10 Most Shocking Video Game Sidekick Betrayals

7. Big Smoke & Ryder - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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There’s some argument over which epic GTA betrayal is the nastiest, and the cruel turn of Big Smoke & Ryder absolutely belongs on this list.

The Grove Street Families stick together. Except they super don’t and the dudes you expect to have your back through thick and thin just totally screw you over after all. CJ’s lifelong friend Big Smoke and Ryder betray the GSF by meeting up with CRASH, that is, the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, and the Ballas gang, ultimately opting to sell everyone else out for money and power.

The insult on top of the crappy injury is CJ spotting the meeting as it goes down, including seeing the same car present when his mother was gunned down by the Ballas at the beginning of the game. Extremely uncool.

Delivering your own method of justice feels fair but the scene comes as a real shock and is honestly just super freaking disappointing.

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Likes: Collecting maiamais, stanning Makoto, dual-weilding, using sniper rifles on PC, speccing into persuasion and lockpicking. Dislikes: Escort missions.