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Why Metal Gear Solid 3 is the Best Prequel Ever Made With Konami’s Delta remake on the way, we examine what made the PS2 classic stand tall above other prequels.
- Snake Eater is the perfect way for new audiences to experience the Metal Gear series.
- Metal Gear Games, Ranked (Probably Incorrectly)
- Which Metal Gear Solid game would you like to be remade after Snake Eater?
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By Max Scoville
Posted: May 25, 2023 3:00 pm
What a thrill! Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is getting a full-fledged remake. Admittedly, this isn’t the first Metal Gear game I’d pick to get an overhaul, but it makes the most sense for a lot of reasons. For starters, it’s an awesome game. Duh.
People like things for different reasons, please don't yell at me. Also, we don't have the MGS2 demo disc that came with Zone of the Enders on here, but that would be #4. Also also, I didn't put Ac!d or Portable Ops on here because it's my list and I make the rules here.
Since MGS2, Hideo Kojima has repeatedly claimed that each new entry would be his last Metal Gear game – except, ironically, MGSV, which WAS his last. It seems like this urge to move on to new things is why Snake Eater, Guns of the Patriots, Peace Walker and The Phantom Pain are each such distinctive experiences. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” might be the mantra of many massively successful triple-A video game franchises, but it seems like Kojima’s anathema, which is by no means a bad thing. All forms of entertainment would be better if innovation and creativity were seen as worthwhile pursuits rather than financially risky endeavors. That said, video games are software, and development is an iterative process.
As Carl Sagan famously put it, “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe,” which is especially true of making video games. Not only do game developers regularly have to reinvent the wheel, they also have to reinvent (or at least replicate) the laws of physics that allow it to roll, turn, spin, and so on.
Metal Gear Solid 3 is one of the rare instances when Kojima’s team made a game that wasn’t breaking new ground in some capacity: MGS4 pushed the limits of the PlayStation 3’s cell architecture and Peace Walker did the same for the PSP, while also splitting the Metal Gear experience into portable bite-sized missions that could be played co-op. In order to make Metal Gear Solid V, Kojima and his team developed a brand new proprietary game engine, The Fox Engine, from the ground up. After parting ways with Konami, Kojima quickly got to work on Death Stranding, but that required founding an entire studio, hiring a team, and traveling the globe to find a game engine that was capable of rendering a photorealistic Norman Reedus taking a dump and chugging Monster Energy.
MGS3 felt familiar but also introduced new concepts like picking the right camouflage, tending to wounds, and the eponymous addition of a stamina gauge that would necessitate the eating of snakes
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