10 Heartbreaking Video Game Deaths You Were Powerless To Stop

10. Roland - Borderlands 2

You might not expect a game like Borderlands to have many emotional scenes in it. After all, it's advertised as a crazy arcade-like shooter that's more focused on laughs and ridiculously overpowered guns.

But every so often the series does slow things down to develop the plot, and sometimes that can mean bad news for some of your favourite characters.

In Borderlands 2 you get the choice of four new vault hunters to play as, but don't worry, the original four from the first game do appear as NPCs that assist you on your missions and provide you with quests. This honestly should have been a red flag from day one. There was no way that everyone was going to make it through alive.

Sadly, this was true. During the events of Borderlands 2, Roland is shot through the chest by Handsome Jack. Not only is this devastating for the players as they likely fought alongside him in the first game, or possibly even as him, but it's Lilith's reaction that really makes the death sad. At least by the end of the game you've avenged him.