10 Video Game Characters You Didn't Realise Suffered Tragic Fates

10. James O'Brian - Days Gone

Throughout Days Gone, protagonist Deacon St. John becomes uneasy allies with James O'Brian, a member of the shady National Emergency Restoration Organisation (NERO).

During the main game players never actually see what O'Brian looks like because his physical appearance is concealed beneath a hazmat suit and mask, but those who keep playing after the linear campaign is completed will eventually unlock a very revealing secret ending.

This ending sees O'Brian once again make contact with Deacon, where he finally removes his mask to reveal that he is in fact infected with an evolved strain of the Freaker Virus which grants him superhuman abilities while maintaining his mental faculties.

While this clearly sets up a sequel where Deacon will battle a new evolved breed of Freakers, it doesn't paint the rosiest future for O'Brian.

With the stability of this strain of the virus totally unknown, it's wholly possible he will eventually devolve into a traditional "dumb" Freaker.

And even if he doesn't, there's still so much up in the air about how he became infected and his relationship with the NERO higher-ups that it's difficult to picture him being long for this world.