The 7 Saddest Video Game Deaths
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Fans of video games have those deaths that affect them to this day. The first time a character died, whether expected or unexpected, sticks with you after you finish a game. If it’s due to the consequences of your actions within a game, it can feel even worse.
There have been many deaths in video games throughout the years. These deaths however are some of the saddest that have happened in gaming history.
**Spoilers for the Mass Effect Trilogy, Red Dead Redemption I & II, The Walking Dead Season 1, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Life Is Strange**
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7.) John Marston
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John Marston was in the same outlaw gang as Arthur Morgan. After Arthur’s death, he decided to leave his outlaw life behind, and make a nice life for himself and his family. Revenge, however, has other plans. He decides to go after members of his old gang. He’s successful until his crimes catch up with him in the end. He’s cornered in his barn by law enforcement. He tells his family goodbye and goes out to face the police for his crimes. He gets a few shots in until he is ultimately killed.
6.) Vesemir
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In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Vesemir is killed while defending Kaer Morhen from the Wild Hunt. He is one of the oldest witchers and a father figure to Geralt. Ciri is ready to surrender herself to save Vesemir, but he stabs his opponent instead. This comes with retaliation against him, and he ends up getting his neck snapped, and is killed instantly. There is a split second of hope that he might live, so it's especially sad when he is killed by the wild hunt.
5.) Chloe Price
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Chloe has a hard time throughout Life Is Strange. Depending on the choices the player makes, she can die multiple times or not at all. During an alternate timeline in the game, Chloe is paralyzed and has a struggling respiratory system.
She gives you the choice to end her suffering. Another time is at the end of the game, where you can choose to sacrifice her to save the town of Arcadia Bay from an impending storm. She gets shot, and dies alone in the bathroom, thinking no one will miss her.
4.) Lee Everett
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The Walking Dead Season 1 is a game series by Telltale Games. The first season told the story of a history teacher, Lee Everett, who was accused of murdering a senator. On his way to jail, the zombie apocalypse starts. He eventually comes across a little girl named Clementine in her home. She was waiting for her parents to come back. He decides to protect Clementine and help her survive.
The game lets you choose what type of person Lee becomes, but when he gets bit by a zombie, there's no way to save him. You must make the decision to either have Clementine shoot him, so he won't hurt anyone else or tell her to leave so she doesn’t have to live with the trauma murdering him would cause. Whatever choice you choose, both are equally as tear-inducing and emotional.
3.) Commander Shepard
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They were the hero of the galaxy and the protagonist of the Mass Effect Trilogy. While they died at the end of the first game, they were rebuilt. It isn’t until the final mission of the third game, that Shepard meets death for good. No matter what ending you decide, Shepard will die.
If you manage to get the perfect ending, then it is open-ended whether or not Shepard dies. Seeing Shepard struggling at the end, and uttering the line “yes sir? What do you need me to do?” makes this death more emotional, as they want to go out by helping the galaxy one last time.
2.) Arthur Morgan
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At the beginning of Red Dead Redemption II, you don’t think too highly of Arthur Morgan. He has some of the best character development in the game, so when he gets diagnosed with tuberculosis, it's heart-wrenching. As he’s getting sicker, he tries to make amends for the wrongs he caused. At the end of the game, he eventually succumbs to his illness, but helps out his friend, John Marston, one more time before he dies.
1.) Mordin Solus
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Mordin decides to sacrifice himself to save the Krogans. He wants to make amends for the pain and suffering he caused the Krogans. You originally meet this character in Mass Effect 2 and get to know him as the game goes on. While his death can be avoided if the correct steps are taken, most play-throughs will result in his death. He decides to sacrifice himself, to save the Krogans, and release the cure for the genophage. As he’s taking the elevator to his death, he utters the line “Had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong” to Commander Shepard, causing this moment to be even more emotional.
Deaths in video games hit differently. In a game, you get to know characters better, especially the more you interact with them. This makes their deaths all the more difficult when they die. It can stay with you long after you are done playing. The beauty of video games, however, is that you can replay them as much as you want, and keep reliving the lives of the characters that have passed.
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