9 Smartest Video Game Decisions (That Still Got People Killed)

By Jack Pooley / March 22, 2020

2. Choosing To Cure New York - Spider-Man

At the end of Insomniac's Spider-Man, Peter Parker is faced with a brutal dilemma: give the cure for the Devil's Breath bioweapon to a mortally ill Aunt May, or instead hand it over to scientists to mass produce and inoculate all of New York.

The player is given no choice in the matter, but Peter thankfully makes the smart - if heartbreaking - decision to save millions of lives at the cost of May's.

Any other decision would just feel counter to everything Spider-Man stands for, and the game does a fantastic job conveying the emotional weight of Peter's decision.

It was the right choice without question, but led to the death of his only remaining guardian figure in the process.