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The Besties

Metal Gear Solid Delta is Peak Remake

The Besties

The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

4.95K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

With practically every “important” PlayStation 2 game being remastered, remade, and reimagined, it wasn’t a surprise when Konami announced Metal Gear Solid Delta. The question wasn’t “would it exist?”, but “should it exist?” This week, The Besties discuss why Metal Gear Solid 3 benefits from a high-definition, low-tweak update. And they debate just how loyal a remake should be to its source material.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Justin's point.

0:21.4

He's pulling out his acoustic guitar now. I wrote the cold open for you guys. Okay, I guess we haven't yet. We never put this stuff in the show. Yeah. So this is just like you guys. But we usually don't want the other. Normally I don't include my songs. Okay. Yeah. Express yourself. Thank you guys. Thank you so much.

0:21.8

I will.

0:23.1

Thank you.

0:24.0

Okay?

0:24.6

Thanks.

0:32.2

So I will send a better version to Rachel, too, so in case she wants it for her own files,

0:32.5

you know?

0:33.2

Sure. So if you like, the sound quality is not great.

0:34.8

It's more about the sentiment that I really need you guys to hear. Okay. Yeah. Because emotions. Sometimes you've got to communicate them with music because words just don't do it. You know what I mean? You want to pull the guitar up to the mic a little bit more? Well, I don't want to blow it out. Okay. How's that? That's better? That's beautiful. Okay, good. It gives you a nice

0:56.1

Bob Bill and hunch too, which nice. Remember when we first gave it a try, 05, pretty soon I knew

1:05.3

I'd had enough. Cause like, this cutscene has been going for a month and I'd really like to play please then you come

1:13.2

around again and say Justin they fixed it and it's really fun to play trust me they trim that

1:18.3

mufoon cutscene to a day I say I'll try it I'll load it it could be a goady ooh you made me play again this week, but ooh, this time, I'm telling you, I'm telling you, we are never, ever, ever playing more snake eater.

1:39.2

We are never, ever playing more snake eater.

1:44.3

You crawl through the grass look like an ass, I'll play some we.

1:48.8

But we are never, ever, ever playing more snake eater.

1:59.1

It's beautiful and also not true.

2:03.4

They're definitely going to crank out another one of these on PS6, baby.

2:07.7

And we're going to be back. My name is Justin Macro, and I know the best game of the week.

2:29.7

My name is Griffin McElroy, and I know the best game of the week.

2:32.3

My name is Christopher Thomas Plant, and I know the best game of the week. My name is Christopher Thomas Plant and I know the best game of the week.

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