There’s plenty of causes to remake a sport, however for Konami, its option to make Steel Gear Strong Delta comes from a priority about younger individuals.
Children nowadays – can they even inform you which one is Massive Boss, The Boss, Strong Snake, Liquid Snake, or Venom Snake by footage of them anymore? Okay, most individuals in all probability cannot do this, not to mention younger individuals, however with the Steel Gear Strong collection having been basically lifeless since 2018’s Steel Gear Survive, a sport with out creator Hideo Kojima’s involvement, curiosity within the collection hasn’t precisely been at an all time excessive. There are many followers, in fact, however most of them in all probability grew up with them, and in a latest interview with Play journal (through GamesRadar), collection producer Noriaki Okamura spoke about the truth that quite a lot of youthful video games simply do not know a lot about Steel Gear.
“One of many issues that basically sparked us to do the remake generally is as a result of we realised that quite a lot of the newer, youthful technology of avid gamers aren’t acquainted with the Steel Gear collection anymore,” Okamura defined. Ignoring Survive, which did not do all that effectively, there hasn’t been a brand new sport since 2015’s Steel Gear Strong 5, a complete decade of time during which loads of new avid gamers will not have been round to see a brand new primary collection title popping out.
“It was mainly our mission, our obligation, to sort of proceed ensuring that the collection lives on for future generations,” Okamura continued. “In spite of everything, we go away behind far more than simply DNA, as Strong Snake would say – however once more, who’s Strong Snake?” It is a good query, and genuinely not one which’s simple to reply.
Followers may even clearly know that Steel Gear Strong 3 is chronologically the earliest within the collection, which can be partly why they selected to remake that one. Whereas Steel Gear Strong Delta was initially meant to be launched this yr, it is now more likely to be launched in 2025, although it is nonetheless but to get a launch date.
