MGS Delta: Snake Eater Retains Original 'Suggestive, Sexual' 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 confirmed by the game's age rating. Although developer Konami has not officially acknowledged the inclusion of this controversial content, the U.S. classification board, the ESRB, has rated the stealth action game as Mature 17+. This rating is attributed to the game's realistic gunfire, cries of pain, bloody combat, and "suggestive/sexual content."

The ESRB's detailed report on the game highlights its 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, the ESRB notes the presence of suggestive/sexual content, including scenes where "a man gropes a woman's breasts; close-up camera angles of deep cleavage; a character briefly gropes 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, an unlockable feature in the Subsistence and HD Collection versions of the original Metal Gear Solid 3, allows players to manipulate the camera during a cutscene featuring Eva in her underwear. This feature becomes available after completing the game four times.

Konami has officially announced that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will be released on August 28. Alongside this announcement, a new teaser trailer was released, confirming the return of the beloved Snake vs. Monkey minigame.

In our Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater preview, IGN described the game as "more like a very shiny HD remaster than the elegant remake it could have been." The preview praised the game's visual appeal but noted its almost faultless faithfulness to the original, stating, "It’s 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.