10 Video Game Hallucinations That Melted Your Mind

3. The Rat "Pinata" - We Happy Few

This cult classic survival horror game takes place in an alternate history 1960s dystopia, where citizens are pacified through their addiction to a hallucinogenic drug named Joy, which shields them from the truly ruinous, desolate nature of the world around them.

The game begins with protagonist Arthur becoming a "Downer" - that is, someone who refuses to take their Joy - as realised by a nauseating opening sequence where his friends invite him to whack a pinata.

Upon doing so, the joyous, colourful vision slips to reveal that Arthur and his pals are in fact beating a large rat to death, after which his friends feast upon the remains, believing them to be sweets from the pinata.

It perfectly (and revoltingly) lays out the game's central conceit in a way that just about nobody who's ever played it will surely forget.