Sunday, January 31, 2010

Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops: PSP



Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Plus is a stealth game, you control "Snake" from a third-person perspective. In the game, you can recruit allies and form a team. Before each mission, you must compose a four-man group.( You can choose not to too, but it will be harder as you have less players to control, meaning that you might lose more easily.) The group is then sent into a mission. Each member should have his own strengths and weaknesses. Some units are best on the battlefield, others may specialize in producing items, healing allies, or providing information for each of the game's maps.


(Lots of actions which you can do by using simple key combinations.)

During gameplay, the player controls only one member at a time. The others not in use hide themselves inside a cardboard box, and can be swapped into play when you find a hiding spot, where you can hide in your own cardboard box.

Characters who are killed in combat are eliminated from the your group permanently, unless they are "unique characters", such as Snake. Unique characters also include team mates that are bosses or supporting characters in the story. If a special character's health is reduced to zero, they are sent back, in order to recover. Or you can also abort the mission and return to the pre-mission state.

A there are numerous methods for you to expand your squad. If an enemy character is tranquilized or stunned, they can be dragged to a waiting vehicle and be captured. After a period of time, the captured soldier will become a member of your team. Also, enemy characters can be dragged to an ally waiting in a cardboard box, where by hitting the cardboard box, they will be ordered to transport the enemy for the player, saving stamina. Alternatively, by using the PSP's WiFi feature, soldiers can be recruited. It is quite hard to get soldiers by Wifi though as you have to click some buttons quick enough at the right time to get them, or else they will just run away. However, the first soldier that you encounter using the Wifi feature can be easily recruited, but you must have a member with "Headhunter" as one of their speciality in your group. Do not worry if you do have one, you can put one in your group and go back to the Wifi feature to find that soldier again. All soldiers that you encounter will appear again if you failed to meet his requirements on the first encounter.


(Dragging an enemy to the truck.)

Some of the your recruits might include former enemy soldiers or personnel, hence they can walk among the enemy undetected as long as you avoid suspicious actions. (For example, suddenly crouching in front of your enemies, pointing your gun at them, sneaking and sprinting and dragging an unconscious soldier.)


(The Blue Icon at the top left hand corner shows that you are blending in with your enemies.)

Another new feature is the surround indicator added to the game's HUD. The surround indicator allows you to determine the rough distance of enemy soldiers by the noises they make. The surround indicator is composed of two circles; the outer circle displays the noises made by enemies and inner circle displays noises made by the player himself.





Graphics: 9/10
Content: 9/10
Sound: 10/10
(MY FAVOURITE PSP GAME!!!) The game is hard to understand, but once you get the hang of it, you will be hooked on!

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