Metal Gear Online Character Creation Is Pretty Cool - Kotaku Comments

Metal Gear Online Character Creation Is Pretty Cool

zanzibarlegend — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:32:57 MDT

i think they should at least let us make our characters and have them set, so when the beta launches we can start playing asap. that would be hot.

zanzibarlegend

Metal Gear Online Character Creation Is Pretty Cool

zanzibarlegend — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:26:26 MDT

@LittleBigPlaneteer: pretty much. when mgo lifts the veil, all will be peeing on themselves, with myself included. lol

zanzibarlegend

Metal Gear Online Character Creation Is Pretty Cool

astrox2000 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:36:59 MDT

It'll be interesting to see what will come out with the DLC once it arrives, but the starter pack should definitely have more choices than the beta. Personally I'll probably just go with the Johnny look (full balaclava with sunglasses) for the beta.

astrox2000

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Excelryu — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:39:18 MDT

People what is wrong with you? Why are you getting so disappointed over a beta? "That sucks. Just 4 faces?" Its obvious its a beta and you're just testing some of its basic features. Why would they give you all faces? Halo 3 beta didn't even had one helmet option. It was just the default. At least you get to have some customization on the beta. They didn't even had to put 4 faces. They could have placed 2. This great customization options for a shooter.

Excelryu

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Highlander Wolf — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:37:12 MDT

I, for one, would like to see "Kilt" as a lower-body option. No, actually, I DEMAND that we get to wear Scottish uniforms in MGO.

Kojima Productions, are you listening? We want kilts!!

...and, it would probably be best to add underwear to said kilts.
Kilt + 3rd-person camera = MAXIMUM RISKY.

Highlander Wolf

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DranzerKire — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:30:05 MDT

oh man, the ending was hilarious :P

Some interesting customization, especially with the message saying "Set defeat gear (They have no effect during matches)" does that mean that gear might have effects gameplay?

DranzerKire

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sascha23 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:19:13 MDT

It's a bummer that the beta is delayed.

But, can you just imagine all the 'heads' you can eventually download or win for the online game? Solid Snake head/face for the win!

sascha23

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mind in rewind — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:55:45 MDT

I wish every military game had the character creation system of Rainbow Six Vegas. Putting your own face on a character is awesome. Recognizing your friends' faces in-game, and killing them, is priceless.

mind in rewind

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cantbeatmegaman — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:52:17 MDT

I wish there were more than 4 options for each body part. And more color choices also.

cantbeatmegaman

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Lockenator — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:49:04 MDT

No ninja costume = Fail.

Lockenator

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Milihpen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:37:05 MDT

@JKPierce: Nice subtle slam against Halo. Never was a fan of that game, though I probably could have enjoyed it more if it weren't for the community that has gathered around it. Perhaps I'm just being too bitter.

But more on point, I have nothing against the actual gameplay. I haven't seen video or screens of it at all, so I'm not going to make any comment on it. However I will say that even having solid gameplay and a fun game doesn't mean you can't put a little more effort in to the character customization. Though, I'm sure there is still time to add more in later. It'll give a good reason to add DLC too.

Milihpen

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JKPierce — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:23:24 MDT

@Milihpen: The original Metal Gear Online, packed with Subsistence, had no customization at all. Each round consisted of masked guards against masked guards, but it really didn't detract at all. It was still enjoyable, and had a strong community to back it up.

It's fair to say 'extensive' comparatively. Not in-depth, but that's not really a requirement for success. Look at Halo.

JKPierce

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stargateheaven — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:06:50 MDT

go go go!! lol

stargateheaven

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Milihpen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:53:50 MDT

Alright, time for my two cents.
When I was reading this post, I got excited, thinking there would be some level of Oblivion and City of Heroes type customization. Then I watched the video thought the whole way through that this article HAD to be sarcastic in tone.

Really, there's almost no level of customization at all. Phantasy Star Online had a greater level of customization YEARS ago.

The colors don't even matter. Every little emo wrist cutting kid is going to make their guy wear all black all the time.

Milihpen

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Derigor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:44:13 MDT

@tajash: I agree, reminds me of when black dye tubs in UO first came out. Gawd.

I want to through in my second (or fourth whatever) for Females. Come on where's the Meryl love? Just through in Meryls model, give us some diff faces for it. My wife wont play games unless she gets to be a badd ass chick , also in third person games, sometimes you want to stare at a chick's backside over a guys backside for many many hours straight. just my imo. Course, if my wife did get into this game I'd have to buy another ps3 so we can co-op because I doubt this supports split screen like WarHawk does.

Derigor

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enewtabie(Future LittleBigPlanet Master Creationist) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:38:01 MDT

@MASOCHIST187:

Yes,it does.

enewtabie(Future LittleBigPlanet Master Creationist)

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NaCH — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:37:44 MDT

Does support Voice chat, RTFM.

Do you ppl know what a beta is?. Stop bitching around about. This is not even the "demo".

NaCH

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chirokitsune — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:36:26 MDT

Oooo that looks pretty! Its like the customization of Vegas 2.

chirokitsune

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LuiStrokes — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:31:35 MDT

Well, this is a beta. My mii looks more like me.

LuiStrokes

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holysocks — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:31:05 MDT

I think I saw Andy Lau

holysocks

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artofwar420 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:06:36 MDT

@KillerBee: Obviously, I think.

artofwar420

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MASOCHIST187 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:54:23 MDT

Does this game support voice chat?

MASOCHIST187

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peAr nectAr — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:33:50 MDT

I don't know, I think the character customization is neat. I play Halo 3 all the time, and I'd say this is on par with the amount of customization you can do in that game. This isn't an RPG; this is a shooter, people. There are different standards in customization, okay?

peAr nectAr

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yhancik — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:10:23 MDT

@Beyene: Operation Flashpoint did, back in the days. And there were way more faces ;p

yhancik

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nOObert — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:59:37 MDT

@Witzbold:

ppl <3 to bitch around on the internet :D

nOObert

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spargo_1 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:51:25 MDT

Looks great, better than most creation tools I have seen in alot of games and not too over the top as to be overwelming. The graphics look great too, I just wanna play the beta even more now! It better work friday, or so help me!!

spargo_1

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Shalashaska — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:32:46 MDT

I like how the models look. A little cookie-cutter for now in terms of body shape, but I'm hoping you get to tweak that out later on, like gender and more face and voice choices, even with DLC. Creating something along the lines of the new Foxhound (even with Meryl's awesome hair!) sounds interesting. Being the beta, they've limited everything. If people are complaining about lack of choice for customization, how do you think you're going to feel when you're playing the same two maps and four modes over and over again?

Shalashaska

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Witzbold — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:54:01 MDT

Jesus fucking christ people this is shit fromt he BETA you know B E T A when things arent fully implemented yet?

Use your heads a bit more before commenting ok?

We dont even know how the system is planned to work yet either and theres BITCHING already?

Witzbold

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divdavdov — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:50:53 MDT

I hope there is some unlockables in the full game, ala Halo 3, as much as i dislike that game.

Kind of a visual cue to how good someone may be.

divdavdov

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Orionsaint — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:22:56 MDT

It's pretty deep. Be the white,black,latino or asian guy.

Orionsaint

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Rob0 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:19:15 MDT

No real camouflage, just colours? Eh, bit naff.

Rob0

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Witzbold — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:16:28 MDT

@Sentientv2: IRL when explosions, debris and bullets start flying around you will be damned thankful for that piece of protection on your head.

Witzbold

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mescalineeyes — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:21:19 MDT

anyone else laugh at the network error?

mescalineeyes

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Sentientv2 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:18:44 MDT

I am so glad they included safety helmets. With all those men running around someone could get hurt.

Sentientv2

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Travezy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:16:54 MDT

For the Europeans, do we still have to go through the trouble of creating KONAMI ID's and GAME ID's? Haven't bothered to download the game yet (due to it being flooded out when I tried) but if I know that Europe still needs to create them in order to play I can get that sorted at least.

Travezy

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Black Arts Viper — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:10:06 MDT

I do wish that we had the option of lightening the skin tone and adding different facial hair or something.

Black Arts Viper

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KrsJin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:07:56 MDT

@Beyene:

I know PSU had the voice customization.

Man, I won't lie, the customization and level up progress is a huge pull for me. Like, huge lol.

KrsJin

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Black Arts Viper — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:06:19 MDT

@Shteve: Most middle eastern people look like Spanish people.

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naska — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:54:35 MDT

I hope in a future update we get some female bodies with female voices... i wanna pretend i'm a haven trooper.

naska

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cybereal — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:42:54 MDT

@Beyene: The voice pitch modulation is a PS3 feature that games can offer an interface to, not a game specific feature. You can go manually set it to affect every game. Be warned though, it's hard to understand people on the really low settings.

cybereal

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Shinigami-Kun — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:39:42 MDT

I did not like my MGO beta experiance but i just found the ending hilarious.

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boopadoo — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:17:19 MDT

Was that sarcasm, Mr. Ashcraft?

THPS, WWE, KOTOR, Mass Effect, and a ton of other games do character creation better than this. Of course, I can understand Konami's decision to go this route -- easier to make items fit on the models -- but I don't see any big differences between any of the characters. Fanny pack, or no fanny pack? You choose! Oh boy!

If they wanted to get people in a tizzy, they should have shown stuff like an alligator cap, or cleavage or something...SOMETHING!

boopadoo

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Achenar — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:14:52 MDT

@Knight-Zero: I really, really hope so. Because, well. That would be sort of shit.

Achenar

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Maaxxx — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:03:04 MDT

go go speed racer.

Maaxxx

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HerrVorragend — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:02:47 MDT

I imagine a gazillion choir of "go go go" variants coming out of the same four faces cloned to infinity.

Finally was able to register my Konami ID a minute ago. Hopefully a good sign for the overall server stability.

HerrVorragend

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Mrmoo2002 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:46:16 MDT

that's some pretty damn intense character creation music goin on there

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Yagami Ichigo — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:43:27 MDT

@DataScream: I'm pretty sure that it will have more when the actual Starter Pack is released. I hope so anyway.

If they don't, they will most likely add some through updates using the PS Store or something.

Yagami Ichigo

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DataScream — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:28:07 MDT

please tell me this isn't the extent of the customization. I eman really there isn't much to choose from, either in looks or the color of the character. The faces were decent, but really? Only 4 heads to choose from? I hope the full release will have more.

DataScream

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muppetsausages — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:20:05 MDT

Why did this person spend almost 5 minutes creating such a boring look?

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LittleBigPlaneteer — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:15:36 MDT

I was just thinking that it would have been cool to import your Home avatar into MGO. That is, if Home was released and Konami worked with Sony on it and stuff.

LittleBigPlaneteer

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Rockwallaby — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:10:39 MDT

@KreacherOfBloodandRank: dude your flaming a beta

Rockwallaby

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Rockwallaby — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:09:46 MDT

@Nolite: resistance, fanboy

Rockwallaby

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KreacherOfBloodandRank — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:09:31 MDT

wow, that looks pretty in depth. Up to four distinct Heads of varying racial ethnicities.

And he got disconnected at the end!

KreacherOfBloodandRank

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Nolite — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:03:33 MDT

I think the creation was pretty slick in this video. I think PS3 owners could need at least on exclusive game with great online and offline.

Nolite

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RTW — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:03:04 MDT

@tajash: I don't know if you realized it, but real military attire is usually those colors.

I hope you weren't expecting to have people playing this game running around in bright Halo colors.

RTW

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scummypants — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:57:22 MDT

Wow, you can change the pitch of their voices! That's so cool, I would have never thought of that. Kojima is really be most innovative Japanese developer.

scummypants

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Itchy (PSN: Kaizoku-ou) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:55:16 MDT

Black is the new Black.
Apparently, in 2008, it recycled back to black.

And MGO better work this weekend, or there'll be some blood. And it won't be mine (actually, it'll probably be mine, pouring from the wrist I just slit).

Itchy (PSN: Kaizoku-ou)

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Knight-Zero — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:52:05 MDT

@Achenar: It probably decided that with your Konami ID.

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SnakeEyez — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:52:03 MDT

@tajash: well theres not alot of colors to choose from, just black, brown and err a shade variation of those.

@beat89:
Halo 3 wasnt the only one that had a "slick beta". Warhawk had a great beta

SnakeEyez

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ohhello — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:45:36 MDT

Their current selection looks lacking now, but I'm sure they'll add a ton of new stuff after release.

ohhello

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ryivanV2 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:45:06 MDT

This is as far as i got when i attempted to get into MGO. Still, very cool, got me all excited! But alas, time to wait.

ryivanV2

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tajash — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:44:03 MDT

Everything black? Real original...

tajash

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karnsatron — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:39:25 MDT

No Daisy Dukes option like Lt Dangle? Well I guess there's still hope before the retail release...

karnsatron

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Achenar — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:39:05 MDT

Okay, people are all over the racial archetypes...

...you don't seem to be able to create a female character.
Or did I miss something?

Achenar

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DragonSphere — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:34:08 MDT

I'm both happy and sad that I have at two midterms and a paper coming up within the next two days to take my mind off of MGO till Friday...

DragonSphere

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sohpi — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:33:45 MDT

I found myself disagreeing with almost every choice he made. Dinky little vest with huge helmet? Fashion police, apprehend that man!

sohpi

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LittleBigPlaneteer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:33:17 MDT

@Shteve:

It's funny in that sad kind of way. Konami has basically categorized the human race into 4 categories.

Of course, no woman either from the looks of things. Of course girls don't play games so it's a moot point!

LittleBigPlaneteer

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Flitz — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:32:22 MDT

I hope the Character Customization for the multiplayer on GTA4 looks this Good... Or if it even has Char Customs...

LMAO @ The D/C

Flitz

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Saint Anima — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:31:56 MDT

And once again, I'm hyped for the beta. I'm guessing there will be more options when the full game is released. Plus, you know there should be a ton of DLC.

No Octocamo though? Looks like Snake will forever have that advantage in battle...unless that's put up for DLC too...which would be delicious.

Saint Anima

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Aflack: Likes slushies — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:31:17 MDT

Everything seems pretty except the face selection. I mean hasn't the ability to change the structure of your face been around like forever now? I hope this is just a beta thing. I mean, I play warhawk so it's not like I care that much but still.

Aflack: Likes slushies

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beat89 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:28:14 MDT

I find it funny there's so much bitchin about a beta having technical problems. That's why betas exist people. They're for testing the infrastructure and balancing the game, NOT for your personal enjoyment. Maybe we were all spoiled by the slick H3 beta, but all these people bitching about the beta seem to have forgotten that it is not their god-given right to play this game a few months early. It's a beta, and technical problems are to be tolerated, if not expected.

beat89

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karnsatron — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:28:02 MDT

I would have liked to see some facial options like Mass Effect or barring that, at least a Daisy Dukes option ala Lt Dangle from Reno 911.

karnsatron

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Shteve — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:26:19 MDT

@LittleBigPlaneteer: I don't know what's so hilarious about it but I can't wait for some Latinos or Middle Eastern people to call the game racist ! "We have the right to make virtual war too !"

Anyway, the customization looks pretty decent, I hope there'll be more stuff in the real game !

Shteve