Metal Gear Solid Delta Recaptures The Magic Of Snake Eater

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Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is just as good as Metal Gear Solid 3.  Metal Gear Solid Delta is a faithful recreation of the original Metal Gear Solid 3. With new visuals and controls we might only be able to enjoy it as much as the original. Wait…the original? One of the best PS2 games of all time? Sign us up!  Original Article by Oscar Taylor-Kent Video by Maddy Kendall-Murray

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00:00Inside me, there are two snakes.

00:03One is well aware that Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater is a luscious remake of the original

00:08Metal Gear Solid 3 featuring new control options and impressive Unreal 5 visuals.

00:13The other snake is just like, hell yeah, we're playing Metal Gear Solid 3 for the hundredth

00:18time.

00:19Time to do the usual.

00:20Both snakes are valid, but it's hard to listen to their slithering whispers at the same time.

00:26Simple to play and go hands on with the first couple of hours of Metal Gear Solid Delta for

00:30myself, encompassing only the prologue Virtuous mission.

00:33This amounted to a straightforward playthrough of the opening, and then a more leisurely

00:37run taking it all in and pushing the buttons of enemy guard and animal AI alike.

00:42Sorry, crocodiles, you're just too tasty to leave alone.

00:47For the new Fox recruits out there, Metal Gear Solid Delta once again sees naked snakes sent

00:53behind Soviet enemy lines in the 1960s to extract a defecting scientist, who has been helping

00:59to develop a mobile nuclear weapons platform.

01:02Naturally, complications arise, and he must balance jungle stealth with simply surviving,

01:08like nabbing animals for food for instance.

01:11I see you there Crocs.

01:13I warned you.

01:15The original combines Bond-like spy thrills with the best sneaking the Metal Gear series

01:19at the time had to offer.

01:22Many would consider it one of the best games ever made, so I am pleased to report that all

01:27the stuff that made it such a classic is present here in Metal Gear Solid Delta.

01:32Beyond hidden rubber ducks to now find in addition to the returning rubber frogs, one in each map

01:38by the way, great care has been deliberately taken by the developers to ensure it still feels

01:43like the iconic game fans remember, all while also being slick enough for newer players to get into

01:48it without having to think too hard about it technically being an older game.

01:54It creates a smooth feeling to play where it essentially handles like your rose-tinted memories.

02:00Of course the game always looked this good and was this straightforward to control.

02:05This is a game made with the idea slash nighttime anxiety thought that the younger generation

02:10of gamers aren't familiar with the Metal Gear series anymore.

02:13At the same time though, it can almost be hard to appreciate those enhancements because

02:18of it.

02:19Like Naked Snake rocking the perfect camo for the occasion, by design they blend into the

02:24background.

02:25Although in my demo I could only play with the modern controls, including things like

02:29a crouch walk and a marginally more intuitive control scheme.

02:33Okay, okay, okay.

02:35It's probably a lot more intuitive.

02:38I am just a Metal Gear sicko whose synapses are always ready to return to the legacy controls.

02:43Likewise, the fancy new visuals in Metal Gear Solid Delta are undoubtedly very pretty, but

02:50after a few minutes of play poking around the forests of Selenoyask, I lose sight of the

02:55brushstrokes and my brain begins to interpret it as simply Metal Gear Solid 3.

03:01Same as it ever was.

03:03All of this isn't helped by the fact Metal Gear Solid Delta is very clearly grafted onto

03:08the bones of the original game as directly as possible.

03:11It's an entirely different proposition to Konami's recent Silent Hill 2 remake developed

03:16by Bloober Team.

03:18Map geometry seems unchanged, with load points right where you remember them.

03:23Guards still aren't very smart.

03:26Apart from crouch walk, Naked Snake's movement options are much the same.

03:31No Metal Gear Solid 5 style diving here.

03:34The devs say it's almost too faithful.

03:36There are times when these philosophies clash.

03:39Tranquilised animals will suddenly pop into a spinning cage model for Snake to scoop up.

03:44But to me, that's the original charm shining through.

03:47It's tempting to find this disappointing, even while intellectually acknowledging the

03:52amount of effort that must have still gone into making Metal Gear Solid Delta.

03:57After all, there's not going to be much to surprise or delight veterans like me.

04:01Woefully, I might only be able to enjoy this flashy overhaul as much as the original Metal

04:07Gear Solid 3.

04:08Wait a minute, enjoy a game as much as the original Metal Gear Solid 3?

04:15That's actually an incredibly high bar.

04:18Often with remakes, re-releases, remasters, reduxes and retools, there can be some conflict

04:24between the quality of the source material and the ambition of the team putting together

04:28the new vision.

04:30Here, they're perfectly in sync.

04:33It might not be the expansive reimagining some dreamed of, but if the limitation of the

04:37Metal Gear Solid Delta faces is being beholden to feeling too close to one of the best PS2

04:43games of all time, that's certainly no bad thing.

04:47It's time to go dark and submerge once more into a Russian marsh.

04:53Crocodile cap firmly attached to head.

04:57Soon, we shall emerge.

05:01But what about you?

05:02Are you excited for Metal Gear Solid Delta?

05:04Let us know in the comments and stick with GamesRadar for the biggest 2025 releases.

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