Summary
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eateris revamping the originalMetal Gear Solid 3’s battle damage system by showing Snake’s injuries as he sustains them in-game. Fans of the classicMetal Gear Solid 3were pleasantly surprised when a current-gen remake was revealed at the PlayStation Showcase 2023 last May, with an Unreal Engine 5-rendered Naked Snake appearing onscreen in an impressiveMetal Gear Solid Deltateaser trailer. At the recent Xbox Game Showcase,Metal Gear Solid Deltawas shown off again, giving players a look at the upcoming remake’s stealth-based gameplay.
Judging from this most recentMetal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eatergameplay trailer, it seems that the remake will retain many of the elements that made the originalMetal Gear Solid 3one of themost revered stealth gamesof all time. Naked Snake (who would later be known as Big Boss) will once again sneak his way through a lush jungle landscape on a mission to prevent the Soviets from activating a deadly superweapon during the Cold War in the first chronological entry in theMetal Gearfranchise.
Snake is bound to pick up a few cuts and brushes during this covert operation, andMetal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eateris taking an upgraded approach to battle damage. As confirmed on both the officialMetal Gear Solid Deltawebsiteand the Metal Gear Official Twitter account, any damage Snake obtains will be physically shown on his body, with his clothes suffering wear and tear and bruises and bullet wounds appearing on his skin. This is shown in a brief gameplay snippet of Snake painfully patching himself up after a presumably difficult skirmish, with the super soldier looking especially worse for wear.
Metal Gear Solid Delta Will Show Physical Damage On Snake’s Body
As noted on the game’s website, this new battle system will ensure that every player will have aunique gameplay experience inMetal Gear Solid Delta, with Snake himself looking strikingly different after each playthrough and his body telling the story of what he went through during the iconic Virtuous Mission. It could also be used as a self-imposed challenge for some players, as they could try to make it through the game without damaging Snake too much.
So far, fan reactions to this announcement have been overwhelmingly positive, with many players feeling that it falls right in line withMetal Gearcreator Hideo Kojima’spenchant for adding creative gameplay touches to his projects. Others have joked that their version of Snake will look especially banged up after playing throughMetal Gear Solid Deltathanks to this new battle damage system. Recent rumors suggest thatMetal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eatercould launch this November, but nothing official has been confirmed yet.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)
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Discover the origin story of iconic military operative Snake and begin to unravel the plot of the legendary METAL GEAR series. METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER brings unprecedented new graphics, immersive stealth action gameplay and sounds to its riveting story as players once again return to the world of METAL GEAR.Rival nations are secretly developing weapons that could threaten the future of mankind. Deep in the jungle, an elite soldier must combine stealth with survival to infiltrate the enemy and stop a weapon of mass destruction from triggering the largest full-scale war the world has ever seen.
