10 Recent Video Game Villain Deaths That Made Us Cry

10. Baldur - God Of War (2018)

Baldur was a psycho when we met him at the beginning of the game, but across God of War, we find out that - like most men with severe issues - it's mostly mommy's fault.

See, like in the original myth, Frigg received a vision that her son would one day be murdered. So in order to prevent that from happening, she made her son impervious to all forms of harm save for the seemingly harmless plant Mistletoe.

Where God Of War adds in its usual dark twist to the mythology is that this spell also took away any and all kinds of feeling, taste, touch, or smell. A sensory deprivation that ended up driving her son mad.

As well as set in motion the events that would lead to his death that she tried to hard to prevent. When Baldur leaves Atreus with no choice, he decides to live up to the true name his mother gave him, and shoots the bastard with an arrow made of Misteltoe.

At least before he died, he got to feel the sweet cold of snow one last time.