Rumor: Metal Gear Super Surprise in December
by Dan Landis on July 28, 2008 at 9:17 am
Word on the street is that a super secret special surprise awaits players that have completed Metal Gear Solid 4. Rumor has it that something will unlock in the game come this December. If you’ve beaten the game, you’ll know the relevance of the six-month time frame (no spoilers here, sorry). Kojima has supposedly said that people who pirate the game will miss out on “something special” which further fuels the idea since pirated copies don’t necessarily sync well with PSN. So, what’s the surprise?
Speculation is that an update will occur via PSN that will unlock the mystery of what happens to Snake after the ending of MGS4. Because it’ll occur via PSN, you won’t be able to “cheat” and find out ahead of time what the secret is by changing your PS3’s internal clock. Now the question remains of whether this content will merely be an additional cutscene or if it will actually be playable.
Again, this is just a rumor, but one that is picking up some steam within the Metal Gear community. It could all just be bullshit to make you never want to get rid of your copy of the game, or there really might be some truth to it. After all, you know what they say about Internet rumors…
Source: GameBlog.fr (it’s French, so maybe this is all just a mistranslation)
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5 Comments » |
on July 28, 2008 12:44 pm
It’s a discount for the 360 version. :P
on July 28, 2008 8:19 pm
360 version via PSN? How smart.
GameBlog.fr hasn’t mentioned any pirated copies as far as I can tell.
And I don’t know where the auther got the idea that there are playable pirated copies for PS3 let alone syncing with PSN. Syncing console time and PSN time has nothing to do with games?
Either Dan is on top of the underground PS3 scene or he has very little idea.
on July 28, 2008 8:22 pm
Oh wait, is he like saying there’ll be MGS DLC in December and people who share it off other people will miss out? That’s not exactly piracy, more of an exploit that Sony is already aware of.
on July 28, 2008 8:46 pm
You seem to be misunderstanding what pirating means. It is possible to modify your PS3 (or Xbox 360 or older consoles) to run copied games directly off of the hard drive or play illegally burned discs (which you can also download from the Internet and make yourself). The modding process is generally detectable if you attempt to go online with that console, and it simply refuses to let you do it. In that case, it would be impossible to get the super special update thing without a “real” copy of MGS4.
As for your comment “Syncing console time and PSN time has nothing to do with games?”, I’m not sure what you are asking/saying. By changing the console’s internal clock, you can access features that are real-world time-related. For example, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 on the Xbox had a real-time event calendar, so you could play a special Christmas event on Christmas, things of that nature. You also can change the date on your PS3 and see whose birthday it is in the Metal Gear universe. I was just saying that unlike some other features in certain games, changing your clock won’t get this effect to trigger.
Given the two options, I would have to say that I’m on top of the modding scene (smiley face).
on July 29, 2008 1:40 am
If you change the time and date of your PS3 to a Wednesday or Sunday, it’ll be 20% off at Drebin’s shop in MGS4.
If you quit The End boss fight in MGS3 before killing him, move your clock forward a week, and then load back up again – you’ll see that he’s passed away from old age.
Real world time and MGS has been around for a while. This time it won’t work.
Ps. I don’t think the PS3 has been hacked yet, so pirated copies of PS3 games are yet to available. The only exploit is to share PSN games with upto 5 other users – but this is more an allowed feature than pirating.