History EpicFail / VideoGames

** As for Set-Def, while they made a strong start, it bit them in the ass '''hard.''' Despite having the numerical and technological advantage, they were continually defeated by a just few SATO special forcecs soldiers--''over, and over, and over again.'' Depending on the player's performance, this resulted in Set-Def losing most (or all) of their top pilots and officers, their most advanced weapons, their entire fleet, their leader (and his flagship), their main base of operations, and ultimately the war. Worst of all, this all happened in ''one day.''

** As for Set-Def, while they made a strong start, it bit them in the ass '''hard.''' Despite having the numerical and technological advantage, they lost everything to just a few SATO soldiers--''over, and over, and again.'' Depending on the player's performance, this resulted in Set-Def losing most (or all) of their top pilots and officers, their advanced weapons, their whole fleet, their leader (and his flagship), their main base of operations, and the war as a whole. Worst of all, this all happened in ''one day.''

** The second opening level has the United Nations Space Alliance hold a parade of their entire SATO space fleet over Geneva, Switzerland. They do this in spite of the blatant evidence [[note]] They saw a video recording of three of their soldiers killed by [[BigBad Salen Kotch]] and his men, as well as mentions of something called "Operation RIAH." [[/note]] that their enemy, the Settlement Defense Front, are planning to launch a full-scale invasion on Earth. They also fail to notice that one of their high-ranking staff is actually a mole working for Set-Def, allowing him to destroy Earth's vessels with their own laser cannons. This huge breach in security results in a Set-Def invasion that destroys the whole town and kills hundreds, if not ''thousands'' of Earth's citizens and soldiers. Nearly all of SATO's fleet is destroyed, with only a handful of ships and personnel remaining. The only reason they won the war was because Commander Nick Reyes pulled the remaining fleet together and launched a successful campaign against Set-Def's held planets.
** As for Set-Def, while they made a strong start, it bite them in the ass '''hard.''' Despite having the numerical and technological advantage, they lost everything to just a few SATO soldiers--''over, and over, and again.'' Depending on the player's performance, this resulted in Set-Def losing most (or all) of their top pilots and officers, their advanced weapons, their whole fleet, their leader (and his flagship), their main base of operations, and the war as a whole. Worst of all, this all happened in ''one day.''

** The second opening level has the United Nations Space Alliance hold a parade of their entire SATO space fleet over Geneva, Switzerland. They do this in spite of the blatant evidence [[note]] They saw a video recording of three of their soldiers killed by [[BigBad Salen Kotch]] and his men, as well as mentions of something called "Operation RIAH." [[/note]] that their enemy, the Settlement Defense Front, are planning to launch a full-scale invasion on Earth. They also fail to notice that one of their high-ranking staff is actually a mole working for Set-Def, allowing him to destroy Earth's vessels with their own laser cannons. This huge breach in security results in a huge Set-Def invasion that destroys the whole town and kills hundreds, if not ''thousands'' of Earth's citizens and soldiers. Nearly all of SATO's fleet is destroyed, with only a handful of ships and personnel remaining. The only reason they won the war was because Commander Nick Reyes pulled the remaining fleet together and launched a successful campaign against Set-Def's held planets.

** The second opening level has the United Nations Space Alliance hold a parade of their entire SATO space fleet over Geneva, Switzerland. They do this in spite of the blatant evidence [[note]] They saw a video recording of three of their soldiers killed by [[BigBad Salen Kotch]] and his men, as well as mentions of something called "Operation RIAH." [[/note]] that their enemy, the Settlement Defense Front, are planning to launch a full-scale invasion on Earth. They also fail to notice that one of their high-ranking staff is actually a mole working for Set-Def, allowing him to destroy Earth's vessels with their own laser cannons. This huge breach in security results in a huge Set-Def invasion that destroys the whole town and kills hundreds, if not ''thousands'' of Earth's citizens and soldiers. Nearly all of SATO's fleet is destroyed, with only a handful of ships and personnell remaining. It's a wonder that Earth actually won the war after this.

* In ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', there's one moment in particular that is pretty pathetic and humorous. When Mario and his friends are in the Ice Palace, Mario encounters Duplighosts, which imitate Mario and whichever member he has out. It's pretty clear which the fake is, but the most obvious moment is when multiple Duplighosts take on the wrong personages at the same time. For some reason, they are unaware of their own stupidity, especially since they were capable of doing this successfully last time.

* In "VideoGame/TheSims'' games, Sims have been known to fail in spectular fashion. For example, if their Cooking skill isn't high enough, there's a chance that they may end up causing a house fire from something as simple as cooking mac and cheese, one of the first things they can cook.

* In '"VideoGame/TheSims'' games, Sims have been known to fail in spectular fashion. For example, if their Cooking skill isn't high enough, there's a chance that they may end up causing a house fire from something as simple as cooking mac and cheese, one of the first things they can cook.

** ''"Shedinja used Final Gambit!"'' [[note]]Final Gambit sacrifices the user to deal damage equal to the user's current HP. Shedinja is a OneHitPointWonder, in a game where literally every most other Pokémon can achieve over 300 HP if its level is high enough.[[/note]]

** Every time an AI trainer uses a move that your Pokemon is immune to.

** In ''[=FireRed=]'' and ''[=LeafGreen=]'', after you pick your starter Pokémon, your rival challenges you to a battle immediately. It's supposed to a pushover fight, since elemental weaknesses are not yet a factor[[note]]Even though your rival chooses a Pokémon that your starter is naturally weak against, both Pokémon only have Tackle (Or Scratch for Charmander) and a status-affecting attack[[/note]], and your rival is almost guaranteed to use Tail Whip or Growl as a wasted turn thanks to AIRoulette. However, Tackle has a 5% chance to miss, and if you're incredibly unlucky, you can miss your attacks enough that you lose the battle, as demonstrated on the playthrough on [=SuperBeardBros=].

** Iron Valiant from ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' is a Pokémon from the future created by a MadScientist who decided to combine Gardevoir and Gallade in order to create the ultimate Psychic-type Pokémon. While Iron Valiant ''is'' an extremely powerful Pokémon, it's also ''not a Psychic-type'', instead inheriting both the ''secondary'' types of its components, leaving it with a type combination that, ironically, makes it ''weak'' to Psychic.

* ''VideoGame/RedFaction Guerilla'' is a game where WreakingHavok and EverythingBreaks are par for the course. Protagonist Alec Mason is MadeOfIron and is a OneManArmy when it comes to StuffBlowingUp and [[DropTheHammer Dropping the Hammer.]] This is a person who is expected to walk into an enemy installation and come out the other side effectively having traversed a straight line. However, as noted by [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]], it is possible to kill yourself by chopping away at a building's supports, with the [[TheRuntAtTheEnd very last sliver of plumbing]] holding out far longer than is proper, and having the stupid thing drop on you. It is possible for Alec Mason to kill himself with a ''hollow dome house'' this way, when three dozen infantry squads and their vehicles are so much hammer fodder.

* Picture this: You’re playing ''VideoGame/LisaThePainful''. Buzzo offers one of his signature [[SadisticChoice Ultimatums]]. You [[VideoGameCaringPotential choose to be disfigured]] [[HeroicSacrifice in order to save your teammate]]. The stat fall brought upon you by said disfiguration was just enough so that you ''don’t'' have enough power to beat a boss with a [[Permadeath]]-causing attack before they can use it. Said attack kills [[AllForNothing the same teammate]] [[ShootTheShaggyDog you disfigured yourself to save]]. This is probably a very small chance, but it could happen. (Please delete this entry to the page if it doesn’t go or just can’t happen)

* In ''VideoGame/Persona5 Royal'', Kaneshiro gains an attack called "Make It Rain", where coins rain from the sky onto the party. If he uses the attack a second time... nothing happens, because he ''emptied his vault'' using it the first time. Not only does it have no effect on the party, his bodyguards ''leave'' because they realize he can no longer afford to pay him.

* In ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', the Alchemy Guild--with the sole exception of [[spoiler:[[OnlySaneMan Alfred]]]]--were TooDumbToLive and decided to unleash HellOnEarth by implanting children with shards receptive to demonic power and sacrificing them in a ritual, all for the purpose of [[EvilIsPetty proving the superiority of spiritualism over industrialism, and intimidating the world into continuing to give them financial support]]. Millions of innocent people were killed, and after the Church eventually succeeded in vanquishing the army of demons, the Alchemy Guild were found out, arrested and executed, rendering their attempt to gain more money and power AllForNothing. To firmly establish what an EpicFail this was, the criminal charges against the Alchemy Guild were led by Gebel, the one survivor of the very ritual they initiated to release the demonic army.
** Even further accentuating how big a failure this was is the fact they summoned one demon in preparation for the ritual. This single demon wiped out ''half'' of the Alchemy Guild before they managed to subdue it and they '''still''' went through with the ritual. TooDumbToLive barely begins to cover it...

** It's possible, if you land on an altar to Kali and are stunned from the fall, to sacrifice ''yourself'' to Kali. You still get the rewards for a sacrifice, but obviously you aren't around to use them.

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'': Ryu's attacks can be used to cancel and punish anyone and anything from Raging Demons to Shinryukens... unless your name is Hugo (from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'') and you plow through those punishing attacks.
** Likewise, Akuma's Raging Demon is a fearsome attack, able to kill a man [[EvilVersusEvil with his own sins.]] What can stop such an unstoppable attack? ''Dan Hibiki's [[VideoGame/CapcomVs Otoko Michi]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Shisso Buraiken]] attacks, the first of which '''being a knockoff of Raging Demon itself.'''''

* In ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'', Luigi gets a special house depending on how much money he collects during his adventure. It is entirely possible to beat the game with very little money, leaving you with Rank H - which gives Luigi a tent and a message stating that the haunted mansion vanished without a trace.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* In ''[[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996 Crash Bandicoot]]'', when you beat a stage, you're beat over the head with the crates you missed. In the ''[[VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy N. Sane Trilogy]]'' UpdatedRerelease, Crash physically reacts to the crates, covering his head - after ten crates, he takes a knee; after twenty crates, he flops on the ground, covering his head. After 30 crates, he gives up and just lets them pummel him. [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender The same happens]] to [[PromotedToPlayable his sister Coco.]]

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter 3 Ultimate'' introduces Hunters for Hire, in which you can hire 1-4 CPU-controlled versions of hunters you've met (e.g. via [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS StreetPass]]) to do a quest for you, with varying odds of success. Occasionally, hired hunters will fail quests that should be trivial given their equipment, Hunter Rank, and party size, such as failing a simple "Hunt a [[WarmUpBoss Great Jaggi]]" quest (one hunter apparently [[https://twitter.com/MonHunProblems/status/456504182602596353 hired a team of G-Rank hunters]] to do this, which '''failed anyway''') or, even worse, failing a low-rank quest in which the objective is to deliver items that can be easily gathered.