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[Draugoth]

• The original VA are indeed being reused
• Kojima and Shinkawa aren't involved
• More MGS remakes likely if the reception is good of Delta
• Konami are the main Devs of the project, Virtuos are only helping them.

MGS3のリメイク『METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER』に小島監督と新川洋司は関わらない KONAMIへの問い合わせで判明

さらなるリメイク作があるかどうかについては「お客様の声などを聞きながら検討していきます」

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[The Fartist]

 

[Yoshichan]

So all of VA reused confirmed? No new additions/bullshit?

 

[Drizzlehell]

What's Virtuous? What did they make before?

 

[TikiLagoonSam]

Virtuos worked on Dark Souls Remastered



other games they’ve worked on:

 

[AJUMP23]

Why would Konami use Kojima, that relationship isn't getting repaired.

 

[GymWolf]

I'm prepared for the worse.

Althought kojima hasn't been the same since post mgs3 tbh, so who knows...

 

[Drizzlehell]

Virtuos worked on Dark Souls Remastered



other games they’ve worked on:

Oh, so they're more like a support studio that does the boring legwork.

 

[Luigi Mario]

What's Virtuous? What did they make before?

Some very questionable remasters like Return to Arkham or outright awful remasters like The Outer Worlds, middling PC ports like HZD and “miracle” Switch ports.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Some very questionable remasters like Return to Arkham or outright awful remasters like The Outer Worlds, middling PC ports like HZD and “miracle” Switch ports.

Haven't played any of those except for Return to Arkham and it was pretty penis.

I never had a doubt that good old Konami will continue to make stupid decisions, lol.

 

[TikiLagoonSam]

Virtuos has worked on some bangers. Im happy with the decision. As much as we would like, Bluepoint cant do every remaster.

 

[Yoshichan]

So all of VA reused confirmed? No new additions/bullshit?

Hello???)

 

[TGO]

It's a remake being done by members of Kojima's team that are still at Konami with support from Virtuous Studios.
Nothing is being changed and the VA is staying the same.
It's kinda hard to fuck up, the only thing you need to worry about is performance and bugs.
If they nail that, it will be the best way to play MGS3.
It's still Kojima's work regardless.

 

[Drizzlehell]

It's a remake being done by members of Kojima's team that are still at Konami with support from Virtuous Studios.
Nothing is being changed and the VA is staying the same.
It's kinda hard to fuck up, the only thing you need to worry about is performance and bugs.
If they nail that, it will be the best way to play MGS3.
It's still Kojima's work regardless.

That's kinda easy to fuck up if they rush it and it's possibly the biggest thing that can lead to a disaster.

If they're gonna do the kind of job on it that they did on Arkham games then I'd rather not see it...

 

[Icymanipulator]

Some of the stuff this company worked on was actually good. You guys are crazy, just blind hating. I’m still skeptical of the project overall, but until we see gameplay I will reserve judgement and hope for the best.

 

[Gambit2483]

Konami just needs to just suck it up and ask Kojima for forgiveness, give him a decent bag and BEG him to come on as a "consultant".

 

[Kerotan]

More remakes likely if this does well. That's exactly why I will be continuing to invest in this series by buying this and the Vol 1 collection Day 1 and at full price.

They'll likely remake MGS2 and then 1 after if it does well. And obviously a MGS4 remake or remaster would be needed although more challenging to make. However they could add additional gameplay levels to MGS4 to make the cutscenes feel less overwhelming.

But my dream would be a MGS2 remake where they let us also play as Snake during the game when he's off in Shell 2. I always wanted to see what was inside Struts G, H, I, J, K and L. I know we got a glimpse inside one of them. But even at the Fatman bomb diffusal mission they could let you play as Snake when he was off saving his bombs. Also the intro mission when he sneaks in with the seal team.

Anyway probably wouldn't happen but you never know.

 

[Kerotan]

Konami just needs to just suck it up and ask Kojima for forgiveness, give him a decent bag and BEG him to come on as a "consultant".

Let kojima enjoy the change of pace making death stranding. Maybe someday they'll hire him to make chapter 3 for MGS5. And possibly a remake of Metal Gear 1 and 2 because they're the sequels to MGSV right?

 

[Gambit2483]

Some of the stuff this company worked on was actually good. You guys are crazy, just blind hating. I’m still skeptical of the project overall, but until we see gameplay I will reserve judgement and hope for the best.

They brought Nier Automata to Switch iirc. They deserve major respect for that port.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

The only thing I keep seeing is that his brow is so fucking furrowed that it somehow shows all the way through his headband. Like how strong and pronounced is his...furrowing to be able to cause those severe imprints in that fabric.

I need to know his facial muscle workout routine stat.

 

[Gambit2483]

Let kojima enjoy the change of pace making death stranding. Maybe someday they'll hire him to make chapter 3 for MGS5. And possibly a remake of Metal Gear 1 and 2 because they're the sequels to MGSV right?

All they would need to do is send him some alphas and betas to play/watch and just ask how badly are they fucking it up (or not). If they aren't changing too much then it should be a fairly easy "job" for him.

Bottom line is if Kojima gives his approval chances are it will turn out good, which means it will sell good, and we can expect a Remake of MGS.

 

[SEGA_2012]

I trust Konami

 

[bender]

Hello???)

 

[OCASM]

So it's just the same game but with modern graphics.

 

[proandrad]

Who is left from the Kojima’s team that didn’t go to Kojima production? The janitor?

 

[The Stig]

great. cant wait to hear hayter again.

 

[Luigi Mario]

Who is left from the Kojima’s team that didn’t go to Kojima production? The janitor?

Probably some low-level programmers from the Metal Gear Survive days.

 

[SkyHighTrees]

this needs to be like DeS or TLOU PART 1 - SAME GAME BUT DIFFERENT GRAPHICS. foh

 

[Gambit2483]

Hello???)

You're asking a question litterally no one here knows the absolute answer to. Until Konami or a VA confirms anything all anyone here is doing is speculation

 

[Badlucktroll]

I want to play these konami remakes nowwwww. so i can hurry up and love them or hate them.

 

[kvltus lvlzvs]

I'm prepared for the worse.

Althought kojima hasn't been the same since post mgs3 tbh, so who knows...

its all the t shirts with his own face on them

 

[GamesDontSuck]

I see this as positive. Personally didn't know Virtuous Studios had a hand in that many successful titles so it's a good thing. But at the same time for anyone who is still on the fence about them Konami is working on it too.

But with the voice overs, does that mean they are just reusing the original recordings or bringing back the original cast? If its just reusing I wouldn't be surprised to hear David Hayter recording new stuff even if it's just some small stuff.

As for the whole Kojima thing? No one is shocked he doesn't have a hand in it. Too soon. But here's the thing about falling outs and grudges, they fade over time and people leave companies all the time. Who's so say in 5 years that who ever Kojima had beef with is gone and the offer of remaking mgs1 gets passed to his desk.

 

[yurinka]

What's Virtuous? What did they make before?

Virtuos is a big outsourcing support studio with several offices in multiple countries that worked in basically any big AAA you know since decades ago, even if often they aren't credited.

 

[Gambit2483]

As for the whole Kojima thing? No one is shocked he doesn't have a hand in it. Too soon. But here's the thing about falling outs and grudges, they fade over time and people leave companies all the time. Who's so say in 5 years that who ever Kojima had beef with is gone and the offer of remaking mgs1 gets passed to his desk.

Exactly, which is why I'm hoping someone at Konami understands how integral his approval/involvement (on some level) is to not only the quality but the sales and reception of this game.

Kojima always said he wanted to (at some point) hand over the franchise to a newer team/leadership...what better opportunity than this, a remake of his PS2 magnum opus?

 

[poodaddy]

I don't know, call me crazy but none of this is a red flag to me. They're using the original voices, good, they're using the old Kojima team, awesome as the team is responsible for how good those games are, not Kojima's egotistical pretentious ass, and the lack of involvement from Kojima seems like a positive to me, it will actually be completed on time at least and within budget. Virtuous isn't developing, they're just support, so that's not a red flag either.

Shit man, I'm still hype, nothing is fucked here dude.

 

[peronmls]

Virtuos worked on Dark Souls Remastered



other games they’ve worked on:

I though QLOC worked on the remaster of Dark Souls. Who’s Virtuos?

 

[hemo memo]

What's Virtuous? What did they make before?

According to their website, they worked on:

-The Outer Worlds
-Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond
-FFXII:ZA
-Outriders
-Dark Souls Remastered
-Marvel’s Avengers
-Grounded
-CoD: War Zone
-CoD: Vanguard
-CoD: BOCW
-Destroy All Humans
-SW Fallen Order
-Zero Dawn
-Forbidden West
-Bioshock collection
-PUBG
-Xcom 2 collection
-Vader Immortal
-Life Rendered
-LoL
-Rift Apart
-Halo Infinite
-DMC5
-DS Remake
-TLoU2
-GotG
-New World

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[dotnotbot]

I though QLOC worked on the remaster of Dark Souls. Who’s Virtuos?

Virtuos worked on the Switch version

 

[Alebrije]

Just hope it does not ends like Silent Hill remasters...

 

[Dr. Suchong]

The teaser trailer was a damp squib for me personally.
I'd honestly rather play the original and marvel once again at what was squeezed out of the (by then) aging Ps2.

 

[Neilg]

I believe they'll be able to remake it... but the real test is if they get all the details in

 

[Roufianos]

Who is left from the Kojima’s team that didn’t go to Kojima production? The janitor?

Pretty sure the credits of Survive confirmed a lot had remained though that was obviously a few years back.

 

[coffinbirth]

Some of the stuff this company worked on was actually good. You guys are crazy, just blind hating. I’m still skeptical of the project overall, but until we see gameplay I will reserve judgement and hope for the best.

You're only as good as your last gig, and their last gig was the dogshit The Outer Worlds Remaster.
The skepticism is warranted.

 

[nial]

What's the deal with this?
Is it an in-house Konami game that Virtuos is doing extra work on (think 1-Up Studio on Super Mario Odyssey or Bluepoint on God of War Ragnarok), or a Virtuos game being assisted by Konami's development division?

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

Well played Konami.

 

[Warablo]

So it's not a remake? Hype is dead

 

[TLZ]

I don't know, call me crazy but none of this is a red flag to me. They're using the original voices, good, they're using the old Kojima team, awesome as the team is responsible for how good those games are, not Kojima's egotistical pretentious ass, and the lack of involvement from Kojima seems like a positive to me, it will actually be completed on time at least and within budget. Virtuous isn't developing, they're just support, so that's not a red flag either.

Shit man, I'm still hype, nothing is fucked here dude.

Calm your tits people.

 

[TLZ]

What's the deal with this?
Is it an in-house Konami game that Virtuos is doing extra work on (think 1-Up Studio on Super Mario Odyssey or Bluepoint on God of War Ragnarok), or a Virtuos game being assisted by Konami's development division?

Konami game assisted by Virtuos.

 

[Badlucktroll]

If they take the original games and have the Konami team and Virtuous slap on some AA to AAA graphics, with 4k/60 gameplay, i think we all win