7 Next-Gen Games We Desperately Want To See At E3 2014

It comes around quick, doesn't it? Seems like only yesterday that Microsoft were announcing the terribly exciting Killer Instinct and now we're already bored of it. They also announced they'd move both Heaven and Earth to stop you playing used games, you filthy cheapskate. And look how that turned out. Sony's Jack Tretton joyfully trolled them for it at the time, though, much to the delight of a whooping, Jerry Springer crowd. And then Nintendo probably revealed some stuff, too, but who really cares about that?

Ciaran Utting

Published: Apr 21, 2014 03:49 pm

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5) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

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Why do we so desperately want to see this game in action? Because we paid $40 for the first level already, and we’d just really like to finish it. As offensively brief as it was, Ground Zeros was a pretty good little game, and we absolutely know that the best is yet to come.

Hideo Kojima seems to be tackling aim at some pretty taboo subjects here, as he’s done in Metal Gears of the past – most obviously the notion of phantom limb pain, the sensation of agonizing physical suffering in an arm or leg despite it no longer being attached. With many soldiers returning from the war in the Middle East disabled by IEDs, this is Social Commentary 101.

Kojima’s contemporary allegories are always entertaining, and the prospect of spending more time with Snake is always appealing, too. In short, we can’t wait to sink our teeth into it.

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Ciaran Utting

Ciarán Utting loves video games and books with pictures of speedboats on the cover. There's plenty more of his drivel on Twitter.