10 Most Tear-Jerking Deaths In Video Games

Oh Jackie. Your light may have burned briefly, but it lit up the opening moments of Cyberpunk 2077 when everything else threatened to make the player rage-quit in frustration.

Jackie Welles played the role of mononymous protagonist V's best friend, and quickly established himself as the game's best character. His combination of bulldog loyalty and determination to better himself made him an easy character to root for in Cyberpunk's dystopian world.

Which makes his early exit from the story all the more shocking.

In the Act One finale, Jackie is mortally wounded in a heist gone wrong. As he and the player make a desparate escape Jackie begins bleeding out in front of the protagonist, barely managing to make it to the pair's getaway vehicle. Once inside, however, it becomes clear Jackie won't make it.

Jackie's last conversation with the player is easily the emotional highlight of the game. Watching this mountain of a man fade away before he got to achieve his dreams was heartbreaking, with the voice actors playing their roles perfectly - Jackie, comforting V even as he's dying and V, completely devastated at being unable to save their best friend.

See you in the big leagues, Jackie.