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C. Custer · · 1 min read

You can play as classic Snake in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Have you been watching the trailers for Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes and thinking that the whole thing looks too damn good? I mean, look how sharp that guy looks! It’s ridiculous. If you’re aching for a return to the old days of square heads, Hideo Kojima just announced some good news at the PS4 launch event in New York: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will feature a “Deja Vu” mission that allows you to play as classic Snake, in all of his blocky 3D-modeled glory:

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Aww yeah.

If you’re wondering what that looks like in motion, never fear, there was a trailer:

So what do you think? Personally I kind of wish more games included throwbacks like this, but I also use my PS3 to play more original Playstation games than I do PS3 games, so I’m probably in the minority…

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C. Custer

Former editor and motion graphics artist for Tech in Asia. Currently content marketer at Dataquest.io