The upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater retains the suggestive and sexual content from its predecessor, Metal Gear Solid 3, including the controversial Peep Demo Theatre, as indicated by its age rating. Although developer Konami has not officially confirmed the inclusion of this 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 "suggestive/sexual content."
The ESRB's detailed report on the game's content goes beyond just the violence and blood. It mentions specific scenes such as "a restrained character beaten and electrocuted; a character shot in the eye; a character on fire shot several times." Moreover, it addresses the suggestive and sexual 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 in the Subsistence and HD Collection versions of the original Metal Gear Solid 3, allows players to control the camera and zoom in on Eva during a specific cutscene where she appears in her underwear. This feature becomes available after completing the game four times.
Konami has announced that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will be released on August 28. A new teaser trailer not only confirmed the release date but also revealed the return of the beloved 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 highlighted the inclusion of a new first-person perspective for Snake, adding that "It's an admittedly beautiful nostalgia trip, but almost faithful to a fault." The original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater received an impressive 9.6 rating from us, underscoring its high acclaim.
