Metal Gear Solid Delta Was Originally Planned to Be a Graphical Upgrade; Most “Gimmicks and Easter Eggs” From Original Included

Based on what we’ve seen so far, Konami’s Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater seems to be on-point when it comes to remakes. Not is the game now using Unreal Engine 5, it also features some other new mechanics. But did you know that the game was originally conceived to only be a graphical update?

This was revealed by Producer Noriaki Okamura, and Creative Producer Yuji Korekado in a recent interview. According to the developers, MGS Delta, they originally envisioned the game as having only updated graphics, but this resulted in discrepancies and couldn’t be played well because of it. Because of this, they reworked almost all the animations  and updated other parts of the game.

Korekado: In the beginning, we envisioned only updating the graphics. As long as the backgrounds and character models were cleaned up, we decided to leave the rest of the game as it was. In fact, at first we made a prototype with the animations and other elements as they were.

However, I couldn’t help but notice some discrepancies. Even though the graphics had been improved, we felt that the game could not be played comfortably unless the system, viewpoint, character animations, and other aspects were evolved to match the current hardware performance. I had this concern, but I was convinced of it when I started making the game.

As a result, we reworked almost all of the animations and updated many parts. For example, for the knife motion, we dug out the video data from the training course we took when the original version was created and used current technology to express it while looking at the correct knowledge again.

Thankfully, the new graphics and animations didn’t interfere with the original’s Easter eggs and nods and other neat references to real-world stuff, as the developers confirmed they are planning on including most of the Easter eggs from the original into the remake.

Korekado: We plan to include most of the gimmicks and Easter eggs from the original version, as well as items such as “Weekly Famitsu” and Calorie Mate. Also, in addition to the kerotan, we have newly placed ghakos throughout the map this time.

Garko mimics its environment and is a little harder to find. The kerotan are placed in the same locations as in the original version, but we hope you will look for Ghaco with a new spirit. You will also enjoy a reward when you find them all.

It seems Konami is hitting all the right notes with the upcoming remake. The only thing left now is a release date, which we’re hoping we’ll get before the year is out.

More Metal Gear Solid Reading:

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• Metal Gear Solid Delta Story Trailer Brings Familiar Faces in Unreal Engine 5 Visuals

[Source: Famitsu]

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