The hype forMetal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eateris high for both longtime fans of the series and newcomers alike, but I’m not sure the same can be said about its multiplayer component anymore.
This morning, Konami hosted its own showcase and unveiled a new trailer for the remake of 2004’sMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and detailed the extras coming on top of the reimagined base game experience. One of them is a new multiplayer mode, but it’s notMetal Gear Online.
FOX Hunt was teased during the showcase as a new multiplayer mode, “based on the iconic stealth and survival elements” ofMetal Gear,which will take “camouflage and hide-and-go-seek to the next level.” Basically, it’s a hide-and-seek mode similar to prop hunt.
Instead of changing into inanimate objects, though, it appears there’s some sort of active camouflage system similar to Octocamo inMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.In theshort gameplay footage shown, players seem to be able to become one with their environment as they stand or lie still in FOX Hunt, becoming covered with leaves or other foliage.
It looks like it could be fun, but it’s notMGO4, and players are not pleased about it. After teasing FOX Hunt last week during State of Play,MGOfans got their hopes up for another onlineMGS. And this is not what they were hoping for.
The replies to posts byKonamiand the officialMetal Gearaccount are none too pleased about it, with some feeling like they were baited by the teaser last week.MGOpreviously appeared in the originalMGS3, along withMGS4, and the most recent one 10 years ago inMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The wait for the next iteration now continues.
The showcase confirmed the return of Snake vs. Monkey mode for PS5 and Steam, Snake vs. Bomberman on Xbox Series X|S, and other unlockables like costumes and Secret Theater mode coming to the remake.
MGS Delta: Snake Eaterlaunches on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on Aug. 28.
