10 Video Games That Punish You For Making The Ethical Choice

by Jess McDonell

1. A Plague Tale: Requiem

a plague tale requiem
Asobo Studio

ENORMOUS SPOILER WARNING.

I’m about to tell you what happens at the very end of A Plague Tale: Requiem, so if you haven’t reached the end of the sequel, leave now and I won’t be offended. Okay?

Alright let’s dig into this real crappy ethical choice.

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A Plague Tale: Requiem is the hotly anticipated 2022 follow up to the critically acclaimed A Plague Tale: Innocence and it ends on a hell of a note. After spending two games doing your best to stave off the Macula infection from overwhelming Amicia’s little brother Hugo an extremely unexpected thing happens and it turns out you’re simply too late.

Believing his sister to be dead, tiny little Hugo gives himself over to the aggressive genetic condition, becoming entirely possessed by it. You’re left with a couple of options and both of them are bad. You can walk away from the shell of your little brother, now entirely merged with Macula, dooming the world to be destroyed by rats. Or you can kill him with your sling, which is the ethical choice. And one of the worst things a video game has asked me to do in 2022 and probably ever.

If that’s not a punishment, I don’t know what is.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.