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A genuine PS2 classic gets a full remake using Unreal Engine 5, with Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater brimming with promise in its recent Xbox Showcase trailer. Everything from MGS3's cut-scenes to animations are kept here, but with a radical reworking to detail over the top. Materials, shadows and more are supplanted with a cutting edge UE5 approach - so how does it compare to the original?

00:31 Intro
01:50 Resolution/Frame Rate Early Thoughts
02:55 Original vs Remake Cut-scene Comparison
05:09 Original vs Remake Character Comparison
09:12 Extra visual additions in Delta
10:21 Conclusion

 

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Metal Gear Solid Delta combines modern UE5 tech with a faithful recreation of MGS3's levels and cutscenes

Tom Morgan analyses the Metal Gear Solid Delta trailer - what can we learn about the game's tech based on what's been revealed so far?

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[FingerBang]

This game looks ridiculously good. I like the "almost realistic" art style. I'll definitely play it.

 

[diffusionx]

soul vs. soulless

 

[Imtjnotu]

How does it stack up....


It's a fucking ps2 game vs a PS5 game....

 

[adamsapple]

How does it stack up....


It's a fucking ps2 game vs a PS5 game....

The PS5 game is using the exact same animation rigging etc.

It's an interesting comparison.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

I prefer the ps2 ver

 

[hemo memo]

soul vs. soulless

Exactly. They did an amazing job to make it generic.

 

[Puscifer]

Looks better definitely and I love they're keeping the animation rigging but I have to say I vastly prefer the original color palette

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

Goty

 

[Self_Destructive]

Looks so godly. This will be the definitive version of the game.

 

[DonF]

soul vs. soulless

right now I have to agree. But ill still wait for the release. I loved the original, if they made any big changes, like deleting all the "secret cutscenes" where you can use first person and such, then I would consider it soul-less.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

The last UE5 pic. That's supposed to be a woman?

 

[Insane Metal]

I rather like the faces in the new game, which is a surprise.

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

The last UE5 pic. That's supposed to be a woman?

It's based on a real woman dude
Soldier girl has this look of someone who suffered.

In the world you live in, every woman has a triangular face? A few minutes ago I was on the street and passed a woman identical to Boss from MGS Remake.

 

[t_wilson01]

The last UE5 pic. That's supposed to be a woman?

They turned her into a guy. SBI strikes again.

 

[Rickyiez]

Damn this is how u do a remake . Every character is exactly how I imagined them with more realistic look . Why can't this team remake SH2 as well instead of Bloober

 

[j0hnnix]

this looks fantastic

 

[winjer]

Just by not having that bloom effect, it's a massive improvement.

 

[Business]

The decision to start with 3 instead of 1 and call it Δ will never make any sense. Same thing they are doing with SH btw. Konami is really aimless.

 

[BryceNobody]

The decision to start with 3 instead of 1 and call it Δ will never make any sense. Same thing they are doing with SH btw. Konami is really aimless.

It makes some sense considering it’s the fan favorite and probably needs less changes than MGS1 or MGS2.

MGS1 needs drastic revisions to the level design to accommodate 3rd person modern gameplay. Can’t imagine they’d want to start the remakes off with something wildly different that could alienate fans.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[RaduN]

They should not be using the fucking Master HD Remaster whatever the fuck re-release they use of MGS3 (or 2), because all these are missing virtually all post processing effects from the original ps2. The shallow depth of field, the high quality blending modes, the dense particle effects, those add a ton to the actual look of the original game. Absolutelly all the HD re-releases are a piece of shit in terms of graphics.

Of course, it doesn't mean that tehnically there's even a contest here, but artistically...my fucking god this remake is butchered in the most stupidest of ways.

 

[shamoomoo]

The Right image looks like Jennifer Lopez.

 

[solidus12]

As a huge Metal Gear Solid fan, I hope the game isn’t compromised because of the Series S.

 

[Digity]

The last UE5 pic. That's supposed to be a woman?

 

[Dacvak]

 

[Dacvak]

I like the new visuals just fine, but it just feels wrong without that baby-diarrhea green filter. I hope they let you enable that and it actually looks like the original game’s style.

 

[Big Baller]

 

[adamsapple]

I like the new visuals just fine, but it just feels wrong without that baby-diarrhea green filter. I hope they let you enable that and it actually looks like the original game’s style.

The game will optionally let you play from the top-down view like the original Snake Eater release, and the devs have said it also adds visual filters to look more like the original in that mode:



This is so that "if you're more used to a contemporary third-person style, you can pick up and play Delta right away," according to Okamura. "But of course, we had the option for everyone to choose their preferred style. You can use a more contemporary over-the-shoulder viewpoint, which we have called 'New Style,' or we have 'Legacy Style' with an overhead camera like the original," the Metal Gear Solid series producer continues.

Okamura elaborates on the Legacy Style for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, adding that not only does it have a control scheme resembling the original 2004 game, but also "applies a visual filter to more faithfully recreate the screen look of the original game." If you don't like the smooth and polished look of Delta, simply whack on the Legacy Style, and you'll give Konami's remake a more aged look.

 

[Physiognomonics]

It's looking good. But it better run at a stable 60fps like the PS3 remasters and the handling of the characters better be as good. They need to remember it's a gameplay focused game needing responsive camera and controls.

 

[Dacvak]

The game will optionally let you play from the top-down view like the original Snake Eater release, and the devs have said it also adds visual filters to look more like the original in that mode:



This is so that "if you're more used to a contemporary third-person style, you can pick up and play Delta right away," according to Okamura. "But of course, we had the option for everyone to choose their preferred style. You can use a more contemporary over-the-shoulder viewpoint, which we have called 'New Style,' or we have 'Legacy Style' with an overhead camera like the original," the Metal Gear Solid series producer continues.

Okamura elaborates on the Legacy Style for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, adding that not only does it have a control scheme resembling the original 2004 game, but also "applies a visual filter to more faithfully recreate the screen look of the original game." If you don't like the smooth and polished look of Delta, simply whack on the Legacy Style, and you'll give Konami's remake a more aged look.

I did hear that, but afaik we haven’t seen any footage of it, so I’m just hoping it’s actually pretty faithful to the original style.

 

[simpatico]

looks good if a little clinical. All the same problems as the Demon's Souls remake. Technically good but spiritually bankrupt. Will still buy.

 

[RoboFu]

The original looks better. It's more stylized... it has this ethereal glow which plays into the supernatural theme of the game.

 

[MDSLKTR]

The original looks better. It's more stylized... it has this ethereal glow which plays into the supernatural theme of the game.

You mean bloom?

 

[MujkicHaris]

I prefer PS2 version. But it's obvious from the screenshots that the developers worked really hard to mimic the original. I respect that.

 

[adamsapple]

The original looks better. It's more stylized... it has this ethereal glow which plays into the supernatural theme of the game.

 

[RoboFu]

Yeah you go through a ghost tunnel and fight bosses with supernatural powers.

 

[adamsapple]

Yeah you go through a ghost tunnel and fight bosses with supernatural powers.

It has supernatural moments, but the theme of the game is deeply rooted in Cold War spy fiction.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

You're both wrong. Snake Eater is about coming to terms with being a single white female in a rural town that's being increasingly gentrified by a big city CEO of a Walmart stand-in.

 

[SirTerry-T]

The Boss looks like a mid-70’s member of The Eagles in the remake.

 

[RaduN]

It has supernatural moments, but the theme of the game is deeply rooted in Cold War spy fiction.

No, absolutely not.

The theme and story is universal, and is about the greater good, about sacrifice and legacy. All the characters are based on biblical and mythological characters, most of them deconstructed and repurposed.
The Cold War is just an [exceptionally well used] background but a mere background nontheless, as it could have happened anywhere, in any moment in history. That's exactly why this game is such a monumental achievement in storytelling.

This is also the one game where that damn bloom actually adds to the experience, exactly because of the deeply personal nature of the narrative.

 

[tygertrip]

soul vs. soulless

 

[Lethal01]

I expected them to decrease the visual effects but the fact that they are gone without even the slightest change in the default mode is taking it way too far.

The game will optionally let you play from the top-down view like the original Snake Eater release, and the devs have said it also adds visual filters to look more like the original in that mode:

Okamura elaborates on the Legacy Style for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, adding that not only does it have a control scheme resembling the original 2004 game, but also "applies a visual filter to more faithfully recreate the screen look of the original game." If you don't like the smooth and polished look of Delta, simply whack on the Legacy Style, and you'll give Konami's remake a more aged look.

Kinda sucks that you can only get the filter when playing in "classic" mode, but I hope it means that the filter is actually tine tuned moment to moment or at least location to location and not just some supper generic filter applied equally regardless of context

 

[Radical_3d]

I wish modern Kojima would be more of my liking but a literal walking simulator is too much for this old fart. I guess I’m in with this one.

 

[Corporal.Hicks]

That comparison blew me away, the difference in the quality of the graphics is huge, but at the same time the remake stays true to the original. It's like the original game, but with photorealistic graphics. If people are happy with this remake, there is a chance that they will want to remake other MGS games as well.

 

[MAX PAYMENT]

The last UE5 pic. That's supposed to be a woman?

It's a young Sean penn.

 

[Lethal01]

The last UE5 pic. That's supposed to be a woman?

Stop trying to turn this place into reversetra.

I rather like the faces in the new game, which is a surprise.

Missfired

 

[Killer8]

She's also 42 in the game. She's going to look more cooked if we're going to be realistic here.

 

[Sleepwalker]

MGS3 is one of my favorite games of all time and the remake looks superior (visually ofc, we'll have to see about gameplay)

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.