8 Video Game Characters Who Desperately Need Therapy

8. Nathan Drake - Uncharted

On the surface, Nathan Drake may be a charming, wise-cracking facsimile of the globetrotting Indiana Jones archetype, but let's be real here - beneath that irresistible smirk, the guy is sublimating the literally thousands of lives he's responsible for ending.

It's often said that the Uncharted franchise is one of gaming's all-time great examples of "ludonarrative dissonance" - where there's a fundamental disconnect between the story and gameplay. 

In this case, the fact that players are capable of, or even forced to kill hundreds of anonymous goons in each of the games feels wholly at odds with their presentation of Nathan Drake as a devilishly likeable rogue.

Nate - it's time to sit down and talk about all that blood on your hands. 

He might seem like a well-adjusted chap throughout the series' cutscenes, but it sure doesn't seem like he's processed the gravity of his actions, like, at all.

Whether you deem him a glorified serial killer or more generously accept his actions as motivated by self-defense, Nate urgently needs to talk to someone about it all.