6. Half Life 2 Gordons Pro-Littering Stance Means A Deathly Beating
The Half Life series (well, two games) are renowned for their excellent opening sequences, and Half Life 2s Welcome To City 17 was just as effective as Welcome To Black Mesa (yeah, you heard). The whole thing existed to make it clear that you lived under an inter-dimensional jackboot where individuals are rounded up and shot for colluding against the Combine. Yet according to this opener, the Combine classes refusing to pick up litter with the same sort of punishment they keep for enemies of the state. The moment comes when youre midway through your tutorial, and a truncheon-wielding guard demands you pick up a can and throw it away. If you dont do this, he will beat you to death, and believe me, a lot of people know this. Yes, I was one of the people who tried to get past him, but theres just no way you get round the environmentally-sound beating meant for you. This man just really loves the environment, and hes more than willing to turn you into compost if you dont share the same enthusiasm. As deaths go, its heroically embarrassing.