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** The Courier can also engage in chronic backstabbing; helping the Powder Gangers wipe out Goodsprings, then betraying them to the NCR, then switching sides to the Legion in the second act, bombing the Monorail and wiping out Camp Forlorn Hope, followed by upgrading the Securitrons and having the Khans break their alliance with the Legion, killing Caesar, and finally offing Mr. House and installing Yes Man in the Lucky 38, proceeding to a chaotic independent Vegas.
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** The Courier can also engage in chronic backstabbing; helping the Powder Gangers wipe out Goodsprings, then betraying them to the NCR, then switching sides to the Legion in the second act, bombing the Monorail and wiping out Camp Forlorn Hope, followed by upgrading the Securitrons and having the Khans break their alliance with the Legion, killing Caesar, and finally offing Mr. House and installing Yes Man in the Lucky 38, proceeding to a chaotic independent Vegas.
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* In the first two games of the ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'' series this is a viable option for the player due to the number of factions. It also makes an OmnicidalNeutral playthrough much easier if you can join a faction, loot their treasury, and simply walk into their leader's chambers before turning against them. Sadly, this is almost impossible in the later games.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'':
** In the first two games of the''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'' series series, this is a viable option for the player due to the number of factions. It also makes an OmnicidalNeutral playthrough much easier if you can join a faction, loot their treasury, and simply walk into their leader's chambers before turning against them. Sadly, this is almost impossible in the later games.games.
** Phrariton in the second game. According to him, he had allied with and subsequently turned his back on all four major factions before deciding to lord over his own territory and pursue research.
** In the first two games of the
** Phrariton in the second game. According to him, he had allied with and subsequently turned his back on all four major factions before deciding to lord over his own territory and pursue research.
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* ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerII'': To fit them being this in the lore, Dark Elf and Skaven factions have loyalty mechanics to manage for their armies ([[McNinja Clan Eshin]] are exempt). Of note, Tretch Craventail has the unique faction trait of recieving a buff from breaking treaties.
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* ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerII'': To fit them being this in the lore, Dark Elf and Skaven factions have loyalty mechanics to manage for their armies ([[McNinja Clan Eshin]] are exempt). Of note, Tretch Craventail has the unique faction trait of recieving receiving a buff from breaking treaties.
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* ''VideoGame/RomeTotalWar'': The AI is *unintentionally traitorous*. Diplomacy and military AI do not "communicate" in the game. The diplomatic AI will look solely at factors like the ones on the diplomacy screen (relative power, reputation, current relations, money, etc), while military AI will look at the actual strategic map. The military AI will out-of-the-blue betray you even if you're allied; all it sees is "City with only one unit in the garrison, ATTACK NOW!" and doesn't even look at whether or not its an ally or neutral city.
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** It's standard for any villainous character's ending to involve them killing the BigBad and taking his place. In ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'' there are two big bads; both having displayed CBD for the entirety of their appearances. Guess what happens in their endings.
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** It's standard for any villainous character's ending to involve them killing the BigBad and taking his place. In ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'' there are two big bads; bads, both having displayed CBD for the entirety of their appearances. Guess what happens in their endings.
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** However, none compare to the original BigBad of the first game, Shang Tsung. To sum up how treacherous he is, in the ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' DLC ''Aftermath'', literally everyone's first reaction to hearing that Shang Tsung is aiding the fight against [[BigBad Kronika]] is disbelief and mistrust. [[spoiler:It's so bad, that Kronika even calls him out on it when he backstabs Sheeva, Kitana, Raiden, Fujin, Shao Kahn, and Sindel in rapid succession. ''[[SerialEscalation And then]]'' it turns out that Liu Kang was so cock sure that Shang Tsung would fall into this that he actually [[BatmanGambit anticipated this]] [[FlawExploitation without fault]] and actually lied to him about being trapped at the beginning of time before he challenges him to one last fight.]] Needless to say, only a complete idiot would legitimately trust Shang Tsung. [[AndAnotherThing Oh, and by the way,]] he was one of said {{Big Bad}}s in ''Deadly Alliance''.
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** However, none compare to the original BigBad of the first game, Shang Tsung. To sum up how treacherous he is, in the ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' DLC ''Aftermath'', literally everyone's first reaction to hearing that Shang Tsung is aiding the fight against [[BigBad Kronika]] is disbelief and mistrust. [[spoiler:It's so bad, that Kronika even calls him out on it when he backstabs Sheeva, Kitana, Raiden, Fujin, Shao Kahn, and Sindel in rapid succession. ''[[SerialEscalation And then]]'' it turns out that Liu Kang was so cock sure certain that Shang Tsung would fall into this that he actually [[BatmanGambit anticipated this]] [[FlawExploitation without fault]] and actually lied to him about being trapped at the beginning of time before he challenges him to one last fight.]] Needless to say, only a complete idiot would legitimately trust Shang Tsung. [[AndAnotherThing Oh, and by the way,]] he was one of said {{Big Bad}}s in ''Deadly Alliance''.
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** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'': Claude is prepared and often encouraged to assassinate his allies if another client pays more. Examples include the mostly-justified killing of [[TheMafia Salvatore Leone]], the [[TheYardies Yardie-sponsored]] shooting of former allies among the Diablos, the drive-by shooting of Kenji Kasen. All of this is all in the name of tracking down Catalina, who has a few backstabbing issues of her own.
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** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'': It's a [[CentralTheme running theme]] in the game that that everybody - even player character Claude - is prepared ready and often encouraged willing to assassinate his allies if another client pays more. Examples include put one in an ally's back to get themselves whatever advantage they think they can get out of it. Catalina betraying Claude in the mostly-justified killing of [[TheMafia Salvatore Leone]], opening kickstarts the [[TheYardies Yardie-sponsored]] shooting of former allies among the Diablos, the drive-by shooting of Kenji Kasen. All of this is all entire plot, and Claude, in the name of tracking down Catalina, either betrays or is betrayed by his bosses several times:
*** After several missions for TheMafia, Claude learns the boss Salvatore Leone has become so paranoid that he's set up a car bomb to kill Claude, whereupon he jumps ship to the Yakuza, whose first mission is to go back and kill Salvatore.
*** One of the missions for [[TheYardies the Uptown Yardies]] on Staunton Island requires you to take out the Diablos, who you previously worked for in Portland. The final mission in turn hasa few backstabbing issues them set you up for an attack by drugged-up suicide bombers, courtesy of her own.the Colombian Cartel.
*** Donald Love's second mission has you pose as a member of the Cartel to kill Kenji Kasen, another boss of the Yakuza, to drive down real-estate prices by setting off a gang war between the two.
*** After several missions for TheMafia, Claude learns the boss Salvatore Leone has become so paranoid that he's set up a car bomb to kill Claude, whereupon he jumps ship to the Yakuza, whose first mission is to go back and kill Salvatore.
*** One of the missions for [[TheYardies the Uptown Yardies]] on Staunton Island requires you to take out the Diablos, who you previously worked for in Portland. The final mission in turn has
*** Donald Love's second mission has you pose as a member of the Cartel to kill Kenji Kasen, another boss of the Yakuza, to drive down real-estate prices by setting off a gang war between the two.
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** However, none compare to the original BigBad of the first game, Shang Tsung. To sum up how treacherous he is, in the ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' DLC ''Aftermath'', literally everyone's first reaction to hearing that Shang Tsung is aiding the fight against [[BigBad Kronika]] is disbelief and mistrust. [[spoiler:It's so bad, that Kronika even calls him out on it when he backstabs Sheeva, Kitana, Raiden, Fujin, Shao Kahn, and Sindel in rapid succession. ''[[SerialEscalation And then]]'' it turns out that Liu Kang was so cock sure that Shang Tsung that he'd fall into this that he actually [[BatmanGambit anticipated this]] [[FlawExploitation without fault]] and actually lied to him about being trapped at the beginning of time before he challenges him to one last fight.]] Needless to say, only a complete idiot would legitimately trust Shang Tsung. [[AndAnotherThing Oh, and by the way,]] he was one of said {{Big Bad}}s in ''Deadly Alliance''.
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** However, none compare to the original BigBad of the first game, Shang Tsung. To sum up how treacherous he is, in the ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' DLC ''Aftermath'', literally everyone's first reaction to hearing that Shang Tsung is aiding the fight against [[BigBad Kronika]] is disbelief and mistrust. [[spoiler:It's so bad, that Kronika even calls him out on it when he backstabs Sheeva, Kitana, Raiden, Fujin, Shao Kahn, and Sindel in rapid succession. ''[[SerialEscalation And then]]'' it turns out that Liu Kang was so cock sure that Shang Tsung that he'd would fall into this that he actually [[BatmanGambit anticipated this]] [[FlawExploitation without fault]] and actually lied to him about being trapped at the beginning of time before he challenges him to one last fight.]] Needless to say, only a complete idiot would legitimately trust Shang Tsung. [[AndAnotherThing Oh, and by the way,]] he was one of said {{Big Bad}}s in ''Deadly Alliance''.
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* ''VideoGame/DyztopiaPostHumanRPG'':
** Archdemon Libra prioritizes balance between powers, but they also admit that this means they'll eventually betray whoever they're contracted to if the latter is too powerful compared to their enemies. However, they make sure to warn their sync partner of this before forming the contract.
** Robun has a habit of sacrificing his friends to complete his Hunter missions, even if they were perfectly cooperative. In Chapter 3, [[spoiler:he sacrifices himself and his entire team to unleash Sagittarius on the party, though Akira manages to save Artica from this fate]].
** Archdemon Libra prioritizes balance between powers, but they also admit that this means they'll eventually betray whoever they're contracted to if the latter is too powerful compared to their enemies. However, they make sure to warn their sync partner of this before forming the contract.
** Robun has a habit of sacrificing his friends to complete his Hunter missions, even if they were perfectly cooperative. In Chapter 3, [[spoiler:he sacrifices himself and his entire team to unleash Sagittarius on the party, though Akira manages to save Artica from this fate]].
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* The Vizier of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''. Betrays the Indian King, gets miffed when King Sharahman doesn't give him the Sands, tricks the Prince into unlocking the Hourglass.
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* The Vizier of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''. Betrays the Indian King, gets miffed when King Sharahman doesn't give him the Sands, tricks the Prince into unlocking the Hourglass. Narrator!Prince even lampshades it in the narration on the road to Azad.
-->'''Prince:''' Trust not a man who has betrayed his master, nor take him into your own service, lest he betray you too. I learned the truth of this, to my sorrow, the day we arrived in Azad as the sultan's honored guests.
-->'''Prince:''' Trust not a man who has betrayed his master, nor take him into your own service, lest he betray you too. I learned the truth of this, to my sorrow, the day we arrived in Azad as the sultan's honored guests.
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*** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' takes this to the logical extreme by having Shang Tsung betray the only person he has not already betrayed: [[spoiler:''[[AlternateSelf himself]]'']].
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* Zeikfried from ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' does this to [[spoiler: Mother by [[InTheHood donning a blue robe]] and guiding the heroes to the Tear Drop before urging them to destroy her while she's vulnerable.]] Later on, he does it to [[spoiler: Boomerang by sending out a horde of monsters to destroy him alongside the heroes.]]
* Janus Cascade from ''VideoGame/WildArms3'' first backstabs [[TheHero Virginia]] and, after he's [[spoiler: teamed up with the Prophets, he keeps announcing his intention to betray them at the right moment and seize Filgaia for himself. He would have succeeded, had Siegfried not come back from the dead, taken his spear back and then gutted him as a sacrifice.]]
* Janus Cascade from ''VideoGame/WildArms3'' first backstabs [[TheHero Virginia]] and, after he's [[spoiler: teamed up with the Prophets, he keeps announcing his intention to betray them at the right moment and seize Filgaia for himself. He would have succeeded, had Siegfried not come back from the dead, taken his spear back and then gutted him as a sacrifice.]]
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** The Patriots as an organization qualify as well, since they usually manipulate people into acting in accordance to their will (even feeding some people ambitions to betray them in order to [[OedipusComplex carry out exactly what was intended all along]]). They even out-backstabbed Ocelot, as they deliberately kept some information about the S3 Plan from him. Given his role in founding the group, he may have deduced their true intentions anyway.
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** The Patriots as an organization qualify as well, since they usually manipulate people into acting in accordance to their will (even feeding some people ambitions to betray them in order to [[OedipusComplex carry out exactly what was intended all along]]).along). They even out-backstabbed Ocelot, as they deliberately kept some information about the S3 Plan from him. Given his role in founding the group, he may have deduced their true intentions anyway.
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* ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'':
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* In ''[[VideoGame/StarCraft StarCraft: Brood War]]'', Kerrigan [[spoiler:or her lieutenant, Duran]] successfully betrays every major organization in the game. She gets away with it because her later targets are out of contact with her earlier targets. There isn't a single moment in the entire expansion campaign [[UnwittingPawn when the player isn't somehow furthering her goals]]. [[spoiler:Duran was [[GambitPileup never even working for Kerrigan,]] either.]]
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* In ''[[VideoGame/StarCraft ''[[VideoGame/StarCraftI StarCraft: Brood War]]'', Kerrigan [[spoiler:or her lieutenant, Duran]] successfully betrays every major organization in the game. She gets away with it because her later targets are out of contact with her earlier targets. There isn't a single moment in the entire expansion campaign [[UnwittingPawn when the player isn't somehow furthering her goals]]. [[spoiler:Duran was [[GambitPileup never even working for Kerrigan,]] either.]]
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*** See also the ''VideoGame/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' games as well as [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms literature]].
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*** See also the ''VideoGame/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' ''VideoGame/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdomsKoei'' games as well as [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms literature]].
