10 Terrifyingly Dark Implications In Otherwise Cheerful Video Games
4. Gordos - Slime Rancher
Despite their easy-going smiles and pleasant nature, Gordo Slimes are some of the most messed up creatures to ever totally pass under most people's radars.
Gordos are the name given for a group of slimes that has joined into one via some strange and possibly occult mutation. Because of how great their mass grows to however, these creatures are unable to move - which explains why they've been unable to separate themselves, as they need to eat to gain the energy to free themselves.
While you can - and should - feed these beasts, the question does stand as to how long they've been stuck in this state: trapped, unable to move, and suffering.
Given this is the basic premise of the horror short story and game I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, you have to wonder how it's played off like a bit of a silly mishap. Maybe the slimes have a lot more patience than we do, who knows?