8. Naked Snake & Eva - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Solid Snake and Meryl is all well and good on paper, but you have to remember that they barely spend any time together. Aside from some butt-identifying gameplay and Psycho Mantis' mind-control delving into Meryl's most sexual desires, she's then whisked away following a sniper's bullet only to return at the very close of the game - hardly a well-developed and believable romance outside of what would work in an action movie. Come MGS 3 and creator Hideo Kojima hadn't exactly grown up when it came to depictions of women and their sexuality (Eva's cleavage is constantly on show thanks to an unzipped boiler suit...
just 'cause), but what he did delve more into script-wise was the slow-burn build-up of Snake's attraction towards the blonde bombshell herself. One of the
sexiest scenes in recent memory sees the two of them camp out inside a cave, lit only by the crackling fire nearby, and although that scene slowly turns to parody, the close of the game does feature the two of them finally hooking up after a job well done. The less said about the double and triple-crossings that come immediately after though, the better.