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** The Covenant itself falls into a big EnemyCivilWar in ''Franchise/{{Halo 2}}'', with both sides still hostile to the Chief. Lampshaded in "Gravemind": You can either fight your way up the catwalk to the Tomb of the Arbiter, or rush in headlong. The Covenant on said catwalk will follow you inside... and join in on the Covie-on-Covie violence already going on in there.
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** The Covenant itself falls into a big EnemyCivilWar in ''Franchise/{{Halo ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'', with both sides still hostile to the Chief. Lampshaded in "Gravemind": You can either fight your way up the catwalk to the Tomb of the Arbiter, or rush in headlong. The Covenant on said catwalk will follow you inside... and join in on the Covie-on-Covie violence already going on in there.
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** The Covenant itself falls into a big EnemyCivil War in ''Franchise/{{Halo 2}}'', with both sides still hostile to the Chief. Lampshaded in "Gravemind": You can either fight your way up the catwalk to the Tomb of the Arbiter, or rush in headlong. The Covenant on said catwalk will follow you inside... and join in on the Covie-on-Covie violence already going on in there.
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** The Covenant itself falls into a big EnemyCivil War EnemyCivilWar in ''Franchise/{{Halo 2}}'', with both sides still hostile to the Chief. Lampshaded in "Gravemind": You can either fight your way up the catwalk to the Tomb of the Arbiter, or rush in headlong. The Covenant on said catwalk will follow you inside... and join in on the Covie-on-Covie violence already going on in there.
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* In the later parts of ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', one can simply sit back and watch the three-way battles between [[TheVirus the parasitic Flood]], [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the zealous Covenant]], and [[AIIsACrapshoot the protocol enforcing Sentinels]] until one faction kills the others and start actively hunting ''you''.
** Lampshaded in one of the last levels of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''. You can either fight your way up the catwalk to the Tomb of the Arbiter, or rush in headlong. The Covenant on said catwalk will follow you inside... [[EnemyCivilWar and start fighting the other Covenant already there]].
** Lampshaded in one of the last levels of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''. You can either fight your way up the catwalk to the Tomb of the Arbiter, or rush in headlong. The Covenant on said catwalk will follow you inside... [[EnemyCivilWar and start fighting the other Covenant already there]].
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* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** In the later parts of ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', one can simply sit back and watch the three-way battles between [[TheVirus the parasitic Flood]], [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the zealous Covenant]], and [[AIIsACrapshoot theprotocol enforcing protocol-enforcing Sentinels]] until one faction kills the others and start actively hunting ''you''.
** The Covenant itself falls into a big EnemyCivil War in ''Franchise/{{Halo 2}}'', with both sides still hostile to the Chief. Lampshaded inone of the last levels of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''. "Gravemind": You can either fight your way up the catwalk to the Tomb of the Arbiter, or rush in headlong. The Covenant on said catwalk will follow you inside... [[EnemyCivilWar and start fighting join in on the other Covenant Covie-on-Covie violence already there]].going on in there.
** In the later parts of ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', one can simply sit back and watch the three-way battles between [[TheVirus the parasitic Flood]], [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the zealous Covenant]], and [[AIIsACrapshoot the
** The Covenant itself falls into a big EnemyCivil War in ''Franchise/{{Halo 2}}'', with both sides still hostile to the Chief. Lampshaded in
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** Mostly Averted in Doom2016: You'll find at least one instance of infighting, where a gang of imps and zombies is trying (badly) to take down a Baron. But Doom Guy is so utterly '''feared''' in-universe that every demon in the area will instantly focus on him before he slaughters them all.
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* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' definitely has this trope, even more so than the books. On one side, you have the Empire of Nilfgaard, a bunch of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi expys]] who forcefully conscript the populace into labor, execute people for the slightest infractions, murder prisoners of war for no reason, and are led by a an uncaring, power-hungry dictator [[note]]voiced by Creator/CharlesDance too boot![[/note]]. On the other side, you have Redania, which persecutes anyone and anything magical with great fervor, back-stabbed its neighboring kingdoms in their time of need, and treats non-humans ''even worse than usual''. It's also led by a borderline-psycopath who appears to be just as tyrannical and power hungry and Emperor Emhyr.
** The matter is complicated though considering both sides have some redeeming qualities or persons. Most are staffed by largely [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]] who seem to be just as war-weary and battered as the populace. Nilfgaard in particular gets a lighter portrayal than the books, as non-humans and mutants like Geralt are more accepted there, mages are not persecuted like in the north, and, at least in some areas, the conquering Empire does seem concerned about helping to govern its new citizens. Meanwhile, Redania gets kind of prone to AdaptationalVillainy, as they allow Witch Hunters to roam without supervision and with such impunity that it would make the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Inquisition]] blush and generally have fewer redeeming characters. This is a big contrast too the books, which portray Redania in a more positive light [[note]]although still not positive; this is The Witcherverse after all[[/note]]
** The matter is complicated though considering both sides have some redeeming qualities or persons. Most are staffed by largely [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]] who seem to be just as war-weary and battered as the populace. Nilfgaard in particular gets a lighter portrayal than the books, as non-humans and mutants like Geralt are more accepted there, mages are not persecuted like in the north, and, at least in some areas, the conquering Empire does seem concerned about helping to govern its new citizens. Meanwhile, Redania gets kind of prone to AdaptationalVillainy, as they allow Witch Hunters to roam without supervision and with such impunity that it would make the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Inquisition]] blush and generally have fewer redeeming characters. This is a big contrast too the books, which portray Redania in a more positive light [[note]]although still not positive; this is The Witcherverse after all[[/note]]
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** In addition, ''The Frozen Throne'' featured the Plaguelands Civil War, a four-way war within the Scourge between the loyalists of Arthas, the loyalists of the Legion, and the remaining Alliance forces (who are generally good guys but are led by a racist {{Jerkass}} Lord Garithos).
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** In addition, ''The Frozen Throne'' featured the Plaguelands Civil War, a four-way war within the Scourge between the loyalists of Arthas, the loyalists of the Legion, the Forsaken (undead who broke regained their free will but are by and large [[CameBackWrong still]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist quite]] [[DamagedSoul prone]] [[AntiHero to malevolence]]), and the remaining Alliance forces (who are generally good guys but are led by a racist {{Jerkass}} Lord Garithos).
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** ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'' features anti-Conduit fascist rednecks taking on mutants [[spoiler:who happen to be created by the conduit power of the aforementioned anti-Conduit fascist rednecks]]. But it escalates even further than that, as after a third of the game another faction - mercenaries with ice powers - enter the fray, and like it' predecessor, the player can invoke this by taking Cole along the villainous path.
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** ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'' features anti-Conduit fascist rednecks taking on mutants [[spoiler:who happen to be created by the conduit power of the aforementioned anti-Conduit fascist rednecks]]. But it escalates even further than that, as after a third of the game another faction - mercenaries with ice powers - enter the fray, and like it' its predecessor, the player can invoke this by taking Cole along the villainous path.
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** ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'' features anti-Conduit fascist rednecks taking on mutants [[spoiler:who happen to be created by the conduit power of the aforementioned anti-Conduit fascist rednecks]]. But it escalates even further than that, as after a third of the game another faction - mercenaries with ice powers - enter the fray, and like it's predecessor, the player can invoke this by taking Cole along the villainous path.
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** ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'' features anti-Conduit fascist rednecks taking on mutants [[spoiler:who happen to be created by the conduit power of the aforementioned anti-Conduit fascist rednecks]]. But it escalates even further than that, as after a third of the game another faction - mercenaries with ice powers - enter the fray, and like it's it' predecessor, the player can invoke this by taking Cole along the villainous path.
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* The ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series. The FridgeBrilliance is that all the protagonists and antagonists are murderers and criminals [[CrapsackWorld trapped in a world of murderers and criminals]]. Sometimes, the protagonist does things almost as atrocious as the things the antagonist does, and many of them seem to be worse than their enemies. Here, in fact, the white morality no exist.
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* The ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series. The FridgeBrilliance is that all the protagonists and antagonists are murderers and criminals [[CrapsackWorld trapped in a world of murderers and criminals]]. Sometimes, the protagonist does things almost as atrocious as the things the antagonist does, and many of them seem to be worse than their enemies. Here, in fact, the white morality no doesn't exist.
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Early Installment Weirdness. There's a big difference between "is" and "was".
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* Although not well known, Super Mario is actually a bad guy. In the original Donkey Kong game, the booklet says that Donkey Kong is Mario's pet ape whom Mario was abusing. In Donkey Kong Jr., Mario has locked DK in a cage, and it's up to his son to save him from the antagonistic, whip-wielding Mario. Even in Super Mario Bros. 3, the booklet describes Mario as "the hero (maybe)." This would make the age old story of Mario vs Bowser a story of evil vs evil.
** Before he got into mini-games, Wario of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' came up with the idea of stealing money from other bad guys. This has worked out rather well for him. It hasn't stopped other bad guys from stealing money from ''him''.
** Before he got into mini-games, Wario of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' came up with the idea of stealing money from other bad guys. This has worked out rather well for him. It hasn't stopped other bad guys from stealing money from ''him''.
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* Although not well known, Super Mario is actually a bad guy. In the original Donkey Kong game, the booklet says that Donkey Kong is Mario's pet ape whom Mario was abusing. In Donkey Kong Jr., Mario has locked DK in a cage, and it's up to his son to save him from the antagonistic, whip-wielding Mario. Even in Super Mario Bros. 3, the booklet describes Mario as "the hero (maybe)." This would make the age old story of Mario vs Bowser a story of evil vs evil.
**Before he got into mini-games, Wario of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' came up with the idea of stealing money from other bad guys. This has worked out rather well for him. It hasn't stopped other bad guys from stealing money from ''him''.
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* Any enemy in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' that either has a gun or throws a different type of fireball can cause monster infighting. The "former humans" are most prone to this, as they're the only enemies in the game whose weapons can hurt others of their own kind. The Arch-Viles can be humorous with this, as they can resurrect an enemy who they just killed and then get into another fight with them, and repeat the process.
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* Any enemy in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' that either has a gun or throws a different type of fireball can cause [[SetAMookToKillAMook monster infighting.infighting]]. The "former humans" are most prone to this, as they're the only enemies in the game whose weapons can hurt others of their own kind. The Arch-Viles can be humorous with this, as they can resurrect an enemy who they just killed and then get into another fight with them, and repeat the process.
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* In ''StarControlII'' you and your allies seem to be the good guys, pitted against the mighty of both Ur-Quan [[spoiler: subspecies]], the Kzer-Za and the Kohr-Ah -the former enslaving other races and given them the options of becoming [[BattleThrall Battle Thralls]] or being enslaved within their worlds and the latter simply annihilating all non Ur-Quan sentient life-, right?. Not so much when in order to defeat them [[spoiler: you must use the Dnyarri, the very same AlwaysChaoticEvil race that enslaved the Ur-Quan and, after using them as pawns to conquest the Sentient Milieu, splitted them into those two races. One can even argue you are just a pawn of the Dnyarri on its quest for revenge against them, even if he does not (fully, at least) mind control you.]]
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* In ''StarControlII'' ''VideoGame/StarControlII'' you and your allies seem to be the good guys, pitted against the mighty of both Ur-Quan [[spoiler: subspecies]], the Kzer-Za and the Kohr-Ah -the former enslaving other races and given them the options of becoming [[BattleThrall Battle Thralls]] or being enslaved within their worlds and the latter simply annihilating all non Ur-Quan sentient life-, right?. Not so much when in order to defeat them [[spoiler: you must use the Dnyarri, the very same AlwaysChaoticEvil race that enslaved the Ur-Quan and, after using them as pawns to conquest the Sentient Milieu, splitted them into those two races. One can even argue you are just a pawn of the Dnyarri on its quest for revenge against them, even if he does not (fully, at least) mind control you.]]
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* ''VideoGame/WarhammerMarkOfChaos'', naturally given the source material. Take your pick between the fascist, oppressive and corrupt Empire, or the brutal, psychotically violent daemon-worshipping Northmen. The expansion adds the barbaric, football hooligan-inspired Orcs and the sadistic, hate-filled Dark Elves into the mix.
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* In ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' [[TheVirus The Lambent]] are at war with [[AlwaysChaoticEvil The Locusts]]. This is the main reason [[InvadingRefugees the Locusts invade the surface of Sera]].
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* In ''StarControlII'' you and your allies seem to be the good guys, pitted against the mighty of both Ur-Quan [[spoiler: subspecies]], the Kzer-Za and the Kohr-Ah -the former enslaving other races and given them the options of becoming [[BattleThrall Battle Thralls]] or being enslaved within their worlds and the latter simply annihilating all non Ur-Quan sentient life-, right?. Not so much when in order to defeat them [[spoiler: you must use the Dnyarri, the very same AlwaysChaoticEvil race that enslaved the Ur-Quan and, after using them as pawns to conquest the Sentient Milieu, splitted them into those two races. One can even argue you were just a pawn of the Dnyarri on its quest for revenge against them.]]
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* In ''StarControlII'' you and your allies seem to be the good guys, pitted against the mighty of both Ur-Quan [[spoiler: subspecies]], the Kzer-Za and the Kohr-Ah -the former enslaving other races and given them the options of becoming [[BattleThrall Battle Thralls]] or being enslaved within their worlds and the latter simply annihilating all non Ur-Quan sentient life-, right?. Not so much when in order to defeat them [[spoiler: you must use the Dnyarri, the very same AlwaysChaoticEvil race that enslaved the Ur-Quan and, after using them as pawns to conquest the Sentient Milieu, splitted them into those two races. One can even argue you were are just a pawn of the Dnyarri on its quest for revenge against them.them, even if he does not (fully, at least) mind control you.]]
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* In ''StarControlII'' you and your allies seem to be the good guys, pitted against the mighty of both Ur-Quan [[spoiler: subspecies]], the Kzer-Za and the Kohr-Ah -the former enslaving other races and given them the options of becoming [[BattleThrall Battle Thralls]] or being enslaved within their worlds and the latter simply annihilating all non Ur-Quan sentient life-, right?. Not so much when in order to defeat them [[spoiler: you must use the Dnyarri, the very same AlwaysChaoticEvil race that enslaved the Ur-Quan and, after using them as pawns to conquest the Sentient Milieu, splitted them into those two races. One can even argue you were just a pawn of the Dnyarri on its quest for revenge against them.]]
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* The ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series is one of the most infamous examples of this trope. The FridgeBrilliance is that all the protagonists and antagonists are murderers and criminals [[CrapsackWorld trapped in a world of murderers and criminals]]. Sometimes, the protagonist does things almost as atrocious as the things the antagonist does, and many of them seem to be worse than their enemies. Here, in fact, the white morality no exist.
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* The ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series is one of the most infamous examples of this trope.series. The FridgeBrilliance is that all the protagonists and antagonists are murderers and criminals [[CrapsackWorld trapped in a world of murderers and criminals]]. Sometimes, the protagonist does things almost as atrocious as the things the antagonist does, and many of them seem to be worse than their enemies. Here, in fact, the white morality no exist.
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** [[VideoGame/{{GrandTheftAutoV}} GTAV]]: Michael and Trevor, a hypocrite and a serial killer, are former heisting partners who end up banding together to work with and against the FIB and a multibillionaire real-estate investor. Yep, no good guys here.
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** [[VideoGame/{{GrandTheftAutoV}} GTAV]]: ''[[VideoGame/{{GrandTheftAutoV}} GTAV]]'': Michael and Trevor, a hypocrite and a serial killer, are former heisting partners who end up banding together to work with and against the FIB and a multibillionaire real-estate investor. Yep, no good guys here.
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* GTAV: Michael and Trevor, a hypocrite and a serial killer, are former heisting partners who end up banding together to work with and against the FIB and a multibillionaire real-estate investor. Yep, no good guys here.
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----> '''Eggman:''' How can I take over the city and begin building the Eggman Empire if there ''IS'' no city?!
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--> '''Eggman:''' How can I take over the city and begin building the Eggman Empire if there ''IS'' no city?!
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** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Neo-Zeon]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAge Vagan]] are stated as being enemies in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsBX''.
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* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime 2: Echoes'' has three enemy factions that all want the Phazon on planet Aether to themselves: The Ing, the Space Pirates, and Dark Samus. The Pirates are the {{butt monkey}}s, most of the ones that aren't killed by Samus are either possessed by Ing or killed defending their Phazon from Dark Samus. At first it's unclear if the Ing and Dark Samus are allies or enemies, but a scene just before the second fight against Dark Samus shows her killing a group of Dark Pirate Troopers (Ing-possessed Pirate Troopers) and taking their Phazon.
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* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime 2: Echoes'' has three enemy factions that all want the Phazon on planet Aether to themselves: The Ing, the Space Pirates, and Dark Samus. The Pirates are the {{butt monkey}}s, most of the ones that aren't killed by Samus are either possessed by Ing or killed defending their Phazon from Dark Samus. At first it's unclear if the Ing and Dark Samus are allies or enemies, but a scene just before the second fight against Dark Samus shows her killing a group of Dark Pirate Troopers (Ing-possessed Pirate Troopers) and taking their Phazon.Phazon, creating emnity between her and the Ing.
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I really want to know what tropers have against the colons. Is it REALLY a better alternative to violate Example Inentation by having a lone sub-bullet example after a quote? I don\'t think so
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* ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' has a path pitting the AffablyEvil [[MadScientist Doctor Eggman]] against [[ImAHumanitarian Black Doom]]. You also have Shadow taking on both of them, but whether if he's evil or just an AntiVillain, it all depends on the player.
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* ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'':
** The game has a path pitting the AffablyEvil [[MadScientist Doctor Eggman]] against [[ImAHumanitarian Black Doom]]. You also have Shadow taking on both of them, but whether if he's evil or just an AntiVillain, it all depends on the player.
** The game has a path pitting the AffablyEvil [[MadScientist Doctor Eggman]] against [[ImAHumanitarian Black Doom]]. You also have Shadow taking on both of them, but whether if he's evil or just an AntiVillain, it all depends on the player.
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:: Notably, one of the stages offers the mission of helping Eggman (to help destroy Black Doom's floating stone battleships) as the HERO mission. The Neutral mission is to ignore both sides, and the Dark mission is to destroy Eggman's fleet and keep the alien ships afloat. Yes, fighting against Eggman in this case is treated as the more evil option.
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** In Tengoku-hen, the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer ELS]] are as openly hostile and willing to absorb other alien races as they are towards the human race.
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** In Tengoku-hen, the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer ELS]] are as openly hostile and willing to absorb other alien races as they are towards the human race.
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** ''VideoGame/BountyHunter'' offers another take on this, with a bit of MeleeATrois thrown into the mix. The first faction is the [[ReligionOfEvil Bando Gora]], a cult lead by the fallen Jedi [[BigBad Komari Vosa]] who uses it to run a drug empire which turns its users into zombie-like slaves which she controls, ultimately hoping to extend her influence throughout the galaxy. The other main antagonist is [[BloodKnight Montross]], a bounty hunter who kills all his bounties for sport (even when it would pay more to take them alive) and eventually wishes to kill Vosa and take control of the Bando Gora himself to spread chaos and anarchy throughout the galaxy. Their opposition is protagonist Jango Fett, hired by [[TheDragon Count Dooku]] under orders from [[BiggerBad Darth Sidious]], who is driven purely by greed, and is only made ALighterShadeOfBlack due to the fact that he's not nearly as ruthless or twisted as the villains he faces. None the less, he still ultimately works for a Sith Lord and couldn't care less as long as he gets payed.
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** ''VideoGame/BountyHunter'' offers another take on this, with a bit of MeleeATrois thrown into the mix. The first faction is the [[ReligionOfEvil Bando Gora]], a cult lead by the fallen Jedi [[BigBad Komari Vosa]] who uses it to run a drug empire which turns its users into zombie-like slaves which she controls, ultimately hoping to extend her influence throughout the galaxy. The other main antagonist is [[BloodKnight Montross]], a bounty hunter who kills all his bounties for sport (even when it would pay more to take them alive) and eventually wishes to kill Vosa and take control of the Bando Gora himself to spread chaos and anarchy throughout the galaxy. Their opposition is protagonist Jango Fett, hired by [[TheDragon Count Dooku]] under orders from [[BiggerBad [[GreaterScopeVillain Darth Sidious]], who is driven purely by greed, and is only made ALighterShadeOfBlack due to the fact that he's not nearly as ruthless or twisted as the villains he faces. None the less, he still ultimately works for a Sith Lord and couldn't care less as long as he gets payed.
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** ''VideoGame/BountyHunter'' offers another take on this, with a bit of MeleeATrois thrown into the mix. The first faction is the [[ReligionOfEvil Bando Gora]], a cult lead by the fallen Jedi [[BigBad Komari Vosa]] who uses the it to run a drug empire which turns its users into zombie-like slaves which she controls, ultimately hoping to extend her influence throughout the galaxy. The other main antagonist is [[BloodKnight Montross]], a bounty hunter who kills all his bounties for sport (even when it would pay more to take them alive) and eventually wishes to kill Vosa and take control of the Bando Gora himself to spread chaos and anarchy throughout the galaxy. Their opposition is protagonist Jango Fett, hired by [[TheDragon Count Dooku]] under orders from [[BiggerBad Darth Sidious]], who is driven purely by greed, and is only made ALighterShadeOfBlack due to the fact that he's not nearly as ruthless or twisted as the villains he faces. None the less, he still ultimately works for a Sith Lord and couldn't care less as long as he gets payed.
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** ''VideoGame/BountyHunter'' offers another take on this, with a bit of MeleeATrois thrown into the mix. The first faction is the [[ReligionOfEvil Bando Gora]], a cult lead by the fallen Jedi [[BigBad Komari Vosa]] who uses the it to run a drug empire which turns its users into zombie-like slaves which she controls, ultimately hoping to extend her influence throughout the galaxy. The other main antagonist is [[BloodKnight Montross]], a bounty hunter who kills all his bounties for sport (even when it would pay more to take them alive) and eventually wishes to kill Vosa and take control of the Bando Gora himself to spread chaos and anarchy throughout the galaxy. Their opposition is protagonist Jango Fett, hired by [[TheDragon Count Dooku]] under orders from [[BiggerBad Darth Sidious]], who is driven purely by greed, and is only made ALighterShadeOfBlack due to the fact that he's not nearly as ruthless or twisted as the villains he faces. None the less, he still ultimately works for a Sith Lord and couldn't care less as long as he gets payed.
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* In ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'', the human species is fighting against an ancient EldritchAbomination which seeks to enslave humanity. However, the only way to defeat it is to summon ANOTHER ancient EldritchAbomination which seeks to enslave humanity to fight the other one. And the closest thing to a BigGood that is guiding the heroes is yet ANOTHER eldritch horror who is even more ancient than the others and may actually be worse.
* The ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series is one of the most infamous examples of this trope. The FridgeBrilliance is that all the protagonists and antagonists are murderers and criminals [[CrapsackWorld trapped in a world of murderers and criminals]]. Sometimes, the protagonist does things almost as atrocious as the things the antagonist does, and many of them seem to be worse than their enemies. Here, in fact, the white morality no exist.
** Tommy Vercetti of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' got the most characterization as a villain. Although he appears to be criminal out of necessity in the beginning, he's not just [[PunchClockVillain punching a clock]]; he's been a lifelong career killer, never wanted to be anything else, and has no FreudianExcuse behind it. He [[EvenEvilHasStandards has no standards beneath him]] and doesn't appear to be any better than any of his enemies, yet still manages to be the most AffablyEvil character in the series. Not to mention one of the toughest. Dude takes some serious punishment whenever he ain't dishing it out in cutscenes. There are some very good reasons why he became sort of the 'unofficial face' of the franchise, especially to non-players.
** Another good example would be the scene of the Grove Street Families vs. the C.R.A.S.H. from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''. While the Grove Street Families and Ballas are rival gangs, C.R.A.S.H. is supposedly a group of cops who claim that their approach to work is about "percentages" and they really want to manipulate bands and eliminates. But in reality the group C.R.A.S.H. is corrupt at the core and terrorize gang leaders in much the same way as they would a street gang. Even the very leaders of this group (Tenpenny and Pulaski) are guilty of various crimes.
* GTAV: Michael and Trevor, a hypocrite and a serial killer, are former heisting partners who end up banding together to work with and against the FIB and a multibillionaire real-estate investor. Yep, no good guys here.
* ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' has a path pitting the AffablyEvil [[MadScientist Doctor Eggman]] against [[ImAHumanitarian Black Doom]]. You also have Shadow taking on both of them, but whether if he's evil or just an AntiVillain, it all depends on the player.
--> '''Eggman:''' How can I take over the city and begin building the Eggman Empire if there ''IS'' no city?!
:: Notably, one of the stages offers the mission of helping Eggman (to help destroy Black Doom's floating stone battleships) as the HERO mission. The Neutral mission is to ignore both sides, and the Dark mission is to destroy Eggman's fleet and keep the alien ships afloat. Yes, fighting against Eggman in this case is treated as the more evil option.
* ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}''. Set in a future where human life is cheap (and entire populated areas are subject to "lunchtime nuclear testing"), corrupt syndicates vie for control of the world, with no qualms whatsoever about the idea of killing civilians in the process. Or just brainwashing their enemies into doing their bidding if violence is too much of a hassle. In the 2012 remake, this continues, but also throws in the Downzone Subverters, who are BombThrowingAnarchists. One background conversation has someone say that the Subverters haven't done anything for the average Downzoners, whereas the syndicates at least kept things clean.
* ''VideoGame/GargoylesQuest'', a spinoff of ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', puts you in the role of Firebrand the Red Arremer, a recurring miniboss from those games and a member of the invading demon army. He takes a break from laying waste to the human world in order to heroically defend Hell from the invading demon hordes of another Hell.
** The sequel, ''Demon's Crest'', sees Firebrand escape from gladiatorial combat to hunt down Phalanx, a demon who has stolen several powerful crests from him and is using their power to rule the world. The catch? Firebrand wants the crests so ''he'' can rule the world.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}.'' You play as the reincarnation of an EvilOverlord seeking revenge on the heroes who defeated you. Conveniently, all seven of them have become so corrupted in the meantime that they rival you in evilness, are now virtual embodiments of the SevenDeadlySins and enable you to still become a VillainWithGoodPublicity while killing them if you play your cards right. In fact, [[spoiler: the seventh hero is possessed by the actual EvilOverlord, and is the one that corrupted the others. Surprise! You're not the real Overlord, you're a TomatoInTheMirror]]. And in the sequel you play as the previous Overlord's son fighting against an oppressive Empire that seeks to eradicate all magical beings (that would include the new Overlord and his minions too). Also, the BigBad is [[spoiler: the power-mad Emperor [[AGodAmI seeking godhood]] willing to summon a man-eating EldritchAbomination to accomplish his goal]]. Compared to ''that'', the Overlord looks almost ''heroic''! Key word: almost.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has a few instances where this occurs. In Omega, the [[LawfulEvil Blue Suns]] mercenary band fought off against the invading [[ChaoticEvil Blood Pack]] in the slum districts.
** [[BigGood The Illusive Man]] in said game is also an example, inasmuch as he's the leader of a human supremacist terrorist organization with [[AIIsACrapshoot a whole lot of really horrifying skeletons in its closet who backs Shepard and their crew in the fight against the Collectors and Reapers, who in turn want to wipe out all sentient organic life]]. [[spoiler:This becomes mostly a moot point in the third game, when he becomes indoctrinated, and the closest thing that game has to a human BigBad.]]
** There's also [[SociopathicHero Zaeed Massani's]] loyalty mission, which sees him pitted against fellow Blue Suns mercenary group founder [[SmugSnake Vido Santiago]]. Zaeed wants to kill Vido for [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge betraying him and taking control of the Blue Suns]], and is [[KickTheDog more than happy to allow innocent bystanders to die]] if they get in his way.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[spoiler:Harbinger will send Reaper troops to attack a major Cerberus facility near the end of the game.]] One of your companions will remark that it's about time they tried to kill each other.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' ''swims'' in this trope -- most conspicuously in the video games, Dark Siders fight each other if anything ''more'' intensely than they fight anyone else.
** In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', taking the Dark Side path means fighting Darth Malak for control of his[[spoiler:/your]] war machine, with the conquest of the Republic covered in the epilogue. Additionally, a Dark Sider in ''[=KOTOR=] 2'' will face [[OmnicidalManiac Darth Nihilus]], who draws his power from the same source as the player character. EvilCounterpart to a good character, he becomes NotSoDifferent for an evil one.
** Ditto for ''Jedi Knight'', ''Jedi Academy'', and any other game that gives you a Dark Side path...
** Also ditto for the films and the Expanded Universe, which has been a very [[NiceJobBreakingItHero colorful]] place since [[BigBad Palpatine]] was overthrown in favor of the [[GoodIsDumb New Republic]]. The New Republic has completely collapsed in favor of some kind of uneasy coalition of monarchical Imperial factions, independent core planets, and alien invaders by this point, and most of the Skywalker family is back on the Dark Side -- and this ''without'' being a deliberate CrapsackWorld.)
** ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': Playing a dark side character, regardless of faction, will inevitably and almost by definition result in this trope. As a Republic hero, you can sometimes get a letter (and credits) from a Sith thanking you for taking out the competition after killing (or otherwise defeating) a Force-user.
** ''VideoGame/BountyHunter'' offers another take on this, with a bit of MeleeATrois thrown into the mix. The first faction is the [[ReligionOfEvil Bando Gora]], a cult lead by the fallen Jedi [[BigBad Komari Vosa]] who uses the it to run a drug empire which turns its users into zombie-like slaves which she controls, ultimately hoping to extend her influence throughout the galaxy. The other main antagonist is [[BloodKnight Montross]], a bounty hunter who kills all his bounties for sport (even when it would pay more to take them alive) and eventually wishes to kill Vosa and take control of the Bando Gora himself to spread chaos and anarchy throughout the galaxy. Their opposition is protagonist Jango Fett, hired by [[TheDragon Count Dooku]] under orders from [[BiggerBad Darth Sidious]], who is driven purely by greed, and is only made ALighterShadeOfBlack due to the fact that he's not nearly as ruthless or twisted as the villains he faces. None the less, he still ultimately works for a Sith Lord and couldn't care less as long as he gets payed.
* ''[[VideoGame/CityOfHeroes City of Villains]]'' is a good example of why this trope exists. The few truly evil contacts (Westin Phipps in particular) produce a good deal of controversy about whether they're "too evil." Thus, more than half the game's missions could very easily be rewritten for heroes. Many contacts have forced unethical traits and selfish motives written in for why you're stopping a villainous organization from realizing their plans. You spend more time fighting your "patron" organization of Arachnos than you spend fighting Wyvern or Legacy Chain (Longbow are like cockroaches, though…).
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''
** Probably the only way Kratos could seem [[VillainProtagonist even remotely sympathetic]] is making the Greek pantheon out to be ''gigantic'' bastards, especially Zeus. To be perfectly fair, one glance at mythology will tell you this isn't far off... Most of the Greek Pantheon has few, if any, redeeming qualities aside from the fact that they replaced something that could be considered ''worse'' from the Ancient Greek point of view.
** The gods of Olympus actually ''{{invoke|dTrope}}'' this trope by sending Kratos, a SociopathicHero, to battle other monsters that nobody else can defeat. Kratos utterly slaughters each one, then moves on to the next. He even becomes powerful enough to kill Ares, the eponymous God of War, and takes his place.
** The creators of the game have stated that the reason they didn't go with a more traditional Greek hero is because they felt that such a character wouldn't last five seconds in the world they were trying to create. There are actually several minor characters in both games who embody various versions of those iconic heroes, and they are usually killed horribly within seconds of their appearance. Perseus lasts the longest, but even he is not immune. Still, if the creators had read the original myths a little more closely, they would have realized that the only thing separating Kratos from those so-called "heroes" is that Kratos doesn't even try to justify his actions by calling them noble. He just kills things. A ''lot'' of things.
** Kratos is actually a traditional Greek hero [[FridgeBrilliance in every sense of the word]]. [[spoiler:In Greek folklore and mythology, a 'hero' was originally a demigod. Cue the [[LukeIAmYourFather big reveal]] of ''God Of War 2'']].
* Some parts of ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' pit you against rival keepers, but these events are mostly incidental; the main focus of the plot is still about fighting heroes.
** Far more focus on this in the unofficial expansion pack ''Ancient Keeper'', in which the focus is on proving that you're tough enough, vicious enough, and (above all else) ''clever'' enough to take your place among the ancients of your kind. You still fight heroic forces constantly, but crushing other candidates for the title (often on their home turf) and surviving the current ancients' tests is the goal.
** ''Dungeon Keeper 2'' gives you an ongoing rival keeper named Nemesis, who commands all of the other rival keepers you face. Again, the primary goal is killing the heroes, though this time it's to take the Portal Gems they guard, some of which have already been looted by the other keepers.
* In the later parts of ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', one can simply sit back and watch the three-way battles between [[TheVirus the parasitic Flood]], [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the zealous Covenant]], and [[AIIsACrapshoot the protocol enforcing Sentinels]] until one faction kills the others and start actively hunting ''you''.
** Lampshaded in one of the last levels of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''. You can either fight your way up the catwalk to the Tomb of the Arbiter, or rush in headlong. The Covenant on said catwalk will follow you inside... [[EnemyCivilWar and start fighting the other Covenant already there]].
-->'''Cortana:''' You might want to try sitting this one out.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', at one point the Prophet of Truth is about to activate the Halo Array and unleash destruction upon the galaxy. ''Nobody'' wants that, not even the parasitic Flood, [[EnemyMine so for one brief moment you must fight alongside Flood combatants]] and decimate Truth's bodyguards. Like in the example above, you can even hang back and let the unstoppable hulks do the heavy lifting for you.
* Excluding the Protoss campaign, you play as a commander in an evil force throughout ''VideoGame/StarCraft Brood War''. This is even lampshaded by the Queen Bitch of the Universe herself.
-->'''Duran:''' Do you think they suspect anything, my queen?\\
'''Kerrigan:''' Of course, Duran. They're simply siding with the evil they know over the evil they don't. They just don't realize exactly what it will cost them.
* Several scenes in the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' series feature the human enemies and alien enemies fighting each other. In ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' and its Episodes, Combine troops, Antlions, and Headcrabs/Zombies all willingly attack each other. After an epic battle between a mob of Zombies, a swarm of Antlions, and Freeman and his Vortigaunt ally, the Vortigaunt comments on how the Antlions and Zombies continue to fight even after the two had escaped.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent'' is a prime example. The only real difference from being Bond is that you can use human shields.
* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', the player character is a [[VillainProtagonist total sociopath]], but so are the leaders of the rival gangs.
** To be perfectly fair to Maero, he was just a thug. A [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower really strong thug]] but still just a thug. Nearly every mission is you assaulting him. [[DisproportionateRetribution For trying to buy an alliance with a shitty split]] in the profits. He's definitely the OnlySaneMan of the five (including Ultor) gangs in the city, and the only one shown to care about his own. Of course, the player can be [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential as much of an arsehole as they choose]], so outside of story missions [[AntiHero you may or may not]] be a second Maero.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' sums it up this way: a good man helps an old lady across the street. A neutral man crosses the street and helps an old lady across while he's doing so. An "evil" male PC helps a young lady across the street. Your enemies help an old lady halfway across the street.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': Two teams of ruthless, bloodthirsty mercenaries gleefully blasting the shit out of each other, with only the flimsiest justification. They're being led by two identical twins who have hated each other since birth, and are being secretly manipulated by their weapons supplier to provide her a constant source of money. [[ForeverWar Forever and ever]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' will always pit the Hero against the villain Jack of Blades. However, the "Hero" can be evil himself if he so chooses, so his motivation is left up to the player to pick: is he fighting Jack to avenge his loved ones and save the world, or to keep Jack from conquering the world so that he can conquer it himself?
* ''VideoGame/{{Disciples}} 2: Dark Prophecy'' features this near the end of the [[TheLegionsOfHell Legion of the Damned's]] saga. [[spoiler: It turns out that Uther isn't really the reincarnation of the Legion's god, but just some evil brat siphoning his power and slowly killing him. Since you're one of the god's loyal servants, you have to fight him in the end]]. This has the odd effect of giving ''demons from hell'' the surprisingly sympathetic motivation of [[spoiler: trying to save their god]].
** One of the BEST campaign twists in known history. Added bonus? The fight against [[spoiler: Demon Uther]] is quite possibly the toughest boss in the game.
** Really, any fight between the Legions of the Damned and the Undead Hordes.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'', we have the [[SociopathicHero sociopathic, nigh unstoppable]] monster who ''[[ImAHumanitarian eats people]]''. He's the player character, and the closest thing to a hero we have (he ''very'' slowly develops something akin to a conscience). Then we have the [[ArmiesAreEvil [=BlackWatch=]]], a secret military organization who created the viral threat in the first place (to target racial minorities), tested it on civilians, and are planning on nuking Manhattan to stop its spread. Then we have [[TheVirus Elizabeth Greene and her viral mutants]], who essentially intends to unleash a ZombieApocalypse because she can. The man-eating dude wins. Yay?
** Amusingly it's also shown that [[spoiler: The Blacklight Virus, the new Alex Mercer, has far and away [[MadScientist more of a conscience than the original]] ever did. Which pushes him a little further to the grey side at least.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' likes this trope. We have the demons of the Burning Legion heavily at odds with the Undead Scourge even though the magic they use and their ultimate aim is almost identical (and the Scourge used to be part of the Legion). Being the original "owners" of Azeroth, the Lovecraftian [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]] are at odds with both the Legion and the Scourge although they are implied to have a degree of influence on both of these factions. Illidan's motley crew of (evil) Blood Elves, demons and Naga are engaged in heavy fighting against the Legion due to Illidan's failure in taking out the Undead Scourge for the Legion.
** In addition, ''The Frozen Throne'' featured the Plaguelands Civil War, a four-way war within the Scourge between the loyalists of Arthas, the loyalists of the Legion, and the remaining Alliance forces (who are generally good guys but are led by a racist {{Jerkass}} Lord Garithos).
** The Dark Iron dwarves initially fought in the service of Ragnaros against the Blackrock Orcs, who served the Black Dragonflight. In ''Cataclysm'', however, Ragnaros joins forces with Deathwing.
** The main opposition to the gronn-ruled ogres of Outland, which prove a threat to the Alliance and Horde's Outland allies, happens to be the AlwaysChaoticEvil Black Dragonflight, which is seeking to avenge the deaths of many of its members at the hands of Gruul the Dragonkiller.
** In ''Wrath of the Lich King'', the Scourge conquered the Nerubians and almost conquered the Drakkari ice trolls, both of which are quite evil (the ice trolls especially so, even compared to the evil and barbaric majority of the non-playable trolls). In Drak'Tharon Keep, both the living trolls and their allies, and the undead trolls and other Scourge members attack the party as they make their way up the keep.
* Although not well known, Super Mario is actually a bad guy. In the original Donkey Kong game, the booklet says that Donkey Kong is Mario's pet ape whom Mario was abusing. In Donkey Kong Jr., Mario has locked DK in a cage, and it's up to his son to save him from the antagonistic, whip-wielding Mario. Even in Super Mario Bros. 3, the booklet describes Mario as "the hero (maybe)." This would make the age old story of Mario vs Bowser a story of evil vs evil.
** Before he got into mini-games, Wario of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' came up with the idea of stealing money from other bad guys. This has worked out rather well for him. It hasn't stopped other bad guys from stealing money from ''him''.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' pits Bowser up against Fawful, who's taken over the Mushroom Kingdom and booted him out of his own castle. [[VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG Again]]. This time, however, the Super Mario brothers, for the most part, play a supporting role in the game, powering up his body when necessary (including [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever making him a giant]] in order to MegatonPunch castles). Later on after [[spoiler:Fawful and the Dark Star go OneWingedAngel]] it's up to Bowser to save the Mushroom Kingdom.
* If you take the evil path in the vast majority of {{R|olePlayingGame}}PGs, you're still going to have to fight the same evil BigBad. In a Creator/BioWare game, your quest will be close to the same regardless of your alignment, including a struggle against the minions of the BigBad; ''maybe'', at the end, you'll be given an option to join them instead of fighting them; otherwise, you'll just prove to be EvilerThanThou.
* In ''VideoGame/TheGodfather'', your character Aldo Trapani runs a protection racket for the Corleones, doesn't hesitate to cause property damage or (threaten to) brutalise shopkeepers in his extortion attempts and can kill people in a wide variety of ways. Every copper in NYC is a DirtyCop who at best never turns down a bribe and at worst is a rapist. The other Families don't have the moral high ground, though, as their members are always itching for a fight, rule their turfs with iron fists and don't shy from shooting up civilians blocking their line of fire to you.
* Any enemy in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' that either has a gun or throws a different type of fireball can cause monster infighting. The "former humans" are most prone to this, as they're the only enemies in the game whose weapons can hurt others of their own kind. The Arch-Viles can be humorous with this, as they can resurrect an enemy who they just killed and then get into another fight with them, and repeat the process.
** The Cacodemons and Barons of Hell are also good examples of this. Dead Cacodemon corpses can be found in "Baron halls" and wall images of crucified Barons of Hell can be found in some areas where Cacodemons are the predominant enemies. This feud between the Barons of Hell and Cacodemons is also in the expanded universe Doom books. Cacodemons crucified Barons, despite lacking hands or anything resembling tool-manipulators. That's some serious hate.
** Invulnerability code in Doom II. Last level, Icon of Sin. More fun than actual cockfighting, especially when the Arch-Viles and Pain Elementals are spawned. Shame there's no easy in-game way to eliminate corpses, it gets somewhat crashy after a few hours of this carnage.
** There's a level in ''Doom II'' with a room that only has a Cyberdemon and a Spider Mastermind in it. They're each trapped on little platforms and the whole exercise does little but allow you to pit these two fearsome creatures against one another by coaxing a monster infight between them.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' has this as a thing that can be done in the game provided there are 2 sets of enemy forces on a battlefield, Primary Enemies (Red) and Neutral/Secondary (Yellow) despite them usually targeting you, they will go for each other if they are in range at times, firing shots and destroying each other, which in larger levels can make life a tad easier. Different villains from various anime are often pitted against each other, with additional original villains throw in.
** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance'', Shadow Mirrors are trying to take control over [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] and get rid of all aliens.
** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'', [[Anime/VoltesV Boazanians]] are sworn enemies of [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Gradosians]] and [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Gauron]] at one point picks up a fight with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED ZATF forces]]. The Fury are trying to kill everybody.
** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'', [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Zonderians]] oppose [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Radam]], who are sworn enemies of [[Anime/DetonatorOrgun Evolouders]] who, in turn, hate [[Anime/GaoGaiGar 11 Masters of Sol]].
** In ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Super Robot Wars Z2]]'', [[Anime/ShinMazinger Mechanical Beasts]] and Dimensional Beasts just attack one another within range.
** [[Anime/ShinMazinger Hades]] in ''Jigoku-hen'' doesn't care about mankind like [[Anime/ShinMazinger Zeus]] does, but is considered an enemy of Ba'al since he took part in the war eons ago.
** In Tengoku-hen, the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer ELS]] are as openly hostile and willing to absorb other alien races as they are towards the human race.
* In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' this occurs between [[spoiler: Chiaki, Isamu, and Hikawa]] and depending on which ending [[spoiler: the Demi-Fiend as well]]. The ongoing battle throughout the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series between [[spoiler: Lucifer and YHWH]] counts as well.
* [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Uram]] and [[TheUndead Hokan]] of ''VideoGame/{{Spellforce}}''.
* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2''. [[spoiler: General Shepard's Infamous Shadow Company vs. Makarov's Ultranationalists.]] And you in the middle. How fun! Although it only lasts a mission but it's far easier just to make the fight as even as possible then sit back and watch the carnage (typically shadow is ahead).
* ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}''. The idealist objectivist turned bitter despot Andrew Ryan versus the sleazy power-hungry smuggler and rebel Frank Fontaine, both with hordes of insane, vicious mutated Splicers at their command. [[spoiler:And you're a mind-controlled test tube baby used by Fontaine (under the guise of Atlas, a noble rebel and family man) to kill Ryan, then he turns on you. He dies. Only you and Tenenbaum, a Jewish Nazi collaborateur and TheAtoner, survive the events of the story.]]
* In the third ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}'' the only reason you don't destroy humanity is that aliens trying to take over the world provide a distraction.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hexen}} II''[='s=] sparse story becomes this if you play as the assassin or necromancer. The assassin wants to kill [[BigBad Eidolon]] to prove she's the best assassin of all time, and the necromancer wants to kill Eidolon so people fear him again.
* ''VideoGame/TrafficDepartment2192'' has [[VillainProtagonist evil]] versus [[GalacticConqueror evil]] versus [[EnemyCivilWar evil]], with [[WhiteGangBangers evil and evil]] thrown in for laughs. [[spoiler: The final faction initially looks benevolent, since it's composed of {{Actual Pacifist}}s--nope, they're all {{Manipulative Bastard}}s, and they're evil too! The protagonist is also the most beneficial, wiping everyone else out so the few decent people can take charge.]]
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' has Vega/M. Bison pitted against Seth, both of whom are power-hungry villains who want to TakeOverTheWorld for themselves.
* The war between Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''.
* If an enemy in any ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' game accidentally shoots another enemy, they will fight it out while you stand and watch. In the second game the native f'likta fight the phfor as long as you're lying low. In ''Infinity'' the A.I. Tycho controls the pfhor hunters, fighters and you, using his forces to fight against the phfor enforcers, compilers, and Durandal's humans [[spoiler: [[ThePlan planned by you to keep a monster under wraps]]]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Myth}}: The Fallen Lords'' the dark leaders, the fallen lords, hate each other more then they hate you. In one level you sit back for most of the level and let the two forces fight each other, then pick off the pitiful remnants.
* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'': Protagonist Kain is a MagnificentBastard VillainProtagonist EvilOverlord. He's the hero of the games mainly because his enemies are KnightTemplar {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s who are even worse than he is.
* The ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' Spinoff ''The Misadventures Of Tron Bonne'' have you controlling one member of the main series' GoldfishPoopGang and her AdorableEvilMinions trying to pay her brother's ransom. Sure, the main antagonist is an evil bastard trying to rule the world and your motive is quite noble...but you still accomplish it by robbing livestock from a farm, stealing containers from the docks, and blowing up a bank while fighting the police.
** ''Legends'' itself has shades of this trope. The Bonne family are a group of pirates who are trying to steal some treasure from the island, and who have no problems with destroying residential areas or the mayor's office with giant robots, but [[spoiler:they still go against Juno by freeing Megaman from his trap.]] Also a case of EvenEvilHasStandards, given that [[spoiler:they're obviously disturbed by Juno's plan to ''kill the entire population of the island''.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'' you have two factions fighting over one [[ApocalypseMaiden little girl]] who could give them the power to rule the world. First you have the [[spoiler: Orange Clan]], an {{ancient|Conspiracy}} [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness organization]] who already control the world, but wish to expand their power. The second is the [[spoiler: Purple Clan]] a group of [[AIIsACrapshoot artificial intelligences]] who wish to use the girl's power to create a [[ApocalypseHow new ice age]], killing humanity, and becoming the new dominate race. In between these two you have the hero, Lucas Kane, the UnwittingPawn of both groups, who has power over TheForce, and [[spoiler: later gets killed, and brought back as TheUndead]].
* The ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' games love this trope. In the main ''Tiberium'' series, expect to fight [[AIIsACrapshoot CABAL]] and [[PlanetLooters the Scrin]] as [[CorruptChurch the Brotherhood of Nod]].
** There's also the ''Red Alert'' games. Every faction is evil, from the [[GloriousMotherRussia brutal world-domination-bent Soviets]], to the [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld expansionist Empire of the Rising Sun]], to the mind-controlling [[TheChessmaster Yuri]], heck even [[DesignatedHero the Allies are pretty nasty]].
** ''Generals'' is the only game to avert this trope. The Americans are ([[AmericaSavesTheDay of course]]) the good guys, and the Chinese are depicted rather sympathetically as well. The GLA terrorists, however, are very evil and both the Americans and Chinese team up against them.
* A good many of the members in the Organization of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' are working against each other in order to further their own individual evil agendas. Then in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Maleficent and the Heartless take on the Organization and the Nobodies. When the Organization takes control of the Heartless, Maleficent then has to pull an EnemyMine with the main heroes.
* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGate II'':
** Throne of Bhaal, one part of the Watcher's Keep involves a maze with three stones needed to escape, and two factions of warring demons, on opposite sides of the Blood War, hold one stone each. You can kill one of the factions and claim one stone off them while taking the other as a reward, or you can [[TakeAThirdOption kill both of them]]. If you are a good-aligned character, you will have no choice but to kill them all -- the leaders of both sides will sense your innate goodness and try to kill you.
** The main story line of the game allows you to pick an evil character and do horrible things on your quest to achieve ultimate power and rule the universe with an iron fist, tormenting mortals.
* ''VideoGame/ShogoMobileArmorDivision'' features conflict between the CMC, [[GaiasVengeance the Fallen]], and [[MegaCorp Shogo Industries]] over control of Cronus. The UCA is mostly good, but has the potential to become an antagonist in one path of the game when Admiral Akkaraju plans on using the Kato Cannon to destroy Avernus to eliminate the Fallen, [[UnwittingPawn playing into Ryo's plans]].
* ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' and remakes have a borderline case, with the two terrorist teams, Team Aqua and Team Magma. It's borderline because the teams are something of [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]], wanting to expand the sea and land for the sake of Pokémon (or so they say), respectively, and are in direct opposition to each other. However, in ''Ruby'', Team Aqua are actually allies (and vice-versa regarding Magma and ''Sapphire''), but it's played straight in the third game, ''Emerald'', where both teams were portrayed as antagonists to the player while still warring against each other.
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** While ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is mostly GreyAndGrayMorality, the final conflict between the Templars and the Circle of Magi in Kirkwall devolves into Evil Versus Evil. The leaders of ''both'' factions give into their (figurative) inner demons and nearly drag the rest of their members down with them. No matter which side you initially pick, you end up killing both of the leaders to achieve a cease-fire.
** [[GreatOffscreenWar Although it takes places offscreen]], and the status of both parties as "evil" is debatable, the nations of Tevinter and the Qun have been at war for ''centuries'' due to the former's refusal to sign a peace treaty that ended all other human hostilities towards the Qunari. Tevinter is a land of greedy, amoral, power-hungry evil mages who practice slavery, while the Qun is an extreme religious system that aims to spread throughout Thedas by any means necessary.
* Probably more 'grotesque monstrosity versus grotesque monstrosity,' but ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' occasionally has instances of zeds fighting each other. This is sometimes relatively even (a [[MakeMeWannaShout Siren]] versus a [[FatBastard Bloat]]), and sometimes comically one sided (a [[{{Mooks}} Clot]] standing in the way of a [[LightningBruiser Fleshpound]]). Notable for the fact that, if left alone, they will gladly spend quite some time attacking each other and will often ignore players, even those who are two steps away and pointing a rocket launcher at them.
* The scrolling shmup ''[[VideoGame/{{Soukyugurentai}} Terra Diver]]'' makes players mercenaries working for a greedy megacorp of resources around Earth against its rival corporations with the story of eco-terrorist threat as a cover-up of the disastrous war of greed.
* Can easily happen in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' - All the nasty creatures and evil factions are only alike in their hatred of the Dwarves, so if two of them happen to arrive at your fort at the same time, expect them to tear each other to pieces. The dwarves themselves are occasionally not any better - [[Letsplay/{{Boatmurdered}} what with drowning the world in magma at the slightest provocations]] and the completely insane experiments occasionally committed by the player community ForScience
** Weaponizing various "evil" forces/creatures to send against invading goblin sieges is a popular pastime.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' is this. Travis isn't really such a great guy, and is tearing through mobs of mooks and taking assassination side jobs on possible not so evil people all for the sake of getting laid. Once. Although a few of the other assassins are much worse than he is. Like Destroyman. And Bad Girl.
* ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'' takes this trope, mixes it up, and paints a pretty psychedelic picture with it. Some of the villains are just so awful, but a few of them are probably better than the main characters who are only doing any of this for the sake of a paycheck. [[MindScrew Or maybe not]]. Some of the members of Killer7 are assholes or cowards. Barely anything makes any sense in the plot of that game.
* Though one could hardly think of the title character as evil, the page describes the premise of ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' almost perfectly: a GentlemanThief who steals from other criminals.
* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' features a SupportingLeader, the [[GodIsGood noble]] if [[WellIntentionedExtremist heavy-handed]] literal GodEmperor Fou-Lu being betrayed and abused by TheEmpire that he helped to found, eventually resulting in a ''massive'' FaceHeelTurn that sees him become a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds. Said empire has an ''extremely'' selfish evil leader and a loathsome bad guy at the head of its science department [[spoiler:turning people into {{Body Horror}}s purely because [[ForScience science thought it'd be lulzy]].]]
* ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves'''s second half of the game sees Lazaravic's soldiers fight the [[spoiler: Guardians Of Shambala]].
* ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'' can have the player invoke this - if the player takes Cole down the villainous path, the final battle with [[BigBad Kessler]] becomes this [[spoiler:until TheReveal that Kessler's actually Cole from an alternate future, who became a WellIntentionedExtremist & travelled back in time to ensure that Cole was prepared for & able to avert the tragedy that would set him on this path in the first place]]. So with that in mind, it's more of a subversion.
** ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'' features anti-Conduit fascist rednecks taking on mutants [[spoiler:who happen to be created by the conduit power of the aforementioned anti-Conduit fascist rednecks]]. But it escalates even further than that, as after a third of the game another faction - mercenaries with ice powers - enter the fray, and like it's predecessor, the player can invoke this by taking Cole along the villainous path.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', the cruel Talon Company (see ruthless mercs) go toe to toe with super-mutants.
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', The Courier can easily invoke this when facing off against Caesar's Legion if they've built a lot of evil karma. Even more so with Ulysses in ''Lonesome Road'' as his dialog changes depending on your reputation and accomplishments, allowing him to call you out on your past actions.
* The backstory of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' was this. The AlternateHistory starting after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII had Middle Eastern powers go to war with Europe. This caused a huge economic crisis. Europe collapsed and became a war torn hell hole, and the US and China tried to solve their oil problems by invading their neighbors (in the US's case, Canada). Eventually, these last two functional governments went to war, which started in Alaska and spread to the Chinese mainland, causing China and the US to nuke one another and bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. At the time of the war, China was an imperialistic, aggressive, tyrannical nation with an army of {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s. The United States was the exact same, except ruled by a puppet government controlled by a Nazi-esque AncientConspiracy called The Enclave in addition to all of that.
** The Enclave's very existence speaks volumes about how bad the US got. The risk of nuclear war over the world's remaining oil was considered high enough to create the Enclave for continuity of government. This means the pre-war government considered billions of lives an acceptable thing to gamble for some ''dead dinosaurs'', and this is ''after'' they'd developed fusion power anyway.
* Somewhat {{deconstruct|ion}}ed in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', where the Blood War between the devils and the demons inevitably gets mentioned. You might think it's okay for the very, very nearly [[AlwaysChaoticEvil always lawful/chaotic evil]] beings to slaughter each other, but the suffering the war causes around the multiverse is so great that the KnightTemplar angel Trias thinks allowing it to continue is an act of supreme passive evil on part of his fellow Celestials.
* A late-game quest becomes this in ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VII'' if one goes for the evil path. You work with/for guys who want to take over the planet through force of superior weapons technology, and who find nothing wrong with mad laughter (and your personal chronicler finds the discovery of left-over torture instruments from a previous occupant of your castle to be a happy surprise). You still get sent to kill the Kreegans' King Xenofex, though, because the Kreegans are PlanetLooters and a big threat in general.
* Both sides of the civil war in ''VideoGame/FarCry 2'' talk a good talk about how they're making their country a better place, but both are willing to commit war crimes for tactical advantages or petty vengeance. Some of the mercenaries profess idealistic motives, but all of them except the protagonist choose money over decency. The Underground is well-intentioned, but completely ineffectual, repeatedly requiring the protagonist's help to wipe out hostile mercenaries. The closest thing to a heroic figure is the arms dealer supplying both sides, and that's only because he wants them to wipe each other out.
* ''MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' seems to be shaping up to be this, as the story will deal will Big Boss' fall from grace from the noble soldier he was in ''Snake Eater'', ''Portable Ops'', ''Peace Walker'' and ''Ground Zeroes'', into a broken warmonger out for nothing but Revenge, going against XOF, the organization that took everything away from him on ''Ground Zeroes'', as well as Cypher (aka, The Patriots).
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime 2: Echoes'' has three enemy factions that all want the Phazon on planet Aether to themselves: The Ing, the Space Pirates, and Dark Samus. The Pirates are the {{butt monkey}}s, most of the ones that aren't killed by Samus are either possessed by Ing or killed defending their Phazon from Dark Samus. At first it's unclear if the Ing and Dark Samus are allies or enemies, but a scene just before the second fight against Dark Samus shows her killing a group of Dark Pirate Troopers (Ing-possessed Pirate Troopers) and taking their Phazon.
* In ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'', the [[TheVirus X parasites]] and Metroids '''''REALLY''''' don't like each other. Put them in the same room, and they'll both ignore Samus and go right for each others' throats (or the nearest anatomical equivalent). [[spoiler: This is because the Chozo created the Metroids specifically as predators for the X, to keep it from spreading to other worlds. After absorbing Samus' abilities, the X can now fight back.]]
* In ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'', most of the villains are fighting against each other and the heroes are either third parties or unwitting pawns. [[AntiVillain Ingway]] is running a complicated scheme of deceit and backstabbing intended partly to prevent his own cursed death. Odin wages war on the other nations of Erion and wants to claim the power of the Crystallization Cauldron for his own benefit; Fairy Queen Titania wants to keep the Cauldron out of the hands of Odin or anyone else, and both monarchs have ambitious would-be usurpers scheming within their respective courts. Queen Odette of the netherworld wants to claim Oswald's soul and punish those who dare to come and go from her realm while still alive (which is basically the entire cast). Fire King Onyx wants Gwendolyn for his wife and is willing to resort to abduction and [[MurderTheHypotenuse murdering the hypotenuse]] in order to make it happen. The Three Wise Men seek to bring about [[spoiler:the end of the world and release the monstrous King Gallon from the Netherworld in order to take power in the new age that follows]]. King Valentine is batshit insane and trying to end the world in an effort to end his own suffering, and practically ''every last one of them'' wants revenge on Odin for one reason or another.
* In ''VideoGame/MaxPayne 3'', Max finds himself caught between favela gangbangers, paramilitary thugs, and [[PoliceBrutality indiscriminately Brutal Police]], none of whom have any love for each other. [[spoiler: Or do they?]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': [[LightIsNotGood Heaven is evil]], [[DarkIsEvil Hell is evil]], and neither cares much for humans. The only way to possibly survive the chaos if one side decides you're in the way is to make a deal with the other. No matter what you do, you're doomed unless you're immortal.
* ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' has you playing the role of four heisters who are out to make millions by stealing whatever is hot. Twice in the game, the crew go after another group of criminals because they hold something of value. In Panic Room, the crew attacks a local street gang in an apartment complex that sells drugs because the gang has a large stash of money locked in a room. In Counterfeit, there are two people who are secretly working together in making fake money with printing plates, so the crew disguise themselves as a pool repair business so they can rob the counterfeiters of the plates.
* Gyral and Dalen of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', while not technically evil (just mercenaries), are still causing more trouble for the local population because of their petty squabbles. Chrom and company decide the fastest way to end the conflict is to pick a side and finish off the other group.
** Or, you can TakeAThirdOption and fight ''both'' at the same time. This will cause them to EnemyMine against you and you'll have to face a ''really'' large mercenary army against you. On the other hand, you are allowed to visit ''all'' of the villages and obtain items from them should you take this option; since taking sides in this conflict will cause some villages to close the doors on you.
* It's by no means uncommon to find this trope in Final Fantasy games.
** During the first half of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the Empire is the prime villain; an oppressive, tyrannical regime experimenting on sentient beings (Espers) to gain more power. Eventual BigBad Kefka Pelazzo is at this point seemingly a deranged, amoral coward with [[TheStarscream Starscream tendencies]]. This all comes to a head when Kefka turns on Emperor Gestahl, frying him with magic and kicking him off a {{Floating Continent}}.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' Sephiroth's presence is first felt when he cuts a bloody path through Shinra HQ, murdering the despotic corporate Fat-Cat, President Shinra. Barret even queries if Sephiroth is a "good guy" as a result.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', we have Kuja vs. Queen Brahne after she decides she doesn't need him. She attempts to use Bahamut on him. Kuja tanks a few blasts, praises the dragon for being able to ''slightly'' wound him, then takes control of it and Brahne finds herself at the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''. Tess makes it clear in the beginning of the game that she and Joel are "shitty people." Joel outright tells Ellie that he has been both hunter and hunted. Essentially, you are not necessarily a hero in this game, but a merciless survivor who happens to be the protagonist of this particular story
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' is mostly GreyAndGrayMorality, but the conflict between [[BarbarianTribe the Forsworn]] and [[IOwnThisTown the Silver-Blood family]] is this. The Forsworn are bloodthirsty Breton guerilla fighters who worship Hagravens, rape and murder anyone unfortunate enough to get in the path of their patrols, and will reclaim The Reach even if they have to massacre every Nord in it (they openly state so). The Silver-Bloods, headed by Thonar Silver-Blood, are a corrupt crime family who bribe Markarth's city guard, murder, brutalise and imprison innocent people, use questionable business practices to remove competition, and force defeated political enemies and Forsworn prisoners to work in their prison/silver mine. It is later revealed that [[spoiler:they have the Forsworn's king, Madanach, imprisoned in their mine, and they use him to guide the Forsworn as a deniable asset terrorist army to further their own ends. Madanach escapes along with you and some followers, cutting down quite a few bystanders and guards on their way out, and not before vowing to return with a Forsworn army to destroy the city]]. As one of the Forsworn [=NPC=] says, in Markarth, "there's no innocent, just the guilty and the dead".
* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''; Main Universe [[MonsterClown Joker]] versus [[TheEmpire The Regime]], except when the Joker goes rogue and is taken down by Lex Luthor (who's a good guy in the Regime universe).
* ''VideoGame/MaceTheDarkAge''; Not every contender for the Mace is evil, but evil is not on the side of evil. [[TinTyrant Lord Deimos]], The Executioner, Al-Rashid, and [[LadyOfWar Taria]] are all horrible people, but also all at each other's throats to take the Mace from Asmodeus, who stole it from Hell to run amok. It's very telling that Hell Knight, who is also literally from Hell himself, is in all one of the nicer characters since he only wants to take the Mace back where it came from. In fact, the worst thing that happens in his good ending has nothing to do with anything Hell Knight actually did.
* DragonQuestVI actually allows the ''player'' to pull this off along with an in-story use. At one point in the game, you find a castle where a demon summoning is taking place. Why? [[InvokedTrope So that the demon can be ordered]] [[SummonBiggerFish to kill the]] BigBad. Shockingly, the demon refuses to take orders from a mortal, and nukes the castle instead. Much later, you find the BonusBoss of the BonusDungeon. If you beat him in less than 20 turns, he not only recognizes your strength, but even grants you a wish, [[spoiler:teleporting you directly to the BigBad and utterly and completely destroying him. Then he wishes you a good day and leaves.]]
* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''... whoo, ''boy''. First, you have three factions, lead by Two-Face, the Penguin and the Joker. All three want the other two dead, though the Joker wants to get healthy. Then, you got Mr. Freeze, who gets passed around a few times, Poison Ivy, who wants to kill humanity (and that includes those in Arkham City), and Catwoman, whose path crosses a few of these characters. This isn't even including Hugo Strange and [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul.]]
* ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' has the rebel group, The Golden Path, going against the evil Dictator, Pagan Min. [[spoiler: Unlike most storylines about rebels going against the status quo, however, The Golden Path are proven to be a radical terrorist organization whose founding leader was worse than Pagan Min. And the main character finds out the two leaders who took over are just as evil, in different ways.]]
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* The ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series is one of the most infamous examples of this trope. The FridgeBrilliance is that all the protagonists and antagonists are murderers and criminals [[CrapsackWorld trapped in a world of murderers and criminals]]. Sometimes, the protagonist does things almost as atrocious as the things the antagonist does, and many of them seem to be worse than their enemies. Here, in fact, the white morality no exist.
** Tommy Vercetti of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' got the most characterization as a villain. Although he appears to be criminal out of necessity in the beginning, he's not just [[PunchClockVillain punching a clock]]; he's been a lifelong career killer, never wanted to be anything else, and has no FreudianExcuse behind it. He [[EvenEvilHasStandards has no standards beneath him]] and doesn't appear to be any better than any of his enemies, yet still manages to be the most AffablyEvil character in the series. Not to mention one of the toughest. Dude takes some serious punishment whenever he ain't dishing it out in cutscenes. There are some very good reasons why he became sort of the 'unofficial face' of the franchise, especially to non-players.
** Another good example would be the scene of the Grove Street Families vs. the C.R.A.S.H. from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''. While the Grove Street Families and Ballas are rival gangs, C.R.A.S.H. is supposedly a group of cops who claim that their approach to work is about "percentages" and they really want to manipulate bands and eliminates. But in reality the group C.R.A.S.H. is corrupt at the core and terrorize gang leaders in much the same way as they would a street gang. Even the very leaders of this group (Tenpenny and Pulaski) are guilty of various crimes.
* GTAV: Michael and Trevor, a hypocrite and a serial killer, are former heisting partners who end up banding together to work with and against the FIB and a multibillionaire real-estate investor. Yep, no good guys here.
* ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' has a path pitting the AffablyEvil [[MadScientist Doctor Eggman]] against [[ImAHumanitarian Black Doom]]. You also have Shadow taking on both of them, but whether if he's evil or just an AntiVillain, it all depends on the player.
--> '''Eggman:''' How can I take over the city and begin building the Eggman Empire if there ''IS'' no city?!
:: Notably, one of the stages offers the mission of helping Eggman (to help destroy Black Doom's floating stone battleships) as the HERO mission. The Neutral mission is to ignore both sides, and the Dark mission is to destroy Eggman's fleet and keep the alien ships afloat. Yes, fighting against Eggman in this case is treated as the more evil option.
* ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}''. Set in a future where human life is cheap (and entire populated areas are subject to "lunchtime nuclear testing"), corrupt syndicates vie for control of the world, with no qualms whatsoever about the idea of killing civilians in the process. Or just brainwashing their enemies into doing their bidding if violence is too much of a hassle. In the 2012 remake, this continues, but also throws in the Downzone Subverters, who are BombThrowingAnarchists. One background conversation has someone say that the Subverters haven't done anything for the average Downzoners, whereas the syndicates at least kept things clean.
* ''VideoGame/GargoylesQuest'', a spinoff of ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', puts you in the role of Firebrand the Red Arremer, a recurring miniboss from those games and a member of the invading demon army. He takes a break from laying waste to the human world in order to heroically defend Hell from the invading demon hordes of another Hell.
** The sequel, ''Demon's Crest'', sees Firebrand escape from gladiatorial combat to hunt down Phalanx, a demon who has stolen several powerful crests from him and is using their power to rule the world. The catch? Firebrand wants the crests so ''he'' can rule the world.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}.'' You play as the reincarnation of an EvilOverlord seeking revenge on the heroes who defeated you. Conveniently, all seven of them have become so corrupted in the meantime that they rival you in evilness, are now virtual embodiments of the SevenDeadlySins and enable you to still become a VillainWithGoodPublicity while killing them if you play your cards right. In fact, [[spoiler: the seventh hero is possessed by the actual EvilOverlord, and is the one that corrupted the others. Surprise! You're not the real Overlord, you're a TomatoInTheMirror]]. And in the sequel you play as the previous Overlord's son fighting against an oppressive Empire that seeks to eradicate all magical beings (that would include the new Overlord and his minions too). Also, the BigBad is [[spoiler: the power-mad Emperor [[AGodAmI seeking godhood]] willing to summon a man-eating EldritchAbomination to accomplish his goal]]. Compared to ''that'', the Overlord looks almost ''heroic''! Key word: almost.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has a few instances where this occurs. In Omega, the [[LawfulEvil Blue Suns]] mercenary band fought off against the invading [[ChaoticEvil Blood Pack]] in the slum districts.
** [[BigGood The Illusive Man]] in said game is also an example, inasmuch as he's the leader of a human supremacist terrorist organization with [[AIIsACrapshoot a whole lot of really horrifying skeletons in its closet who backs Shepard and their crew in the fight against the Collectors and Reapers, who in turn want to wipe out all sentient organic life]]. [[spoiler:This becomes mostly a moot point in the third game, when he becomes indoctrinated, and the closest thing that game has to a human BigBad.]]
** There's also [[SociopathicHero Zaeed Massani's]] loyalty mission, which sees him pitted against fellow Blue Suns mercenary group founder [[SmugSnake Vido Santiago]]. Zaeed wants to kill Vido for [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge betraying him and taking control of the Blue Suns]], and is [[KickTheDog more than happy to allow innocent bystanders to die]] if they get in his way.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[spoiler:Harbinger will send Reaper troops to attack a major Cerberus facility near the end of the game.]] One of your companions will remark that it's about time they tried to kill each other.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' ''swims'' in this trope -- most conspicuously in the video games, Dark Siders fight each other if anything ''more'' intensely than they fight anyone else.
** In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', taking the Dark Side path means fighting Darth Malak for control of his[[spoiler:/your]] war machine, with the conquest of the Republic covered in the epilogue. Additionally, a Dark Sider in ''[=KOTOR=] 2'' will face [[OmnicidalManiac Darth Nihilus]], who draws his power from the same source as the player character. EvilCounterpart to a good character, he becomes NotSoDifferent for an evil one.
** Ditto for ''Jedi Knight'', ''Jedi Academy'', and any other game that gives you a Dark Side path...
** Also ditto for the films and the Expanded Universe, which has been a very [[NiceJobBreakingItHero colorful]] place since [[BigBad Palpatine]] was overthrown in favor of the [[GoodIsDumb New Republic]]. The New Republic has completely collapsed in favor of some kind of uneasy coalition of monarchical Imperial factions, independent core planets, and alien invaders by this point, and most of the Skywalker family is back on the Dark Side -- and this ''without'' being a deliberate CrapsackWorld.)
** ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': Playing a dark side character, regardless of faction, will inevitably and almost by definition result in this trope. As a Republic hero, you can sometimes get a letter (and credits) from a Sith thanking you for taking out the competition after killing (or otherwise defeating) a Force-user.
** ''VideoGame/BountyHunter'' offers another take on this, with a bit of MeleeATrois thrown into the mix. The first faction is the [[ReligionOfEvil Bando Gora]], a cult lead by the fallen Jedi [[BigBad Komari Vosa]] who uses the it to run a drug empire which turns its users into zombie-like slaves which she controls, ultimately hoping to extend her influence throughout the galaxy. The other main antagonist is [[BloodKnight Montross]], a bounty hunter who kills all his bounties for sport (even when it would pay more to take them alive) and eventually wishes to kill Vosa and take control of the Bando Gora himself to spread chaos and anarchy throughout the galaxy. Their opposition is protagonist Jango Fett, hired by [[TheDragon Count Dooku]] under orders from [[BiggerBad Darth Sidious]], who is driven purely by greed, and is only made ALighterShadeOfBlack due to the fact that he's not nearly as ruthless or twisted as the villains he faces. None the less, he still ultimately works for a Sith Lord and couldn't care less as long as he gets payed.
* ''[[VideoGame/CityOfHeroes City of Villains]]'' is a good example of why this trope exists. The few truly evil contacts (Westin Phipps in particular) produce a good deal of controversy about whether they're "too evil." Thus, more than half the game's missions could very easily be rewritten for heroes. Many contacts have forced unethical traits and selfish motives written in for why you're stopping a villainous organization from realizing their plans. You spend more time fighting your "patron" organization of Arachnos than you spend fighting Wyvern or Legacy Chain (Longbow are like cockroaches, though…).
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''
** Probably the only way Kratos could seem [[VillainProtagonist even remotely sympathetic]] is making the Greek pantheon out to be ''gigantic'' bastards, especially Zeus. To be perfectly fair, one glance at mythology will tell you this isn't far off... Most of the Greek Pantheon has few, if any, redeeming qualities aside from the fact that they replaced something that could be considered ''worse'' from the Ancient Greek point of view.
** The gods of Olympus actually ''{{invoke|dTrope}}'' this trope by sending Kratos, a SociopathicHero, to battle other monsters that nobody else can defeat. Kratos utterly slaughters each one, then moves on to the next. He even becomes powerful enough to kill Ares, the eponymous God of War, and takes his place.
** The creators of the game have stated that the reason they didn't go with a more traditional Greek hero is because they felt that such a character wouldn't last five seconds in the world they were trying to create. There are actually several minor characters in both games who embody various versions of those iconic heroes, and they are usually killed horribly within seconds of their appearance. Perseus lasts the longest, but even he is not immune. Still, if the creators had read the original myths a little more closely, they would have realized that the only thing separating Kratos from those so-called "heroes" is that Kratos doesn't even try to justify his actions by calling them noble. He just kills things. A ''lot'' of things.
** Kratos is actually a traditional Greek hero [[FridgeBrilliance in every sense of the word]]. [[spoiler:In Greek folklore and mythology, a 'hero' was originally a demigod. Cue the [[LukeIAmYourFather big reveal]] of ''God Of War 2'']].
* Some parts of ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' pit you against rival keepers, but these events are mostly incidental; the main focus of the plot is still about fighting heroes.
** Far more focus on this in the unofficial expansion pack ''Ancient Keeper'', in which the focus is on proving that you're tough enough, vicious enough, and (above all else) ''clever'' enough to take your place among the ancients of your kind. You still fight heroic forces constantly, but crushing other candidates for the title (often on their home turf) and surviving the current ancients' tests is the goal.
** ''Dungeon Keeper 2'' gives you an ongoing rival keeper named Nemesis, who commands all of the other rival keepers you face. Again, the primary goal is killing the heroes, though this time it's to take the Portal Gems they guard, some of which have already been looted by the other keepers.
* In the later parts of ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', one can simply sit back and watch the three-way battles between [[TheVirus the parasitic Flood]], [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the zealous Covenant]], and [[AIIsACrapshoot the protocol enforcing Sentinels]] until one faction kills the others and start actively hunting ''you''.
** Lampshaded in one of the last levels of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''. You can either fight your way up the catwalk to the Tomb of the Arbiter, or rush in headlong. The Covenant on said catwalk will follow you inside... [[EnemyCivilWar and start fighting the other Covenant already there]].
-->'''Cortana:''' You might want to try sitting this one out.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', at one point the Prophet of Truth is about to activate the Halo Array and unleash destruction upon the galaxy. ''Nobody'' wants that, not even the parasitic Flood, [[EnemyMine so for one brief moment you must fight alongside Flood combatants]] and decimate Truth's bodyguards. Like in the example above, you can even hang back and let the unstoppable hulks do the heavy lifting for you.
* Excluding the Protoss campaign, you play as a commander in an evil force throughout ''VideoGame/StarCraft Brood War''. This is even lampshaded by the Queen Bitch of the Universe herself.
-->'''Duran:''' Do you think they suspect anything, my queen?\\
'''Kerrigan:''' Of course, Duran. They're simply siding with the evil they know over the evil they don't. They just don't realize exactly what it will cost them.
* Several scenes in the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' series feature the human enemies and alien enemies fighting each other. In ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' and its Episodes, Combine troops, Antlions, and Headcrabs/Zombies all willingly attack each other. After an epic battle between a mob of Zombies, a swarm of Antlions, and Freeman and his Vortigaunt ally, the Vortigaunt comments on how the Antlions and Zombies continue to fight even after the two had escaped.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent'' is a prime example. The only real difference from being Bond is that you can use human shields.
* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', the player character is a [[VillainProtagonist total sociopath]], but so are the leaders of the rival gangs.
** To be perfectly fair to Maero, he was just a thug. A [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower really strong thug]] but still just a thug. Nearly every mission is you assaulting him. [[DisproportionateRetribution For trying to buy an alliance with a shitty split]] in the profits. He's definitely the OnlySaneMan of the five (including Ultor) gangs in the city, and the only one shown to care about his own. Of course, the player can be [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential as much of an arsehole as they choose]], so outside of story missions [[AntiHero you may or may not]] be a second Maero.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' sums it up this way: a good man helps an old lady across the street. A neutral man crosses the street and helps an old lady across while he's doing so. An "evil" male PC helps a young lady across the street. Your enemies help an old lady halfway across the street.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': Two teams of ruthless, bloodthirsty mercenaries gleefully blasting the shit out of each other, with only the flimsiest justification. They're being led by two identical twins who have hated each other since birth, and are being secretly manipulated by their weapons supplier to provide her a constant source of money. [[ForeverWar Forever and ever]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' will always pit the Hero against the villain Jack of Blades. However, the "Hero" can be evil himself if he so chooses, so his motivation is left up to the player to pick: is he fighting Jack to avenge his loved ones and save the world, or to keep Jack from conquering the world so that he can conquer it himself?
* ''VideoGame/{{Disciples}} 2: Dark Prophecy'' features this near the end of the [[TheLegionsOfHell Legion of the Damned's]] saga. [[spoiler: It turns out that Uther isn't really the reincarnation of the Legion's god, but just some evil brat siphoning his power and slowly killing him. Since you're one of the god's loyal servants, you have to fight him in the end]]. This has the odd effect of giving ''demons from hell'' the surprisingly sympathetic motivation of [[spoiler: trying to save their god]].
** One of the BEST campaign twists in known history. Added bonus? The fight against [[spoiler: Demon Uther]] is quite possibly the toughest boss in the game.
** Really, any fight between the Legions of the Damned and the Undead Hordes.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'', we have the [[SociopathicHero sociopathic, nigh unstoppable]] monster who ''[[ImAHumanitarian eats people]]''. He's the player character, and the closest thing to a hero we have (he ''very'' slowly develops something akin to a conscience). Then we have the [[ArmiesAreEvil [=BlackWatch=]]], a secret military organization who created the viral threat in the first place (to target racial minorities), tested it on civilians, and are planning on nuking Manhattan to stop its spread. Then we have [[TheVirus Elizabeth Greene and her viral mutants]], who essentially intends to unleash a ZombieApocalypse because she can. The man-eating dude wins. Yay?
** Amusingly it's also shown that [[spoiler: The Blacklight Virus, the new Alex Mercer, has far and away [[MadScientist more of a conscience than the original]] ever did. Which pushes him a little further to the grey side at least.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' likes this trope. We have the demons of the Burning Legion heavily at odds with the Undead Scourge even though the magic they use and their ultimate aim is almost identical (and the Scourge used to be part of the Legion). Being the original "owners" of Azeroth, the Lovecraftian [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]] are at odds with both the Legion and the Scourge although they are implied to have a degree of influence on both of these factions. Illidan's motley crew of (evil) Blood Elves, demons and Naga are engaged in heavy fighting against the Legion due to Illidan's failure in taking out the Undead Scourge for the Legion.
** In addition, ''The Frozen Throne'' featured the Plaguelands Civil War, a four-way war within the Scourge between the loyalists of Arthas, the loyalists of the Legion, and the remaining Alliance forces (who are generally good guys but are led by a racist {{Jerkass}} Lord Garithos).
** The Dark Iron dwarves initially fought in the service of Ragnaros against the Blackrock Orcs, who served the Black Dragonflight. In ''Cataclysm'', however, Ragnaros joins forces with Deathwing.
** The main opposition to the gronn-ruled ogres of Outland, which prove a threat to the Alliance and Horde's Outland allies, happens to be the AlwaysChaoticEvil Black Dragonflight, which is seeking to avenge the deaths of many of its members at the hands of Gruul the Dragonkiller.
** In ''Wrath of the Lich King'', the Scourge conquered the Nerubians and almost conquered the Drakkari ice trolls, both of which are quite evil (the ice trolls especially so, even compared to the evil and barbaric majority of the non-playable trolls). In Drak'Tharon Keep, both the living trolls and their allies, and the undead trolls and other Scourge members attack the party as they make their way up the keep.
* Although not well known, Super Mario is actually a bad guy. In the original Donkey Kong game, the booklet says that Donkey Kong is Mario's pet ape whom Mario was abusing. In Donkey Kong Jr., Mario has locked DK in a cage, and it's up to his son to save him from the antagonistic, whip-wielding Mario. Even in Super Mario Bros. 3, the booklet describes Mario as "the hero (maybe)." This would make the age old story of Mario vs Bowser a story of evil vs evil.
** Before he got into mini-games, Wario of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' came up with the idea of stealing money from other bad guys. This has worked out rather well for him. It hasn't stopped other bad guys from stealing money from ''him''.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' pits Bowser up against Fawful, who's taken over the Mushroom Kingdom and booted him out of his own castle. [[VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG Again]]. This time, however, the Super Mario brothers, for the most part, play a supporting role in the game, powering up his body when necessary (including [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever making him a giant]] in order to MegatonPunch castles). Later on after [[spoiler:Fawful and the Dark Star go OneWingedAngel]] it's up to Bowser to save the Mushroom Kingdom.
* If you take the evil path in the vast majority of {{R|olePlayingGame}}PGs, you're still going to have to fight the same evil BigBad. In a Creator/BioWare game, your quest will be close to the same regardless of your alignment, including a struggle against the minions of the BigBad; ''maybe'', at the end, you'll be given an option to join them instead of fighting them; otherwise, you'll just prove to be EvilerThanThou.
* In ''VideoGame/TheGodfather'', your character Aldo Trapani runs a protection racket for the Corleones, doesn't hesitate to cause property damage or (threaten to) brutalise shopkeepers in his extortion attempts and can kill people in a wide variety of ways. Every copper in NYC is a DirtyCop who at best never turns down a bribe and at worst is a rapist. The other Families don't have the moral high ground, though, as their members are always itching for a fight, rule their turfs with iron fists and don't shy from shooting up civilians blocking their line of fire to you.
* Any enemy in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' that either has a gun or throws a different type of fireball can cause monster infighting. The "former humans" are most prone to this, as they're the only enemies in the game whose weapons can hurt others of their own kind. The Arch-Viles can be humorous with this, as they can resurrect an enemy who they just killed and then get into another fight with them, and repeat the process.
** The Cacodemons and Barons of Hell are also good examples of this. Dead Cacodemon corpses can be found in "Baron halls" and wall images of crucified Barons of Hell can be found in some areas where Cacodemons are the predominant enemies. This feud between the Barons of Hell and Cacodemons is also in the expanded universe Doom books. Cacodemons crucified Barons, despite lacking hands or anything resembling tool-manipulators. That's some serious hate.
** Invulnerability code in Doom II. Last level, Icon of Sin. More fun than actual cockfighting, especially when the Arch-Viles and Pain Elementals are spawned. Shame there's no easy in-game way to eliminate corpses, it gets somewhat crashy after a few hours of this carnage.
** There's a level in ''Doom II'' with a room that only has a Cyberdemon and a Spider Mastermind in it. They're each trapped on little platforms and the whole exercise does little but allow you to pit these two fearsome creatures against one another by coaxing a monster infight between them.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' has this as a thing that can be done in the game provided there are 2 sets of enemy forces on a battlefield, Primary Enemies (Red) and Neutral/Secondary (Yellow) despite them usually targeting you, they will go for each other if they are in range at times, firing shots and destroying each other, which in larger levels can make life a tad easier. Different villains from various anime are often pitted against each other, with additional original villains throw in.
** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance'', Shadow Mirrors are trying to take control over [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam]] and get rid of all aliens.
** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'', [[Anime/VoltesV Boazanians]] are sworn enemies of [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Gradosians]] and [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Gauron]] at one point picks up a fight with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED ZATF forces]]. The Fury are trying to kill everybody.
** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'', [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Zonderians]] oppose [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Radam]], who are sworn enemies of [[Anime/DetonatorOrgun Evolouders]] who, in turn, hate [[Anime/GaoGaiGar 11 Masters of Sol]].
** In ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Super Robot Wars Z2]]'', [[Anime/ShinMazinger Mechanical Beasts]] and Dimensional Beasts just attack one another within range.
** [[Anime/ShinMazinger Hades]] in ''Jigoku-hen'' doesn't care about mankind like [[Anime/ShinMazinger Zeus]] does, but is considered an enemy of Ba'al since he took part in the war eons ago.
** In Tengoku-hen, the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer ELS]] are as openly hostile and willing to absorb other alien races as they are towards the human race.
* In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' this occurs between [[spoiler: Chiaki, Isamu, and Hikawa]] and depending on which ending [[spoiler: the Demi-Fiend as well]]. The ongoing battle throughout the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series between [[spoiler: Lucifer and YHWH]] counts as well.
* [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Uram]] and [[TheUndead Hokan]] of ''VideoGame/{{Spellforce}}''.
* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2''. [[spoiler: General Shepard's Infamous Shadow Company vs. Makarov's Ultranationalists.]] And you in the middle. How fun! Although it only lasts a mission but it's far easier just to make the fight as even as possible then sit back and watch the carnage (typically shadow is ahead).
* ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}''. The idealist objectivist turned bitter despot Andrew Ryan versus the sleazy power-hungry smuggler and rebel Frank Fontaine, both with hordes of insane, vicious mutated Splicers at their command. [[spoiler:And you're a mind-controlled test tube baby used by Fontaine (under the guise of Atlas, a noble rebel and family man) to kill Ryan, then he turns on you. He dies. Only you and Tenenbaum, a Jewish Nazi collaborateur and TheAtoner, survive the events of the story.]]
* In the third ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}'' the only reason you don't destroy humanity is that aliens trying to take over the world provide a distraction.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hexen}} II''[='s=] sparse story becomes this if you play as the assassin or necromancer. The assassin wants to kill [[BigBad Eidolon]] to prove she's the best assassin of all time, and the necromancer wants to kill Eidolon so people fear him again.
* ''VideoGame/TrafficDepartment2192'' has [[VillainProtagonist evil]] versus [[GalacticConqueror evil]] versus [[EnemyCivilWar evil]], with [[WhiteGangBangers evil and evil]] thrown in for laughs. [[spoiler: The final faction initially looks benevolent, since it's composed of {{Actual Pacifist}}s--nope, they're all {{Manipulative Bastard}}s, and they're evil too! The protagonist is also the most beneficial, wiping everyone else out so the few decent people can take charge.]]
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' has Vega/M. Bison pitted against Seth, both of whom are power-hungry villains who want to TakeOverTheWorld for themselves.
* The war between Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''.
* If an enemy in any ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' game accidentally shoots another enemy, they will fight it out while you stand and watch. In the second game the native f'likta fight the phfor as long as you're lying low. In ''Infinity'' the A.I. Tycho controls the pfhor hunters, fighters and you, using his forces to fight against the phfor enforcers, compilers, and Durandal's humans [[spoiler: [[ThePlan planned by you to keep a monster under wraps]]]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Myth}}: The Fallen Lords'' the dark leaders, the fallen lords, hate each other more then they hate you. In one level you sit back for most of the level and let the two forces fight each other, then pick off the pitiful remnants.
* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'': Protagonist Kain is a MagnificentBastard VillainProtagonist EvilOverlord. He's the hero of the games mainly because his enemies are KnightTemplar {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s who are even worse than he is.
* The ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' Spinoff ''The Misadventures Of Tron Bonne'' have you controlling one member of the main series' GoldfishPoopGang and her AdorableEvilMinions trying to pay her brother's ransom. Sure, the main antagonist is an evil bastard trying to rule the world and your motive is quite noble...but you still accomplish it by robbing livestock from a farm, stealing containers from the docks, and blowing up a bank while fighting the police.
** ''Legends'' itself has shades of this trope. The Bonne family are a group of pirates who are trying to steal some treasure from the island, and who have no problems with destroying residential areas or the mayor's office with giant robots, but [[spoiler:they still go against Juno by freeing Megaman from his trap.]] Also a case of EvenEvilHasStandards, given that [[spoiler:they're obviously disturbed by Juno's plan to ''kill the entire population of the island''.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'' you have two factions fighting over one [[ApocalypseMaiden little girl]] who could give them the power to rule the world. First you have the [[spoiler: Orange Clan]], an {{ancient|Conspiracy}} [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness organization]] who already control the world, but wish to expand their power. The second is the [[spoiler: Purple Clan]] a group of [[AIIsACrapshoot artificial intelligences]] who wish to use the girl's power to create a [[ApocalypseHow new ice age]], killing humanity, and becoming the new dominate race. In between these two you have the hero, Lucas Kane, the UnwittingPawn of both groups, who has power over TheForce, and [[spoiler: later gets killed, and brought back as TheUndead]].
* The ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' games love this trope. In the main ''Tiberium'' series, expect to fight [[AIIsACrapshoot CABAL]] and [[PlanetLooters the Scrin]] as [[CorruptChurch the Brotherhood of Nod]].
** There's also the ''Red Alert'' games. Every faction is evil, from the [[GloriousMotherRussia brutal world-domination-bent Soviets]], to the [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld expansionist Empire of the Rising Sun]], to the mind-controlling [[TheChessmaster Yuri]], heck even [[DesignatedHero the Allies are pretty nasty]].
** ''Generals'' is the only game to avert this trope. The Americans are ([[AmericaSavesTheDay of course]]) the good guys, and the Chinese are depicted rather sympathetically as well. The GLA terrorists, however, are very evil and both the Americans and Chinese team up against them.
* A good many of the members in the Organization of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' are working against each other in order to further their own individual evil agendas. Then in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Maleficent and the Heartless take on the Organization and the Nobodies. When the Organization takes control of the Heartless, Maleficent then has to pull an EnemyMine with the main heroes.
* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGate II'':
** Throne of Bhaal, one part of the Watcher's Keep involves a maze with three stones needed to escape, and two factions of warring demons, on opposite sides of the Blood War, hold one stone each. You can kill one of the factions and claim one stone off them while taking the other as a reward, or you can [[TakeAThirdOption kill both of them]]. If you are a good-aligned character, you will have no choice but to kill them all -- the leaders of both sides will sense your innate goodness and try to kill you.
** The main story line of the game allows you to pick an evil character and do horrible things on your quest to achieve ultimate power and rule the universe with an iron fist, tormenting mortals.
* ''VideoGame/ShogoMobileArmorDivision'' features conflict between the CMC, [[GaiasVengeance the Fallen]], and [[MegaCorp Shogo Industries]] over control of Cronus. The UCA is mostly good, but has the potential to become an antagonist in one path of the game when Admiral Akkaraju plans on using the Kato Cannon to destroy Avernus to eliminate the Fallen, [[UnwittingPawn playing into Ryo's plans]].
* ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' and remakes have a borderline case, with the two terrorist teams, Team Aqua and Team Magma. It's borderline because the teams are something of [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]], wanting to expand the sea and land for the sake of Pokémon (or so they say), respectively, and are in direct opposition to each other. However, in ''Ruby'', Team Aqua are actually allies (and vice-versa regarding Magma and ''Sapphire''), but it's played straight in the third game, ''Emerald'', where both teams were portrayed as antagonists to the player while still warring against each other.
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** While ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is mostly GreyAndGrayMorality, the final conflict between the Templars and the Circle of Magi in Kirkwall devolves into Evil Versus Evil. The leaders of ''both'' factions give into their (figurative) inner demons and nearly drag the rest of their members down with them. No matter which side you initially pick, you end up killing both of the leaders to achieve a cease-fire.
** [[GreatOffscreenWar Although it takes places offscreen]], and the status of both parties as "evil" is debatable, the nations of Tevinter and the Qun have been at war for ''centuries'' due to the former's refusal to sign a peace treaty that ended all other human hostilities towards the Qunari. Tevinter is a land of greedy, amoral, power-hungry evil mages who practice slavery, while the Qun is an extreme religious system that aims to spread throughout Thedas by any means necessary.
* Probably more 'grotesque monstrosity versus grotesque monstrosity,' but ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' occasionally has instances of zeds fighting each other. This is sometimes relatively even (a [[MakeMeWannaShout Siren]] versus a [[FatBastard Bloat]]), and sometimes comically one sided (a [[{{Mooks}} Clot]] standing in the way of a [[LightningBruiser Fleshpound]]). Notable for the fact that, if left alone, they will gladly spend quite some time attacking each other and will often ignore players, even those who are two steps away and pointing a rocket launcher at them.
* The scrolling shmup ''[[VideoGame/{{Soukyugurentai}} Terra Diver]]'' makes players mercenaries working for a greedy megacorp of resources around Earth against its rival corporations with the story of eco-terrorist threat as a cover-up of the disastrous war of greed.
* Can easily happen in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' - All the nasty creatures and evil factions are only alike in their hatred of the Dwarves, so if two of them happen to arrive at your fort at the same time, expect them to tear each other to pieces. The dwarves themselves are occasionally not any better - [[Letsplay/{{Boatmurdered}} what with drowning the world in magma at the slightest provocations]] and the completely insane experiments occasionally committed by the player community ForScience
** Weaponizing various "evil" forces/creatures to send against invading goblin sieges is a popular pastime.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' is this. Travis isn't really such a great guy, and is tearing through mobs of mooks and taking assassination side jobs on possible not so evil people all for the sake of getting laid. Once. Although a few of the other assassins are much worse than he is. Like Destroyman. And Bad Girl.
* ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'' takes this trope, mixes it up, and paints a pretty psychedelic picture with it. Some of the villains are just so awful, but a few of them are probably better than the main characters who are only doing any of this for the sake of a paycheck. [[MindScrew Or maybe not]]. Some of the members of Killer7 are assholes or cowards. Barely anything makes any sense in the plot of that game.
* Though one could hardly think of the title character as evil, the page describes the premise of ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' almost perfectly: a GentlemanThief who steals from other criminals.
* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' features a SupportingLeader, the [[GodIsGood noble]] if [[WellIntentionedExtremist heavy-handed]] literal GodEmperor Fou-Lu being betrayed and abused by TheEmpire that he helped to found, eventually resulting in a ''massive'' FaceHeelTurn that sees him become a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds. Said empire has an ''extremely'' selfish evil leader and a loathsome bad guy at the head of its science department [[spoiler:turning people into {{Body Horror}}s purely because [[ForScience science thought it'd be lulzy]].]]
* ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves'''s second half of the game sees Lazaravic's soldiers fight the [[spoiler: Guardians Of Shambala]].
* ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'' can have the player invoke this - if the player takes Cole down the villainous path, the final battle with [[BigBad Kessler]] becomes this [[spoiler:until TheReveal that Kessler's actually Cole from an alternate future, who became a WellIntentionedExtremist & travelled back in time to ensure that Cole was prepared for & able to avert the tragedy that would set him on this path in the first place]]. So with that in mind, it's more of a subversion.
** ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'' features anti-Conduit fascist rednecks taking on mutants [[spoiler:who happen to be created by the conduit power of the aforementioned anti-Conduit fascist rednecks]]. But it escalates even further than that, as after a third of the game another faction - mercenaries with ice powers - enter the fray, and like it's predecessor, the player can invoke this by taking Cole along the villainous path.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', the cruel Talon Company (see ruthless mercs) go toe to toe with super-mutants.
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', The Courier can easily invoke this when facing off against Caesar's Legion if they've built a lot of evil karma. Even more so with Ulysses in ''Lonesome Road'' as his dialog changes depending on your reputation and accomplishments, allowing him to call you out on your past actions.
* The backstory of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' was this. The AlternateHistory starting after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII had Middle Eastern powers go to war with Europe. This caused a huge economic crisis. Europe collapsed and became a war torn hell hole, and the US and China tried to solve their oil problems by invading their neighbors (in the US's case, Canada). Eventually, these last two functional governments went to war, which started in Alaska and spread to the Chinese mainland, causing China and the US to nuke one another and bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. At the time of the war, China was an imperialistic, aggressive, tyrannical nation with an army of {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s. The United States was the exact same, except ruled by a puppet government controlled by a Nazi-esque AncientConspiracy called The Enclave in addition to all of that.
** The Enclave's very existence speaks volumes about how bad the US got. The risk of nuclear war over the world's remaining oil was considered high enough to create the Enclave for continuity of government. This means the pre-war government considered billions of lives an acceptable thing to gamble for some ''dead dinosaurs'', and this is ''after'' they'd developed fusion power anyway.
* Somewhat {{deconstruct|ion}}ed in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', where the Blood War between the devils and the demons inevitably gets mentioned. You might think it's okay for the very, very nearly [[AlwaysChaoticEvil always lawful/chaotic evil]] beings to slaughter each other, but the suffering the war causes around the multiverse is so great that the KnightTemplar angel Trias thinks allowing it to continue is an act of supreme passive evil on part of his fellow Celestials.
* A late-game quest becomes this in ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VII'' if one goes for the evil path. You work with/for guys who want to take over the planet through force of superior weapons technology, and who find nothing wrong with mad laughter (and your personal chronicler finds the discovery of left-over torture instruments from a previous occupant of your castle to be a happy surprise). You still get sent to kill the Kreegans' King Xenofex, though, because the Kreegans are PlanetLooters and a big threat in general.
* Both sides of the civil war in ''VideoGame/FarCry 2'' talk a good talk about how they're making their country a better place, but both are willing to commit war crimes for tactical advantages or petty vengeance. Some of the mercenaries profess idealistic motives, but all of them except the protagonist choose money over decency. The Underground is well-intentioned, but completely ineffectual, repeatedly requiring the protagonist's help to wipe out hostile mercenaries. The closest thing to a heroic figure is the arms dealer supplying both sides, and that's only because he wants them to wipe each other out.
* ''MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' seems to be shaping up to be this, as the story will deal will Big Boss' fall from grace from the noble soldier he was in ''Snake Eater'', ''Portable Ops'', ''Peace Walker'' and ''Ground Zeroes'', into a broken warmonger out for nothing but Revenge, going against XOF, the organization that took everything away from him on ''Ground Zeroes'', as well as Cypher (aka, The Patriots).
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime 2: Echoes'' has three enemy factions that all want the Phazon on planet Aether to themselves: The Ing, the Space Pirates, and Dark Samus. The Pirates are the {{butt monkey}}s, most of the ones that aren't killed by Samus are either possessed by Ing or killed defending their Phazon from Dark Samus. At first it's unclear if the Ing and Dark Samus are allies or enemies, but a scene just before the second fight against Dark Samus shows her killing a group of Dark Pirate Troopers (Ing-possessed Pirate Troopers) and taking their Phazon.
* In ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'', the [[TheVirus X parasites]] and Metroids '''''REALLY''''' don't like each other. Put them in the same room, and they'll both ignore Samus and go right for each others' throats (or the nearest anatomical equivalent). [[spoiler: This is because the Chozo created the Metroids specifically as predators for the X, to keep it from spreading to other worlds. After absorbing Samus' abilities, the X can now fight back.]]
* In ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'', most of the villains are fighting against each other and the heroes are either third parties or unwitting pawns. [[AntiVillain Ingway]] is running a complicated scheme of deceit and backstabbing intended partly to prevent his own cursed death. Odin wages war on the other nations of Erion and wants to claim the power of the Crystallization Cauldron for his own benefit; Fairy Queen Titania wants to keep the Cauldron out of the hands of Odin or anyone else, and both monarchs have ambitious would-be usurpers scheming within their respective courts. Queen Odette of the netherworld wants to claim Oswald's soul and punish those who dare to come and go from her realm while still alive (which is basically the entire cast). Fire King Onyx wants Gwendolyn for his wife and is willing to resort to abduction and [[MurderTheHypotenuse murdering the hypotenuse]] in order to make it happen. The Three Wise Men seek to bring about [[spoiler:the end of the world and release the monstrous King Gallon from the Netherworld in order to take power in the new age that follows]]. King Valentine is batshit insane and trying to end the world in an effort to end his own suffering, and practically ''every last one of them'' wants revenge on Odin for one reason or another.
* In ''VideoGame/MaxPayne 3'', Max finds himself caught between favela gangbangers, paramilitary thugs, and [[PoliceBrutality indiscriminately Brutal Police]], none of whom have any love for each other. [[spoiler: Or do they?]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': [[LightIsNotGood Heaven is evil]], [[DarkIsEvil Hell is evil]], and neither cares much for humans. The only way to possibly survive the chaos if one side decides you're in the way is to make a deal with the other. No matter what you do, you're doomed unless you're immortal.
* ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' has you playing the role of four heisters who are out to make millions by stealing whatever is hot. Twice in the game, the crew go after another group of criminals because they hold something of value. In Panic Room, the crew attacks a local street gang in an apartment complex that sells drugs because the gang has a large stash of money locked in a room. In Counterfeit, there are two people who are secretly working together in making fake money with printing plates, so the crew disguise themselves as a pool repair business so they can rob the counterfeiters of the plates.
* Gyral and Dalen of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', while not technically evil (just mercenaries), are still causing more trouble for the local population because of their petty squabbles. Chrom and company decide the fastest way to end the conflict is to pick a side and finish off the other group.
** Or, you can TakeAThirdOption and fight ''both'' at the same time. This will cause them to EnemyMine against you and you'll have to face a ''really'' large mercenary army against you. On the other hand, you are allowed to visit ''all'' of the villages and obtain items from them should you take this option; since taking sides in this conflict will cause some villages to close the doors on you.
* It's by no means uncommon to find this trope in Final Fantasy games.
** During the first half of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the Empire is the prime villain; an oppressive, tyrannical regime experimenting on sentient beings (Espers) to gain more power. Eventual BigBad Kefka Pelazzo is at this point seemingly a deranged, amoral coward with [[TheStarscream Starscream tendencies]]. This all comes to a head when Kefka turns on Emperor Gestahl, frying him with magic and kicking him off a {{Floating Continent}}.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' Sephiroth's presence is first felt when he cuts a bloody path through Shinra HQ, murdering the despotic corporate Fat-Cat, President Shinra. Barret even queries if Sephiroth is a "good guy" as a result.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', we have Kuja vs. Queen Brahne after she decides she doesn't need him. She attempts to use Bahamut on him. Kuja tanks a few blasts, praises the dragon for being able to ''slightly'' wound him, then takes control of it and Brahne finds herself at the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''. Tess makes it clear in the beginning of the game that she and Joel are "shitty people." Joel outright tells Ellie that he has been both hunter and hunted. Essentially, you are not necessarily a hero in this game, but a merciless survivor who happens to be the protagonist of this particular story
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' is mostly GreyAndGrayMorality, but the conflict between [[BarbarianTribe the Forsworn]] and [[IOwnThisTown the Silver-Blood family]] is this. The Forsworn are bloodthirsty Breton guerilla fighters who worship Hagravens, rape and murder anyone unfortunate enough to get in the path of their patrols, and will reclaim The Reach even if they have to massacre every Nord in it (they openly state so). The Silver-Bloods, headed by Thonar Silver-Blood, are a corrupt crime family who bribe Markarth's city guard, murder, brutalise and imprison innocent people, use questionable business practices to remove competition, and force defeated political enemies and Forsworn prisoners to work in their prison/silver mine. It is later revealed that [[spoiler:they have the Forsworn's king, Madanach, imprisoned in their mine, and they use him to guide the Forsworn as a deniable asset terrorist army to further their own ends. Madanach escapes along with you and some followers, cutting down quite a few bystanders and guards on their way out, and not before vowing to return with a Forsworn army to destroy the city]]. As one of the Forsworn [=NPC=] says, in Markarth, "there's no innocent, just the guilty and the dead".
* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''; Main Universe [[MonsterClown Joker]] versus [[TheEmpire The Regime]], except when the Joker goes rogue and is taken down by Lex Luthor (who's a good guy in the Regime universe).
* ''VideoGame/MaceTheDarkAge''; Not every contender for the Mace is evil, but evil is not on the side of evil. [[TinTyrant Lord Deimos]], The Executioner, Al-Rashid, and [[LadyOfWar Taria]] are all horrible people, but also all at each other's throats to take the Mace from Asmodeus, who stole it from Hell to run amok. It's very telling that Hell Knight, who is also literally from Hell himself, is in all one of the nicer characters since he only wants to take the Mace back where it came from. In fact, the worst thing that happens in his good ending has nothing to do with anything Hell Knight actually did.
* DragonQuestVI actually allows the ''player'' to pull this off along with an in-story use. At one point in the game, you find a castle where a demon summoning is taking place. Why? [[InvokedTrope So that the demon can be ordered]] [[SummonBiggerFish to kill the]] BigBad. Shockingly, the demon refuses to take orders from a mortal, and nukes the castle instead. Much later, you find the BonusBoss of the BonusDungeon. If you beat him in less than 20 turns, he not only recognizes your strength, but even grants you a wish, [[spoiler:teleporting you directly to the BigBad and utterly and completely destroying him. Then he wishes you a good day and leaves.]]
* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''... whoo, ''boy''. First, you have three factions, lead by Two-Face, the Penguin and the Joker. All three want the other two dead, though the Joker wants to get healthy. Then, you got Mr. Freeze, who gets passed around a few times, Poison Ivy, who wants to kill humanity (and that includes those in Arkham City), and Catwoman, whose path crosses a few of these characters. This isn't even including Hugo Strange and [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul.]]
* ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' has the rebel group, The Golden Path, going against the evil Dictator, Pagan Min. [[spoiler: Unlike most storylines about rebels going against the status quo, however, The Golden Path are proven to be a radical terrorist organization whose founding leader was worse than Pagan Min. And the main character finds out the two leaders who took over are just as evil, in different ways.]]
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