History AxCrazy / VideoGames

* The main reason Jade Curtiss from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' banned replicating living creatures was that when he attempted to revive his mentor who he accidentally killed through it, the resulting clone was an ultra-powerful BonusBoss with a sociopathic personality. No wonder he was a bit apprehensive about using it again.
* Zagi from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', who, at about 3/4 through the game seems to have no reason for wanting to kill Yuri other than that he wants to kill Yuri. His Ax Crazy status is lampshaded by his one eye that's smaller than the other possibly because he's so insane that he can't be bothered to hold them both open. [[spoiler: In one of the boss battles against him, he casts poison on HIMSELF!]] Most battles consist of him spouting random crap about wanting to kill Yuri.

* Agria from ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia''. Her looks, [[LimpAndLivid posture]], and frequent laughter make it readily apparent that she's got more then a few screws loose.
* The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' loves this trope. Way back in ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'', there's [[spoiler:Hyades]]. In ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'', there's [[ThatOneBoss Hasta]], who loves to disorientate the party and players alike with his creepy manner of speaking.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': Gangrel truly lives up to his epithet, the "Mad King of Plegia." He's prone to fits of [[LaughingMad insane laughter]], and has a strong appetite for bloodshed, to the extent that all of the atrocities he committed were simply to start a war with Ylisse. After the HeroicSuicide of [[spoiler: Emmeryn, the current Exalt of Ylisse]], his subjects realize what a lunatic he is and [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating desert him en masse]].

*** Dimitri starts off burying this side of him deep down inside, but unless you choose the [[spoiler:Crimson Flower]] route, the WhamEpisode that is Chapter 11 and the five-year timeskip turn him into a man completely obsessed with killing [[spoiler:Edelgard]] and perfectly willing to brutally slaughter anyone who gets in his way. [[spoiler:On the Azure Moon route, he gets better; not so much on Verdant Wind or Silver Snow. On Crimson Flower, he's much more composed, but has blinded himself to the craziness of the person down below.]]
*** [[spoiler:Rhea/Seiros]] becomes this on the [[spoiler:Crimson Flower route. After Byleth sides with Edelgard in Chapter 11, she wants nothing more to kill Byleth, and gleefully screams about how she wants to rip their heart out. By the end of the game, she is willing to burn all of Fhirdiad to the ground in order to exact her revenge (despite killing many innocent lives while doing so).]]

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' has [[VillainProtagonist Kratos]], who slaughters his way through [[MytorangelassicalMythology the gods and monsters of Greek mythology]].

*** Dimitri starts off burying this side of him deep down inside, but unless you choose the [[spoiler:Crimson Flower]] route, the WhamEpisode that is Chapter 11 and the five-year timeskip turn him into a man completely obsessed with killing [[spoiler:Edelgard]] and perfectly willing to brutally slaughter anyone who gets in his way. [[spoiler:On the Azure Moon route, he gets better; not so much on Verdant Wind or Silver Snow.]]

** In a vein rather similar to Kefka, there's [[OverarchingVillain Yuuki Terumi]]. He trapped the world in [[GroundhogDayLoop 725 time loops]] of 100 years each through which the world, during just the first 10 years, got ravaged by [[{{Orochi}} an enormous, hydra-like monster]]. This is also arguably one of the ''less'' horrifying acts he has done, solely because the result of it was a continuously repeated impersonal and indiscriminate mass-slaughter on over 50% of the human race... Y'see, it's not until Terumi gets personal with people that his maniacal depravity ''really'' shines through. [[spoiler:He gets worse after reuniting with his original body, the Susanoo Unit. He becomes a lot more serious and focused and actually has the power to back up his threats.]]

** [[GreaterScopeVillain Hades Izanami]]. Naturally, being obsessed with death and trying to make a world of death makes her this. She [[DissonantSerenity acts calmer than the other examples]], but that makes it all the more terrifying.

** The main villains of the plot, some of the absolute craziest of Batman's rogues gallery. [[SerialKiller Zsasz]], [[MonsterClown Joker]], [[IAmAHumanitarian Killer Croc]]...

** The Penguin. Not as obvious as The Joker, but he is extremely sadistic, bloodthirsty and cruel. His methods of torture are pretty brutal.

** In a vein rather similar to Kefka, there's [[CardCarryingVillain Yuuki Terumi]]. He trapped the world in [[GroundhogDayLoop 725 time loops]] of 100 years each through which the world, during just the first 10 years, got ravaged by [[{{Orochi}} an enormous, hydra-like monster]]. This is also arguably one of the ''less'' horrifying acts he has done, solely because the result of it was a continuously repeated impersonal and indiscriminate mass-slaughter on over 50% of the human race... Y'see, it's not until Terumi gets personal with people that his maniacal depravity ''really'' shines through. [[spoiler:He gets worse after reuniting with his original body, the Susanoo Unit. He becomes a lot more serious and focused and actually has the power to back up his threats.]]

* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' has [[spoiler: Clover in the "Axe" ending chopping up Santa, Seven, June, and [[TheProtagonist Junpei]], over her brother's death]].

* The [[AntagonistTitle Titular]] [[VideoGame/SpookysJumpscareMansion Soooky]], despite her usual {{Jerkass}} behavior, has shown quite the deranged side. From sending dozens of people ([[BadBoss including her own employees]]) to be slaughtered by her Specimens, to having a wicked SlasherSmile after killing Santa.

** In a vein rather similar to Kefka, there's [[OverarchingVillain Yuuki Terumi]]. He trapped the world in [[GroundhogDayLoop 725 time loops]] of 100 years each through which the world, during just the first 10 years, got ravaged by [[{{Orochi}} an enormous, hydra-like monster]]. This is also arguably one of the ''less'' horrifying acts he has done, solely because the result of it was a continuously repeated impersonal and indiscriminate mass-slaughter on over 50% of the human race... Y'see, it's not until Terumi gets personal with people that his maniacal depravity ''really'' shines through. [[spoiler:He gets worse after reuniting with his original body, the Susanoo Unit. He becomes a lot more serious and focused and actually has the power to back up his threats.]]

** Also in MS2, we have the Mysterious Nightmare, a monster that is only capable of thinking of killing everything in sight.[[spoiler:.. with the exception of Jack.]]

** Hell, as ''Mary Skelter 2'' revealed, not even resident NiceGuy Jack isn't immune to falling into this trope, because guess what? He has his own pseudo-Blood Skelter known as "Ripper Jack" (yes, the Jack the Ripper parallel is for a damn good reason), which causes him to go from illegally nice NonActionGuy status to beating down on both enemies and allies with an ''extremely'' unnerving SlasherSmile decorating his face. [[spoiler:Even if we only see the smile on his Marchen mimic.]]

** Moge-ko is this UpToEleven, who not only lusts after high school girls like the rest of the Mogekos, but torture as well, with all the Mogekos on her floor ending up as wrecks terrified in the knowledge that if they misbehave, they will get killed, and could even get killed for no reason if Moge-ko felt like it.

** In a vein rather similar to Kefka, there's [[FauxAffablyEvil Hazama]]/[[{{Jerkass}} Yuuki]] [[{{Troll}} Terumi]]. He trapped the world in [[GroundhogDayLoop 725 time loops]] of 100 years each through which the world, during just the first 10 years, got ravaged by [[{{Orochi}} an enormous, hydra-like monster]]. This is also arguably one of the ''less'' horrifying acts he has done, solely because the result of it was a continuously repeated impersonal and indiscriminate mass-slaughter on over 50% of the human race... Y'see, it's not until Hazama/Terumi gets personal with people that his maniacal depravity ''really'' shines through. [[spoiler:He gets worse after reuniting with his original body, the Susanoo Unit. He becomes a lot more serious and focused and actually has the power to back up his threats.]]
** Nu-13 becomes this in regards to anyone who isn't Ragna. [[{{Yandere}} Or even because of Ragna]]. [[spoiler:And if you happen to look like Ragna but aren't, [[VillainousBreakdown God help you]].]]
** And there's also Arakune, the LaughingMad [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] EldritchAbomination who will [[ImplacableMan never stop hunting for]] the Azure, and kill and/or [[IAmAHumanitarian consume]] anyone who gets in his way.
** There's also [[SociopathicHero Jin]] [[LightIsNotGood Kisaragi]], who becomes this around [[{{Yandere}} Ragna]] or [[BerserkButton Noel]], courtesy of the [[EvilWeapon Yukianesa]].

** Izanami. Naturally, being obsessed with death and trying to make a world of death makes her this. She [[DissonantSerenity acts calmer than the other examples]], but that makes it all the more terrifying.

*** [[spoiler:Rhea/Seiros]] became this within the [[spoiler:Crimson Flower route where she wants nothing more to kill Byleth after the professor ended up siding with Edelgard in Episode 11 as the archbishop gleefully screams about how she wants to rip the PlayerCharacter's heart out. It has gotten to the point where she is willing to burn all of Fhirdiad to the ground in order to exact her revenge (despite killing many innocent lives while doing so).]]

** There's also [[SociopathicHero Jin]] [[LightIsNotGood Kisaragi]], who becomes this around [[{{Yandere}} Ragna]] or [[BerserkButton Noel]].

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', Dimitri starts off burying this side of him deep down inside, but unless you choose the [[spoiler:Crimson Flower]] route, the WhamEpisode that is Chapter 11 and the five-year timeskip turn him into a man completely obsessed with killing [[spoiler:Edelgard]] and perfectly willing to brutally slaughter anyone who gets in his way. [[spoiler:On the Azure Moon route, he gets better; not so much on Verdant Wind or Silver Snow.]]

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'''s ''Tribunal'' expansion, [[PhysicalGod Tribunal deity]] Almalexia proves herself to be this. While she appears to be fairly stable initially, the one-on-one confrontation with her at the end of the expansion reveals just how far ''gone'' she really is. And the ensuing battle shows just how ''dangerous'' she is.

* False Peach and False Zelda from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros. Brawl''.

* Half the freaking cast of ''Franchise/MetalGear'':

** Actually, scratch this. *MOST* of the the cast (first, second or one-and-half one... OK, may be inhabitants of Elpis are a bit more sane) is ax-crazy. And those that are not, still see murder as a pretty normal thing. This is this kind of game, yes.

* ''VisualNoveMagallonineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' has [[spoiler: Clover in the "Axe" ending chopping up Santa, Seven, June, and [[TheProtagonist Junpei]], over her brother's death]].

** Moge-ko is this UpToEleven, who not only lusts after high school girls like the rest of the Mogekos, but torture as well, with all the Mogekos on her floor ending up as wrecks terrified in the knowledge that if they misbehave, they will get killed, and could even get killed for no reason if Moge-ko felt like it.
* ''VideoGame/WhiteSky'', Toby.

** Moge-ko is this UpToEleven, who not only lusts after high school girls like the rest of the Mogekos, but torture as well, with all the Mogekos on her floor ending up as wrecks terrified in the knowledge that if they misbehave, they will get killed, and could even get killed for no reason if Moge-ko felt like it.

** Moge-ko is this UpToEleven, who not only lusts after high school girls like the rest of the Mogekos, but torture as well, with all the Mogekos on her floor ending up as wrecks terrified in the knowledge that if they misbehave, they will get killed, and could even get killed for no reason if Moge-ko felt like it.
* ''VideoGame/WhiteSky'', Toby does this in the later portion of the game.

* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' has [[spoiler: Clover in the "Axe" ending chopping up Santa, Seven, June, and [[TheProtagonist Junpei]], over her brother's death]].

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' has [[VillainProtagonist Kratos]], who slaughters his way through [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the gods and monsters of Greek mythology]].

** Moge-ko is this UpToEleven, who not only lusts after high school girls like the rest of the Mogekos, but torture as well, with all the Mogekos on her floor ending up as wrecks terrified in the knowledge that if they misbehave, they will get killed, and could even get killed for no reason if Moge-ko felt like it.

* [[SuperpoweredEvilSide The God of War Melqart]] in ''[[VideoGame/TearsToTiara2 Tears to Tiara 2]]'', appropriately. Also Izebel.
* Karel from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' is a rare AntiHero example of this trope. Although twenty years later in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'', he has mellowed out quite considerably.
** Jerme, the Black Fang assassin nicknamed Death Kite from the same game, fits this one like a glove. He says to [[ActionGirl Lyn]]: "You! Woman! You have beautiful skin. If I sliced you into lovely red ribbons with this, would the pieces be as soft and delicate as silk?"
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': Gangrel truly lives up to his epithet, the "Mad King of Plegia." He's prone to fits of [[LaughingMad insane laughter]], and has a strong appetite for bloodshed, to the extent that all of the atrocities he committed were simply to start a war with Ylisse. After the HeroicSuicide of [[spoiler: Emmeryn, the current Exalt of Ylisse]], his subjects realize what a lunatic he is and [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating desert him en masse]].
* In a non-villainous example, [[PsychopathicWomanChild Peri]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' takes a huge liking to murdering people with little provocation.
** One of the villains, Hans, a criminal who is also one of Garon's subordinates, plays this trope straighter. He literally yells with joy as he cuts people down. Bonus points for using an axe.
** The ''Conquest'' route has [[spoiler:Takumi]], who starts the game out fairly sane, if cynical. However, over the course of the game, a combination of you betraying him, his lingering self-esteem issues, and [[spoiler:a heap of DemonicPosession]] slowly chip away at his sanity. [[spoiler:Getting thrown off the Great Wall of Suzanoh]] is the last straw, and when you see him for the next and last time, he's a maniac who is completely obsessed with killing you and razing Nohr to the ground, and all you can do for him is put him down like a rabid dog.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' has [[VillainProtagonist Kratos]], who slaughters his way through [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the gods and monsters of Greek mythology]] in all three games.

** His second-in-command, General Kail, is so addicted to killing that he treats any period of time when he's not killing as equivalent to holding his bladder. When Barclyss gives him permission to kill volunteers for their army, Kail remarks that it's been far too long since he last did anything like that. This is especially noticeable when he states he can't hold back on firing the Aquadome's cannon at Heyama a second time, despite Barclyss being knocked unconscious and unable to give him orders.

* The crown king of all Ax Crazy RPG villains is Luca Blight from ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'', hands down. Nothing is safe from his wrath...[[InfantImmortality not even small children]]. In fact, Luca rewrites the book on badass, as it eventually takes as many as ''eighteen'' of your party members, [[AnnoyingArrows several volleys of arrows]] (each one shown capable of immediately killing one of his soldiers), and after all this, a duel to the death with the main character to bring him down in a suitably ''epic'' ClimaxBoss battle.