Be Very Afraid Of What Goes Bump In The Night
While it wasn’t exactly what you would call revolutionary, this game’s concept and execution proved to be a huge breath of fresh air for players. It invoked the best of 80s horror classics, a delightful set of archetypes, some impressive motion capture as well as a tense series of choices. Overall, the whole chilling experience turned out to be one of better titles to come out of 2015. Of course, where this homage to cheesy gore-fests really excelled was with its the death scenes!
Every member of our cannon fodder cast can bite the dust in the most gruesome of ways at any moment, adding another layer of the tension as the player try to keep (mostly) everyone alive. As bloody as they were entertaining, we feel these three take home the crooked crown for best fatalities!
Fair warning, there are MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!
#3: Jessica’s Bad Night
All she wanted was a night of passionate love with her hunky boyfriend Mike, and instead she ended up getting kidnapped by a cheesed off Wendigo. If players don’t reach her in time, Jessica will get half her face ripped of before being unceremoniously dumped into a mine. If that wasn’t bad enough, even if players succeed and she survives the fall, later on the game they have to make another split-second to save her for a second time. Failure to do so means the Wendigo will finish off what it started, and it is not a pretty sight.
#2: Emily And The Rock Crusher
Emily gets it pretty rough in this game, which in someway manages to transcend her bitchy nature and make her a sympathetic figure by the end of it all. While getting shot by Mike is rather gruesome, the worst by far is the time where she slipped into a rock crusher while fleeing from the Wendigo. If players aren’t quick on the draw, she falls in and gets turned into mincemeat. Now that looked like it hurt…
#1: Curiosity Killed The Adorkable Teen
Were you paying attention? We hope so, otherwise it might mean the end for everyone’s favourite beanie wearing adolescent. While looking through a journal, players are given a hint that the Wendigo can imitate other people’s voices . If Ashley is fooled by this then she ends up falling right into a trap, where a Wendigo leaps out behind a trapdoor and tears her head clean off. The shock of it all is guaranteed to warrant the load of a previous save file!
Be sure to check out the video below to see where Until Dawn landed in our picks for Another Top 10 Brutal Video Game Deaths.
