Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater — Review
Konami's full remake of MGS3 sits in a strange place — faithful enough to feel sacred, modernised enough to feel new. Here's our take on Delta's first impressions and longer hangtime.
2 min read
Franchise Hub
Metal Gear
Hideo Kojima's legendary stealth action series that pioneered cinematic storytelling in games and defined the stealth genre.
Metal Gear is Hideo Kojima's signature creation — a franchise that proved video games could be a vehicle for cinematic storytelling, political commentary, and fourth-wall-breaking experimentation, all wrapped in one of the most satisfying stealth gameplay systems ever designed.
From the original Metal Gear Solid's genre-defining stealth mechanics and Psycho Mantis mind games to Metal Gear Solid 3's emotional Cold War narrative and Metal Gear Solid V's open-world reinvention, the series consistently pushed the boundaries of what players expected from action games. Each entry treated gameplay, narrative, and player interaction as inseparable parts of a single creative vision.
The franchise's legacy extends far beyond the stealth genre. Metal Gear's willingness to tackle nuclear proliferation, genetic determinism, information control, and the nature of warfare helped establish games as a medium capable of engaging with complex themes — and its influence can be felt in any game that aspires to be more than entertainment.
Key Games in the Series
Metal Gear SolidMetal Gear Solid 2Metal Gear Solid 3Metal Gear Solid 4Metal Gear Solid VMetal Gear Solid: Master Collection
Metal Gear Reviews
Metal Gear Retrospectives
Explore More Franchises
Animal Crossing
Nintendo's life-sim series — slow, seasonal, conversational, and quietly one of the most influential game designs of the last twenty years.
Assassin's Creed
Ubisoft's long-running historical-action series — from the stealth-focused original trilogy to the modern RPG-scale epics.
Battlefield
DICE's large-scale military shooter franchise — vehicles, destruction, and 64-player chaos across three decades of release cycles.
The GamesOracle Dispatch
One email a week. The best of what we published, played, and thought about.