Given the final decade, it’s no shock that something Konami does is met with the form of skepticism that it’s, however the firm’s upcoming of MGS3 is definitely trying actually strong. We’ve seen a few trailers of Steel Gear Stable 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 trustworthy sport 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 Stable is a type of franchises that has at all times prided itself on its wonderful boss fights, and although Steel Gear Stable 3 definitely does boast just a few wonderful ones of these itself, it could additionally undoubtedly profit from some sprucing on this entrance. Given how lengthy it’s been for the reason that authentic sport got here out, it’s not controversial to say that almost all of its boss fights might do with some tweaks and sprucing, whereas some could even be in want of straight up redesigns. As an example, the battle towards The Ache, although conceptually an fascinating one, is usually a bit tough to get via, particularly in the event you return to the sport right now, so we’re hoping to see Konami make so fixes to it with the remake.
IMPROVED CAMO SYSTEM
Steel Gear Stable 3 boasted quite a lot 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. As an example, it certain could be helpful to have shortcuts for camos – maybe via a radial wheel which you could pull up at any time – quite than having to undergo a number of menus and manually choose the camo you need to equip each time you need 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 concept, 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 Stable Delta. Positive, Konami has mentioned that the remake goes to be as trustworthy as attainable 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 the whole lot 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 sport alongside these traces 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 kind of stuff.
GUY SAVAGE MINIGAME
There’s an excellent probability that a lot of Steel Gear Stable 3’s followers could not even know what that is, as a result of in spite of everything, there’s just one model of the sport that even has the Man Savage minigame. The hack-and-slash minigame – which, curiously, was a take a look at run for an thought for a sport that Konami would go on to finally cancel – was a nightmare sequence that Snake finds himself in within the sport’s PS2 model. Subsequent variations of the sport – whether or not that’s the HD remaster, the Grasp Assortment, or the 3DS model – lower that minigame out, which implies there’s an opportunity that Konami doesn’t deliver it again for the remake both. We certain would like to be flawed, 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 sport.
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 prefer 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 possible that licensing points had 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 nicely, particularly given the truth that Delta can be going to launch for Xbox.
BRING BACK SECRET THEATER
A secret unlockable in Steel Gear Stable 3: Subsistence on the PlayStation 2, the Secret Theater is not at all a necessary a part of the Steel Gear Stable 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 kind of hilarious homage we’d like to see Delta make as a remake. The Secret Theater cutscenes had been hilarious, bite-sized takes on iconic scenes from MGS3, usually with surprising and cartoonish conclusions, and we’d be greater than slightly fascinated with seeing them remade in Delta’s attractive visuals.
BRING BACK DUEL MODE
This, alongside Secret Theater, was considered one of Subsistence’s many new additions to Steel Gear Stable 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 numerous gameplay modifiers. An identical mode in Steel Gear Stable Delta would go a great distance in the direction of growing the sport’s replay worth exterior of its primary story. Although the latter will clearly be the star attraction, a boss rush mode that maybe additionally has a aggressive scoring factor could be a pleasant bonus.
BRING BACK “I LIKE MGS1, 2, AND 3” OPTIONS
Now this one is extremely particular, however an fascinating one nonetheless. Beginning with the aforementioned Subsistence, all Steel Gear Stable 3 re-releases have let gamers select between a number of choices earlier than beginning a brand new sport, the place you decide 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 had been minimal at greatest, being largely beauty and making use of solely to the opening cutscene, however for repeat playthroughs and collection followers, they had been neat little tweaks nonetheless. Bringing this characteristic again is clearly not essential 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 issue setting has turn into one thing of a fan favorite through the years. And what precisely does it do? In a nutshell, in the event you get seen by an enemy, it’s actually sport over, which, as you could think about, is an thrilling problem to tackle for hardcore stealth followers. We’ve seen video games experimenting with issue choices and comparable modes with loads of success lately – together with one other latest remake within the type of The Final of Us Half 1 – so we’re hoping Konami contains the European Excessive issue possibility (or one thing analogous, at the least) in Delta.
SKULL FACE AND XOF
As the primary sport within the Steel Gear collection’ chronology, Snake Eater has ties to just about each sport within the collection, however its ties to some are extra fascinating than others. Steel Gear Stable 5 villain Cranium Face was, for example, considered one of 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. Would possibly 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 perhaps 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 traces.
