Metal Gear Solid's Snake Becomes A Lizard In Covert Critter
Indie stealth game Covert Critter, which serves as a love letter to the original Metal Gear Solid, has been released for free after only 12 days of development. 1998's Metal Gear Solid, directed by gaming icon Hideo Kojima, brought tactical espionage action into a 3D space and birthed a long line of sequels. While some sources claim that a Metal Gear Solid remake is in development, two independent developers have already recreated the title's gameplay and tone with anthropomorphic animals.
As a follow-up to Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, 1998's Metal Gear Solid translated its predecessors' stealth action mechanics into a 3D space. The title's innovative gameplay made sneaking past enemies tougher for Solid Snake, thanks to the introduction of mechanics like noisy floor textures and snow that leaves a trail of footprints behind him. However, Metal Gear Solid also introduced an arsenal of new tools for players to wield like remote-controlled missiles, infra-red goggles and a cardboard box disguise. The game's 3D environments also let Snake perform more tactical maneuvers, like peaking around corners and observing enemies in first-person view. A Metal Gear Solid Unreal Engine 5 remake gives the PlayStation classic a modern look, but indie developers have focused on recapturing the title's gameplay and atmosphere instead.
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Indie developers sodaraptor and NormalHumanSixx recently released Covert Critter, a Metal Gear Solid-style stealth game starring a secret agent lizard, via itch.io. The "fully-fledged love letter to Metal Gear Solid" apparently took only 12 days to make, but it perfectly captures the Hideo Kojima classic's tone and gameplay.
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