MGS Delta: Snake Eater Keeps Original's Suggestive Content

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater includes suggestive and sexual content originally featured in Metal Gear Solid 3, such as the Peep Demo Theater, as indicated by a recent age rating.

Although developer Konami has not officially confirmed whether the controversial material remains, the ESRB has rated the stealth action game Mature 17+ due to realistic gunfire, sounds of pain, bloody combat, and suggestive/sexual content.

In addition to outlining the game’s realistic combat and violence, the ESRB notes: "Cutscenes depict further instances of violence/blood: a restrained character is beaten and electrocuted; a character is shot in the eye; a character on fire is shot multiple times."

"The game contains suggestive/sexual content, including a man groping a woman’s breasts, close-up camera angles focusing on deep cleavage, a character briefly touching a man’s crotch, and the Peep Demo Theater, which allows players to watch cutscenes featuring a female character’s body in first-person view."

The Peep Demo Theater is an unlockable bonus in the Subsistence and HD Collection versions of the original Metal Gear Solid 3. It allows players to control the camera and zoom in during a cutscene where Eva appears in her underwear. Unlocking it requires completing the game four times.

Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will launch on August 28, alongside a new teaser trailer that also announced the return of the Snake vs. Monkey minigame.

"Metal Gear Solid Delta appears more like a polished HD remaster than the elegant remake it could have been," noted IGN in our Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater preview, which also discusses Snake’s new first-person perspective. "While visually stunning and nostalgic, it remains perhaps too faithful to the original." The original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater earned an impressive 9.6 from us.