9 Smartest Video Game Decisions (That Still Got People Killed)

1. Refusing To Fight - Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Valiant Hearts: The Great War is one of the greatest video games about war ever made, a beautifully artful anti-war statement that concludes in jaw-droppingly devastating fashion.

The ending sequence sees one of the game's four player characters, Emile, taking part in the First World War's brutal Nivelle Offensive.

After his commanding officer tries to force his troops to suicidally charge into the line of fire, Emile does the only thing he possibly can: smacks the officer over the head with a shovel.

When faced with otherwise certain death, it was the only choice. But sadly, Emile's outburst ends up killing the officer, and the final moments of Valiant Hearts see Emile being executed by firing squad for his actions.

If nothing else, it brilliantly cements the dehumanising futility of war, yet under pressing circumstances, it was the only rational, life-preserving decision left to him.

Though Emile tragically ended up going to his death, his defiance nevertheless saved the lives of at least some of his fellow men amid an intensely bloody conflict.