History CrazyPrepared / VideoGames

* Hazama / Terumi [[AxCrazy Yuuki]] from ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' has proved to us that hundreds and hundreds of [[GroundhogDayLoop time loops]], and an EvilGenius without like in its own universe, combined with an undying desire to throw the world into an abyss of despair, simply for the fact that [[ForTheEvulz "misery is interesting"]], can lead up to you taking a lot of precautions just to face him. [[OhCrap And it may still not work 100% anyway]]. Buuuut... Terumi winds up [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructing this]], as he was only CrazyPrepared ''because'' he had witnessed hundreds and hundreds of time loops. Without such preparation (as ''Slight Hope''[[note]]Makoto's Story Mode in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift CS]]''[[/note]] demonstrates and ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma Chronophantasma]]'' ultimately confirms), his victories are due to overwhelming power and blind luck, and neither can last forever on their own. [[spoiler:Makoto Nanaya intervening on the behalf of Tsubaki Yayoi led to his downfall in both instances -- and in the latter, his [[KilledOffForReal death by Hakumen]]. Then again, considering what [[SmarterThanYouLook Ma]][[PluckyGirl ko]][[SpannerInTheWorks to]] is, [[TemptingFate antagonizing her]] [[KarmicDeath was a very bad idea]].]]

* VideoGame/MentalOmega: In [[AdaptationalIntelligence sharp contrast]] to [[GeneralFailure his depiction]] in the [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 vanilla]] game, here [[WellIntentionedExtremist Yuri]] is much better at preparing for resistance to his plans.

* The ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series requires players to follow this tropes. Going LeeroyJenkins towards nearly every beast will ensure a swift, painful and expensive demise.

* In Chapter 5 of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', [[spoiler:the victim and killer conspire together to create a [[ThantosGambit murder that not even Monokuma would be able to solve]], thereby beating him at his own game. The identity of the victim is disguised by crushing his body under a hydraulic press and then cutting the power cord so it couldn't be raised up again to see who was underneath, and the identity of the killer is disguised by having him pilot a mech to the trial which is equipped with a voice changer that allows him to sound like both people, which he swaps between constantly in order to confuse everyone further]]. As for the Crazy Prepared part, [[spoiler:the victim provided the killer with a ''gigantic'' script he had written so the killer would be able to convincingly act like him in court, with responses planned out for every little thing anyone could conceivably say. And he was dying from poison prior to being crushed, meaning he had the script written ''in advance'']].

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** In the penultimate case of [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the first game]], it turns out that Manfred von Karma [[spoiler:has trained Polly the parrot to stop squawking her usual phrases because he correctly anticipated Phoenix might be desperate enough to take a joke suggestion to call the bird as a witness at face value.]] That said, Phoenix and Maya are still able to work around it and blow the case wide open.
** Phoenix Wright, aka the player, himself. You may not know ''why'' you have to pick up random pieces of "evidence", but they ''will'' come in handy, because you're ready with them. Lampshaded in the first game's final case, where Edgeworth tells him about a [[ChekhovsGun seemingly unrelated screwdriver]] from the game's second case. He jots down info about it just in case, prompting Edgeworth to point out how stubborn Phoenix can be sometimes.
** Lana Skye has people doing work for her while she's in containment. One case is when she kept very conclusive evidence [[spoiler:in the back of an Evidence Law book]]. And for bonus points, [[spoiler:the Evidence Law book itself was the final piece of evidence needed to convict the killer]].

** Phoenix Wright, aka the player. You may not know ''why'' you have to pick up random pieces of "evidence", but they ''will'' come in handy, because you're ready with them. Especially obvious in "Rise from the Ashes", where Edgeworth tells him about a [[ChekhovsGun seemingly unrelated screwdriver]] from another case (one that never comes up again) and he jots down info about it just in case. Edgeworth can't help but point out how stubborn Phoenix can be sometimes.

* In ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'', during the mission ''Stonehenge Defensive'', it’s revealed that the developers behind Stonehenge had set up range tables in the event that the battery’s computerized targeting systems got taken out. Considering the fact that the battery’s range almost completely covers the entire continent of Usea, one has to wonder how much math did they put into making sure that those tables were accurate.

** [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Manfred von Karma]] [[spoiler: trains Polly the parrot to stop squawking her usual phrases because he thought of the possibility that Phoenix might just be crazy enough to call her as a surprise witness and use her words to uncover evidence. He does, and manages to get around her newly reduced vocabulary to find the evidence, which helps him and Maya blow the whole case wide open.]]

** In the case of Zero, the only capsules that he uses (outside of the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManXtreme Xtreme]]'' duo on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor) are for semi-game-breaking 'ultimate armors,' the functions of which go unexplained, so the canonicity of Zero's capsules is suspect. Specifically in ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'', (the only game where you can use Zero's alternate armor without unlocking it via a button code or other means, like in ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'') X's and Zero's Ultimate Armors are found from the same capsule in one of the game's final levels, so you can only get both if you grab it with one character, die, and then come back with the other.

* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}''. The later games allow you to carry a hangun, poison, close-combat weapon, a sniper rifle/Rifle/Shotgun/SMG and/or explosives for missions.

* ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance2's'' extensive panoply of weapons (specifically, in the fan-made v1.13) means you have the ability to outfit your mercs with the tools they need for any battlefield situation (multiple enemies at mid-range, close-range combat, enemies holed up in a building, ''tanks''...). Limited carry weight of your mercs makes this a bit more difficult, but it's easy to compartmentalize.

** Moscow Defenses: Yuri's made sure the Kremlin is shielded by a network of Iron Curtains, all of which must be destroyed to expose it. Then it takes it a step further by having the devices shield ''each other'' in sequence, ensuring that they're taken out in the right order. ''Then'' he takes it ''further'' by having some of the Iron Curtains hidden away under stealth, meaning any attackers will need to sweep areas thoroughly with detectors.. '''Then''' he takes it '''even further''' by having one last Iron Curtain node ''built into [[{{Cyborg}} Volkov]]''. And considering [[OneManArmy his]] power levels at that point, it makes exposing the Kremlin one ''hell'' of a tough time....all while Yuri's [[AdvancingBossOfDoom Hands Of Ereshkigal]] are slowly tearing through their bases, with only Yuri's death capable of stopping them.

* MentalOmega: In [[AdaptationalIntelligence sharp contrast]] to [[GeneralFailure his depiction]] in the [[CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 vanilla]] game, here [[WellIntentionedExtremist Yuri]] is much better at preparing for resistance to his plans.

** Moscow Defenses: Yuri's made sure the Kremlin is shielded by a network of Iron Curtains, all of which must be destroyed to expose it. Then it takes it a step further by having the devices shield ''each other'' in sequence, ensuring that they're taken out in the right order. ''Then'' he takes it ''further'' by having some of the Iron Curtains hidden away under stealth, meaning any attackers will need to sweep areas thoroughly with detectors.. '''Then''' he takes it '''even further''' by having one last Iron Curtain node ''built into [[Cyborg Volkov]]''. And considering [[OneManArmy his]] power levels at that point, it makes exposing the Kremlin one ''hell'' of a tough time....all while Yuri's [[AdvancingBossOfDoom Hands Of Ereshkigal]] are slowly tearing through their bases, with only Yuri's death capable of stopping them.