playstation 3
Metal Gear Online Patched, Now Sneakier, Headshottier
Posted by Luke Plunkett at 1:20 PM on July 8, 2008
Metal Gear Online players, you've now got two new additions to your Metal Gear Online gameplay. One is a new game mode, called Team Sneaking. This expands on the original "Sneaking" mode, and instead of just having Snake invisible, makes one whole team invisible. The other change is that hosts now have the ability to toggle "Headshots Only", which will punish any kill that's not a bullet to the head.
Metal Gear Online gets patched with new mode, host option [Ars Technica]

Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Onibaku
Posted August 22, 2008 9:31 PM
whoa guys iv been accused of using the so called dead body glitch... they told me i ws cheating... is it bcos of the shoddy connection??? i alwys use wifi to ply games online...
Tarmus
Posted 1:57 PM 8/7/08
What they should have added, was a NO HEADSHOTS option.
Tarmus
KeroseneClimax
Posted 1:53 PM 8/7/08
@ninjaraiden: Oh, how nice. Now I really feel nostalgic. Have a guy positioned on a latter infinitely and then I'll truly be taken back to the good old days. I''d like to believe lag is playing a greater part this time around then glitching, hopefully.
So HEADSHOTS is back. That mode improved allot of peoples head shooting skills. Good to see it make a return on MGO2. Team Sneaking sounds hilarious as hell.
KeroseneClimax
Guttlesswonder
Posted 1:49 PM 8/7/08
this has been out for a couple of days I thought. The head shot mode is kind of fun
Guttlesswonder
Sammo21
Posted 1:48 PM 8/7/08
I don't have any problems with the net code. At least the sound quality of the ppl on headsets is better than in COD4.
Sammo21
everybest
Posted 1:47 PM 8/7/08
@Tw3nty0ne: Extras was already covered. [kotaku.com]
everybest
Detre
Posted 1:45 PM 8/7/08
am i the only one who thinks the netcode for MGO sucks? I dont know how many times ive killed people with a headshot only to have it not register till after i die
Detre
Tw3nty0ne
Posted 1:43 PM 8/7/08
It's sort of Old news, but I'm glad you guys funally covered it.
New Stuff under "Extras" in MGS4, Camo that makes your enemies Laugh and Get Mad.
That's Old too.
Tw3nty0ne
Netnavi
Posted 1:42 PM 8/7/08
@DukeOfPwn: I bet geico thinks this is easy too.
I'm sorry but your comment reminded me of that commercial.
Netnavi
DukeOfPwn
Posted 1:38 PM 8/7/08
@everybest: Bet they're making us pay for a new character slot so we can use that, too!
DukeOfPwn
Saint Anima
Posted 1:34 PM 8/7/08
@ninjaraiden: I think that happened to me before. I slit some dude's neck, and they got out of it, knocked me out from nowhere, and stabbed me from miles away.
Same thing, or another glitch?
Saint Anima
symphony_of_the_night
Posted 1:29 PM 8/7/08
Team Sneaking is a great mode, i love the flying guns walking everywere...
and the ghosts! XD
symphony_of_the_night
PTUSHA
Posted 1:29 PM 8/7/08
Does this game have lan support?
PTUSHA
ninjaraiden
Posted 1:27 PM 8/7/08
The other new thing that I saw online today was the return of the "dead body" glitch that ruined the original MGO for me. Not really happy about that.
ninjaraiden
everybest
Posted 1:26 PM 8/7/08
Is this the same patch that adds female characters?
everybest
xCruciaLx
Posted 1:23 PM 8/7/08
Would <3 the Headshots Only mode :D
Btw, when is the official release of the separate MGO game ?
xCruciaLx
l1legend
Posted 2:14 PM 8/7/08
At least these updates were free... the 3 maps and female characters are gonna cost 17 dollars -_-
l1legend
thezman
Posted 2:09 PM 8/7/08
@Tarmus: Eh... both would be cool as options, IMO.
thezman
gnudna
Posted 2:06 PM 8/7/08
Im sure some of you about the ghost option, its an actual feature.. don't believe try setting up your own game. It just messes with you i would think, but there is a ghost option.
gnudna
SilentAssassn87
Posted 3:12 PM 8/7/08
-_- I still want to be able to change my characters clothing for free. Seriously, taking off or putting on the SAME pieces isnt exactly "customizing." This game is great, but the money hungry tactics kinda kill it for me. Paying for maps is fine, but paying to have someone else play on the console, or charging for a different character all together to get different CLOTHES is ridiculous.
SilentAssassn87
Saint Anima
Posted 3:10 PM 8/7/08
@ninjaraiden: Ah. Yeah, my friend showed me some older MGO videos with the thing you're talking about. Hope I don't run into that much.
Saint Anima
ninjaraiden
Posted 3:04 PM 8/7/08
@Saint Anima: That sounds like it may have been a fluke. The thing with the glitch is that the player can run around 'invisible' while still being able to kill other players.
ninjaraiden
WolfGod
Posted 3:04 PM 8/7/08
Team Sneaking is fun and I'm glad the ghost are back
Haven't tried the headshot mode only yet but I hope its like the first one where to many shots to someone's body causes your character to explode, this mode help me get good in the first one.
WolfGod
ninjaraiden
Posted 2:55 PM 8/7/08
@KeroseneClimax:
Though possible I don't think it was the lag. The guy glitching killed me like three times and it was the exact same thing as before: after he killed me all I would see is his dead body lying in the same spot each time. After he took out the host a couple times he finally got the boot. Hope they fix it soon.
ninjaraiden
Solidsky
Posted 2:43 PM 8/7/08
wish they would fix the "teletubbies" head hit box detection in the game...
Solidsky
icepick314
Posted 3:58 PM 8/7/08
how about update to the database so non-players can read the whole thing if they want to?
icepick314
Hiroken
Posted 3:51 PM 8/7/08
I am awaiting the patch that bans the stat padders who are ruining this game.
Hiroken
RTW
Posted 3:47 PM 8/7/08
@Saint Anima: This is the same glitch that I've been having problems with almost on an everyday basis. Where you slit their throat and then they somehow go half invisible and then kill you. It's fing annoying and needs to be fixed. As for the other glitch that where the person is invisible and goes around killing people, that only happened in one game of mine, the ended up getting kicked from the game.
RTW
kathartik
Posted 5:11 PM 8/7/08
if anyone ever wants to hook up and play, feel free to add me to your psn friends list... I'm a pretty easy target, if that adds any extra incentive :)
kathartik
ryivanV2
Posted 5:52 PM 8/7/08
The only glitches MGO has is if you have a shoddy connection / the host has a shoddy connection.
ryivanV2
xiked
Posted 7:27 PM 8/7/08
MGO2 is great, just love it and this makes it even better!
xiked
eskimo-bob
Posted 9:19 PM 8/7/08
sigh, another thing that makes me want a ps3 and mgo :(
eskimo-bob
Reetesh
Posted 9:55 PM 8/7/08
OMG Headshots only? I'm gonna love that!
Reetesh
not_tom_brokaw
Posted 10:26 PM 8/7/08
Bah, forget headshots-only, unless you're doing a snipers-only game, as far as I'm concerned.
I'd rather much see the damage dealt to center mass/torso hits be ramped up. It's kind of silly having to unload whole mags to kill someone. Let alone claymores and grenades not killing someone standing right on top of them.
not_tom_brokaw
subterfunk
Posted 12:42 AM 9/7/08
any chance on a patch to make the game easier? i keep dying.
subterfunk
jocaju
Posted 1:18 AM 9/7/08
@not_tom_brokaw: Yeah, that's the only thing that I don't like about MGS online, it takes a whole magazine to someone dies if is not a head shot off course.
jocaju
Punkateer
Posted 1:46 AM 9/7/08
@not_tom_brokaw: That is why I quit MGO. I would unload an entire clip into someone only to have them CQC/molest my body for 45 seconds. With Battlefield BC out, COD4, etc. there is no need to put up with such tomfoolery (I like that word). And the nickel and dime that is the black cloud on the horizon is going to hurt.
Punkateer
JudgeNutmeg
Posted 4:22 AM 9/7/08
My headshot count was over 50 percent of my kills by the end of the Beta, so that mode should suit me well. I haven't actually touched MGO since the Beta ended though, too busy with the SP. I'm going to do one more run through to get the Big Boss emblem and then I'll get back to the online stuff. Although being dumped back to level 0 when everyone else has had 3 weeks practice could prove frustrating at first.
JudgeNutmeg
Blah8
Posted 4:19 AM 9/7/08
@Punkateer:
Yeah, it usually takes 3/4th a clip to take someone out if you just aim for the chest. I think they were trying to relate it to the MGS4 storyline with the soldiers all being immune to pain due to S.O.P. Still, in terms of gameplay they do take way too many shots; if health was half of what it is now it would be much improved. Maybe they should add in a host-controlled handicap or something.
Blah8
daeeatsall
Posted 8:21 AM 9/7/08
So many complain about this game but its a great improvement from MGO. In a sense MGO2 is still in beta, cause down the line (from what I read) they are coming out with the stand alone MGO game.
I find it impressive within less then a month they are already adding more gameplay to it.
daeeatsall