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

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater retains the suggestive and sexual content from Metal Gear Solid 3, including the notorious Peep Demo Theatre, as confirmed by an age rating.

While developer Konami has not officially confirmed the retention 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."

In addition to highlighting the game's realistic combat and violence, the ESRB report details specific scenes, such as "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."

The Peep Demo Theatre is an unlockable feature found in the Subsistence and HD Collection versions of the original Metal Gear Solid 3. It allows Snake to manipulate the camera and zoom in during a cutscene where Eva appears in her underwear. This feature is unlocked after playing through the game four times.

Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will be released on August 28, alongside a new teaser trailer that also revealed the return of the 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," noting its beauty and nostalgia. However, it suggests that the game remains almost too faithful to the original. The original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater received an impressive rating of 9.6 from IGN.