10 Cruel Tricks Video Games Played On Co-Op Players

10. Killing Off One Player's Character Near The End - Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is just one of several Josef Fares-directed games on this list, and that's because the guy sure knows how to create co-op games that thoroughly press the player's buttons.

Though Brothers was originally conceived as a single-player game in which the player controlled two brothers - using a different thumbstick for each brother - there was nothing stopping two people playing the game together by handling a side of the controller each.

The 2019 Nintendo Switch version, however, did finally introduce official multiplayer support.

The game is focused around two brothers co-operating in order to complete puzzles and advance their journey to find a cure for their father's illness. The older brother, Naia, is the stronger of the two while the younger, Naiee, is smaller and more agile.

Yet near the end of the game, the rug is well and truly pulled out when Naia is mortally wounded by a giant spider and dies.

For the remainder of the story, Naiee is naturally the only playable character, and worse still, you're saddled with the task of dragging his corpse around and burying him.

As a single-player experience this was absolutely devastating, and in co-op, it forces the player controlling Naia to awkwardly sit around for the final 20 minutes of the game while their friend finishes it. Or for true dramatic effect, just leave the room.