Despite this, a game where you travel through a wormhole to an alternate universe might be the most normal thing ever to happen in a Metal Gear game. More crucially, Metal Gear Survive is not a canon title, so it’s not contributing to the well-documented plot that the previous Metal Gear games have set up. Humanoid husks who creep slowly, or even quickly, through a world with the intention of eating brains are zombies. Like many games which try to dress up zombies as not-zombies, they’re called ‘creatures’ here.
It’s an online squad-based adventure game where you kill zombies, essentially. Metal Gear Survive, the first without the participation of auteur Hideo Kojima – and the first after a very public fallout with Konami, the developers behind the rest of the series – comes out tomorrow. Each of the games has become a classic of its era. Mainly that the games are really good, with era-defining graphics and deep, well thought-through gameplay. The Metal Gear series is one of the most famous video game series for a reason. The series has been around for an incredible 31 years – and oh boy, the things we’ve seen. The latest addition to the Metal Gear series, the non-canon zombie game Metal Gear Survive, is out tomorrow.
