8 Gaming Heroes You Didn’t Realise Probably Died Horrible Deaths

2. Doomguy - Doom 64

Or 'Marine' if you're feeling posh, although the main character of the original Doom doesn't amount to much more than a pair of arms, a love of chainsaws and the fact that "Hell cannot contain ," it didn't stop thousands of people ascribing a name to the guy and a worthwhile set of characteristics. Yes that's 'characteristics' in the vein of 'total-blank-slate-means-silent-badass', but still. Come the end of Doom 64 you'd fought thousands of waves of enemies - ranging from the inventively macabre to the downright ugly, thus when the final boss is defeated Doomguy resigns himself to stay in hell to make sure no other demons can come out. Supremely noble of him.

Hang on a minute though...

This guy is electing to stay in HELL.

Y'know, the place where endlessly-regurgitating enemies roam free, lakes of fire cascade through every chasm and the devil sprinkles his lawn with acid rain? Yeah that Hell. Rather than returning to the surface to find Doomguy 2 or a fellow platoon of marines that are also willing to go down there and like, do a shift pattern or something, this guy is going to be served up to the eternal hellspawn as a particularly stubbled pâté on burnt toast come the following morning.

You have to hand it to a guy who wants to throw away something as meaningful as say, finding a life partner or a hobby to perfect, instead electing to permanently set up shop being the metaphorical bouncer for Club Earth, all the while growing older and older. And there's no food in Hell? Not even a zombie-Nazi-staffed Taco Bell.