History YMMV / MetalGearSolidPortableOps

* SoOkayItsAverage: At worst, the game is regarded as enjoyable or at least accepted as part of the series, except it delivered far less than was promised.

* GoodBadBugs: The ability to have your squadmates hiding in boxes capture enemies doesn't check to see if you dragged multiple enemies, meaning its possible to capture an entire level's worth of guards by knocking them out and then dragging near the hiding team member then calling it in, which takes significantly less time then dragging them all to the truck individually.

* ContestedSequel: ''Portable Ops'' bears the distinction for being the only mainline ''Metal Gear Solid'' game not directed by Kojima himself and has a peculiar position in the series' canon as a result. Initially advertised as the "missing link" between the events of ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' and the original ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear|1}}'', it essentially tied up all the loose ends between those two games (showing how Big Boss first formed [=FOXHOUND=], met Roy Campbell and Frank Jaeger, and obtained the funds for Outer Heaven) and even foreshadowed the events of ''Metal Gear Solid 4''. However, despite the positive reception it received during its release, Kojima went on to direct the next UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Portable}} game in the series, ''Peace Walker'', which he wrote as a direct continuation of ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', ignoring everything that happened in ''Portable Ops'' aside from a single reference in which Kazuhira Miller tells Snake that they can finally "[[DiscontinuityNod leave all the crap in San Hieronymo behind]].

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[https://youtu.be/PXkgn3QUA2w Calling To The Night]] is often compared to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On". Reasons for this include a similar opening motif with a piano and a high-pitched instrument, a dramatic key change when the percussion kicks in and a soaring chorus. [[Creator/HideoKojima Hideo Kojima]] is known to like Titanic, so this may not be coincidence.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[https://youtu.be/PXkgn3QUA2w Calling To The Night]] is often compared to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On". Reasons for this include a similar opening motif with a piano and a high-pitched instrument, a dramatic key change when the percussion kicks in and a soaring chorus. [[Creator/HideoKojima Hideo Kojima]] is known to like [[Film/Titanic1997]], so this may not be coincidence.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[https://youtu.be/PXkgn3QUA2w Calling To The Night]] is often compared to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On". Reasons for this include a similar opening motif with a piano and a high-pitched instrument, a dramatic key change when the percussion kicks in and a soaring chorus. [[Creator/HideoKojima Hideo Kojima]] is known to like [[Film/Titanic]], so this may not be coincidence.

* SignatureScene: [[spoiler:Jonathan's Death]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In June 2016, Creator/{{Konami}} finally re-released both ''Portable Ops'' and ''Portable Ops Plus'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and [=PlayStation=] TV due to fan demand.

* ScrappyMechanic: Whose bright idea was it to have your teammates die permanently in combat? Fortunately, this was remedied to be more tolerable in [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker the sequel]].

* SoOkayItsAverage: At worst, the game is regarded as enjoyable or at least accepted as part of the series, except it delivered far less than was promised.

* RecycledScript: Grab ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. Replace Solid Snake with Naked Snake, Liquid Snake with Gene, [=FOXHOUND=] with FOX, Deepthroat with Ghost, and some other changes and you'll get the script of ''Portable Ops''.

* SoOkayItsAverage: At worst, the game is regarded as enjoyable or at least accepted as part of the series, except it delivered far less than was promised.
* VillainSue: Gene. CompellingVoice[=/=]CharmPerson, beats up a one of the strongest characters in battle and has them as one of their minions, is an evil counterpart to Big Boss like Liquid is to Solid Snake, is a SuperSoldier/ultimate battlefield commander, has SuperSpeed, and created his own upgraded version of CQC. Not even Ocelot or [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Steven Armstrong]] were this bad.

* ContestedSequel: ''Portable Ops'' bears the distinction for being the only mainline ''Metal Gear Solid'' game not directed by Kojima himself and has a peculiar position in the series' canon as a result. Initially advertised as the "missing link" between the events of ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' and the original ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear|1}}'', it essentially tied up all the loose ends between those two games (showing how Big Boss first formed [=FOXHOUND=], met Roy Campbell and Frank Jaeger, and obtained the funds for Outer Heaven) and even foreshadowed the events of ''Metal Gear Solid 4''. However, despite the positive reception it received during its release, Kojima went on to direct the next UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Portable}} game in the series, ''Peace Walker'', which he wrote as a direct continuation of ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', ignoring everything that happened in ''Portable Ops'' aside from a single reference in which Kazuhira Miller tells Snake that they can finally "[[DiscontinuityNod leave all the crap in San Hieronymo behind.

* BrokenBase: The canonicity of ''Portable Ops'' is heavily debated. Some fans still consider the game to be canon because it expands upon some of the details that was referenced in the ending timeline of ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 3|Snake Eater}}'' and the core story foreshadows the events of ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 4|Guns of the Patriots}}''. Others consider ''Portable Ops'' to be non-canon because Creator/HideoKojima didn't direct the game. Not helping matters is how the game has been seen by Konami and Creator/HideoKojima since the release of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]]''.[[note]]It is barely acknowledged in official Konami press and media, it wasn't included the compilations ''Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection'' and ''Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection'', and Kojima considers it to be a spinoff.[[/note]]

* BrokenBase: The canonicity of ''Portable Ops'' is heavily debated. Some fans still consider the game to be canon because it expands upon some of the details that was referenced in the ending timeline of ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 3|Snake Eater}}'' and the core story foreshadows the events of ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 4|Guns of the Patriots}}''. Others consider ''Portable Ops'' to be non-canon because Creator/HideoKojima didn't direct the game. Officially, the game ''is'' canon, but Kojima has said other games can and will take liberties with it.
* ContestedSequel: ''Portable Ops'' bears the distinction for being the only mainline ''Metal Gear Solid'' game not directed by Kojima himself and has a peculiar position in the series' canon as a result. Initially advertised as the "missing link" between the events of ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' and the original ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear|1}}'', it essentially tied up all the loose ends between those two games (showing how Big Boss first formed [=FOXHOUND=], met Roy Campbell and Frank Jaeger, and obtained the funds for Outer Heaven) and even foreshadowed the events of ''Metal Gear Solid 4''. However, despite the positive reception it received during its release, Kojima was unsatisfied with ''Portable Ops'' and went on to direct the next UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Portable}} game in the series, ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]]'', which he wrote as a direct continuation of ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', ignoring everything that happened in ''Portable Ops'' aside from a single reference in which Kazuhira Miller tells Snake that they can finally "[[DiscontinuityNod leave all the crap in San Hieronymo behind.]]"

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%%DeaderThanDisco has nothing to do with how the design team treats it. It's about fan perception. No fans are embarrassed to have enjoyed it, and in fact fans WANTED it included in the compilations mentioned in the entry. Please stop re-adding it.
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* DeaderThanDisco: This has been the game's overall treatment since the release of ''Peace Walker''. It is barely acknowledged in official Konami press and media, it wasn't included the compilations ''Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection'' and ''Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection'', and Kojima considers it to be a spinoff since he didn't write the story or direct ''Portable Ops''.

* DeaderThanDisco: This has been the game's overall treatment since the release of ''Peace Walker''. It is barely acknowledged in official Konami press and media. In addition, Kojima considers it to be a spinoff since he didn't write the story or direct ''Portable Ops''.

* VillainSue: Gene. CompellingVoice[=/=]CharmPerson, beats up a one of the strongest ''Metal Gear'' characters in battle and has them as one of their minions, is an evil counterpart to Big Boss like Liquid is to Solid Snake, is a SuperSoldier/ultimate battlefield commander, has SuperSpeed, and created his own upgraded version of CQC. Not even Ocelot or [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Steven Armstrong]] were this bad.

* JerkassWoobie: Cunningham is pretty much a big jerk and somewhat two-faced towards FOX and the CIA, but considering what he had to put up with (being forced into a desk job after his leg was amputated, not to mention learning that the CIA basically left The Boss to die, which in his views was an insult to the memory of the Mother of Special Forces), it's kinda hard to blame him for what he did.

* VillainSue: Gene. CompellingVoice[=/=]CharmPerson, beats up a one of the strongest ''Metal Gear'' characters in battle and has them as one of their minions, is an evil counterpart to Big Boss like Liquid is to Solid Snake, is a SuperSoldier/ultimate battlefield commander, has SuperSpeed, and created his own upgraded version of CQC. Not even Ocelot or [VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Steven Armstrong]] were this bad.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[AwesomeMusic/MetalGear See here.]]

* VillainSue: Gene. CompellingVoice[=/=]CharmPerson, beats up a one of the strongest ''Metal Gear'' characters in battle and has them as one of their minions, is an evil counterpart to Big Boss like Liquid is to Solid Snake, is a SuperSoldier/ultimate battlefield commander, has SuperSpeed, and created his own upgraded version of CQC. Not even Ocelot or Steven Armstrong were this bad.

* ContestedSequel: ''Portable Ops'' bears the distinction for being the only mainline ''Metal Gear Solid'' game not directed by Kojima himself and has a peculiar position in the series' canon as a result. Initially advertised as the "missing link" between the events of ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' and the original ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear|1}}'', it essentially tied up all the loose ends between those two games (showing how Big Boss first formed [=FOXHOUND=], met Roy Campbell and Frank Jaeger, and obtained the funds for Outer Heaven) and even foreshadowed the events of ''Metal Gear Solid 4''. However, despite the generally positive reception it received during its release, Kojima was unsatisfied with ''Portable Ops'' and went on to direct the next UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Portable}} game in the series, ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]]'', which he wrote as a direct continuation of ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', ignoring everything that happened in ''Portable Ops'' aside from a single reference in which Kazuhira Miller tells Snake that they can finally "[[DiscontinuityNod leave all the crap in San Hieronymo behind.]]"

* DeaderThanDisco: This has been the game overall treatment since the release of ''Peace Walker''. It is barely acknowledged in official Konami press and media. In addition, Kojima considers it to be a spinoff since he didn't write the story or direct ''Portable Ops''.

* DeaderThanDisco: This has been the game's overall treatment since the release of ''Peace Walker''. It is barely acknowledged in official Konami press and media.