10 Most Intense Moral Choices In Video Game History

9. Harvest The Little Sisters? (Bioshock)

A rather classic example of a stressful video game moral choice, but nevertheless one of the most affecting; choosing whether or not to harvest the Little Sisters in Bioshock to gain vital resources or a sense of moral superiority still today causes serious self-reflection as to the kind of gamer you are.

Because either saving or harvesting a certain amount of Little Sisters during the title directly changes which ending you get, the choice itself becomes bigger than merely being about the fate of disposable video game sprites you don't really know anything about. However the most harrowing and intense moments still stemmed from the internal struggle between the pragmatic need to improve your character or the option to carry on being a good guy to hopefully achieve the best ending by letting the Sisters go.

As harvesting them gave a boost to your Adam, a vital resource that allowed the player to improve their plasmids during the game, actually saving the sisters became a detriment to your character’s powerful progression, which made the decision even tougher.

In a neat narrative twist, ultimately your choices mimic the fall of Rapture itself; will you damn your soul down a route of selfishness like the citizens of the underwater dystopia or break the city’s condemned curse through acts of selflessness?