10 Video Game Fates Worse Than Death
1. The Guardians (Dead Space)
The Dead Space series has no shortage of horrific creatures to throw at the player, from Exploders to Lurkers to the enormous deadly Leviathan.
While you obviously wouldn't want to turn into any one of these monsters, the Guardians are easily the worst in terms of "fates worse than death", because the humans that they're created from are still able to cling to life, even when their bodies have been mutilated beyond recognition.
Guardians are corrupted humans that are anchored to the wall, unable to move. That would be bad enough, but wait! There's more. Their legs have been cut off - so even if they weren't stuck in one place, they wouldn't be able to walk - and their abdomens have been split down the middle, leaving their insides dangling out in the open.
Normally, those injuries would prove fatal, but somehow, the human host retains consciousness, with the power of the infection forcing them to stay alive. You can put them out of their misery, of course, but until you do, their howls of torment can be heard, a clear sign that dying would be the preferable option to being torn apart like a dog's chew toy.
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