Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Is Incredibly Underrated 

I wish they would give Portable Ops a remake. It’s such an underrated game. I consider it cannon.

Correction: Python doesn't die after beating him. His suit leaks and he nearly dies but Snake saves him and recruits him as a soldier.

PO will ALWAYS be canon imo. There is so much in that game that ties directly to other titles, and there are many references to PO in other titles. For the HD release of MGS1 they have the dude who voices Null also voice Grey Fox, which is such a cool change. PO also is the reason we ended up getting a mother base staff system and later an entire base builder. Also, did you NOT recruit Python? You screwed the pooch bruh. Python is stupid fun to play as.

Quote: _"I'm going to treat PO as mainline, as that was the intent when the game was developed and released."_ Correct. During the development of PO and on release it was promoted as a legit new installment in the series and talked about as such in magazines and online, and considered as such for years after its release. It wasn't until years later that the meme of _"PO is noncanon"_ began; some people started pushing that idea and others began parroting it, and it became a meme that took on a life of its own. Frankly it's an extremely cancerous meme. It's a meme based on various misrepresentations and exaggerations, and relies on choosing to ignore various things or not knowing them. The simple truth is PO is _mostly_ canon or _the gist of it_ is canon, or in other words the majority of it is canon with certain details of the story being "perhaps not exactly as they truly happened" basically - and so _those specific details_ should be considered as "semi-canon", with the main content of the game as fully canon. That's essentially how Kojima later described it. In contrast, _in the meme_ PO is simply "noncanon" flatout and should be discarded outright. So already there, we see how wrong the meme is. But it gets worse. Let's go back a bit in time - to a time when most of those who parrot the meme weren't even into the Metal Gear series yet. Prior to the release of PO (Dec 2006) while MGS4 was also still in production, Kojima repeatedly stressed how important PO was and said _"Before 4, we'd like you to definitely play Ops."_ and he also said _"If we change the story of Ops, we have to change 4. Until Ops is finished, 4's story can't be finalized."_ So that's that. Furthermore, it's important to note (no spoilers) that several things in PW and therefore V, rely on and are a continuation of things in PO and that MGS4 and PW and V mention or reference PO in various ways and thereby acknowledge and recognize PO; such as for instance the existence of MSF in PW, flashbacks in MGS4 to PO, Ocelot in V talking about the Legacy and related stuff, and a more noteworthy MGS4 thing being (keeping this spoiler-free) important plot points regarding Zero and Ocelot that's "revealed" in MGS4 is _first_ revealed in PO. That's why Kojima said what he did concerning PO in relation to MGS4. For that reason alone it's a very good idea to play PO prior to MGS4, or in other words it's a bad idea to go into MGS4 without having played PO first. Likewise if one intends on playing PW it's a very good idea to have played PO first (as PO is essentially, in various ways, the foundation for PW - and also thus V, so PO & PW & V are sort of in the same "universe" in a certain way) which sadly very few new gamers going through the series do, due to the aforementioned cancerous meme. When PO was released there was no controversy _at all_ and basically everyone considered it canon. As does MGS4 itself released two years later; within MGS4 you read about the events and characters of PO. In MGS4 it's presented in a more sophisticated and elaborate manner but the idea is the same as the "Previous Operations" section of MGS where you read about the events of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2. If one is going through the series, the best time to play PO is obviously between MGS3 and MGS4 as the story of PO picks up from MGS3 and PO was released before MGS4 and as already stated contains some important plot things that are later mentioned in MGS4 and it's better to know about them in advance from PO as that makes certain things in MGS4 more logical and less weird and less sudden/surprising (same goes for PW to some extent, in some other ways). There are more things one can mention with regards to why PO should be played, why it's a bad idea to not play it, but not without going into spoilers. Something that highlights, in a way, just how dumb and weird the _"PO isn't canon"_ meme is, _is how its followers_ - those people who jump on that meme bandwagon and parrot the meme - _loudly claim "Kojima wasn't involved"_ etc and point to him being "only" the Producer of PO when Kojima was _also_ "only" the Producer of Zone of the Enders which was and still is by most considered Kojima's game or strongly associated with Kojima. The followers of the _"PO isn't canon"_ meme usually think of ZOE in that way; they think of ZOE as his game - they got no problem with that. In truth, Kojima oversaw and guided the development of and was _more involved_ with PO than with ZOE. But in stark contrast to ZOE; in the case of PO, many people who fell for the _"it's not canon"_ meme, they _very eagerly_ jump on that fact - him being the Producer - and scream loudly that means he had no important influence over PO and so _therefore,_ because he was "just the Producer", PO should be outright ignored and is flatout noncanon (despite the games released after it referencing it and talking about it and effectively relying on it and having it as their foundation). In addition to being the Producer of PO, Kojima is also credited in the ending credits of PO for the "Story" and "Planning" of the game. It's _right there,_ in the credits of the game - credits which most of the followers of the meme have never seen (as they're content with just parroting the meme and haven't played the game). But of course in the face of _a meme,_ none of that stuff matters at all. Memes are powerful (especially so, unfortunately, memes of a cancerous and false nature), and some people _feel really smart_ and feel like they're "on the right side", or feel part of a group and hence a sense of belonging, if they parrot the meme. And _that's_ what it's mostly about for them; their feelings; how parroting the _"PO isn't canon"_ meme makes them feel. It's extremely dumb, but that's how it is. However, there's more to this than that. Another reason for this strange phenomenon with PO, for this meme, has to do with the fact it's a PSP exclusive game. Many of the early proponents of the meme, and many who later chose to parrot it, were proponents of the meme because they didn't own a PSP and/or missed the game when it was new and easily available or didn't want to spend the money for a PSP or for the game (or they never figured out how to run custom firmware on the PSP and just DL the game). Such people _liked_ hearing that it's "not canon" and thought that's _very convenient_ as that meant they could "safely ignore it" and not need to get the game - and more importantly not need to get a PSP. Nowadays though, we can easily emulate PO on our computers so there's zero good excuse to not play it (if one never has before). And that makes it easy to recommend PO, or to tell people they should play it, since nowadays you're not effectively also telling people to get a PSP (as you effectively were in the first few years after the release of PO when emulation didn't exist or was very poor). That said though... While I judge PO to be good in some ways, I mostly dislike it. Context is important though. You can judge it versus the other Metal Gear games, and judge it on its own, and also judge it as a PSP game. On the first playthrough PO is pretty good and enjoyable, regardless of context. For a PSP game it's extremely well-made. It's certainly one of the very best PSP titles. In the context with the series though: Overall, all things considered, I like PO more than PW and V. But compared to the Metal Gear games that came before it, PO is pretty bad to be brutally honest. It's occasionally too childish for one thing. And the whole "recruiting soldiers" stuff (and related things) has nothing whatsoever to do with what Metal Gear is about; MGS4 has some major problems (and MGS3 a few), but PO was the true beginning of the downfall of the series. In some ways, in a certain limited sense, what we have in PO is still a proper Metal Gear game (the last proper one even), but simultaneously it's when the plane was pointed nose straight down with the throttle maxed - it began to fall apart, but the plane hadn't slammed into the ground yet or even fully torn its wings off yet. All the bad non-MG gameplay aspects of PO (introduced in PO) was doubled-down on in the later games - and in them what made a Metal Gear game be a Metal Gear game was diluted away with garbage and nonsense and weirdness, and lost, and the essence and spirit of the series died. And of course that's Kojima's own doing. Yes Konami is to blame to some extent for The Phantom Poop ending up like it did (it's obviously not "not unfinished" as some claim, and obviously isn't exactly how it was intended to be), but even without Konami being Konami (that goes back a long time: they gravely damaged SH3 and destroyed Team Silent) the game still would've been essentially the same as it is now (an extremely far cry from MGS & MGS2 & MGS3 and even from MGS4). Just like Lucas made Star Wars worse (already starting with ROTJ), so did Kojima make Metal Gear worse. We should be honest about that. So with this, I'm not defending PO itself. I'm simply annoyed by and tired of the _"it's not canon"_ meme and tired the type of people who parrot it - usually people who haven't been with the series for very long (I've been with it since the first PSX demos for Solid). What's most annoying though, and what's unfortunate, is how many people who've never played any Metal Gear and want to get into the series decide to "skip" PO because of a meme they heard online. So they miss out on the game, and therefore they lack the correct perspective and experience going into the later games. It shouldn't be like that. Seen several streamers etc, for example, go through the series for the first time and they "skip" PO because of the meme, thinking they've made the right choice because they "learned" that's what they should do. Or some people (for example in the stream-chat or in some comments) told them to do that; those people themselves just parroting the meme.

Did you know you can recruit and play as Para Medic, Eva, Sigint, Zero, Ocelot, and the girls from Metal Gear Acid!?

FYI unless you're play this game today on a real PSP for some reason you can use a 60fps cheat code to get better fps on a Vita or 60fps if you use... other methods ;)

About the camera following, it was made this way because the psp had only one analog stick, so the free camera was made to use while standing still (the camera by default is on de d-pad) but it can be changed, just open the options and you can change EVERYTHING which is a first on the metal gear series, and a huge positive for me

It's canon, idc what Kojima stated later on. In MGS4 during the Big Mama info dump, you see a portable ops cutscene from the end of the game and when showing the XMB layout portable ops is listed along with the previous mgs titles of that time. Plus Big Boss' coat from the end of the game looks very similar to the one Gene wore.

Awesome work! Good to see people playing and promoting PO again. In my opinion, the only reason the “PO isn’t canon” myth came about is that, unlike Peace Walker which got a HD remaster, PO didn’t get the same audience (particularly with newer fans).

I want to give a tip for those who want to play. There is a trick where you can send enemies to the truck much more easily. Do you know the frequency that brings unconscious enemies to the truck? You can put more than one unconscious enemy next to the soldier in the cardboard box. You can put 5 unconscious enemies next to your soldier, hit the frequency and they will bring all 5 of them to the truck.

the whole thing about the canonicity of PO is that it WAS made as canon but peace walker, a game that was originally portable ops 2 before kojima took over, both directly references it (timeline aligns, they reference the incident that happens in PO in the opening cutscene, etc.) but also retcons the shit out of it, MGSV goes even further than that. there is one interview with kojima where he says basically "parts of PO are still canon" and thats how i choose to take it, since its not his writing he felt free to overwrite it whenever but when not necessary, its left as is.

playing this on steam deck/ pc and emulating it makes it brilliant tbh, get 60fps you can tweak the controls to get close to twin stick controls. Its honestly the best way to play it nowadays.

I absolutely love this game, and yes it IS cannon, as it gets directly referenced in 4 & 5. Kojima, in another interview stated that it was canon in the same way that the rest of the games in the mainline series were... in that it's events happened, but not necessarily the way they are shown. This is a concept he played with throughout the series via its constant retcons... and made into a massive plot point in MGS2, and key overarching thematic element of MGSV. He also stated that later games override and overwrite its events, just like with the rest of the series. The camera issue in this game, where it automatically steers in the direction you are moving is not present in MGS3 Subsistence. Its a mechanic put in the game SPECIFICALLY to compensate for the lack of a second thumbstick on the PSP making controlling it difficult. You have no idea how much fighting with it on the PSP's face buttons annoyed the hell out of me.

Those who consider Portable Ops not canon and bad can go cry in their basement. I wont let anyone hurt this game.

Wow! They got the MGS3 engine from 12fps on PS2 all the way up to 20fps on the PSP???

11:05 I was in the middle of doing push-ups but the second you said that line about how jonathan handled guards it ruined my exercise cuz it made me burst out laughing lol

Definitely canon. Storyline rules

How I hope Volume 2 of the MC includes Portable Ops. Looks like a very fun game and even with it's discrepancies, I think it does very well in stablishing from where Big Boss got the idea for his nation of soldiers. On to Peace Walker next.

Did you know that you can recruit soldiers with the PSP's GPS dongle? Functionally it works much like say Pokemon Go does, you have to use a radar system to find them while you're out and about walking. I'm planning on testing it out shortly once the weather starts staying nice (it's like 30 degrees cooler today than it was at the beginning of the week). Funny enough, the GPS never released in North America, but the NTSC version of the game has the option for it baked in while the PAL version doesn't. Kojima's such a flakey, inconsistent, perhaps egotistical even, savant. Of course he would retcon himself and declare any game he didn't work on Canon years later... when all the ground work from when the game was in development says it's Canon. This is still Canon in my opinion, but I can see how he can say a game like Snake's Revenge wouldn't be.

With cheatcodes you can make the game run at 30 or even 60 fps. It can even run at 30 fps on real hardware with no issue, aside from it eating more battery life. Hell, on Vita you can even combine that with a plugin that gives you full analog camera control on the right joystick, and another one that makes it run at Vita's native resolution (double the PSP's).

a shame you didn’t non lethal python, he’s a really fun soldier to play as when you recruit him! most rewarding non lethal boss fights of the series for that reason, python’s ice powers, null’s sword stuff, all a lot of fun

Python survives the fight if you defeat him non lethaly, the cutscene will be a bit different and snake will kinda harm himself to save python, he will them join your ranks and from that point on you can play as him. He is pretty op as you would expect from a boss character.

Dude you had me shouting YAY! Absolutely this series is under-rated, Sir

Johnathan was a real one. We salute you. o7

Game really needs a hd remaster or even better a remake. I liked the story a little more than PW's one and definitely enjoyed its story a lot more than whatever The Phantom Pain ended up being. Gameplay is alright, its like MGS3, but not as good as MGS3's gameplay and areas.

One other thing I forgot to mention: apparently, PSP games made pre-2007 had to follow strict battery usage limitations that limited how much they could do. But then that year, I’m guessing with the release of the PSP 2000 “Slim,” those limitations were dropped. So essentially, PSP games made before and after that year were being developed for basically two different systems. Makes me wonder how MPO would’ve turned out if it was made after those limitations were dropped.

I actually enjoy PO more than PW.. PO's story is more engaging and memorable for me personally.

The story is better than Peace Walker's. It deserves a remaster.

Fun fact: the cutscene artwork is done by Ashley Wood who previously did the art for the MGS1 and 2 comics by IDW, which were turned into motion comics and sold as UMD movies for the PSP. He would be brought back to do the cutscene art for Peace Walker as well. I like how his art is very line art heavy and feels like Yoji Shinkawa's concert art despite not being woodblock art (to my knowledge). The comics are still available to buy physically and the digital motion comics are in the Master Collection Vol 1. There is no difference in content between the 2 aside from the motion comic obviously being animated and most of the cast doing voice overs for dialogue. The comics themselves are interesting as they deviate from canon a little bit. They're officially non-canon but are a fun alternative take on the game events with great artwork.

Keep up the good work loving this series

PO is absolutely canon, regardless of what Kojima taint lickers screech about. It is directly referenced in multiple confirmed canon titles. If PO isn't canon, then Peace Walker and MGS4 aren't either since they both directly tie back to PO.

One of the few times the term 'underrated' has been used correctly. I agree. I think portable ops was not only better than Peace Walker, but should be considered cannon over both that and MGSV. PO bridges MGS3 and MG1; all other games are totally redundant.

I'm surprised you didn't mention Portable Ops Plus at all 🤔 Also my prefer way playing Portable Ops is definitely using the PS Vita TV, using the right analogue stick for the camera control is a god send!

I literally bought a PSP just for this game lol.

You did this always overlooked game justice, and great breakdown of the story. Good luck with your channel growing.

When my PSP was stolen I was enraged, not over the hardware but the Portable Ops disk that was in it at the time. Far better than Acid, Portable was a great game with a great story.

I can't believe you killed diet Mr. Freeze. Nah, I used the Tranq and recruited him to the team. Python deserved to live.

I played this game on PPSSPP with the 60fps patch and custom controls for the camera and must say, my experience was similar enough to mgs3. I didn’t expect to enjoy this game so much! I think you wii più would’ve enjoyed even more if you played like this too

Having watched your other videos, I see you're playing through some of my all-time favorite series. Keep up the great content my dude

This games camera was such a mistake. We had 3 games with overhead cameras that displayed the action beautifully, even on a console w 2 thumb sticks. So for the PSP they decide to remove the fixed cameras and require freecam. You had the perfect camera system for a psp game already.

Kojimbob said he considers some events in PO canon, also its here where ocelot gets the 2nd half of the philosopher's legacy, and that event is referenced in an other game

Though I've played through the whole series as a big fan, I've been watching these videos for pure enjoyment. Keep it going.

This has made me even more excited for the peace walker video now I can’t wait

subbed so glad i found you

I simply adore this game. Storyline itself is amazing. Reluctant solo operative Big Boss becomes leader of men whom their nation has forsaken, going against another leader with similiar yet conflicting ideals. And through this experience when Snake has finally given chance to follow the Boss or go his own way, he forsakes his old mentor and becomes Big Boss. Recruiting first soldier (Jonathan), Python and his survival, every scene with Gene, RAXA, Null, Gunningham trying to persuade Snake, Elisa & Ursula and ending scenes. Its just such a good and entertaining story. Its heroic story which foreshadows tragedy that Big Boss would eventually became someone like Gene.

Actually, in MGS3 Subsistence (and the HD ver) the camera is completely free range, you can move it anywhere you want and it’ll stay there, like for example: you can have Snake running toward the screen with no issue. The reason why the camera is so tight in trying to stay behind Snake in Portable Ops is simply because they wanted to have that free camera ability but had to compensate it a bit because the PSP only has a single control stick.

Worth mentioning that MGS Portable Ops PLUS is also a fun semi-follow up to this game. With the story removed, but a bunch of missions added, I thoroughly enjoyed playing through it several times offline and will be returning to play it again. As for this game, I was very pleasantly surprised when it was released. Given the limitations of the PSP (compared to consoles), I would say the developers did a great job! And I personally didn't even notice that the framerate was below 30fps; I just enjoyed the game and didn't focus on the technical aspects of it.

Excellent video, when i bought my psp in 2012 this was one of the first game that i installed in it, it was one of my favorites on the system buy i haven't played it since that year, PW replaced it when it come to portable Metal Gear xD so i almost didn't remember the story, but there was a cinematic where Gene make your soldiers fight each other a Johnny dies or is just my imagination?. The framerate does not feel bad in the tiny screen of the psp, a lot of games run like that in that console and never felt bad. The camera in the other hand is bad no matter what. I remember that you can recruit Python if you use non lethal methods. And yeah, Johnny was my boss killer in my game too xD

I recommend emulating this and giving it a playthrough at least once. I use PPSSPP for windows, and you can actually bind the controls both in-game and in the emulator settings to feel indistinguishable from playing Metal Gear with a dual shock. What's even crazier is that this is a "classic-style" metal gear game where you can actually MOVE AROUND when aiming in FIRST PERSON! the default controls for the actual PSP didn't really make that easy back in the day, with only one analog stick.

Did i Mandela this or do i remember Kaz mentioning BB's exploits in the San Hieronymo Bay Incident in the early chapters of Peacewalker? It's been years since i played PW, so I'm not sure

I'm so glad you finally got to this very underrated game!

Did you have issues on the last boss on ppsspp?

Would've been far more successful if it also came to the PS2.

i played nothing but this for a while back im the golden days of the psp.. the multiplayer was really fun, you could capture each other and steal characters from other players and there were a few pretty powerful rare ones. you use the units captured from the main story and missions.. very unique game.

Solid review!

I absolutely loved this game I do hope it gets a remaster at some stage

This series of videos is great, I've been watching all of them, and I'm excited to see if you play Metal Gear Rising Revengeance.

Portable Ops is awesome and requires more praise.

I've proudly spent thousands of hours on this game, mostly playing online.

do you have to end every clause with a massive upward inflectionnnnnnnnnn????

Have you also checked out the MGS4 Digital Encyclopedia for PS3?

Its canon to me. Also the MGS timeline app on the ps3 lists it as part of the story so theres that as well. I play it on the steam deck docked to my TV. You can adjust the framerate. With some controller re-mapping you can get it controlling pretty similar to MGS3. IMO this game feels more like MGS than Peace Walker.

Ooooh you're gonna love peace walker

I agree with the canon discussion. Recently playing through MGS4 and they reuse assets like cutscenes from this game and even have brand new artwork in the church where Big Mama hides that references this game makes it canon for me no matter what Kojima spews out about it. I am really curious as to what happened through the development of Peace Walker that made Kojima change his opinion so much and consider this a "spin-off". They also reference it in Peace Walker too in the beginning

I always found the story of portable ops much better than peace walker. Ok peace walker has better graphics and base management but pw story was bloated and as for portable ops being cannon in mgs4 there are loads of references in mgs4 curscenes

Pythons speech/cutscene is one of the best in the series

Spoiler: The speech by Gene at the climax is the best part for me. That including the mass hysteria among the soldiers which resulted in one of Snake's first recruit. RIP Jonathan

It’s pretty ok is what I thought when I first got it. But over the years it has been the Metal Gear game I played the most hours for sure. The music when heard on original Fat PSP was excellent. The Sony PSP and several Classic iPods had Wolfson Brand audio DACs. If you have decent over the ear headphones, it sounds so dang good… I often play just to listen

Yeah it’s in a canon limbo if I recall correctly, it’s both canon and not at the same time. Like the take over did happen, I kinda wonder if what they meant about talking about inflating Big Boss’s legend was the events that took place here and we are playing Zero’s inflated reports essentially.

Funnily enough, when I first played this game, I had the exact same problem as you with the rations and stamina bar... As well as the same resulting frantic rush around the place looking for rations to not die.

Amen to that title

Waiting for the peace walker video, best non-mainline (i mean, with 5 out it is now mainline) mgs game out there

The way this title was "rejected" by the metal gear fan base and the official powers that be is criminal.

I just played through PoOps for the first time since release and it was still fantastic. Great timing for this vid

20:42 not many people noticed this but, MGS2 and 3 also had autoaim, lol

Great video. It’s nice to see someone appreciate portable ops.

The best MGS spin off and portable game (yes, better than PW)

Damn, I don't think I've ever actually gotten the first view on a RU-vid video before, lol. Portable Ops is pretty cool, been playing it a bit recently, sure it's nowhere near as good as Peace Walker (so far at least, I haven't gotten real far yet), but it's a pretty solid stealth game for a PSP exclusive.

Portable Ops is what I call "soft canon" because it's overall officially canon but has some conflicting elements. It's canon because: - Kojima have heavy involvement in the script and design, he just wasn't the director as he was busy with MGS4. - The Metal Gear Database, a free app for the PS3 that released around MGS4's release as an official wiki style database lists it as canon, as does documentation with the Master Collection Vol 1. - It's story ties into many canon events. Campbell and Gray Fox's origins, how the Patriots claimed all the parts of the Philosopher's Legacy, how Snake and Ocelot joined the Patriots, the first mech with the Metal Gear designation in the timeline and the first hint that Zero founded The Patriots. - In MGS: Peace Walker on the beach of the first mission after the introduction of Paz and Galvez, Kaz mentions leaving "that business in San Heironemo behind." San Heironemo Peninsula is where Portable Ops takes place and MSF is implicitly founded as a result of Big Boss telling him about his "Army's Heaven" idea. It's not canon because: - Colonel Campbell never mentions having worked with Big Boss. - Some details of Grey Fox's story don't match up with his story in MGS1. - Sokolov inexplicably survives being beaten by Volgin and escapes Grozny Grad being nuked. - The game was an attempt by Kojima to get his team practice at making a Metal Gear without his leadership as he wanted to leave the series behind so his level of input is questionable. Overall it's worth it because the story is competent and ties into alot of series lore despite its control scheme being less than stellar.

Portable Ops is proof that you can take Kojima's storytelling concepts and do it better than he can. In fact, he's probably more detrimental for the storytelling element since he often gets left unchecked. See almost any in depth look into the development of any other Metal Gear Solid game to see what I mean. However, his insight into game development and creative gaming interactions is still unmatched....at least, at Konami.

It is at least somewhat cannon because Peacewalker directly refrences this game I love this game. I LOVE this game. I like it better than Peacewalker. I wish it wold get a proper remaster so the camera can be stuck on the second analog stick. Here;s hoping that happens with the MEtal GEar Solid MAster Collection at some point

Only thing that this game lacks is CQC boss fights. I can get python his armor didn't let us hit him with our punches but what about null and gene? Other than that game is pretty good.

This is really interesting as i'm split on whether to consider this canon. Mainly because for the fact in future installments that Campbell never really brought up if he knew Big boss or not, but of course he could have but never brought it up. Still this is an interesting story as it does set things up for the future plot lines. The idea of this game is sound but the PSP hardware wasn't as strong enough to support such a good game as Metal Gear. Plus the absent of a right analog stick is what made it bad. You can blame Sony for that as they saw having it unnecessary at the time so they purposely left it out. Well now that i'm caught up with you, I cant wait until the next upload..

I hate that people like it not being canon, since its the literal explaination of how and why BB builds MSF afterward.

I love this game

Considering how much you liked this game, you're gonna have a really good time whenever you get around to Peace Walker, which imo is the peak of the portable MGS titles. PW basically improves on everything PO did with the added benefit of being directed by Kojima himself.

Mgs ops has campaign/stories Mgs p ops + has tons of replayable missions. (They fixed the body dragging speed) Both are good. Due to limited equipment the player has to really think in order to do a stealth run. Un like mgs pw where stealth suit and hush puppy make stealth a cake walk (which i believe ruins sealth fun)

Now!, I haven’t beat the whole series yet (having beaten all mainline titles expect 4 or Peace Walker) but so far I don’t see why Portable Ops doesn’t fit. I hadn’t beaten this one either, I still think it can be

This game rocked my world in high school. It really felt like a full-fledged Metal Gear and I really liked the narrative choices it made. It frustrates me to no end that it's been swept under the rug and replaced with Peace Walker, which I feel is an inferior game when it comes to the story(Kojima's anime syndrome was ramping up and the tech depicted is nonsense) and the gameplay (HE'S CALLED SNAKE BECAUSE HE CRAWLS ON HIS BELLY BUT YOU CAN'T CRAWL). Nice video. Covered the story beats well while leaving much for the viewer to explore if they play the game.

Oh hell yeah, I can’t wait for Peace Walker! Hope you also check the PlayStation version

This is sadly one of the few games in the franchise I never finished, which mostly came down to the complete disaster that was trying to play a free-camera game -- a control scheme that REALLY NEEDS a twin-stick controller in order to work properly -- using the PSP's controls. 😅 They eventually managed to remedy the problem a bit with Peace Walker... but until they had I truly wish they had gone with a fixed camera system like in MGS1 -- you know, a game that was designed for a console that didn't have a twin-stick controller to begin with? Would have made the experience much more palatable.

This Game is my favourite

FYI If you hack your PSP you can overclock it and run this at 30fps. Or an even better option is to play it on PPSSPP so you can upscale it and run it at 60fps

Made hot swappable just for you in the event his jealousy destroys me before it comes to fruition

Metal gear games for PSP are peak (acid included)

This game is so based

The only thing that I hated on PO was that Voice Acting was missing everywhere expect the comic cutscenes

11:05 took me by surprise 😂

Chole play metal gear portable ops plus is like an metal gear rogue like It's pretty cool

Are good to try Portable Ops Plus? I think is the same game but with new missions, multiplayer and being able to play as Roy, Raiden and Old Snake