MGS Delta: Snake Eater Retains Original's Suggestive Content, Rating Indicates

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater retains the suggestive and sexual content from Metal Gear Solid 3, including the Peep Demo Theatre, as per an age rating. Although developer Konami has not officially confirmed the retention of this controversial content, the U.S. classification board, the ESRB, has rated the stealth action game as Mature 17+. This rating is attributed to realistic gunfire, cries of pain, bloody combat, and the presence of "suggestive/sexual content."

The ESRB's detailed report on the game highlights its realistic combat and violence, noting, "Cutscenes depict further instances of violence/blood: a restrained character beaten and electrocuted; a character shot in the eye; a character on fire shot several times." Additionally, the ESRB outlines the suggestive/sexual content: "The game contains some suggestive/sexual content: a man groping a woman's breasts; close-up camera angles of deep cleavage; a character briefly groping a man's crotch; a Peep Demo Theatre allowing players to view cutscenes of a female character's body from a first-person perspective."

The Peep Demo Theater, an unlockable feature from the Subsistence and HD Collection versions of the original Metal Gear Solid 3, allows Snake to manipulate the camera and zoom in on a cutscene featuring Eva in her underwear. This feature is unlocked after completing the game four times.

Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will be released on August 28. A new teaser trailer also revealed that the Snake vs. Monkey minigame will be making a comeback.

In our Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater preview, IGN remarked, "Metal Gear Solid Delta seems more like a very shiny HD remaster than the elegant remake it could have been." The preview praised the game's beauty and nostalgia but criticized its faithfulness to the original, stating, "It’s an admittedly beautiful nostalgia trip, but almost faithful to a fault." The original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater received an impressive score of 9.6 from IGN.