# Metal Gear Solid V

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/metal-gear-solid-v/

7 people recommended Metal Gear Solid V in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Praised for its stealth action and long playtime; critics cite fan service and an unfinished final act.

Summary written by Claude from 9 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent stealth action gameplay (2 comments in the sample): "Probably MGS5 is the only one that actually "plays good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643024)) "how insanely good of a stealth action game it is" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49642962))

## What people warn about

- Fan service about female characters (1 comment in the sample): "MGS5 was a good game, but you can't tell me that Kojima doesn't spend a lot of time thinking about bikini clad snipers." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49642385))
- Quiet's storyline prominence feels embarrassing (1 comment in the sample): "Quiet is definitely front and centre in 5 at a certain point in the storyline, very embarrassingly so." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643567))
- Unfinished final part of game (1 comment in the sample): "the last part of the game is just kind of missing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643748))
- Not as good as other games (1 comment in the sample): "MGS4 and MGS5 were successful but I don't think they were really that good compared to the other games." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643924))

## Other stealth games people recommend

- [Thief: The Dark Project](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thief-the-dark-project/): 12 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Thief video game](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thief/): 10 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize
- [Metal Gear Solid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/metal-gear-solid/): 9 recommend, 6 mixed, 2 criticize
- [Splinter Cell](https://hackerapproved.com/p/splinter-cell/): 7 recommend, 4 mixed, 2 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Metal Gear Solid V", https://hackerapproved.com/p/metal-gear-solid-v/ (7 recommend, 1 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.