The next meeting is on August 30th at Vocari Hub. It starts 1 PM and ends at 10 PM, but you don’t have to stay the whole time, and can come and go as you please. The featured game is Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta Remake which I will have installed on at least two Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 systems for guests to play during the party. It’s mostly a single player experience since the multiplayer mode won’t be out yet. You can also play whatever other games I have installed on any system that’s setup on the main table, not just Metal Gear. I will provide four pizzas, cola, and bottled water for guests to eat during the party.
The plot of the game matches the original. It takes place in a fictional version of 1964 where East German scientist Sokolov is working on the Metal Gear project when he decides to defect to America. Snake is sent into the jungle base to escort Sokolov across the border, but is stopped by his former mentor a literal girl Boss. Now Snake must defeat his old friend along with her team of mercenaries that seem to have supernatural powers and survive the brutal jungle to save Sokolov and stop a possible world war.
The biggest difference between the PlayStation 2 original and the new remake is that the graphics have been greatly improved by switching to the Unreal Engine 5. It seems like there was a concentrated effort to make the game control and play more like Metal Gear Solid 5, which begs the question why not just remake 3 on 5’s engine so it would play exactly like 5? Regardless you can now move and shoot in third person, and can even crawl and shoot. You no longer have to go to first person view to precision aim. If you prefer the original game’s overhead camera and more rigid controls there’s also a option to use legacy settings. Snake has a compass that will tell you approximately where the next objective is. You can also switch weapons, camouflage, eat food, and take radio calls all while still moving thanks to the new on screen menu system. There’s also a mini game where Snake sneakily catches the siren hat wearing monkeys from Ape Escape in the PlayStation 5 and PC versions of Delta, but the Xbox version has the chimps replaced by multicolored versions of Bomberman instead.
Metal Gear is still mostly a stealth game, but if you get caught you still have the chance to escape by shooting your way out of danger which I appreciate. Like the original version you have both health and stamina, both of which can be recovered by medical supplies or by hunting animals like crocodiles, crabs, goats, fish, rabbits, and of course snakes.
If you take damage from enemy fire or trigger a boobytrap in the jungle Snake will be injured and you’ll have to use the returning Cure menu to heal him. All of Snake’s ailments will be listed sort of like the game Operation. Then you choose which remedy such as bandages, splints, disinfectant, antivenom, or even cigars would be the best way to treat his wounds. Supposedly in the Delta Remake Snake will still carry scars from his wounds even after they have healed, but I didn’t notice any on Snake’s face during the gameplay videos I saw.
