Game endings that made us sad

Video games have come a long way from being about an Italian plumber jumping on turtles and saving the princess from another evil turtle. Like a good book or a movie, video games possess the power to make us laugh or cry. Here are five games whose endings were rather sad.

[SPOILER ALERT : The article contains spoilers for the video games featured here. If you have not played any of them, skip this section.]

5. Batman: Arkham City (2011)
Batman: Arkham City is the second instalment in the Batman Arkham trilogy. Right from the beginning, we see that The Joker is suffering from a terminal illness and will die unless a cure is discovered. The Joker being our favourite character, his death is very difficult for us to even imagine. Throughout the game we keep telling ourselves "Rocksteady won't go there" but they do as the game ends with a tragic shot of Batman carrying Joker's dead body out of the Monarch Theatre.

4. Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
Grand Theft Auto IV has two endings and none of them are on the happy side. Near the end the protagonist Niko Bellic is offered two choices – to follow Roman's advice and work with Dimitri or to follow Kate's advice and kill Dimitri. Whosever advice you follow ends up getting killed on Roman's wedding. Niko avenges him/her and realises that "there is no such thing as a new beginning".

3. Bioshock Infinite (2013)
Bioshock Infinite has one of the most complex storylines in a videogame. If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me to explain the storyline to them, I would have a floating city of my own. At the end of this game, we come to realise that Booker is Comstock and Comstock will always exist unless Booker is killed before his baptism. Booker accepts his fate and three versions of Elizabeth from three different universes "smother him in the crib." 

2. Wolfenstein : The New Order (2014)
Wolfenstein: The New Order is set in a fictional universe where the Nazis have the upper hand in World War II. William "B.J." Blazkowicz is an American soldier for the Allied Forces who dreams of winning the war and leading a peaceful life. When he meets his love interest, Anya, his dreams appear more alive. Anya promises to marry him after the Nazis have been dealt with. However, in a sad turn of events, Blazkowicz sacrifices himself while fighting against Deathshead and his dreams of living happily ever after with Anya die there with him.

1. The Walking Dead – Season One 
Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season One is one of the best episodic adventures till date. It revolves around a convicted criminal Lee Everett who escapes from custody, finds and rescues an eight-year old girl named Clementine. Together they try to survive the ongoing zombie apocalypse. Near the end, Lee unfortunately gets infected and the only way to prevent him from turning into a zombie is to shoot him in the head. The game ends with a heartbreaking scene where Clementine, who was taught to shoot by Lee, has to shoot Lee in the head.

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