Metal Gear Online free and paid expansions available today
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Jul 17th 2008 at 7:00AM }
- Coppertown Conflict -- Wide streets, underground passages, and rooftop areas that are ideal for close to medium range combat.
- Tomb of Tubes -- An intricate labyrinth of underground passages that are ideal for close to medium range combat.
- Virtuos Vista -- An outdoor map with natural terrain that is ideal for medium to long range combat.
If paying money doesn't suit your tastes, Konami is still adding free DLC to the Metal Gear Online experience today. Metal Gear Online will also be updated with MGOnline Reward Points and an in-game shop. By playing the game, filling out questionairres and winning tournaments, players will earn Reward Points which can be used to unlock new gear for your character. This will be available for all players of Metal Gear Online.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
stargateheaven @ Jul 17th 2008 7:05AM
If the game wasn't region locked (come on konami, what the hell. At least let me INVITE someone, if not join a server from another country) and they fixed some of the animations (rolling is useless because he pauses before you can run again, stuff like that) i'd be happy to pay money...
I feel like i'm complaining alot recently :(
OneMale @ Jul 17th 2008 7:19AM
You are. But it's not your fault.
Honestly your cries for quality service are warranted.
sinergy @ Jul 17th 2008 7:16AM
heh. $12 for a couple of skins and 3 maps? whoever pays for this is a sucker.
GridloQ @ Jul 17th 2008 7:18AM
I've actually gotten over Konami charging for this.
I think that forcing us to pay for things like more maps, skins, voices and extra character slots kind of separates the serious players from those just messing around.
OAKside @ Jul 17th 2008 10:39AM
$15 DLC on top of a $60 game is very different than $15 DLC on top of a FREE game. I wouldn't have any problem paying for this DLC and supporting KP/Konami, but I never could get into MGO so it'll at least have to wait.
eugene @ Jul 17th 2008 1:00PM
makes those overpriced halo3 maps look cheap.
spyker @ Jul 17th 2008 3:21PM
I should probably point out that MGO wasn't supposed to come with MGS4. And MGS4 comes with a 'starter pack'. You could consider MGO as a free thing plugged into MGS4. MGS4 is so great anyway the story mode is worth $60.
GridloQ @ Jul 17th 2008 7:16AM
So do I want to spend the extra $3 to make a chick?
OneMale @ Jul 17th 2008 7:25AM
I think we all know the answer to that one.
auxois @ Jul 17th 2008 7:25AM
They also brought out the crying camo and screaming camo for single player.
ModderFokker @ Jul 17th 2008 8:01AM
Its nice that they finally made it available..........2Bad you cant download it.
Damn site is down again
Eggy @ Jul 17th 2008 8:03AM
The whole Konami shop is a freaking failure. PSN, f*cking use it Konami!
linton @ Jul 17th 2008 8:23AM
"The whole Konami shop is a freaking failure. PSN, f*cking use it Konami!"
Damn Straight! - Thats what its there for Konami - now use it.
freechain @ Jul 17th 2008 8:31AM
Konami is one company that is keeping it real for Ps3 owners, Not taking MGS multiplatform. if shelling out for this expansion means keeping MGS on the Ps3 only, then im happy to support them. im downloading the expansion pack as i type. whos pissed about FFXIII?
hedpe @ Jul 17th 2008 8:32AM
konami must be trippin'.
freechain @ Jul 17th 2008 8:34AM
Konami is one company that is keeping it real for Ps3 owners, Nottaking MGS multiplatform. if shelling out for this expansion meanskeeping MGS on the Ps3 only, then im happy to support them. imdownloading the expansion pack as i type. whos pissed about FFXIII?
CowJedi @ Jul 17th 2008 4:49PM
OH man tell me about it! i completely agree! if final fantasy XIII REALLY is coming out for the Xbox, then im renouncing my fan ship of final fantasy. ever since squaresoft merged with enix, they've really been pissing me off.
Orex @ Jul 17th 2008 9:58AM
Yeah, im a serious player but don't have the money to be spending it on maps n skins, (but im gonna lol) i dont like paying for things like that, konami are lucky i like MGS that much, im also glad there not selling out and bringing it multi-plat (like square, but at least we still have Versus XIII as a Exclusive)
Updating right now, can anyone tell me what this update contains? if this is not the Expansion pack? (or is it that mgs shop thing?)
auxois @ Jul 17th 2008 10:43AM
Ver.1.10 Update information
GENE EXPANSION VERSION CHANGES
Additional Unique Characters
Meryl and Johnny have been added.
Additional Female Character
You can create a female character from 8 different face and voice templates.
Please note: you cannot change the gender of existing characters.
Additional new maps
"Coppertown Conflict", "Tomb of Tubes" and "Virtuous Vista" have been added
Additional new rule "Survival Mode" has been added. Join up with up to 5 other players in one team and face danger!
This mode is available on fridays, saturdays and sundays.
Update information: changes for all versions
Reward shop has opened it's doors!
The reward shop has been implemented. Now you can exchange reward points for gear.
Additional clan room
Dedicated clan rooms can now be created
Additional information about SOP
You can now see traps set by teammates through SOP.
Additional new Skill:
2 kinds of skill have been added.
"Box Move" accelerates movement speed when you are hiding in a box.
"Quick Recovery" the speed of recovery when helping a teammate has been increased.
Change of weapon specification
Custom parts of M870 Datsite, Scope has been added
The number of bullets of the P90 has been changed from 300 to 250.
The range of hand gun's AUTO AIM has been changed from 15M to 10M.
The range of Assalt Rifle's AUTO AIM has been changed from 5M to 7M.
Adjusted the specs of Shotgun's AUTO AIM
Changed MK17 3000DP to 2500DP.
Changed XM8'DP from 4000DP to 3500DP.
Changed G3A3's DP from 4000DP to 5000DP.
Changed M14 EBR's DP from 750DP to 3000DP.
Changed M870 from 1000DP to 750DP.
Changed SLUG bullet from 5000DP to 2000DP.
Changed V.RING bullet from 3000DP to 2000DP.
Changed E.LOCATER from 750DP to1500DP.
Adjusted the range of Stun Knife's electric shock attack.
Bigger inbox!
You can keep up to 32 mails (up from 16 mails).
Results screen has been modified
"Game Play Option" category has been added
Back ground music volume setting has been added
"Individual battle score" category has been added
Weapon information has been added.
"Snake" "Metal Gear Mk.II", "Meryl" and "Jonny" have been added
*"Meryl" and "Jonny" can only be found in the "GENE EXPANSION"
*If you train using "Metal Gear Mk.II" or "Jonny", traps will have been set in the stage.
kentuckyfried @ Jul 17th 2008 10:00AM
I'll be excited what's I can get unto the fricken store. It's been flooded all night.
Riine @ Jul 17th 2008 10:41AM
The update brings support for the new features in the expansion packs. It also tweaks the guns and adds skills.
Iridium @ Jul 17th 2008 11:00AM
Haven't started playing MGO yet, still playing the game. But I have no interest in paying $12.00 for a few maps that should be free or at most $5. Sorry but paying for additional content is something I won't do unless it is really worth it. I stopped playing COD4 after the map pack was released and it almost makes me not even want to play MGO. Myabe I got too used to the free map packs that were released on PC games. Once I finish MG4 I might trade it in since you can still get $35 credit plus an extra 20% towards a few games.
Either way $12 is a huge ripoff for content like this. You get the entire game for $60 that includes a great single player game and MGO, so you are going to pay almost 25% of the entire cost for a few maps.
Games went to $60 for no other reason than people didn't care and went out to buy Halo regardless. Now that people are snatching up paid downloadable content without a care that is here to stay as well. MGS4 is worth $60 because of all you get but there are quite a few games that aren't even worth $20 that get the same price.
Michael Stanton @ Jul 17th 2008 11:07AM
I'm buying it, yeah, I know, but I have exactly $12 burning a hole in my pocket
Kattleox @ Jul 17th 2008 11:29AM
Can I play as Meryl and Johnny in the Single Player, too? If so, I'm buying. If it's just an MGO update, then you can count me out.
MJ @ Jul 17th 2008 11:46AM
People are moaning about the cost, considering they were going to sell it as a separate game as it was developed as one (it is after all a starter pack) I don't see the problem with it. It's not like it would have made MGS4 any cheaper.
Plus the dlc for MGS4 is free every Thursday.
I'd be more happy if they sort out the bandwidth of the f-ing store, fine you want us to use your own id system, i'm over that, but for christs sake sort out accessing the community pages from a PC (only available on the poorly rendered ps3 browser) and make it easier to actually buy the f-ing content.
It's not as if Konami is a two-bit games company or that MGS is a niche import game.
shane @ Jul 18th 2008 12:50PM
MJ said...
Plus the dlc for MGS4 is free every Thursday.
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eh?
MJ @ Jul 17th 2008 1:05PM
In the extras section of the main menu, each week since release they've added new iPod songs and camos (which aren't just different clothes, they can affect gameplay like the Screaming Camo).
kentuckyfried @ Jul 17th 2008 3:23PM
?
You can access community pages on any PC:
https://mgo2web.konami.com/us/community/?m=pc&a=page_o_login
As for buying stuff, I've bought using my connection at work (firefox or safari is fine), no problems. I just it just wasn't "down for maintenance" every time a new product is released.
MJ @ Jul 18th 2008 10:07PM
Never works, well not for me it hasn't, enter the correct username and password and get a page saying unable to login.
MJ @ Jul 18th 2008 6:59PM
Yep thats the site I go on, won't let me use my username or password (and i've checked, double checked and even changed them on the Konami ID site), still get an unable to log in message.
Has done this since it was released, yet lets me log in fine on the PS3 (and i've tried it on this pc, a laptop and works pc) and I know a couple of people off the MGO forums have had similar issues.
Well seems they didn't learn anything at all from the beta. People have crashed the rewards shop causing problems elsewhere with their servers, so thats off until they can sort it out, and now the MGO shop is off as well, so noone can buy the bloody expansion.
The update that has gone through has messed with the CQC and Knife settings (along with the drebin points which was needed, that m14 auto sniper was too cheap for the power it had). The stun kinfe only works if you are literally on top of them now, though what makes it stupid is the fact that your player extends their arm fully to use it, but if the opponent is too close your arm goes through them now and doesn't stun them, it's that precise.
Pull your finger out Konami!
Phil0926 @ Jul 18th 2008 10:05PM
MJ took the words out of my mouth, any of you complaining that this DLC cost is an idiot and needs to learn how to read. Konami stated months before MGS4 dropped that MGO was going to be a STARTER PACK and come with MGS4. Which means its not the full product and you shouldnt buy MGS4 just for it, and if you were one of those who did then congratulations on being a moron. Yes the Konami store is a load of crap, but thats a different problem the pricing of the DLC however should have been expected.
old_snake @ Aug 11th 2008 4:19PM
how do we buy this?
old_snake @ Aug 11th 2008 4:19PM
how we buy this?
auxois @ Jul 17th 2008 11:28PM
Great -_-.......now they said the MGO shop is being set on IP Restriction and changes on an hourly basis. So I gotta wait another half hour to try again and see if I get thru. Plus if my IP isn't on the next hourly IP Restriction list I have to wait another hour. God.....they had all friggin day to fix it and this is the best they can come up with?
auxois @ Jul 18th 2008 6:56PM
so I finally got it. Meryl is pretty bad ass, when players are knocked out she can wake them up real quickly. You can also put her black mask on that she has before she sees Snake in the first act. Johnny can sense the traps and it will tell you an indication of a trap to disarm by pressing Triangle. Once you disarm it you can pick it up. He can't do CQC at all and he has the same thing with the mask also. Funny thing is when playing with him after alittle while he ends up shitting himself and makes players wave their hands infront of their faces. Guess a good way to distract but gives u away cause it makes a big brown smell trail behind him. The new maps are actually pretty good to say the least.
RASTAMASTA @ Aug 20th 2008 9:02AM
rastamasta19 on psn one tip is to nudge sunny otacon and naiomi to unlock some cool face camouflage in story mode but the expansion page is not secure net site should be in ps store lol hola to chat