History HopeSpot / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1:'' Shulk and the party have managed to defeat the Yaldabaoth Faced Mechon, and therefore stop Egil from using the Mechonis Blade from destroying Bionis. Shulk admits to Egil that he's not entirely aware of any sort of phenomena that could be responsible for all the carnage going on, but offers to make peace with Egil and stop the cycle of destruction between Bionis and Mechonis. Egil accepts and reaches out for Shulk's hand to seal their fates... [[spoiler:until Dickson [[FaceHeelTurn shoots Shulk in the back]], and Egil recognizes him as [[LightIsNotGood Zanza]]'s disciple. Shulk has a near-death experience resulting from this, which is enough to free Zanza from his body, reclaim his Monado, and kill Mechonis' Goddess, Lady Meyneth, usurping her own Monado. Egil, as a last-ditch effort to keep Zanza from destroying the world, attacks Bionis once more now that Zanza has become one with it, but he's unsuccessful at making a dent in him, leading Zanza to kill him. While the lack of Egil now keeps Mechon from assassinating the Homs, Zanza uses his new power to [[FromBadToWorse call upon the Telethia]], who were genetically engineered to kill ''[[KillEmAll all life]]'' on both Bionis ''and'' Mechonis.]]

* An almost-hope spot in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''. [[spoiler:When you use the Oath to Order on the clock tower at the end of the third day before saving all the giants, the giants you HAVE saved will come to stop the moon, and for a moment, it looks like they may do it, but soon will tell you they aren't strong enough. In fact, they aren't strong enough to completely stop the moon even if they ''are'' all there. The only difference is that if they are, then the moon will open up and absorb Majora's Mask before continuing to fall, giving you one last chance to finish them both off.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Link succeeds in destroying Demise, [[BarrierMaiden Zelda]] wakes up, and all appears to be well. Then [[RecurringBoss Ghirahim]], who has been silent for the entire third act, comes BackForTheFinale, kidnaps Zelda, and uses a portal [[NiceJobbreakingItHero you opened earlier]] to go back in time to revive Demise there. Then he pulls it a second time when you follow him--you succeed in beating him into submission, only for him to reveal that the resurrection ritual he started has continued without him. Cue [[EldritchAbomination Demise]] breaking free of his prison and absorbing Zelda's soul.

** In Episode 6, [[spoiler:Battler manages to outwit Erika's closed rooms by having the other five victims of the first twilight pretend their deaths. Then it turns out Erika severed all of their heads beforehand, thus making it impossible for any of them to save Battler, and trapping him in a logic error. Eventually subverted.]]

* ''VideoGame/WildArmsMillionMemories'' gives us a truy vicious example. [[spoiler: It looks like your party has defeated Mother and Filgaia is saved. Then Siegfried shows up with Rudy in tow (they had vanished halfway through the chapter due to Rudy's powers being activated) and has him reactivate the Yggdrasil System, causing Filgaia to rapidly heat up and face destruction. The opening cutscene replays and the rest of your party are left beside themselves with shock and disbelief. Fortunately, it all works out in the next chapter.]]

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles:'' Shulk and the party have managed to defeat the Yaldabaoth Faced Mechon, and therefore stop Egil from using the Mechonis Blade from destroying Bionis. Shulk admits to Egil that he's not entirely aware of any sort of phenomena that could be responsible for all the carnage going on, but offers to make peace with Egil and stop the cycle of destruction between Bionis and Mechonis. Egil accepts and reaches out for Shulk's hand to seal their fates... [[spoiler:until Dickson [[FaceHeelTurn shoots Shulk in the back]], and Egil recognizes him as [[LightIsNotGood Zanza]]'s disciple. Shulk has a near-death experience resulting from this, which is enough to free Zanza from his body, reclaim his Monado, and kill Mechonis' Goddess, Lady Meyneth, usurping her own Monado. Egil, as a last-ditch effort to keep Zanza from destroying the world, attacks Bionis once more now that Zanza has become one with it, but he's unsuccessful at making a dent in him, leading Zanza to kill him. While the lack of Egil now keeps Mechon from assassinating the Homs, Zanza uses his new power to [[FromBadToWorse call upon the Telethia]], who were genetically engineered to kill ''[[KillEmAll all life]]'' on both Bionis ''and'' Mechonis.]]

** Used brutally in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'': Zack is within sight of the city in which Aerith is waiting for hm. However, in between the two is the massive army of Shinra Corp. Zack puts up a good fight, but in the end is overwhelmed [[DoomedByCanon no matter what you do.]]

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' ended its 1.0 run with a cinematic showing the Warriors of Light fighting alongside the united armies of Eorzea against the Garlean Empire to stop Project Meteor, which results in the awakening of [[OurDragonsAreDifferent the Elder Primal Bahamut]], who burns a swath of destruction through Eorzea. Louisoix Leveilleur attempts to seal Bahamut away again, and for a moment, it seems to work. It fails, however, and Bahamut ravages Eorzea.

** Considering that everyone is DoomedByCanon, there's not much hope at all. But still things seem to lighten up when the super-carrier transporting the Covenant strike force is destroyed. But ''moments'' later, while the fireball is still dissipating, the actual invasion fleet jumps from hyperspace with hundreds of ships and millions of soldiers.

*** Shock and Awe. As Jackson and the others are escaping in the chopper, the nuke gets detonated early, knocking it out of the sky. In the next scene, he stumbles out of the wrecked chopper (surrounded by the dead bodies of his squad), making you think he might live; but it's just moment of ControllableHelplessness before dying.
*** The final mission, Game Over [[spoiler:You stopped the nukes from reaching the U.S and you and your squad are chased by the Russians through the mountain road with a assault chopper constantly dogging you. After a lengthy on road fire fight, the chopper seems to have backed off and given up the chase and you have no more pursuers after you...then the chopper appears ''ahead'' of you and blows up a bridge , over-tipping your truck.]]

*** After defending a house in the wilderness against dozens of attackers for what feels like an eternity, most of your team is dead and you have to run over lots of open space to your extraction point, with a horde of {{Mooks}} in pursuit. 30 meters from the extraction point, there's still no rescue in sight and you get clipped by a mortar. You're barely conscious as your last surviving ally drags you away from the following Russians, as a [[GunshipRescue gunships]] flies over your head and mowes them down with its miniguns. You get dragged back up on your feet and stumble towards the waiting transport helicopter where your commander is allready waiting for you. [[spoiler:And after he takes the stolen data from you, he pulls his gun and shoots you and your comrade in the chest. You're still alive and somewhat conscious as your bodies get thrown into a ditch and another soldier empties a can of kerosene over you. You know what's going to happen as the General slowly approaches you with a cigar in his mouth. By the way, you get to watch yourself burn for awhile as well.]]

** In ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth'', the P3 female protagonist encounters S.E.E.S in the start of the movie ''A.I.G.I.S''. She goes in to greet them, only to [[spoiler:have none of her "S.E.E.S comrades" recognize her even though she can recognize them perfectly. In reality, they are "{{Doppelganger}}s" serving the male protagonist, and none of the female protagonist's S.E.E.S comrades joined her. In fact, she was the only Persona user who entered the movie world alone.]] This apparently lifted the female protagonist's StepfordSmiler facade, since she values her comrades a lot. While this might be heart breaking, thankfully [[spoiler:S.E.E.S are nice people and are willing to help her overcome her loneliness through the side quests of the game.]]

** A considerable number of champions can do this. Got away with low health and teleporting back? Hope that you don't get sniped with Ashe's/Caitlyn's/Ezrael's/Draven's/ etc. ultimate in the process, even if you're concealed in brush. This is worse for ultimate that have a global area of effect. Remember, you are ''never'' safe until you are actually back at base.

* In Chapter 5 of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', up until nnow you've been put through hell: Sigurd's father died to give him his InfinityPlusOneSword, then you watch as Sigurd's Best Friend Quan and his sister (Quan's Wife) Ethlyn are brutally murdered in the desert. As you approach for what appears to be a massive battle against Reptor and Aida, Velthomer forces, which had been dropping meteor on you up until this point, suddenly change their tune and attack Reptor and his allies, and things finally seem to be going right. Upon talking with Aida, she states that Arvis knows Sigurd is innocent, and has a hero's welcome planned for him at the capital. [[BlatantLies Guess]] [[TearJerker what]] [[KillItWithFire happens]] [[TheHeroDies then]].

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' - Has a tragic DownerEnding example. Gabriel Belmont is told that he can bring his wife back to life if he defeats the Lords of Shadow and obtain a special mask that can bring back the dead. After a long epic adventure, Belmont defeats the Lords of Shadow, [[spoiler:only to get betrayed by Zobek who lied to him about the true purpose of the mask. He's then forced to watch as Zobek brings Lucifer into the world. And after Zobek gets betrayed by Lucifer and Belmont defeats the fallen angel, he then learns from his wife's spirit that the masks only lets you see into the spiritual world, but can't bring a person's soul back into the physical world. Depressed by this, Gabriel Belmont loses his faith in God and descend into darkness over the years until he becomes the very Dracula the Belmont decedents have to fight and kill every one hundred years. Which players have been doing since the original ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|I}}''.]]

*** Near the end of Chapter 4, when it looks all but certain that [[spoiler:Gonta Gokuhara]] is going to be convicted as the killer, Kaito suddenly interjects that he has proof that the suspect must be innocent. He points out that Shuichi and Tsumugi met the suspect [[spoiler:outside the entrance of the mansion in the Virtual World]], meaning he couldn't have been [[spoiler:on the roof]], where the murder happened. Shuichi is forced to crush everyone's hopes by by pointing out that the killer could have used [[spoiler:the roll of indestructible toilet paper]] found nearby to leave the crime scene.

** You, the player, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential can potentially give these]] to any character you fight, by pacifying someone to the point where you would be able to use Mercy, but then deciding to attack them rather than spare them. Most characters will be shocked, and some [[DevelopersForesight give special dialogue]] about how you ruthlessly cut them down at their most emotionally vulnerable point. [[spoiler:If you're in the [[OmnicidalManiac Genocide Route]], Sans can pull this trick on ''you''. Halfway through his incredibly [[ThatOneBoss grueling]] boss fight, he suggests that even after all you've done, he would still be willing to give you Mercy if you promise to turn back and work towards redemption. Should you [[SchmuckBait accept this offer]], Sans promptly kills you with a completely unavoidable attack]].

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles:'' Shulk and the party have managed to defeat the Yaldabaoth Faced Mechon, and therefore stop Egil from using the Mechonis Blade from destroying Bionis. Shulk admits to Egil that he's not entirely aware of any sort of phenomena that could be responsible for all the carnage going on, but offers to make peace with Egil and stop the cycle of destruction between Bionis and Mechonis. Egil accepts and reached out for Shulk's hand to seal their fates... [[spoiler:until Dickson [[FaceHeelTurn shoots Shulk in the back]], and Egil recognizes him as [[LightIsNotGood Zanza]]'s disciple. Shulk has a near-death experience resulting from this, which is enough to free Zanza from his body, reclaim his Monado, and kill Mechonis' Goddess, Lady Meyneth, usurping her own Monado. Egil, as a last-ditch effort to keep Zanza from destroying the world, attacks Bionis once more now that Zanza has become one with it, but he's unsuccessful at making a dent in him, leading Zanza to kill him. While the lack of Egil now keeps Mechon from assassinating the Homs, Zanza uses his new power to [[FromBadToWorse call upon the Telethia]], who were genetically engineered to kill ''[[KillEmAll all life]]'' on both Bionis ''and'' Mechonis.]]

** The helicopter you hear outside of your apartment becomes one in retrospective once you realize what is going on. It is heavily implied through the radio news that you're one of several missing people in the desert and the search for you is still going on. That helicopter may well be one sent to rescue you, but which missed you entirely.

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''

-->'''Lich King/Arthas''': "Now we are one."

** Used for CliffHanger purposes in ''Original Generations'', bonus section. When all things looked hopeless and it seems that the heroes cannot beat some sense to the BrainwashedAndCrazy Lamia Loveless, she goes on to defy her brainwasher, giving her whole minions a SuperPowerMeltdown, thus gives Kyosuke an opening to eventually plug her out into safety. Unfortunately, instead of hurrying to store her into safety, Kyosuke [[WhatAnIdiot proceeds to have a cozy chat with her]], and thus comes the unexpected cheap shot from Juergen that made people think he killed Lamia. But as OG Gaiden reveals, turns out she's NotQuiteDead.

* ''VideoGame/ProjectWingman'': After a long, grueling war between the Federation and Cascadia, at the end of Mission 20 their leaders meet in Presidia to sign a ceasefire. Then [[spoiler:Crimson 1 returns firing a bunch of Cordium missiles, turning the city into an orange Hellscape.]] Cue FinalBoss.

* The player can make one in ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' in the ending [[spoiler:where there is a squad sent to pick up Walker. It all seems like that Walker will lay down his weapon and go home... then he opens fire onto the men sent to rescue him...]]

* Franchise/{{Persona}}:

* In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]'', Chapter 5, you've been put thru hell- the Sigurd's father died to give him his InfinityPlusOneSword, then you watch as Sigurd's Best Friend Cuan and his Sister (Cuan's Wife) Ethlin are brutally murdered in the desert... as you approach for what appears to be a massive battle against Reptor and Aida... Velthomer forces, which had been dropping meteor on you up until this point, suddenly change their tune and attack Reptor and his allies- things finally seem to be going right... Upon talking with Aida, she states that Alvis knows Sigurd is innocent... and has a hero's welcome planned for him at the capital. [[BlatantLies Guess]] [[TearJerker what]] [[KillItWithFire happens]] [[TheHeroDies then]].

* A cutscene in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' shows Jill finally reaching the rescue helicopter at the Clock Tower. The music is relieving and she even thinks "It's finally over"... Then Nemesis shoots the helicopter down.

* ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'': There has been one case in each game where someone is murdered, and then a second victim turns up soon after, just to give the players an unpleasant surprise when a body turns up and they think one of their favorite characters is safe for the time being.

** ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'':

** ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3'':