8 Emotional Video Game Deaths (We Couldn't Help Laughing At)

4. Emma (Metal Gear Solid 2)

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Pant-wetting nuclear scientist Otacon's acting when his step-sister Emma Emmerich pops her clogs in Metal Gear Solid 2 is like an old English dubbing of one of his Japanese animes. Which is to say, absolutely terrible.

Should Raiden fail to protect the prodigious programmer at any point during her twilight escort mission, Otacon will break down in a ridiculously catterwaul of 'EEE-EEE!!' as though he is fervently recommending a mobile phone network. But that's just a bonus fail-state, as the story gods dictate that E.E. will expire regardless of your efforts, after she's stabbed in the side by an evil vampire (yes, really).

Raiden simply refuses to let Emma die - not before she's tap-tapped a special worm cluster to stop some supra-governmental AI, anyway. Job done, her subsequent death rattle in the arms of her teary brother is very nearly poignant.

That is until, with the corpse still warm, Otacon reveals he boffed Emma's mum, leading her father to take his own life. He's then comforted by a parrot, which causes him to do his best impression of a squeaky floorboard. Good ol' Metal Gear, eh?

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.