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New Metal Gear Online Campaign Announced

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Konami lifts the curtain on its 'Welcome Rookie" MGO campaign for PlayStation 3.

Konami is attempting to wrangle in more new Metal Gear Online gamers today as it announced a "Welcome Rookie" campaign for the online tactical shooter. The campaign aims to provide new users who register up until February 16th, 2009 with a special codec pack which includes new voice content and 5,000 in-game reward points which can be used to get new items for players' characters.
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Bubble Buddy - 358 days 8 hours ago
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Konami killed Metal gear. Should have left Kojima to do it.
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Chester Bennington - 358 days 7 hours ago
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I think that they didn't kill it, but just made it complicated for Metal Gear Online.
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Bubble Buddy - 358 days 7 hours ago
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Yeah, I meant they made MGO so hard to work with. Why couldn't they just use PSN accounts instead of having to make a new profile. It's weird. :S.
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WANNA GET HIGH - 358 days 7 hours ago
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As much as i love MGS4 single player i must admit the online really sucked.I dont think this will make me want to go online with MGS4 when i have killzone2 round the corner.I was in the beta and i loved it.
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MAR-TYR-DOM - 358 days 7 hours ago
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1.4 - wow
your a fool if you bought mgs4 expecting greatness from the online.
That is not what mgs franchise about.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 358 days 7 hours ago
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1.5 - well
The be honest with you guys...Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops had amazing online.
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BattleAxe - 358 days 6 hours ago
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@ Mar-Tyr-Dom

I agree, the single player storyline is why 99% of people bought the game. The online could have been great, but like someone else said,

-They should have utilized the PSN for downloads and for signing into the game.
-There are way too many things on the screen, not to mention how half the screen gets taken up when people keep posting stupid messages.
-The ranking system is terrible and unfair.
-Because of the hastle of buying map packs from the Konami store, most people don't bother to buy and play the new maps.
-The online interface is more complicated then it really needs to be.
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blindfromthesun - 358 days 3 hours ago
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I'm waiting for trophies still...:-( Next update perhaps? Please Konami...
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HDgamer - 358 days 7 hours ago
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2 - Can't wait more MGO greatness
As a long time fan of the online mode(mgs3: subsistence) I can't wait for this.
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WANNA GET HIGH - 358 days 6 hours ago
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2.1 - MAR-TYR-DOM
Was they need to call me a fool.Be more mature with ur reply...But if u want to play hard then i can also play along.Go suck ur mum pu$$y u a$$ face...u see, two can play that game... :/
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AclayPS3 - 358 days 7 hours ago
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This sounds great for anyone still playing MGO or anyone interested in playing it..... but I have a feeling that once Killzone 2 comes out, most other PS3 game Servers are going to be pretty dry for a while.
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Nathan Drake - 358 days 7 hours ago
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4 - "Konami killed Metal gear. Should have left Kojima to do it. "
I disagree,they made the Online portion of the game slightly complicated to get into,but they didn't kill the MGS franchise.
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Mozilla89 - 358 days 4 hours ago
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4.1 - I think he meant to say MGO not just Metal Gear.
I don't have MGS4 but I played the demo for MGO and it was really fun...when I could connect that is. In the demo though you can play using your PSN account which made it a lot more streamlined from what I hear. I don't know who thought having a separate profile would be a good idea.
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Bubble Buddy - 356 days 8 hours ago
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Yeah Drake I meant MGO, my bad -_-. It was just too complicated to work. They should have used PSN just like every other game does.
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DA_SHREDDER - 358 days 7 hours ago
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They should have just not even made MGO.
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Venomish - 358 days 4 hours ago
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no, the game is good, they should just implemented PSN IDs like any other game out there.
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Dragunov - 358 days 6 hours ago
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MGO is not bad, i really liked it, but the konami servers make me quit, i cant even buy the DLC lol
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Nagis - 358 days 6 hours ago
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8 - Konami really dropped the ball on this one
Come on, 5000 points for new reg users? That is a bit much isnt it? I mean, I went to the MGO site and I barely got by with just logging in.

Not to mention it isn't much of an investment to buy the map packs. According to my friend, hardly no one is online, at least no one to really talk to. (Edit: By talk to, I mean really get down and have fun with users. Not socialize like it is PS:Home or something.) What is the point?

It isn't an investment, and people are moving on to bigger and brighter things. Hopefully Konami learns from their mistake.
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TOO PAWNED - 358 days 5 hours ago
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If it is not on PSN, than i am not buying it. If KONAMI want's to be stubborn so can i
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Venomish - 358 days 4 hours ago
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yea not using PSN IDs is the biggest flaw of MGO. Most people dont bother go make TWO usernames and passwords just to log in to the game. and if you bought the expansion pack you will find yourself begging people to play with you on the new maps just to discover that very few poeple actually bought the map pack. I cant see the point in releasing the second map packs. the game is really really cool and smart and very entertaining. but konami killed it with its stupidity. why not make use of PSN is beyond me.
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HungPHAT - 358 days 5 hours ago
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Konami really screwd up the online . Come on 2 passcodes and ID's plus Ingame name , I did it , but a ton people passed on the online part , another flaw of a unified free online service , this would never fly on XBL . Not a fanboy just stating the truth
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Venomish - 358 days 4 hours ago
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not to mention online region lock. I cant play with my friends who have UK version. and my best friend who was almost 24/7 on MGO , like me, in the summer had a UK version. we couldnt play together <angry>
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meepmoopmeep - 358 days 5 hours ago
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i haven't played MGO much.
the whole different login account deal is lame, imo.

but whatever.
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Fanboi - 358 days 4 hours ago
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12 - MGO looks like a PC game.
The sign in and transaction front ends are too PC centric. Thats fine if you're playing it on the PC with a keyboard and a mouse, but for console users the entire affair is a massive chore. Thats not even counting the totally unfair aiming system that allow experienced players to pwn noobs mercilessly.
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Hercules - 358 days 4 hours ago
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they should just leave MGO alone,...if it takes two ids to login, i am not down for it, and neither are many others

mgs4 was epic btw
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