Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops | |
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Developer(s) | Kojima Productions |
Publisher(s) | Konami |
Director(s) | Masahiro Yamamoto |
Producer(s) |
Hideo Kojima Noriaki Okamura |
Programmer(s) | Masao Tomosawa Makoto Sonoyama |
Artist(s) |
Yoji Shinkawa Ashley Wood Kyoko Hariyama |
Writer(s) | Gakuto Mikumo |
Composer(s) | Akihiro Honda Norihiko Hibino Takahiro Izutani |
Series | Metal Gear |
Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita |
Release date(s) | |
Genre(s) | Action-adventure, stealth |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Aggregate score | |
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Aggregator | Score |
GameRankings | 86.95% |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
1UP.com | A |
Eurogamer | 9/10 |
Game Informer | 9/10 |
GamePro | 4/5 |
GameSpot | 9/10 |
GameSpy | 5/5 |
GameZone | 9/10 |
IGN | 9/10 |
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus | |
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Developer(s) | Kojima Productions |
Publisher(s) | Konami |
Designer(s) | Gakuto Mikumo |
Composer(s) | Norihiko Hibino |
Series | Metal Gear |
Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita |
Release date(s) |
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Genre(s) | Action-adventure, stealth |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, officially abbreviated MPO, is an action-adventure stealth video game directed by Masahiro Yamamoto and written by Gakuto Mikumo, with series creator Hideo Kojima acting as a producer.Portable Ops was developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami in 2006 for the PlayStation Portable (PSP).Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (officially abbreviated MPO+), the game's stand-alone expansion focused primarily on online play, was released for the PSP in 2007 in Japan and in 2008 in other regions. In June 2016, both games were made compatible with the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV as downloadable titles via the PlayStation Store.
MPO is the fourth Metal Gear title made specifically for the PSP and the first one to retain the series' action-based play mechanics. It follows the storyline of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Set in Colombia in 1970, six years after the events of Snake Eater, the game follows the exploits of Naked Snake after his former unit, FOX, goes renegade. The game also chronicles the eventual founding of FOXHOUND and The Patriots, as well as the inspiration of the military state Outer Heaven.
Unlike the previous titles on PSP, Metal Gear Acid and Metal Gear Acid 2, which were turn-based tactical games with stealth elements, MPO retains the action-based gameplay from the console iterations, drawing heavily from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and utilizing the camera system from the Subsistence edition of the game.