15 Life Lessons Taught By Video Games

Making Sacrifices

While XCOM missions carry the risk of squad mates dying permanently, it’s not exactly a given in every mission. Plus they can just be replaced with other soldiers, right? But in some games, you’re required to make sacrifices. Look at Mass Effect 3, both before and after the amended ending. You ultimately had a choice to save humanity or join the Reapers but regardless of what you did, Shepard’s sacrifice was inevitable.