Comments on: Metal Gear Online has 1 million “members”, says Konami

By: Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:09:01 +0000

“In the same way that Metal Gear isn’t designed to be played as a run-and-gun shooter, its online component also differs from the sort of games that people here have chosen to compare it to.”

Here’s another suggestion. That everyone but you isn’t stupid, and they just think the online component = shit.

Which is is. It’s clunky (and not the good kinda clunky) unbalanced, and the MGS engine in itself is vastly out of death. It’s archaic.

By: Shatner

Shatner — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:02:38 +0000

In the same way that Metal Gear isn’t designed to be played as a run-and-gun shooter, its online component also differs from the sort of games that people here have chosen to compare it to.

When you play a game without fighting the current of assumed game design then your enjoyment of that game has a chance to be higher. Assuming you’ve even played it, that is. Anyone who has genuinely spent much time with MGO (an hour or two would suffice!) would know better than to compare its apples to Gears’ or CoD’s oranges.

You know, I found the driving and platforming bits in CoD4 and the rhythm action bits in Gears to be pretty sucky! And you can’t even bull your enemies off the grid?!?!!! What’s with that??

Space Giraffe > All (except DRoD)

By: SWiSS BOSS

SWiSS BOSS — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:32:21 +0000

this stuff is just …
I’ve played it once at a friends place.
And asked myself why there was such a big rush on this piece of SH** ?!
Can’t believe they’ve even reached the million

By: Balbarian

Balbarian — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:34:17 +0000

Call of Duty 4 > Metal Gear Online

Heck I’ll go out on a limb and say:

Gears 2′s Horde Mode alone > MGO

By: [maven]

[maven] — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:44:43 +0000

Heh. I couldn’t be asked to create those stupid 2 ID signups required, so kudos to the million who did!

By: Blerk

Blerk — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:59:23 +0000

How many are actually playing, though?

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:36:19 +0000

1 million isnt that much when you consider how many copies of MGS4 actualy sold, Konami really needs to sort out the game, its stupid unique ID system, region locked servers, and dodgey weapon balancing probaly put alot of people off.