10 Heartbreaking Video Game Deaths You Were Powerless To Stop
2. Ghost And Roach's Death - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Despite there being a new Call of Duty game annually, no campaign has really tugged on the heart strings quite like Modern Warfare 2. You might not expect a mainstream run of the mill shooter like Call of Duty to even feature emotional deaths, but it really does. Almost a decade later, and you will still see people discuss their rage at Shepherd for murdering Ghost and Roach.
You play a large part of the game's campaign as Roach, fighting alongside characters such as Captain Price, Soap and Ghost. Near the end of the game you are split up, and Ghost and Roach are sent to retrieve an SSD for Shepherd. After a close call, it seems like you and Ghost have escaped by the skin of your teeth.
But this isn't the case. Before you can do anything you've been shot and Ghost is next. It doesn't end there though, as you have to watch as Ghost's dead body is thrown down next to you, and you're both covered in gasoline as Shepherd prepares to drop his cigar.
An absolutely gut-wrenching moment, punctuated by a sucker-punch of a plot-twist.