10 Video Games You Had To Hide From Your Parents

6. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

You may be questioning Snake Eater's position on this list, but have you recently looked back at the art direction Hideo Kojima decided to go with when designing Eva and The Boss?

They're fighting for their lives, behind enemy lines - with a hell of a lot of cleavage on show. Y'know, because video games. Sure we weren't complaining at the time - and this isn't a "Cover them up for God's sake!" call to arms either - but it is pretty funny taking a look back on characters like these and suddenly happening upon the same train of thought our parents must have had.

Then there's that cave scene, which if there's one thing ardent Metal Gear fans will deploy their gun-mounted Cyphers over, it's the idea of skipping the cutscenes to avoid. Never has there been a greater case of being in two minds; you're happy - very happy - watching a half-naked Eva seduce Snake, but just at that moment you're very aware that there's an incoming parent.

They were always going to take one look at this digitised Bond-style seduction and herald in the biggest wave of embarrassment known to man if you couldn't avoid it - what did you do?

 
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