15 Video Games That REWARD YOU For Playing Badly

8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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Being the Dragonborn comes with a ton of responsibility, not least becoming Listener of the Dark Brotherhood, Arch-Mage of the College of Winterhold and Harbinger of the Companions all at once- because at no point in history has a single person being given too much power ever turned out badly.

Over the course of your adventuring, it's likely that an unsuspecting settlement will be terrorised by a dragon, vampires or cultists. Naturally, as the protagonist, equipped with extraordinary powers (or just badass weapons), you are expected to save the day and heroically fell all threats, saving the unfortunate citizens from turning into lumpy floor furnishings.

Should the player fail in their unspoken task of protecting non-essential NPCs, or even accidentally kill them in the midst of battle, there is still a chance they may be rewarded.

What's worse is the more casualties there are, the more lucrative it might prove. Cue the arrival of an omniscient courier, dedicated enough to track you all across the continent.

Like a lost member of the three wise men, he comes bearing a gift- inheritance from all the friends you've made along the way who sadly lost their lives due to your ineptitude or laxity.

Thank yous don't buy you nice things, but septims definitely do.

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I'm perfectly sane, or so the voices tell me. British, sarcastic, president of the European Slinky Association, have a tendency to lie when listing things about myself. 100% guilty of being a massive geek obsessed with Doctor Who, Harry Potter and video games. If you can't find me on the internet, I'm probably locked in a room playing Spyro the Dragon on my old PlayStation, or blowing everything to smithereens with a concrete donkey on Worms: Armageddon.