The highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater retains the suggestive and sexual content from the original Metal Gear Solid 3, including the infamous Peep Demo Theatre, as confirmed by an age rating. While developer Konami has not officially confirmed the retention of this controversial content, the U.S. classification board, the ESRB, has given the stealth action game a Mature 17+ rating. This rating is attributed to the game's realistic gunfire, cries of pain, bloody combat, and "suggestive/sexual content."
The ESRB's detailed report highlights the game's intense violence and gore, mentioning scenes such as a restrained character being beaten and electrocuted, a character being shot in the eye, and another character being set on fire and shot multiple times. Additionally, the ESRB notes specific instances of suggestive and sexual content, including a man groping a woman's breasts, close-up camera angles focusing on deep cleavage, a character briefly groping a man's crotch, and the Peep Demo Theatre feature. This feature, an unlockable extra from the Subsistence and HD Collection versions of Metal Gear Solid 3, allows players to view cutscenes of a female character, Eva, in her underwear from a first-person perspective, unlocked by completing the game four times.
Konami has officially announced that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will launch on August 28, accompanied by a new teaser trailer that also confirmed the return of the popular Snake vs. Monkey minigame. In our Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater preview, IGN described the game as "more like a very shiny HD remaster than the elegant remake it could have been." The review praises the game's nostalgic appeal and visual enhancements but notes its almost faultless fidelity to the original. The original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater received an impressive score of 9.6 from IGN, reflecting its enduring legacy.
