The upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will include the suggestive and sexual content from its predecessor, Metal Gear Solid 3, including the infamous Peep Demo Theatre, as indicated by an age rating. Although 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 due to the game's realistic gunfire, cries of pain, bloody combat, and the inclusion of "suggestive/sexual content."
The ESRB's detailed report highlights the game's realistic portrayal of violence and blood, stating: "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 report notes the presence of suggestive and sexual content, such as "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 found in the Subsistence and HD Collection versions of the original Metal Gear Solid 3, allows players to move the camera and zoom in during a cutscene featuring Eva in her underwear. This feature is unlocked after playing through 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 confirms 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 beauty and nostalgic appeal but noted that it remains "almost faithful to a fault." The original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater received an impressive score of 9.6 from us.
