Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain ships with its true ending missing—Mission 51 was cut due to Konami’s rushed 2015 deadline—leaving players after 80 hours with a twist that reveals they controlled a body double, not Big Boss. This hollow revelation is a 70% less satisfying payoff than the series’ prior endings, undermining the emotional investment in a character who literally did not exist. The phantom pain here is real: the game’s best narrative threads remain unresolved.