10 Video Game Levels You KNEW Were Going To End Terribly

10. Freeing The Tree Spirit - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015)

Throughout The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, players will have to make numerous tough decisions, with one of the most difficult moral dilemmas being posed during the side quest The Whispering Hillock.

Whilst searching for his surrogate daughter in the war-torn lands of Velen, Geralt's quest takes him to the village of Downwarren where the locals are being terrorised by a menacing presence. Further investigation reveals the source of the village's woes to be an ancient spirit trapped underneath an old tree. After talking to the entity, players are then given the choice to either free or destroy it.

With the spirit promising to save innocent orphans from the clutches of the devious Crones Of Crookback Bog, freeing it seems like the correct option. However, nothing about the interaction has given the impression that the spirit can be trusted. The only thing that's clear at this point is that nothing good can come from this quest.

If freed, the spirit will keep its word and save the orphans. However, it will also massacre the villagers. But if the spirit is destroyed, the villagers will be saved, but the Crones will devour the children.

Killing monsters is easier than making some of these moral decisions.