10 Times Video Games Killed You IN A CUTSCENE!

10. B.J. Loses His Head - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Roughly half-way through Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Nazi-slaughtering protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz is brutally killed while the player is powerless to do anything but watch.

Horrifyingly, the bulk of the scene - a public execution at D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial - actually unfolds as a first-person interactive cutscene.

The player is given a front-row seat to watch Nazi commander Irene Engel hack away at their own neck, before the perspective shifts to show Engel triumphantly holding the severed head aloft.

But of course Blazkowicz isn't dead for long, as the resistance manages to collect his discarded head and bring him back to life by grafting his noggin onto the body of a bio-engineered Nazi super-soldier, giving him a host of physical upgrades in the process.

Despite his speedy resurrection, witnessing B.J.'s death first-hand is surely the most traumatic moment in any Wolfenstein game - and that really is saying something.