The upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater retains the suggestive and sexual content from Metal Gear Solid 3, including the controversial Peep Demo Theatre, as indicated by its age rating. Although developer Konami has not officially confirmed the retention of this content, the ESRB has classified the stealth action game as Mature 17+ due to its realistic gunfire, cries of pain, bloody combat, and "suggestive/sexual content."
The ESRB rating details not only the game's realistic combat and violence but also specifies instances such as "cutscenes depicting 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 rating highlights the game's suggestive elements, noting: "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 Theatre, an unlockable feature from the Subsistence and HD Collection versions of the original Metal Gear Solid 3, allows players to manipulate the camera around Eva during a specific cutscene where she appears in her underwear. This feature becomes available after completing the game four times.
Konami has officially announced that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will be released on August 28, accompanied by a new teaser trailer that also confirmed the return of the 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 preview praised the game's visual appeal, calling it "an admittedly beautiful nostalgia trip, but almost faithful to a fault." The original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater was awarded an impressive 9.6 by IGN, highlighting its enduring legacy.
