'Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain' guide, PS4, Xbox One gameplay, price and review: Konami videogame now on sale for $39.99 at Amazon ahead of Black Friday deals

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It seems like the people from Amazon are already feeling generous this early as they start their own countdown leading to the highly-anticipated Black Friday 2015 coming this Nov. 27.

"Black Friday 2015 is almost here, but we didn't want you to wait until the day after Thanksgiving for Black Friday deals, so we kicked off the savings a little early," they recently posted on their website. "We are counting down to the big day with even more deals, all day, every day. You'll find Amazon's fantastic early Black Friday sales right here."

The gaming enthusiasts will be thrilled to know that "Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain" can be bought for $39.99 for both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as part of Amazon's initial offering. This action and adventure video game from creator Hideo Kojima was released by Konami for PS4, Xbox One and PC users back in the first week of September 2015. Not much have changed with the PS3 and Xbox 360 prices though, which both remain close to $50, while the PC download stays at $59.99.

There is a good reason Movie Pilot is raving about "The Phantom Pain." For starters, the video game offers more freedom because the player can choose if he wants to complete the side quests or not. There more items to unlock, better Buddy system, and all the mechanics of the previous games with more improvements. Movie Pilot wrote that "as a whole Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is fantastic. The gameplay is phenomenal."

In order for you to complete the mission, there are some tips from Prima Games that you might find handy. They recommend breaking into your enemy lines during the night to have the dark surroundings work to your advantage. Try to be more mindful of your environment, as well. It might help if you can destroy your enemies' communication devices and weapon storage. Here are some of the items/actions you should make use of to make life easier for your character.

1. iDROID - use to scout enemies and get more info on your mission.

2. Fulton Recover Device - help extract characters from the field to your mother base.

3. CQC attack- to interrogate captives and get more info

4. Supply Drop - make use of this to replenish supplies in the field

5. Go prone and press the action button- make you stealth

6. GMP - this is the game's currency that could help upgrade your mother base.

For a more complete walkthrough of "Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain" and its prequel, the "Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes", you can check out the Prima Games' site.