10 Bad Video Game Decisions You Didn't Understand Until It Was Too Late

10. Attacking Vicki - Batman: The Telltale Series

Bar a few exceptions, true choice in Telltale's stable of episodic adventure games is pretty few and far between, and so when Batman faces off against Vicki Vale aka Lady Arkham in the final episode of Batman: The Telltale Series, fans probably weren't quite prepared for what was coming.

Batman shows up to rescue a kidnapped Alfred from Vicki, at which point players are presented with a choice - either remove their cowl to stop Vicki assaulting Alfred, or attack Vicki directly.

Now, given that Batman is a highly skilled combatant, revealing his identity risks the lives of his loved ones, and Alfred straight-up tells you not to compromise yourself for his sake, players can't really be blamed for choosing to attack Vicki.

However, this is soon enough confirmed to be the "bad" option of the two, given that it results in Alfred being shot and blinded in one eye by Vale.

If you decide to unmask instead, Bruce simply gets shot in the ear, which while blowing a decent chunk of his ear-flesh away, doesn't seem to have any impact on his hearing ability.

With that in mind, it's clear that unmasking was the right choice - albeit only in retrospect.