9 Terrible Things Recent Video Games Made Us Do
5. The Promise - Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy (2021)
The Guardians Of The Galaxy, the ensemble of intergalactic superheroes with larger-than-life personalities, are best known for their light-hearted and comical adventures. This was true in their comic book and blockbuster outings, and it was also the case in their very own video game.
Taking control of Peter Quill, Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy is a fun-filled action-adventure that places you in the centre of one of the team's escapades. However, despite the quippy dialogue and humorous interactions, this game takes an unexpectedly dark turn.
After the team are captured by The Church Of Truth, they're sent into their own dream worlds. For Peter, this is being reunited with his mother. As the touching sequence goes on, however, a black substance gradually begins to cover the screen until everything goes black and the credits roll.
The only way to break free from this fantasy is to do the unthinkable and have Peter kill his own mother.
Manually breaking free from her loving embrace is already difficult enough, but things only get much worse form here.
Drawing your weapon, you'll now be prompted to shoot her multiple times, all while she begs for her life and tells her son that that she loves him. It's brutal.