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Stealth and open-world have never really merged together successfully in the video game industry until Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painproved the world wrong back in 2015. While it felt like an incomplete game, in terms of story, its unique twist on its main genre and the open-world genre make it one-of-a-kind.

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True enough, there's nothing quite like it to this day. Thankfully, it's moddable enough on the PC platform to keep everyone interested especially after its creators ruined any chance of a sequel happening in the near future. The Phantom Pain still holds up well with these 10 mods that can update its gameplay.

10 SNAKEBITE MOD MANAGER

As standard procedure for any game that's heavily moddable, a mod manager is necessary. The titularly fitting SnakeBite Mod Manager fills in that role for The Phantom Pain. It's a separate application that needs to be installed separately from the game folder.

After that, it makes modding a breeze. SnakeBite Mod Manager has its own menu and is recommended by the community's modding guide for the game. Moreover, it can help immensely for multiple mods that might cause conflicts.

9 INFINITE HEAVEN

Now, on to the actual game modifying mods. Infinite Heaven stays true to its namesake and introduces a ton of replayability for The Phantom Pain. It's great for players looking for more stuff to do after they've finished everything the game has to offer.

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Infinite Heaven adds "several hundred" configuration options for missions that either make them more difficult or enjoyable. This can be anything from enabling Skull attacks in free-roam to Mother Base invasions with multiple attack helicopters.

8 NO MORE TIMERS

One of the worst aspects of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's Mother Base system is the research. It's time-gated and makes players wait or do something else until they forget the upgrade or lose enthusiasm for it.

No More Timers fixes this small problem by doing what it says on the title. Every new item or upgrade can be acquired instantly especially since the players have already spent too much time collecting resources for them.

7 THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD

Lots of players were disappointed that by the ending of The Phantom Pain, it turned out that the character they were playing all along was a discount phony. The Man Who Sold the World alleviates this concern a bit by making the phony feel like the real Big Boss.

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The mod adds several customization options for Venom Snake to make him look like Big Boss from the previous games, complete with the mullet and the bandana. The bionic arm can also be replaced with an organic one without losing all the functionalities.

6 BEYOND ULTRA SETTINGS

For a 2015 game, The Phantom Pain held up quite well and looks decent enough compared to the shinier next-gen titles. Still, some players might want to give the aging game a new paint job with the Beyond Ultra Settings.

The mod is a small touch-up to the already photorealistic graphics but adds considerable details such as missing shadows and more distant foliage. The best part is that the performance cost is little to none!

5 MORBID'S SIDE-OP EXPANSION PACK

If Infinite Heaven still won't scratch the itch for more missions and harder challenges, then Morbid's Side-Op Expansion Pack should! It's a mod that adds more missions that are unique and more varied than the vanilla ones.

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The said mod pack brings in a whopping 50 new missions on top of the already existing ones which is more than commendable considering how few there were and how most of them were repetitive. It does require the Infinite Heaven mod installed.

4 IMMERSIVE S-PLUS-PLUS STAFF AND RECRUITS

S++ soldiers and staff are the cream of the crop and the endgame rewards of The Phantom Pain. There are already several mods that add them in bulk and even make them ubiquitous but that could ruin the sense of progression and feel a bit cheaty.

Immersive S-Plus-Plus Staff and Recruits balances this out a bit by introducing more S++ or S+ prisoners with a natural feel. This makes them appear more frequent yet still retains their rarity and the sense of accomplishment tied to recruiting them.

3 CURE ASTHMA FOR FEMALE SOLDIERS

One minor gripe that late-game players face, especially those who like to swap out playable characters with their S++ female operatives like Flaming Buffalo, is how they wheeze like a geriatric with tuberculosis after a lengthy sprint. It can get annoying.

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Cure Asthma for Female Soldiers removes this unnecessarily intrusive and un-immersive sound-byte for the game. Because for some reason, other female soldiers don't have the problem. Not to mention that wheezy breathing sounds serious too and not normal for a fully-trained commando in their prime.

2 THE ULTIMATE PHANTOM PAIN MOD

When it comes to customizing The Phantom Pain experience, no other mod offers the same extensive number of options as The Ultimate Phantom Pain Mod. It's a collection of optional tweaks the players can choose to implement for tougher espionage.

That includes New Game+, realistic time scale, hardcore enemies, custom weather, custom revenge system, and more. Paired with mods like Infinite Heaven, it can pretty much add hundreds of hours to the gameplay.

1 NO DEPLOYMENT COSTS

Deployment costs are another bothersome resource hog for the game which only seeks to prolong the grind. While it does make sense from a logistics perspective, it's not enjoyable for gameplay especially if players want to stay in the open world for long stretches.

That's why the standalone No Deployment Costs mod lets players have that feature without having to install bigger mods that tweak gameplay. With these mods, players can stick to doing what's fun in The Phantom Pain, whether its kidnapping potential recruits or knocking child soldiers unconscious.

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