Anyone who has not played Metal Gear Online yet, this is for you. The rest of us don’t get shit. Anyone who buys the game or already has MGS4 and has not played the MGO part yet can get free in game credits and special in game content by playing before February 16th. Here are the details:
The exclusive Welcome Rookie Campaign is only open to players who have not previously installed and registered the retail version of Metal Gear Online on their PLAYSTATION 3 entertainment system. Some of the game items that can be purchased from the MGO shop are only available to those who have purchased the Metal Gear Online Expansion Packs. For more information please visit: http://www.konami.jp/metal/mgo/.
Fans who have never played Metal Gear Online have the opportunity to download a free version now thru January 29th. The free demo, along with a free Metal Gear Solid 4 demo, are available on the PlayStation Network.
The Welcome Rookie Campaign will be available to new registered members from December 24, 2008 thru Feb 16th, 2009. Prize distribution will occur after February 17th. The Metal Gear Online free demo service can be downloaded now thru January 29th on the PlayStation Network.
Since the MGO portion is repetitive, boring, usually broken, and costs money when you have to buy the expansion packs, it is no wonder so many gamers barely play it. I like the idea of “bribing” gamers to give it a shot, but I would not count on MGO as the multiplayer game to play in the next few months as we all wait for Killzone 2.
Too little, too late.
Classic case of too little too late. =(
I refuse to play any Konami online game due to their farcical online system where you have to register separate IDs and passwords etc. They need to start using my standard PSN ID like every other game from every other publisher on earth then I’ll consider it.
The games are great – I love MGS4, and I love Pro Evolution Soccer. But I refuse to play ball with the crap they’re trying on.
I don’t mind them having their own accounts if they really want to, but do what EA did with Burnout Paradise – it just takes the PSN ID and automatically creates a corresponding EA account. That way they can maintain their own accounts, but it remains seamless for the user.