10 MORE Cruel Tricks Video Games Played On RPG Players

10. Make A Horrible Choice At The Start Of The Game - Fable III

Generally speaking, most video games save their agonising player choices for the very end of the story, but Fable III said "Screw that" and forced you to make a gut-wrenching decision in its opening 15 minutes.

Fable III's protagonist is the younger brother of Logan, the despotic king of Albion, and at the start of the game after intruding upon one of his war room meetings, Logan punishes you by forcing you to make a horrific choice.

Logan is either going to execute your love interest, or the leaders of the protest against his corrupt rule - and you have to pick who. It's a genuinely tough choice with no "right" answer, and to rub salt in the wound, if you take too long to choose, Logan will just execute them all.

Given that players rightly expect to be eased into the tricky decision-making in any video game, Fable III surprised players by instead kicking things off with a stomach-churning jolt. Whoever you picked, this was harsh as hell.