Games We Love but Wish We Could Love Playing
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"Update" and "Metal Gear Online beta" combined together may have left quite a bad taste in your mouth. Yet, fear not. This update, exclusive to PAL regions currently, has no reports of such happenings. Instead, this update should make people happy. This update brings a new map, "Midtown Maelstrom" and a new game mode played as Solid Snake, "Sneaking Mission".
The Midtown Maelstrom map seems to be more of the same. You’re dropped down into a war torn setting that was probably once inhabited by middle class citizens until something big blew up. Expect to find lots of rubble to use for cover and a comfy spot for sniping. The real fun lies in the new Sneaking Mission mode.
Sneaking Mission mode lets you play as the Solid Snake as you go around collecting dog tags from fallen enemies. There’s more to it than that though. While you have all the nifty equipment that Snake has in the game, you can also get a little help from a player controlled Mk II. The Mk II is that tiny Metal Gear that Snake controls to help him get a leg up on competition. What I think is so cool about this mode is that it’s kind of reminiscent of the game itself. Two sides are duking it out while Snake is skulking around and taking them out when they least suspect.
As stated earlier, this update is just for the European beta. I’m pretty sure a US update will arrive very soon. The rest of us will just have to enjoy the experience as we have it for now- which is still a blast to have.
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Here's what destroys the Sneaking gametype. The fact that the teams can also win based upon total kills if neither team kills snake 3 times. That's ridiculous, because what it ultimately turns into is a truly chaotic TDM game with little to no tactics what so ever. It's everyone just running around like chicken's with their head cut off and this annoying *bleep*ing robot that takes way too many bullets.
It's awesome to play as Snake though and see how the octacamo works. It's so freaking cool but most people don't know how to play as Snake correctly which leads to very short rounds or very long rounds because all they do is lay down and camp in one spot.
Sneaking should be more focused on tactics and the hunting of Snake. Every man for themselves vs snake.
Also, as a whole I feel that Midtown Maelstrom looks great but is poorly designed. Groznyj Grad is excellent though. That map is just golden.
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