History HeelFaceTurn / VideoGames

** Paragon Shepard and Nyreen are able to push [[NobleDemon Aria T'Loak]] further into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory over the course of the ''Omega DLC'', convincing her of better ways to retake the station instead of sacrifice innocent lives. This eventually seems to reach her and at the end, she declares to the masses that "''[[WeAreStrugglingTogether We]]'' [[SubvertedCatchphrase are Omega]]" and appears both amazed and oddly touched that they are cheering for her out of [[MachiavelliWasWrong adoration]], instead of ''fear''.

** Shepard has a similarly effect on Jack, who goes from being an AxeCrazy murderer and criminal, to a reformed, genuinely beloved BadassTeacher at Grissom Academy, helping biotic children hone their powers. The ''Citadel DLC'' reveals she also rescued a biotic Varren from an animal shelter and helped it overcome it's past mistreatment, though she apparently doesn't realise the obvious parallels to herself.

* Miranda in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' starts out as a [[IceQueen cold]] and pragmatic, though [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-meaning]], high-ranking officer in a terrorist organization. At the end of the game, she has [[DefrostingIceQueen warmed up]] significantly and submits her resignation to the Illusive Man particularly dramatically. By ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[TookALevelInKindness she continues to get better.]]

* After royally kicking your ass three times in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' and getting a PyrrhicVictory after the third battle, General Beatrix joins your party for a couple fights.

* After royally kicking your ass several times in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', General Beatrix joins your party for a couple fights.

* The Panda King and Dmitri in SlyCooper 3

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' Elara Dorne a companion for the Trooper class, use to serve the [[TheEmpire Sith Empire]] before defecting to the Republic.
* In SaintsRowTheThird, assuming [[GrayAndGreyMorality the Saints are the Faces]], Viola DeWynter pulls a HeelFaceTurn after her sister, Kiki, is killed by their supposed ally.

* Magolor from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland''. After Kirby and his friends defeat Landia, Magolor steals the Master Crown and goes off to take over the universe. He is defeated, but in the next game, Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition, he has reformed and made an amusement park for Kirby.

* Miranda in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' starts out as a [[IceQueen cold]] and pragmatic, though [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-meaning]], high-ranking officer in a terrorist organization. At the end of the game, she has [[DefrostingIceQueen warmed up]] significantly and submits her resignation to the Illusive Man particularly dramatically.

* After being maimed and disfigured by Outworld warriors in ''MortalKombat3'', Kabal renounces the vile Black Dragon organization and becomes a crimefighter at tournament's end- - only to pull a FaceHeelTurn ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception three games later]]'' when he's unable to shed his thuggish past.

** [[spoiler:Gold Knuckle]] in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3}}'' refers to his side change as "turning face!".

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' Elara Dorne a companion for the Trooper class, use to serve the [[{{Empire}} Sith Empire]] before defecting to the Republic.

* Miranda in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' starts out as a [[IceQueen cold]] and pragmatic high-ranking officer in a terrorist organization. At the end of the game, she has [[DefrostingIceQueen warmed up]] significantly and submits her resignation to the Illusive Man particularly dramatically.

* In ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', it is possible to talk the villain Magus into joining your party. This is represented less as a change of heart than as a realization that he could achieve his goals [[EnemyMine by working with the heroes]]. By the time the option to have him join comes about, his intent and motivation have been revealed, perhaps making him more of an AntiVillain. On the other hand, when he becomes a party member he appears to become somewhat less of a sociopath.
** To be fair, though, you do not ''know'' that he was a sociopath. He was just the ruler of a country/army/something, that just happened to oppose the humans. [[GrayAndGrayMorality But in war there are no sides]]. Ultimately it seems like he was just [[IDidWhatIHadToDo doing what was necessary]].

* Leliana in ''[[VideoGame/DragonAge Dragon Age Origins]]''. At the start of the DLC Leliana's Song, she is a thief, a troublemaker, and a murderer. Once she is betrayed by her mentor and lover, and escapes from prison after being tortured, the Chantry takes her in. She becomes the pious bard in the main game, and is the most pure good aligned member on the team.

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', Ingo the spiteful ranch hand later becomes Ganondorf's minion and takes over the ranch. He kicks Talon out and makes people pay to visit. He mysteriously changes his ways after you escape with Epona[[hottip:*: It's implied that Ganondorf [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness just leaves him]]..

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', Ingo the spiteful ranch hand later becomes Ganondorf's minion and takes over the ranch. He kicks Talon out and makes people pay to visit. He mysteriously changes his ways after you escape with Epona[[hottip:*: It's implied that Ganondorf [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness just leaves him]].]].

** Groose from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' goes from being the jerk of the town who hates Link and constantly bullies him (he even hides Link's Sacred Loftwing so he can't win the big race), to [[spoiler:actually respecting and helping Link near the end of the game]]. For example he builds the "Groosenator", a huge catarpult, that helps you in the final [[spoiler:Imprisoned fight]], and he even turns up for a ''BigDamnHeroes'' moment during the [[spoiler: second to final fight agasint Ghirahim when he turns up just in time to save Zelda from falling to her death]].

* In ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', it is possible to talk the villain Magus into joining your party. This is represented less as a change of heart than as a realization that he could achieve his goals [[EnemyMine by working with the heroes]]. By the time the option to have him join comes about, his intent and [[DeadLittleSister motivation]] have been revealed, perhaps making him more of an AntiVillain. On the other hand, when he becomes a party member he appears to become somewhat less of a sociopath.

* ''VideoGame/StarGladiator'''s [[BigBadassBirdOfPrey Zelkin Fiskekrogen]] had started out as a member of [[BigBad Dr. Edward Bilstein]]'s Fourth Empire, hoping to get revenge against Earth and the humans for a past war that had occurred between them and his home planet of Klondike. However, after fighting against [[TheHero Hayato Kanzaki]] and realizing that not all humans were bad (not to mention having to also realize that Bilstein was [[CompleteMonster far more worse]] than the humans), Zelkin had defected from the Fourth Empire and joined up with Hayato and his friends, determined to set things right while [[TheAtoner atoning]] for his past crimes.

* Tatjana from ''ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits''. However, she proves to be an interesting case - in a lot of these cases, the person who does this becomes completely good - but Tatjana still retains her old personality. She never shows remorse for the things she had done to Camilla or other Deimos.

* Tatjana from ''ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits''. However, she proves to be an interesting case - in a lot of these cases, the person who does this becomes completely good - but Tatjana still retains her old personality. She never shows remorse for the things she had done to Camilla or other Deimos.

** Aside from Zelkin, Blood Barbarians was also a member of the Fourth Empire as well (albeit when was BrainwashedAndCrazy) and upon having to break free from Bilstein's brainwashing, Blood was also determined to set things right while [[TheAtoner atoning]] for his own past crimes.

* In ''BaldursGate II: Throne of Bhaal'', you can resurrect [[spoiler:Sarevok, the BigBad from the first game,]] and have him join your team. This is also what happens in the book adaptation. He is still evil, though, but that can be changed (all the way to good) if you make the right choices (he partially falls again, per his epilogue, torn between his old ChaoticEvil self and his new ChaoticGood self in his actions).
* Leliana in ''[[DragonAge Dragon Age Origins]]''. At the start of the DLC Leliana's Song, she is a thief, a troublemaker, and a murderer. Once she is betrayed by her mentor and lover, and escapes from prison after being tortured, the Chantry takes her in. She becomes the pious bard in the main game, and is the most pure good aligned member on the team.

* Alma from the Xbox remake of ''NinjaGaiden'' fights Ryu twice, proving to be a difficult foe both times. However, when Doku, TheDragon, attempts to sacrifice Alma's twin sister Rachel, Alma has a change of heart and throws herself in the way of Doku's blade.

* The Arbiter in ''{{Halo 2}}'' initially works against the humans to atone himself in the eyes of the Covenant Prophets. When the AI 343 Guilty Spark reveals to him the truth about the Great Journey they want to bring about, namely that it will destroy all life on a galactic scale, he reluctantly sides with the humans.

* In ''GuildWars: Nightfall'' General Morgahn is one of Varesh Ossa's generals and quite devoted to his religion, and tolerant of Varesh's. While he appears to be a villain who is not actually evil, just loyal, he actually makes a heel-face-turn and joins the player character, and being required to face Varesh Ossa.

* Happens in every ''FireEmblem'' game, sometimes more frequently than others. Usually you have to talk to the recruitable enemy with a certain character, but sometimes a former villain will automatically join your side. ''Binding Blade'' had Miledy and Douglas, ''Sword of Flame'' had Heath and Vaida, ''The Sacred Stones'' had Duessel and Amelia, and ''Path of Radiance'' had Jill, Muarim, and Ena.

* In the ''{{Persona 2}}'' games, this happens quite a bit, although most of them don't end up joining the party, just being good guys instead of bad guys. [[spoiler:In ''Innocent Sin'', Jun does this after breaking free of Nyarlathotep's influence. As well, Principal Hannya would either die or end up pulling a Heel Face Turn depending on a rumor the protagonist ended up starting with a throwaway dialogue choice. Finally, depending on choices, Anna Yoshizaka would either pull a Heel Face Turn or be replaced by a Shadow counterpart created by Nyarlathotep. In ''Eternal Punishment'', many of the previous villains were forced into Heel Face Turns as part of making a MergedReality; however, Tatsuya Sudou was so deranged and irredeemable that he was instead imprisoned in a mental institution... and Ginji's Heel Face Turn doesn't end up sticking as he is pulled back into essentially the same role he played the first time around.]]
* Judith Mossman in ''{{Half-Life}} 2''. At first she seems to be one of the good guys, but then it is revealed that [[spoiler:she is actually working for Dr. Breen. At the end, she pulls a Heel Face Turn and betrays Breen]].

* Captain Qwark in the ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' games is a FakeUltimateHero, who periodically sells out to villains or fakes his own death to [[DirtyCoward avoid the shooting]], leaving Ratchet to do the hard yards. Until ''Ratchet III: [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Up Your Arsenal]]'', in which after a HeelRealization he [[spoiler:comes right out of nowhere in a BigDamnHeroes moment to shoot Dr. Nefarious' HumongousMecha]]. Since then he's been Ratchet's ally in all his subsequent appearances. An incompetent ally, though an ally nonetheless.
* Sly, in ''TyTheTasmanianTiger''. Although it is a rather speedy one at that, because he gets beaten ''once'', then is saved on another occasion, and before you know it - he's handing Ty the Doomerang.
* Many of {{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}'s allies started off as enemies. These include [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Knuckles]], [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Shadow]], [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Blaze]], and [[SonicRiders Jet]].

* [[spoiler:Byrne]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', after Anjean, Link and Zelda nurse him back to health, despite everything he did to them. He also received harsh beating from the guy he helped revive before that.

** Bomb-Master Cannon from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' over-charges prices for bombs until [[PirateGirl Tetra's]] [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything Pirate Crew]] steals them. Afterwards, he realizes he could lose his business if he doesn't start selling his bombs at reasonable prices and people resort to stealing, so he sells his bombs at a much more reasonable price.

** Groose from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' goes from being the jerk of the town who hates Link and constantly bullies him (he even hides Link's Sacred Loftwing so he can't win the big race), to [[spoiler: actually respecting and helping Link near the end of the game]]. For example he builds the "Groosenator", a huge catarpult, that helps you in the final [[spoiler:Imprisoned fight]], and he even turns up for a ''BigDamnHeroes'' moment during the [[spoiler: second to final fight agasint Ghirahim when he turns up just in time to save Zelda from falling to her death]].

** [[spoiler:Gold Knuckle]] in ''{{Disgaea 3}}'' refers to his side change as "turning face!".

* Three of the Fake Evil Kings([[spoiler: Big Bull, Linda, and Epros]]) in ''{{Okage}}: Shadow King'' end up joining you after being defeated.

* Magolor from Kirby's Return to Dreamland. After Kirby and his friends defeat Landia, Magolor steals the Master Crown and goes off to take over the universe. He is defeated, but in the next game, Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition, he has reformed and made an amusement park for Kirby.

* Miles Edgeworth of the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series. Edgeworth was raised by his [[AbusiveParents abusive foster father]] Manfred Von Karma after his real father Gregory Edgeworth was murdered. Miles became obsessed with proving defendants guilty convinced that he needs to be perfect. [[spoiler: Manfred Von Karma turns out to be the murderer and allowing Edgeworth to reconsider his perfectionist record and the Turn is complete in Justice For All.]]