The 25 Most Brutal Deaths in PC Gaming
Just how gory do PC games get nowadays? Spoiler: Get your umbrella. There’s a great crop of titles in the PC gaming universe that are guaranteed to make you squirm—either through a combination of their bloody mayhem, the actual method you go about killing someone (or being killed yourself), or the creativity a game puts into your hands and the decision it forces you to make about another character’s life.
Are all of the games on our list blood-spraying fountains of mayhem? Nope! But each and every death we’ve highlighted comes with its own special reasoning as to why it’s particularly brutal to watch. It goes without saying, but the videos we’re featuring are not for the squeamish! You’ve been warned.
Hitman: Blood Money
Any game that’s built around the idea of giving you maximum creative freedom for killing targets has nearly unlimited potential to be hilarious and brutal, all in one. Hitman: Blood Money is no exception, and the following clip shows just how gruesome this game’s A.I. can be in addition to its body count.
The Sims 3
The Sims 3 might not win high marks for its gruesomeness but, in this case, brutality is in the eyes of the beholder. You can’t make your Sim explode–we hope–but the sheer level of horribleness you can inflict on your Sims’ lives is damaging enough for your personal well-being, let alone your dearly departed digital friends.
Tron: Evolution
Okay, so we’re copping out: The video is obviously a clip from Tron: Legacy, not the PC game Tron: Evolution. Why the switch? Because the movie shows the brutal deaths better. And what’s so especially brutal about Tron? You get hit by a Frisbee and explode into a million little pieces of glass. Tron’s elementary school playgrounds must be killing grounds.
Diablo II
Want to talk about brutal? How about sinking countless hours and costly trades into developing a wicked, high-level hardcore character in Blizzard’s Diablo II… only to find said person dead at the hands of an unscrupulous (yet funny) player-killer. The death itself might not be that glamorous or gory, but we can’t say the same for the keyboard you’ll be pounding your fists into.
Bioshock
Spoilers: If you’re one of the three people who haven’t played the original Bioshock, don’t click this link. We beg of you. You’re ruining a great moment in a great story, and that’s all we’re going to say about that. For those with card-carrying membership to the Beat Bioshock club, however, would you kindly tell us why we picked the scene we did for this list?
Duke Nukem 3D
This timeless classic of first-person shooting–recently brought back into our lives via crappy remake–features such life-enriching feats of violence as kicking a field goal with an endgame boss’s eyeball. Other acts of charitable vengeance shown in the game are almost too graphic, and too funny, to print. Who doesn’t love catching up on the news?
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Visitor999
January 15, 2012 at 10:30am
Are all of the games on our list blood-spraying fountains of mayhem? Nope! But each and every death we’ve highlighted comes with its own special reasoning as to why it’s particularly brutal to watch it thanks for this.....
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knowname
August 22, 2011 at 1:26pm
my faves are DOA2 http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/dead-or-alive-2-ayanes-fireball/184885
and Shenmue 2. OK I don't remember Shenmue 2's but it's the only 'death scene' I can recall right now.
maybe when the ppl in Xenosaga turn to LCL type stuff in one of the first movies or when your characters turn to stone in FF (not that a soft wouldn't fix that...)
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mothrpe
August 19, 2011 at 6:08am
Check out the Resident Evil 4 deaths montage, that should really be included! Even though it was a lousy pc port.
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m31337
August 19, 2011 at 5:53am
MK:DA - Having Sub-Zero rip out your entire skeleton
F.E.A.R. 2 - The cut scene at the start of the hospital level (technically you don't die)
Half Life - Get blown up on a ramp or stairs and getting to enjoy your bones rolling down in the death cam
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blindhorizon
August 18, 2011 at 3:31pm
you left off one of the best games of all time its MANHUNT..3 ways to kill will all weapons each one more grusome then the last...and dont forget Manhunt 2 was banned in the USA.
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Slugbait
August 19, 2011 at 5:06pm
http://pc.ign.com/articles/644/644559p2.html
No one would have teased you if you simply admitted that you had never played F.E.A.R.
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HaitianSensation
August 18, 2011 at 1:20pm
I'd have to say HL: Ep 2 and to end on that note, even more disturbing. *insert required "Where's HL: Ep3" comment*
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T0mmy1977
August 18, 2011 at 1:09pm
lol - I thought that I play too many games, but I have not played one of those games listed.
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Scorc
August 18, 2011 at 12:11pm
What about legacy of Kain when razeal walks up and shows his wigns? ...that kain promptly rips off and proceeds to thrown him into oblivion?
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TommM
August 18, 2011 at 10:56am
I'd have to toss Zork in that list: "You were eaten by a Grue." ;)
Good list though. Bulletstorm and Borderlands had some pretty entertaining kills too.
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