10 Gruesome Video Game Moments That Were Genuinely Hard To Watch
5. Stomach Surgery (Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes)
The Metal Gear Solid V prequel, Ground Zeroes, saw Snake tasked with infiltrating an enemy base in order to rescue two children who were being held captive. Snake successfully completes his mission and gets the kids on board a helicopter for extraction.
The mission seemed to be over, but then Snake learns that one of the kids, Paz, had been implanted with a bomb, hidden away inside her stomach. With the aid of a medic, Snake watches on as Paz gets opened up in order to remove the explosive device.
The way the scene is shown seems designed to make players feel as uncomfortable as possible, as the camera zooms in close and shows Paz struggling and screaming as the medic thrusts his hands among her intestines and eventually pulls out a package, which Snake tosses out of the window. Scenes of violence involving children are incredibly rare in any form of media and it was impossible to watch this one without feeling a little ill.