Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain - 10 Insane New Features You Must See

3. A Loyal, Badass Wolf Partner

This is one of two things everyone is talking about coming out of the latest reveal footage; Ocelot's raising of a dog Snake finds out in the field. A small husky puppy that he then holds aloft, proclaiming to train it for battle over the years. In the trailer we see a time lapse age DD - standing for 'Diamond Dog', after one of Big Boss' command units - into a fully-grown, loyal companion, leaping up into the helicopter to accompany you on your next mission. Complete with an eyepatch and a loveably-killer smirk, we just know he's going up there with Shadow of the Colossus' Agro, the Fable 2 dog or Link's Epona as one of the best animal-companions there'll ever be.

Who knows how much of an impact you'll have on the dog's training in terms of actual gameplay - our bet is you'll take him out in the field and the more guards he takes down the stronger he'll get - but we wouldn't put it past Kojima to have some sort of training minigame where you play fetch on one of Mother Base's struts either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbVcqIoqAcA Oh but Kojima - please leave him alive.