10 Times Video Games Made You Betray Your Friends

10. Age Of Empires

In Age of Empire, not only will you betray your friends, but you'll betray them for four hours, after having previously teamed with them for another four.

And the betrayals are suitably brutal, too. In order to properly ally, you can sign treaties with other players, only to secretly cancel the treaty and slaughter all their troops before they've even really realised what's up.

Issue is, you'll often do this trying to preempt their betrayal, which explains your actions, but doesn't totally justify them - especially if you find out that your loyal pal actually didn't intend to stab you in the back at all.

While most of the replay value and entertainment in Age of Empires comes from learning how to optimise your forces and strategise effectively, there's also something extra special about battles against friends, because it becomes about knowing them as well.

Would your friends have your back even when it's not at an advantage to them? How long would it take them to betray you? Is there any signs or suggestions that they are about to wage war on you?

It becomes a total mind game, and as fun as this is, epic betrayals can leave you a little sore for a minute or two after you've been defeated.