items - another repetitive action - you'll spend much of the game building defenses and fending off waves of attackers. You'll build defenses and fend off waves of attackers to rescue a survivor. Each time, you'll build defenses around the teleporter and defend it against a horde of attackers for a set period.Īnother will send you to track down a crashed helicopter that falls out of a wormhole. These allow you to travel farther inside the zone. Past that, missions largely involve exploration and "horde mode" style defense.įor instance, you'll track down teleporters in The Dust (the are in which you will spend most of your time). You'll spend seemingly forever "getting to the point," so to speak. The first few missions in Metal Gear Survive review game mechanics. The survival aspects taint the rest of the experience. Ultimately, Metal Gear Survive is all about micromanaging your hunger and thirst meters, which deplete when you do almost anything in the game. Since you won't encounter much of a challenge, you'll often say "Why bother?"

But money isn't in short supply once things get going. However, you do get more Kubon Energy, or money, for taking down enemies with stealth. While stealth has been a hallmark of the Metal Gear series, it's simply not necessary through most of this game. But enemies are predictable and unchallenging. Later, slightly more interesting enemies begin to show up. But actually seeing your assembled team of survivors work on their assigned tasks can be enjoyable.įor half of the game, you'll fight Wanderers, crystal-headed zombies. You may find the game's menu-heavy approach a bit tedious. You can build huts, gadget workshops, medical repositories, and more. Once the pace picks up, you'll begin to expand your base. You'll even rescue other survivors who will populate your base. You'll also learn to farm, build your base, repair your gear, and do everything needed to survive. You will collect resources and learn to craft rudimentary gear. You'll run a series of bland, nearly-identical fetch quests that teach you to manage your hunger and thirst meters. Tutorials plague the opening hours of the game. The need to craft and replenish an oxygen tank to navigate poisonous fog further exacerbates this tedium. Like most survival games, these mechanics feel unnecessarily frustrating and boring. You'll run around collecting food and water, making them usable, and base building. As a Metal Gear Survive review will often note, Konami built Metal Gear Survive as a typical survival game at its core.
