Content material Warnings Included In Steel Gear Strong Assortment

Konami is, surprisingly, protecting Hideo Kojima’s themes and sensitive subjects 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 workforce is protecting a lot of the sport intact that it’s determined to incorporate content material warnings in all three of its principal video games as some content material could also be seen as “outdated.” The workforce additionally goes out of its strategy to keep away from even the muttering of Kojima’s title, doubtless because of the bitter divorce and success he has seen since, referring to him solely as “the creator.”

Normally, all these warnings are on issues depicting racist stereotypes or caricatures — assume cartoons or motion pictures that get a remaster a long time down the road. Certain, Steel Gear Strong is an previous franchise, however it’s arduous to fairly pinpoint what absurdly offensive materials lies inside.

Maybe MGS 2’s Vamp may flip some heads, however contemplating that it confused even the web, it’s arduous to take that severely. Properly, there’s additionally Otacon’s entire stepfamily factor, however 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 films would take, too. To label a complete sport — or assortment on this case — with that warning, although, is weird, as most individuals who’d have a look at taking part in 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 just plastering the gathering with warnings slightly than scrapping content material or remodeling the story one way or the other.

Full Warning

“This sport comprises expressions and themes which can be thought of outdated. Nevertheless, these components have been included with out alteration to protect the historic context by which the sport was made and the creator’s unique imaginative and prescient. Participant discretion is suggested.”