The never-ending Konami downward spiral.
If you needed a reminder that Konami is garbage now, you really only need to look to Metal Gear Survive. The game is loaded with all sorts of delightful problems. This is because the game is less about Konami putting out a decent product, and more about sticking it to Hideo Kojima. Who, at this very moment, has looped Norman Reedus into his M-Preg story game that he’s gotten millions of dollars to make. But this isn’t about Norman Reedus and the Funky Fetus, it’s about Metal Gear Survive and Konami being awful to its players.
My internet went down and Metal Gear Suvive kicked me out of the game immediately. If it didn’t save what I just did I might never play this thing ever again?
Completely stuck at this screen now, no “retry connection,” nothing. Rad. pic.twitter.com/aSAdYBymT2
— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann) February 21, 2018
After that the game quit and the Xbox started treating me like a shoplifter. pic.twitter.com/FjUav8sEWg
— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann) February 21, 2018
Got internet back and the game has no means to resume, you have to quit and relaunch. It died as I was saving and yep. Didn’t save. Serverside saves? Probably so they can make sure all your XP doublers are legit and paid for? Even though the premium currency isn’t for sale yet?
— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann) February 21, 2018
But that’s not the big thing today, no. The big thing is that Konami expects you to pay $9.99 (about £7.99) per extra character slot. You know, that thing a lot of games give you a few of for free. Slots cost 1,000 survival coins (the game’s premium currency), that 10 spot gets you 1,150 of them. Sure, you can change your character’s appearance at base camp for free, but that’s not the same. So if you want to play with a different character, maybe a different gender? You have two choices:
- Fork over the money.
- Delete your original save and start over, pathetic nerd!
So, yeah. You already paid $40 just to play Metal Gear Survive, but Konami’s going to nickel and dime you as hard as possible. Why? Because they’re run by a loony that has put everything into pachinko machines. We’ll never see another Goemon or decent Castlevania game again. Well, unless you count Bloodstained. And why wouldn’t you? It’s almost like everyone that successfully leaves Konami starts thriving like crazy.
Source: VG 24/7
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