10 Video Games That Knew You Lied

10. Promising Clementine You'll Look For Her Parents - Telltale's The Walking Dead

Telltale's The Walking Dead series tried to make your choices matter as much as feasibly possible, but far away from its many life-or-death decisions, the first season's fourth episode, "Around Every Corner," set players up to get caught in a lie. And worse still, a lie to a child.

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At the very end of the episode, eight-year-old Clementine asks protagonist Lee if they'll have time to search for her missing parents.

At this point, players have three options - they can either flat-out refuse, say they're not sure if there will be time, or lie and promise Clem they will.

If you lie to Clem, she'll reiterate her question, at which point Lee looks sheepishly around the room and Clem devastatingly replies, "I knew you didn't mean it," before breaking down in tears.

And to rub salt in the wound, the game even displays the text, "You lied to Clementine," to remind you of your misdeed.

Granted, Clem basically gets upset no matter how you reply to her, but after being so casually dishonest, the game sure as hell made you feel guilty about it.

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