Game:

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014)

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PlayStation devices have always been the home of the MGS series, that is until later in the lifecycle of 7th-gen consoles, where it has branched out to the Xbox through an HD remaster bundle. Now, the series yet again stretches its reach and takes hold of the PC platform.

Ground Zeroes acts as a prologue to the more anticipated The Phantom Pain, and as such only offers gameplay time of over 2 hours or so. The story of Ground Zeroes takes place after Peace Walker, which was initially exclusive to the PSP. That being said, you might get lost on the story if you decide to make Ground Zeroes your first MGS game (assuming you've never tried playing on consoles before). I would suggest at least starting from MGS3: Snake Eater and MGS: Peace Walker next.

Snake Eater arguably has the best story in the series (coupled with fantastic gameplay mechanics) and while Peace Walker is handheld-based, it feels like a full-fledged console game thanks to its high production value. In fact, Peace Walker was supposed to be MGS5. But seeing as they were releasing it on a handheld they retracted the decision and held off the numbered title until the next console entry. There is also MGS: Portable Ops for the PSP that takes place between Snake Eater and Peace Walker, but I think it isn't considered canon, so you can skip that. If you're not in a hurry to go into Ground Zeroes, I recommend starting with the first MGS game that came out on the PSX.

Back to Ground Zeroes, it's a well-made PC port. A single 750M can run it on max settings in 1366 x 768 and give fairly playable framerates. Scale down some settings down a notch and it runs quite smoothly. Max texture settings use less than 2 GB of VRAM, so you can crank it up full blast and not experience framerate hiccups. There is a game ready Nvidia driver for Ground Zeroes (347.09), but it's a beta release. You can try that one [at your own risk] to see if there are noticeable performance improvements in the game. With the current WHQL release, however, it works just fine. I only wish there was a look/aiming sensitivity slider for controllers.

Maximum Operating Temperatures (2 hours of gaming):
CPU - 89 to 90 °C
GPU - 86 °C

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## Model Configuration ##
Lenovo IdeaPad Y410p-20216
Windows 8, 64-bit
1366 x 768 Native Resolution
Intel Core i7-4700MQ "Haswell" @ 2.4 GHz (3.4 GHz turbo)
GeForce GT 750M GDDR5 2 GB VRAM, SLI ready
8 GB DDR3 Samsung RAM @ 1600 MHz (single channel)
1 TB Seagate HDD @ 5400 RPM
JBL Dolby-certified Home Theater v4

Notes:
OS Version - Windows 8.1 Single Language
Nvidia Driver - 344.75 WHQL
GPU - Dedicated, Single
CPU Tweaks - 95% Performance Level
GPU Tweaks - 85 °C temperature limit; -150 MHz memory clock speed
Recording Utility - Nvidia Shadowplay
Input Device - DualShock 3 gamepad

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