When yesterday, late at night, Sony raised the curtain on what awaits the franchise Metal Gear Solid on their consoles, the worst omens were confirmed for many after the departure of Hideo Kojima almost eight years ago now, and the fears that invaded many that from that moment on his favorite saga was going to suffer a dramatic stoppage.
News that are not so much
So things, since the father of Death Stranding will leave behind what was his home for several decades, it has become clear that Konami is only concerned with Pachinkos and making their intellectual properties profitable for others do the work. silent hill is a good example of this, with a remake On the way to the second part that is being commissioned to develop an external study, as a commission and little else.
Metal Gear Solid will be the next IP that will follow that path with a ¿remake?, because it seems evident that the Japanese no longer have the financial muscle necessary to face a AAA project, or the desire to get involved in jobs that can last five or six years until one sees the fruits. Also, without the figure of Kojima at the helm, how do you explain to the fans that you are going to dare to take a new step within such a beloved franchise?
The result of that dark future that awaits the Metal Gear Solid is what happened yesterday in the showcase from Sony, where a Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eaterwhich leaves behind that «3« that it has exhibited all its life and that we do not know very well how to take it: new history, change of mechanics, remake, Simple complete update of the old classic from 2004 or excuse to create a new beginning for the series?
Many doubts, few certainties
Metal Gear Solid Delta It will come out –without a confirmed date– for PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, so It will continue to be an intergenerational title that will not squeeze the full potential of the new consoles, And what if we take a look at the teaser that you have just above, does not reveal anything about what it will offer. We understand that only by the subtitle of Snake Eater We can imagine that we will control the mythical Naked Snake in hostile territory of the Soviet Union in the crudest years of the Cold War… but you never know.
But do not think that only this Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater It is the only reason that makes us suspicious of the path that the saga (not) takes with Konami without Kojima in command, since in the same showcase we have known that a compilation of the first three titles is in preparation: Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2 Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater, again. It seems that in all cases with remastered editions, with some graphical improvements.
As you can see, no relevant news, no Metal Gear Solid 6 or something similar. And because? Well, first because Kojima is gone and second because, even if that detail did not matter, it is obvious that Konami does not want to take that path yet. It is better to continue squeezing the work that is already done … with certain changes.
