Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker

I was very hesitant to buy this game as I did not like the previous Metal Gear games on PSP that much, but then Hideo Kojima said he was deeply involved in this project and the reviewers gave it pretty good scores so I recently decided to give it a shot. After playing it and finishing it once with most of the extra missions (25+ hrs and still playing), here is what I thought. ****************PROS.**************** AN ACTUAL MGS TYPE OF GAMEPLAY ON PSP: The best thing about Metal Gear Solid games is its gameplay. Unlike most games where run and gun gameplay is promoted, in metal gear games sneaking gameplay is highly encouraged, but if you are not big on sneaking then you can always run and gun. I am so happy to see that Peace Walker carries on this legacy and allows player to choose how they want to play. SMARTLY DESIGNED CONTROLS: So how do you play third person shooter on PSP which only has one analogue stick? Well this game has very smartly designed shooter controls that make use of (O, X, Square, Triange) buttons as second analogue stick and still delivers shooter type of experience. At first you may find it difficult to use, but once you get used to them, you will love them. If not, there are two other control formats, so chances are at least one of them will work for you. VARIETY IN MISSIONS AND SCENARY: The story of this game progresses through you completing different missions. I have to say these missions are very nicely designed. While completing the game you will go through jungles, villages, factories and more (don't want to spoil). While going through these areas you will encounter variety of enemies and will be forced to do many different tasks to progress through the story. I have to say there hasn't been a single time I felt why I am doing this or that mission. For most part they were quite fun. PLENTY OF SIDE MISSIONS: In additions to main missions, you will be encouraged to do plenty of side missions. Completing these side missions will reward you with variety of things. See the below section for more detail. LOADS AND LOADS OF EXTRA GAMEPLAY: So throughout the games doing missions and side missions you are expected recruit people and create your own army. The major characters will get recruited in your army automatically as you progress through the game. As for the rest of them, you have to knock out enemy soldiers and prisoners and send them using helium balloon. I know it sounds corny, but it is quite humorous when you play it. And then you can use these recruits to complete different missions, develop different weapons, wage wars etc. etc. There is just so much to do. This game will truly surprise and please you. ENJOYABLE BOSS FIGHTS: Bosses in this game are simply spectacular. They will range from military vehicles such as tanks and choppers to devastating Metal Gears. Simply put boss fights are strategic in nature and defeating them is quite rewarding. And when I say rewarding it is just not as entertainment value, but depending on how you defeat these bosses you can make use out of them. For example, if you defeat military vehicles the right way you can salvage them, add them to your army and deploy them in extra missions. Same with defeating Metal Gear, depending on how you defeat them you can salvage their parts and use them to make your own Metal Gear. Awesome right? WEAPONS AND GADGETS: To complete these different missions and side missions, you will have access to variety of weapons and gadgets. Some of these include but are not limited to tranquilizer gun, sniper rifle, various machine guns and heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, radar, sound indicator and the list goes on. Not all of them are available in the beginning. You will have to unlock them of course by growing your army. UPGRADES: All of these weapons as well as your staff can be upgraded. This adds an RPG element to the game and really encourages you to replay your missions, do better on them and grow your staff. This adds a whole new dimension to the gameplay. GREAT STORY, DECENT VOICE ACTING AND COMIC BOOK STYLE CUTSCENES: If you have played other MGS games than you know all the Hideo Kojima games have amazing stories. They won't always make sense, but as you go through them you sure as hell enjoy them. In this game such story is accompanied by decent voice acting and portrayed mainly through comic-book style depiction. I personally loved it and found it quite artistic. REPLAY ANYTHING YOU WANT: To me this is an awesome addition. You can replay any mission or any cutscene over again. So if you missed something or if you didn't perform well in a cutscene you can relive those moments and collect anything you have missed without having to play whole game again. Marvelous just marvelous! ONLINE CO-OP GAMEPLAY: I am not much into online play, but if you have a buddy with PS3, you can co-op play a lot of the missions, trade your soldiers and do a whole lot of things. KOJIMA HUMOR: This can be hit or miss. There are many moments in the game where you will encounter weird humor. I would describe it to you, but truly don't want to ruin it for you guys. I personally found it funny, but I can't say for sure for you. **************CONS.******************* MEANT TO BE MUCH BIGGER (OUTER OPS): Don't get me wrong this game is amazing and you will love it. But while playing it you will get the feeling that this game was meant to be much bigger than it is. It could have been meant for PS3 with a lot more stuff added to it. For example, in outer ops section you simply deploy your troops/mechs/metal gear and do nothing else. Knowing Kojima he probably planned something better for it (i.e. deploy it and then strategically use them to beat enemies). It is hard to describe, but if you are a Kojima fan, you will see what I am saying. ****************CONCLUSION******************** Simply put, I have enjoyed Peace Walker as much if not more as any other MGS. It is a must buy for MGS fans and if you are not a fan you should still give it a shot. Chances are it will sweep you off your feet. Contrary to the con I described, I give it 10/10. Giving it anything less just seems very unfair. Bravo Kojima Bravo.

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker exceeded my expectations. I have played and own MGS1, 2, 3, Portable Ops as well as MGS:Ghost Babel for the Game Boy Color and love them all. But the things you can do in Peace Walker is unbelievable. What Hideo Kojima and Konami did with this game is combining the best elements of MGS3 Snake Eater, Portable Ops, MGS4, some RPG elements like leveling up your weapons and items plus made a lot of side missions called extra ops which is suited for a handheld. The cool thing is after playing it for awhile, you forget your playing this on a handheld. It's really that deep. In this game you play as Naked Snake, aka Big Boss and is the followup to MGS3 Snakeater and Portable Ops. The recruitment feature is similar to Portable Ops but more organized and better menus. You'll have staff rosters like Combat Unit, R&D team, Medical Team, etc. and the way to do this is using the fulton recovery system to get enemy soldiers and prisoners while they are lying down and parachute them in the air which is cool. Better than Portable Ops dragging the body to the truck. Each one you get is different and has a specialty feature. For example, if you get a prisoner that has a high medical level, put him/her in the Medical Team. There's also mechs that you can collect by defeating them without completely damaging the mechs. There's armored vehicles, tanks, and helicopters. They are tough to beat since you have to take out the soliders and the commander. Once you get them, you can use it for outer ops to defeat other group of enemies. You can even develop Metal Gear called the ZEKE. You have to have a high level R&D team to develop them and defeat the more powerful mech weapons boss battles like the Puppa, Chrysalis, Cocoon, and finally the Peace Walker to assemble the parts like the head, armor, railgun, leg parts, etc. As long as you have all the main parts, you can use Metal Gear ZEKE for Outer Ops battles. The level design is amazing as there's the jungle, facilities, little towns, Mine base, prison facilities and much more. The details are incredible. The settings does take place in Central America and feels like your in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Even the character models are highly detailed. Their look, movements, uniforms, etc. are all high quality. The controls are solid and is more polished than Portable Ops. Sneaking using stealth is fun and the run and gun battles is good although my left hand did tend to tire and sore a bit using the analog stick during those intense boss battles. Not the controls fault though, its the way the analog stick was designed on the PSP. The voice acting is also top notch just like the other Metal Gear games. The soundtrack, amazing. Feels like a blockbuster motion picture soundtrack. The only downside for me personally is the story and the high difficulty of most of the mech boss battles. Peace Walker is the better game overall to Portable Ops but the story in Portable Ops is better than Peace Walker. The whole The Bosses AI and the way those mech make those eerie music is cheesy and a bit ridiculous. But the ending is a bit better than MGS2 Sons of Liberty. The plot overall was meh to me. The comic book cutscenes were cool though. I know some would want a full motion cut scenes like the console versions but realize that it would take space on the UMD. Some of those cutscenes are interactive (Quick Time Events) and have to press the right buttons quickly. Since this game was made specifically for co-op play with a friend, playing this game and trying to beat this game by yourself will be tough but not impossible. I beat it by myself since I don't have anyone around me that has this game or a PSP. My advice it to level up your weapons the best you can by redoing missions you have previously done in case your stuck on the newer missions and increase your R&D level, increase your Heroism, try to complete all the Extra Ops missions (most are fun), recruit soldiers and prisoners and you'll be well on your way. If you have a tough time beating some of the boss battles, just watch some of the youtube videos and see how it's done. Just have patience. It took me about 37 hours to beat the game including the REAL ending and yeah, that is a lot of hours but you'll get your moneys worth. Hint: To get the real ending, complete all of Chapter 5 by finding Zadornov a couple of times, get Intel level to Level 40, get mission support to Rank 2, get all the parts to Metal Gear ZEKE including the railgun (that's important) and expand the motherbase. Overall this is one of my favorite PSP games and this game proves what a PSP can do. A must have now that it's cheap in price.

If this game was called Metal Gear Solid 5: Peace Walker, I would not hesitate to call it that. This game is astounding. It's a technical marvel. A feat on portable platforms. There was not a single time where I said I wanted this game to be on a console. In fact, if this was on a console and cost $60, I would buy it in a heartbeat. From the gameplay, to the graphics, to the sound, to the length of the story, this is a huge console adventure, right in the palm of your hand. It's absolutely amazing that so much could be crammed into a little disc. I still can't get over it. Unlike Portable Ops, the controls did not hinder the gameplay. Apparently, the developers learned from their mistake and made the controls work. Not once did I wish for a second analog stick. It works. It's Metal Gear Solid on a handheld. No exceptions. Do you remember the ability to recruit soldiers and use them in Portable OPs? Well, that's now more streamlined, it's improved, and overall more enjoyable. Knock out a soldier, hook a Fulton Recovery System balloon onto him, and continue your mission. No more dragging across the map anymore. Just pop on on there and continue your mission. When you go back to your Mother Base (GEE I WONDER IF THIS COULD BE THE START OF OUTER HEAVEN) you can put them in different units (such as combat and engineering) to have them do missions or build weapons or do other things of great wonder. However, you mainly want to build up your engineering (called R&D) sections. This is highly improved, because instead of getting random weapons ever so often like in Portable Ops, you choose which weapons to develop, and you can upgrade them. You can even upgrade your items, like your sonar system and Fulton Recovery System. It's awesome, useful, and you actually want to spend the time to upgrade it. And not only do you have this wildly improved Portable Ops system, but you have the main story missions, which are on-par with the likes of any of the console predecessors, and you have side-missions as well, which you can complete at any time. Let's just say this game will last for a long, long time. The graphics are without a doubt amazing. I honestly kept forgetting I was playing a handheld. There is a ruddy texture or two, but let's cut the PSP some slack, eh? The graphic novel cutscenes are not only well done, but they fit the game. They don't feel out of place. Also, there are quicktime events inside the graphic novel cutscenes, which are beautifully animated. Also, did I mention the quicktime events don't suck?They're (shock and awe) fairly exciting, and do not seem forced at all. The sound is also wonderfully done. Usually, I hardly ever pay attention to the sound when playing handhelds, because it usually ranges from 'alright' to 'mediocre'. Or maybe I don't even notice it at all. Well, I did this time. Do yourself a favor, play this with headphones. You won't regret it. Storyline is your typical Metal Gear Solid fare: unmanned robots, nuclear weapons, Snake grunting in agreement, remembering the basics of CQC, etc. For those of you who have played Metal Gear Solid from the beginning will enjoy many plot points that tie in various people and objects from different games. Overall, very enjoyable, but I presume many will prefer the story lines from the console brethren. I have only one gripe with this game: co-op. Now, usually, I would be extremely happy with having co-op for the game, but the developers put so much emphasis on co-op that some missions nearly require it, even if they don't say so. This can lead to frustration, but it is not impossible. Prepare for some difficult times, but most of the time, you will be having a blast. Buy this game. It's only $40. $40 for one of the best video games you can get your hands on. Do it.

"Peace Walker" is a terrific handheld game but a lesser "Metal Gear Solid" game. It takes place in Costa Rica 10 years after the events of "Snake Eater." As Snake (Big Boss) you're both trying to build an army by recruiting soldiers while also trying to stop a potential nuclear war. The story revolves around the creation of a nuclear deterrent in the form of Peace Walker, an unmanned walking mech capable of launching nukes as a defensive mechanism. Snake is brought into the middle of this when he hears a recording of what might be The Boss' voice, proving she may still be alive, and goes to investigate. What makes "Peace Walker" a great handheld game is its structure. The missions are short but sweet and there's a ton of 'em, all having good replay value as you'll want to earn S-Ranks for each. The gameplay is made a bit more forgiving, allowing for more generous accuracy of shots, etc., and better suits the hardware. The coolest feature is being able to extract incapacitated enemies (you attach a balloon to their belt and watch them go shooting up into the sky) back to your home base, view their stats, and use them for things like crafting gear. This is important as bosses will require that you have the necessary weapons and equipment before they can be defeated. Also included is online 2-4 player co-op and 3v3 versus multiplayer. The nature of the fractured structure does hurt the flow of the story though, which I thought was lacking compared to previous "MGS" games anyways. The scenes are beautifully illustrated but lack the strong impact the series is known for. It's impossible to deny however that this is an amazingly well-made PSP game, and among the very best on the system. --- 5 STARS ---

I would highly recommend getting the PS3 version rather than the PSP version. Even though Konami did an amazing job packing the complicated controls of an MGS game into the limited amount of buttons on the PSP, it's still hard on the hands for a lot of people. The other major reason being that it doesn't have internet capability, so if you want to participate in Peace Walker's AMAZING multiplayer, you have to have someone else nearby with a PSP and another copy of the game. That's the only reasons I rated this 4 instead of 5. As for the game itself, it's by far the best MGS game, as far as gameplay, in my opinion. Like every MGS game, there's a lovely variety of mission types and equipment for you to use. One major nice thing is that if you mess up a mission, you can redo it without having to beat the game. You can play any (with exception of 3 or so) mission any time you want. In Peace Walker, rather than finding all your equipment, you research it (with exception of some basic starter stuff). Snake is the leader of the Militaires Sans Frontieres, which has R&D teams. You employ new members by knocking enemy soldiers out (or bringing them "near death") and using the Fulton Recovery Device on them. There's other interesting and unique ways to gain equipment but I won't explain them all here. Unlike other MGS games, you have to choose your camouflage and your equipment set per the mission. It sounds like a pain, but I personally like it. It makes you think about what method you're going to use to get through the mission, and challenges you to use only what you bring. It lets you carry plenty anyway. Most missions, if you're careful enough, you don't even need a gun. The multiplayer is awesome. Most storyline and extra missions allow for co-op, and everyone participating gets the spoils (for instance: if you Fulton a KOed or near-death enemy, everyone gets that same person for their MSF team). It's especially nice when you can hear your allys' voices so you can quickly coordinate tactics, but for times you can't (like playing online on the PS3 version), there's "Co-Ops messages" which is basically a set of canned ingame character sayings (like "I'm going in"). If you've played Metal Gear Solid 4's online multiplayer (MGO), Left 4 Dead, or Unreal Tournament, it's basically the same idea, except you can configure it, and there's probably over a hundred messages you can unlock. If you like MGS, this game is a must-have. There's so many ways that you can have fun with it. There's classic espionage levels, and there's even epic boss battles. But of course, get the PS3 version if you have a PS3 (from the MGS HD Collection or MGS Legacy Collection). It's worth it for online multiplayer and better controls.

The condition is bad. There isn’t even a UMD label sticker on the disc(CIB) for a PSP game. Additionally, it’s not NA version. Very bad experience.

There's not much to say about Peace Walker that hasn't already been said... if you like MGS, this is a required play! It combines the best elements of the last few MGS games into a perfect package. The control scheme is based on MGS4, which really plays a lot smoother with a walking crouch and a third-person shooting stance. Gone are the days of having to switch to first-person mode every time you want to take out an enemy... Also, the meta-game of capturing enemy soldiers is vastly improved from Portable Ops. Instead of having to drag soldiers back to your truck, you hook a balloon to them and your helicopter automatically picks them up. Also, you can send your army out on operations while Snake does the missions, allowing them to acquire extra items for you. You can also research new weapons and items... the selection compared to the bland offerings from Portable Ops is astounding. There are so many guns and upgrades, you'll never see them all in a single go. This game demands multiple playthroughs. The only weak point (to me) is the story. It's a bit better than Portable Ops, but as with all MGS games some convoluted schemes will leave you scratching your head. I don't want to spoil anything though. Peace Walker takes the best elements of MGS3, MGS4, and Portable Ops and slams them all together in a way that works. Not only is Peace Walker a great MGS game, it's the finest PSP game to date. This is what you bought your PSPs for, ladies and gentlemen.

First off, The MGS franchise is my favorite game franchise of all time. MGS1 being my favorite game within this franchise. With that said, MGS PW (next to the newly released MGS TPP) is truly the BEST in the franchise. For starters, the story is excellent. Rather then having convoluted plot elements around nanomachines, genetics & memes ect. PW focuses on snakes journey to find his newly revived dead mentor whom he thought he had killed & the idea of nuclear deterrence theory. I won't get into details to avoid spoilers. Gameplay is truly amazing. You can now chain CQC moves to dispatch large groups of enemies. Duck walk. Develope a HUGE roster of weapons & equipment. Capture enemies, rescue POWs & assign both to either Medical, R&D, Intel, Combat unit or kitchen. (Forgive me if I'm leaving any departments out) Which ALL play an essential role in your progress. You capture enemies vehicles. Dispatch Soldiers to battlefields. Develope your very OWN Metal Gear, which you may later regret! Lol There's over 100 side op missions including corky fun mini games & the list just gos on & on. Long review short, rather your a fan of the series or not. This is a title ANYONE can pickup & play & greatly enjoy. Highly recommended. Another Kojima master piece!

Muito bom!

Came in earlier then expeted brand new would buy again from thus seller.

Llevaba tiempo buscando este título para PSP y por fin, Amazon Estados Unidos lo puso en venta. Este título es perfecto, considerado el número 1 por Metacritic, Vandal y por varios gamers. Llego nuevo, sellado de fábrica, en perfecto estado, mucho antes de su fecha de entrega y aunque sea una segunda edición … se va directo a mi colección.

Great game

Los únicos detalles del modelo usado son unos cuantos rasguños en la caja, pero con la caja no voy a jugar XD