History YMMV / MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes

%%* TheWoobie: Paz and Chico.
* {{Woolseyism}}: The Spanish translation does this regarding with the name of the setting the game take place: In the English version, the U.S. naval prison facility in Cuba is never named, even if it's pretty obvious, due to the way it was described in the dialogue, that the base is ''Guantanamo''. In the Spanish version, however, the base is outright called by that name since the very beginning of the game, even if the subtitles contradicts the English dialogue, which avoids saying the name of the base aloud, very likely due to the controversial nature of that base for American gamers.

%%* TheWoobie: Paz and Chico.

* SpecialEffectFailure: ''Ground Zeroes'' only: If Big Boss is sprinting while holding an unconscious or dead body, his elbow will always clip through their arm.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: ''Ground Zeroes'' only: If Big Boss is sprinting while holding an unconscious or dead body, his elbow will always clip through their arm.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** There was quite a bit of backlash when it was announced that ''Ground Zeroes'' would be fairly short compared to other titles in the series. In response to this, Creator/{{Konami}} lowered the game's price (about half the price of competing titles) shortly before the game's release to compensate for this, made the game free on [=PlayStation=] Plus and Xbox Live Gold for the months leading up to ''The Phantom Pain'', and gave the game away as a pre-order bonus for Steam users.
** The previously exclusive extra ops for the [=PlayStation=]/Xbox versions of the game, Déjà Vu and Jamais Vu, respectively, are available for all platforms via a patch.
** Presumably, this is also the reason why Paz is never called Pacifica Ocean (her real name); a lot of fans thought it was a [[EmbarrassingFirstName lame]] [[EmbarrassingLastName name]], and "Paz" is easier to take seriously.

* TheScrappy: Any players who hated Chico and Paz in ''Peace Walker'' for their annoying personalities and unceasing tendency to do nothing but cause more problems for Snake to solve might not find much respite in ''Ground Zeroes''. In fact, with their current physical debilitations, both characters have moved from being metaphorical loads to very literal ones. Though strangely, [[MoralEventHorizon everything Skull Face put them through prior]] garnered the two ''MUCH'' [[AlasPoorScrappy sympathy]].

* HarsherInHindsight:
** Chico's "Love" Briefing Files from ''Peace Walker'' and Paz's tapes where she speaks about the time she spent with Chico and the boy's crush on her. It's hard not to feel sad knowing how Skull Face takes advantage of their bond and Chico's feelings for Paz, [[spoiler: and how tragically this all ends, with Chico being unable to save Paz.]]
** The fact that you can erase the logos of Creator/HideoKojima-directed games in "Déjà Vu" becomes this in light of Konami removing Kojima's name from box art and promotional materials.

* ItsShortSoItSucks: ''Ground Zeroes''' extremely short length and meager amount of extra content despite a 30 dollar price tag has led to its own breed of controversy.

* ItsShortSoItSucks: Most players are able to finish ''Ground Zeroes'' main story in under two hours and it all takes place on a single map. This was the game's main point of contention for a lot of critics and fans. The most harsh of which labeled it an expensive demo (especially considering that previous games had demos of almost comparable length). Not helped by the fact soon after its release, speedrunners, who knew what they were doing and skipped all of the cutscenes, completed the game in under 10 minutes. To its credit, the game does have extra missions available after completion, multiple ways to approach objectives and of course, a ranking system to master. In essence: fans of the game feel it has high replayability, whereas as detractors feel its overall content isn't enough for its price tag.

* NeverLiveItDown: ''Ground Zeroes''' extremely short length and meager amount of extra content despite a 30 dollar price tag has led to its own breed of controversy.

* TheWoobie: '''Paz and Chico.'''

* FanWank: There are plenty of people that believe that [[spoiler: Paz's death in ''Ground Zeroes'' was faked]], which is fairly conceivable. However, the theory that the character in question [[spoiler: had a sex change and became Psycho Mantis]] is pretty hard to swallow. The former [[spoiler: turned out to be true (except [[{{Hallucinations}} not really]]).]] The latter... not even close.

* TheScrappy: Any players who hated Chico and Paz in ''Peace Walker'' for their annoying personalities and unceasing tendency to do nothing but cause more problems for Snake to solve might not find much respite in ''Ground Zeroes''. In fact, with their current physical debilitations, both characters have moved from being metaphorical loads to very literal ones. Though, strangely at the same time, [[MoralEventHorizon everything that Skull Face did to them]] garnered more [[AlasPoorScrappy sympathy]].

** After Disney purchased 20th Century Fox and left the Fox network to its own devices, said network created a new production studio for [[Series/AlmostFamily some of]] [[Series/Deputy its shows]]. The name of that studio? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Entertainment#XOF_Productions XOF Productions]].

** After ''Creator/Disney'' purchased [[Creator/20thCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] and left the [[Creator/Fox Fox network]] to its own devices, said network created a new production studio for [[Series/AlmostFamily some of]] [[Series/Deputy its shows]]. The name of that studio? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Entertainment#XOF_Productions XOF Productions]].