Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is intended to revitalize the stealth action series: “We knew that if we didn’t do something, the Metal Gear Solid series would just vanish out of existence”

A close up of Naked Snake holding binoculars in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.

I went hands-on with an early slice of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater at a preview event hosted by developer and publisher Konami. An ambitious current-generation remake of the third entry in the long-running and iconic Metal Gear Solid series, I was incredibly impressed by everything I managed to see in my time with its opening chapter, the Virtuous Mission. 

Set in the jungles of Tselinoyarsk, a fictionalized region with close ties to the Soviet Union, at the height of the Cold War, this remake is already on track to be one of the best-looking titles of this console generation. Running on a PlayStation 5, environments were dense, richly detailed, and bursting with color. It’s incredibly impressive to behold but, despite all the visual upgrades, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is still immediately recognizable as Metal Gear Solid 3.