4. Reggie Dies - Infamous: Second Son
Sucker PunchInfamous: Second Son didn't quite live up to our high expectations, but there's no denying the fact that it was a breezy blast of a game. One of its most successful aspects was in making us buy into the relationship between Conduit protagonist Delsin Rowe and his brother Reggie, the Sheriff of Salmon Bay who finds himself torn between loyalty to his brother and his absolute disgust for Conduits. Near the end of the game, Reggie rescues Delsin in order to help him defeat Augustine, though she retaliates, causing Delsin and Reggie to end up dangling off the edge of a cliff. With Augustine continually encasing Reggie in concrete while Delsin desperately tries to pull him up, Reggie tells him to let him go. Eventually, Reggie tells his brother, "Dammit, I'm so proud of you. Always have been. I love you bro" and lets go, plunging to his death as Delsin looks on in horror. It's a pivotal, tide-turning moment in the game, but what really sells it to us is the jaw-dropping graphics, namely the insanely realistic lip-sync and facial capture, helping convey the agony and desperation of the scene superbly.