MGS Delta: Snake Eater Retains Original's Suggestive Content, Rating Indicates

The upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater retains the suggestive and sexual content from Metal Gear Solid 3, including the infamous Peep Demo Theatre, as per the game's age rating. Although developer Konami has not officially confirmed the inclusion of this controversial feature, 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 the presence of "suggestive/sexual content."

The ESRB's detailed report on the game also highlights the realistic combat and violence, stating, "Cutscenes depict further instances of violence/blood: a restrained character beaten and electrocuted; a character shot in the eye; a character on fire shot several times." Additionally, it notes the inclusion of suggestive/sexual content: "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 is an unlockable feature originally found in the Subsistence and HD Collection versions of Metal Gear Solid 3. It allows players, as Snake, to manipulate the camera and zoom in on a cutscene where Eva appears in her underwear. To unlock this feature, players must complete the game four times.

Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will be released on August 28. Alongside this announcement, a new teaser trailer revealed that the Snake vs. Monkey minigame will also be making a return in this iteration of the game.

In our Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater preview, IGN commented that the game "seems more like a very shiny HD remaster than the elegant remake it could have been." It praised the game as an "admittedly beautiful nostalgia trip, but almost faithful to a fault." The original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater received an impressive score of 9.6 from IGN, reflecting its high acclaim and enduring popularity.