10 Video Games That Punish You For Caring

10. The Witcher III

CD Project Red's games based on the popular Witcher franchise were notable for making player choice a matter of actions and consequences, rather than good or evil. And that's exactly why it's best to go into any situation in this series with no expectations because chances are, whatever you do will blow up in your face one way or another.

Choosing the seemingly good or compassionate choice in The Witcher rarely works out the way you want it to. Cure a severely wounded woman with one of your potions, she becomes catatonic due to its toxicity; save a deserting soldier from a lynch mob, he forms a group of bandits who rob refugees; show mercy to a spirit and return her bones to her lover for a proper burial, she kills him and goes on to terrorize the region. And the severity of ways your ward, Ciri, can be screwed over as a result of your best nature is staggering.

At times the game can be a little too edgy in how many choices result in tragedy no matter what you do, but you'll often find that cold, sometimes cruel logic will yield better results than a bleeding heart.