10 Video Game Deaths That Should've Hit HARD (But Didn't)

10. Lunafreya Nox Fleuret - Final Fantasy XV

The death of Lunafreya Nox Fleuret in Final Fantasy XV is supposed to be one of the game's grand emotional high-points - after being gravely wounded by Ardyn, she survives just long enough to help Noctis defeat Leviathan.

Yet even though Lunafreya is one of the game's central characters and her death occurs during a gorgeous FMV sequence, it falls oddly flat because we've had so few direct interactions with her prior to this.

Lunafreya's screen time is strangely limited leading up to her death, ensuring that if Square Enix was trying to deliver another Aerith-tier moment here, they resolutely failed because players simply didn't have that firmly established bond with her. 

She felt more like a plot device than a flesh-and-blood character, honestly.

It doesn't help that Lunafreya's death itself happens strangely abruptly and little time is afforded for both Noctis and players to mourn her, at which point one might ask themselves - if the game doesn't care, why should I?