Official Metal Gear Solid 4 Remaster Retains Classic Real-World Brands and Meta Jokes

The remaster of Metal Gear Solid 4 is yet coming to existent gen consoles this August arsenic portion of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol 2. A caller uncover of gameplay not lone showed disconnected the enhanced graphics, but besides suggests that galore in-jokes and marque tie-ins from the 2008 archetypal volition inactive beryllium recovered successful MGS4’s wartorn future.

Over the weekend, Japanese freelance writer Mafia Kajita and dependable histrion Yuichi Nakamura played done Act 1 of the upcoming Master Collection Vol. 2 mentation of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots connected their fashionable YouTube transmission (Fun fact: Nakamura played Kevin successful the Japanese mentation of Metal Gear Rising: Revengence).

Right astatine the start, determination is an infamous tongue-in-cheek gag successful the cutscene wherever the Geckos hunt for Snake. Fans volition beryllium pleased to cognize that the meme-able country inactive has the “No spot for Hideo” quip connected the watermelon-filled cardboard box, which gets stomped connected by the Geckos. However, the url for Kojima’s blog, which was besides hidden connected the container successful the archetypal MGS4, has been removed from the Master Collection mentation (likely due to the fact that the leafage nary longer exists).

Among the items that Snake could worldly successful his battalion successful the archetypal MGS4 was an archetypal iPod- allowing you to perceive to a clump of tunes and adjacent podcasts that you could find scattered passim the game. From the demo playthrough, it seems that Apple person okayed the iPod being successful the Master Collection, though it's not wide astatine the clip of penning whether each of the aforesaid tracks volition beryllium disposable to hunt down successful the game.

Other items that amusement up successful the MGS4 livestream playthrough see a Playboy mag (for distracting force soldiers) and bottles of Regain 24, a Japanese marque of vigor portion that MGS4 had a promotional tie-in with backmost successful the day. The gag fake brand, Hide-chan Ramen, besides seems similar it volition inactive beryllium successful the game. However, it is worthy noting that Kajita and Nakamura played done a demo version, with the accustomed disclaimer that the contented is taxable to change.

The graphics for this enhanced MGS4 re-release are overmuch sharper than the PS3 original, making it overmuch easier to marque retired infinitesimal details successful the surroundings and connected quality models. Especially noticeable is that tiny logos and writing, specified arsenic “Snake Eye” connected Old Snake’s bionic eyepatch, are consistently readable, alternatively of the somewhat blurry textures of the original. The archetypal crippled besides had a stylized, gritty yellowish tint that got nicknamed ‘the piss filter’- this has been replaced successful favour of a much natural, realistic look.

Upon its release, Master Collection vol. 1 caused immoderate disappointment among fans for missing contented from the archetypal games. For example, the Master Collection of MGS3 failed to see the Subsistence Secret Theater and the Ape Escape tie-in minigame, Snake vs. Monkey (although with the MGS3 remake, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, these extras got added backmost in). It remains to beryllium seen whether this existent gen remaster of MGS4 contains each the secrets of the archetypal PS3 release, and whether Master Collection Vol 2 manages to person a smooth, show issue-free merchandise crossed each platforms. Konami antecedently said it is being much cautious with Vol. 2 to debar the unsmooth motorboat that Vol. 1 had.

Image credit: YouTube / Washagana TV.

Verity Townsend is simply a Japan-based freelance writer who antecedently served arsenic editor, contributor and translator for the crippled quality tract Automaton West. She has besides written astir Japanese civilization and movies for assorted publications.