Given the final decade, it’s no shock that something Konami does is met with the type of skepticism that it’s, however the firm’s upcoming of MGS3 is definitely wanting actually strong. We’ve seen a few trailers of Steel Gear Strong Delta: Snake Eater by now, and to date, it appears to be shaping as much as be a promising remake of a beloved basic. By the seems to be of it, it’s going to be an extremely devoted recreation that’s going to recreate the unique’s story, content material, and mechanics with little to no adjustments, whereas modernizing the expertise from a visible, technical, and quality-of-life perspective. There are, nonetheless, nonetheless a handful of extra particular adjustments and enhancements we’re hoping to see with the upcoming remake, and right here, that’s precisely what we’ll be speaking about.
REVAMPED BOSS FIGHTS
Steel Gear Strong is a kind of franchises that has at all times prided itself on its glorious boss fights, and although Steel Gear Strong 3 definitely does boast a couple of glorious ones of these itself, it could additionally undoubtedly profit from some sharpening on this entrance. Given how lengthy it’s been because the authentic recreation got here out, it’s not controversial to say that the majority of its boss fights might do with some tweaks and sharpening, whereas some might even be in want of straight up redesigns. For example, the combat towards The Ache, although conceptually an attention-grabbing one, generally is a bit tough to get by, particularly if you happen to return to the sport at the moment, so we’re hoping to see Konami make so fixes to it with the remake.
IMPROVED CAMO SYSTEM
Steel Gear Strong 3 boasted a variety of ingenious gameplay improvements when it first launched again within the day, with its camouflage system being excessive on that checklist, and clearly, it’s as soon as once more going to be an integral a part of the gameplay within the remake. It might, nonetheless, do with some enhancements. For example, it certain could be helpful to have shortcuts for camos – maybe by a radial wheel you could pull up at any time – relatively than having to undergo a number of menus and manually choose the camo you wish to equip each time you wish to change out and in of camos. Past that, might Konami additionally add new camos and terrain sorts so as to add to the complexity of the stealth gameplay? We wouldn’t be against the thought, that’s for certain.
REVAMPED UI
It’s secure to imagine that we’re going to see a good bit of this in Steel Gear Strong Delta. Positive, Konami has stated that the remake goes to be as devoted as doable by way of its precise content material and design, however we’d be shocked if the corporate didn’t take this chance to shine up all the things round that stuff. We already talked about how we’d love for there to be camo shortcuts, and there’s most likely a lot else that Konami can do within the recreation alongside these strains to refine the general expertise that rather more. Make the menus quicker and sleeker, embody extra shortcuts, and permit gamers to chop down on the downtime- that type of stuff.
GUY SAVAGE MINIGAME
There’s probability that a lot of Steel Gear Strong 3’s followers might not even know what that is, as a result of in any case, there’s just one model of the sport that even has the Man Savage minigame. The hack-and-slash minigame – which, apparently, was a take a look at run for an thought for a recreation that Konami would go on to finally cancel – was a nightmare sequence that Snake finds himself in within the recreation’s PS2 model. Subsequent variations of the sport – whether or not that’s the HD remaster, the Grasp Assortment, or the 3DS model – minimize that minigame out, which implies there’s an opportunity that Konami doesn’t carry it again for the remake both. We certain would like to be fallacious, nonetheless, as a result of although it’s in the end a minor element, it could be a good way to pay homage to the unique recreation.
SNAKE VS MONKEY MINIGAME
Talking of minigames that by no means made it previous the unique MGS3’s authentic PS2 model, right here’s one other one which we’d wish to see introduced again. The Snake vs Monkey minigame was, after all, meant as a crossover for the Ape Escape collection, which implies it’s doubtless that licensing points have been why it by no means made one other look in subsequent re-releases of the sport. After all, that additionally signifies that the remake is unlikely to characteristic the minigame as effectively, particularly given the truth that Delta can also be going to launch for Xbox.
BRING BACK SECRET THEATER
A secret unlockable in Steel Gear Strong 3: Subsistence on the PlayStation 2, the Secret Theater is in no way a vital a part of the Steel Gear Strong 3 expertise, owing to its very nature. However although it’s comprehensible why, provided that, it hasn’t come again since its first look, it’s additionally precisely the type of hilarious homage we’d like to see Delta make as a remake. The Secret Theater cutscenes have been hilarious, bite-sized takes on iconic scenes from MGS3, usually with sudden and cartoonish conclusions, and we’d be greater than somewhat focused on seeing them remade in Delta’s beautiful visuals.
BRING BACK DUEL MODE
This, alongside Secret Theater, was one among Subsistence’s many new additions to Steel Gear Strong 3. Duel Mode was successfully a boss rush mode, the place you had the choice to leap into any of the sport’s boss fights instantly, and even expertise them with varied gameplay modifiers. An analogous mode in Steel Gear Strong Delta would go a great distance in the direction of rising the sport’s replay worth exterior of its most important story. Although the latter will clearly be the star attraction, a boss rush mode that maybe additionally has a aggressive scoring ingredient could be a pleasant bonus.
BRING BACK “I LIKE MGS1, 2, AND 3” OPTIONS
Now this one is very particular, however an attention-grabbing one nonetheless. Beginning with the aforementioned Subsistence, all Steel Gear Strong 3 re-releases have let gamers select between a number of choices earlier than beginning a brand new recreation, the place you choose your favorite of the primary three MGS video games (or a fourth possibility for collection newcomers). The adjustments that these choices made to the sport have been minimal at finest, being largely beauty and making use of solely to the opening cutscene, however for repeat playthroughs and collection followers, they have been neat little tweaks nonetheless. Bringing this characteristic again is clearly not crucial for Delta by any means, but it surely certain could be a lift for veteran followers.
EUROPEAN EXTREME DIFFICULTY
First added within the Subsistence re-release, the European Excessive problem setting has turn into one thing of a fan favorite through the years. And what precisely does it do? In a nutshell, if you happen to get seen by an enemy, it’s actually recreation over, which, as you could think about, is an thrilling problem to tackle for hardcore stealth followers. We’ve seen video games experimenting with problem choices and related modes with loads of success in recent times – together with one other current remake within the type of The Final of Us Half 1 – so we’re hoping Konami contains the European Excessive problem possibility (or one thing analogous, at the very least) in Delta.
SKULL FACE AND XOF
As the primary recreation within the Steel Gear collection’ chronology, Snake Eater has ties to just about each recreation within the collection, however its ties to some are extra attention-grabbing than others. Steel Gear Strong 5 villain Cranium Face was, for example, one among Main Zero’s underlings on the time of Snake Eater, and even led a clear up op within the jungles of Soviet Union after Bare Snake’s antics there. May we maybe see some new cutscenes in Delta that make these ties between the video games extra overt? Sure, Konami isn’t altering the sport’s story, however does that imply there possibly can’t be a brand new scene proper on the finish of the sport the place we see glimpses of a youthful Cranium Face within the jungle, cleansing up after Operation: Snake Eater? It’s unlikely, however followers would like to see one thing alongside these strains.
