New Metal Gear Solid Delta footage looks gorgeous and faithful, but the 2004 voice acting just doesn't look right coming out of 2024 character models
Sep. 26, 2024Commencing Virtuous mission
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But while the camp worked great in the slightly stylized look of the PS2 original, it looks a lot weirder coming out of a bunch of modern, highly realistic character models. Just take a look at the trailer below. Look at when Snake starts speaking around the 0:43 mark. It’s a little off, right?
Some purists have been worried from the jump that Delta is losing some of the soul of the original,invoking the ‘Nintendo, hire this man’ memein reference to the realistic visual style. I’m not sure I agree - I’m really just happy to seeKonamiworking on Metal Gear in a way that seems to respect what people like about it - but it certainly seems like the new look is going to make the balance between camp and drama more uncanny than ever.
Metal Gear Solid Delta dev says they wanted it to be “almost too faithful” and explain why it’s not called “a Hideo Kojima game.”
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