Honestly, I think Lee’s death was the most heartbreaking. 1. We had to watch him die (and had to either leave him to turn or shoot him) and 2. We grew attached to him and 3. I cried when clementine cried :’)
I’m surprised they didn’t show the screaming kid zombie in Dying Light. I’m pretty sure a lot of people felt bad that a kid got infected but also the fact that you don’t any choice but to snap his neck; horrifying for some RUclipsrs
For me it's the child in the attic from TWD Season 1. Not only is it sad enough you're seeing the tragedy of this kid who starved to death alone after his parents killed themselves and hardly has the strength to get to you, but you also have to watch your friend once again go through the grief of the death of his son, a scene from the episode before that's probably the most powerful and tragic in the game apart from the end of the season.
Honestly, this is why I can’t stomach playing zombie games; they look so much like people, and knowing they suffered til they became undead, and probably helped others have the same horrific fate unwillingly, it’s just... look, I know it’s a game, but I’m soft.
I myself can stomach it. Like hey. Killing them is freeing them from their zombie prison. Or killing them if their like robots or monsters. For example. A goomba from super mario. You can easily just jump on them. And that's it.
Mike wearing a t-shirt saying "Altered Beast" while doing a intro about people getting turned into zombies... Either it's a subtle pun, or knowing Mike, just a clean t-shirt that was nearby first thing in the morning.
Ummmm telltales: the walking dead season 1. Having to kill a starved zombie child while Kenny (who had just lost his son may I remind you) is watching or you make him kill it. I felt awful
the attic zombie from season one of the walking dead, because that was just so overwhelming when you see it for the first time, like a life so young died, probably of starvation or dehydration, and it was probably the saddest thing when his legs broke when he tried to attck us
Interesting! I wonder if this is just a ploy from valve for sadness, or if they unintentionally implied that emotions have more to do with becoming a special infected.
@@gtaylor1442 I had a weird dream about that once so I was running away from some zombies with a shotgun I lost them and I then tripped over the bride witch and she got pissed off threw the shotgun away jumped on me was about to claw my face but she stopped put her hand on my cheek and kissed me then I woke up and was like "Did I just marry a witch"
What about literally every zombie from The Last of Us? There is research to suggest that the real cordyceps fungus only effects the nervous system and muscles of the ants it infects, leaving the brain untouched and effectively trapping the mind of the ant inside its body while the fungus controls it like a puppet. If true it gives a whole new horrible perspective on the infected you encounter in the game, especially the unintelligible mutterings of the runners you can hear throughout.
Just becuase they are still human does not mean you are emotionally attached to them that’s why it isn’t tragic. We never had story with the zombies. That’s why killing them isn’t tragic
Doritos dora’s lost sister : You don’t need an emotional attachment for a situation to be considered tragic. Sure you may not feel the emotional gravity of that tragedy, but that doesn’t mean it’s any less tragic.
Ashley Smyrell what i mean is just becuase they are humans still does not mean it’s sad and tragic that they turned becuase we don’t know them nor their story it’s not sad to see you killing a zombie
That’s what the runners screams are. It’s the human screaming inside as they see what their body is doing but not being able to control it, effectively being tortured inside their own bodies. It’s tragic. Especially when you read the notes dotted around from the people who are now runners.
@@PinkSt4rr It still is sad. Just because we don't know the people doesn't make it less tragic. I don't know anyone on the Titanic, but knowing so many people died is tragic. You can emotionally connect to people you don't know just by virtue of acknowledging that they are people (albeit fictional) in a horrific situation.
I always felt bad for killing Jockeys. They just have a forced laugh to them along with an out of breath and dry throat. But they still are annoying as hell...
I remember in Fallout 4 you can meet your neighbors from Sanctuary that have been turned into feral ghouls and while you don’t know much about any of them it’s seems sad that the people you used to see everyday are now monsters trying to kill you
I know it's a little too old a game by this point, but encountering Griswold the blacksmith as a cursed zombie in Diablo II was a rather heartbreaking experience for me, after all the friendly banter I shared with him in the previous game!
If you talk to Myriam during Act II, you find out that Mira Eamon, as one of the few blessed with the gift of foresight, actually knew when and how she was going to die years before. She didn’t tell Haedrig because she knew it couldn’t be changed and she didn’t want him to go through that sorrow.
****SPOILER ALERT **** What about walking dead season one. I was thinking that should be included as I have to kill lee and it was so sad that I cried for a whole day. (Lee wasn't a zombie yet but he was still infected which made it more sad) And also duck and kid from the attic which was really sad too!! (These are reminded me by comment section below)
What?... no dying light zombies? It actually sort of shocked me how some seemed aware about what was happening to them... crying in pain beggin for mercy or just asking you to just end them That is pretty dark imo
They're based on the fresh infected from Dead Island (the game Dying Light was based on, and also the previous work of Techland), who did a lot of the same stuff. They were also super easy to kill if you were patient. Just a swing with a sharp weapon and there goes the head.
Even worse, if you kill her she moans or something as well, showing she is actually alive in there and isn't in control. Meaning if you go to her she has to watch herself attack you without anything she can do.
4:34 actually, once I played the left 4 dead 2, this map. I found the groom. He's near the safe room. How do I know this? He's the only one, who zombie wearing a suit.
Evan from Fallout 76. He was The Overseer's highschool boyfriend who couldn't get a spot in the Vault. Her journal about him was heartbreaking; "So handsome. And those arms! What West Virginia girl could resist all that?"
Having any OutsideXbox host sit straight forward and look directly at the Camera instead of lounging in a chair turned 45 degrees away from the camera is off-putting, and I don't know why.
***SPOILER ALERT*** Before I even get to watching after the spoiler warnings: how are you gonna make this list without Rahim or Jade Aldemir from Dying Light? Or literally any of the ones from the sidequests, like the wife of the guy who takes care of the kids?
1) I suggest naming the game you’re spoiling along with the actual spoiler warning. I just so happened to play the game so yep 2) Personally, they aren’t that endearing of characters, and I feel like the one’s on the list were overall better 3) I guess for Rahim and Jade, you never really killed them as the player, rather a cutscene would play out. From what’s in the video, that might be a criteria? idk
I could be not be remembering this correctly but in left for dead 2 there is a chance when in the wedding area, while killing or after killing the bride witch a tank shows up in a the tuxedo. Always thought that was the groom.
@@baofleurence7650 My apologies I should have used better grammar there. I have a distinct memory while playing Left 4 Dead 2, of running into what is called the Bride witch (The witch in a bridal gown) of a tank showing up either while fighting the witch or after killing the witch. And that particular tank was in a torn up tuxedo. But this could be a corrupted memory of mine I have problems with that. I always believe that that was a thing. And that somehow both the bride and the groom of the wedding became mutated zombies
Man the witch from Left for dead gave me nightmares, just hearing her cries and a teammate screaming "witch" and a new player shooting them and just hearing here running towards you..
When they said alert her I almost cried noon. Got the Do Not Disturb achievement for a few groups of my friends by one shotting every one of them but didn't care for 2 so maybe different?
Yeah. I still have great memories of playing thru almost all of L4D 2 on launch day with 3 other randos all on microphones. The sugar factory was....well it was a hell of a thing with the rain.
I'm surprised "literally every zombie in Dying Light" didn't make it into this list. When you hear your first "no, please, don't, please" or "help me" and realise there's normal, conscious people still in there, without control...
I usually don't play zombie games because they scare me. But, Fallout and their ghouls are basically zombies as well, since they attack anyone in sight from the radiation destroying their brains. Those get me emotionally, some of the stories behind some of the ghouls
@@huuamai8151 She's the enemy in Resident Evil REmaster for the Gamecube that occasionally attacks you in and around the mansion. Umbrella kidnapped her and her family, murdered them, and experimented on her until she basically became unkillable. But mentally and emotionally she's still a frightened and confused 12 year old begging for her mother.
For an interesting twist on the "tragic zombie", consider Bassilus's family in the first Baldur's Gate game. The twist is that they are not actually his family members. His real family was killed in Zhentil Keep after Bassilus left them to die, after which he went mad and started resurrecting zombies so he can pretend they are his family. When you first encounter him, he's badgering his "brother" to "grace our ears with a ripping tale of the old days." And you can't talk your way out of the fight, so one way or another, Bassilus and his "family" are about to die.
@@aprilrichards762 I think you're thinking of Rielev from Baldur's Gate 2. If so, three notes on that: #1: He was a friend of the antagonist, not the main character. #2: He wasn't really a zombie. More akin to a brain in a jar. #3: He straight up asks you to pull the plug on him.
It is rather tragic to see someone so close to you or your allies succumb to a deadly infection, but sometimes putting them down is the only way to give them any rest. Still, doesn't make the burden on us any easier.
What actually happened to the witch: She was fine one day, later on, her husband filed a devorce. What happened to the smoker: He was smoking before the stuff happened, he turned into a special type of zombie. What happened to the tank: The the tank was someone who went to the gym and took steroids. Nothing special. And finally, what happened to the Charger: He took steroids like the tank, in the game he has a really shriveled arm. He got in a accident and one of his arms became really shriveled, then became the Charger. Note: All of this is in Left 4 Dead 2
@@no-do5od In the remake of the original Resident Evil game they added a special character named Lisa Trevor. She was used as a test subject and wandered the mansion. You finally encounter her underground and if you open her mothers coffin she will jump to her death.
Well, people will literally threaten to murder you or your children if you spoil stuff, so it's usually best to avoid story-driven games in lists like these People need to calm down
I have a scene from my fanfic (that I stopped writing because I got close to this part and...yeah) where Hawke deals with the emotional aftermath. It's fun. As much fun as going to the dentist and getting a tooth drilled only for his hand to slip and go too deep.
Andy: "I sure hope there is no cure to the zombie outbreak (RDR), because that would mean I doomed all those zombies I killed!" Wait, isn't the whole premise of the DLC that Marston's wife and child got infected and he's searching for a cure? Noticing a conflict of interests between player and protagonist, here...
I think the only reason the chair hasn't made an appearance is because they can't get back to the studio where they film. I'm sure the chair will return eventually.
Callum Donington then I shall go to London and tame the chair and return it to its rightful owners! And maybe then they’ll wanna play minecraft with me...
You omitted the most melancholy chapter of the Eamons’ story: there is an in-game achievement if you, “Let Haedrig Eamon strike the killing blow on his wife, Mira.” (‘Till Death Do Us Part’, Achievements; Challenges: Act I)
Miria from Diablo 3 knew what was coming. Later in the game you find a seer, who helps you "sort your gear" essentially she mix and match your equipments buffs. Any way her and miria met up at some point. She saw her tragic death and hid it from headric, but unfortunately couldn't keep it from miria. So when she said their time together meant everything, she was counting her days until she became a zombie.
those things are very scary during the night. I nearly got killed by An Alpha Voletile because of those things. hiding on a building is a good idea untill those appear on your back calling all the Voletiles on my location
***SPOILER ALERT*** How can “Walking Dead: Season 1” be left out? After playing the game as Lee Everett desperately trying to keep Clementine alive, suddenly you’re infected and gameplay switches to Clem. Now you’re forced to choose to either kill Lee so he is spared the undying horror of becoming a Zombie, or abandoning him to the encroaching hoard.
Aw man, now you reminded me of the at least 3 different zombie sections of Nier Automata and now I'm sad. Especially the not-exactly-zombie versions of a certain character in 9S' final route. SPOILERS FOR NIER 1 Ooh, and all the Shades in Nier 1 are kinda-sorta zombies too, weren't they? Or at least insane ghosts whose bodies have all been possessed by artificial souls that have inadvertently become sentient.
When I saw the title my initial thought was Morinth in Mass Effect 3. Though she's not treated with any special attention, and the steps you'd have to have taken for her to show up as an Easter Egg in ME3 kind of imply you're a monster anyway.
When he played the RE2 remake, my roommate deeply mourned the loss of Marvin... for about 5 seconds before he honored Marvin’s memory by sticking a grenade down his throat to honorably spray his torso across the lobby floor. So sad
I know it’s just a cutscene but I feel like it should at least be an honorable mention. Jade and rahim from dying light was one of the most heartbreaking scenes I’ve seen from a zombie game
The zombie baby/fetus things in Dying Light. First time I encountered one was at night while hiding from the massive zombies I'd wound up outdoors. Heard it crying and then was given the option to press 'x' to quiet the baby. I'm still harrowed by the bone crunching grind it made and then the 5 minutes I spent praying it was a zombie before I turned the lights on to make sure.
Not sure if anyone has said this but the guy in RE revelations. The one like "maydayyyyyyy, this is the Queen Zenobia". Other than being down right terrifying, he yells "Stop, I'm human!" While shooting him in the face. Also means he was trying to radio for help all alone when he zombified.
gotta say I agree. The camera angle was honestly kinda jarring. Also, is the camera above him? It looks like he's looking up at the camera, which also doesnt help
@@dalekrek2213 It's probably in a higher position than him, hence the angle. Either way, it is a bit odd to see him staring straight on, rather than at an angle while he sits comfortably in a chair.
Makes me think of that great Irish (?) film The Cured - where they've figured out how to cure most zombies, but they remember what they did. PTSD galore and discrimination as they get reintroduced into society.
There are two such cases in the Path of Exile. 1) Tolman. The story begins in the quest "Lost in Love" and ends in the quest "Love is Dead" 2) The second tragedy takes place in the Crossroads. Where gradually through the notes the story of a woman in a zombie apocalypse that began in their small village is told. Her skeleton appears after collecting all the notes, it does not always appear.
Jade from Dying Light? First her partner Amir was eaten, then her brother Rahim turned into a zombie (who we also had to kill) and then we had to kill her as well after she turned.
It was a pity that her death was done as a cut scene rather than a battle though. She would've been a badass zombie boss. Obvs would've still felt bad for killing her.
Let's take a moment to appreciate the voice actor for Marvin in RE4. Being, probably, the first believable VA in any RE game. I know RE4 is when they started to get the voice acting together, but I actually felt for this character. That doesn't even happen for me with the game's protagonists. Good voice acting goes a long way.
Rupert's wife from Dying Light. He promises all the children he looks after that she's alright and that he's just waiting for her to return, but he had to lock her in the basement, eventually giving in to Kyle who tells him that he needs to go down there to end her misery. This one in particular hit quite hard ._.
I'm surprised you didnt mention the challenge achievement in Diablo III for letting headrig have the killing blow on his wife. "Till death do us part."
Mike in this video: "You're supposed to conserve ammo." Mike on never finishing another RE game: "If you put a grenade launcher in my hands, I'm going to use it."
Lol It felt soo good when Steve died I laughed out loud and pointed at the television. When I looked over my dad (who likes watching me play RE games) was ready for a high 5. Man.. I never thought a death of a character in video games would bring us both closer. True story btw. :)
Well, the one zombie I felt bad for was Deborah from Resident Evil 6. She was held hostage to force Helena’s hand, but rather than wait to see if Helena came up with her end of the bargain, they experimented on Deborah anyway. She is Nowa naked girl who spouts scorpion legs and stinger from... somewhere, and is unaware that her sister is unwillingly trying to shoot her down.
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I love Marvin abruptly telling Leon to stop when he refuses the knife. He's like "dude I'm dying just take the freaking knife."
Marvin made me cry a lil😭
Marvin made me sad, too. It's very emotional writing and when it can be pulled off well that's something special.
Zombie kid in the attic in TWD. That was one.of the most heartbreaking things I’ve ever had to do in a video game. Until I finished TWD that is...
What about Lee that broke my heart
yeah same, even kenny felt bad especially after duck died
Yes the scars
I was wondering why they didn't add it in this video
Honestly, I think Lee’s death was the most heartbreaking. 1. We had to watch him die (and had to either leave him to turn or shoot him) and 2. We grew attached to him and 3. I cried when clementine cried :’)
I’m surprised they didn’t show the screaming kid zombie in Dying Light. I’m pretty sure a lot of people felt bad that a kid got infected but also the fact that you don’t any choice but to snap his neck; horrifying for some RUclipsrs
What about killing rahim he was his best friend,and he hushed the baby thing
Because they have to act horrified.
I only really felt bad for that cave one in the following
Nope not at all
rahim and jade are waymore tragic than that stupid kid i hoped that kid burned in hell when hushed him
For me it's the child in the attic from TWD Season 1. Not only is it sad enough you're seeing the tragedy of this kid who starved to death alone after his parents killed themselves and hardly has the strength to get to you, but you also have to watch your friend once again go through the grief of the death of his son, a scene from the episode before that's probably the most powerful and tragic in the game apart from the end of the season.
What about Lee!
Honestly, this is why I can’t stomach playing zombie games; they look so much like people, and knowing they suffered til they became undead, and probably helped others have the same horrific fate unwillingly, it’s just... look, I know it’s a game, but I’m soft.
I myself can stomach it.
Like hey. Killing them is freeing them from their zombie prison. Or killing them if their like robots or monsters.
For example.
A goomba from super mario. You can easily just jump on them. And that's it.
ZC gamer and reacts, and that’s true. But like I said, I’m soft and a wuss.
@@monroerobbins7551 well that's ok.
Tbh I don’t blame you but I have a weird form of love and hate
@@samuraitadpole5459 for??
Mike wearing a t-shirt saying "Altered Beast" while doing a intro about people getting turned into zombies... Either it's a subtle pun, or knowing Mike, just a clean t-shirt that was nearby first thing in the morning.
It's probably the second thing, and he just kept it because he noticed the pun.
That would require Mike to use subtlety, and forethought, and other things that aren't related to cars or explosions; so it's definitely the latter.
You're not funny.
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Right back atcha, pal.
@@XXXXX8 don't act like you are
Diablo 3: you must kill this blacksmiths beloved wife
Me, a necromancer: cool, now rise blacksmiths beloved wife
When you make a zombie zombie.
@@Thesaurus_Rex lol
@@Thesaurus_Rex "In the dictionary, under redundant, it says 'See: redundant'." - Robin Williams
Hey, look at the bright side. Now the blacksmith's beloved wife will be young forever! A bit colder than usual, maybe, but young forever!
I know rite
Truly the toughest special zombie variant to kill.. ‘Sad Zombie’
Alternatively "emotional zombie"
Alternate title: me on 3 hours sleep
You mean emo zombies
bruh thats the witch
Ummmm telltales: the walking dead season 1. Having to kill a starved zombie child while Kenny (who had just lost his son may I remind you) is watching or you make him kill it. I felt awful
the attic zombie from season one of the walking dead, because that was just so overwhelming when you see it for the first time, like a life so young died, probably of starvation or dehydration, and it was probably the saddest thing when his legs broke when he tried to attck us
I was looking for that too lol
Or Lee, or Duck...
Ah yes, the tragic death of... *checks notes* attic zombie.
The bride witches groom is nearby, just look for the tank in the tuxedo.
Interesting! I wonder if this is just a ploy from valve for sadness, or if they unintentionally implied that emotions have more to do with becoming a special infected.
@@gtaylor1442 I had a weird dream about that once so I was running away from some zombies with a shotgun I lost them and I then tripped over the bride witch and she got pissed off threw the shotgun away jumped on me was about to claw my face but she stopped put her hand on my cheek and kissed me then I woke up and was like "Did I just marry a witch"
TRASHY ANIMATIONS you good?
@@ash_j_williams we get weird dreams
TRASHY ANIMATIONS this sounds like an excuse to look at witch rule 34
What about literally every zombie from The Last of Us? There is research to suggest that the real cordyceps fungus only effects the nervous system and muscles of the ants it infects, leaving the brain untouched and effectively trapping the mind of the ant inside its body while the fungus controls it like a puppet. If true it gives a whole new horrible perspective on the infected you encounter in the game, especially the unintelligible mutterings of the runners you can hear throughout.
Just becuase they are still human does not mean you are emotionally attached to them that’s why it isn’t tragic. We never had story with the zombies. That’s why killing them isn’t tragic
Doritos dora’s lost sister : You don’t need an emotional attachment for a situation to be considered tragic. Sure you may not feel the emotional gravity of that tragedy, but that doesn’t mean it’s any less tragic.
Ashley Smyrell what i mean is just becuase they are humans still does not mean it’s sad and tragic that they turned becuase we don’t know them nor their story it’s not sad to see you killing a zombie
That’s what the runners screams are. It’s the human screaming inside as they see what their body is doing but not being able to control it, effectively being tortured inside their own bodies. It’s tragic. Especially when you read the notes dotted around from the people who are now runners.
@@PinkSt4rr It still is sad. Just because we don't know the people doesn't make it less tragic. I don't know anyone on the Titanic, but knowing so many people died is tragic. You can emotionally connect to people you don't know just by virtue of acknowledging that they are people (albeit fictional) in a horrific situation.
This makes me want a "Top Seven Unusually Adorable Enemies" list. I felt bad for killing Grunts in early Halo games
Yeah but when you shoot their heads off confetti comes out!
@@ChknKng only if you've found the skull
I guess I'm a bastard... I laughed when they ran away yelling.
They already did enemies (almost) to cute to murder.
I always felt bad for killing Jockeys.
They just have a forced laugh to them along with an out of breath and dry throat.
But they still are annoying as hell...
I remember in Fallout 4 you can meet your neighbors from Sanctuary that have been turned into feral ghouls and while you don’t know much about any of them it’s seems sad that the people you used to see everyday are now monsters trying to kill you
I know it's a little too old a game by this point, but encountering Griswold the blacksmith as a cursed zombie in Diablo II was a rather heartbreaking experience for me, after all the friendly banter I shared with him in the previous game!
Killing the starved attic boy zombie from the walking dead season one was pretty sad for me.
That still haunts me a year after beating the game.
That was seriously fucked up. I can't believe TTTWD is nowhere on this list. That game made people bawl a lot more than these shit choices.
I felt worse about the hungry dog in season 2
That one hit me so hard especially since it happened right after Duck and Katjaa's deaths. I never wanted that sweet boy to die.
i enjoyed crushing his head
I know that the bugs in Hollow Knight aren't exactly zombies, but watching Myla slowly succumb to the Radiance was heartbreaking
Ye
Plucked the thought from my brain
Dammit i was gonna mention that
I was boutta comment that but you got to it first
OH MY GOD.
I haven’t even gotten to the Radiance, but I witnessed Myla become a big husk thing. It ruined my mood for a bit.
The boy in the attic in season one of the walking dead. We found him lethargic and starved very sad
Exactly what I was thinking.
And before that, Duck.
Was just thinking about that
Duck and lee wouldn't count they were turning
Yes! And I was looking for Duck in this list.
He thought I was incredibly awesome.
If you talk to Myriam during Act II, you find out that Mira Eamon, as one of the few blessed with the gift of foresight, actually knew when and how she was going to die years before. She didn’t tell Haedrig because she knew it couldn’t be changed and she didn’t want him to go through that sorrow.
What about the zombie child who died of starvation in the walking dead telltale series? You have the option to leave him but it's still pretty sad.
****SPOILER ALERT ****
What about walking dead season one.
I was thinking that should be included as I have to kill lee and it was so sad that I cried for a whole day.
(Lee wasn't a zombie yet but he was still infected which made it more sad)
And also duck and kid from the attic which was really sad too!!
(These are reminded me by comment section below)
suzan gean EXACTLY! Like what about zombie duck or that zombie kid in the attic in episode 4?
@@harry7476 b. everett too maybe? lee's brother he has to axe in episode 1
lee wasnt yet a zombie when you kill him.
The zombie kid in the attic was heartbreaking. Dont you have to bury him afterwards too? Man, the feels.
I completly forgot about Lee and thought directly about the kid in the attic or duck.
Surprised by the lack of walking dead on this- both with Duck and Lee had me in tears
Certainly Lee. But dude seriously Duck...DUCK???!!! That anoying brat oO
@@venmen523 what about the walker kid they found in the attic?
The walker in the attic made me tear up
Hanno Hanf TBF he’s still a child, as annoying as he is, that shit still hurts
Thought the same!!!!
What?... no dying light zombies? It actually sort of shocked me how some seemed aware about what was happening to them... crying in pain beggin for mercy or just asking you to just end them
That is pretty dark imo
They're based on the fresh infected from Dead Island (the game Dying Light was based on, and also the previous work of Techland), who did a lot of the same stuff. They were also super easy to kill if you were patient. Just a swing with a sharp weapon and there goes the head.
Hell what about the headcrab zombies in Half-life?
I made a similar comment. Sabit broke my heart
Yeah killing Rahim was sad
@@TharnC And the crew of the ship from System Shock 2.
Myla's death in Hollow Knight broke my heart. She was a PURE BABY WHY YOU HAVE TO KILL HER SPECIFICALLY RADIANCE
Even worse, if you kill her she moans or something as well, showing she is actually alive in there and isn't in control. Meaning if you go to her she has to watch herself attack you without anything she can do.
4:34 actually, once I played the left 4 dead 2, this map. I found the groom. He's near the safe room. How do I know this? He's the only one, who zombie wearing a suit.
Always enjoyed this and its original with the RNG routes and spawns
Evan from Fallout 76. He was The Overseer's highschool boyfriend who couldn't get a spot in the Vault. Her journal about him was heartbreaking; "So handsome. And those arms! What West Virginia girl could resist all that?"
That quest made me feel down. Literally he survived the nukes, only to become a Scorched, locked away in the Ash Heap.
The walking dead when lee starts to turn and gives clementine the choice to end him as a human and not a zombie.
Do what you have to do. Don't be too soft-hearted. You know Lee is already dead.
Yeah, that was a sad scene
Doesn’t count because you don’t have to kill him
My suggestion is Lee’s brother from early in the game when you find him trapped
Mike standing reminds me of when the channel first started
Did he ever find his dog?
Mike Channel probably started crawling before he stood tall. Oh, you mean the RUclips Channel. Nevermind then
Christoffer Olsen I don’t think he is standing
I'd count Lisa Trevor from REmake as a zombie, her story is hella sad
Well... Yeah, but you only find that out at the end... After you have definitely NOT killed her.
Terastas She didn't die from that
she is not a zombie
I was watching this and thought “If Brad is not on this list, I swear to God.”
Rip Brad :(
Sorry for saying this but who's brad?
@@Adi_The_Gamer4158 He’s in re2
Having any OutsideXbox host sit straight forward and look directly at the Camera instead of lounging in a chair turned 45 degrees away from the camera is off-putting, and I don't know why.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Before I even get to watching after the spoiler warnings: how are you gonna make this list without Rahim or Jade Aldemir from Dying Light? Or literally any of the ones from the sidequests, like the wife of the guy who takes care of the kids?
1) I suggest naming the game you’re spoiling along with the actual spoiler warning. I just so happened to play the game so yep
2) Personally, they aren’t that endearing of characters, and I feel like the one’s on the list were overall better
3) I guess for Rahim and Jade, you never really killed them as the player, rather a cutscene would play out. From what’s in the video, that might be a criteria? idk
The Screamers, too. They're child sized, possibly literal kids.
Honestly though, I kinda cried during Jade's slow and painful to move through death.
Halo?
Blyat owo
Especially the side quest about the cries coming from the well and the “monster” that keep stealing food, since they’re connected.
"Thanks Mr. X, you're always there for me"
Now I just imagine the FRIENDS intro with Mr. X, Nemesis etc
I thought you would've added Lee from Telltale's The Walking Dead Season 1
This was so painful.
I don’t think he ever officially turned. Clementine ended him while he was still human
That would've been a huge spoiler lol you're telling how the game ends
Shane Jones there's spoilers thruout the video
I cried way to much while playing the first and second game. Lol
Unrelated but in infamous 2, the evil ending, always got to me. Zeke was your pal the whole first game and almost all of the second game.
Not entirely. He screwed Cole over and worked with Kessler in the first game.
@@jamesvivian2855 ah yeah you right
I could be not be remembering this correctly but in left for dead 2 there is a chance when in the wedding area, while killing or after killing the bride witch a tank shows up in a the tuxedo. Always thought that was the groom.
that is just a voiceline lol
its also a skin for the tank but a tank does not show up in a tuxedo
he probably is
What the hell does that mean ? Does the tank wear a the tuxedo ? Is the woman the groom ? Was this woman really going to marry a tank ?
@@baofleurence7650 My apologies I should have used better grammar there. I have a distinct memory while playing Left 4 Dead 2, of running into what is called the Bride witch (The witch in a bridal gown) of a tank showing up either while fighting the witch or after killing the witch. And that particular tank was in a torn up tuxedo. But this could be a corrupted memory of mine I have problems with that. I always believe that that was a thing. And that somehow both the bride and the groom of the wedding became mutated zombies
@@masterthune All of The Passing's Tanks are in tuxedos I believe.
Man the witch from Left for dead gave me nightmares, just hearing her cries and a teammate screaming "witch" and a new player shooting them and just hearing here running towards you..
Yea it freaked me out the first time I played the game too lol
When they said alert her I almost cried noon. Got the Do Not Disturb achievement for a few groups of my friends by one shotting every one of them but didn't care for 2 so maybe different?
I went into panic mode when i heard the witch theme
Yeah. I still have great memories of playing thru almost all of L4D 2 on launch day with 3 other randos all on microphones. The sugar factory was....well it was a hell of a thing with the rain.
First time killing her a teen messed me up bad cause I wasn't expect her to come at me like that
I'm surprised "literally every zombie in Dying Light" didn't make it into this list.
When you hear your first "no, please, don't, please" or "help me" and realise there's normal, conscious people still in there, without control...
Only runners did that
Blake Hackman which again. Is every zombie. When they are first infected they turn into vitals then overtime, they turn to the gray sluggish zombies
Ikr
What about when we were forced to kill Rahim and Jade?
"They say it's good luck to get brain on your wedding day". Hands down the best line I've ever heard from all the videos of the OutsideXbox channel.
They said rain. It’s good luck to get rain. It’s said to signify that your marriage will last.
I usually don't play zombie games because they scare me. But, Fallout and their ghouls are basically zombies as well, since they attack anyone in sight from the radiation destroying their brains. Those get me emotionally, some of the stories behind some of the ghouls
Resident Evil really likes this trope, the more I learned about Lisa Trevor the more I just want to put her to rest.
I don't. I want to hug her. :/
Who's Lisa Trevor?
@@huuamai8151 She's the enemy in Resident Evil REmaster for the Gamecube that occasionally attacks you in and around the mansion. Umbrella kidnapped her and her family, murdered them, and experimented on her until she basically became unkillable. But mentally and emotionally she's still a frightened and confused 12 year old begging for her mother.
@@biohazard724 her story is so tragic. Hopefully she finally got put to rest when the Spencer estate self destructed
Yeah, me too. Felt so bad for her.
Me- Shoots arms and legs off Marvin. "Don't worry ill find the cure and come back for you!"
Us Government: nuke go big boom
Markiplier never killed Marvin.
For an interesting twist on the "tragic zombie", consider Bassilus's family in the first Baldur's Gate game.
The twist is that they are not actually his family members. His real family was killed in Zhentil Keep after Bassilus left them to die, after which he went mad and started resurrecting zombies so he can pretend they are his family.
When you first encounter him, he's badgering his "brother" to "grace our ears with a ripping tale of the old days." And you can't talk your way out of the fight, so one way or another, Bassilus and his "family" are about to die.
There was a zombie in Baldur's Gate that was the main character's friend who died but retained his mind. I swear there was one in BG2.
@@aprilrichards762 I think you're thinking of Rielev from Baldur's Gate 2. If so, three notes on that:
#1: He was a friend of the antagonist, not the main character.
#2: He wasn't really a zombie. More akin to a brain in a jar.
#3: He straight up asks you to pull the plug on him.
@@Terastas it's been so long since I played BG2. I need to get it set up on my laptop.
It is rather tragic to see someone so close to you or your allies succumb to a deadly infection, but sometimes putting them down is the only way to give them any rest. Still, doesn't make the burden on us any easier.
What actually happened to the witch: She was fine one day, later on, her husband filed a devorce. What happened to the smoker: He was smoking before the stuff happened, he turned into a special type of zombie. What happened to the tank: The the tank was someone who went to the gym and took steroids. Nothing special. And finally, what happened to the Charger: He took steroids like the tank, in the game he has a really shriveled arm. He got in a accident and one of his arms became really shriveled, then became the Charger. Note: All of this is in Left 4 Dead 2
乇乂乇ㄥㄥ 千尺卂匚ㄒ卂ㄥㄥ he has two arms just one is really shriveled
@@mavricklight5478 oh i will edit it
Boomer had too many spicy bean burritos
@@powder5784 LOL
But seriously you should watch wow such gaming's special infected profiles they give pretty good scientific information on the zombies
Surprised Lisa Trevor got left off of the list. I guess because they already had 2 others from RE...
She was in another video very, very recently. “Bosses you kill without ammo” or something like that.
@@10tonhamster Ah.
i don't think she counts as a zombie
Who is Lisa Trevor, sorry, I’m not that into RE. 😂
@@no-do5od In the remake of the original Resident Evil game they added a special character named Lisa Trevor. She was used as a test subject and wandered the mansion. You finally encounter her underground and if you open her mothers coffin she will jump to her death.
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Andy, Andy
Resident Evil 3
They Nuked the Whole goddamn city
Yeah, Marvin was dead either way
Literally anyone bitten in the Walking Dead: "Am I a joke to you?"
"Yes. Any other trivia questions?"
(Not to diss your esteem for the game(s), Telltale's stuff just never spoke to me.)
Well, people will literally threaten to murder you or your children if you spoil stuff, so it's usually best to avoid story-driven games in lists like these
People need to calm down
Yes, they are
@@Pancakeli The Spoiler warning exists for a reason.
Anyone in dying light am i also a joke to you
Dying light: when i killed Rahim. That really got me kinda sad. Especially when crane doesnt realize hes undead.
Same dude, At least he got his dying wish
Honestly shocked they didn't inlcude your own mother from Dragon Age 2. That part always makes me cry.
You don’t kill her she because you killed the mage who reanimated her
I have a scene from my fanfic (that I stopped writing because I got close to this part and...yeah) where Hawke deals with the emotional aftermath.
It's fun. As much fun as going to the dentist and getting a tooth drilled only for his hand to slip and go too deep.
Andy: "I sure hope there is no cure to the zombie outbreak (RDR), because that would mean I doomed all those zombies I killed!"
Wait, isn't the whole premise of the DLC that Marston's wife and child got infected and he's searching for a cure? Noticing a conflict of interests between player and protagonist, here...
Yes. And you DO cure them at the end of the DLC, along with everybody else.
@@LazzyVamples untill someone restarts the appocalypse a few weeks later.
Luna is best pony. Isnt it seth that does it?
When quarantine ends are you guys gonna bring the chair back? It’s not that I don’t like the new style I just prefer the chair it seems more dramatic
I think the only reason the chair hasn't made an appearance is because they can't get back to the studio where they film. I'm sure the chair will return eventually.
Or maybe it's gone feral and roams the streets of London searching for prey.
Callum Donington then I shall go to London and tame the chair and return it to its rightful owners! And maybe then they’ll wanna play minecraft with me...
For some reason, I imagine Jane has a similar throne at her place.
@@marmedd6312 No they won't.
You omitted the most melancholy chapter of the Eamons’ story: there is an in-game achievement if you, “Let Haedrig Eamon strike the killing blow on his wife, Mira.” (‘Till Death Do Us Part’, Achievements; Challenges: Act I)
Miria from Diablo 3 knew what was coming. Later in the game you find a seer, who helps you "sort your gear" essentially she mix and match your equipments buffs. Any way her and miria met up at some point. She saw her tragic death and hid it from headric, but unfortunately couldn't keep it from miria. So when she said their time together meant everything, she was counting her days until she became a zombie.
I cried when Steve Died. It was the first time I played a game and felt a connection to the characters.
17:35 "Dead Rising doesn't take itself too seriously"
17:42 on the left we can see a zombie dropping from the window.
He got shot
Dying light’s screamer is pretty sad. Little jimmy forced to get choked out by Crane
those things are very scary during the night. I nearly got killed by An Alpha Voletile because of those things. hiding on a building is a good idea untill those appear on your back calling all the Voletiles on my location
It would be if they weren’t just so damn annoying.
Pyro is pretty sad too he cannot talk
Medic MASTER “Mph Mrph mrrph mr mrpher mrphr mrph”
(I try not to think about it 😥)
I felt worse about Jade
"Maybe love is the secret to finding a cure for the virus...quick let's harvest his DNA"
*chefs kiss* absolute perfection
2:12
*hears "Leon"*
**Danganronpa flashbacks**
I'm still salty
I just joined the fandom maybe two, three, four months ago
*angery noise*
Isn't that right leon
HEY! In Dying Light your 2 best friends turn and you have to take them down, and botf of them sacrifise themselves for the greater good. Rip Jade
The child in the attic from TWD S1.
Even worse is that it looks like a child that died in your group in the last episode.
Yeah I thought this would aswell
Also the fact you can tell he died of starvation considering no obvious wound and how emaciated he was.
*Spoiler
Caliban Your fault.
@@Cremig The game has been out for almost a decade now
RIP Marvin ;-;
The hero we didn't deserve
Gone but not forgotten.
That's the point of heroes.
@@falafelman5948 I couldn't kill him I felt to bad I just avoid him
Sorry
Dammit Brad
***SPOILER ALERT***
How can “Walking Dead: Season 1” be left out? After playing the game as Lee Everett desperately trying to keep Clementine alive, suddenly you’re infected and gameplay switches to Clem. Now you’re forced to choose to either kill Lee so he is spared the undying horror of becoming a Zombie, or abandoning him to the encroaching hoard.
I thought so too!!
My thoughts exactly
I'm guessing it's because he wasn't zombified yet, but I cried too much to keep Lee off of this list.
I was wondering why it wasn’t on the list.
At no point was he a zombie, only infected.
Would Myla from Hollow Knight count? Her final cry breaks my heart no matter how many times I replay the game.
That's the one I was coming to post. That one is brutal.
I've never killed Myla. I refuse. I couldnt live with it.
You forgot Rahim from The Dying Light. And Myla from Hollow Knight. My heart just broke when I killed Myla.
They may not be a zombie but the robots from nier: automata
Are cute and make me feel bad for killing
I liked Nier Automata. 100% that game and gave up my save data to the people who needed it.
Salute for the real hero here
weeb trash game LUL
@@georgemanize youre missing out if you didnt play it dude its really good
Aw man, now you reminded me of the at least 3 different zombie sections of Nier Automata and now I'm sad. Especially the not-exactly-zombie versions of a certain character in 9S' final route.
SPOILERS FOR NIER 1
Ooh, and all the Shades in Nier 1 are kinda-sorta zombies too, weren't they? Or at least insane ghosts whose bodies have all been possessed by artificial souls that have inadvertently become sentient.
When I saw the title my initial thought was Morinth in Mass Effect 3. Though she's not treated with any special attention, and the steps you'd have to have taken for her to show up as an Easter Egg in ME3 kind of imply you're a monster anyway.
She was a monster in ME2 so the way I see it I wouldn’t feel bad but I never recruited her to being with
When he played the RE2 remake, my roommate deeply mourned the loss of Marvin... for about 5 seconds before he honored Marvin’s memory by sticking a grenade down his throat to honorably spray his torso across the lobby floor. So sad
Huh,is he died while doing that ?
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I finished Marvin off easy, with a MAG shot to the head while he was still sitting, peacefully, With half a head.
I know it’s just a cutscene but I feel like it should at least be an honorable mention. Jade and rahim from dying light was one of the most heartbreaking scenes I’ve seen from a zombie game
You know what Is the zombie death? Lee Everet i still miss you Lee ;--;
"Sorry about your wife..."
*picks up gold*
The zombie baby/fetus things in Dying Light. First time I encountered one was at night while hiding from the massive zombies I'd wound up outdoors. Heard it crying and then was given the option to press 'x' to quiet the baby. I'm still harrowed by the bone crunching grind it made and then the 5 minutes I spent praying it was a zombie before I turned the lights on to make sure.
The Overseer of Vault 76's prewar bpyfriend... poor kid.
There are loads of Fallout ghouls with super sad backstories.
Evan! Her journal made me so sad "So handsome. And those arms! What West Virginia girl could resist all that?"
@@TheAbaker87 there's even a random encounter in fallout 4 where it's your neighbors.
I completely ignored the quest until I accidentally stumbled upon it again when farming for fusion cores,yea that ruined my day honestly
Love being the cure for zombie-ness is basically the plot of Warm Bodies.
Not sure if anyone has said this but the guy in RE revelations. The one like "maydayyyyyyy, this is the Queen Zenobia". Other than being down right terrifying, he yells "Stop, I'm human!" While shooting him in the face.
Also means he was trying to radio for help all alone when he zombified.
Have to say, I think I prefer the angle of Mike, Andy, and Jane sitting in chairs. It helps make this somewhat more conversational and relaxed.
I like the other one! but this is a refreshing change of pace. Remember when they had a black background?
I want them sitting on thrones.
Agreed, I felt like I was being interogated by Mike, which wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, but still...
gotta say I agree. The camera angle was honestly kinda jarring. Also, is the camera above him? It looks like he's looking up at the camera, which also doesnt help
@@dalekrek2213 It's probably in a higher position than him, hence the angle. Either way, it is a bit odd to see him staring straight on, rather than at an angle while he sits comfortably in a chair.
Special mention to the Dragon Age Origins companion Tamlen who gets tainted and then you have to fight and kill your mate.
He wasn’t a corpse he still alive just turning into a Darkspawn
Hrm... Nope. One a lot more tragic than this. Spoiler for Dragon Age 2
YOUR MOM
Michael Negranol Poor Leandra 😭
That’s exactly what I thought right off the bat. I wondered if anyone else felt the same way!
I remember being horrified and disgusted at Leandra’s fate when I first played the game. That scene still gets to me. 🥺
Sir Samwise That’s even more horrifying! They’re women who are raped and fed blood and bile until they turn! 😱
Makes me think of that great Irish (?) film The Cured - where they've figured out how to cure most zombies, but they remember what they did. PTSD galore and discrimination as they get reintroduced into society.
There are two such cases in the Path of Exile.
1) Tolman. The story begins in the quest "Lost in Love" and ends in the quest "Love is Dead"
2) The second tragedy takes place in the Crossroads. Where gradually through the notes the story of a woman in a zombie apocalypse that began in their small village is told. Her skeleton appears after collecting all the notes, it does not always appear.
Just realized that Marvin saying “uniform or not, don’t hesitate” stems from him hesitating when Brad nite him.
“They say its good luck to get brain on your wedding day” -Jane 2020
Jade from Dying Light? First her partner Amir was eaten, then her brother Rahim turned into a zombie (who we also had to kill) and then we had to kill her as well after she turned.
And she was forced to turn so we could get the antizen (not sure if it is spelled that way)
Agreed
I was thinking that too
It was a pity that her death was done as a cut scene rather than a battle though. She would've been a badass zombie boss.
Obvs would've still felt bad for killing her.
I thought I was the only one to think about this till I found the comment
Nobody:
Me:
IF IT A WITCH
YOULL FIND IT DEAD IN A DITCH!
Let's take a moment to appreciate the voice actor for Marvin in RE4. Being, probably, the first believable VA in any RE game.
I know RE4 is when they started to get the voice acting together, but I actually felt for this character. That doesn't even happen for me with the game's protagonists.
Good voice acting goes a long way.
Dying light, the virals i mean those zombies still have human conciousness and beg you to mercy kill them.
"Thanks, Mr. X. You're always there for me." That cracked me up. Thanks, Mr. Farrant. You're always there for me. When I need a laugh, that is.
Surprised they havn't started dressing up as their DnD characters for regular videos yet
I legitimately laughed out loud. 😂😂😂
Not a bad idea actually
No that would require Jane to take of her person suit to often.
I love how mr.x just back hands the guy. He’s just like “shut up and get out of my way” and smacks him.
minecraft zombies are truly tragic, not because they have a sad backstory but because i lost my netherite sword.
Where are the zombified children from Dying Light? Those things were genuinely terrifying.
Yeaah, and is why i only use the "calm down" prompt, unless its extraction, in which case just shoot the fucker.
Zombie kids are always terrifying.
(except those kids in the original Dawn of the Dead, they were just ridiculous.)
Rupert's wife from Dying Light. He promises all the children he looks after that she's alright and that he's just waiting for her to return, but he had to lock her in the basement, eventually giving in to Kyle who tells him that he needs to go down there to end her misery. This one in particular hit quite hard ._.
I'm surprised you didnt mention the challenge achievement in Diablo III for letting headrig have the killing blow on his wife. "Till death do us part."
Mike in this video: "You're supposed to conserve ammo."
Mike on never finishing another RE game: "If you put a grenade launcher in my hands, I'm going to use it."
No Myla from Hollow Knight? You can see her slowly turning and hear her cry of despair once you kill her...
Lol It felt soo good when Steve died I laughed out loud and pointed at the television. When I looked over my dad (who likes watching me play RE games) was ready for a high 5. Man.. I never thought a death of a character in video games would bring us both closer. True story btw. :)
Yes :)
Screamer from dying light, they just a kids, even there's a special move to "put them sleep"
Well, the one zombie I felt bad for was Deborah from Resident Evil 6. She was held hostage to force Helena’s hand, but rather than wait to see if Helena came up with her end of the bargain, they experimented on Deborah anyway. She is Nowa naked girl who spouts scorpion legs and stinger from... somewhere, and is unaware that her sister is unwillingly trying to shoot her down.
if you continue through the chapter in l4d2 theres a chance a tank will spawn wearing a wedding suit showing what happend to the soon to be husband.
I love how Mr. X just bops zombie Marvin in the face.
It brought up a mental of image of Pulp Fiction except for just, "I bopped Marvin in the face!"