Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus

The long awaited expansion to the PSP hit, Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops is here. At quite a low price, Portable Ops Plus is at least worth looking at. It is an expansion on which you can upload your previous game save data from the original Portable Ops. As soon as you start up the game you instantly get sucked into a sort of re abilitation stage in which you are reintroduced to how the Portable Ops system works which can either be seen as quite helpful or, how I found it, really boring. You can use all of your soldiers from previous save data which isn't really a bonus and more of an expected necessity.

The single player campaign in Plus is basically a string of missions taking you to revisit maps from the previous game. There is the slight twist that your Health and Stamina have been dramatically reduced and your weapons have vanished, meaning every bit of equipment is going to have to be P.O.S'd (procured on sight). The missions are quite simple, use your radar to...

THE GOOD:
The online component, one of the best (if not THE best) multiplayer titles out there right now.
The new features which give the game a unique feel.

THE BAD:
The single player component is lacking, its more of a 'recruit the soldiers' mode to supplement the online play.

SUMMARY:
The MGS series returns to the PSP system, albeit in a more 'expansion pack' form than a true game.

The '+' in the title refers to the plethora of new content included in the game, such as new characters and maps, new careers for your soldiers, new online game modes and new weapons. There is even an option to import your soldiers from a saved game from Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops. All of these features do something to add to the depth of the game.

THE GAMEPLAY:
First, and most noticeably, the story mode from Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (MPO) has been removed from the + version (MPO+) in favour of the new 'Infinity...