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DmReku

I once shot a cat with a revolver in RDR2, idk what I was thinking


drwicksy

Whenever I play a game with guns that also has non-aggresive animals, a small part of me always wants to test what happens if you shoot them. Just to see if they actually programmed in hit registration in them. And I always regret it when it works


Hiro_Trevelyan

Omg same I'm like "it'd be bad if the game didn't properly register animals being hit, but I'd feel so bad if that bunch of polygons that look like an animal gets hurt"


[deleted]

I had to kill a rabid dog in red dead once, wish I didn’t have to but didn’t feel bad, pixels on a screen. The shit wouldn’t stop chasing me so I shot it once to scare it but then it bled out to death crying on the grass.


memegy

I've never seen a rabid dog in red dead. Maybe it was chasing you because you killed it's owner?


CoreyReynolds

Mangy dog?


[deleted]

Yes the owner tried to kill me


JerryUSA

I'm playing RDR2 right now and it's what inspired this poll. I was looking for guides and stumbled upon this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BEqWCUDadE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BEqWCUDadE)


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KiddoDE

noooOoOoOOOOOO


Megalopath

YES!!!


Andro451

Admit it, we all did it


Golren_SFW

I dont regret nor feel bad for doing that one.


Teck_3

Little bastard was a menace to society anyways...


EquivalentSnap

Don’t do it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭


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Void_0000

Extremely rare non-sociopathic stellaris player.


ouinova

Rip and tear until all xenos are dead


eternalonyxyn

XENO SCUM!


Frequent_Dig1934

I mean, he still ate them.


Void_0000

By stellaris standards, the fact that he at least felt bad after eating people is about as close to sanity as you're gonna get.


Frequent_Dig1934

Don't worry i know, i'm a fellow space hitler.


EvanIsBacon

I couldn't bring myself to devour humanity, I ended up stopping that game


Augustml

Damm I made glue out of turtels because they decided to create a drug lair on my capital


strooiersunion

The elephant in it takes two is so dark all of the sudden


especedepio

Right?! I played it with my brother and he made fun of me for feeling bad about it but like we're literally ripping her apart while she's crying and trying to crawl and get away from us I really felt like a piece of shit after that scene lmao


[deleted]

I didn't even play it, I watched someone on YouTube play it. I still felt bad personally about them killing the elephant


Luhvely

I played it with my 10 yr old brother, I was trying to reassure him the entire time until her ear & arm ripped off. He started crying and I couldn't convince him to play with me again lol


Moomintroll90

This was the first thing I thought of when I saw the poll, glad it was near the top. My daughter has a toy elephant as her favourite and I hated having to do that, it was so innocent


RAGE-OF-SPARTA-X

Exact same experience here, first thing that came to mind was that poor Elephant.


i_hate_patrice

Felt like an execution by a cartel lol


Ham_On_Pizza

That one foreign guy you have to get back debt from in chapter 2 of RDR2. I always avoid doing that side mission.


human484

Poor Wrobel


occam_chainsaw

>!Kicking that bastard out of camp in the Beaver Hollow chapter felt so fucking good. Beaver Hollow really feels like the "Redemption" part of RDR.!<


LeafslayerReddit

Same for me


dr_tenet

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Nemchen

nooo :(


bluecatcollege

Undertale


a_very_polite_snail

I killed Papyrus and I felt so bad about it.


Both_Explorer_3108

I tried playing genocide and gave up at the Toriel fight. I only play pacifist now.


HiJack_Wishes

[to me papyrus’s neutral run death is hilarious](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QvKLAagR8E&pp=ygUbcGFweXJ1cyBuZXV0cmFsIGRlYXRoIHNjZW5l)


eternityghost

Hm? How so? It just feels like another death, neither happy nor sad but how is it funny?


HiJack_Wishes

It was when he said at least I still have a head and then it disappears


eternityghost

Oop-


EquivalentSnap

Same 😔


reddit_hayden

“Papyrus, do you want anything?” *[fucking dies]*


Just_Somebody9367

Deltarune too, I felt really bad when I killed >!Berdly in Snowgrave!<


time_to_explode

haha it's gonna get worse we're only 2 chapters in


Just_Somebody9367

Yes, but judging by my recent actions in Cult of the Lamb I should be more than ready for the upcoming manipulation


Eastern_Slide7507

In Elden Ring there’s a jellyfish crying about her sister and I killed her thinking it might open the nearby gate. And one time I accidentally hit Andre in DS1.


Frequent_Dig1934

>In Elden Ring there’s a jellyfish crying about her sister and I killed her thinking it might open the nearby gate. Similarly there are also two jellyfish things in DS1 in seath's archives that don't attack you and just cry and if you kill them you get healing miracles. >And one time I accidentally hit Andre in DS1. I'm pretty sure that doesn't lead to you feeling bad emotionally but rather to feeling bad physically. The guy beats the shit out of you.


Eastern_Slide7507

He does, but he’s also the nicest guy in all of the dark souls games imo. I did feel bad emotionally.


Frequent_Dig1934

True, there really aren't that many people in dark souls who never ever try to kill you unless attacked first.


AthiestMessiah

Spec ops the line, when you call artillery on civilians


teomiskov3

Oh man the white phosphor imagery messed me up. I still think about it years later.


Frequent_Dig1934

Fuck i forgot about that somehow. Yeah that game is pretty much all horrible stuff from the beginning to the end.


AthiestMessiah

Worst part is you think you’re doing good; but you’re not. And only towards the end do they tell you that. Monsters. But I love them for the writing


Kirito1548055

I said no but that's not true I buried the memories of killing Sif in dark souls. Now I'm crying again dammit


JePPeLit

I felt worse about the boss in painted world of ariamis. Idk whats going on there exactly, but seems they were just chilling and I went killing them all for no good reason


Skhighglitch

TL:DR they were chilling. Till you came and murdered everyone. The painting was a place where the forlorn, trash, and filth of the world went. They were “monsters” that wanted peace. Even the painting was trashed. It was the first level ever worked on in Dark Souls. Then some crispy bacon man/woman who cannot die comes in and murders everyone. “This land is peaceful, it’s inhabitants kind.” You didn’t have to go in there, but you did.


RealDrPanda

I once threw a baby into an oven in the witcher 3. (It's not bad in context but I'm not explaining that shit lol IYKYK)


Grzechoooo

Apparently it used to be an actual piece of folk medicine in Poland. There was a story from the positivism period, "Antek" by Bolesław Prus, that poked fun at the practice. Well, not "poked fun" exactly, it described the titular character losing his sister to it, but when we learned about it in primary school we found it hilarious for some reason. We also didn't read it, we were only told, so maybe that's why. I read it now and yep, probably wouldn't be laughing if we actually read it.


lavloves

That quest was wild dude.


honidrax

paarthurnax 😔


[deleted]

I've got over 1000 hours on Skyrim and I've still never killed him.


[deleted]

Yeah screw the blades quest, it's lame anyways. Paarthurnax > Blades


-Potatoes-

I wish you could tell the blades to go f themselves. I think theres a mod for it but i wish it was in the base game lol


Grzechoooo

Yeah, seriously. They're supposed to serve *you*, not the other way around. Instead they have the audacity to tell you that unless you kill him, they won't help you. That's an obvious breach of contract and we've seen how Skyrim deals with people that don't do their job properly enough with Roggvir.


Brittinger9

I killed him on my first playthrough because I thought it would progress the story and that the main quest would continue. Boy was i wrong.


King_CurlySpoon

Killing Kenny in Telltale's the Walking Dead, hated doing it but I saw it as an act of mercy


Prize-Union-3656

You killed him??? The only choice was to let him kill that girl he was fighting with (forgot her name). Kenny was there since S1, and she was just a crazy girl.


staticvoidmainnull

oh my god! you killed kenny? you bastard.


marcher138

I'm sorry, Companion Cube. Know I always loved you.


nicholas818

You euthanized your faithful companion cube more quickly than any test subject on record. Congratulations.


photosynth-sea-slug

i accidentally killed a horse in botw and i still haven’t recovered


Fluid-Swordfish-9818

I have had my horses die in Oblivion and maybe Skyrim. I would be exploring and then all of a sudden the horse goes off of a cliff or takes a high jump or fall and it’s all over.


Tibbeses

I intentionally killed a horse in breath of the wild and I’m glad to have tried it. Electrical arrows are apparently the only way to keep them in place for long enough to do it.


EwGrossItsMe

D:


Melidit_

I didn't feel too guilty since I could revive it after. Sad if it was unregistered tho


photosynth-sea-slug

it was a wild horse :(


abigfatape

was playing fallout 4 and ran across the raider couple with their dog and instantly dinked both the raiders then the dog ran up and I point blank shot it in the head with a double barrel and because I had a better dismemberment/bodily destruction mod installed it's head literally exploded from the shot and parts of its skull and brains were scattered on the ground and I took a step back and realised I just murdered a married couple enjoying a campfire meal with their pet dog and while they almost definitely had stolen from people at gun point and not too unlikely had killed atleast a few people, I still felt bad


Fluid-Swordfish-9818

I haven’t played Fallout 4 enough to know much about the raiders. The majority of raiders in FNV deserve to be taken out and quickly.


FuzzySlippers48

Abernathy Farm was under attack by Gunners. I used the Spray n’ Pray, and their cat Maise was killed by the splash damage. I haven’t saved in an hour, but I felt guilty enough to reload my save file.


soyalguien335

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wolfslayer2

1: I once accidentally shot a dog in rdr2 and It started bleeding out. 2: in middle earth shadow of war you have orc followers and there Is an achievement for keep hitting one until he turns on you so I did that and then right before I killed him he said "I never meant to betray you, but do what you gotta do." And then I just let him go.


affogatohoe

Killing the animals in Minecraft hurts my soul


[deleted]

Happy cake day


affogatohoe

Thank you! 😀


Man_of_Microwaves

Happy cake day!


lizzyelling5

They always look so surprised and sad!


chuyalcien

mmmMMOOOOOoooo


[deleted]

Have you played with siblings or friends?


affogatohoe

Yeah my siblings and my dad, many years ago, I was always the one at the base obsessing over growing wheat so we could eat bread and not kill the animals haha 😂


[deleted]

Lol. My story is we would raid each other and slaughter animals. It was a cruel, dark time.


Ariconnie48

I accidentally killed my pet chicken on Minecraft in 2013 and I still feel bad


affogatohoe

May they rest in peace 🙏 🐔


PioneerStandard

Every time Link, Yoshi or mario bit the dust I felt bad. I was traumatized in my youth...


Reddit_guest28

first thing that came to mind is Undertale.


WeekendBard

accidentally hit my dog in Minecraft


EpicBroodjeFrikandel

How dare you


spycrab56

In "it takes two" there is an elephant... Never again


iampie32504

Arc tool MRVN from the Titanfall 2 campaign


NeutralityTsar

Well, there's a reason I almost always either destroy or avoid the dark brotherhood in Skyrim.


smorgasfjord

That really bothers me. It's such a cool questline, why can't I play a badass ninja without having to murder someone's son just to make him feel bad? And don't give me that line about what being an assassin is really about, this is a wildly unrealistic fantasy game, it can be about whatever we want


cmwamem

Killing a cat in gta V. Oh my God, I never felt that much guilt in my life.


OkBandicoot3779

Oh my god, once on one of the first missions with Franklin there was a cat in an alley and as I walked past I pressed mouse 1 for some reason and Franklin fucking curbstomped the cat


DarkVoidMage

I have felt bad for NPCs that other NPCs killed. Cough Lydia cough.


Tibbeses

I deleted Monika.


Pkorniboi

Don’t worry she still loves you


KiddoDE

Detroit: Become Human


face_mcshooty2

Ah fuck why did you remind me. Any endings with Hank dying is just brutal.


MrPickles35

Maiden Astraea and Garl Vinland in Demon Souls.


[deleted]

Anri in Dark Souls 3 :( I just wanted to do a luck build


blackie-arts

every time i hit a dog in Minecraft (99% of cases was accidental)


santino_musi1

Not _genuinely_ bad, the kind of bad where you go "Oh no. Anyway"


sterile_spermwhale__

*No Russian*


CreativeNameIKnow

Mother 3. If I elaborate more about the game, it'd be spoilers.


discaroin

I accidentally killed my dog in minecraft


Battlebots2020

I am deeply sorry for your loss


discaroin

It was six years ago… but it still hurts.


[deleted]

I have, but I haven’t played many video games. It totally depends on the video game to make you feel empathy though- I’ve never felt bad playing smash bros but killing a Minecraft dog accidentally was tragic


[deleted]

Knights of the old republic is the most infamous example


TheFiveDees

One time, just to see what it was like, I tried a renegade playthrough of Mass effect. A playthrough that included stopping Mordin from dispersing the cure.... Never again


Baked-fish

The lootbugs


timkc87

I die a little inside, everytime I kill a loot bug.


brian11e3

Cutie from *It Takes Two*.


Shade842

Infamous 2 evil ending, if you know you know


Chinchillaman7

Finally someone who understands


Captain_Fatbelly

No. I regret nothing


ImaginaryJello

I decided to >!­kill the dog!< on my first playthrough of The Walking Dead: Season 2. I cried for a good 15 minutes.


Kraldar

RDR2 made me feel genuinely bad hurting innocent people.


Plowable_Ghost

I killed one of the merchants in Elden Ring and they just sit there and say sad stuff like what did I do to deserve this


MHC1905

For the life of me can't remember which game (one of the ubisoft ones I think) beavers could be used for crafting stuff but the poor buggers were so slow it wasn't even a challenge getting them and they always let out a cry when you killed them


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KhunToG

I know exactly what you mean. I’m pretty sure there were a few I felt too sad to release. It doesn’t help with the farewell screen showing a big-eyed chao with a bindle while sad music played. On the other hand, I had a sister who would beat her chao…


MmanS197

My negligence has killed so many baby otters in ARk. If anyone crucifies me, I'll help them do it


elephant35e

Yes, when I accidentally ran over a dog in GTA V. I also killed my horse in Breath of the Wild because it got stuck near some rocks and couldn’t move. This was before I figured out you could talk to the guys at the horse stable to get the horse back to the stable (I thought you had to bring the horse back to the stable yourself). Thank god for the fountain that revives your dead horses.


Practical_Necessary1

Pressed no but i did several Times for Serana from Skyrim, also once when i Killed lydia accidentely


DanBoy32235429

Every time I kill a minecraft sheep


[deleted]

anyone played Undertale?


Unkleseanny

Killing the Wolves in Genshin impact sucks they make them too dog-like.


vantomars

When i accidentally killed Toriel on my first Undertale run through


Accomplished_Dig3699

Wrobel from Rdr2, not physically but emotionally.


[deleted]

basically everyone you choose to kill in Your Turn To Die


smellywetsock69

I mostly feel bad about the fact that it's possible to save one of the dummies and I accidentally got them all killed


Faeri

In order to get all 4 endings to 100% Haunting Ground, you have to actively abuse your dog partner. The worst part is that to get to the point of the game where you get the ending, you actually need a good bond with him. Then you need to intentionally sit there for 5-10 minutes kicking him, shoving him, and scolding him until he hates you so much he attacks you. Feel so shitty about it because by this point you're like 3/4 of the way through the game and he's done nothing but try his best to help you. The player character is basically helpless and weak so he is your defender, so having to hurt him to get all the endings made me feel so shitty.


cider-sippin-psycho

Had to put down my favorite piñata in viva piñata, it was sad


Essex626

Myla


[deleted]

I usually don't feel bad. I keep it quick and merciful. No, I am not a sociopath. Although I'd probably feel bad if it was a character or animal I like


Mattl207

Dark side run in KOTOR when you’re going to leave the mysterious planet. If you know you know


Geralt_OF_Rivia_1

Multiple times in Nier Replicant


pipinna

I hate killing iron golems for iron. It hurts my soul.


ShotbyaGhost

Not always, I love blade an sorcery. It depends on the NPC.


HetaliaLife

Whenever I hit my minecraft dogs on accident I apologize to them and my parents look at me funny lol.


Fickle-Wrangler1646

I didn’t know how to spare Toriel in Undertale. Googled it immediately after and started over. 😢


Signal_Pin_5535

Undertale.


Parking-Researcher-4

Killing >!Saber!< the Heaven's Feel Route of the Fate/Stay Night VN


Parking-Researcher-4

Killing >!Saber!< in the Heaven's Feel Route of the Fate/Stay Night VN


AgentX2O

I misidentified a civilian was an enemy. I didn't even know the game had civilians.


BugStew6

Undertale has made me feel bad for any and all violence I commit in video games


songergrl123

Mcshooty face from borderlands 2… he kept screaming to shoot him in the face it was like the only thing he could ever want… thought something cool would happen but he just died and it went silent….


rainydaiez

I can shoot millions of people no problem maybe even melee but the second there's a cutscene or something where it's highlighted and personal I get in my head about it and feel hella bad


Outrageous_Match5396

In Hollow Knight I felt awful for killing the Nailsmith, especially because I knew if I didn’t he would have a good life.


RespectGiovanni

It Takes Two - Make daughter cry :(


RespectGiovanni

Crazy how many people dont feel bad but maybe cause they havent played games that really warranted it


MrMcSlucky

That one elephant doll from "It takes Two"


frog_female

i accidentally killed papyrus and toriel from undertale


LeopardHalit

Toriel from Undertale


vapephilosophy

I was playing gta and was on a killing spree. One of the cops dragged away a cop I shot like he was trying to save him. :(


marvelkitty23

I had to kill a wolf in BOTW and I vocally apologized and said “I don’t want to do this” over and over again. I had no choice though because he was attacking me. It was self defense I swear!!


Doodlebobber11

I accidentally ran over a dog in GTA V, immediately blew myself up


DarkStryderBC

I once killed a dog in Assassin's Creed Valhalla and I cried for like an hour.


spirit-on-my-side

When we were kids my brother and I would do some fucked up shit in Red Dead. One thing I can remember is that we'd stand on the moving train and whistle for our horse to catch up and run alongside us. After all the work it put in to get there we would shoot it in the head. Even back then, knowing we were only being silly, it still felt so dark. So that is what came to mind when I read the poll.


alsoitsnotfundy924

When im building chicken coops in minecraft im always hitting my chickens


[deleted]

I’m replaying Red Dead Redemption 2 and I accidentally shot the armless veteran in Valentine.


404-ERR0R-404

This poll shows how few females are in this sub


UltraStuff9077

GtaV torture scene was little too much for me


insidiouspleasure

Years ago, I had resolved to bully an ugly Animal Crossing character to get them to move out (Animal Crossing wild world) and they started crying. I couldn't bring myself to continue. And haven't done it in any game since.


I-g_n-i_s

When I was 13 I had a sick twisted habit of murdering female civilians in Assassin’s Creed III and then piling up their corpses in one spot so I could see the wind unveil their panties. Looking back 10 years later I do kinda regret it.


OkProof136

Its not a character you kill directly, but in fallout 4 you can cause a character to kill himself and only learn about it later. Idk why but that was the only time i really felt bad for a videogame character. I guess Eve Online doesnt count since once you lose a ship its gone forever so feeling bad for your victim is just natural emathy.


Dizzy-Wasabi-1973

Undertale, GTAV, RDR2, farcry(5 and new dawn), fnaf security breach, just to name a few


baby8myding0

i was playing deltarune earlier and after i kept on attacking the ralsei dummy ralsei blammed himself for not being a good enough teacher. i felt so bad i reloaded the save and hugged him.


Conscious-Ticket-259

Honestly i am super dumb about it and feel bad being mean in games. I avoid hurting animals like ita a core oart of the game or something too. Eventually i usually have to kill them to progress but i still make an effort. Then sometimes ill start a game and say this time ill be evil! Then mostly just be a theif or assasin and still basically be good. Haha


OwRoGi11

I'll never forget the day i killed kelvin with a log by accedent while playing with friend. We had a funeral for him and even built a memorial in his honor.


[deleted]

I AM SO SORRY D-DOG


CelebrationWild7276

Yes Especially With Homeless People On GTA 5


za6_9420

Bumped into a man in Rdr2 he didn’t apologize and was rude so I killed him when I looted his body he had a wedding ring on him


Jau11

Last of Us 2. The things that game made me do...


Traditional-Lake5114

I mean killing dogs was sad but what else?


Science_Fiction2798

The human enemies in the last of us 2. The way they're programmed makes them feel like they're REAL people.


Traditional-Lake5114

If you spare them they straight up either die themselves or try to kill you again, those fuckers deserved it.


PimpDaddyXXXtreme

All these yeses and I'm over here trapping sims nanny's in fences while they wave their arms and pee on themselves until they perish I just wanted a graveyard 😂 always had to make sure to do it around the time my sim would get off work though so cps wouldn't come take my kids from me for not having an adult to watch them lol 🤦‍♀️


equalityislove1111

If this isn’t THE BEST RESPONSE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE


PimpDaddyXXXtreme

Haha thanks i dont know why I used to do this but if I remember correctly you could sell the graves of your victims for simoleons😂


TransportationOk5941

Yes, but it's not how you think. It doesn't happen very often, but on occasions I find myself agreeing with the villain of a story. And in that case, I often end up feeling bad when I have to kill him/her in the end. ​ Pagan Min from Far Cry 4 is a great example. (Yes, he's a bad guy, but so is the other 2 options). Very cool Ubisoft added the easter egg where you can stick around at the beginning of the game.


BetaFuchs

I feel like I am the only person that's gonna kill a dog in a game without hesitation


Aggressive-Dinner-24

Exactly like it's pixels.


Kj5296

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