Title MenuPress the START button on the title screen

Press the START button while on the title screen to display the Title Menu.

[GAME START]/[CONTINUE] Play from the beginning or continue a previously saved game.
[DOWNLOAD MGSV: GZ SAVE DATA] Carry over save data from [METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES].
[METAL GEAR ONLINE] Play METAL GEAR ONLINE (if applicable).
[OPTIONS] View/change game settings.

  • Title Screen

Saving

セーブアイコン

Save icon

Your game progress is automatically saved when you reach specific points in the game (checkpoints).
Selecting [CONTINUE] at the Title Menu allows you to resume playing from the last checkpoint you reached.

  • * Do not turn off your PlayStation®3 console while it is saving a game.
  • * The system storage must have at least 2MB of free space to save a game.
  • * Save data is overwritten with each save. You cannot have multiple game saves.
  • * To quit the game, press the PS button, but only after the save icon in the upper right corner of the screen is no longer displayed.

Importing Data

You can carry over save data from METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES to METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN.
To carry over save data, first start up METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES and select [UPLOAD MGSV:GZ SAVE DATA] from the Title Menu.
The data is then uploaded to the game server.
Next, select [DOWNLOAD MGSV:GZ SAVE DATA] from the METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN Title Menu to apply the save data that was carried over.

  • * Save data to be carried over includes the Sneaking Suit from METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES as well as certain prisoners and soldiers you extracted.
    These soldiers will join Diamond Dogs as volunteers at certain points in the game.
  • * To obtain these save data carry over bonuses, you need to be able to play METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES (have the access to the console hardware, game software, and save data), have online access, and install an online update for the game.
  • * You can only carry over save data from the PlayStation®3 version of METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES to the PlayStation®3 version of METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN.
  • * Your METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES and METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN data must be associated with the same Sony Entertainment Network account.