Best game for PSP I've ever played, But I'm pissed off because the character passwords dont work on my version!!!!!!
This game takes place in 1970, six years after the events of Snake Eater, Its the story of Naked Snake AKA Big Boss who been betrayed by his old unit and ended up somewhere in a South American prison cell. While in jail he meets a young Green Beret soldier named Roy Campbell who helps Snake escape from the prison and set out on a mission to stop this guy Gene who has stolen the Metal Gear and has plans to build a nation of soldiers.
This game is similar to previous games in the series but the cinematic cutscenes where replaced with cool illustrated movies with full voice acting and sound effects, and there are no blood effects and you can only carry four items with you at a time. But these few bad things are quickly made up for when you discover all the good aspects of the game such as the ability to capture and recruit not just soldiers but practically anybody you see all with a single shot from the Mk22 and a short drag back to your truck. It is also possible to recruit all the bosses from the game but also characters from previous games such as EVA, Ocelot, Major Raikov, Sokolov and many more. To get these you must defeat the bosses using stamina kill or do certain missions involving these characters and you could end up with them on your team. But if your too lazy to do all this you could just go to the 'Recruit' Menu and select 'Enter Password' and then just type in the passwords for the character you want. But if your like me and own the European Version the passwords dont work (except for Sokolov) so you'll just have to do things the old fashioned way. Or you can use the Access Point Scan which scans the area and when it picks up a strong enough signal you receive a new soldier on your team.
Another added feature is the Map, instead of free roaming to get from one place to another you can just bring up the map and select the place you want to go. Also the range of different units allow you to allocate some of your recruited soldiers and give them special Jobs, here is a list of Units:
.:Sneaking Unit:.
The unit that the player controls to complete missions. Up to four teams (Alpha, Beta, Charlie, Delta) can make up the unit, and take on infiltration operations. Each team can consist of up to four members.
.:Spy Unit:.
The intelligence unit collects various information. Up to four people can be deployed into each stage on the Map. The information gathered varies depending on the abilities and number of soldiers deployed on a stage.
.:Technical Unit:.
Up to eight people can be registered in the unit. Various items willl be developed on a regular basis depending on the total 'Technical Level' of the unit.
.:Medical Unit:. Up to eight people can be registered in the unit. The better the medical staff you have, the quicker your life recovers, and the quicker you can recover from incapacitation.
The graphics in this game are amazing and almost as good as the console version though I did find a glitch when I was fighting Null for the second time he was somehow shooting me through a wall but other than that this game is pretty cool.
The gameplay in the game is also good, it is similar to the other MGS games except some controls have changed, and also you cant get on your tiptoes like in previous games and instead of the usual radar you are equpped with a device that detects sound waves and tells you if an enemy is close and what direction they are coming from.
Overall anybody who owns a PSP has to own this game it is simply the best game on any portable device in history.