The Official Metal Gear Thread

[Spidey17]

Next time I play it I plan on getting all of the dolls. Anyone done that here?

 

[The Bruce]

I'm up to Vamp now. Taking my sweet time (I don't want it to end! )

 

[Spidey17]

That's what I did(I got the panda emblem). Let us know if you trouble with Vamp, I know I needed to look up the way to kill that ****er. Great fight, though.

 

[Gallagher]

Why did people have so much trouble working out:

a) How to defeat Vamp and

b) How to shake Mantis' control of you?

I thought it was incredibly simple and not up to par with the usual MGS mind-****ery. (Switching ports FTW)

 

[Spider-Who?]

I bet half of you don't even know where the term "Akiba" derives from

it pretty much means "geek".

 

[Spider-Who?]

Why did people have so much trouble working out:

a) How to defeat Vamp and

b) How to shake Mantis' control of you?

I thought it was incredibly simple and not up to par with the usual MGS mind-****ery. (Switching ports FTW)

meh. it took me a few frustrating minutes to realize what to do. But then it was one of those "slap yer forehead n curse your own name" moments.

 

[Havok83]

Why did people have so much trouble working out:

a) How to defeat Vamp and

b) How to shake Mantis' control of you?

I thought it was incredibly simple and not up to par with the usual MGS mind-****ery. (Switching ports FTW)

I dont get it bc the game pretty much tells you how to overcome both

 

[Electro UK]

I killed Vamp like 50 times then went "Right, clearly not doing something right here..."

 

[Timstuff]

If they do do a remake, I dont think it will be quite what people expect. I dont think we'll see a MG remake with MGS4 graphics and gameplay. If anything they will remake it and either put it out for the PSP or on the PSN. Either way it would be a much smaller title. I see it kind of getting the Bionic Commando Rearmed treatment

To this day I kind of scratch my head as to why they didn't use the classic top-view gameplay for MGS Portable Ops. The game was one of the best PSP titles made, for sure, but the camera system was NOT portable friendly by any means. The classic MGS camera would have been perfect for PSP's smaller screen and more limited controls, so it's a shame that that's not the route they went.

Anyway, a remake of the original MG with MGS2 style graphics and gameplay on PSP could be amazing. I recently started playing the MG port that was included with MGS3: Subsistence, and it's pretty cool-- although nothing compared to what Metal Gear has since evolved into. I want to see what they can do with it on a modern system with large-scale production values!

 

[Ryo Jin]

it pretty much means "geek".

Of course, but that's still not what it's derived from.

Akiba is short for "Akihabara," a district in Tokyo where Otaku flourish. Every geek, dork, nerd, and pervert's wet dreams are in this district. Everything from the latest technology, PVC collectibles, and porn you can find. The term "Akiba Boy" is something you don't want to be called, as it is even worse than being called Otaku in Japan. So unless you have a tricked out car with an anime girl as a paintjob, and DVD/LCD monitors in said car playing the anime said anime girl is from everytime you start your engine, I doubt you're an "Akiba Boy"

Never been to the eight floor porn store yet myself but I'm kinda stuck in the desert for the time being. Perhaps when I return

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Of course, but that's still not what it's derived from.

Akiba is short for "Akihabara," a district in Tokyo where Otaku flourish. Every geek, dork, nerd, and pervert's wet dreams are in this district. Everything from the latest technology, PVC collectibles, and porn you can find. The term "Akiba Boy" is something you don't want to be called, as it is even worse than being called Otaku in Japan. So unless you have a tricked out car with an anime girl as a paintjob, and DVD/LCD monitors in said car playing the anime said anime girl is from everytime you start your engine, I doubt you're an "Akiba Boy"

Never been to the eight floor porn store yet myself but I'm kinda stuck in the desert for the time being. Perhaps when I return

That explanation was in the game, altho they didnt go into as much detail as you just did.

 

[Ryo Jin]

I don't remember them explaining Akiba in the game? Where was it? Only played through once.

 

[Havok83]

To this day I kind of scratch my head as to why they didn't use the classic top-view gameplay for MGS Portable Ops. The game was one of the best PSP titles made, for sure, but the camera system was NOT portable friendly by any means. The classic MGS camera would have been perfect for PSP's smaller screen and more limited controls, so it's a shame that that's not the route they went.

Anyway, a remake of the original MG with MGS2 style graphics and gameplay on PSP could be amazing. I recently started playing the MG port that was included with MGS3: Subsistence, and it's pretty cool-- although nothing compared to what Metal Gear has since evolved into. I want to see what they can do with it on a modern system with large-scale production values!

I have Portable Ops but can barely play it bc the controls suck. This is the one PSP title that really needed a 2nd analog stick

 

[Timstuff]

I'm of the opinion that handhelds, by nature, are better suited for simpler games than consoles. Usually where developers run into trouble is when they try to make a fully-featured console game and cram it onto a handheld. A smarter move is to simply try to capture what makes the console game good, then condense and streamline.

 

[Spidey17]

I killed Vamp like 50 times then went "Right, clearly not doing something right here..."

I killed him like 8 times before I paused the game and went online.

And if you start to space out on the cutscenes, you truly have no clue that the syringe has so many functions.

 

[Spider-X]

I just finished the game and my god...what a masterpiece. That game was friggen amazing! Some people complain about too much cutscene, but i was so sucked in by the story that i enjoyed every minute of them...i've even read about half of the damn database! I need to replay all the previous games now (even though i've never played the first one).

I got so into the plot,

Spoiler

i became extremely depressed at the ending. Good thing i didn't skip the "credits" to find out Snake lives and that the new form of FOXDIE Drebin gave him cancelled the mutated biological weapon strain!

as for Vamp...yeah, that was annoying. I paid good attention to the plot so i knew what the damn syringe did...but i couldn't get it to work! i went online and learned i was an idiot and that you need to have either a pistol or no gun equipped in order to grab him from behind...i had always had a machine gun equipped. *face palm*

But, once again, amazing *****ing game...if i didn't own a PS3 and had played it, i would buy one just for that game.

 

[Spidey17]

How do you get to the database, the main menu?

 

[Havok83]

How do you get to the database, the main menu?

Its not a part of the game. Its its own seperate program which is accessible from the XMB

 

[Spidey17]

What's the XMB? Sorry, I don't own a PS3, I just played it marathon style at my friends apartment a couple weeks ago.

 

[Havok83]

What's the XMB? Sorry, I don't own a PS3, I just played it marathon style at my friends apartment a couple weeks ago.

it stands for Cross Media Bar and its the PS3's main menu system where you can change settings, select video, photos, games, see friends, etc....

 

[Spider-X]

What's the XMB? Sorry, I don't own a PS3, I just played it marathon style at my friends apartment a couple weeks ago.

You can download it from the PSN (the Playstation online store that you can access from the PS3 menu.)

It's very handy!

 

[Superhero 101]

I haven't touched my PS3 for 3 months i really need to update it. I thought the XMB comes with the update.

 

[Havok83]

I finally re-beat MGS2 and MGS3 again. I can finally go back to playing MGS4 and hopefully MGO. I skipped Portable Ops and will have to do that some time later

 

[The Dude]

i just started MGS1 again and I'm gonna go for the saga play through.

 

[Spider-X]

I just beat MGS: Twin Snakes (first time playing the first game) and MGS2...i'm currently working on MGS3. These are such amazing games, even still. The story is fantastic! I can't wait to play through MGS4 again and have it make even more sense.