10 Video Game Enemies You Felt REALLY Bad For Killing

10. Any Of The Colossi - Shadow Of The Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus quests players with venturing across a mysterious land and vanquishing sixteen gigantic, powerful creatures in order to resurrect protagonist Wander's fallen love, Mono.

But for the most part the Colossi don't actually instigate the fights against the player, instead acting passive until you wander into their home and start causing trouble.

Throughout the game there's a haunting, mournful tenor to killing these gorgeous, untamed beasts, which is massively exacerbated at the end when you learn that you've actually been killing them to help release the shadowy entity Dormin from his captivity.

If you didn't feel bad for felling these creatures beforehand, you surely felt like murderous human garbage once the truth was revealed.

It's no less heart-rending on repeat playthroughs, for as sublimely beautiful as Shadow of the Colossus unmistakably is, progressing through it is intensely bittersweet.