Posted on April 18, 2026 Retrospective: 12 Years Later
For those of us playing on PS3/PS4 in March 2014, watching that base burn while "Here’s to You" played over the credits was a gut punch. Kojima killed the past to make way for the future. We didn't know it then, but we were watching the thematic heart of The Phantom Pain be born in fire and ash. Technically, Ground Zeroes was a miracle in 2014. metal gear solid v ground zeroes -2014-
But Kojima Productions had a counter-argument: Density . Posted on April 18, 2026 Retrospective: 12 Years