Konami is, surprisingly, preserving Hideo Kojima’s themes and sensitive matters intact in The Steel Gear Strong: Grasp Assortment. The gathering, which incorporates the three mainline video games and the NES/FC model, releases later this 12 months.
As noticed by GamesRadar, the Konami crew is preserving a lot of the sport intact that it’s determined to incorporate content material warnings in all three of its most important video games as some content material could also be seen as “outdated.” The crew additionally goes out of its strategy to keep away from even the muttering of Kojima’s title, probably as a result of bitter divorce and success he has seen since, referring to him solely as “the creator.”
Often, most of these warnings are on issues depicting racist stereotypes or caricatures — assume cartoons or films that get a remaster many years down the road. Certain, Steel Gear Strong is an previous franchise, nevertheless it’s exhausting to fairly pinpoint what absurdly offensive materials lies inside.
Maybe MGS 2’s Vamp would possibly flip some heads, however contemplating that it confused even the web, it’s exhausting to take that severely. Properly, there’s additionally Otacon’s complete stepfamily factor, nevertheless it’s not just like the video games have been resistant to jabs or the bizarre twist right here and there that different video games and flicks would take, too. To label a whole recreation — or assortment on this case — with that warning, although, is weird, as most individuals who’d take a look at enjoying it are in all probability already followers of MGS or have already got some information of how wacky the sport can get.
Regardless of the case is, it’s good to see that Konami is barely plastering the gathering with warnings reasonably than scrapping content material or transforming the story by some means.
Full Warning
“This recreation incorporates expressions and themes which can be thought of outdated. Nevertheless, these parts have been included with out alteration to protect the historic context wherein the sport was made and the creator’s authentic imaginative and prescient. Participant discretion is suggested.”
