Sadly, Metal Gear Online doesn’t always reach its true potential. Think a cardboard box would be useless against seasoned vets? Not when you can use it to ward off sniper fire, bowl down an enemy or lose a marked position. While there are differences in terms of movement speeds, targeting speeds, loadouts and available equipment slots, each class can handle different roles within a match, and the availability of such much-loved, versatile tools as the night-vision goggles, snares, c-box and decoys ensures that Metal Gear Online always feels like Metal Gear.
The Infiltrator is the sneakiest class, with the all-important stealth camo suit. Demolitionists work as a kind of tank, with heavier armour and weapons. Scouts get sniper rifles and some handy, high-speed moves. You have three classes, each of which can be levelled up with new abilities and new equipment. The other likable thing about Metal Gear Online is how well Snake’s abilities and equipment translate into an online setting.
If the final mode, Comms Control, isn’t so successful, it’s because a more straightforward control point conquest mode isn’t really such a natural fit. Sure, it’s possible as an attacker to rush in and grab one of the two disc objectives, but the risks of being caught – the whole team becomes momentarily more visible – encourages good players to play it like Snake himself would. The same goes for Cloak and Dagger mode, where the split of abilities between the powerful but visible defenders and the poorly-armed but camouflaged attackers makes for a thrilling game of cat-and-mouse. Bounty Hunter mode, for example, might effectively be Team Deathmatch, but the way the best players are tagged with bounties makes it much more interesting, particularly once knocking them out and using the Fulton Recovery System becomes a quick, attractive way of turning a match around. Well, it can be good, especially when it plays to The Phantom Pain’s existing strengths. Is this enough to make Metal Gear Online an essential part of the package? Some of these have now been fixed, with proper host migration added to stop sulky hosts on the losing team spoiling a perfectly good match, while weapons and classes have seen some rebalancing to make them more or less effective. Metal Gear Online hasn’t exactly had the warmest of responses, stung by stability issues at launch and criticised for balance and other gameplay issues ever after.
system – or at least as long as you’re not playing on PC. Since MGS5 launched, of course, we’ve had the addition of Metal Gear Online, adding proper team-based, competitive multiplayer to the in-game, asynchronous multiplayer features of the (thankfully optional) F.O.B. Related: Metal Gear Solid 5 tips and tricks Whether you’re trying to sneak your way into or blast your way out of a situation, there’s no end to the thrills. The whole way that the Mother Base, recruitment, development and supply drop systems work together is plain brilliant, while The Phantom Pain still has the best dog and horse buddies of any video game (sorry Dogmeat, but DD has you licked). The whole process of finding your feet in Afghanistan is still enjoyable, as you learn new ways to tackle Russian patrols and enemy encampments, or play with strategies you’d never considered on your initial playthrough. The prologue might only be semi-interactive at times, but that’s part of what makes it so taut and enthralling. Playing it again four months later, it’s still striking how well it holds together.
#METAL GEAR SOLID 1 REVIEW FULL#
Like its beloved Diamond Dogs, its rough around the edges but full of killer moves. Sure, things start to fall apart as the game approaches the end, but just remember all the high points that come before that. MGS5 managed to transform what should have been a mess of complex systems into something convincing and compelling. The Witcher 3 gave us an amazing world to explore and a cracking fantasy story. Even now I’d struggle to choose between them. These are games built on a more ambitious scale games that could close the gap between the linear, narrative-led action games that had dominated the last console generation and the more emergent, free-roaming style of Skyrim and GTA 5. Release date: September 1 December 2015 Updateįor me, 2015 will always be about two massive, much-anticipated, epic open-world games: The Witcher 3 and Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.
#METAL GEAR SOLID 1 REVIEW PC#
Available on Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3, PC
0 kommentar(er)
