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--->'''Rila''': We... are ''not'' your slaves!

* In the ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' CreationMyth, the First Ones lured [[PhysicalGod Ormagöden]] into a trap to drown him in mud. Rather than let himself burn out, Ormagöden released his full power and exploded, [[PiecesOfGod reshaping the world with parts of his being]]. His firy power became the sun, his dying MetalScream became noise, his metal body veined the earth with metal ore, and his blood became oceans that drowned the First Ones.

** The first game has [[spoiler: Sakura Ogami]], the game's [[SuicideNotMurder only suicide]]. [[spoiler: Faced with the knowledge that her very presence, after being revealed as TheMole, was causing tension that sooner or later would lead to someone dying, she takes initiative and kills ''herself'', simultaneously removing the conflict that Monokuma wanted to use to cause a murder, fulfilling her deal with Monokuma that he'd release his hostages if she killed someone without becoming a murderer, reminding the other students (via her suicide note) that Monokuma was their true enemy and they didn't need to play his game, and breaking open the Headmaster's office for good measure. Sakura's death utterly undermines the killing game, to the point where the Mastermind needs to cheat to create the fifth trial as nobody is willing to kill any more.]]

** [[spoiler: Kaito Momota]] became the Blackened in an attempt to prevent [[spoiler: Maki]] from doing so. And when they're finally found out and punished, they become the second person after Makoto Naegi way back in the first game to have their execution ''fail''; [[spoiler: in Kaito's case, his IncurableCoughOfDeath killed him ''after'' he got to space, but before the g-forces from re-entry could kill him horribly. Instead, he dies smiling and at peace, [[AGoodWayToDie having saved his love interest and fulfilled his dream]].]]

** Even in the very start of the game, we have that one Stormcloak soldier headed to the chopping block, and a priestess is giving him his final rites. He responds by making her hurry up with it.
--->'''Priestess:''' As we commend your souls to Aetherius, blessings of the Eight Divines-\\
'''Soldier:''' "For the love of Talos[[labelnote:*]]The Ninth Divine, a Nord who was believed to have become a god, the worship of which the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor]] have forbidden[[/labelnote]], shut up and let's get this over with."

--->'''Soldier:''' "My ancestors are smiling upon me, can you say the same?"
** Also, if you side with the Empire during the Civil War questline, Ulfric Stormcloak gets one. He accepts his defeat and has one final request: at least have the Dragonborn kill him so that it would be a better story.
--->'''Tullius:''' "Well, Ulfric, you can't escape from me this time. Any last words before I send you to... to wherever you people go when you die?"\\
'''Rikke:''' "Sovngarde, sir."\\
'''Tullius:''' "Right. Well?"\\
'''Ulfric:''' "Let the Dragonborn do it. It'll make for a better song."

* Sagacious Zu in ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', taking down Death's Hand.
** And then the remains of his soul breaking Master Li's hold on your mind to allow your victory.

* Following that, SEGA in a sense went through this during its Dreamcast Era. This would be the company's swan song as a first-party developer and player in the console wars before reviving itself solely as a third party. Considering this was the period they had a massive surge of great ''new'' output with [=IPs=] that would live on today (like ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'', ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'', ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', ''VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo'', and many many more) and the Dreamcast itself was accepted very well in sharp contrast to its immediate [[UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn predecessor]]; critics, fans, and some non-fans would agree that they went out with a bang. To this day, although still successful, SEGA hasn't hit a home run quite like they did back then.

* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder''

** Before that, Gadolt saves Shulk and company from the transforming Mechonis by deflecting a laser beam using his Jade Face mech. He dies with one parting word, "Believe!"

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' Rufus Shinra orders the attack which destroys Sephiroth's barrier, giving your heroes the opportunity to get into the crater and stop him, [[FaceDeathWithDignity then calmly watches as WEAPON's attack comes to destroy the Shinra building.]] However it is revealed in [[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]] that he somehow managed to survive.

* Even with all the BlackComedy as well as NightmareFuel, this is the endgame for Zero in VideoGame/Drakengard3. [[spoiler: The flower that's in her eye is a Grotesquerie, as in the same EldritchAbomination babies from Branch D of Drakengard 1! She not only kills her sisters, but recruited Michael/Mikhail to be the one that finishes her in the end after it's all done. The final boss in Branch D has Mikhail doing that, even if it gives him great pain that he has to kill his best friend to do so.]]

* THE ENTIRE CAST of ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga 2''. Heat's death begins it all as he chooses to go by HeroicSuicide against Serph. Argilla and Roland stay behind to lure the NighInvulnerable EldritchAbomination Meganada to an exploding reactor core and give the others the chance to reach the Airport. Gale confronts Jenna Angel at the Airport, giving the other three the time to reach a plane capable of reaching the last functioning HAARP facility and escape Karma City. Cielo dies taking down a squadron of Karma Society fighters to allow Sera and Serph to reach the facility. Serph and Sera give their lives to activate the facility one last time to speak with God / Brahman to halt the ''already ongoing'' Apocalypse.

** In ''[[VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm Heart of the Swarm]]'', [[HeroAntagonist General Warfield]], when dying in front of Kerrigan, [[DefiantToTheEnd uses his last breath to]]] 1) [[TheMenFirst demand she lets his surviving men go]] and 2) deliver her a spectacular ReasonYouSuckSpeech. He gets brutally killed by her for his troubles, but his speech has enough effect to convince her to actually spare his men like he asked.

** Taken UpToEleven in the online comic, where we are treated to a dying Bill slumped against the generator in a pool of his own blood as the three Tanks enter the room. His response? Light another cigarette, and announce [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner "Hold yer horses...I'll be with ya in a minute."]]

** [[spoiler:The timeline-determinate Kreisau Circle members have one each among them in the endgame. In the Fergus timeline, [[MadMathematician Tekla]] [[YouCantFightFate resigns herself to her fate]] and takes out several Nazis (in addition to a few before B.J. finds her) before the Nazis get her. Meanwhile, in the Wyatt timeline, J makes a defiant last statement by cranking his amp UpToEleven and blaring out ''Star-Spangled Banner'' for all of Berlin to hear.]]

* Whoever gets sacrificed on Virmire in ''Videogame/MassEffect1'' gets this. Anybody who dies on the suicide mission, including Shepard himself in the non-canon [[DowneGrEnding bad ending]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' gets this as well, unless they died on the Normandy.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'': Andrew Ryan from [[VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}} the first game]] [[spoiler:reveals that you've been a ManchurianAgent all along, and Atlas's CatchPhrase, "would you kindly", is actually your TriggerPhrase. He demonstrates just how little control you truly have over the situation by making you run, stop, turn on command. Then he hands you his golf club and orders you to kill him. [[CutsceneBoss Without regaining control]], you obey.]]
%% ** Depending if the ending you get in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock 2}}'' is rather the normal or good types, Subject Delta

* ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' has Emperor Titus Mede II at the end of the Dark Brotherhood questline. While in-game he's considered a rather controversial figure, when you finally confront him, Titus faces his assassin with remarkable grace, refusing to show fear (at worst simply being annoyed if you act like a psychopath). He calmly accepts his fate, with his final request simply being to consider killing the one who ordered the hit on him in the first place.

* ''Videogame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has whoever you let trigger Project Purity, at least without the add-ons. In the vanilla game, either you or Lyons can do it, and you can be assured that whoever walks in that room isn't ever getting out, dying from immense amounts of radioactivity in order to create a supply of clean water for the Capital Wasteland. Basically, you die so that everyone else doesn't. Broken Steel does change that though if you choose to do it.

** Eliwood's father Elbert in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]]. What's ''not'' awesome in severely wounding the same BigBad who fatally injured you, drastically slowing his plans and being ''this'' close to get him done for, thus forcing the BigBad to retreat while mumbling about how he almost kicked it?
** The Avatar in VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening. If the ending where they die is chosen, the Avatar will team up with their comrades to defeat Grima, but the Avatar sacrifices themself to prevent the fiend from resurrecting. [[spoiler: And ultimately, they ''return to life'' and rejoin their comrades, but now fully free from Grima.]]

* Whoever gets sacrificed on Virmire in ''Videogame/MassEffect1'' gets this. Anybody who dies on the suicide mission, including Shepard himself in the non-canon [[DownerEnding bad ending]] in Videogame/MassEffect2 gets this as well, unless they died on the Normandy.
** Commander Shepard's death at the start of ''Videogame/MassEffect2'' counts as well, their last act is to save Joker, even though Shepard is fairly sure they're about to die. Don't worry, Shepard gets better.
** All through Mass Effect 3 you receive messages about minor characters from the past pulling these off, going down fighting to the end, saving others. Particularly people rescued through Paragon choices.
** In ''Videogame/MassEffect3'', Thane Krios takes on Cerberus assassin Kai Leng and takes a sword through the gut while preventing Leng from killing the salarian councilor. The fight is badass enough to qualify on its own -- but Thane pulls it off in spite of the fact that he has a terminal illness that interferes with his ability to breathe, and was given three months to live ''[[{{Determinator}} nine months ago]]''.

** Also, technically Wander's death, since even though he is put down in a quick and one-sided fight, he ''doesn't give up'' and keeps struggling forward until he physically can't go on anymore. (That said, he is either BackFromTheDead or [[{{Reincarnation}} Reincarnated]] by the end of the game.)
* Shadow the Hedgehog at the end of VideoGame/SonicAdventure2. After preventing a Space Colony from crashing into the Earth with the assistance of [[SuperMode Super Sonic]], Super Shadow ended up draining his power too quickly, fell to Earth, and supposedly burned to death in the atmosphere, wondering if he had fulfilled the promise he made to his dead best friend: To give the people of Earth a chance to be happy.

* VideoGame/SuikodenTierkreis has Second Royal Consort Rizwan, the head of the Janam Arcane Academy. When [[ChurchOfEvil The Order]] uses their plan to wipe out Janam using [[RetGone a world fusion]], Rizwan uses the [[MacGuffin Chronicle]] to attempt to stop it. She manages to save the southern port town of Salsabil, as well as [[TheWisePrince Prince Shams]], who was visiting there at the time. She also manages to keep the city of El-Qaral intact.
--> Later, Dirk manages to do the same thing by using two Chronicles at once, one of which had already been expended in such a fashion, and should have been normally impossible.

* "VideoGame/TelltalesGameOfThrones" has many examples of this trope:
** Rodrik or Asher Forrester's final battle. Because of their sacrifice the other brother gets to survive and lead their house in the war to come. They manage to take down a significant amount of Whitehill soldiers on their own (some without a sword) and survive multiple stab wounds in their chest, only scumming to their wounds after a crossbow bolt to the neck.
*** Rodrik is an even greater example, considering he was still crippled a day ago and lives slightly longer than Asher.
----> '''Rodrik:''' ''Let me save your life, and our house.''
** Mira Forrester is a potential example of this trope. If you refuse to marry Lord Morgryn, he sentences you to death. Despite her death, she dies with honor as she kept her family name and saves Tom's life.
---> '''Mira:''' ''Iron From Ice!'''
** Both of Lady Elissa Forrester's deaths, she dies either sacrificing herself to kill Lord Whitehill or saving her son.
** Royland/Duncan's death, they can die defending their lord and they go down in a blaze of glory fighting. Royland even goes down laughing.
*** This is subverted if your choices lead to either of them surviving.
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has ''four'', if the player goes the Genocide route. First there is [[spoiler: Papyrus who defiantly says that they truly believe the player can be good if they try]], then the player meets [[spoiler: Undyne who dies, ''comes back thrice as strong'' and dies because her body gives out (not because of the player) while showing a big grin as she announces that thanks to her, the other monsters will have escaped]]. Then the player meets [[spoiler: Mettaton, who shows an impressive form, but is extremely weak. He is this nonetheless, because he fought DESPITE knowing he will instantly die. And if the player didn't exhaust the kill counter, he declares it a win for himself since the player can't be as bloodthirsty as they seemed]]. And then there is [[spoiler: Sans, who gives the player the most brutal beat down ever and when he gets fatally hit, he simply shrugs it off and walks off-screen so that the player can't even gloat him in his face as he dies]].

* [[ByronicHero Kenny]] of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead''. Especially so if Ben died in Episode 4. He performs a HeroicSacrifice to save a trapped and pregnant Christa from [[OurZombiesAreDifferent walkers]]. Of course, since [[NeverFoundTheBody you never actually see his fate]], he turns up alive in Season 2.

* Following that, SEGA in sense went through this during its Dreamcast Era. This would be the company's swan song as a First Party developer and player in the console wars before reviving itself solely as a Third Party. Considering this was the period they had a massive surge of great ''new'' output with [=IPs=] that would live on today (like VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia, VideoGame/JetSetRadio, VideoGame/CrazyTaxi, VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo, and many many more) and the Dreamcast itself was accepted very well in sharp contrast to its immediate [[UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn predecessor]]; critics, fans, and some non-fans would agree that they went out with a bang. To this day, although still successful, SEGA hasn't hit a home run quite like they did back then.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' Reddas at the Pharos. Face-to-face with the [[CosmicKeystone Sun-Cryst]], the instrument by which the gods manipulate history and which (indirectly) led to the destruction of a country by ''his'' hands, which he believes to be his own MoralEventHorizon, he takes a crystal-cleaving god-blade and...
-->'''Reddas:''' I, Judge Magister, ''condemn thee to oblivion!''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' has, like, ''three''. First is Josef sacrificing himself to stop a boobytrapped boulder from crushing the party. Then there's Minwu giving his life to break the seal on the Ultima tome, and finally, Ricard attacks the Dark Emperor so the rest of the party can get away with their lives, sacrificing himself in the process. Concentrated ''Badass''.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'': Tellah, driven by revenge, gives everything he has to take down Golbez in his final moments and casting the ultimate spell that fazes him. Said ultimate spell took him to him to his grave because, at his old age, he overtaxed himself or in game speak... [[CastFromHitPoints MP too low. (His max MP isn't even enough to cast the spell.)]] Golbez may not have died, but that spell hitting him left him so weak that he dropped his control over Kain AND made him beatable later in the game. Bravo, Tellah...
** To give those who haven't played the game a better feel for it. Meteor (the last spell that Tellah casts) uses 99 MP. Tellah only has 90 MP. He casts it AFTER using Firaga, Blizzaga, Thundaga (all of which use 30 MP each) AND Bio (MP cost 20). [[CastFromHitPoints MP too low]] indeed.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' has Galuf. After seeing his granddaughter and teammates fall to Exdeath's magical traps, he stands up to the BigBad, shakes off his magical bindings, [[BeyondTheImpossible gets knocked down to 0 HP and still keeps fighting regardless of what high-level spells Exdeath keeps tossing at him]], and through HeroicSacrifice saves the rest of the party. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood When an enraged -- but astonished -- Exdeath demands to know what kind of ''hate'' could drive Galuf to such an extreme]], the latter replies that [[ThePowerOfLove it isn't hate what powers him]].
** [[AndZoidberg And]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Gilgamesh!]]
--->'''Necrophobe''': Enough of this! Now die! *hits Gilgamesh with Flare for minimal damage*\\

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' Rufus Shinra orders the attack which destroys Sephiroth's barrier, giving your heroes the opportunity to get into the crater and stop him, [[FaceDeathWithDignity then calmly watches as WEAPON's attack comes to destroy the Shrinra building.]] However it is revealed in [[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]] that he somehow managed to survive.
* In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' prequel ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', "Embrace your dreams... and whatever happens... protect your honor... AS SOLDIER!!" And at the end of the ensuing final stand, Zack, fatigued and battle worn, falls to the remaining THREE troops of the ''ARMY'' that he just faced...
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': Noctis comes out of a ten year hibernation to find that the world has gone to hell with it being perpetual night and demons roaming the world. He and his friends make their way to Insomnia to fight Ardyn, though Ardyn stuns the other three since it's a one on one battle between kings. Noctis then sacrifices his life to not only destroy the Starscourge, but in the afterlife he destroys Ardyn once and for all in the process.

* While the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series never shows a character dying on screen, ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has [[spoiler:Dhurke]] dying in an awesome, yet mundane way. They are shot by the killer three times and he just stands there while giving both a DeathGlare and a BadassBoast to them before dying moments later, causing said killer to [[OhCrap figuratively shit his pants]] and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flee the scene]]. And it doesn't end with his death either; his last words tell his fellow hostage to channel his spirit as soon as he dies, so he can take care of just a few more things... which include making sure the revolution he was heading gets the last push it needed to succeed.

* In ''Videogame/{{Xenoblade}}'', Egil puts his differences aside with Shulk and goes down fighting against Zanza, both of them controlling the Mechonis and Bionis.

** VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder has the Nazis killing everyone in an asylum. Once Bj starts hs killing spree, a [[BadassBystander dead nurse is seen in the background with a shotgun]]... And the corpse of Deathshead's Commando a few feet from her.

* ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}} 2'': after being shot in the chest at point blank three times and left for dead, captain templar crawls to the command console and deactivates the ''New Sun's'' altitude control system, and laughs weakly to himself as the giant warship plummets into Tharsis Refinery, disabling Pyrrhus' advanced defence grid.

* VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': What turned Ash Crimson from TheScrappy to [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap the contrary]] for a good part of the fandom is how, at the end of the Tales of Ash saga, his supposed EvilPlan was revealed to be a huge [[HiddenHeartOfGold facade]] that covered his true BatmanGambit, which he deployed to protect his OnlyFriend Elisabeth... and finished with him ''willingly erasing himself from existence alongside his ancestor Saiki'' to do so. The fact that Ash also got to FaceDeathwithDignity sealed the deal.

* The deaths of Shaak Ti and Starkiller in VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed.

* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'': [[PlayerCharacter John Marston]] knows that there are thirty-five men outside his barn with guns. He also knows that he has to die to save his family. His pistol holds fifteen rounds-- sixteen men (if the player is quick enough that is), counting John, die.
* And in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', Arthur Morgan's last stand against the treacherous rat Micah Bell. It's made clear that if Arthur wasn't dying of late-stage tuberculosis and badly injured, Micah would have [[CurbStompBattle folded quicker than Superman on laundry day]]. And if Arthur has high Honour, he succumbs to his tuberculosis while watching the sunrise one last time, [[DeathEqualsRedemption dying a redeemed man]].

* Usually Ganondorf in every ''Zelda'' game he's been in has a profound effect. Most notable are his death scenes in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', where Link ''impales'' his forehead with the Master Sword, he says his final line, then turns to stone. And ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', where Link stabs him through the torso where the Sage's Sword had impaled him, Ganondorf stands back up, then dies on his feet after finding out Zant died, Master Sword stuck straight through him.
** Also Mikau from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', who is mortally wounded and lying on the beach. He asks Link if he will hear his last message. After Link agrees to this, Mikau ''jumps up and rocks out'' while singing his last song, then falls back down and dies.
** Demise from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''. In his dying breath, he [[DyingCurse curses Link and Zelda's bloodlines]] to forever be haunted by [[ThePowerOfHate an incarnation of his hatred]], a.k.a. Ganon.

* The back-story part of the manual for ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' says that you will either have a great story (about escaping Nazi prison) for your grandkids, or go out in a blaze of glory.
** VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder has the Nazis killing everyone in an asylum. Once Bj starts hs killing spree, a [[BadassBystander dead nurse is seen in the background with a shotgun]]... And the corpse of Deathshead's Commando a few feet from her.

* Even if he is the BigBad of the game (and a true bastard to boot) Luca Blight's demise in ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'' in which he battles practically your entire army almost single-handedly while covered with arrows and finally dueling the main character after all of this. Then he rubs it in your face with a BadassBoast.
--> '''Luca''': It TOOK HUNDREDS TO KILL ME! BUT I SLAUGHTERED HUMANS BY THE THOUSANDS! LOOK AT ME! [[LargeHam I AM SUBLIME!]] [[CardCarryingVillain I AM THE TRUE FACE OF EVIL!]]
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare2''. Soap is stabbed in the chest, which puts him out of action while the BigBad beats up Captain Price. Then Soap yanks the knife out of his own chest and chucks it into the BigBad 's eye. The subversion is that he's still alive when he's loaded into the chopper at the end of the game.
** Though, at first, it seems that way. After Soap sends Shepherd to hell using an EyeScream technique, his arms just drop as his vision steadily fades away. And just at the last second, when it seems Soap's gonna lose consciousness, Price comes to and it able to start patching Soap up.
* Played straight in ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare3'' when Yuri, though already impaled on a steel beam earlier, charges in guns-blazing to stall Makarov long enough for Price to recover and kill him.
* All of Zero's various {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s throughout the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero]]'' series qualifies, particularly the last one. Going out in a [[ColonyDrop literal blaze of glory]], taking a villain of the highest order with him, leaving behind a legacy of humans and Reploids working together for a more peaceful world. Said peace wouldn't have even come into fruition if the humans didn't see firsthand Zero's selfless acts throughout the series (up to and including the aforementioned HeroicSacrifice). It's Zero, for crying out loud. They have to make his death one of the highlights of his life/lives.
* Sagacious Zu in ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', taking down Death's Hand.
** And then the remains of his soul breaking Master Li's hold on your mind to allow your victory.
* Shandra Jerro's impressive death two thrids of the way through VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2. Seeing the whiny farmgirl teleporting around freeing her grandfather's collection of bound demons before being taken down was quite satisfying.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' has Galuf. After seeing his granddaughter and teammates fall to Exdeath's magical traps, he stands up to the BigBad, shakes off his magical bindings, [[BeyondTheImpossible gets knocked down to 0 HP and still keeps fighting regardless of what high-level spells Exdeath keeps tossing at him]], and through HeroicSacrifice saves the rest of the party. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood When an enraged --but astonished-- Exdeath demands to know what kind of ''hate'' could drive Galuf to such an extreme]], the latter replies that [[ThePowerOfLove it isn't hate what powers him]].

* ''VideoGame/StarCraft'':
** In the [[VideoGame/StarCraftI original game]], Tassadar sacrifices himself to destroy [[EldritchAbomination the Overmind]]. For those that actually haven't played the game: Tassadar is/was the commander of the Protoss forces until he committed the treason/heresy of not only talking with the Dark Templar but embracing them and sharing in their learning. Cue Zerg invasion of Aiur (Protoss homeworld) that reaches such a [[ZergRush stupendous scale]] that they even manifest the physical body of the Hive Mind there. In the climax of the battle, Tassadar takes it upon himself to finish the job; namely flying his damaged and deteriorating flagship dead at the Hive Mind's physical shell, while channeling every ounce of his legendary psychic power [[YinYangBomb using both Khala AND Dark Templar techniques throughout the ships hull, turning it into a psychically-charged kamikaze nuke so strong it (more or less) KILLS THE HIVE MIND of the entire Zerg]].
** Also, arguably the Overmind itself, which was tainted with an overriding directive to destroy the Protoss, and, after creating a replacement and keeping her safely occupied, made its own death (which would free the Zerg from the pesky directive) possible by manifesting in physical form on Aiur before its "enemies" were completely defeated. It could've worked better, but also a lot worse.
** In the BadFuture shown in ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty'', the entire Protoss race goes down in a spectacular LastStand against Amon's Hybrids and their mind-controlled Zerg. They manage to make casualties in the ''thousands'' before they are all killed.
** In ''[[VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm Heart of the Swarm]]'', [[HeroAntagonist General Warfield]], when dying in front of Kerrigan, [[DefiantToTheEnd uses his last breath to]]] 1) [[TheMenFirst demand she lets his surviving men go]] and 2) deliver her a spectacular ReasonYouSuckSpeech. He gets brutally killed by her for his troubles, but his speech has enough effect to convince her to actually spare his men like he asked.
** In ''[[VideoGame/StarCraftIILegacyOfTheVoid Legacy of the Void]]'', Zeratul dies in a duel with [[DemonicPossession an Amon-possessed]] [[TheHero Artanis]], but manages during the fight to severe Artanis' nerve cords, freeing him from the possession in the process.

* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' has Commodore Wittcomb's self-sacrificing last stand against the Enforcers over Planet Styx.
* The ([[NominalImportance named]]) Grey Wardens in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series seem to have this trope as one of membership perks: those who aren't lucky enough to die killing the Archdemon or go out in a blaze of glory before getting too old leave for the Deep Roads to kill as many Darkspawn as they can and die fighting. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dljVCiQg2wY This trailer]] says it all. Specific examples include:
** Warden-Commander Duncan from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is killed why climbing up an ogre's chest with sword and knife to deal the killing blow.
** Riordan falls to his death after jumping onto the Archdemon in midair and wounding its wing so the remaining Wardens can fight it on the ground.
** Unless you take a very specific endgame choice, either the Warden, Alistair, or [[spoiler:Loghain]] will die after delivering the final blow to the Archdemon.
** Any of your Grey Warden recruits who die in the ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'' finale will do so in blaze of glory, particularly Anders, who is killed by an arrow after slaying hundreds of darkspawn, and Sigrun, who rallies the remaining defenders to a heroic LastStand.
** Warden-Commander Clarel from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' dies while soloing the Elder One's corrupted High Dragon.
** Later in ''Inquisition'', Hawke and either Alistair, [[spoiler:Loghain]], or Stroud accompany the Inquisitor into the Fade. When the absolutely gigantic Nightmare demon blocks the party's path back into the waking world, the Inquisitor must leave either Hawke or their Grey Warden ally behind to distract the Nightmare from the others' escape. The last we see of whoever stays behind is them [[SelfDestructiveCharge charging at the demon]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'': Andrew Ryan from [[VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}} the first game]] [[spoiler:reveals that you've been a ManchurianAgent all along, and Atlas's CatchPhrase, "would you kindly", is actually your TriggerPhrase. He demonstrates just how little control you truly have over the situation by making you run, stop, turn on command. Then he hands you his golf club and orders you to kill him. [[CutsceneBoss Without regaining control]], you obey.]]
%% ** Depending if the ending you get in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock 2}}'' is rather the normal or good types, Subject Delta

* Every Colossi's death in ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', and arguably Dormin's, if you consider Them truly vanquished.
** Also, technically Wander's death, since even though he is put down in a quick and one-sided fight, he ''doesn't give up'' and keeps struggling forward until he physically can't go on anymore. (That said, he is either BackFromTheDead or [[{{Reincarnation}} Reincarnated]] by the end of the game.)
* The deaths of Shaak Ti and Starkiller in VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed.
* In ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology,'' Chiron knocks over a giant boulder to ensure the escape of the others and dies fighting a mob of fire giants.
* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'', Keldorn's epilogue has him finally retiring from the Order of Torm and settling down with his family, only for a horde of giants to invade Athkatla. He then proceeds fight off the entire horde ''single handedly'', despite numerous fatal wounds, and doesn't die until the last giant has been defeated. His actions were so heroic (and badass) that ''Torm himself'' came to ''personally'' guide Keldorn's soul to the afterlife. ''Wow''. Not only that, but his 'afterlife' is to be the ''right hand man of the God of Justice!''
** If he isn't romanced and successfully passes his trials, Anomen will go on to have a great heroic career that ends with him going down in a blaze of glory while singlehandedly stopping an EvilSorcerer.
* ''VideoGame/WildArms4'' has Gawn go down destroying a missile barrage while keeping himself aloft in the air with a pair of ''handguns'', and after he runs out of ammo he takes down the last one by ''punching it''. He follows this up by somehow [[TalkingIsAFreeAction giving a last speech]] before the detention destroys him. The laws of physics may weep at that scene, but it's still a way to go out.
* Grom Hellscream in ''[[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Warcraft III]]'' has one of the most epic deaths of any major character in the game. To save his clan from their demonic bloodlust and free them from Mannoroth's control, he and Thrall track down the demon. Grom's axe splits the demon's armour and chest in half, killing him in a burst of flame.
-->''Grom'': "Thrall... the blood haze has lifted... the demon's fire has burnt out in my veins. I... have... freed...myself..."\\
''Thrall'': "No, old friend...you've freed us all."
** Thus proving that Grom Hellscream was such an ultimate badass that the following statement was coined: "The only thing badass enough to kill Grom Hellscream was, in fact, killed by Grom Hellscream."
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has two in ''Warlords of Draenor'' in the finales of Frostfire Ridge and Shadowmoon Valley.
** The Draenei leader, Velen, releases an ''enormous'' burst of [[LightEmUp Holy magic]], purifying the Naaru Ka'ra from its void state, and the light that ''didn't'' purify the Naaru washed over the valley and empowers the draenei fighting the Iron Horde.
** Ga'nar of the Frostwolves, who was stated to be one of their greatest warriors, proves he is indeed, when he charges into an enemy army, armed only with a pair of axes, and holds them off ''[[BolivianArmyEnding by himself]]'' long enough for Drek'thar to collapse the pass on top of them [[HeroicSacrifice and himself]]. As the rocks fall, Ga'nar screams "Lok'tar!" (Victory)
** In the Broken Shores scenario which serves as a prologue to the ''Legion'' expansion, the battle with the Burning Legion turns against the Alliance and the Horde, forcing both to retreat. The airship being used by the Alliance forces is grabbed by a fel reaver preventing their escape. Varian, hanging over the side on a rope ladder while Genn Greymane tries to get him aboard, instead passes Genn a letter he had written, asks it be given to his son, then leaps from the ship and plunges into the reaver. He effectively cracks its head in two strikes, secures the Alliance gunship's escape, then fights demons until he's overwhelmed. Finally, when Gul'dan tries to gloat that Varian's [[SenselessSacrifice sacrifice was senseless]], Varian gets in one final word before Gul'dan kills him with demonic fire.
--->'''Gul'dan:''' You will be remembered, as the king who sacrificed his life for '''nothing'''.\\
'''Varian:''' For the Alliance!
** In ''Shadowlands'', while he was already dead after being killed by Thrall, Garrosh Hellscream gets one at the end of the Soulrender Dormazain encounter in the Sanctum of Domination: he declares that despite the venthyr's attempts to absolve him of his sins in life, he feels no remorse for everything he did in the name of the Horde and would gladly do it all over again. He then picks up Dormazain's sword and leaps at him while yelling "For the Horde!", ending in them both DeaderThanDead and naught but a pile of ash behind.
* ''VideoGame/HaloReach'': '''Every''' main character except [[SoleSurvivor Jun]] and Kat. [[KilledMidSentence Kat's death]] averts this trope.
** To be descriptive:
*** Jorge manually detonates a slipspace 'bomb' while aboard a captured Covenant Corvette, and the ensuing space-time rift destroys a massive Covenant Supercarrier, costing the Covenant a rare and powerful vessel and the (likely estimate) 100,000+ personnel aboard it. [[spoiler:[[NegatedMomentOfAwesome Then another]] [[SenselessSacrifice Covenant fleet arrives]]]].
*** Carter disposes of a Scarab blocking Six & Emile's path by ramming the badly damaged Pelican he's piloting into the walker. "You're on your own Noble. Carter out."
*** Emile gets impaled through the chest from behind by an Elite Zealot. Not missing a beat, he draws his huge-ass knife, spins around in the Elite's grip, and stabs the Elite in the neck with it, taking the Zealot down in his final act. "I'm ready! How about you?!"
*** Six fights off an impossibly large never-ending swarm of Covenant soldiers, reportedly taking down entire battalions of Covenant, eventually being taken down by an elite team of Elites, and managing to kill about half of them (and requiring the other half to literally ''pin Six to the ground'' before they can administer a killing blow) before succumbing.
---->'''Mission''': Fall of Reach. '''Objective''': Survive. '''Briefing''': Spartans. Never. Die.
*** Kat gets shot by a sniper. Through and through, dead on arrival.
*** Jun survives, according to [[WordOfGod Word Of Bungie]].
*** Six's predecessor grabbed a bomb from the wounded Kat, jumps into a Covenant battlecruiser with his jetpack and throws it into the troops assembling there seconds before detonation. Thus the "footsteps we rather not see filled."

** In ''Videogame/MassEffect3'', Thane Krios takes on Cerberus assassin Kai Leng and takes a sword through the gut while preventing Leng from killing the salarian councilor. The fight is badass enough to qualify on its own - but Thane pulls it off in spite of the fact that he has a terminal illness that interferes with his ability to breathe, and was given three months to live ''[[{{Determinator}} nine months ago]]''.

* Stella's HeroicSacrifice in ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia''.
* Asch's death in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' gets its own little video. Unarmed at first, he manages to fight off dozens of soldiers but then ends up stabbed in the back. The sword goes through him, another three swords get stabbed through his body. He kills the last remaining soldiers, ''remains standing and pulls one of the swords out'' before his strength leaves him and he falls to the ground.
* This is what happens in the true ending to ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'' as [[spoiler: Ludger sacrifices himself so not only do the fractured worlds stop appearing, but also so Elle, who is his daughter in another one of those worlds, can live without becoming a divergence catalyst.]]
* Bill's death in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''. In the campaign The Sacrifice, the survivors are trying to get a boat to get out to sea and hopefully to an island somewhere the infection hasn't reached yet. In order to do so, they have to operate several generators in order to hoist the noisy drawbridge. In the process of doing so, one of the generators powers down, leaving the drawbridge shut, and the survivors exposed. Louis begins to volunteer to be the one to go back to turn it back on, as he had a busted leg (canonically at least, gameplay wise it doesn't matter who), but before he does Bill goes back a guns a blazing. He manages to get the generator fixed, but is trapped in the generator room by no fewer than [[OhCrap THREE]] Tanks. Because you -need- that many tanks to take out someone like Bill.
** Taken UpToEleven in the online comic, where we are treated to a dying Bill slumped against the generator in a pool of his own blood as the three Tanks enter the room. His response? Light another cigarette, and announce [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner "Hold yer horses...I'll be with ya in a minute."]]
* In one ending of ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'', Ryouko blows away Saya with her SawedOffShotgun...''with an axe going through her shoulder and into her chest''...and a SlasherSmile.
* Leonard's HeroicSacrifice in ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' definitely qualifies.
--> '''Leonard: [[YouShallNotPass Death need not be the end of hope!]]'''
* Selvaria blowing herself up along with a whole freaking city and most of Gallia's main army in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' is a villainous example.
* Takeharu Kirijo of ''VideoGame/Persona3'' gets one in the [[UpdatedRerelease PSP remake]]. After Ikutsuki shoots him, leaving him fatally wounded, Takeharu pulls out a gun of his own and fires back at Ikutsuki. (In the other versions of the game, [[TeamPet Koromaru]] attacks Shuji, which is awesome in its own right, but it's not a DMOA.)
** Shinjiro - already suffering one gunshot wound - [[TakingTheBullet steps in front of a bullet aimed for Ken]], shakes off everyone as they crowd around him, and then stumbles forward, saying, "This is how it should be."
** The Protagonist him/herself, transforming his/her own life into the Great Seal that will seal Nyx, the universal embodiment of Death itself, away once more. And managing to hold on for the next two months to Graduation Day on the sheer strength of a promise made to his/her friends.
* The ending of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'' sees Athena demanding the power of Hope back from Kratos so she can use it to remake the world. In a last act of defiance, Kratos impales himself with the Blade of Olympus, releasing the power of Hope to all of mankind.

* In ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar 3'', Dominic Santiago heroically sacrifices himself to save the rest of Delta Squad by crashing a truck into a massive fuel tank. This scene was particularly shocking and heartbreaking because not only was Dom a very likable character, but he was also the one character that nobody expected to die.
* THE ENTIRE CAST of ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga 2''. Heat's death begins it all as he chooses to go by HeroicSuicide against Serph. Argilla and Roland stay behind to lure the NighInvulnerable EldritchAbomination Meganada to an exploding reactor core and give the others the chance to reach the Airport. Gale confronts Jenna Angel at the Airport, giving the other three the time to reach a plane capable of reaching the last functioning HAARP facility and escape Karma City. Cielo dies taking down a squadron of Karma Society fighters to allow Sera and Serph to reach the facility. Serph and Sera give their lives to activate the facility one last time to speak with God / Brahman to halt the ''already ongoing'' Apocalypse.

* Stern and Levi of ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny''. As the already immense power of the NighInvulnerable Unbreakable Darkness continues to increase, [[TheSmartGuy Stern]] realizes that the only way to stop the EldritchAbomination is to devise a way to stop her growth. She then volunteers herself for the SuicideMission despite knowing that the Unbreakable Darkness could destroy her system to the point where even her [[FromASingleCell regeneration program]] couldn't save her, and binds her Lord Dearche and fellow minion Levi to make sure that they don't try to take her place. However, her binds prove to not be strong enough to stop [[BoisterousBruiser Levi]] from brute forcing her way out, and Levi convinces her to let her join the suicide mission since there'd be a better chance against the Unbreakable Darkness with the two of them. As expected, the two go down fighting the Unbreakable Darkness, but not before they manage to seal the Unbreakable Darkness' HealingFactor and hand over [[SuperEmpowering the last of their powers to Lord Dearche with their dying breath]], paving a path to victory for the rest of their allies. They do get better in the end though.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'', logically, has several of these:
** Eliwood's father Elbert in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]]. What's ''not'' awesome in severely wounding the same BigBad who fatally injured you, drastically slowing his plans and being ''this'' close to get him done for, thus forcing the BigBad to retreat while mumbling about how he almost kicked it?
** The Avatar in VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening. If the ending where they die is chosen, the Avatar will team up with their comrades to defeat Grima, but the Avatar sacrifices themself to prevent the fiend from resurrecting. [[spoiler: And ultimately, they ''return to life'' and rejoin their comrades, but now fully free from Grima.]]
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', more exactly in the ''Conquest'' campaign, [[spoiler: Prince Ryoma chooses an HeroicSuicide [[{{Seppuku}} in the traditional manner]] rather than letting Garon force the Avatar to kill him and probably risk killing a reluctant Avatar if he or she resists.]]

* Following that, SEGA in sense went through this during its Dreamcast Era. This would be the company's swan song as a First Party developer and player in the console wars before reviving itself solely as a Third Party. Considering this was the period they had a massive surge of great ''new'' output with [=IPs=] that would live on today (like VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia, VideoGame/JetSetRadio, VideoGame/CrazyTaxi, VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo, and many many more) and the Dreamcast itself was accepted very well in sharp contrast to its immediate [[UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn predecessor]]; critics, fans, and some non-fans would agree that they went out with a bang. To this day, although still successful, SEGA hasn't hit a home run quite like they did back then.
* [[ByronicHero Kenny]] of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead''. Especially so if Ben died in Episode 4. He performs a HeroicSacrifice to save a trapped and pregnant Christa from [[OurZombiesAreDifferent walkers]]. Of course, since [[NeverFoundTheBody you never actually see his fate]], he turns up alive in Season 2.
** His rescue of Ben is pretty amazing as well. Ben's indirectly responsible for both the suicide of Kenny's wife and the death of Kenny's son from a zombie bite. For much of Episode Four and Five, Ben is the target of Kenny's wrath. But when Ben falls from a balcony and finds himself [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled by some of the mangled metal]], what does Kenny do? He rushed to help the kid, locking the gate behind him so that Lee can't rush in.. Walkers are closing in from both sides of the alleyway he and Ben are in. Kenny fights them off with pistol whips and punches [[MercyKill saving his last bullet for Ben]] to prevent the kid from being bitten and reanimated. His [[HeroicResolve resolve]] is amazing. He doesn't even give Lee a chance to dissuade him from his actions.
---> '''Kenny'': This is NOT up for discussion!
** Episode 5 is one big one for [[PlayerCharacter Lee]]. After being bitten at the end of Episode 4, he spends the last hours of his life going on a RoaringRampageOfRescue to save Clementine, managing to get her out of Savannah and leaving her with some final advice on how to survive without him. Extra points if you decide to go ahead with the option to have his arm amputated, making him a HandicappedBadass.
* VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': What turned Ash Crimson from TheScrappy to [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap the contrary]] for a good part of the fandom is how, at the end of the Tales of Ash saga, his supposed EvilPlan was revealed to be a huge [[HiddenHeartOfGold facade]] that covered his true BatmanGambit, which he deployed to protect his OnlyFriend Elisabeth... and finished with him ''willingly erasing himself from existence alongside his ancestor Saiki'' to do so. The fact that Ash also got to FaceDeathwithDignity sealed the deal.
* VideoGame/SuikodenTierkreis has Second Royal Consort Rizwan, the head of the Janam Arcane Academy. When [[ChurchOfEvil The Order]] uses their plan to wipe out Janam using [[RetGone a world fusion]], Rizwan uses the [[MacGuffin Chronicle]] to attempt to stop it. She manages to save the southern port town of Salsabil, as well as [[TheWisePrince Prince Shams]], who was visiting there at the time. She also manages to keep the city of El-Qaral intact.
--> Later, Dirk manages to do the same thing by using two Chronicles at once, one of which had already been expended in such a fashion, and should have been normally impossible.

* "VideoGame/TelltalesGameOfThrones" has many examples of this trope-

* ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' has Emperor Titus Mede II at the end of the Dark Brotherhood questline. While in-game he's considered a rather controversial figure, when you finally confront him, Titus faces his assassin with remarkable grace, refusing to show fear (at worst simply being annoyed if you act like a psychopath). He calmly accepts his fate, with his final request simply being to consider killing the one who ordered the hit on him in the first place.
** Even in the very start of the game, we have that one Stormcloak soldier headed to the chopping block, and a priestess is giving him his final rites. He responds by making her hurry up with it.
--->'''Priestess:''' As we commend your souls to Aetherius, blessings of the Eight Divines-\\
'''Soldier:''' "For the love of Talos[[labelnote:*]]The Ninth Divine, a Nord who was believed to have become a god, the worship of which the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor]] have forbidden[[/labelnote]], shut up and let's get this over with."
** His actual last words are also amazing.
--->'''Soldier:''' "My ancestors are smiling upon me, can you say the same?"
** Also, if you side with the Empire during the Civil War questline, Ulfric Stormcloak gets one. He accepts his defeat and has one final request: at least have the Dragonborn kill him so that it would be a better story.
--->'''Tullius:''' "Well, Ulfric, you can't escape from me this time. Any last words before I send you to... to wherever you people go when you die?"\\
'''Rikke:''' "Sovngarde, sir."\\
'''Tullius:''' "Right. Well?"\\
'''Ulfric:''' "Let the Dragonborn do it. It'll make for a better song."
** One encounter involves an aging Orc warrior in the wilderness, surrounded by sabre cat corpses. He's looking for one of these as he apparently doesn't want to die feeble and frail in his bed but can't kill himself because in his own words "it would displease Malacath". It's up to you to give him the death against a worthy foe he seeks. Even better if your identity as the Dragonborn has been revealed and you have completed Malacath's quest by the time you find him: ''he gets to die in battle against a legendary dragonslayer and his own god's acknowledged champion'', '''''[[BadassNormal and he still puts up a challenging fight]]'''''. Malacath would no doubt be very pleased.
* ''Videogame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has whoever you let trigger Project Purity, at least without the add - ons. In the vanilla game, either you or Lyons can do it, and you can be assured that whoever walks in that room isn't ever getting out, dying from immense amounts of radioactivity in order to create a supply of clean water for the Capital Wasteland. Basically, you die so that everyone else doesn't. Broken Steel does change that though if you choose to do it.
** The pre-Broken Steel awesomeness was somewhat hampered by the fact that it was partly (it wouldn't necessarily be an issue depending on who you had with you) achieved by having those of your companions who would ''not'' run a risk of dying refusing to do it for no good reason.
** The Lone Wanderer's father, James, ends up performing a similar HeroicSacrifice earlier during the Enclave's takeover the Project Purity, flooding the chamber with radiation in an attempt to [[TakingYouWithMe take down]] Colonel Autumn and give their child and the other scientists a chance to escape. Unfortunately, Autumn ends up [[JokerImmunity surviving]], due to being CrazyPrepared with some advanced Rad-X.
* In ''Videogame/{{Xenoblade}}'', Egil puts his differences aside with Shulk and goes down fighting against Zanza, both of them controlling the Mechonis and Bionis.
-->'''Egil:''' I'LL SHOW YOU THE MEANING OF WRATH!
** Before that, Gadolt saves Shulk and company from the transforming Mechonis by deflecting a laser beam using his Jade Face mech. He dies with one parting word, "Believe!"
* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' has some truly memorable deaths:
** First, Vesemir in the Battle of Kaer Morhen. General Imlerith of the Wild Hunt is holding him in a NeckLift and Eredin is trying to force Ciri to surrender to spare his life, so what does Vesemir do? Stab Imlerith to the side with his knife, earning a quick NeckSnap and robbing Eredin of his bargaining chip.
** The second is Crach an Craite in the final battle at Skellige. A normal man, alone and mortally wounded, all his men dead around him, he stands unintimidated against the King of the Wild Hunt, himself.
--->'''Eredin:''' Any last words?\\
'''Crach:''' Shut your trap...and fight!
** Kalkstein the Alchemist suffers an [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome off-screen example]], according to Elihal. Knowing that King Radovid's witch hunters were going to have him [[BurnTheWitch burned at the stake]], he filled the pockets of his robes with alchemical substances, which caused the pyre to transform into dancing magical beasts. The beasts then rose into the air and transformed into letters spelling out anti-Radovid obscenities.
* In ''VideoGame/FateExtra'', either Rani VIII's Berserker or Rin's Lancer, depending on player actions: whichever one the player chooses will sacrifice their life in order to save their Master's, Lancer firing off one last one-liner and Berserker giving what the PlayerCharacter describes as a fatherly smile to Rani before they sacrifice themselves.
* While the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series never shows a character dying on screen, ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has [[spoiler:Dhurke]] dying in an awesome, yet mundane way. They are shot by the killer three times and he just stands there while giving both a DeathGlare and a BadassBoast to them before dying moments later, causing said killer to [[OhCrap figuratively shit his pants]] and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flee the scene]]. And it doesn't end with his death either; his last words tell his fellow hostage to channel his spirit as soon as he dies, so he can take care of just a few more things... which include making sure the revolution he was heading gets the last push it needed to succeed.
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' has [[spoiler: [[OldMaster Gen]] ''finally'' [[DeathSeeker getting to die in exactly the way he wanted]]: a DuelToTheDeath with Akuma, rather than of his cancer.]] Not only that, but he also [[spoiler: uses his last words to [[DefiantToTheEnd figuratively spit on Akuma's face]].]]

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''
** In the Jedi Knight storyline on Voss, the player [[spoiler: encounters a character named Tala-Reh, who helps them with their adventures on the planet. At the end of the last story mission on that planet, Tala-Reh sacrifices herself - on orders of [[MadOracle the mystic Valen-Da]] and knowing full well that it would kill her - to defeat Sel-Makor, the [[EldritchAbomination being]] that had corrupted much of Voss and engineered a war to increase its own power. If the Knight chooses the Light Side option and doesn't join Sel-Makor, the last thing you see of Tala-Reh is her marching into the tentacled orifice of Sel-Makor.]]

** Later, on the Imperial Side of the Makeb storyline, during the Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion of, we get Lord Cytharat and Katha Niar, the two leaders of the Imperial Strike Team the player character joins. Lord Cytharat dies dropping an actual volcano on himself and the droids threatening to overrun his position, while Katha is captured by the enemy, she is tortured to the point of near death before giving up any information. She then manages to half-drag herself to the room where the player has just defeated the boss and suggests [[PlanetaryCoreManipulation ripping the planet apart]] to eliminate the remaining enemies.

-->'''Lord Cytharat:''' My men are dead. I am alone against many… but I know my duty. Lowering the heat shield.
-->'''Player:''' Try to get to safety. We’ll rendezvous on the upper levels.
-->'''Lord Cytharat:''' No, we will not. But I thank you.

** Even later still, we have '''Darth Marr''' in Chapter 2 of the Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion who, after being captured by [[spoiler: the Sith Emperor, who has taken on a new identity as Valkorion to rule over Zakuul]], refuses to submit, instead using the force to throw one guard off the [[NoOSHACompliance unnecessarily high platform]], taking his force pike and proceeding to skewer 3 enemies on it, throwing another guard over the edge before finally being [[spoiler: Force Lightning-ed by Valkorion]] and collapsing.
-->'''Darth Marr:''' [[spoiler: It is you who fear death, 'Valkorion'. I do not. I will not kneel.]]

* An off-screen one happens in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'', when you come across the aftermath of a battle in the Incineration Disposal Plant. The T-103 tyrant you ran into in the previous game was already troubling to fight on your own, but you'll find the corpses of '''three''' of them with the bodies of an entire Delta Force team that killed them all with a combination of [[{{Determinator}} desperation]] and the power of MoreDakka.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', of course, subverts this in the most depressing way imaginable. Throughout your journey, you meet the jolly knight Siegmeyer of Catarina. Every time you meet him, he is stuck and can't progress. So you help him out, because he's such a jolly, likable guy, so how can you not? Except that being one-upped by you constantly causes him to start losing faith in his own abilities as an adventurer. Since Undead need to hold onto a sense of purpose or else they'll go Hollow and become a mindless zombie, this means Siegmeyer's days are numbered. So, in your final encounter with him, he attempts to both repay you for your help and restore his own honor by way of a HeroicSacrifice, dying a glorious death in battle while you flee to safety. But of course, you don't want your friend to die, so you stay and fight to ensure his survival, but this ends up being the last straw that causes him to fully go Hollow.
** His successor Siegward in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' has a significantly more awesome end, fighting his old friend Yhorm the Giant by your side (as a flesh-and-blood person, not a summoned phantom) and sharing [[OneLastSmoke One Last Drink]] of Siegbräu with you before dying as soon as you get far enough away from him. It's not explicitly clear whether he died from injuries sustained during the boss fight or whether he killed himself after having fulfilled his purpose, but when you consider that Siegbräu restores HP...
* In the ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' CreationMyth, the First Ones lured [[PhysicalGod Ormagöden]] into a trap to drown him in mud. Rather than let himself burn out, Ormagöden released his full power and exploded, [[PiecesOfGod reshaping the world with parts of his being]]. His firy power became the sun, his dying MetalScream became noise, his metal body veined the earth with metal ore, and his blood became oceans that drowned the First Ones.
* ''VideoGame/NotForBroadcast'': In [[WhamEpisode Day 296: The Heatwave]], [[spoiler:if you don't cut to the ads after playing the Disrupt tape, Jeremy Donaldson, still holding a pistol in his hand, feels a bit depressed that he doesn't want to work for the news under Advance anymore; he pulls the pistol up a few inches close to his head, apologizing to the newscast for letting them down, then says these last words before putting the pistol an inch closer to his head, shuts his eyes in a brave sense of calm, and pulls the trigger.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Jeremy:''' ''[calmly]'' My name's Jeremy Donaldson. If you can... somehow... ''[looks at the camera]'' and I envy you if you can... ''[puts the pistol even closer to his head]'' [[SigningOffCatchPhrase Have a]] [[ArcWords peaceful night.]]]]

** Even later still, we have '''Darth Marr''' in Chapter 2 of the Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion who, after being captured by [[spoiler: the Sith Emperor, who has taken on a new identity as Valkorion to rule over Zakuul]], refuses to submit, instead using the force to throw one guard off the [[NoOSHACompliance unnecessarily high platform]], taking his force pike from one guard and proceeding to kill 4 more before finally being [[spoiler: Force Lightning-ed by Valkorion]],

* In the Jedi Knight storyline on Voss in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', the player [[spoiler: encounters a character named Tala-Reh, who helps them with their adventures on the planet. At the end of the last story mission on that planet, Tala-Reh sacrifices herself - on orders of [[MadOracle the mystic Valen-Da]] and knowing full well that it would kill her - to defeat Sel-Makor, the [[EldritchAbomination being]] that had corrupted much of Voss and engineered a war to increase its own power. If the Knight chooses the Light Side option and doesn't join Sel-Makor, the last thing you see of Tala-Reh is her marching into the tentacled orifice of Sel-Makor.]]