But in “Metal Gear Survive,” a survivalist twist on the “Metal Gear Solid” franchise, the crisis of fire is averted before you even start. Until then, all the resources you collect — metal buckets, canteens, iron barrels, and bottlefuls of water harvested from muddy watering holes — are basically useless. The first “Metal Gear” game since series creator Hideo Kojima left Konami under contentious circumstances in 2015, “Survive” is a theater of minor irritations made from the disassembled essentials of human survival. In reality a person can survive a few days before the worst symptoms of dehydration take hold, but in “Survive” you’ll need to drink a bottle of water every three or four minutes to stave off death. Consuming an entire donkey will only tide you over for five or six minutes in “Survive”.

Source: Washington Post February 26, 2018 19:18 UTC