Metal Gear Ac!d

“After the immensely popular Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater release on the Playstation 2 last year, it is no surprise that Sony plans to release a Metal Gear of the PSP. What is a surprised is that they have ditched the traditional sneak and move gameplay to add a new turnbased card-game style. You use the cards to do many different things. You can attack, move,and equip items. There’s also ration, bandage,status cards. All cards allow you to move, but specific move cards give you a greater distance. The attack cards can either be guns and such, or they may be physical attacks.

You start each stage off with six cards. Each card has a cost value and whenever you use it, it’s added to Snakes cost total. This total depletes slowly while it’s the enemies turn. So if you give him too many cost points in one turn he will not be able to use his turn until they are all gone, giving the enemies more moves. You must also worry about loosing all of your cards. Once Snake gains the ability to use a number of multiple cards in a turn you have to manage your cards wisely. Every turn if you’re not satisfied by your hand you can skip your turn and substitute two cards. After each stage you’re taken to a deck editor where you can arrange the cards in your deck. Each level beaten gives you more cards that you may add with thirty being the maximum you can have at one time. If you don’t want to build it yourself you can use the game’s automatic deck builder.

Usually when you see a turn-based game you instantly look the other way, but with success such as Kingdom Hearts for the GBA everyone can find something in them. Metal Gear: Acid is shaping up to be a great portable title and we’ll be looking out for it in the future. Expect release early this year.”