Is Metal Gear Online Worth Your Time?

Metal Gear Online was just released and it brings multiplayer action to the world of The Phantom Pain but is it for you?

[GigawattConduit]

I've heard interesting things about MGO. It may be time for me to finally get on board with the franchise.

[just_looken]

No one is mentioning that it has 3 game modes territories tdm and there spin on ctf.Four maps peer 2 peer net code and a broken spawn system.

plenty of videos here showing how bad this online is.

https://www.youtube.com/use...

DO not forget these guys had 3 years development time yet they gave us a mp that could be made in a year tops.

I find this to be a absolute joke one that there should be alot of negative feedback and just pull it.

2015 peaple like a multiplayer that has:

-12 max player count

- full auto shotguns/invisibility/motion sensor on one class load out.

- no dedicated servers no region locking no ping restrictions.

- The available content locked behind 3 character classes each you half to grind up to get anything a for grip is a level reward what??? the gear cost is way to high.

- No clan support

- Has limited and broken party support and a pointless freeroam.

- The cqc is a joke just grab someone 10ft away like nothing. You half to break your left stick to counter the cqc.

- Gun balance is pre alpha

- D walkers should be removed why do we need these?

- The spawn system is the worst i have ever seen you can spawn on a buddies corpse or have 2 teams spawn in the same courtyard just a fence separates you.

- No information of ping on player

- Cant kick players.

- Rewards camping in certain game modes like spawning in to your hq on territories and getting spawn killed then you see the entire enemy team just spawn killing 6min later you loose.

I am sure i can put more down but that the top of my head.

Go ahead play it put a smile on accept a launch ps2 indie multiplayer experience as a goty 2015 contender. The truth is this online should be pulled down and delayed.

3 years yet peace walker online has 3x the content.

Oh i know com control/bounty hunter and cloak and diager are there real names.News flash though all those names are stuff from tv LOL.

bounty hunter- tv show
cloak and dagger- marvel superheros and on tv
com control- Possibly was listing to the song watching tv.

territories name fits sense its just the halo 1 game mode slapped in.

[flyingwombat33]

This. This so hard. I can't even believe how bad the gun balance is. It actually shocks me. This multiplayer is a disaster the likes of which I haven't seen in a LONG time. It really is shockingly bad.

Look, I knew it was going time be different from MGO2, but anyone who is defending this is out of their minds. The maps are way too big for the player count, but you end up getting cornered into one area because of spawn camping and the buddy spawn system. This SERIOUSLY feels like a first attempt at making a multiplayer game with limited time. Not a three year period with experienced devs.

[Rimeskeem]

It honestly feels like a 3rd person CoD. Panic 'knifing', loads of spraying, and you just sprint around everywhere. Yes, you can play stealthy but its annoying compared to just running around.

[Bathyj]

You just described perfectly why I dont play Multiplayer.

I like to be stealthy whenever I can, even if its not a stealth game. I like to Plan, observe and execute. MP seems to me to be mostly running and reacting. Not my cup of tea.

[Rimeskeem]

Yah, this MP was not what I expected.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

TLOU is actually that. The game punishes players that sprint and go alone by getting killed by teammates. Stealth is key. It's more passive, and most people do play it the intended way. That's why I love it

[Insomnia_84]

MGO was a lot better when MGS4 released.

[inmusicutrust]

As XiKurapika said, TLOU is the game to play. Matches are spent creeping along cover waiting for the enemy to make a mistake and give their position away. And unless you have a stealth loadout and good bit of skill and strategy you will not stand a chance if you move away from your team. It's seriously the best multiplayer IMO.

[Psycho_Mantis]

Oh yeah..TLOU was a lot better as well too if you had to compare when it comes down to planning an attack, and executing it. The game basically forced you to play that way instead of running and gunning. So a team effort is worth it. I just wish MGO was the very same since it has that kind of potential too.. I mean, it does but with the right people on your team and so on.

[Bathyj]

I understand that guys and it sounds like its a shame more people arent into that and prefer the annual CoD Running with the Guns event, but its still not for me.

I dont want to play against people because people are all doing that same thing. Theyre ducking down, theyre moving around looking for weapons, set traps, whatever. Theyre doing what youre doing.

I like guards because they have no idea someone is out there. They dont know theyre in a game. I like to sit and wait, watch a guard, learn his pattern. Listen to their conversations.

"I see DD has grown up. Do you think hes even a DOG?"
"What are you talking about? Of course hes a dog."

If there a few guards, the challenge is to pick them off on the edges without the others noticing. Totally ghost a whole camp without anyone getting wise. Sometimes in Tenchu I would sit in one spot for 5 full minutes just waiting for that moment when I could take a guy out without the other one seeing. To me thats intense.

You can not do this in Multiplayer, its just a different kind of game, that Im not into. MP died for me with Mariokart64.

This is why Rainbow 6 is totally ruined for me now and I suspect Ghost Recon as well. I also like games with Squads you give commands to. Stack them on a door. You come in from the other side. Use them as back up to your initial assault or use them as a distraction going in first while you swoop in and mop up. This is great to me. Its all about gameplay options and playing your way.

I would have been more happy if they'd used no imagination whatsoever and just made a RB6:Vegas 3 rather than gut what I loved out of the franchise. There arent enough games like that with squads. Bring back Brothers in Arms or Full Spectrum Warrior. Those were great tactical games.

Anyway, rant over, thanks if you read this far.

[flyingwombat33]

I agree. Thus far, I'm very disappointed in MGO3. They made a lot of transparently bad decisions that led the game to be a COD clone. Even the matches are so fucking short that there's no incentive to play methodically. Huge bummer. Back to Last of Us I guess.

[Sly-Lupin]

...What kind of moron sees a stealth game and things pvp is the route to take multiplayer?

A co-op metal gear game would be just... insane. But nope.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

Kinda wished that they didn't have steal camoflauge in every game mode except Team Sneak. Other than that, I am glad that guns actually feel powerful now.

[krontaar]

it's pretty fun

[PaleMoonDeath]

If you don't, YOU are the one missing out. My friends and I are having an absolute ball with it. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[PizzaSteve]

Don't get why people saying it's like COD. Feel just as good as the older MGO.

[shadowknight203]

Can someone who's a diehard mgo fan tell me if MGO3 is like the old MGO2, or is it conpletely different?

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

No! This one is worse and the fluidity of the gameplay just makes everyone go gunblazze like a 3rd person COD. Them there's the stupid D walkers everyone rush out to get. Two enemies get them, and it is an automatic win for them. Also there's the stealth camo that everyone uses it... Just no! There's hardly any cooperation between players as well.

I'm at LV12 and I'm tired of it already.

[shadowknight203]

Okay thanks glad I didn't throw down the 60$ just to play this MGO. Honestly the entire time I followed MGO before release I've had a bad feeling about it, glad I at least waited.

[just_looken]

plenty of videos here showing how bad this online is.

https://www.youtube.com/use...

No one is mentioning that it has 3 game modes territors tdm and there spin on ctf.Four maps per 2 per net code and a broken spawn system.

[flyingwombat33]

So far, people who just liked Mgo2 seem to enjoy it just fine, but if you LOVED Mgo2, you're in for some SERIOUS disappointment. Honestly, I expected it to be faster paced, but the game is broken in countless ways. Its not even just bad compared to MGO2, I think its bad compared with battlefield or something. Its really not good. Hopefully they'll react to the uproar of fans and address the issues, but some of them are so deeply stitched into the design that I think this one is DOA

[Who]

Everything feels more fast paced. For me, the class system (amongst several other things) ruined the experience. All the maps feel the same. Not much teamwork, unless you play with friends, no one still uses the mic. We need the text-chat back.

[IronChefWong]

Stealth camo seems pretty overpowered and so are the d-walkers. But fultoning another player is pretty satisfying.

[trenso1]

it so over powered more so if you use correctly. People think they can just run around camo and not be seen, but you stay still and in a corner the enemy can't see you. Giving you time to do so much work to them. And the cool down is so short its stupid.

[IronChefWong]

Double post -_-

[IronChefWong]

The spawn points are really all over the place and can be annoying. I'm playing it, but I don't love it just yet.

[TheColbertinator]

Its rather fun but you unlock everything too fast

[LoaMcLoa]

They should remove the ability to shoot while being in stealth camo. Other than that, the balancing is pretty good

[DEEBO]

Read the tips,NVG can see the camo,e.location grenade works too.and only one class has it and the health is low on that class.

I like it.wish it was more maps to play on but it's really fun.
To each his own i guess.

[FullmetalRoyale]

Technical issues of launching a new multiplayer game aside, I'm just not enjoying it. I wanted something entirely different than what we got. I was hoping something more similar to TLoU, but with the fantastic mechanics of The Phantom Pain. Seemed like MG was the prime franchise to make a stealth based multiplayer, but they went a different route. That's fine, but it's just not for me. I'll play with reckless abandon when CoD comes out, as MGO just makes me sad when I play it.
I'm really glad that people are enjoying it, truly.
TLoU is the only multiplayer game that gives me what I truly want.

[Psycho_Mantis]

They could of at least gave us a few more maps and mode. I mean my goodness..that would have made the online mode much, much better. In this day and age..I felt like it was just bare bones to throw on DLC : /

[thricetold]

5 maps and 3 modes is going to get old very quickly.