Metal Gear Online: Beta than I expected?

Apr 28 2008

Metal Gear Online: Beta than I expected?

I would like to apologise for the title but I just couldn’t resist…

I have never played any of the other Metal Gear games online before so I cannot really compare this to the other Metal Gear online experiences. However, from my several hours of gameplay with it so far, I can say that it is everything you would want from the Metal Gear series piled into one neat little package…

It may sound like I am being a little one-sided, but just so you know that I am not, here is a nice list detailing the pro’s and con’s of what I have experienced so far:

Pros:

Cardboard Boxes - You have one in your inventory from the start and they also from what I could see spawn randomly over the map
Weapons - You choose one primary weapon (e.g Rifle), a Handgun and an explosive device or a magazine (To distract enemies with) every time you respawn….
Character Creation - The first time you log in you have the option to create your own character, The current choice of variations available are a little limited at the moment but I have no doubt that Konami will amend this issue by the final version…
Maps - The maps I have played so far were on a medium to large scale with plenty of places to hide, crawl under and get up high to overlook the map…
Playability - This is a very enjoyable game and one which may even throw CoD 4 from the top spot of online play… Nothing beats the feeling of hiding in a cardboard box as you watch several enemies run past, Then proceeding to pop out the box lobbing a grenade in to their path and watching as they go flying..

Cons:

Controls - The controls are a little hard to get to grips with at first and may seem a little complicated to newcomers…
Servers - Many of the servers I played seemed to suffer from lag and some even became unplayable due to it…
Close Quarters Combat (CQC) - It can be a little clunky and at times doesn’t work at all..
Health - Everybody has far too much health - sometimes it feels as if you’re firing at enemies for an eternity.
Balance - Most of the time it appears it isn’t the person with the highest skill but the person with the best gun that wins the fight…

At this point in time it may appear to you that the Con’s out weigh the Pro’s but I have faith in Konami that all of these issues with the game will have been fixed by the time the final version is finally released..