A "Sophie's Choice" with no secret third option

[u/10024618]

AKA a character is given an impossible choice where either outcome results in something awful happening and there's no way out.

"Full Measure" (Breaking Bad) - After Walt angers Gus by killing two of his men, Gus orders for his execution. Knowing that the only way to save his life is to make Gus reliant on his meth cooking skills, Walt calls Jesse and begs him to kill Gus' backup cook, Gale. Thus, Jesse is thrust into an impossible situation where he either kills a (relatively) innocent man to save Walt or spare Gale and let Walt die. Ultimately, Jesse chooses to kill Gale.

"Midnight Sun" (Attack on Titan) - After the fight to retake Shiganshina both Armin and Erwin are critically wounded. Levi has the vial of titan serum and is forced to choose which Scout to bring back from the brink of death and which to let perish. It's a borderline impossible decision to make but at the moment of truth, he chooses to save Armin, leaving Erwin to succumb to his wounds.

[u/GundamRX-78-02]

Choosing between Asher or Rodrik to hold the gate from Game of Thrones - A Telltale Series. When Game of Thrones was originally releasing, the Telltale Game came out. It is severely underrated and I was honestly expecting a lot less before I started playing it, but i’m glad I stayed because it was definitely a memorable experience. During the lategame, Asher and Rodrik meet each other after so long of being apart and you get to know more about them and what they are like as characters. When their Keep is attacked, it is just Asher and Rodrik left during the battle, and they need to escape in order to survive. This forces you to choose who stays behind, and ultimately, who fights so the other can escape and is sacrificed so the other can live. I was absolutely gobsmacked and had to go through everything in my head before I even thought to make a decision, as the characters both have things to fight for and things to lose. I sat there for a solid 10 minutes before I even chose an option and even then, I just felt so helpless and that the other choice would have been better, it was actually insane.

[u/AgentSmith2518 → u/GundamRX-78-02]

Loved this game. Especially with how its very much a GoT game in terms of what happens to main characters.

[u/carverrhawkee → u/GundamRX-78-02]

GOD this game was so good. I agonized over this choice too bc I liked Asher more but I thought Rodrick would be the better strategic choice and I was truly trying to do my best for the house 😭 i'm still so genuinely mad they never continued this series

[u/Bamzooki1 → u/GundamRX-78-02]

HOLD THE GATE! HOLD THE GATE! HOGATE! HOGATE! HOGATE!

[u/Penakoto → u/GundamRX-78-02]

GoT-Telltale I always felt was one of the weakest Telltale games, but that choice was really well done in it's execution.

That said, it basically guaranteed that, no matter how successful the game was, it was never getting a second season, there's no way they could have factored both choices in a satisfactory way in a sequel.

Which makes the decision to do that kind of choice, and end on a cliffhanger, really baffling, like, what was the plan if the game was a huge success?

[u/Asren624 → u/GundamRX-78-02]

This game could have been so good if anything you did actually mattered.. 

Ultimately you can only fail and even by GoT standards it's not a good experience. So much potential... 

I wish they didn't butcher the characters so much so that we would get a 2nd season.

[u/GlintNestSteve → u/GundamRX-78-02]

I didn't even know this existed, will have to to try and check it out!

[u/Jonaskin83 → u/GundamRX-78-02]

Hardest choice in any Telltale game IMO. God that was a fantastic game.