9 Videogame Characters Who Were Punished Far Too Severely

2. Max Payne 3 €“ Marcelo Gets Necklaced For A Cover-Up

Max Payne - Marcelo If you don€™t know what necklacing is, congratulations €“ you€™ve gone far enough without reading about something truly horrific. If you still don€™t wish to know, click on the next slide €“ it€™s not very nice at all. Go on, I don€™t mind. Still here? Ok then. Well, necklacing is an execution practice either originating in Brazil or South Africa where the subject has a tyre stuck around their neck €“ hence, €˜necklacing€™ €“ filled with petrol and then lit, causing the unfortunate soul wearing the tyre to die via a combination of fire and molten rubber. People have been known to live for anywhere between 15 and 30 minutes after the tyre is lit, so it€™s really not a good way to go at all. So spare a thought for Marcelo in Max Payne 3. The bloke€™s hardly evil €“ his main fault appears to be his jealousy for his older brother, yet even when Max kills him he€™s utterly distraught. So when this man gets necklaced by vigilantes/corrupt cops to shift the blame for the Max Payne-related carnage onto the Favela€™s local gangs, you€™ve got to feel for him. He was just a nice idiot, and he dies in the most painful way imaginable, when they could€™ve killed him quickly. It€™s just unremittingly brutal, and utterly undeserved, even if you didn€™t like the bloke.
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