MPO PAL

[Liquiduz]

Sometimes, a little patience goes a long way. We give this assurance to guys in Australia who are still waiting for their copy of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. It has just been announced that the PAL copy will be hitting retails stores by April. Now, before we start to hear the flaming groaning over the long wait, hear out the additional news.

In line with the release date, the PAL version for Portable Ops is announced to carry several exclusive features, listed below:

New characters, maps and mission: At least 12 new characters are reported to be coming out. Wait for further details.
Updated careers: Existing characters will get expanded careers, which will now focus on their key attributes.
Updated Multiplayer: The game's multiplayer mode will receive two extra maps, bringing total map count to 10.
New mode: The "Boss Battle" mode allows players to unlock additional characters for recruitment.

Like we said earlier, waiting a little longer can pay off. We'll let you know if we receive more information on the goodies accompanying the April launch.

I wonder if the new characters arent just gonna be normal soldiers, but cameos from other games. Like Raiden, Vamp, etc etc. Of course, they would have nothing to do with the story.

[A.G.]

Source?

[Liquiduz]

psp.ign.com/articles/755/755021p1.html

[A.G.]

It'll be some useless stuff. I doubt they'll get anything amazing. I mean 12 new ones!? Who can they get?

[Liquiduz]

The Boss

[A.G.]

I'm very curious to find out exactly what characters they are adding. It can't be anyone else from MGS3, the rest are dead. And when you recruit them there is always a little dialog between the Snake or Cambell and the new person. I'm sure Campbell will be playble. But that's all I can think of.

[The Mad Jackyl]

Who did the voice acting for Campbell in the latest game?

[TheBrotherOfLight]

madjackyl said:

Who did the voice acting for Campbell in the latest game?

David Agranov.

[FoxDie]

admin said:

It'll be some useless stuff. I doubt they'll get anything amazing.

Sounds like you are jealous.

[A.G.]

Not really. As being one of the FEW people here who actually played MPO I understand full well the potential of those updates.

The enhancements to the character bios is not really that big of a deal. In the end, you only need a handful of operatives to actually go through the game. And the ones you need have specific qualities. Enhancing that may up the rankings, but in the end is fairly useless.

New characters? Meh... They all have the same exact moveset. At first I was excited about the idea, but after recruiting every possibe character in the game I can tell you that it's really not that great. It's a novelty act is not very practical in terms of gameplay. Most of the secret characters are useless in a sneaking mission. And having the same exact moveset as Snake doesn't really help.

New maps and missions... You gotta remember, this is MPO. Most areas are fairly small and the missions are really not that amazing.

Again, these are nice additions, but nothing to feel bad about missing out. The thing is, Japan is not one to have key features not given to their players. So what does that mean this year? Will there be a re-release of MPO1? Will there be an expanded version of MPO? That's what I'm worried about.

[TheBrotherOfLight]

I don't believe PO will get a Sub-version, since PO2 is said to come out this year.