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Speaking about the cut content, this is what was removed:

https://youtu.be/SxgH4I_6d0Q

It is the ending of that storyline but the ending of the final game is the actual ending of the story both chronologically and in terms of how it wraps back around to the original Metal Gear. Now what I linked was included in some versions of the game and is freely available do frankly, in terms of story I dont see why we cant incorporate it as is. After all, Mass Effect 3 shipped with about 65% of its eventual story so it seems fine to me.

Anyway

Ground Zeroes: 2.

This is the absolute bare minimum in storytelling made worse by its gross treatment of Paz. I sometimes see that defended as well its just showing the realities of torture which is fine in some contexts but vagina bomb does not qualify for that defence. To say nothing of the huge tonal problems that stuff like this brings about, the grimdark stuff just comes off as tryhard and the goofy stuff just seems to diminish the weight of the rest of the story due to how serious it is this time.

The Phantom Pain: 6.

This was a lot better. There is a good amount of missing story content and bizarre pacing, but it satisfactorily brings the series full circle and brings back a lot of the more thoughtful social and political commentary that was missing from 4 and Ground Zeroes. The character work is also great - with the exception of Skullface who is just an awful villain. He is so bad that when this game was new I dedicated an entire topic to how ludicrous his plan was. I think the broader story survives though as it is not really about him. The twist was also effective despite the fact that there is no lead up to it at all and it is just given to you.

In conclusion,

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/7/9/AAEfmDAACzN_.jpg