We recently got to listen to one of the former developers of Red Dead Redemption 2, who talked about how Rockstar pays attention to details to unimaginable extremes. It is not the only reason for the success of his games, but it certainly elevates them even more, just as it does with Hideo Kojima.
The father of the saga Metal Gear Solid has been characterized by implementing references, mechanics, phrases and winks without major significance in its projects, but which have become iconic. We lived one of them with Metal Gear Solid 3 and the mythical trick of waiting a real week of time to discover that the villain died of pure old age.
The striking thing is that a similar situation happened in the previous installment. In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, it is possible to get a razor at the beginning of the Plant mission if we play on the Extreme difficulty. If we activate the object when we meet Solid Snake, we will exchange it with a pack of cigarettes.
This will mean that in the following conversations we have with him, both in person and through the Codec, we will see him completely shaved. This situation is already curious in itself, but it gains even more impression if we wait a week before continuing the adventure. If seven days pass and we play again Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Libertythe hero will have regained his beard. Below you can see the change.
This detail occurs both in the original 2001 version and in the high definition revisions that Konami has released over the years. Obviously, Neither Raiden nor Otacon make any comments. about what happened, which demonstrates the lack of importance in the plot of Snake’s beard. However, for us it is another example of Kojima’s genius.
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