History CrapsackWorld / VideoGames

** Some planets are veritable hellholes nobody would want to live on. Case in point: [[DeathWorld Orxon]] from [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the very first game of the series]]. Mutated wildlife, lakes of acidic sludge instead of water, and Ratchet can't even explore the damn world without getting Oxygen mask first. This is actually a plot point because [[spoiler:Drek polluted this planet so he could sell estate on his new planet for loads of cash]]. Gets better by ''Videogame/RatchetAndClank/RatchetDeadlocked'', though it's still far cry from normal world.

** Some planets are veritable hellholes nobody would want to live on. Case in point: [[DeathWorld Orxon]] from [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the very first game of the series]]. Mutated wildlife, lakes of acidic sludge instead of water, and Ratchet can't even explore the damn world without getting Oxygen mask first. This is actually a plot point because [[spoiler:Drek polluted this planet so he could sell estate on his new planet for loads of cash]]. Gets better by ''Videogame/RatchetAndClank/{{RatchetDeadlocked}}'', though it's still far cry from normal world.

** Some planets are veritable hellholes nobody would want to live on. Case in point: [[DeathWorld Orxon]] from [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the very first game of the series]]. Mutated wildlife, lakes of acidic sludge instead of water, and Ratchet can't even explore the damn world without getting Oxygen mask first. This is actually a plot point because [[spoiler:Drek polluted this planet so he could sell estate on his new planet for loads of cash]]. Gets better by ''Videogame/RatchetAndClank/{{Deadlocked}}'', though it's still far cry from normal world.

** Being a [[DistantSequel Distant]] {{Prequel}}, ''VideoGame/Drakengard3'' actually reveals that [[EldritchAbomination the Watchers]] have been trying to kill humanity for a ''while'' now. [[spoiler:[[BotanicalAbomination The Flower]] just happened to be their first attempt, which came to feast off the corpse of the deceased Rose, who resurrected her [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong to serve as a host and reproductor]] for [[MotherOfAThousandYoung the Grotesquerie Queen]], the FinalBoss of the first game]]. Upon attempting suicide as a result of learning this, [[spoiler:she was ultimately split into five "sisters" of Rose, who then became the ruling figures in the lands, being worshipped as goddesses within it. It's for that reason Rose [[ThatManIsDead changed her name]] tp [[MyHeroZero Zero]], and sets off on a quest to both kill her clone "sisters" and works with her dragon partner Mikhail so she can effectively [[HeroicSuicide commit suicide to seal off the threat of the Flower from the world forever]], which [[SurprisinglyHappyEnding she actually succeeds at doing]] in both the GoldenEnding (Ending D), and [[BittersweetEnding to a far more bittersweet extent]] in [[CuttingOffTheBranches Canon Ending]] (Ending E)]]. [[AllForNothing Unfortunately]], the fact that [[StatusQuoIsGod practically nothing has improved in the timeframe]] between the canon ending and the first ''Drakengard'' should perhaps be a testament to [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed the sheer and utter hopelessness of the universe]].

*** And if the ending of "VideoGame/Portal2" is anything to go by, the Earth seems to be in a rather good state after all that's happened, albeit it's unknown if any of the humanity survived besides Chell.

* If you're a human in the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' series, you have two choices; LawfulEvil [[GodIsEvil gods]] who view you as little more than a plaything or possession, and are only good in that they represent stability (at the cost of ''torturing'' the unstable), or a evil demigod who's a NominalHero at best and might kill you for no other reason than he's having a bad day, which is often.

** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' somehow managed to up the ante, at least as far as Persona games go. After all, [[SarcasmMode there's no better place to be]] than Tokyo, a city full of {{Ephebophile}} [[EvilTeacher Evil Teachers]], MadArtist [[ConMan Con Men]], {{Yakuza}} [[TheDon crime lords]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Corrupt Corporate Executives]], [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]], [[spoiler:a CorruptPolitician who came ''dangerously'' close to becoming PresidentEvil, and a LawfulEvil GodOfEvil manipulating everything behind the scenes all to create a WorldOfSilence.]] Best part is, [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror the public is too scared or apathetic to do anything about it.]] Actually, what makes Tokyo such a great place in this world again?

** [[FromBadToWorse And it actually gets so much worse from there, too]]. Every ending past Ending A ([[spoiler:where our "heroes" [[BittersweetEnding actually succeed at saving the world, but at the cost]] of [[HeroicSacrifice Angelus, the player's dragon mount, sacrificing herself]] to serve as the next BarrierMaiden in the now-dead Furiae's stead]]) ends up being [[SerialEscalation a gradually escalating]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt world-ending apocalypse]] that [[DownerEnding usually happens entirely outside]] of [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed what the heroes are able to save]], from Ending B ([[spoiler:Furiae [[CameBackWrong coming back HORRIBLY wrong]] and getting cloned in the thousands as [[AngelicAbomination twisted, angelic-like horrors]] whose [[HellIsThatNoise hellish screams]] signal the end of the world]]), to Ending C ([[spoiler:dragonkind [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters deciding humanity is too long gone]] and ensuring a GuiltFreeExterminationWar with humanity on the ''receiving end'']]), Ending D ([[spoiler:the Watchers actually resurface as a combination of both all the seals being broken and as DivineRetribution for killing the BigBad who was possessed as their voice, leading them to appearing as [[AngelicAbomination giant, angelic baby statues of marble with teeth]] who then [[ToServeMan would've devoured the rest of humanity]] before being barely stopped [[TimeStandsStill by literally freezing time around the area]]]]), to the [[GainaxEnding now-infamous]] Ending E ([[spoiler:practically the same ending, but not only with the apocalypse continuing unimpeded in the ''Drakengard'' world, but spilling over to ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou our world]]'' and culminating in the apocalypse that caused the events of ''VideoGame/NieR'']]). Put simply, ''Drakengard'' is [[CosmicHorrorStory in a universe that's fundamentally-hostile to civilization and sanity]], and trying to improve things only often makes them so much ''WORSE.''

* ''VideoGame/AirForceDelta Strike'': Earth is under constant, unrelenting assault from the OCC, who use just about every cool, technologically advanced weapon imaginable from artillery-wielding rolling tires, to [[CoolAirship giant flying battleships]], to multi-shot [[WaveMotionGun rail-guns big enough to ''fly into'']]!