Good review, I agree.

The wait for The Phantom Pain is going to be brutal.

I agree. I wont even review it. But if you cant wait for MGSV: Get it. The gameplay in my opinion is masterful and it really shows how far we've come. Compare MGS1 to this, haha holy shit. And yeah the biggest change truly is the gameplay. Tactical Espionage - Operations rather than Action.

I played it at my friends house. Well technically i only got controller in my hands for the 2nd part, where you go and rescue Paz. It took us 55 minutes with cut-scenes to beat the main story mission and to get Rank A.

While it was cool. It certainly would not have been worth for me purchase it. My friend however it a huge fan. So he will probably end up doing all the side missions and replaying it over and over.

My recommendation: Get it if you are huge fan, like to explore and will find joy in doing all the side missions. For rest of you..make some fun threads on vgchartz and pass the hour.