• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, Multiformat)

    How many videogames offer complete freedom? Sure, RPGs such as the incomparable Skyrim allow access to a seemingly fathomless world of dungeons, crypts, castles, villages and subterranean caves to explore but it is the illusion of freedom rather than freedom itself. As large as this virtual world might seem, there are restrictions placed upon the gameplay, restrictions that have been made necessary by the programmers to reduce graphical pop-in and screen tearing, and to increase resolution, draw distance, frame rate and all of those things that normal people do not talk about in polite conversation. Try to enter particular buildings…