Mass Effect 2
The entire game’s purpose was the final mission, with the Normandy jumping beyond the Omega 3 relay into Collector Space. It was clear from the outset that some of the beloved characters would die. That maybe, even Shepard would not return for good from this run. With the stakes insanely high, each little action mattered. The suicide mission was the game’s way of evaluating the player’s behavior throughout the course of the story, and also an indicator of how successful the particular Shepard was as a leader. A brilliant, badass culmination of one of this generation’s greatest games.