Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Its point of contact with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration. Both also lean on melee combat and single-player focus. The distance is in genre and progression — its own ground is racing gameplay and a first-person view.
It predates Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by 11 years, with what that implies technically.



