10 Video Games Where Everyone Can Die

10. Ultima V

Ultima V is one of the best examples of a true blue, old-school CRPG where one screw-up at the wrong point really can mess you up forever. Case in point, the infiltration into Lord Blackthorn's castle.

With Blackthorn having taken over all of Britannia and NOT being a total idiot about it, you learn that Blackthorn is keeping some vital McGuffins in his personal castle. First-time players proceed to then learn that getting caught is the absolute last thing they want to happen.

Blackthorn, you see, needs your character alive to learn some very powerful and dangerous magical mantras, but that doesn't mean he needs your friends. So, one by one, he places each of them beneath a guillotine and gives you every chance in the world to give him the mantra. And if you think that if you hold out just a bit longer, someone will save you? Sorry, that ain't how Ultima V plays.

One by one, if you don't hand over the mantras, all of your friends die forever. So maybe take off the hard-soled boots when infiltrating the dark lord's castle, yeah?