10 Games That Punish You For Showing Mercy 

I once showed a grunt in Halo mercy when he ran away and he came back with an Elite and 4 other grunts I never felt so betrayed…

For number 10, it just occurred to me that Ellie does the exact same thing that the NPCs do when they beg for mercy, TWICE. She gets curbstomped, gets spared, then when she’s free she just bumrushes back after them. And then she does it again. She’s that NPC. Almost makes me wonder if that’s what they intended when they put in that mechanic.

"Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves!" -- Poseidon

You can spare Wrex and still secure Salarian and Krogon military support in ME3. I did but it wasn't easy.

There’s also the tree spirit in Witcher 3 where if you spare it it goes on an annihilates a whole village nearby

This makes me think of a good future video idea. Top choices that are worth knowing ahead of time, spoiler be damned. Could be as simple as “don’t use this item right away”

The Last of Us 2: We're trying to teach you that violence is bad and that the cycle of violence should be broken Also The Last of Us 2: If you try and break the cycle of violence for an NPC we'll put a bullet in your back Gotta love that consistency 😂

Somewhat amusing bit on the elden ring patches, if you find him by the rocks before following the rainbow stones- he just gets nervous and throws up a generic 'nothing to see here' line. Doesnt kick you off the ledge afterward either.

Falcon, your narration is just the best. I laughed so hard with the "oh, he got the upper hand on me AGAIN" 😂Much love to all the GR crew and community.

In Final Fantasy 6, showing mercy to Lone Wolf can get you a Gold Hairpin but screws you out of recruiting Mog. You should never show mercy to anyone holding cute cuddly creatures hostage in the first place!

“Crush your enemies”

In AC Odyssey, sparing the sick girl and family at the beginning of the game at Kephalonia will lead to widespread sickness across the world of Greek

Hesitation is defeat -Isshin the Sword Saint

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Should have put sparing the Asari in Virmire, If you spare her in both Mass effect and Mass effect 2, She gets indoctrinated by the reapers in 3 and goes on a mini killing spree. Technically not her or Sheperds fault but the outcome ends up being the worst if you spare her.

I remember a few random encounters in red dead redemption 2 where if you decide to help the person they either try to steal your horse or try to rob you at gunpoint and in one of them the night folk ambush you.

Dead Rising 2. You save one of the same people that framed you for the zombie outbreak, he gets bitten and literally begs you for some rare zombrex and if you give it to him the jerk kidnaps both your daughter and love interest and forces you into a tough as nails showdown as the final boss of the game.

#10 I think Skyrim does this too. So glad you mentioned #6. The game is full of nonstandard fights, and deserves to be called out for the oddball of chaotic genuis it can be.

"What, he's giving me his -energy- mercy and left me... maybe this is a sign... maybe I should change... maybe this is my second and last chance... maybe I was wrong... nah!" -proceeds to attack you in the exact same way that got them to beg for mercy in the first place, with no change of tactics.

"No mercy. No remorse. No matter what." - Mortal Kombat

How do you guys come up with such good ideas each time lol

Conan Exiles probably has the most evil option when it comes to sparing enemies. Club some guy or gal over the head with a truncheon, then you drag them via a rope to the wheel of pain, which you then force your prisoner to push until they break mentally. All of this so you can recruit them to run around with you.

That Talking Heads reference was golden 🤣

The mercy situation in TLOU2 doesn't just make the contrived story even more contrived but is inherently contrived itself because the game doesn't give you the option to take their weapons. It means either Ellie is an idiot who spares heartless terrorists without taking their weapons or she uses basic common sense by just killing them but gets portrayed as a monster by the story for doing it.

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Why go with that military readiness stuff for the Mass Effect entry? A far better example was that time in ME2's Thane recruitment mission where you find an Asari hiding in one of the rooms, and if you do the Paragon thing and let her go you later find out she was a psychotic murderer.

I love the ME one, fun fact if you goat Ashley into killing Wrex and then say "Ashley! Why did you do that!?" you get paragon points 😂

I honestly NEVER knew that u could show mercy to the enemies in TLOU2 . I always sneak up on them with a brick/bottle or go for a headshot. Mindblown.

You can spare wrex and still get salarian support in mass effect 3, in mass effect 1 you have to save councilors at the end and after that in mass effect 3 you basically save them again and you get full salarian support right after right along with more support from the turians and asaris, either way sparing him and then saving the councilors in me1 is honestly the best outcome for me3

Armored Core 6 has a new kick attack. Can’t wait to see Patch or Patches use it on you.

Another good one SPOLIERS- Bloodborne and the Suspicious Beggar. Spare him, send him in the cathedral with all the NPCs you went through the trouble of rescuing and what do you get for it? He slays all of them one by one .

Gameranx: Mercy is a good thing? r, r, right? Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando: Wrong. (BOOM!)

I haven't viewed past the intro, yet I simply know I'm going to enjoy this. You guys come up with the most interesting premises about which to discuss games and gaming! So I'm thinking these games take our kindness for weakness, eh? Funny stuff and laughter will help me digest my dinner. 😄

Except you get the best armor in Elden Ring if you keep sparing Patches. And your "punishments" are getting sent to areas you would have ended up on your own anyways. There is literally no benefit to killing him.

"Well, if you really are that gullible." That really hits hard after how many games now haha

5:54 I consider the abductor virgin tip good advice because it leads to an otherwise inaccessible boss fight which earns you a reward (necessary to get the collect everything trophy) and also gives a means to speed run the game by taking you from central liurnia all the way to mount gelmir.

patchs in Elden Ring sold me some really good stuff that helped lock down Margot during the fight and he is still a vender for me after that first major boss fight

As Kratos once said "Close your heart to it."

That Mass Effect one is awesome! Two whole games later. Nice

"Mercy is for the weak. Here, in the streets, in competition: A man confronts you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy."

Easy solution for every game: "Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy" If the enemy still resists, strike firster, strike harder and show even less mercy!

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Whenever Falcon is telling me anything, i go: "Yaaaas Falcon, slaaaay"

The Witcher 3 free add-on quest "Where the Wolf and the Cat Play": If you choose to fight the injured Cat School Witcher, he'll ask if you'll let him take a healing potion first so it's a fair contest. If you agree, he instead hits you with a stunbomb that blinds you from the start of the fight for a bit.

I'm surprised Fallout 3 and the Tenpenny ghouls aren't on this list, but then again, it's not directly negative to the player if you spare everyone.

I've fell victim to tactics ogre. I've spared them and in the end my favorite character whom I want to recruit died. I won't tell her name to avoid spoilers for those who haven't played this game yet

Reminds me of Record of Agarest War, where the morality system felt extremely arbitrary. Not only is it 'evil' to go "elves age slower than humans? I wonder how old this elf is, then?", but it's ALSO 'evil' to go around an enemy fort and convince them they're surrounded to try to make them surrender peacefully instead of throwing away the lives of your soldiers in a frontal assault.

Y'all had me dead with the Reading Rainbow sound clip!

I saved Wrex in 1 and it turned out great in 3. Got more than enough support for the good ending

I think hes not telling the full story on Wrex from Mass Effect. I obtained all the war assets without killing Wrex.

13:22 the basilisk coming to say "hello" cracked me up

As a first time Fromsoft player with Elden Ring, my impression of Patches is so radically different from Fromsoft vets. His tricks were so obvious I never fell for them and so I never developed a reason to hate him. In fact by the end of his questline he seemed like someone desperate to believe in something in a hopeless world and that he had become a friend and believer in a Tarnished, me, actually taking the throne.

Another one (sort of) is in RE7. If you choose to save Zoe instead of Mia (the one who helps you instead of the one who lied), both Zoe and Mia die.

Fun fact: You don't have to shoot Wrex, you could simply decide to never talk to him since he is the only one that is not forced upon to become a crew member you unlike Garrus or Tali. Part 2 and 3 then simply progress the same way as when Shephard respectively Ashley) kills him. Furthermore if you decide to destroy Malon's data in part 2, you then can convince Mordin in part 3 to play along with the betrayal of the krogans (because Eve being dead and Wreav being a maniac) and he will actually not sacrifice himself, but rather work just pretend to die and move on to work on the Crucible.

I did not expect some talking Heads reference at all. Merci❤

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On the contrary, long time FromSoftware players usually don’t get butthurt about Patches and keep him around for the familiarity and memes and benefits. All the areas he hints and tricks you into in Elden Ring are actually beneficial to you. It’s all in the framing.

Great topic, please do a pt 2.

Man, I always go across the street in that GTA IV mission to where the crane is a climb up to the top. You can easily snipe Clarence so the mission is uber quick. Totally forgot about this mercy option confrontation.

🤣😂🤣 really liked the Talking head reference, nicely put

In Megaten, you can have good outcomes by being merciful, it depends if their are good or evil, your level and the moon phase. So it s more complicated than what Falcon says when it s arbitrary.

Was kinda expecting to see the "Clean House" mission from MW 2019 on here. There's a couple points in that mission where sparing a life gets you killed. Especially at the end

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Honorable mention to Sans's 'Get Dunked On' in Undertale

Wow, I've never played Tactics Ogre but that is one messed up decision the game asks you to do... Now I want to play it

You should mention for the Mass Effect Wrex one that Wrex turns on you in Mads Effect 3 if you betray him. Wrex has been a fair and loyal friend, accurately measuring his duty to his people and you for three games. His reaction is based on your actions, betraying him, in Mass Eefect 3.

Great to see y’all consistent ❤🎉

6:45 talking heads reference ! LETS GO !!! 🤣

With The Last of Us Part 2 they could have EASILY made that game mechanic matter. Have Ellie show mercy throughout the game, and the ending makes sense. Have her ruthlessly murder everyone.. get an ending where her rage, and hatred consumed her. Which could have made the game way better better.

Kingdom come deliverance will actually let you spare enemies for money or just make them drop their weapons and leave.

I laughed out oud when Falcon do Talking heads

Excellent Talking Heads reference, sir.

I, too, was massively affected by the massive waves caused by the Mass Effect one. My mass of emotions for Wrex massly outweighed my massive wanting to save the mass of the galaxy from the massive horror of the Reapers.

Regarding that first one with Last of Us Pt 2. In Call of Duty WWII's campaign, there will be moments where the Nazi soldiers will actually SURRENDER and the game actually suggests that you just take them in and capture them, instead of well...gun down a soldier, (even if it's a Nazi), who is surrendering. If you capture them, you don't get a bullet in the back for it. In fact I think the game sort of rewards you in some capacity for doing that. (Like an achievement maybe, it's been years).

Dark Souls 2 finally getting love on a list it’s the best and most underrated in the series awesome video

Funny how he said "These goons never leave Batman alone" like Batman isn't the one swooping down from skyscrapers

Number 5 is wrong, if you saved the salarian council member, they will still give you support, there is still a small advantage but it rarley will effect the outcome

That quick before a tough choice comes in handy or that long pause to calculate the best possible outcome as well.

There's a great "whaaat did you do?" meme to be had in that look Shepherd gives in that clip.

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"womp your ass" haha first laugh of the day

Hey Falcon, the reference to the Talking Heads was just…chefs kiss*

I was just about to eat something and didn't have content. Thanks! Perfect timing haha

Breath of the Wild when a disguised Yiga clan soldier is crying on the side of the road be like:

9:48 I’m glad Ashley didn’t believe me 😂

I remember something similar happening in Ogre Battle 64. Made the choice that seemed the most morally correct and your beloved allies hate you for it and end up fighting you. It's been several years so I don't remember the details.

Not sure if these count but in Dragon Age 2 if you show Marethari mercy during the quest A New Path then you'll have to fight the boss again with Merrill injured because Marethari stabs her, though the boss will only have 1/3 of the health it had instead of full health. Also in Fallout 4 if you spare Danse during Blind Betrayal, then any time you have Danse as your companion the Brotherhood of Steel will attack you on sight.

13:20 even the Basilisk like "dude.."

Convincing Saren he's wrong has to be one of the best boss fight phase skips in video games.

3:25 Fallout raider in the mean while "oh, there is the enemy group wearing full sets of power armor and heavy weapons! imma attack them with this trusty tire iron!"

One moment that is kinda similar to this is: In Detroit: Become Human when you use a gun in the beginning of the game and decide to intimidate the person (Daniel) instead of executing them immediately, you say: "It's up to you how this story ends." And he just shoots you 😅 It's realistic but come on dude, I was trying to be all epic and cool 😩

You can do it Nadav!! I’m 45 and just lost 55 pounds in 3 months doing Keto and averaging 7-9 thousand steps a day! Bad back and hips and no trainer.

Also, just yesterday i was playing Gta V and using trevor for the first time. That mission where he wiped out a whole biker gang. When he got back to a guy in a trailer, after he rammed it into the river I had the option to show him mercy, but I'm playing as Trevor, I blasted him instantly 😂

I didn’t even stop swinging for one second when Patches gave up. Multiple games of pent up frustration released in one moment.

You should have added Disco Elysium… Literally EVERYONE lies to you if you are a merciful character. It also becomes impossible to get the true ending.

One word for ya, their all just Big Rudes!🤣 Luv VODs too Falcon..😊

The last one is just wild. 😂😹🤣💀

Game developers do this because hundreds of thousands of people have been brainwashed by the very phrase you mentioned: No good deed goes unpunished. Well, we simply need to stop thinking like that and instead think: No evil deed goes unpunished and All good deeds get rewarded.

The funniest moments when Falcon talks about Massive effects

Usually I'll be lenient and show some mercy from time to time in certain video games, but way back on my first playthrough of GTA IV I could sense the deceiving tone in Clarence's voice and knew it was the better choice to finish him off. Sure enough, I soon found out after reading about the choices online that I made the right decision.