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** WalkingSpoiler [[spoiler:The Emperor]]. [[spoiler:He was once the kind and generous explorer [[OurFounder Balduran, the founder of Baldur's Gate]]. But after [[WasOnceAMan being captured and turned into a mind flayer]] he became ruthless and secretive. Upon becoming their MysteriousProtector, he appears to the party in AFormYouAreComfortableWith (the default being [[TheVamp an attractive woman]]) so they'd be more inclined to do what he says, and justifies this by saying [[MasterOfIllusion illusion is just another language to illithids]]. Despite him constantly withholding information or even outright lying, [[{{hypocrite}} he'll be incensed if you do the same to him]] and even try to forcibly take the information from your mind. He constantly attempts to railroad the party into doing things his way, and any attempts of finding an alternative path forward is met with chastisement. When you finally reach the end of the story, if you free Orpheus to save the githyanki he'll immediately betray the party out of spite. If you stay on his good side and give him a WeCanRuleTogether offer, he'll [[ICanRuleAlone immediately betray the party out of opportunism]].]]
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** WalkingSpoiler [[spoiler:The Emperor]]. [[spoiler:He was once the kind and generous explorer [[OurFounder Balduran, the founder of Baldur's Gate]]. But after [[WasOnceAMan being captured and turned into a mind flayer]] he became ruthless and secretive. Upon becoming their MysteriousProtector, he appears to the party in AFormYouAreComfortableWith (the default being [[TheVamp an attractive woman]]) so they'd be more inclined to do what he says, and justifies this by saying [[MasterOfIllusion illusion is just another language to illithids]]. ]] Despite him constantly withholding information or even outright lying, [[{{hypocrite}} he'll be incensed if you do the same to him]] and even try to forcibly take the information from your mind. He constantly attempts to railroad the party into doing things his way, and any attempts of finding an alternative path forward is met with chastisement. When [[spoiler:When you finally reach the end of the story, if you free Orpheus to save the githyanki he'll immediately betray the party out of spite. If you stay on his good side and give him a WeCanRuleTogether offer, he'll [[ICanRuleAlone immediately betray the party out of opportunism]].]]
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** VillainOfAnotherStory [[ImmortalRuler Lich Queen]] Vlaakith of the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens githyanki]] forces her people to worship her as a GodEmpress and [[NayTheist shun actual deities]] while she attempts to [[GodhoodSeeker become one herself]]. When she's met by the party the entire interaction is her [[HateSink being extremely condescending]] before [[ControlFreak screaming like a petulant child when her orders are questioned]].
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** Astarion's [[IHateYouVampireDad vampire master]] Cazador was, [[AlwaysChaoticEvil like all true vampires]], a sociopathic {{sadist}} but to such a degree [[HorrifyingTheHorror even Raphael found him disgusting]]. He would frequently use his PlayingWithPuppets abilities for the sake of physical, emotional, and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexual abuse]] towards his spawns. [[spoiler:If Astarion doesn't escape TheChainOfHarm he becomes just like him, to the point he'll break things off with a romanced PlayerCharacter if he can't turn them and [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex ensure they can never leave him]].]]
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** Taking the cake is EvilOverlord Lord Gortash, [[spoiler:TheChosenOne of Bane, [[WarGod the god of tyranny and strife]]]]. He turns the city into a PoliceState with towering MechaMooks patrolling the streets, and wrote an entire manifesto espousing TheEvilsOfFreeWill while wishing that people were more like the emotionless robots he controls.
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* WalkingSpoiler [[spoiler:The Emperor]] in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII''. [[spoiler:He was once the kind and generous explorer [[OurFounder Balduran, the founder of Baldur's Gate]]. But after [[WasOnceAMan being captured and turned into a mind flayer]] he became ruthless and secretive. Upon becoming their MysteriousProtector, he appears to the party in AFormYouAreComfortableWith (the default being [[TheVamp an attractive woman]]) so they'd be more inclined to do what he says, and justifies this by saying [[MasterOfIllusion illusion is just another language to illithids]]. Despite him constantly withholding information or even outright lying, [[{{hypocrite}} he'll be incensed if you do the same to him]] and even try to forcibly take the information from your mind. He constantly attempts to railroad the party into doing things his way, and any attempts of finding an alternative path forward is met with chastisement. When you finally reach the end of the story, if you free Orpheus to save the githyanki he'll immediately betray the party out of spite. If you stay on his good side and give him a WeCanRuleTogether offer, he'll [[ICanRuleAlone immediately betray the party out of opportunism]].]]
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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'':
** TheChessmaster Raphael, son of the archdevil Mephistopheles who has the goal of conquering {{Hell}} (with the PlayerCharacter's help) to [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist impose order upon it and end the Blood War]]. He's a HopeCrusher and ManipulativeBastard who likes to make [[DealWithTheDevil deals]] [[LeonineContract his victims have no choice but to accept]] so he always has a winning hand.
** Astarion's [[IHateYouVampireDad vampire master]] Cazador was, [[AlwaysChaoticEvil like all true vampires]], a sociopathic {{sadist}} but to such a degree [[HorrifyingTheHorror even Raphael found him disgusting]]. He would frequently use his PlayingWithPuppets abilities for the sake of physical, emotional, and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexual abuse]] towards his spawns. [[spoiler:If Astarion doesn't escape TheChainOfHarm he becomes just like him, to the point he'll break things off with a romanced PlayerCharacter if he can't turn them and [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex ensure they can never leave him]].]]
** WalkingSpoiler [[spoiler:TheEmperor]] in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII''.Emperor]]. [[spoiler:He was once the kind and generous explorer [[OurFounder Balduran, the founder of Baldur's Gate]]. But after [[WasOnceAMan being captured and turned into a mind flayer]] he became ruthless and secretive. Upon becoming their MysteriousProtector, he appears to the party in AFormYouAreComfortableWith (the default being [[TheVamp an attractive woman]]) so they'd be more inclined to do what he says, and justifies this by saying [[MasterOfIllusion illusion is just another language to illithids]]. Despite him constantly withholding information or even outright lying, [[{{hypocrite}} he'll be incensed if you do the same to him]] and even try to forcibly take the information from your mind. He constantly attempts to railroad the party into doing things his way, and any attempts of finding an alternative path forward is met with chastisement. When you finally reach the end of the story, if you free Orpheus to save the githyanki he'll immediately betray the party out of spite. If you stay on his good side and give him a WeCanRuleTogether offer, he'll [[ICanRuleAlone immediately betray the party out of opportunism]].]]
** TheChessmaster Raphael, son of the archdevil Mephistopheles who has the goal of conquering {{Hell}} (with the PlayerCharacter's help) to [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist impose order upon it and end the Blood War]]. He's a HopeCrusher and ManipulativeBastard who likes to make [[DealWithTheDevil deals]] [[LeonineContract his victims have no choice but to accept]] so he always has a winning hand.
** Astarion's [[IHateYouVampireDad vampire master]] Cazador was, [[AlwaysChaoticEvil like all true vampires]], a sociopathic {{sadist}} but to such a degree [[HorrifyingTheHorror even Raphael found him disgusting]]. He would frequently use his PlayingWithPuppets abilities for the sake of physical, emotional, and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexual abuse]] towards his spawns. [[spoiler:If Astarion doesn't escape TheChainOfHarm he becomes just like him, to the point he'll break things off with a romanced PlayerCharacter if he can't turn them and [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex ensure they can never leave him]].]]
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* WalkingSpoiler [[spoiler:The Emperor]] in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII''. [[spoiler:He was once the kind and generous explorer [[OurFounder Balduran, the founder of Baldur's Gate]]. But after [[WasOnceAMan being captured and turned into a mind flayer]] he became ruthless and secretive. Upon becoming their MysteriousProtector, he appears to the party in AFormYouAreComfortableWith (the default being [[TheVamp an attractive woman]]) so they'd be more inclined to do what he says, and justifies this by saying [[MasterOfIllusion illusion is just another language to illithids]]. Despite him constantly withholding information or even outright lying, [[{{hypocrite}} he'll be incensed if you do the same to him]] and even try to forcibly take the information from your mind. He constantly attempts to railroad the party into doing things his way, and any attempts of finding an alternative path forward is met with chastisement. When you finally reach the end of the story, if you free Orpheus to save the githyanki he'll immediately betray the party out of spite. If you stay on his good side and give him a WeCanRuleTogether offer, he'll [[ICanRuleAlone immediately betray the party out of opportunism.opportunism]].]]
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* Andrew Ryan became this by the time of ''Videogame/{{BioShock|1}}'' as he started implementing more extreme measures to stay in control of Rapture, eventually turning Rapture into an elitist dictatorship, the kind of thing he despised.
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* WalkingSpoiler [[spoiler:The Emperor]] in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII''. [[spoiler:He was once the kind and generous explorer [[OurFounder Balduran, the founder of Baldur's Gate]]. But after [[WasOnceAMan being captured and turned into a mind flayer]] he became ruthless and secretive. Upon becoming their MysteriousProtector, he appears to the party in AFormYouAreComfortableWith (the default being [[TheVamp an attractive woman]]) so they'd be more inclined to do what he says, and justifies this by saying [[MasterOfIllusion illusion is just another language to illithids]]. Despite him constantly withholding information or even outright lying, [[{{hypocrite}} he'll be incensed if you do the same to him]] and even try to forcibly take the information from your mind. He constantly attempts to railroad the party into doing things his way, and any attempts of finding an alternative path forward is met with chastisement. When you finally reach the end of the story, if you free Orpheus to save the githyanki he'll immediately betray the party out of spite. If you stay on his good side and give him a WeCanRuleTogether offer, he'll immediately betray the party out of opportunism.]]
* Andrew Ryan became this by the time of''Videogame/{{BioShock|1}}'' ''Videogame/BioShock1'' as he started implementing more extreme measures to stay in control of Rapture, eventually turning Rapture into an elitist dictatorship, the kind of thing he despised.
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Sorry but the emperor is not really a control freak because he does not really show up until late in the game and he does respect the player decision to not invest tadpoles if so chosen. Plus Orpheus is the only thing that allows the emperor to maintain his own mind and if Orpheus is freed then it will force the emperor to be a slave to the absolute yet again. I think this example here is meant to demonize the emperor and is somewhat biased.
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* ''VideoGame/DyztopiaPostHumanRPG'': President Zazz cannot stand any hunter who refuses to work directly for Zetacorp. He intends to [[spoiler:send Akira on a suicide mission because he fears their popularity as an indie Hunter could result in them becoming a potential political rival]].
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* WalkingSpoiler [[spoiler:The Emperor]] in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII''. [[spoiler:He was once the kind and generous explorer [[OurFounder Balduran, the founder of Baldur's Gate]]. But after [[WasOnceAMan being captured and turned into a mind flayer]] he became ruthless and secretive. Upon becoming their MysteriousProtector, he appears to the party in AFormYouAreComfortableWith (the default being [[TheVamp an attractive woman]]) so they'd be more inclined to do what he says, and justifies this by saying [[MasterOfIllusion illusion is just another language to illithids]]. Despite him constantly withholding information or even outright lying, [[{{hypocrite}} he'll be incensed if you do the same to him]] and even try to forcibly take the information from your mind. He constantly attempts to railroad the party into doing things his way, and any attempts of finding an alternative path forward is met with chastisement. When you finally reach the end of the story, if you free Orpheus to save the githyanki he'll immediately betray the party out of spite. If you stay on his good side and give him a WeCanRuleTogether offer, he'll immediately betray the party out of opportunism.]]
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* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'': Mimir accuses Odin of being a ruthless control freak, from constantly lying and manipulating everyone he ever met to committing genocide whenever a foreign nation showed the ''possibility'' of defying him. This accusation proves concretely true as Odin ''screams'' at Thor to mindlessly follow orders ''during the apocalypse'', only to [[spoiler:''murder Thor'' the moment Thor says no]].
--> '''Odin''': You don't think, I DO! [...] I am your ''father''! Take, the hammer, and KILL, who I tell you to kill!
--> '''Odin''': You don't think, I DO! [...] I am your ''father''! Take, the hammer, and KILL, who I tell you to kill!
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-->'''Erra:''' What does it matter? We... ''You'' [[spoiler:have won. Narmer spreads across the system. Monuments rise to your glory. ''All'' who live, Bios and not, kneel before you-]]
-->'''Ballas:''' '''[[VillainousBreakdown BUT NOT]] ''[[VillainousBreakdown THEM!!]]'''''
-->'''Ballas:''' '''[[VillainousBreakdown BUT NOT]] ''[[VillainousBreakdown THEM!!]]'''''
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* Handsome Jack from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' lived, breathed, and thrived on this trope. He wanted everything under his thumb and watchful eye, from a planet filled with bandits and hostile creatures to a powerful Vault Monster to [[spoiler: his own daughter]]. Even after death, his control freak tendencies lingered on in later games.
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* Handsome Jack from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' lived, breathed, and thrived on this trope. He wanted everything under his thumb and watchful eye, from a planet filled with bandits and hostile creatures to a powerful Vault Monster to [[spoiler: his own daughter]]. Even after death, his own death at the hands of the Vault Hunters, his control freak tendencies lingered on in later games.
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* Handsome Jack from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' lived, breathed, and thrived on this trope. He wanted everything under his thumb and watchful eye, from a planet filled with bandits and hostile creatures to a powerful Vault Monster to [[ [[spoiler: his own daughter]]. Even after death, his control freak tendencies lingered on in later games.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'': Ballas wishes to control everything. He wanted control over his lover Margulis, and couldn't stand the thought of her [[spoiler:caring for the Tenno]] instead of dedicating herself entirely to serving him, eventually leading him to order her execution. During "The New War", this trait is shown in full force, as Ballas [[spoiler:uses [[MindControlDevice Narmer Veils]] to enslave nearly the entirety of the Origin System's population... and this still wasn't enough for him, as the Lotus, whom he had chosen as a ReplacementGoldfish for Margulis, still refused to obey him]].
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* Pretty much everything the [[UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar Templars]] have been doing since they have existed in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' is to control everyone in the world. The Assassins believe in free will and fight to stop them.
* Andrew Ryan became this by the time of ''Videogame/{{BioShock|1}}'' as he started implementing more extreme measures to stay in control of Rapture, eventually turning Rapture into an elitist dictatorship, the kind of thing he despised.
** Sophia Lamb also, when she took over Rapture she turned most of the splicers into obedient cogs of her so-called perfect society, anyone who doesn't fit in or listen to her gets eliminated.
** Zachariah Comstock imprisoned his own daughter for over twenty years with only a psycho giant bird for company, and treats the minorities like animals; if they won't sit and stay, he'll order his men to hunt them down.
* If you're a villain with ComicBook/TheJoker as your mentor in ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', he'll comment that Brainiac is a Control Freak that "makes Batman look slightly neurotic".
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** Jyggalag, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of Order, is essentially the divine ''embodiment'' of this trope. [[KnightTemplar It is his driving mission to put the universe in perfect order]]. In an age before recorded history, the other Daedric Princes, who feared Jyggalag's growing power, came together and [[IronicHell cursed]] him into [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis his own antithesis]], Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of [[MadGod Madness]]. The plot of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'''s ''Shivering Isles'' expansion is [[spoiler:Jyggalag finding a way to escape this]].
** Astrid, the leader of the [[MurderInc Dark Brotherhood]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''. She forced the Brotherhood to abandon the tenets that guided them for centuries in favor of her own leadership style and claimed to have authority over the Night Mother, who the Brotherhood believes to be ''the wife of their god''. When the [[PlayerCharacter Last Dragonborn]] is named Listener by the Night Mother, Astrid sees this as a threat to her authority and tries to have them killed (which backfires horribly).
* Every major ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' faction has one of these at the helm:
** Caesar is a sadistic totalitarian who believes [[SocialDarwinist everyone below him is worthless unless they provide utility to his state]], and if the player tries to leave he becomes [[TranquilFury quietly incensed and threatens to feed them to his hounds if they ever disobey him again]].
** GeneralRipper [[IronLady Cassandra Moore]] is a TokenEvilTeammate to the NCR, with a haughty "my way or the highway" attitude and a "shoot first ask questions never" tactical mindset, especially when dealing with the Brotherhood of Steel, the Great Khans, or the Kings.
** Mr. House is a WellIntentionedExtremist and InsufferableGenius with this as the dark side to his calculating and pragmatic nature. He desires to have absolute control and oversight over all aspects of New Vegas in the name of ensuring efficiency, and anyone whom he views as a threat to his authority or the Mojave, he will either demand assurance of their loyalty, or have them removed from the region by force, even if it means their extermination. He has a passionate hatred of the Brotherhood of Steel in particular due to their dogmatic nature making it impossible for him to control them, and demands their extermination no matter what. Initially there would have been the option to convince him to leave them alone with the promise that you'd handle it if they ever became a problem, but this was DummiedOut presumably to keep his uncompromising characterization consistent.
** Elder Elijah, the BigBad of the DLC ''Dead Money'', par excellence. He is a brutally pragmatic man, who thinks [[MisanthropeSupreme people should be basically machines and tools to achieve his ends]]; he tells them what to do and they go do it, and he gets incredibly angry if they disobey or question him, or merely do things he did not expect them to do. He was once a bit more stable, but a disastrous tenure as Elder of a Brotherhood of Steel chapter cracked the shell off the nut. Now he aims to plunder the treasures of the lost Sierra Madre Casino: Noxious lingering gas cloud to wipe the Mojave clean, immaterial death ray-shooting hologram soldiers to kill anyone that tries to intervene, and bomb collars to ensure compliance of whoever survives.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'':
** Edelgard has "losing control" listed in her bio as one of her dislikes[[note]]Though it must be noted the original Japanese has a meaning closer to "losing [her] [[IronLady composure]]"[[/note]], and mentions "forcing things to go her way" in an offhand comment during monastery exploration. This turns out to be a major issue once the TimeSkip hits, as [[spoiler: Edelgard's need to achieve her goals for changing the world by her way and her way alone leads to her becoming the enemy of every other faction during the war. Even Claude, who has similar goals and admits he might have been willing to work with her if she had been more open to co-operating, though Edelgard for her part considers him far too shifty/secretive to work with in confidence (a reputation he cultivated himself).]]
** Ingrid is ''incredibly'' bossy and is known for being a responsible, dependable knight, so she spends much of her supports lecturing people for not behaving how ''she'' thinks they should (even kicking the door down in her Support with [[NervousWreck Bernadetta]] when the former tries to skip out on training, terrifying her), which usually leads to the other person telling her to stop acting like their mother. She even does it with her childhood friends (Sylvain, Dimitri and Felix) or people who technically outrank her (Dimitri, who is expected to take the throne of Faerghus when he comes of age and Claude, who is next in line to lead the Leicester Alliance).
** Rhea, continuing the parallels with Edelgard, has a problem with needing to be the one in control as well. [[spoiler:Her need for control over Fodlan's understanding of its past and influence over its people to accept Sothis as their goddess is part of what contributes to the quagmire of societal issues plaguing the continent, and she has ''very'' exact expectations of how Byleth as Sothis' vessel to the point of becoming annoyed when Byleth doesn't show knowledge of things that Sothis should have. And if Byleth decides to side with Edelgard over her? [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope She goes crazy unable to accept that her mother's vessel would think she's in the wrong and running against her script]].]]
* By the time of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', The Illusive Man has gone full Control Freak. He regularly "[[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord terminates employment]]" of scientists [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness whose work has been completed]] so there's no chance that anyone else can acquire the science, and [[spoiler:has [[BodyHorror partially huskified]] huge hordes of people to make an obedient private army in short order.]] In fact, his espoused method of dealing with the Reapers [[spoiler:is to attempt to gain control of them]].
** From the same series, Miranda Lawson's father not only genetically engineered his children to be perfect, but he uses mercenaries to try to recapture them by force when they defy him. ''Lair Of The Shadow Broker'' DLC reveals that [[spoiler: Miranda has a neoplasm in her uterus which renders her incapable of getting pregnant. The most likely explanations are that her father deliberately engineered it so that his "dynasty" would only develop along the lines he desired, or that it was the "imperfection" that prompted him to attempt to discard Miranda like he had her older sisters and create an even more perfect child in Oriana.]]
** Miranda herself also has this as an issue. It's heavily implied that she keeps a constant eye on Shepard's private messages and is overly concerned about her sister's private life. This is in addition to originally wanting to implant a control chip in Shepard's brain when she brought him/her back to life. [[NotSoSimilar What separates her from her father]] is that her over-concern for her sister is motivated by genuine love and protectiveness. And as for the control chip, she eventually reveals to Shepard how much guilt she feels about it and practically begs him/her for forgiveness and her serving under Shepard's command really shows that she is truly concerned over the safety of the galaxy.
* The Allies in ''VideoGame/RedAlert3Paradox'' control freak tendencies end up isolating the United States when they take over the government to prevent infiltration.
* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', this is one of Dutch's many flaws. His controlling tendencies can already be seen early in the story but it gets worse by the end. Dutch wants to control all aspects of the gang and doesn't like it when others question his plans or appear loyal to someone else other than him. His relationship with Arthur begins to sour as Arthur is forced to go behind Dutch's back to mitigate the worst of Dutch's plans to protect the rest of the gang, but he sees Arthur as being disloyal to him. Dutch soon comes to believe that [[AxCrazy Micah]] is the most loyal because Micah never questions him, [[spoiler: never realizing that Micah is TheMole for the Pinkertons]].
* One of the female bullies, Meg, from ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose''. Highly intelligent, but inflexible, she holds the third highest spot under the Princess of the Rose.
* YHVH, the MadGod of Order, in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series. He's the ultimate KnightTemplar, seeking to erase TheEvilsOfFreeWill from the heart of humanity, so he may reign for all time, unchanging, unending. It's not quite clear if he was always like this, [[ParanoiaFuel and signs point to "no".]]
* Staya from ''VideoGame/TinkerQuarry'' is ''determined'' to make sure everyone stays in the Dollhouse. He has written signs all over the place commanding its residents to stay where they are, and he angrily confronts anyone who he believes is trying to escape.
* In ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'', the dorm leader of Heartslabyul, Riddle Rosehearts has every single one of the dorm's 810 rules memorised and follows them obsessively, quickly losing his temper and punishing his dorm residents if they break even the most obscure, inconsequential rule, often by using his unque magic [[PowerNullifier Off With Your Head]] on them. He eventually loosens up a little after [[spoiler:recovering from his Overblot]].
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* Pretty much everything the [[UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar Templars]] have been doing since they have existed in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' is to control everyone in the world. The Assassins believe in free will and fight to stop them.
* Andrew Ryan became this by the time of ''Videogame/{{BioShock|1}}'' as he started implementing more extreme measures to stay in control of Rapture, eventually turning Rapture into an elitist dictatorship, the kind of thing he despised.
** Sophia Lamb also, when she took over Rapture she turned most of the splicers into obedient cogs of her so-called perfect society, anyone who doesn't fit in or listen to her gets eliminated.
** Zachariah Comstock imprisoned his own daughter for over twenty years with only a psycho giant bird for company, and treats the minorities like animals; if they won't sit and stay, he'll order his men to hunt them down.
* If you're a villain with ComicBook/TheJoker as your mentor in ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', he'll comment that Brainiac is a Control Freak that "makes Batman look slightly neurotic".
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** Jyggalag, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of Order, is essentially the divine ''embodiment'' of this trope. [[KnightTemplar It is his driving mission to put the universe in perfect order]]. In an age before recorded history, the other Daedric Princes, who feared Jyggalag's growing power, came together and [[IronicHell cursed]] him into [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis his own antithesis]], Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of [[MadGod Madness]]. The plot of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'''s ''Shivering Isles'' expansion is [[spoiler:Jyggalag finding a way to escape this]].
** Astrid, the leader of the [[MurderInc Dark Brotherhood]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''. She forced the Brotherhood to abandon the tenets that guided them for centuries in favor of her own leadership style and claimed to have authority over the Night Mother, who the Brotherhood believes to be ''the wife of their god''. When the [[PlayerCharacter Last Dragonborn]] is named Listener by the Night Mother, Astrid sees this as a threat to her authority and tries to have them killed (which backfires horribly).
* Every major ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' faction has one of these at the helm:
** Caesar is a sadistic totalitarian who believes [[SocialDarwinist everyone below him is worthless unless they provide utility to his state]], and if the player tries to leave he becomes [[TranquilFury quietly incensed and threatens to feed them to his hounds if they ever disobey him again]].
** GeneralRipper [[IronLady Cassandra Moore]] is a TokenEvilTeammate to the NCR, with a haughty "my way or the highway" attitude and a "shoot first ask questions never" tactical mindset, especially when dealing with the Brotherhood of Steel, the Great Khans, or the Kings.
** Mr. House is a WellIntentionedExtremist and InsufferableGenius with this as the dark side to his calculating and pragmatic nature. He desires to have absolute control and oversight over all aspects of New Vegas in the name of ensuring efficiency, and anyone whom he views as a threat to his authority or the Mojave, he will either demand assurance of their loyalty, or have them removed from the region by force, even if it means their extermination. He has a passionate hatred of the Brotherhood of Steel in particular due to their dogmatic nature making it impossible for him to control them, and demands their extermination no matter what. Initially there would have been the option to convince him to leave them alone with the promise that you'd handle it if they ever became a problem, but this was DummiedOut presumably to keep his uncompromising characterization consistent.
** Elder Elijah, the BigBad of the DLC ''Dead Money'', par excellence. He is a brutally pragmatic man, who thinks [[MisanthropeSupreme people should be basically machines and tools to achieve his ends]]; he tells them what to do and they go do it, and he gets incredibly angry if they disobey or question him, or merely do things he did not expect them to do. He was once a bit more stable, but a disastrous tenure as Elder of a Brotherhood of Steel chapter cracked the shell off the nut. Now he aims to plunder the treasures of the lost Sierra Madre Casino: Noxious lingering gas cloud to wipe the Mojave clean, immaterial death ray-shooting hologram soldiers to kill anyone that tries to intervene, and bomb collars to ensure compliance of whoever survives.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'':
** Edelgard has "losing control" listed in her bio as one of her dislikes[[note]]Though it must be noted the original Japanese has a meaning closer to "losing [her] [[IronLady composure]]"[[/note]], and mentions "forcing things to go her way" in an offhand comment during monastery exploration. This turns out to be a major issue once the TimeSkip hits, as [[spoiler: Edelgard's need to achieve her goals for changing the world by her way and her way alone leads to her becoming the enemy of every other faction during the war. Even Claude, who has similar goals and admits he might have been willing to work with her if she had been more open to co-operating, though Edelgard for her part considers him far too shifty/secretive to work with in confidence (a reputation he cultivated himself).]]
** Ingrid is ''incredibly'' bossy and is known for being a responsible, dependable knight, so she spends much of her supports lecturing people for not behaving how ''she'' thinks they should (even kicking the door down in her Support with [[NervousWreck Bernadetta]] when the former tries to skip out on training, terrifying her), which usually leads to the other person telling her to stop acting like their mother. She even does it with her childhood friends (Sylvain, Dimitri and Felix) or people who technically outrank her (Dimitri, who is expected to take the throne of Faerghus when he comes of age and Claude, who is next in line to lead the Leicester Alliance).
** Rhea, continuing the parallels with Edelgard, has a problem with needing to be the one in control as well. [[spoiler:Her need for control over Fodlan's understanding of its past and influence over its people to accept Sothis as their goddess is part of what contributes to the quagmire of societal issues plaguing the continent, and she has ''very'' exact expectations of how Byleth as Sothis' vessel to the point of becoming annoyed when Byleth doesn't show knowledge of things that Sothis should have. And if Byleth decides to side with Edelgard over her? [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope She goes crazy unable to accept that her mother's vessel would think she's in the wrong and running against her script]].]]
* By the time of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', The Illusive Man has gone full Control Freak. He regularly "[[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord terminates employment]]" of scientists [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness whose work has been completed]] so there's no chance that anyone else can acquire the science, and [[spoiler:has [[BodyHorror partially huskified]] huge hordes of people to make an obedient private army in short order.]] In fact, his espoused method of dealing with the Reapers [[spoiler:is to attempt to gain control of them]].
** From the same series, Miranda Lawson's father not only genetically engineered his children to be perfect, but he uses mercenaries to try to recapture them by force when they defy him. ''Lair Of The Shadow Broker'' DLC reveals that [[spoiler: Miranda has a neoplasm in her uterus which renders her incapable of getting pregnant. The most likely explanations are that her father deliberately engineered it so that his "dynasty" would only develop along the lines he desired, or that it was the "imperfection" that prompted him to attempt to discard Miranda like he had her older sisters and create an even more perfect child in Oriana.]]
** Miranda herself also has this as an issue. It's heavily implied that she keeps a constant eye on Shepard's private messages and is overly concerned about her sister's private life. This is in addition to originally wanting to implant a control chip in Shepard's brain when she brought him/her back to life. [[NotSoSimilar What separates her from her father]] is that her over-concern for her sister is motivated by genuine love and protectiveness. And as for the control chip, she eventually reveals to Shepard how much guilt she feels about it and practically begs him/her for forgiveness and her serving under Shepard's command really shows that she is truly concerned over the safety of the galaxy.
* The Allies in ''VideoGame/RedAlert3Paradox'' control freak tendencies end up isolating the United States when they take over the government to prevent infiltration.
* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', this is one of Dutch's many flaws. His controlling tendencies can already be seen early in the story but it gets worse by the end. Dutch wants to control all aspects of the gang and doesn't like it when others question his plans or appear loyal to someone else other than him. His relationship with Arthur begins to sour as Arthur is forced to go behind Dutch's back to mitigate the worst of Dutch's plans to protect the rest of the gang, but he sees Arthur as being disloyal to him. Dutch soon comes to believe that [[AxCrazy Micah]] is the most loyal because Micah never questions him, [[spoiler: never realizing that Micah is TheMole for the Pinkertons]].
* One of the female bullies, Meg, from ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose''. Highly intelligent, but inflexible, she holds the third highest spot under the Princess of the Rose.
* YHVH, the MadGod of Order, in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series. He's the ultimate KnightTemplar, seeking to erase TheEvilsOfFreeWill from the heart of humanity, so he may reign for all time, unchanging, unending. It's not quite clear if he was always like this, [[ParanoiaFuel and signs point to "no".]]
* Staya from ''VideoGame/TinkerQuarry'' is ''determined'' to make sure everyone stays in the Dollhouse. He has written signs all over the place commanding its residents to stay where they are, and he angrily confronts anyone who he believes is trying to escape.
* In ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'', the dorm leader of Heartslabyul, Riddle Rosehearts has every single one of the dorm's 810 rules memorised and follows them obsessively, quickly losing his temper and punishing his dorm residents if they break even the most obscure, inconsequential rule, often by using his unque magic [[PowerNullifier Off With Your Head]] on them. He eventually loosens up a little after [[spoiler:recovering from his Overblot]].
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