The 7 Toughest Moral Dilemmas You Must Face in Video Games

The illusion of choice is a gameplay mechanic that has become popular in recent years. Naturally, this popularity has brought forth some insanely hard dilemmas that players have had to deal with. As such, it’s fun to look back on some of these choices and reminisce on the stress they put us under. Here are the toughest moral dilemmas you must face in video games.

Deciding the fate of Duck — The Walking Dead: Season 1

The first season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead was a minefield of hard decisions. One of the hardest among them was deciding what to do with the character named Duck. This young boy wasn’t the most beloved character ever, but he was still a pretty all right kid.

Naturally, this complicates things when the poor boy ends up getting nibbled on by a walker. As Duck begins to turn, the game forces the choice of what to do with him into the hands of the player. As you can imagine, no option provided can be chosen lightly, nor will you feel particularly proud of any of them.

Rescuing or harvesting the Little Sisters for ADAM — BioShock

Superpowers are good, and it’s only natural to want to shoot lighting from your fingertips like a Star Wars villain. However, it also makes sense that these abilities would come with a cost. In BioShock, using powers comes at the cost of ADAM. This chemical substance allows the player to alter their powers and make them even better. Depending on your experience, this may just be key to survival in the nightmare that is Rapture.

While ADAM isn’t exactly abundant within the levels of BioShock, one of the options to obtain more of it is to harvest a Little Sister. However, you also have the choice to rescue the Little Sister at the sacrifice of precious ADAM. By rescuing the Little Sisters, you save your conscience. By harvesting them, your chances of survival raise pretty significantly. Plus you get some fancy new powers, which might just tempt some of you to sacrifice the creepy monster girls.