[Spank-A-Thon]

There have been a few mentions of MGS On-line here and there but I ain't seen a thread dedicated to it yet... so here it is...

I was thinking about what type of on-line experience would suit MGS. Something like your standard deathmatch has been done to death by many other games, and is not a route I would feel worth pursuing. So I began to think what was the key thing about MGS - what parts of the game got me the most excited...

It wasn't the gunfights, and it certainly wasn't the Boss fights (in fact they're my least favourite parts of MGS games) - it was the stealth... and thinking about this I think I've hit on a winner for at least one on-line game mode.

You have two teams, one that is the terrorists, and the other members of a counter-terrorism unit. The idea is that the goodies have to infiltrate a building or something and retrieve an item (or maybe person) - but they have to escape too.

Meanwhile, the terrorist team's goal is too hunt down and kill/capture all the good guys. And to encourage capture rather thank kills, you would get more points for captures...

Now here is where it gets more complicated.

You have one chance - and if you are caught, that's it - you are imprisoned in a cell for the rest of the round. But what if you could be rescued? This would add an extra element to the game. Do you take a risk and go straight for the goal, or do you go and save your buddie(s) first..? After all, they may be able to help. Imagine not only getting the item and escaping but also saving your buddies too.... now that's something Solid Snake would do!

At the end of each round, the on-line players swap roles, so those who were terrorists now have to sneak in, whilst the counter-terrorists now have to hunt out the goodies.

Throw in some headsets so each team can talk to each other and we're set.

Anyway, that's my idea. If anyone wants to expand on mine, or throw your own in, then please do! You never know - Kojima-San might just be surfing the 'net looking for ideas! Lol!

- S