30-10-2025, 05:55 PM
Anyone play yet? Got a sliver of time just now. Played one match of the capture the area mode (GA-KO) and two of the capture the item mode (Kerotan).
It's... OK. Not really sure I see it hooking me in this current format. You're paired up with another player and matches have 12 players and then have to qualify through rounds (so players get eliminated each time) until the final one. The GA-KO one I didn't like, it's essentially Call of Duty Domination. Just didn't feel like it felt right in an MGS game. Early rounds there are lots of areas to qualify so you can likely end up just sitting in an area by yourselves waiting for it to end, at the end you have everyone converging in one area on top of you so it ends up in a shootout and the game's mechanics don't lend themselves well to that.
I liked the Kerotan one more, felt like you can use stealth more although again later rounds narrowing the item numbers down means you often end up in one area. I really don't like the "Snake Sense" thing either, feels like you're relying on that rather than your eyes to find people. Thought I only played 1 map in total and it felt very small and narrow, bit too small and narrow.
One thing I'll say is I imagine (hope?) more maps and modes will come down the line, it feels like that has to be the plan anyway given some of the AT-Camo options. I do like how they've done that, you can only have preset options selected so you can't just auto blend in with every type of area, some are exact and others aren't so specific but it gives you room to really nail your ability to hide if you get it right.
Perhaps I just need to play with some of you to enjoy it more, the randoms I played with were mixed (first guy great with good communication, others either didn't communicate at all and lone wolfed it or just barely moved.
It's... OK. Not really sure I see it hooking me in this current format. You're paired up with another player and matches have 12 players and then have to qualify through rounds (so players get eliminated each time) until the final one. The GA-KO one I didn't like, it's essentially Call of Duty Domination. Just didn't feel like it felt right in an MGS game. Early rounds there are lots of areas to qualify so you can likely end up just sitting in an area by yourselves waiting for it to end, at the end you have everyone converging in one area on top of you so it ends up in a shootout and the game's mechanics don't lend themselves well to that.
I liked the Kerotan one more, felt like you can use stealth more although again later rounds narrowing the item numbers down means you often end up in one area. I really don't like the "Snake Sense" thing either, feels like you're relying on that rather than your eyes to find people. Thought I only played 1 map in total and it felt very small and narrow, bit too small and narrow.
One thing I'll say is I imagine (hope?) more maps and modes will come down the line, it feels like that has to be the plan anyway given some of the AT-Camo options. I do like how they've done that, you can only have preset options selected so you can't just auto blend in with every type of area, some are exact and others aren't so specific but it gives you room to really nail your ability to hide if you get it right.
Perhaps I just need to play with some of you to enjoy it more, the randoms I played with were mixed (first guy great with good communication, others either didn't communicate at all and lone wolfed it or just barely moved.
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