12 Most Shocking Video Game Deaths Of 2016
7. Brian Goodwin - Firewatch
Relatively early on in the game, the player finds items belonging to Brian Goodwin, the 12-year-old son of former lookout Ned Goodwin.
Later on, however, the player can find Brian's corpse covered by some rocks. Though recordings from Ned suggest Brian died in a rock climbing accident, considering that Ned is afflicted by PTSD, it's easy to believe he in fact had a hand in his son's death.
It's an incredibly eerie reveal in a game brimming with tense atmosphere and serene beauty all at once. The player is left to piece things together for themselves, which only makes it that much more unsettling.
Plus, how often do you get to see a kid's severely decomposed corpse in a video game, right?