Paintinator Speculation

Well, today's the day when the new Metal Gear Solid level pack launches. We are all excited, and I just want to highlight some information, and point out some information that you may not have known about.

Firstly, You can't grab anything while holding the gun. To me, that is extremely disappointing. Just imagine the possibility of holding on to the bottom of a helicopter and shooting everything below you. Not even that! What are we suppose to do when were holding the gun and we need to pull a switch? Media Molecule should have just used L1 to fire. This is like not having the ability to grab and lift things with the jet pack. This is severely limiting and I home Media Molecule either explains their logic behind it, or provides a remedy.

Second, your paint balls take the color of your pop-it. This is a nice detail and it lets you customize how your going to shoot things. In the picture above, there is two green, a peach and a blue on the score board, and it clearly corresponds with the Sackpeople's paintinators. So make sure that you have a different color pop-it than your friends, or else you won't know who's shooting what!

Now this part is just speculation, but it looks like you have a depeting amount of paint in your gun. Presumably, that is what the meter on the top is for. I would imagine that it refills once you walk over another Paintinator power up.

Speaking of the "power up", yes, you do need to pick it up, much like the jet pack. You cannot put it on like a costume, so you cant use it in your pod, or in levels that don't have the Paintinator in it.

Some final notes about all of this new stuff. When you hit one of your friends, it has been described as a "weak slap". You can still play with the Paintinator if you didnt purchase the level pack, if you play a user created level with it in it. If you want to play the new story levels, then you need to join a friend who did purchase the level pack. If you play the new levels and you didn't puchase the level pack, then you can't keep the new items, including the Paintinator. The level pack should come out around 8:00 pm est, but that's not always a guarantee.

Finnaly, if you cant wait until this evening, then head on over here for some gameplay videos. Warning: Contains Spoilers.