Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (メタルギアソリッド ピースウォーカー?) is a video game produced by Konami and Kojima Productions that was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2010. Peace Walker is the fifth Metal Gear Solid title for the PSP, although it is only the second to be considered canonical. It is also the first game in the series for a portable platform to be directed by series' creator Hideo Kojima.The story takes place after the events of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, both prequels to the original Metal Gear, and features Naked Snake as the protagonist once again. Peace Walker's original title was Metal Gear Solid 5: Peace Walker.The development team which worked on Peace Walker is as large as the team that worked on Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots .
Story
Metal Gear series fictional chronology
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Metal Gear Solid (The Twin Snakes)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Story
A mysterious military force equipped with the latest weapons, called Peace Sentinels, has established a presence in Costa Rica in late 1974. The Costa Rican government cannot do anything about them because the country's constitution bans the creation of an armed forces. The nation has secretly tapped Naked Snake and his Militaires Sans Frontières (Soldiers without Borders; Outer Heaven's predecessor) mercenary group to turn back the threat, which could endanger the balance of power between the East and West.
Developer(s) Kojima Productions
Publisher(s) Konami
Designer(s) Hideo Kojima (producer, director)
Artist(s) Yoji Shinkawa
Writer(s) Hideo Kojima
Composer(s) See Music
Series Metal Gear
Platform(s) PlayStation Portable
Release date(s): JP April 28, 2010
NA June 8, 2010
EU June 17, 2010
Mode(s): Single-player,
multiplayer (cooperative)
Rating(s) CERO: C
ESRB: T
Media UMD, Download
Gameplay
Some changes are made to the standard Metal Gear Solid formula. Movement is done on the analog stick; actions such as co-op actions use the directional-pad; melee actions, which include multiple throws into crowds of enemies, use the R button; and weapons use the L button with the R button. Players will be unable to move while lying down, and will also have to crouch in order to pick up items. There is also an option to switch to the style of gameplay used in Portable Ops. The game itself can only be paused when the PSP is in Sleep mode instead of opening the menu.
The game will feature a heavy emphasis on co-operative gameplay, with two players in main missions and up to four players in boss missions. Players can choose one of four different Snakes with different layouts:
Battle Dress (Armored) Snake - features heavy weapons and high defense at the expense of mobility and stealth.
Naked Snake - moves faster and has heavy weapons at the cost of lower defense and stealth.
Jungle Fatigues Snake - balance of stealth, speed, defense, and weapons.
Stealth Suit Snake - design for extreme stealth at the expense of attack power.
Music
The Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Original Soundtrack was released on Apr 14, 2010.
Awards
Peace Walker received the Best of Show and Best PSP Game awards during the 2009 Tokyo Game Show .
Reception
Peace Walker was given a perfect score of 40/40 in the May 5, 2010 issue of Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu. making it the fourteenth game to achieve a perfect score, as well as the first title for the PSP. However, gaming blog Kotaku pointed out that there is potential conflict of interest for Famitsu in giving the review because the magazine appears in the game and former Famitsu Editor-in-Chief Hirokazu Hamamura appears in print ads and on a Konami website actively promoting the game.
