Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

HeartlessNinny · Jun 13, 2010

So far, this game is pretty rad. I have to say, though, that it'd be nice if they offered true online co-op instead of ad hoc. None of my friends even own PSPs (though a lot of 'em have DSes).

Any of you dudes got a PS3 and want to try the online ad hoc thingy? I bet that this game is fun in co-op.

(My PSN ID is HeartlessNinny by the way.)

BryLmoo · Jun 13, 2010

i'm playing this right now too....and i know absolutely nobody who owns a PSP lol...

Pink Spider · Jun 14, 2010

Will buy this coming weekend. Have been looking forward to this. I loved Portable Ops.

Ancient Flounder · Jun 14, 2010

Been cruising through this for over a week now. I'm enjoying the game-play; feels pretty good, though controlling the camera can make heavy combat a bit of a chore. Otherwise, sneaking around poses no issues. All the stuff you can do at Mother Base is a lot of fun and is where I've sunk a lot of time into. I was roaming around the other day to various places in town, popping into the Recruit option whenever I was at a place with wi-fi, grabbing new soldiers. As for the story...it's meh. I'm a good ways into it, so I'll see how it all plays out.

Deuce · Jun 14, 2010

I've been meaning to grab it, but finances have not allowed for it just yet. Can you actually play with someone online, rather than just in the immediate vicinity?

GoosehanX · Jun 14, 2010

I don't believe you can play online, unless you use a ps3 as a bridge. I'm not positive though, as I haven't tried.

I've sunk about. 11 hours into the game (quite a feat for me to do in a week) and I just got to Chapter 2. This might be bigger than MGS4.

I just had the first WTF story moment. You know that moment in every MGS game since part 2 (I LIVE THROUGH THIS ARM) where the story takes a turn for the absurd. I won't spoil it, but you'll know what it is when you see it.

Has anyone picked up any special soldiers yet? I accidentally found Hideo Kojima, he has an S rating in medicine.

Ghost-Dog · Jun 14, 2010

The game has local multiplayer only, unless you have a PS3 with WiFi and adhoc party downloaded.

And there's a thread about it in Handhelds.

OMFG · Jun 14, 2010

Chris Sabin said:
Been cruising through this for over a week now. I'm enjoying the game-play; feels pretty good, though controlling the camera can make heavy combat a bit of a chore. Otherwise, sneaking around poses no issues. All the stuff you can do at Mother Base is a lot of fun and is where I've sunk a lot of time into. I was roaming around the other day to various places in town, popping into the Recruit option whenever I was at a place with wi-fi, grabbing new soldiers. As for the story...it's meh. I'm a good ways into it, so I'll see how it all plays out.

So the recruit option does come into again? I was wondering where that feature was from portable ops. I just started playing the game and didn't see that feature yet.

GoosehanX · Jun 14, 2010

I just got it, it comes up as an option at the end of Chapter 1 I believe.

I also like beating the crap out of the new recruits, the new CQC system makes it easy. I chained like 6 CQCs beating the first batch of noobs.

HeartlessNinny · Jun 17, 2010

Wait, how do you use recruit? Do you need to have someone else nearby to play with? It only lets me fight the intro battle so far.

Also, is no one playing this...? It's a great game. I'm really surprised how much MGS they crammed onto a little UMD. It's impressive.

GregN · Jun 17, 2010

Should be in handheld thread.

FortNinety · Jun 17, 2010

I remember hearing rumors that this would be ported to a console... PS3 most naturally. Which I hope it does; seems to have more than enough content to justify one.

Obviously, the selling point here is that its a full featured MGS on the go, I just wish the PSP platform was... more, if you catch my drift.

HeartlessNinny · Jun 17, 2010

G'regN. said:
Should be in handheld thread.

Fuck off, no one reads Handhelds.

HeartlessNinny · Jun 17, 2010

And another thing: is there a way to capture enemy vehicles with any sort of reliability? What I've been doing so far is tranquilizing as many enemy soldiers as possible, then when I'm inevitably discovered (because staying hidden is impossible, maybe literally), I blow up the tank/chopper/APC/whatever for a while. Sometimes the commander comes out, whereupon I tranq him and capture the vehicle, but most of the time he doesn't and I'm forced to blow it up, thus wasting my time entirely.

What's the deal? I can't imagine it's random.

Taiso · Jun 17, 2010

Ted Nugent said:
Fuck off, no one reads Handhelds.

AND

I bought this and have no time to play it right now

HeartlessNinny · Jun 17, 2010

You should, it's really good. It is a bit of a time sink, but you can play it in relatively short increments if you like. Anything but a big main story mission can be done in 10 minutes or so (and even the main story missions aren't super long).

Ghost-Dog · Jun 18, 2010

Ted Nugent said:
And another thing: is there a way to capture enemy vehicles with any sort of reliability? What I've been doing so far is tranquilizing as many enemy soldiers as possible, then when I'm inevitably discovered (because staying hidden is impossible, maybe literally), I blow up the tank/chopper/APC/whatever for a while. Sometimes the commander comes out, whereupon I tranq him and capture the vehicle, but most of the time he doesn't and I'm forced to blow it up, thus wasting my time entirely.

What's the deal? I can't imagine it's random.

You have to take out/capture all the escort soldiers. They come in waves. When you have them all taken care of, just damage the vehicle a bit, and the Commander will pop his head out every time.

GoosehanX · Jun 18, 2010

Yeah, if you tranquilize or knock out the enemy you need to use the fulton recovery to get the next wave to come out. To me, it's easier to capture most vehicles than outright kill them.

In the battle with the Hind I used a RPG to take out the first wave of soldiers, then on successive waves I would just run in and do chained CQC's and recovery to easily take them out. I love the CQC in this game, but I wish I still had the ability to slit throats, that was really fun in MGS3.

OMFG · Jun 18, 2010

GohanX said:
Yeah, if you tranquilize or knock out the enemy you need to use the fulton recovery to get the next wave to come out. To me, it's easier to capture most vehicles than outright kill them.

In the battle with the Hind I used a RPG to take out the first wave of soldiers, then on successive waves I would just run in and do chained CQC's and recovery to easily take them out. I love the CQC in this game, but I wish I still had the ability to slit throats, that was really fun in MGS3.

A combination of the RPG on the Hind's tanks and the twin long-barrel shotgun on the soldiers worked for me. I'm loving the sawed off shotgun right now. This comes in very handy if you need to shoot and move out of the area. CQC is also an option, but those armored troops can be a bitch.

The use of the stun baton in the place of the knife must be one of the reasons why this game got a T rating instead of M. The absence of blood when you shoot the enemy (although you get the little red pixels when you hurt them) also adds to the toning down of the game. The one element that I do miss is the ability to drag and hide enemy soldiers out of an open area.

hanafuda · Jun 18, 2010

I find tranquilizing the troops and picking them off one by one works well for me so far.

I'm only up to the Hind battle, but I captured the previous vehicles using that method.

Am currently using the tank to kick butt on outer ops.

GoosehanX · Jun 18, 2010

Put the tank and the hind in the same group and you can beat any outer ops up to a C+ easily, just remember that machines don't heal, you have to repair them.

Kid Aphex · Jun 18, 2010

G'regN. said:
Should be in handheld thread.

leave these forums.

HeartlessNinny · Jun 18, 2010

What about the optional battle vs. the better APC? I find that soldiers pour out endlessly, and it's hard to capture. I did it once, when I tranquilized everybody without getting spotted (it was a minor miracle), but I haven't been able to do it since.

Ghost-Dog · Jun 18, 2010

Ted Nugent said:
What about the optional battle vs. the better APC? I find that soldiers pour out endlessly, and it's hard to capture. I did it once, when I tranquilized everybody without getting spotted (it was a minor miracle), but I haven't been able to do it since.

APC's carry more troops. Just keep dropping them and you will get it.

GregN · Jun 18, 2010

Ted Nugent said:
Fuck off, no one reads Handhelds.

I do.

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210463

Little Einstein said:
leave these forums.

Eat a dick.

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