10 Most Heartbreaking Video Game Moments Of The Decade (So Far)

One of the more understated moments on this list, the cut-scene where Elena catches Drake in a web of lies during Uncharted 4 is absolutely heartbreaking in the way it's presented.

The sequence comes immediately after the best action set-piece in the whole game, bringing you down from the title's biggest high to deliver its most powerful emotional blow.

Watching Drake attempt to explain why he's still hiding parts of his life from Elena for the fourth game in a row feels like the final straw for gaming's most lovable couple. Yet the moment never becomes too melodramatic or overwrought, and it's actually the fact that it doesn't take the easy route and devolve into a shouting match that makes the scene so effective.

Naughty Dog are a studio that understands that you don't have to only rely on deaths and twists to evoke heartbreak in an audience.