10 Terrifying True Endings In Video Games

10. Blood Omen: Legacy Of Kain

The Legacy of Kain series is about as gothic as video games come. It's setting, Nosgoth, is full of vampires, violence, horror, and unpleasantness, and come the end of the first game, you can opt to fix this or make it even worse. Sadly, those who chose the former were unpleasantly surprised when booting up the sequel.

You play as the titular Kain in Blood Omen, an antihero vampire who seeks revenge on those who murdered him. After finishing the game, players are given the option to pick between the "damn the world" and "heal the world" endings.

The "damn" ending causes the Pillars of Nosgoth to collapse, turning it into a wasteland ruled over by the now fully villainous Kain. Whereas the other shows Kain sacrificing himself to restore the world and eradicate vampires.

Of course, the game's sequel, Soul Reaver, had to exist in a world with vamps roaming about. Thus, no matter what option you chose in Blood Omen, Kain will damn Nosgoth and become its brutal leader come the sequel.

Kain went on to be the main antagonist of the next two games, proving that picking the bad ending has consequences and that selecting the good one is sometimes futile.