History FaceHeelTurn / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' has Superman doing this after the Joker blows Metropolis to kingdom come with a bomb he attached to Lois, detonating it by drugging Superman into thinking Lois was Doomsday. When Lois's heart stopped, boom. Superman, in a fit of rage, tears the Joker's heart out, ignoring Batman's attempts to stop him. [[spoiler: Of course, this may be a possible subversion, given the main universe's Superman remains steadfast and mops the floor with him at the end of the game.]]

** [[spoiler: Cortana]] of all people becomes the BigBad in ''VideoGames/Halo5Guardians''. [[spoiler: She goes from heroically sacrificing herself to save Master Chief in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'', despite her rapidly deteriorating sanity, to attempting to rule over the galaxy as a benevolent overlord in ''Halo 5'' after she's revived and discovers a way to make [=AIs=] immortal.]]

** Your buddy friend, 343 Guilty Spark does this on two occasions. In the first Halo, he helps you to activate the ring until Cortana stops him, saying that doing so will kill everyone. 343 Guilty Spark sees this as breaking protocol and then tries to kill you. This also happens in Halo 3, where you go to destroy the ark. 343 starts going off at you again and then kills Seargent Johnson.[[spoiler: You quickly kill 343 Guilty Spark with Johnson's spartan laser.]]
** [[spoiler: Cortana]] of all people is the BigBad of ''VideoGames/Halo5Guardians''. [[spoiler: Cortana goes from seeingly heroically sacrificing whats left of her barely held together sanity to save Master Chief in ''VideoGames/{{Halo 4}}'' to attempting to rule over the galaxy as a benevolent overlord in Halo 5 when she discovers immortality for AI.]]

* Injustice has Superman doing this after the Joker blows Metropolis to kingdom come with a bomb he attached to Lois, detonating it by drugging Superman into thinking Lois was Doomsday. When Lois's heart stopped, boom. Superman, in a fit of rage, tears the Joker's heart out, ignoring Batman's attempts to stop him. [[spoiler: Of course, this may be a possible subversion, given the main universe's Superman remains steadfast and mops the floor with him at the end of the game.]]

* In the wii flight game ''InnocentAces'' [[spoiler: Orishima does this after a mock battle with the player because she had so much fun that she wanted a rematch]].

* [[spoiler:Wheatley, who becomes DrunkWithPower after the core transfer with [=GLaDOS=]]] in ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''. In fact, the audio files for these lines have "heel turn" in their names.

* [[spoiler:Nathan Hale] in ''VideoGame/{{Resistance}} 2'', succumbing to TheVirus in the ending. [[MercyKill Though only briefly]].

* Hardin and his cronies from ''[[FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]]''. In ''[[UpdatedRerelease New Mystery of the Emblem]]'', his cronies can be [[HeelFaceTurn re-recruited]]. [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Hardin]] himself, however, cannot.
** Alvis from ''[[FireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' though he was more of an AloofAlly to your party.
*** Orson from ''FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', in a LoveMakesYouCrazy way.

* Jerry Ying from the JohnWoo game ''{{Stranglehold}}'', who starts out as Tequila's partner and ally inside Wong's Dragon Claw syndicate, only to [[spoiler:[[GoingNative go native during the Chicago History Museum stage]] and carry out Wong's orders to kill Tequila and [[OffingTheOffspring Billie, Wong's own daughter]]. Tequila survives, but Billie isn't so lucky, setting up a furious showdown between partners as Tequila seeks vengeance for Billie]].

* In the 11th chapter of the first SakuraWars game, [[spoiler: Ayame Fujieda]].

* Injustice has Superman doing this after the Joker blows Metropolis to kingdom come with a bomb he attached to Lois, detonating it by drugging Superman into thinking Lois was Doomsday. When Lois's heart stopped, boom. Superman, in a fit of rage, tears the Joker's heart out ignoring Batman's attempts to stop him. [[spoiler: Of course, this may be a possible subversion, given the main universe's Superman remains steadfast and mops the floor with him at the end of the game.]]

* In the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series, your buddy friend, 343 Guilty Spark does this on two occasions. In the first Halo, he helps you to activate the ring until Cortana stops him, saying that doing so will kill everyone. 343 Guilty Spark sees this as breaking protocol and then tries to kill you. This also happens in Halo 3, where you go to destroy the ark. 343 starts going off at you again and then kills Seargent Johnson.[[spoiler: You quickly kill 343 Guilty Spark with Johnson's spartan laser.]]

* In the True Mastermind Edition of ''[[VideoGame/TimeCrisis Time Crisis 5]]'', it is revealed that [[spoiler: Robert Baxter turned his back on the VSSE, killed Christy Ryan, the DamselInDistress from the second game, and framed Keith Martin, and is now the true BigBad of the game.]]

** A huge Face Heel Turn takes place in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' when [[spoiler: most of the characters on Raiden's Codec turn out to be part of a computer system training him to become an artificial Solid Snake, a wonderful example of ''TheComputerIsYourFriend'' that continues in ''MetalGearSolid4'']]. Giant metaphysical discussions and a ''MotiveRant'' ensue.

** A huge Face Heel Turn takes place in ''MetalGearSolid2'' when [[spoiler: most of the characters on Raiden's Codec turn out to be part of a computer system training him to become an artificial Solid Snake, a wonderful example of ''TheComputerIsYourFriend'' that continues in ''MetalGearSolid4'']]. Giant metaphysical discussions and a ''MotiveRant'' ensue.

** [[spoiler:And again]] in LunarEternalBlue

* The player's wingman Solo-Wing Pixy does this in ''AceCombat Zero'' after witnessing the horrors of war, including the enemy dropping ''seven'' nuclear bombs ''on their own soil''.

* [[spoiler:Wheatley, after the core transfer with GLaDOS]] in VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}. In fact, the audio files for these lines have "heel turn" in their names.
* In the WebGame [[VideoGame/{{TCT RPG}} The Colour Tuesday,]] Paige tries to seize the [[ChekhovsGun guitar of Alex's disappeared brother]] when she tries to claim it.

* Both [[spoiler:Dr Sorkin and Yoder]] turned on the team for their selfishness in episode 4 of JurassicParkTheGame.

* In the ''{{Halo}}'' series, your buddy friend, 343 Guilty Spark does this on two occasions. In the first Halo, he helps you to activate the ring until Cortana stops him, saying that doing so will kill everyone. 343 Guilty Spark sees this as breaking protocol and then tries to kill you. This also happens in Halo 3, where you go to destroy the ark. 343 starts going off at you again and then kills Seargent Johnson.[[spoiler: You quickly kill 343 Guilty Spark with Johnson's spartan laser.]]

* In the WebGame [[{{TCT RPG}} The Colour Tuesday,]] Paige tries to seize the [[ChekhovsGun guitar of Alex's disappeared brother]] when she tries to claim it.

* In ''Pokémon Red and Blue'', a Team Rocket Grunt on Nugget Bridge asks you to do this. However, he is just kidding.

* Nathan Hale in ''VideoGame/{{Resistance}} 2'' in the ending. Though only briefly.

** Oddly enough, [[spoiler: her change from quirky LoveInterest to evil MadScientist was probably the strangest part of the story. Since there wasn't any ForeShadowing in the previous game that would lead to her becoming evil, it came off as clumsily executed. This is forgiven, however, because after all, if she didn't suddenly change sides, then we wouldn't have a game.]]

** Pictured in the main page: Arthas in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' falls to due to the Lich King's EvilPlan.

* Most ennemies in the ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' games started good and were corrupted by some means. The only creatures who were evil from the start are the [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]] of Azeroth and some of their servants.

** Pictured in the main page: Arthas in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' falls to due to to Lich King's EvilPlan.
** Vincent Godfrey is interesting in the fact that he Face Heel Turns twice without ever commiting a HeelFaceTurn. When you first start the Worgen starting experience he's a loyal Gilnean citizen and is seemingly important in helping cure your character of the Worgen curse. He then Face Heel Turns against you when he finds out that King Greymane is a Worgen and attempts to ransom him to the Forsaken until rescued by the player character. After killing himself, he is risen as a Forsaken and helps the Forsaken players in helping fight Gilnean Rebels in Pyrewood Village before he the betrays the Forsaken and sets up shop in Shadowfang Keep.

* In NightTrap...[[spoiler:you, in the perfect ending. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnVKqlyjz7s If you are so inclined.]]]]

* SepterraCore. Selina, when [[spoiler: she saw Doskias almost getting killed by one of the good guys]]. Actually, she goes back and forth a few times throughout the game.

* Clyde in ''{{Vigilante 8}}'' goes from a member of the Vigilantes opposing [[CorruptCorporateExecutive OMAR]] and their thugs to the CEO of OMAR who stole a time machine to kill his former leader and ensure the submission of the US in the sequel thanks to [[spoiler: finding [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Houston]]'s mind control bracelets in a service station bathroom.]]
* Quox, TheDragon of ''TheTowerOfDruaga'', was an ally of Ki in ''VideoGame/TheQuestOfKi'' who turned evil after Druaga split the Blue Crystal Rod.