Metal Gear Online Beta

[Darwock]

I'm all updated to 1.02 but I still can't connect to the server... same old messages.

[hush]

I updated last night to 2.3

[PrayforMojo]

I've only spent an hour or so playing Team Deathmatch, but my first impressions are that registering an ID on the Konami website was more fun. Saying that, it's not exactly pick up and go like CoD4, so it might take a bit of time to weave its magic, but so far I'm not feeling it at all.

[doodledude]

I've been enjoying this afternoon and thought overall it was really good.
But its hard not to compare it to COD4, and as that is sooo good and fluid, this does feel a bit sluggish and slightly harder to control.
The frame rate doesn't seem to be that smooth, however I think the graphics look really good, certainly on a par with COD4.
This is a beta so I'm expecting things to improve over time.

[Malc]

I'm really enjoying this, it does have sluggish controls and some dips in the framerate, but once you get used to it, it becomes really fun. However, with only 2 maps available in the beta, I can see this getting quite boring after a while.

[yesteryeargames]

this is only a beta remeber, the final version will be more polished and all the bugs niggled out , im enjoying it

[EvilBoris]

Beta means nothing nowadays, whenever a "beta" is released it is a merely a demo of a completed product.

[SuperBeatBoy]

All this talk about the controls being reworked to make them easier, is a bit retarded. As the new controls are as just as complicated as the original ones...

Its not fun to play online either, its all very average and prehistoric.

Auto-Aim = Aiming for Retards/Japanese

Im offended they have included that in as a single button press.

[Flinty]

My god walking about is slow in this game, plus auto aim is lame! btw how do you talk to people?

[Largo]

Press select to bring up the radio menu, or press it twice to bring up the text input menu (i think)

[hudson]

This controls much better than the PS2 version thanks to the Mass Effect style over the shoulder cam and the quick first person view. Promising stuff.

[Largo]

I havent figured out how to get into 1st person yet, hows it done?

[hudson]

Tap Triangle when aiming to toggle to first person. I like how you can roll sideways whilst in first person. It quickly shows you the roll in 3rd person and then flips back to first.

[jamesy]

press triangle when holding down L1.
I've just had a few games of this there and I was fairly impressed with it tbh. Not really sure about the CQC tho, seems very dodgy. As for the speed issue people seem to be put off by I actually think it's fine. I'm playin with the fast movement skill equiped though so anyone who hasn't tried that i'd recommend it. The auto-aim feature seems a bit stupid aswell.
Even with these problems though it's still fairly enjoyable if not a bit limited.

[jim g]

compared to class leading FPS this is actually poor