 - Extensive single-player storyline, unveiling a lost chapter in the Metal Gear Solid saga
- New MGS gameplay elements such as the Surround Radar system
- Online multiplayer mayhem - Team Death Match, Death Match, and Capture Mission
- Acquire new squad members for use in single and multiplayer modes by connecting to Wi-Fi access points
- Animated cinematic scenes illustrated by world-renown artist Ashley Wood
List Price: $19.99 
Product Description: Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops boasts ground-breaking online play that lets gamers recruit comrades to form a unique fighting force. The game follows the events of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, as Naked Snake establishes FOXHOUND in an attempt to hunt down the treacherous FOX unit, which has started a bloody revolt in South America. Set in 1970, the game will be the missing link in the ongoing Metal Gear saga, as players will learn more about returning characters such as Para-Medic, Major Zero and Sigint and also witness Naked Snake's greatest tragedy -- a loss that sets into motion the events of later games in the Metal Gear Solid timeline. Full voiceovers for cinematics, performed by returning cast from MGS3 - Snake Eater Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-30
SOLID PORTABLE
Takes some time to get used to the controls, but once you do......IT'S METAL GEAR AND IT'S PORTABLE "THATS AWESOME!" Rating:
Date: 2008-06-16
a great game for familiar fans
Pros: Yet another great Metal Gear Solid game from Kojima, visually impressive, artistic cut scenes, solid voice acting, excellent story.
Cons: Shifts emphasis from lone stealth mission game to commander with squad, controls different compared to ps2 controls but you get use to it, bosses can be difficult/unforgiving but are not impossible.
If you are a fan of Kojima's work or are a Metal Gear Solid fan, you can't go wrong with this game. The game still includes the aspect of completing missions using stealth and weapons but because of the new squadron system in place, you also use some Real Time Strategy tactics in how you pick members you want to use for missions. The controls for the game are designed to balance with the level of difficulty the game presents-in other words-"the mechanics fit the gameplay". There is a learning curve for how the game plays out and not all of the functions for the game are presented to the user, either in-game or manual, but these things can easily be looked up in places such as [...] or such. And these items are not essential to the overall gameplay experience, more like helpful tips for example the trick with pulling recruits to your hiding boxes rather than all the way back to the truck.
But this game is a worthy addition to any MGS collection or playing experience. I bought this game because I wanted a story, whereas the MGSPO+ is a multiplayer expansion, no "story" just gameplay. I'm proud I own a copy. Hope this was helpful. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-15
If you like the MGS series, you will like this game
The game follows Metal Gear Snake Eater, and it it gives you back story of big boss (aka naked snake). The game incorporates a feature which allows you to recruit enemy soldiers after they have been interrogated by your team to help you along your mission(s). With the enemy soldiers you can put together multiple sneaking units to do the missions, spy units to uncover more details of the map, a medical unit to research life recovery and stamina recovery supplies, and a tech unit to research and develop new weapons for your convenience.
Metal Gear Portable Ops' camera is hard to get use to at first, but it can be controlled and adjusted with the D-pad. The Boss battles in the game aren't too complex, but they pose quite a challenge for the player. Overall the game has a great story, good strategic game play, new interesting characters, and awesome graphic novel (comic style) cut scenes with audio over it. The cut scenes aren't nearly as long as an average MGS cut scene on any other of the games in the series, but the length is necessary because they all get straight to the point. Overall, the game is an excellent game for MGS fans, or for anyone that likes stealth mission based games. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-06
Problematic control functions and overall game design
My problem with this game are the camera controls and the fact you have to hold down a separate button in order to use your gun. I would have preferred they designed this game like the original metal gear solid games with the stationary camera. It is hard to get around the stages sometimes because I have to stop every 3 seconds to adjust the camera. It really become problematic when I'm trying to run from enemies or even shoot at them because there are times when the controls act funny. I hate having to hold down the shoulder buttons to perform any function because the PSP isn't designed to function that way. Why can't programmers get it through their thick skull that the shoulder buttons should only be used to toggle options. Or they should redesign the PSP with the shoulder buttons on the back of the system instead of on top.
Other than that I'd say this is a pretty good game. Rating:
Date: 2008-05-31
MGS PO The Reazon behind Outer Heaven
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops its really a new experience. The controls, in firts place, are not so complicated as people use to say, and you get use to it with less effort. The history is just what you expect from a MGS game, and if you're fan of BIG BOSS (like I am) you have to buy it, for the plot that lead it, and to find your call.
I was disapointed about this game in two aspects:
-First, the graphics are really nice, but there's an error in the eyes, that don't blink... That's a little annoying for me, that like to look the graphics and the faces. The expresions are statics, but the general graphics try to emulate as good as posible in the psp plataform the graphics of MGS3.
-The other subject is the thing that they DON'T allways talk, they talk just in the story/comic like cuts and, because of I played the ps and ps2 ones I see that talking was a seal of MGS, I was just especting the same. You can live with it, the story/comic cuts are really nice and original, kinda annoy sometimes, but you'll love other parts when they just blow it up :3
So basically, it's a great game. The online mode is kinda fun, and the way you can recruit and use soldiers from the enemy makes a good Idea how foxhound was build, and how Boss became a leader. Outer heaven is what was build after this plot, so if you love this history, buy it for sake. |
