10 Video Game Characters Who Got Undeservedly Brutal Deaths
6. Sam And Henry - The Last Of Us
The Last of Us is a harrowing, emotional, often tragic experience, which explores so much of the human experience behind what some may consider a cliched zombie apocalypse backdrop. The awful ends of brothers Sam and Henry are testament to this.
Ellie accompanies the siblings through a protracted siege sequence, while Joel battles to keep the encroaching hordes at bay with a mounted gun. The high-octane action is tempered by touching moments between the four survivors, in which Ellie shares a very special toy with Sam and Henry cooks. Tragically, Sam had been bitten in the previous fracas, and when Ellie goes to wake him for breakfast, she shrieks as he suddenly turns.
A tormented Henry hesitates before shooting his brother, rescuing Ellie from his clutches. Joel desperately tries to take the gun from him, but Henry turns it on himself in horror. It’s a brutal shock in the midst of such a (by The Last of Us’ standards) touching and tranquil domestic moment.