12 Most Shocking Video Game Deaths Of 2016
3. Rafe Adler - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Uncharted 4 concludes with a thrilling pirates duel between Nathan Drake and the villainous Rafe Adler. It's not at all surprising that Rafe died, but for several reasons, the nature of his death certainly is.
Firstly, if you accept that Rafe was killed by Drake cutting loose some treasure that then fell on top of him, it's an extremely goofy way to get rid of the Big Bad, even for all the over-the-top swashbuckling shenanigans of this franchise.
Alternatively, if the treasure simply knocked Rafe out, then the Drakes essentially left him there to burn to death, which seems incredibly callous even considering Rafe's douchebaggery and the hundreds if not thousands of people Nathan has indiscriminately killed throughout the franchise.
Either way, it's really weird and not how most thought the final showdown would quite go.