10 Shocking Video Game Betrayals That Scarred You For Life

9. Edgar Ross - Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead's finale remains one of the greatest of all time, seeing main character John Marston unceremoniously gunned down by the duplicitous back-stabber, Edgar Ross.

It forms the basis for you enacting the finest playable revenge arc ever when gameplay fades back up as Marston's son, Jack, but precisely because Ross is built up throughout as being crooked as hell, when the moment comes that he is going to turn on you, you'll be screaming "I KNEW IT!" as Marston gets riddled with holes.

The sheer brutality of seeing John get gunned down provides the perfect primer to track Ross to the ends of the Earth, but for that moment when you realise you're completely outgunned and all is lost... it's one of the most momentous in gaming history.