Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater retains the core gameplay mechanics first implemented in Metal Gear Solid 3 and refined from the foundation of previous Metal Gear games, involving Snake having to be controlled by the player as he traverses a variety of environments both in wilderness and industrial settings while evading hostile enemies, traps and other methods of surveillance that can expose his cover over the course of the game's overarching infiltration mission, all while procuring an assortment of melee weapons, firearms and gadgetry that aid him while sneaking and confronting threats. Gameplay additions from prior iterations of the game include abilities such as crouch-walking and using firearms in third-person, first featured in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) before being incorporated into Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D (2012).

The remake introduces a variety of adjustments both with regards to visuals and existing systems that complement modern gaming sensibilities and quality-of-life improvements from subsequent games in the series. Any physical damage such as cuts and bruises inflicted on Snake are now reflected permanently in real time across his body throughout the game's duration, with the intent of illustrating each player's individual playthrough and journey with the character. Object permanence will also apply to the revamped camouflage system, where leaves falling from trees can stick onto Naked Snake's gear, crawling across mud and dirt patches will leave stains on his clothing, and said clothing will have tears and bullet holes after the player takes damage. The Survival Viewer mechanic has also been updated to reflect this feature, with scars persisting on Snake's body even after treating wounds by applying bandages or certain ointments.

After the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain in September 2015, Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima publicly split with Konami. In October 2015, Konami's head of gaming Hideki Hayakawa said that the company would pull out of developing and publishing major third-party games for consoles and PC, and that they would instead focus on mobile gaming and arcades. Despite this, Konami released the spin-off game Metal Gear Survive in 2018 without Kojima, which received mixed reviews and was a commercial failure. In October 2021, Video Games Chronicle writer Andy Robinson reported that Konami was returning to the mainstream video game industry and beginning production on multiple new projects in older Konami console game franchises that had been dormant, including Metal Gear as well as Castlevania and Silent Hill.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater was announced for PlayStation 5 on May 24, 2023, at PlayStation Showcase 2023, alongside the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 compilation, which includes the original version of Snake Eater. Following the presentation, the game was confirmed for Windows and Xbox Series X/S. An in-engine gameplay trailer was presented on October 25, 2023, during Microsoft's Xbox Partner Preview digital presentation.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic.

Writing in Rolling Stone, Christopher Cruz mostly praised the game, but criticized it for adhering too closely to the original, finding that unlike the 2024 remake of the 2001 game Silent Hill 2, "Delta doesn't fundamentally change the game or make it feel new. In fact, it feels especially old in ways both good and bad...", stating that players' familiarity with the original would determine how much they would enjoy the remake. Cruz concluded his review by writing that "[f]or now, we're left to dine on reheated leftovers."