What's The Most Guilty You've Ever Felt In A Game?

We've all done some dastardly deeds in videogames over the years, but sometimes we do things so naughty we're wracked with guilt for ages afterwards. Here's the Access team with their guilt-laden confessions - let us know your own in the comments!
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[@PlayStationAccess]

Come on then - time to fess up, gang! What acts have you carried out in games that have made you feel guilty? Let us know!

[@Cabbage-jp5rx]

gta 5 stuff went down at vanilla unicorn that's the most guilty i have ever felt

[@travisbickle2004]

Raiding bases online on ARK survival evolved, I always feel quite guilty even though it’s a part of the game. It’s a time sink of a game so blowing into bases and stealing loot, you’re not only ruining someone’s day you’re kind of erasing all their time spent farming for stuff. But i can’t feel too bad because it’s definitely a what goes around comes around type game.

[@FineYungCannibal.]

I am a tiny bit worried because I have also been playing Horizon FW with my 6yo daughter watching me, and my daughter has been shouting "shoot that fox, Daddy!". I was the one being the angel on the shoulder saying "really, you want me to shoot that beautiful fox?". "But we need to collect the stuff from it, it might have a purple one". 😂😫

[@olibob203]

Red dead every time I meant to say hello and I shot someone instead of speaking. Detroit become human was my first ending where I got the kid shot in the boat, and had the woman character just survive empty

[@JamesC-ci1yn]

The Witcher 3 the initial feeling of chucking the baby in the oven.. ugh that was tense and instant feeling of guilt

[@user-hi4sm3ig5j]

That edit in Rosie's segment was brilliant.

[@hassanabdalla2332]

IKR, it was so good and unexpected it made me spill my tea XD

[@09arunanaravaanan.a49]

I'm not competitive -"Eat it” Rosie

[@drushe1983]

“Eat it Robert S Pearson”

[@jamiefletcher3186]

Rosie: “YES !!!! EAT IT, ROBERT PEARSON !!” I burst out laughing when I saw that in the Christmas Maze video 😂😂

[@Wogle]

That cut to Rosie during The Christmas Maze was... **Chef's Kiss**

[@Ginkgo_leaf_3000]

Ash's confession made me think of the part in Plague Tale Innocence where your in the barn and have to feed a pig to the rats to make your escape and Hugo gets upset. That made me feel guilty.

[@Wogle]

"It's not a resource pig! It's just a pig!" - Ash Millman, Mar 2022

[@hinnom001]

"Kicking the pork out of this pig"

[@Sol-mr1lv]

The guiltiest I've ever felt was playing Assassins Creed 2 and I missed the QTE to hug Leonardo Da Vinci.

[@TheNameIsLisi]

That happened to me the first time I played it. I put my controller down just expecting to watch a nice cutscene and the next thing I see is that look of disappointment and sadness on Leonardo's face :(

[@Cort070]

Ooh, forgot about that one... bringing back repressed guilt my friend

[@SimiCantStandYaBits]

Absolute monster

[@andrefrederico8511]

Oh, the elephant scene in It Takes Two! That was brutal!

[@rockutron9000]

Detroit had a bunch of those moments where you're just like damn, did that really just happen. I was going through all the scenarios but stopped after the Hank suicide path. You can actually drive Hank insane and it is maybe the darkest thing I've seen in a game. Felt super guilty about that one.

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

That's why I can never go back to that game and do different choices than I did before. I feel like I got the best outcomes I could have had for everyone and I don't want to change any of it.

[@impcityangel3245]

I could get the platinum trophy easily, but I am not going to do such horrid things.

[@pandamancy8413]

In It Takes Two, when you kill Cutie the Elephant

[@TheNameIsLisi]

That was the most traumatizing moment in gaming history!

[@Josh-en9fx]

I shot a deer in ghost of tsushima. Nothing happened. Just silence and guilt.

[@WarriorOfTheHeavens]

Yeah I did the same. Eventually I saw a loading screen that says it's forbidden to kill the deer... and I was like someone or something could have told me before I just commited a sin without knowing. :(

[@Josh-en9fx]

@@WarriorOfTheHeavens at least you didn’t know 😂

[@bradley163]

Not being able to save crew members on the suicide mission in ME2. I had to pause the game and soak in what was about to happen in the moments leading up to it.

[@sonomari0526]

Playing through the B route in Nier Replicant and finally understanding what the enemies were saying.

[@Deathlygunn]

The one time I've felt guilty playing a Game. My first time playing This War of Mine, one of my characters Pavel accidentally ran into an inhabitant of a house he was looting and got shot, the next night I sent one of my other characters back to the house with a knife and slaughtered everyone there, avenging Pavel as if they were Darth Vader in Hallway, as I entered the last room I found an old woman begging for her medication that she was unable to take herself, and realized that I'd become a monster. One of those moments were emergent gameplay led to a proper harrowing moment that made me realize something about myself, and a perfect example of how gaming can hit you harder than a film or book.

[@sofiee8531]

Oh my, the thing I got out of this is "Is your daughter already SIX YEARS OLD, Rob?! As old as my daughter! Time goes by so quickly, I remember when you talked about recently becoming a father... :-P

[@TheMbangel]

I am just like Rob. I don't really feel guilty with my games, just sad. The times I cry the most is when something happens to an animal (thinking of that specific scene in Ghost of Tsushima) and feel totally fine when bad things happen to the human characters. Like, I felt no guilt killing everyone in Until Dawn for trophies or, for that matter, killing Connor in Detroit: Become Human (even though he is my favourite character)!!!

[@sophiekerr8964]

F*cking Ghost of Tsushima… I cried so hard. They absolutely nailed that scene, maximum twisting of the knife!

[@os1r1s_210]

The evil ending of Infamous 2. Having to betray Zeke. Still hurts

[@skibbiethegamecat9057]

I don't care where I am or what I am doing, that clip of Rosie telling Rob her winning time will always make me happy.

[@Brakus_Aurelius]

A bit cliché, maybe, but the most guilty I remember feeling in a game was my 1st Chrono Trigger playthrough. Literally being found 'guilty' for choices I made but never thought about in the early game and made me think for the 1st time about how I acted differently in-game. Like of course if someone faceplants into to pavement in front of me I'd tend to them before picking up their jewelry, but not in CT I didn't.

[@nates2380]

When I realised I couldn’t save Arthur in Red Dead 2.

[@biggiesmalls5652]

The end boss of ghost of tsushima. I was like "no, why would you do this to me!" Also I cheesed the demon of hatred in sekiro. It was easy watching him fall to his doom, so easy I felt guilty for it.

[@rbdriftin]

When I failed a skill check in Disco Elysium and insulted Kim. Absolutely devastating.

[@jackwbrazier]

THIRTY-NINE FOURTEEN will forever be carved into my memory

[@Cort070]

Possibly a classic, but killing Sif (especially after finishing the Artorias DLC) in Dark Souls… I still light a candle to this day. R.I.P best doggo

[@shanegrimes9497]

Hands down the most guilty for me as well

[@Cort070]

@@shanegrimes9497 Amen my brother!

[@TheMightyBigga]

On that same scene in Detroit with Hank and Conner, mine was even worse. I was given an option to save hank or complete the mission, and I thought that completing the machine was the goal. I basically told evil Conner to shoot Hank and I will never forget Hank's face when I basically said go ahead and shoot him.

[@megangorden]

The most guilty I ever felt in a game was in Persona 5 Royal when I dated every girl in order to get the award. Dear God. I lied to them all.

[@ivorydeluxe1672]

The most recent time I've felt guilty in a game is on Elden Ring, my god that game has riddled me with guilt on multiple occasions already but the first time was when I thought I had a upper hand on a group of enemies, backstabbed one and the rest ran away and coward in a corner, I instantly ran to find a Site of Grace to see if I could take back what I'd just done. I was elated when I found them all standing there again. Man, what a game.

[@soraceant]

Lame example. Who cares about random mob npcs?

[@ivorydeluxe1672]

@@soraceant The fact they're mob npcs means nothing it's the fact I attacked something that I thought was evil and it turns out they wasn't and now I'm the bad guy.

[@MeciePeace]

I felt the most guilty after killing the Chapel Dweller in Bloodborne. All I heard was "I only wanted to help!"To be fair it was just reactionary.

[@anitarecount5081]

5:12 That was absolutely perfect

[@merlenef666]

Hey playing that Detroit game had me questioning my morals 😅👍🏾

[@billthebodyguy]

The worst I've ever felt playing a video game, and not because I just couldn't beat a boss, was in Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward when I betrayed Luna. But I needed that ending and trophy!

[@mightyredmatt4]

And when Rosie murdered her last Colossus she wept, for there were no more Colossi to murder.

[@jacobwyattwilliams]

When I dreamnailed Millybug in Hollow Knight. That’s how I learned dreamnailing a spirit is permanent..

[@MrSoBitchy]

"I'm not competitiv-AAAAAAAAAH EAT IT, ROB!"

[@guitarsimon1]

Rob to his daughter like “I know now why you cry, but it is something I can never do”

[@warrencochrane5155]

At the end of Nier Automata, when it says to delete your file to help someone else as someone had done for me.....nope. I couldn't delete my file...still think about that feeling guilty

[@DuncanCurran]

Yeah….that game played with my emotions.

[@djdannyp86]

"It wasn't a resource pig" is up there with my favourite sentences that I've ever heard an adult say 😂🐷

[@e.8625]

does Killing Zeke in the evil ending of Infamous 2 count

[@TheRealZAD]

I sacrificed the bay. Most guilty I've ever felt playing a game

[@soraceant]

Shame on you friend

[@TheRealZAD]

@@soraceant 😔😔😔

[@leon--mwn1650]

Did it too snd i didnt feel guilty in the slightest way

[@TheRealZAD]

@@leon--mwn1650 I didn't feel guilty when I did it but only after playing Life Is Strange 2 and finding out the ramifications...and even more in True Colors. Ha!

[@blake0479]

Rob's daughter: Its so cute and majestic Rob: I must wear it

[@randomnerdery6511]

I THOUGHT that the worst I could feel in a game was killing Zeke in my evil playthrough of Infamous 2. Then in attempted an evil playthrough of Infamous Second Son, and the sheer unending pointless douchebaggery of Delsin was too much... I couldn't finish.

[@GoggledAgog]

I had a free trial of a game streaming service recently. I loaded up ARK: Survival Evolved. I joined a PvE server so that I couldn't be harmed by other players while I was learning how the game worked. Two minutes later I was dragging the sleeping bodies of other players into the water so that they would drown and I could take their possessions. My conscience was revolted to observe this behaviour. My soul emptied as my inventory filled.

[@Josh-en9fx]

“My soul emptied as my inventory filled” is poetry

[@anxiouspudding1059]

One of my guilty moments is when you have to kill the Aeons at the end of FFX. After each one, Yunas face just gets more and more sad 😔

[@d3mystic93]

Don't normally feel guilty doing bad stuff in games. The closest thing that comes to mind is being unable to save Fyra in Nier Replicant. It happens during a cutscene so I couldn't do anything about it, but if it was gameplay, she'd be alive and happy. I got the plat for Nier Replicant and it pretty much needs you to k!ll innocents, friends, parental figures, or watch them sacrifice themselves for you. Multiple times. There's also the Sheep Whisperer trophy. And I was absolutely fine doing all of that.

[@BlueTrain77]

Ash is right as is Rob. When you can label it a “resources pig”, it’s much easier to hunt. I don’t know how to feel about that instant switch over from “aww that little woodland creature is adorable” to “that little fella could provide all the resources to craft a really cool larger arrow quiver”. 🤣

[@dewaalvandercolff251]

I love competitive Rosie🤣🤣

[@legendaryseph9406]

The part that’s even worse with Dave getting hank’s son’s name wrong is with the 4 choices it even has the little animation where it basically says “hey you unlocked this choice through investigation and choices, so this is probably the right answer” and he still gets it wrong lol

[@JarvisSensei]

Oh my goodness. I will NEVER get over shooting Emily in Until Dawn then immediately discovering that I didn't have to. I legit sat there for like 10mins in shock hahaha

[@reaper2r]

That scene is very jarring if you take that route.

[@CaptainCJ97]

Damn I forgot how crazy that scene is

[@JarvisSensei]

@@CaptainCJ97 haha. Honestly I was like shooketh

[@SlimShady40]

Rob’s laugh could cure cancer.

[@patrickhasachannel]

I want Dave's "What's in the Box?!" to be my ringtone for the rest of my life now

[@kingmegagross8169]

Killing an invader at the anor londo bonfire and accidentally hitting the sun bro himself. Felt so guilty I wore the armour for the rest of the playthrough.

[@TheDarkConRises]

Just finished a 13 hour slog at work and this was an awesome way to kickstart the weekend, thank you PS Access 😊

[@TaylorKingTeaman]

Shooting the dogs in LoU2 will always make me feel guilty. Also nearly every outcome of the Life is Strange games lol.

[@chrisdixon6259]

Shooting the foxes in Horizon. I love those animals.

[@mactavish3836]

I feel guilty when I tell the protagonist to hurt a video game character's feelings by making a sarcastic comment.

[@locomadman]

Oh goodness… literally on the floor, tears rolling down my face, abdomen absolutely shredded; and I still can’t get over Ash going all Lord-of-the-Flies on that poor innocent little pig!?🤣🤣🤣

[@justinshomaker4350]

But I NEED the pelt! …Probably 😂

[@briannurharjadi7347]

Moments: "I think I have a heart here....somewhere..." 3:56 "I'm not Competitive..." 5:14

[@BeckuWestWild]

I totally did what Dave did in DBH .. ended up being so upset I went back in a really early save just to make sure i could work out who his son was 😂

[@shanedemont9980]

mine was sif from dark souls 1, after he started limping it took alot to finish the fight

[@stevenstewart2338]

That edit at 5:20 is absolutely beautiful!

[@Kozuka308]

But...HOW did Dave not see the lock-symbol right next to "Cole", that indicates an important clue he found out earlier? This one does not make sense. 😂

[@MrHabushi]

Ash watching David Attenborough wildlife documentaries: "SO MANY RESOURCES!"

[@kaylamedina3783]

My first playthrough of Detroit, I did the EXACT same thing Dave did. I think I even chose Gabriel. I was so crushed! I was fully invested in them being best friends

[@victor_734]

In GTA V I was on a Lester assassination mission. I was looking for this one guy for ages. Eventually I shot the window cleaner because the mini map doesn’t distinguish heights, oops

[@charliefoxtrot5046]

I probably felt most guilty at the hunting in Assassin's creed Black Flag. The time it takes to kill those sea creatures and then the amount of blood dripping down when they're hauled into the ship got me in the feels.

[@JenLynn212]

Dishonored I liked playing it as if corvo was a homicidal hitman because playing with all of the abilities was really fun and the stealth sections were too slow for my liking. However more bodies means more plague and chaos. At the end of my game rats are everywhere, the plague is running rampant, crime is everywhere, corpses are in every alleyway and Emily turns sadistic and evil witnessing corvos cruelty. I have such a guilty conscience thinking of how I condemned the world and Emily to Corpse Party City. Hope you guys like Rats that's all that is left.

[@DavidRBrown7]

Oh, Rob! Treasure those moments when you daughter is sad about what you do in video games. If she is anything like mine it won't be long till she is kicking your butt from one side of the map to the other in Halo multiplayer matches!

[@valkyrie00valhalla]

Killing a possum in RDR2 that was playing dead. Felt even worse considering it was a quest for Uncle.

[@malcolmpeake8893]

I would feel a pang of guilt when shooting arrows into a machine in Horizon Zero Dawn and it would try and limp away, I haven't noticed them doing it in Forbidden West.

[@jagoisso7267]

I have 😅, I know Longlegs definitely slow down and stumble when they are hurt.

[@evildrganymede]

oh they definitely do that when they're low on health inHFW, and it is a bit heart-breaking to watch (especially when it's the Lancehorns and Fanghorns and the rest of the herd leaves them behind while they desperately try to hobble away)

[@victordennett]

Rob is like the Tinman, but Oz gave him a daughter when he asked for a heart!

[@l0pez721]

The first time i played Hitman in 2018, shooting all those npcs on the boat mission and hearing them scream and beg for their life, not only did I feel guilty but I was traumatized

[@reizak8966]

I actually got the good ending for hank and Connor on the first try, blind, but had to go back and get all the other endings for the platinum. I did feel bad about that. 😅

[@emlynbarnden1229]

I wish I'd been sitting down when Rob revealed that he'd ever felt video game guilt

[@dantekinkade8765]

It's a good thing Rob knows the difference between video games and reality, so in reality he doesn't have a murder cab.... right?

[@dyltube6395]

Has anyone else ever had a dream based on a game. I’m curious what games they are

[@Devilke]

When there’s a game I’m seriously anticipating it can happen that I dream about that game, especially when it’s real close to release. Since I never played it, it’s just unrealistic and far from what the game would be.

[@concretejngl]

I stopped playing shadow of the colossus Because I felt bad killing the colossus

[@leon--mwn1650]

Well i stopped because i got bored

[@colonelbasic9736]

Felt guilty after killing the Yeti in red dead redemption, even tho he asked me to 😀

[@Philadoxical]

Rob's justifications are just priceless.

[@finnover9781]

"I'm not competitive!" I'm not buying that, Rosie.

[@mitsoku3]

The Chloe save screen Android on Detroit become human, and I said no we aren't friends. Instant regret.

[@mudbutt42]

When I buy a game I finish it, except for Shadow of the Colossus, I got to about the 6th one and I realized that I'm just murdering these innocent beings and I stopped, In my game the remaining colossus live

[@lee7990lm]

When Rosie says she's not competitive and that astrobot clip pops up 😂

[@jlyo1991]

That mission from RDR1 you know the one

[@apocalypsereading7117]

how can i get Ash's "wee wee wee wee horror stress tension" as a ringtone? (hope she gets to Evil Within 2, that one's prob my fav horror on PS4 ❤🐷)

[@davidbrussard-composer7372]

Since I played the beta of Elden Ring, I've vowed to myself that I will never kill those beautiful turtles. I feel guilty even just thinking about doing it. Best video game turtles out there

[@steve.nighthawk]

I felt guilty using the invincibility exploit to defeat the boss rush dlc for Hollow knight, knowing that my friend did it completely legit.

[@Eckister]

3:07 "... but I already brushed my teeth. four times in fact!" XDDD as a hopefully soon-to-be father - I SO feel you there Rob! :-D

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

The most guilty I've felt in a video game is killing Sif in Dark Souls remastered he was just trying to defend the grave of his master Artorias.

[@Cort070]

Amen friend

[@brianschoner3350]

I'm reminded of the Jerusalem level in Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, where I abruptly shot a friendly, unsuspecting, allied agent because the voice in my ear told me to. It was just sort of a, "Is that really the kind of person I am?" moment.

[@Insomniaaron]

Play it straight though, killing Scribe Haylen in Fallout 4 and Paarthurnax in Skyrim.

[@stupot924]

“It’s not a resource pig”. Haha, brilliant! :)

[@kingspilly4381]

One thing that made me feel guilty is the genocide run on chapter 2 of Deltarune. The genocide run in Undertale wasn't too upsetting, since the protagonists are blank slates with no previously established personality. Deltarune's genocide run on the other hand has you corrupt someone who is already shown to be a really nice character, in a manner that is disturbingly similar to an abusive relationship.

[@LionmaneElsie08]

When I don’t have room in my inventory and can’t accept one of the Sea Monkey gifts in Subnautica - Below Zero, and then it swims away all sad 🙈

[@dasieblue4790]

I got the best ending first try on detroit become human, connor and hank lived. The only loss i suffered was Luther, much saddness

[@tst4783]

I got the best possible ending and the game still managed to make me cry....... twice.

[@caseysuddeth3945]

How many times must I be the same as Rob? I don't like harming animals in video games and I too occasionally would...gather materials for my pouches while my partner is in the room. Get out of my head, Rob!

[@r3dz0ne982]

Nice sweater Rob!

[@QuestionableLifeChoices]

guys. cole was the only unlockable option for hank's son name them SHOWING US the open lock was basically them giving us a freebie because it literally means everything else was a more generic guess and cole was the only one you found. guys!

[@kendoyle]

Hang on, Rob can feel guilt? Stop the presses!

[@annasahlstrom6109]

All of the original God of War. It was so disgusting how many people and gods you brutally murder in that game, and the fact you also fall down into Hell and must get out.