These Video Game Deaths Are Truly Disturbing
Which video game deaths were so disturbing they still haunt you to this day?
Video games have come a long way over the years. From the text-based adventures of the early ’70s to the graphics-packed interactive realities of modern day. And yes, some video games took us to the highest peaks of our childhood joy. But along with those highs, some of the most violent and disturbing video game deaths we saw still haunt us to this day. Some were ridiculous. And some were truly gruesome. Some were hilarious. But others were straight-up horrific. So here are the most disturbing deaths we’ve ever seen in games. Now prepare to relive the darkest moments of your video-gaming life.Tomb Raider
The new Tomb Raider featured a big update graphically from its predecessors. Even Lara Croft underwent some changes, this time depicted as equally tough and fragile.
The fragile side really gets played up with some of the more nasty death sequences, such as when riding down a river and Lara’s head is impaled by a stray wooden pole, from throat to crown. It’s an especially jarring moment in a game chock full of them.
Red Dead Redemption
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Like the cars in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto series, it doesn’t pay to get too attached to your horse in the game Red Dead Redemption, as there’s always another one coming just around the corner.
But if you’re feeling very naughty, you can get rid of your old junker of a thoroughbred in a very dramatic fashion by leading your horse onto a traintrack, waiting for an oncoming train, and letting the magic happen. Boom! Suddenly your horse has been dissembled for easy packing.
Good luck getting it back together!
Return To Zork
The Zork computer series dates back to its text-based roots in the 1970s, but this graphics-heavy adventure game from Infocom also went heavy on the sound production and voice acting. One thing that carried over between the games, however, was the fact that death lurked around every corner.
Saving, testing things out, and dying in the process were a big part of how you figured out what to do in adventure games. But this new entry, Return to Zork, made you terrified to die, because the Game Over screen was so spooky.
A blast of organ music, a maniacal bass laugh, then the next thing you know you’re staring at your own casket while whatever killed you is immortalized in a stain glass window above your boxed remains.
Resident Evil 4
The chainsaw guy in Resident Evil 4 isn’t the biggest, ugliest, most mutated creature you’ll face over the course of the game. But when he debuts early in the first level, he sets the tempo for the types of terrifying abominations yet to come.
Between the bag over his head, the strange gutteral groans he emits, and his trademark whirring chainsaw, he cuts a truly scary figure.
And when that saw first makes contact with your protagonist’s neck, spawning the bloody Game Over screen, you’ll carry the memory of your decapitation with you long after you’ve been reassembled.