LOS ANGELES (AP) – The world is Snake’s oyster in the latest installment of “Metal Gear Solid.”
While his penchant for hiding in cardboard boxes remains, the cigar-smoking protagonist is no longer confined to slipping through linear levels in “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” the next edition of Konami’s long-running stealth video game series. The open-world adventure is providing players with the power to choose exactly how Snake embarks on his missions.
“Phantom Pain,” which is scheduled for release Sept. 1, is essentially a tale of revenge. The game centers on a battered and bruised Snake (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) setting off on horseback to rebuild his private army in Cold War-era Afghanistan.
After recently spending several hours with “Phantom Pain,” here are a few of the most dramatic changes coming to the franchise:
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