Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) uses an entirely new game engine to accommodate the game’s jungle terrain and possible online mode. These features suggest it is Konami’s answer to SOCOM, but since Metal Gear is a one-man stealth unit I doubt it will involve squad tactics. The title refers in part to the survival skills Snake will need to use, i.e., hunting for food, as rations don’t grow on trees. ;-) The jungle terrain and map of Russia on the promo poster hint that the game’s setting is a past battlefield and not a modern one, possibly Vietnam. Revisionist glorification of that war is gaining momentum these days as we wage similarly themed wars in the Middle East and still claim to face danger from Communism. Russia’s resistance to US foreign policy helps them stay a reliable screen villain for the media. I can’t wait to play.