[PS3] Metal Gear Online v2

Originally Posted by Miles

Finally managed to make an account. That was quite possibly the biggest pain in the ASS. The beta starts in an hour and 10 minutes so I'll be on for sure by then. I'm really excited about playing it. XD

So within the next hour I need to get as much homework out of the way as possible.

In-game name is kilometers.

EDIT:

Nevermind UK's beta started. US has to wait until midnight. Oh well. I won't have time to play during the week so on Friday I'll get my MGO game on!

I didn't know about the pain in the ass registering system until after the update.
I thought I had freed myself from the long slow download since I didnt see anything of an update but thats becuase i couldnt load the damn user agreement ><!
But now I know what everyone was talking about. Anyways Im already done with everything and Im going to wait till midnight to play it since I dont have work tomorrow.
My game ID is Ani_Zeke

Originally Posted by Hantei

Hey check it out, the game manual is now online. A little reading to kill the time while we all wait.

According to the controls page R3, when aiming (holding L1) is used to switch the angle/side your aiming (much like GRAW). D-pad up/down used for scope magnification in FPV, and left/right for sidestepping in FPV, otherwise its used for chat/preset messages. And the piece I've of info I've been dying to know for the longest time: L2 is used for the sub-weapon fire (eg. Master Key, Grenade Launcher) when aiming. The controls are pretty indepth.

There's also a training mode for the game as well, which I thought is really neat. I might actually jump into that right away instead of a game match.

METAL GEAR ONLINE PREMIERE βONLINE MANUAL - KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS

EDIT:
Also find an interesting piece of info, when checking the Information page of the beta file (in the Game XMB, highlight MGO Beta and press triangle) I noticed it said "Starts 4/16/2008 4:06 PM" and that it was "Created 4/16/2008 6:38 PM". So hey maybe the servers will actually open up early, like 4pm today.

Well at least we know how R2 works for Alt Fire.

Sorry over the confusion with the start time as I didn't know the frickin' thing was region restricted. Hopefully then in just over 2 hours time I'll be able to get into the beta....but given the issues that the Japanese and Euro gamers had I probably won't be able get a good crack at it until tomorrow.

Haha, oops, yea R2.

Man, I'll be staying up till 2am waiting to get my first crack at it. Hopefully there's no issues, but if the Konami site is any idication of what's the come then this could go bad. I'm rather surprised Konami wasn't anticipating this kind of turn out for the beta for their most talked about game (well, maybe not MGO, but a taste of MGS4 controls, everyone will jump in on that).

Anyone got a spare code? I really would like to get into the beta :\

I tried to download the European beta but I think they block ip outside of Europe since I can't connect to the server :\

Well this is just perfect:

Quote:

IMPORTANT NOTICE for all
METAL GEAR ONLINE PREMIERE BETA players

We would like to thank all players for their keen interest in taking part in the beta test.
However, we regret to inform you that due to extraordinary levels of traffic from all around the globe, we have been unable to run the service to the level we expected.
As a temporary measure, we will be deferring the start of the US public beta test until we are able to stabilize our server.
We would like to apologize for all inconveniences as well as confusion caused.

We would like to add that due to the above reasons, we will be making the following changes to the schedule:
1) Starting date: TBA. We will be making another announcement on 22/4/2008 23:00(PDT)
2) Beta Test closure: This will now be on 11/05/2008 at 24:00(PDT) rather than 06/05/2008 at 24:00(PDT)

IMPORTANT: Please note that your voucher code will only be valid up until 05/06/2008, so please make sure to register them by then.

A TBA starting date, lame. Well, I guess the upside is an extention of the beta to May 11th now.

METAL GEAR ONLINE TEASER SITE

This is just great, I waited weeks for this and now it's delayed.

Finally got the registration done, Game ID: greederkun

Originally Posted by David Caruso

Anyone who wants a free beta code can PM me. I've got a spare. First come, first served~

Originally Posted by Inhert

Anyone got a spare code? I really would like to get into the beta :\

I tried to download the European beta but I think they block ip outside of Europe since I can't connect to the server :\

I'm really tempted to not give it to you now, though, since you're just THAT GOD DAMN OBSERVANT.

this is such bullcrap. I had a day off today so I was so exited to play and record some gameplay and now this!
hahaha very funny konami, first screwing up by sending incomplete beta codes and now they weren't ready for a huge mgs fanbase ready to play and the day the beta starts.

Well, it looks like we got a new start date, April 25th 12am PDT, and even that's not a solid date. Bleh, what a waste of time this weekend's been.

Quote:

IMPORTANT NOTICE for all
METAL GEAR ONLINE PREMIERE BETA players


We would like to thank all players for their keen interest in taking part in the beta test.
However, we regret to inform you that due to extraordinary levels of traffic from all around the globe, we have been unable to run the service to the level we expected.
As a temporary measure, we will be deferring the European public beta test and start it once we stabilize our server.
We would like to apologize for all inconveniences as well as confusion caused.

We would like to add that due to the above reasons, we will be making the following changes to the schedule:
1) Start date: Planned for 04/25/2008 24:00(PDT). While the start is planned for the weekend, it may change due to unforseen circumstances.
3) Beta Test closure: This will now be on 05/11/2008 at 24:00(PDT) rather than 05/05/2008 at 24:00(PDT)

IMPORTANT: Please note that your voucher code will only be valid up until 05/05/2008, so please make sure to register them by then.

this is the first taste of any real mgs4 gameplay before the real games comes out in june and konami just screws everything up. I might not even be free this weekend. Not only that but gta4 is about to come out as well which will decrease my play time. I guess it'll just depend which game I find more entertaining when the time comes.

"So... D'you think people'll wanna play this game?"
"Nah... Even if a third of the gamers are getting it for free..."
"So I should just use this old server then?"
"Why, yes!"

Just as well. I haven't been able to download that update or get a Konami ID yet.

Originally Posted by Kilroy

"So... D'you think people'll wanna play this game?"
"Nah... Even if a third of the gamers are getting it for free..."
"So I should just use this old server then?"
"Why, yes!"

Just as well. I haven't been able to download that update or get a Konami ID yet.

All in all I'm speechless. I mean I never had a problem getting the patch or setting up a Konami ID but the clusterfuck with the servers just seems inexcusable to me given they've been preparing and promoting this beta test for months. Probably wasn't the best idea to hand out free codes even after giving out the Saga DVDs but out of all the problems I thought I might face with beta, logging in wasn't one of them.

Of course I fully expect the same shit to happen this weekend. Thankfully we finally get the COD4 map pack this Thursday if all else fails...

My MGO disk came in the mail today =o However, I heard that the servers won't be up for a few more days. I leave on the 27th, too Ah well.

I don't know about Konami IDs or what-not. I guess I need to get started on that stuff? o_o

I pre-ordered so I'll be playing the beta as well.

My Game ID is metalgearstrife

Fuck, now I just feel bad. The one extra I had, I hadn't opened until Inhert asked for it.

And it turned out to be one of the misprinted ones with only a half of the code printed.

Sorry dude. I'd give it to you, but it's missing digits and totally invalid. I feel terrible, now.

(I like how this isn't an isolated problem either. Fuck, ball dropped so BAD.)

Oh god yes it worked! I just called Konami support with the misprint code that Skills just gave and they immediately gave me a new one!

So I'm downloading the beta right now and I already did my Konami ID, so I'll see you guys online when the beta starts!

Thanks again Skills!

Game ID: inhertgff

Originally Posted by Gechmir

I don't know about Konami IDs or what-not. I guess I need to get started on that stuff? o_o

Yep and fortunately it looks like the ID site has been streamlined to make the process much more easier and painless than before:
https://id.konami.net/

Also for better (or worse) they've removed the beta from the UK PS Store meaning nobody else can download and participate in the beta unless you already grabbed it last weekend, at least in Europe. Probably won't change much but we'll see how things run on Friday....