History DoomedHometown / VideoGames

*** Though one of the protagonist's companions comes from the same town and was only able to get past the "wanting revenge" thing due to the friendship of the protagonist.

* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' has this happen to ''one'' of the heroes: [[spoiler:Poor unlucky Albert.]] The others generally manage to avoid this, although [[spoiler:it's possible for Barbara to lose the closest thing ''she'' has to a hometown, the Frontier, to [[{{Superboss}} the Jewel Beast]]. Also, part of the endgame involves racing to defeat Saruin before his forces destroy Estamir, meaning that ''Jamil'' (and Farah and Dowd) nearly face this.]]

--> "Oh, Uncle... it's my fault. I brought the orcs here..."

* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' has a version of this where the planet your character starts on is destroyed after they leave it. And also the destruction of Future Dude Claude's starship, late in the game, for no other reason than to allow the bad guys to show off their uber-powerful weapons. Jerks.
** The planet gets restored at the end though, and while not explicitly stated the ending also implies' Claude's dad's ship is also brought back.
* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' has the resort planet of Hyda IV, which is attacked when the main character is chillin' out on it. Earth (along with most of the galaxy) gets destroyed midway through the game. The galaxy is restored at the end due to its inhabitants having the sentience to [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve believe they are real and thus become real]]. Why this doesn't work for Earth or anything else that was "deleted" in the exact same manner is [[PlotHole never explained]].

* In ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]'', the mission "Toy Box" takes place in Olaf's hometown, which has been torn apart by one of [[EvilGenius Lash]]'s inventions. It's a major TearJerker moment, with Olaf visibly struggling to hold back tears. Furthermore, in an example of GameplayAndStoryIntegration, Olaf and Lash have a Tag Power penalty due to this in ''Dual Strike''.

* [[spoiler:The Chosen One's hometown of Arroyo]] in ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' - ironically, the village is destroyed ''just'' as [[spoiler:the hero finds the item that was supposed to ''save'' it]].
** In the ending, [[spoiler:the village is rebuilt after freeing the survivors from the Enclave, and the Chosen One becomes the new leader]].
** And ''VideoGame/Fallout3'''s story really begins when the player is forced to leave the Vault [[spoiler:to search for their father]]. Later on, as part of a {{Sidequest}}, the PC is able to return and see what has happened in their absence - but however they choose to resolve (or completely ignore!) matters, they don't get to stay. One of these "resolutions" results in our [[DesignatedHero "Hero"]] [[WhatTheHellHero dooming the hometown]] himself!

* In ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]'', the mission "Toy Box" takes place in Olaf's home town, which has been torn apart by one of [[DarkChick La]][[EvilGenius sh]]'s inventions. It's a major TearJerker moment, with Olaf visibly struggling to hold back tears. Furthermore, in an example of GameplayAndStoryIntegration, Olaf and Lash have a Tag Power penalty due to this in ''Dual Strike''.

* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' has this happen to ''one'' of the heroes: [[spoiler:Poor unlucky Albert.]] The others generally manage to avoid this, although [[spoiler:it's possible for Barbara to lose the closest thing ''she'' has to a hometown, the Frontier, to [[BonusBoss the Jewel Beast]]. Also, part of the endgame involves racing to defeat Saruin before his forces destroy Estamir, meaning that ''Jamil'' (and Farah and Dowd) nearly face this.]]

*** The ''Future Redeemed'' expansion begins in [[spoiler: the first City, which, like Torna, is DoomedByCanon to be destroyed by Consul N, leaving the expansion's protagonist Matthew as a refugee.]]

*** The entire party except for Taion comes from one of these, as colony destruction has become just a matter of course in the ForeverWar between Keves and Agnus. While Noah, Lanz and Eunie are stationed at Colony 9 when the game proper begins, they started out at Colony 14 before it was destroyed in an Agnian attack. Mio and Sena meanwhile are stationed at Colony Gamma but went through two other colonies before it; the second of which (Colony Omega) was destroyed in a mechanical accident [[spoiler: which was actually a cover-up for Consul Y's [[PlayingWithSyringes brutal science experiments]]]].

** Exaggerated in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': [[spoiler:the worlds of the first two ''Xenoblade Chronicles'' games are set to collide with each other in the backstory, which results in Origin - a giant moon-sized supercomputer with the information of every being from both worlds - being built to reboot both universes and merge them as one. However, the data of everyone collected led to the formation of [[EnemyWithout Z]], a DemiurgeArchetype that is a personification of the collective fear of both worlds being rebooted and the desire for things to stay the way they were before. The result is that not only do both worlds collide, but end up merging to create Aionios, a world ruled by Z and his underlings, the Moebius, where the denizens of both worlds are forced to fight each other in an [[ForeverWar eternal war]].]]

** PlayedWith in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'': Link awakens to a devastated Hyrule at the beginning of the game and later learns that he once served as Princess Zelda's personal knight in the heart of the ruined kingdom. Played straight in the prequel, ''VideoGame/AgeOfCalamity'', where Castle Town and Hyrule Castle are seen in their prime before being destroyed when Ganon emerges halfway through. [[spoiler:Due to this game taking place in an AlternateTimeline, the rest of the kingdom is spared, though its major fortresses are still damaged in the battle.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' has Tristram, which you spend all of the first game trying to save (and is pretty much a shadow of its former self already, having been ravaged first by Leoric's madness and then by Lazarus' betrayal), and which gets destroyed by demons come the second game.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} II'', the [[NoNameGiven anonymous]] "Doomguy" is told in an intermission screen that "the alien base is in the heart of your own home city, not far from the starport."

** PlayedWith in ''[]VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'': Link awakens to a devastated Hyrule at the beginning of the game and later learns that he once served as Princess Zelda's personal knight in the very heart of the ruined kingdom. Played straight in the prequel, ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaAgeOfCalamity Age of Calamity]]'', where Castle Town and Hyrule Castle are seen in their prime before being destroyed when Ganon emerges halfway through. [[spoiler:Due to this game taking place in an AlternateTimeline, the rest of the kingdom is spared, though its major fortresses are still damaged in the battle.]]