
Konami has revealed that one of the reasons behind its upcoming remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is to allow the "newer, younger" generation of gamers the chance to experience the stealth franchise on modern hardware. Spotted by GamesRadar in the 46th (and final) issue of PLAY magazine, series producer Noriaki Okamura cites those unfamiliar with the series as one of the things that "really sparked" Konami into action.
Okamura said in full: "One of the things that really sparked us to do the remake in general is because we realised that a lot of the newer, younger generation of gamers aren’t familiar with the Metal Gear series anymore." This is then reflected in the decision to replace the number in the title with the word "Delta", because despite being the third entry, Snake Eater actually takes place first in the timeline. "That’s where the original story started," added Okamura.
It's been nine years since the last mainline Metal Gear Solid game, and only recently, with the first volume of the Master Collection has there been an effort to preserve the series. It brought back the first three numbered entries for PS5 and PS4, and with the help of Virtuos, the Japanese publisher is faithfully remaking Snake Eater. Konami has confirmed it'll announce a release date before the end of the year, and as more time passes, a reveal at The Game Awards next month seems more and more likely.
We had the chance to play the Virtous Mission at a MGS Delta: Snake Eater Preview event earlier this year, where we concluded it to be a "fiercely loyal remake". We said: "Without the need for gameplay or story changes, what Konami and Virtuos are doing is tweaking near-perfection. On the basis of the Virtuous Mission, they are going about the endeavour in the correct manner."
[source gamesradar.com]
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Surely we'll get a release date soon !
As soon as I think about Metal Gear I’m back taking on Pyscho Mantis! Breaking the fourth wall before I even knew what that was 😁
@hypnotoad For real, I thought it was meant to come out this year....
@Mikey856
Yes, wonder how that would go these days with physical media being a fraction of sales.
Don't really care why, I just want a release date already initial release date was 2024, of which we have 6 weeks left of...
I love Metal Gear, but yeah, it is badly dated. Although ironically not MGS3 so much. It is the game that is universally liked so it makes sense to start with it.
@LifeGirl And with it also being a prequel it makes even more sense to start with it
I don't see the game appearing at a Geoff event so I get the feeling that there's an unannounced platform specific event (e.g. State of Play) that'll reveal the release date.
@LifeGirl Yeah, well at least Subsistence. That was the first MGS that had controls I actually felt comfortable with. MGS2 was awful with its weird aiming and shooting controls using the pressure sensitive face buttons.
@Matroska Agreed, it is the controls more than anything else that really hurts this series. I'm not not normally one for "dumbing down" but I would much prefer a single button press over the complicated CQC system of MGS3. I know seasoned players can work magic with it but I always struggled to get it to do what I wanted it to do. One flick of the stick in the wrong direction was the difference between success and failure.
To be honest, the only Metal Gear I’ve ever liked is the original NES game. All subsequent games bored me to no end.
Should have remade the first game
@Shad361 You mean Metal Gear Solid (1998)? One of the points made in this article is how Snake Eater is actually the first game chronologically. I too would prefer a remake of MGS, but MGS3 is the optimal one to start with. Hopefully, they will proceed to remake the other titles.
This has me raising my eyebrows a bit
I just want fully fledged remakes of the msx games. If they're really going chronologically, perhaps we'll get there after a remake of peace walker and a remaster of mgsV. By then I probably look like mgs4 snake.
That’s fine. Keep the cosmic trigger happy
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