Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Comments by Rob Fahey
Is that a Snake in your pocket? (Sorry.)
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deathgibbon
17/01/07 @ 11:29
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9? Cool.
Not the PSP's first 9. Lumines got 9 too, as did Virtua Tennis and maybe Ridge Racers. |
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dirigiblebill
17/01/07 @ 11:53
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Kojima you legend. Carry on like this and I'll forgive you for those whacky first-person cleavage shots in MGS3 :0
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espadachin
17/01/07 @ 11:54
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good review, anyone know anywhere selling it cheap?
edit: movietyme have it for £21.99
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How bad is the dialogue and the story this time?
it's metal gear! luckily David Hayter voices Snake in this one so it doesn't sound as bad as it reads in Acid and Acid2. actually the story is pretty engrossing (and for those of you that constantly moan about them) the cutscenes far and few between. |
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dirigiblebill
17/01/07 @ 12:02
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@ Acidsnake
You don't own a psp and yet you call yourself Acidsnake? |
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i agree with killest, and anyway i don't really think this would work well as a home console game.
it has been set up specifically as a handheld experience, from the access point scanning mingame, through the menu system to the mission structure. playing this on a home system would be akin to trying to play wario ware smooth moves with an xbox controller, it would just lose far too much in translation. |
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I spot 11 games on Eurogamer with a 9/10. Did I miss one?
MGS: Portable Ops Mercury Meltdown Tekken 5: DR Loco Roco Daxter GTA: Liberty City Stories Burnout: Legends Virtua Tennis Ridge Racers Lumines Wipeout: Pure It should be out here in April, with some extras over the U.S. version (more characters, 2 extra maps for online)
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Steroyd: It's the twelfth PSP title to receive a 9/10 on Eurogamer.
Holy moley where!?! You know when your being told for so long that the PSP hasn't got any games, you subconsciously start believing it, hence why i havn't picked up a game since Killzone, wow i've been out of the loop via PSP for so long. :( ***edit*** For those hoping praying for a PS2 port it seems unlikely. Konami have officially apologized for undershipping because they thought it wouldn't sell much, it was sold out in Japan.
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WHO CARES!
Ah damn, did I do it again? Sorry, I have this really weird disease where I occasionally post my opinion on stuff and say what I feel about a given subject... I'll lend you mine and the copy of the game after I finish it ;) Thanks! :) Just slide it through the mailbox if I'm not in... You don't own a psp and yet you call yourself Acidsnake? Call myself? AcidSnake is my actual name! ;)
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I spot 11 games on Eurogamer with a 9/10. Did I miss one?
MGS: Portable Ops Mercury Meltdown Tekken 5: DR Loco Roco Daxter GTA: Liberty City Stories Burnout: Legends Virtua Tennis Ridge Racers Lumines Wipeout: Pure It should be out here in April, with some extras over the U.S. version (more characters, 2 extra maps for online) At a guess, GTA:VCS? |
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@MadMirko
'So, how are the chances for someone who disliked the "proper" MGS games for their "I want to be a political thriller movie" concept to still like Portable Ops?' If anything wants to be a political thriller it's Splinter Cell. You can't really level that accusation at MGS merely because of some pretentious dialogue and philosophy etc. At the core of the MGS games is fun, and a homage to action movies like Rambo and comic books. That is why you see over the top action sequences, vampires, ninjas, supervillains/wacky bosses and giant robots to distinguish it from being too serious. I also forgot to: /GROAN at the subtitle of this review.
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I played the US-Version: Great Stuff.
Yes, the camera controls are a little bit clunky, but they get comfortable after a while. Cutscenes and codec-sequences are reduced to a reasonable amount and you can jump into sidemissions anytime without any chatter at all. Loading times: 5-10 seconds per mission. You know when your being told for so long that the PSP hasn't got any games, you subconsciously start believing it That's the problem with the PSP in the media. It has plenty great games, but every PSP review with a decent score states "finally a good game for the PSP", assuming its the only good one. |
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You know when your being told for so long that the PSP hasn't got any games, you subconsciously start believing it
That's the problem with the PSP in the media. It has plenty great games, but every PSP review with a decent score states "finally a good game for the PSP", assuming its the only good one. bang on |
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CitizenGeek
17/01/07 @ 21:13
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This game is THE reason I bought a PSP. Well, it's not THE reason (media and sexy design ftw!), but this game really pushed me to buy a PSP and come April, after I've played the shit out of FFXII, I'll have Naked Snake waiting for me! YAY!
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MadMirko
Wasn't trying to flame the series, it's fine, it's just not for me. The team tactics sound interesting to me, so I'm wondering if I would enjoy this one despite it being "a true MGS" like the review says. I believe that all the changes Kojima is making to the MGS formula are here in order to win over people like yourself, which may not be great for a "true" fan of the series such as myself, but I understand that he has to sell as many copies of this as he can. So the answer to your question is: yes, you'll like it. (shorter and fewer cut scenes and lots of action and an epic adventure). Also, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who bought a PSP MAINLY for this game (VCS put aside). |
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