From the beginning of the psp we have had a number of metal gear solid games, acid and acid 2 and just like other people views the acid games have not lived up to the metal gear genre (no offense acid fans). Metal gear solid portable ops is hideo kojimas first crack at making a metal gear solid psp game and the ending result is succesful. Portable ops take place in 1970 six years after the events of snake eater. The storys setting is that naked snake(Big Boss) is being held in a prison being totured because of the philospher legacy and his country has accused snake as the leader of a foxhound rebellion taking place in South America. This leads to snake setting out with his new friend roy campell to recruit and stop the soliders who are leading the rebellion while trying to show his innocence to his country. This games layout is diffrent from the PS2 metal gear solid games. You conduct missions from a map screen which are accesible at any time once unlocked to recruit more soliders. Recruiting soliders is one of the highlights of the game as it offers diffrent types of soliders. For example you can place your soliders in a tech unit to try and create mine ditectors. The items you can carry are also more realestic. Clicking the 0 button you can only have 4 items or weapons(No snake cant collect 64 weapons or items on him at same time). The one thing that refreshed me about this game was you didnt have to look at 15 mintue cut scenes. The length of the cutscenes were real sharp and quick You didnt hav to wait for 5 mintues even to get back into the action. The only negative thing about metal gear solid portable ops is that it is to short but that is not much of an issue its quality over quainty in my book. This goes for any game, a 90 hour game worth of crap will always be beat by by a great short high quality game. In Closing this is one of the psps best games on the market today. It still offers twists and turns and the cliff hanger at the will make ya want ya to play portable ops 2 and MGS4 GOTP. This Game attracts all types of gamers from the casual to the hardcore MGS Fans wondering how big boss turned evil in the orignal Nes Metal Gear.

this is the best metal gear game for the psp. it has everything that takes one to the real gameplay. i've been waiting for this game and when i finaly got it, i didnt stop playing until i beat the game. deffenitely recomend this game

Definitely a must-have on PSP. The game takes place after Operation Snake Eater where Snake has obtained the ranking Big Boss. Through out the game, it is somewhat familiar to traditional Metal Gear Games, but the camera has been changed, button placements, and even the system of play, where you player recruits enemy soldiers and persuade them to join Snake's side. The only gripes I have come to experience would be the somewhat iffy control-layout. Other than that the gameplay is great, the graphics are on par with PS2's (just with a lower polygon count) and has well animated cutscenes. As I said before, if you have a PSP, you want this game.

You just "CAN'T PUT IT DOWN" this game kicks sooo much ass it shouldn't be legal!!! I would recomend it to anyone with a PSP...it's a must have!!! should come with a warning that it is very addictive!

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops is the latest in the long running and great Metal Gear franchise from Konami. It is also the third outing on Sonys PSP, but what makes this game different is how its stayed the same. In the last two Metal Gear games on the PSP (Metal Gear Acid 1 & 2) the incredible stealth action from other games in the series was replaced with turn-based card combat. It was basically Metal Gear: Yu-Gi-Oh. It made absolutely no sense and was dumb as hell. Thankfully Konami regained their sanity to make this great iteration into the long running and beloved franchise. You play as Snake and start out in a prison in the year 1970. You break out and find a Green Beret named Roy Campbell and from there go on a mission to stop the people that captured you from launching a nuke. Its pretty standard military action fare, but it has that unique Metal Gear flair that makes it seem original. The game plays like the Metal Gear Solids on the PS2 with the ability to go first-person for better aiming. The one thing that separates this game from other entries in the series is the ability to recruit unsatisfied enemies that you encounter and have them fight on your side. Basically you knock them out and drag them to a truck and they will become playable later. It really helps and never feels like a gimmick. If you end up getting Snake killed, one of the recruits that you have hiding in a cardboard box somewhere will become playable. You can also put some on a Spy team and have them do recon on a certain place so you dont have to go in blind. It feels very organic and is a welcome edition to the gameplay. Another great element about this game is the graphics. The PSP continually surprises me with what it can do and Portable Ops is no exception. The game looks very close to its PS2 counterparts. The character detail is amazing and the particle effects look like they should be on a big screen, not a small piece of hardware in your hand. The explosions are the pinnacle of this statement as they are every bit as good as those found in Metal Gear Solid 3 on the PS2 which were some of the best explosions in any game ever. The one thing I wouldve liked to see more of was the cinematics. In this game the story is told through moving comic book-style cells, and although theyre cool, they really arent as good as the amazing cinematics in past Snake adventures. Especially considering that the cinematics take up a lot of the game. Its also strange that the only spoken dialogue was during the comic book-style cut-scenes and only text shows during everything else. The dialogue that was spoken, however, was well done as with all of the other sounds. The orchestral theme was as good as its ever been in a Metal Gear game, and the little audio cues like being spotted and evasion alarms brings back great nostalgia and reminds you that you are playing in an epic franchise. The controls are also done very well done and in some ways better than its console big brothers. All the controls are the same as other Metal Gear games, but it has the addition of being able to move around while in first-person mode. In other Metal Gears, you could only aim in first-person. With that addition it has made the game much more fluid when you just wanna stop sneaking and shoot people. The only bad that can really be found in this game are the flaws that all the other Metal Gears carry. Mainly that comes down to some controller difficulty. People that have played Metal Gear games before will feel right at home, but to gamers just beginning, they will probably be turned off before they start to have fun. Games like Splinter Cell get the controls for stealth games down so much better. With all said and done, this is just yet another reason why you need a PSP. Games on the PSP dont feel or play like handheld games, but more like big blockbuster events. It is flawed, but it is also a true Metal Gear game in you hands.

Can't put this game down. The control scheme was a little bit of a learning curver but once I got through that the game just opened up. This game is the perfect mix of strategy, stealth, and action that you come to expect from Metal Gear but fits perfectly in your pocket. The missions are perfect on the go. Gameplay, graphics, and story all measure up. Definately an official reason to pick up a PSP.