8 Shockingly Simple Solutions To Landmark Gaming Deaths

5. Dominic Santiago - Don€™t Blow Yourself Up In The Stupidest Way Possible

Dom's death in Gears 3 is one of those polarising ones; either you were totally invested in the search to find his wife Maria, only to be suitably devastated along with him and understanding of the moping that followed - or come the time for his death you were actually pretty glad he was kicking the bucket. Essentially your team is pinned down with scores of enemy troops baring down on your position. Dom sees this and enacts a plan to blow himself up along with the horde, saving the team and allowing him to "come home" and see his wife again. Hang on a minute though... How does stopping this one scenario benefit the team in the long run? If anything taking out a giant petrol station hinders the war effort considerably - as it's not like the Locust are pumping gas and creating trade - instead all Dom's done is cripple that area as a checkpoint for any incoming troops. It's not even like his explosion would target every enemy in the vicinity anyway, the majority of the blast would be swallowed up by the paving above the pumps. The game shoots the whole thing in slow-motion and shows plenty of Locust being swallowed in the ensuing chaos, but Dom would've been far better off using that truck to grab the squad and make a getaway in the opposite direction instead.