@ChristiJunior @LukeAlmighty Yeah. Konami really, really wanted those reviews so badly they paid Sony to go in between journalists to ensnare them in this crock. Not that I have much sympathy for them: most the time, they lead people astray
This is but one example of the glaring hypocrisy involved. Kojima didn't toe the line enough for batshit leftypol Sony despite being a shitlib himself, so they deferred to Dreck Man and his insipid creation to generate interest with the social justice crowd.
Death Stranding wanted to use surrogate futuristic concepts to explain the particulars of its lore (I won't go into spoilers here, I don't have much of a problem with that game other than its unremarkable landscape)
With MGS5, they didn't want to let it slip that the remaining three chapter (an entire 40 hours of story content vaporized from the script!) was cut from the game due to tensions between KP, Sony and Konami. Thus, did they invent the "review camp" method so Sony got what it wanted and Kojima and crew could get off relatively clean.
It didn't work in retrospect: each MGS game that preceded it was infinitely better. Everything in 5 was present in Peace Walker, the bones of that system are deep in 4, the stealth element with wearable camouflage (if a little convoluted) was present in 3, and the 3D stealth overhead gameplay was the cornerstone in 1 and 2.
MGS5 brought nothing new to the table. Sony knew, and still paid for top ratings, because that was their money maker.