Metal Gear Solid Touch Detailed
Find out how the controls work.
by IGN Staff
December 17, 2008 - Following up on our earlier report of Metal Gear Solid's appearance on iPhone/iPod Touch in the form of Metal Gear Solid Touch, we've stumbled upon a few new details on the game through the latest issue of Japan's Weekly Famitsu game magazine.
The magazine offers details on the game's control scheme. As revealed early today, you slide your finger on the screen to move Snake's view around. You then tap to make Snake fire. Zooming in and out make use of pinch gestures, where you place two fingers on the screen and slide them together or apart.
As you might have figured out, you don't move Snake about the stages like you did in Metal Gear Solid 4. There is more to the game than just shooting, though. At the end of each stage, you'll be treated to still shots that push the story forward.
Famitsu also scored an interview with Metal Gear series mastermind Hideo Kojima and with MGS Touch creative producer Yasuyo Watanabe.
In response to the question of Metal Gear Solid 4 being the base for Metal Gear Solid Touch, Kojima told the magazine that the content of Touch is really the full content of MGS4. Kojima's meaning is a bit unclear, but this does imply that the connection with MGS4 will go deeper than just the setting and enemies.
Describing MGS Touch as a "Simple MGS," Kojima explained the decision to go with a shooting game. The game's development staff initially considered a stealth approach, but decided that this would result in a difficult game to play on trains and in other places where one might play games on their iPhone. They ended up deciding to go with a shooter that you play by touching the screen because it would be easy to pick up.
Watanabe had praise for the iPhone/iPod Touch platform, saying that there's quite a bit one can do with the touch controls, and also noting the ease of development.
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