10 Bullsh*t Video Game Deaths You Just Had To Live With

Generally speaking, when it comes to video games, the player tends to have the moral high ground. The protagonist is perched up there like Obi-Wan Kenobi while the enemies are Anakin Skywalker, languishing down in the lava screaming "I hate you!".

Of course, there are many exceptions to this rule, but more often than not, players are cast as the good guys. Morality is never entirely black and white, though, and even the most squeaky-clean do-gooders have to commit some super questionable deeds in the name of justice at times.

This list will take a look at some boss battles nobody wanted to fight, some enemies nobody wanted to kill. Whether players sympathised with the foe, they didn’t know the full story at the time or the circumstances were just downright tragic all around, the player carried the weight of what they did for the rest of the game and even beyond.

Are you ready to feel that guilt all over again? Buckle up, this is going to be a rough ride.

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Note: Spoilers within.

Over the years, the Resident Evil franchise has treated us to the sight of a huge array of different mutated, slavering, hungry, lumpen beasts. You have to wonder how the heck Capcom designs some of these monstrosities.

Here’s the rub, though: Umbrella Corp’s gastly experimentations were to blame for most of this, meaning that there’s a tragic backstory behind these very human 'monsters.' Perhaps saddest of all in this regard is the story of Lisa Trevor.

Lisa was kidnapped by Umbrella and subjected to years of hideous experiments with the Progenitor virus. The torture was so prolonged and extensive that her mind and body were both warped beyond recognition. The player encounters her several times throughout the Resident Evil Remake, as the quintessential you-can’t-harm-it-so-just-run-away boss before the final tragic encounter.

In the basement, the player must evade Lisa in a tight area while pushing four rocks over the edge of the small platform. Doing so will open the coffin containing Lisa’s mother’s skeleton. When she sees it, what remains of her humanity kicks in: she grabs her mother’s skull and leaps over the edge into the abyss.

This isn’t the end of Lisa, though: she survives and later battles Wesker, who traps her in the mansion until the explosion that finally puts her at peace.