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** Once the ''Heart of the Swarm'' expansion rolls around, Kerrigan herself has been [[spoiler:partially de-infested and is only now aware of the atrocities she has committed. As such, she now wants personal revenge against Mengsk for delivering her to the Zerg in the first place.]]
** In ''Legacy of the Void'', Artanis and Alarak both develop ''very'' personal grudges toward the BigBad, Amon. On top of preventing Amon from bringing about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, Artanis wants Amon to pay for [[spoiler:corrupting the Khala and forcing Zeratul to perform a HeroicSacrifice to break Artanis from it]], and Alarak wants Amon dead for how he had deceived the Tal'darim for generations.

* ''[[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]'' has this in ''spades'', mostly for Blue Moon:
** This is Olaf's reaction when he makes it to his home town and finds that [[EvilGenius Lash]] has [[DoomedHometown utterly decimated the place]] for no good reason other than [[ItAmusedMe It Amused Her]]. Olaf demands that Grit and Colin back off so he can take revenge on her, and this grudge lasts well into the next game where he and Lash have a -20% attack penalty if paired together.
---> '''Olaf:''' This is it. This is where my house used to be.
---> '''Colin:''' Commander...
---> '''Olaf:''' And over there, that was the town square. I played here all day with all the other kids in the neighborhood. It didn't matter how much snow was on the ground. It didn't bother us at all. Look, right here... Can you see the outlines of the square?
---> '''Grit:''' Olaf...
---> '''Olaf:''' Black Hole! For this, there can be no forgiveness!
** And speaking of Grit, this is his reaction to learning that Adder sacked some Blue Moon cities on his way to offer him a position in the Black Hole Army. Grit admits he ''really'' doesn't care all that much about what land belongs to what country, and even seems a bit tempted by the offer, but learning they're destroying cities for the hell of it? [[LetsGetDangerous That's not passing without consequence:]]
---> '''Grit:''' Well now... You got one thing right. I never did care much which territory belonged to which country. I couldn't have cared less if y'all decided to set up shop here. However... You've got no call to be treating the folks who live here any way you please. You destroyed whole cities? You did just say that, right? Well, listen here, I don't care how powerful you say you are... You, Adder, are now my number-one enemy.
** It's PlayedForLaughs in ''Advance Wars: Dual Strike'', where the lowest tag break in the game is Rachel and Koal, who get an ''abysmal'' 65% attack when paired together: less than pairing Olaf and Lash, less than pairing anyone with [[BigBad Von Bolt]], and why? ''One mission has Koal insult Rachel's looks.'' Hilariously, this happens after [[NotSoAboveItAll Rachel scolds Max and Jake for taking things personally]].
---> '''Koal:''' Heh heh heh... I'm not ready to spill that juicy secret just yet. You'll find out soon enough. This land will be as devoid of beauty as your face.

* In the comics Bane wants to break the Batman because he's the biggest challenge out there. In the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', it first appears that this is the case, while also making him something of a dumb brute. ''Origins'' brings the character more in line with both the comics and ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', and also provides information that he's after Batman for revenge ("the Batman's death will bring him peace"), though revenge for ''what'' isn't stated.
* In ''VideoGame/BattalionWars II'', Marshall Nova comes to have this attitude when Ubel takes command and invades his country. To recap: Ubel killed his father, wired the national monument he was buried at to explode, and in general devastated the Tundran Territories in a way unprecedented throughout history. The Alliance of Nations reformed solely to say "AW HELL NAW" to that behavior, because goddamn.

** In the spin-off DungeonCrawl game ''[[VideoGame/AnElderScrollsLegendBattlespire Battlespire]]'', it's bad enough that [[BigBad Mehrunes Dagon]] has taken over the [[WizardingSchool Battlespire]], but he has also captured [[PlayerCharacter The Apprentice]]'s partner.

* Happens in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'', on both sides:
** Volgin already intended to kill the [=CIA=] operative who had infiltrated his base. But after he found out what Snake did to Major Raikov...
--->'''The Boss:''' Are you going to kill him?\\

** Snake's mission had always been to kill Volgin but after the torture he went through by his hand, Snake becomes motivated to get a little payback which he succeeds in doing by humiliating Volgin in hand to hand combat. Then after a long battle with Volgin in the Shagohod, Snake witnesses Volgin have a VillainousBreakdown over how Snake has ruined his plans and dies a karmic death by lightning before he can attack Snake again.
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRising'', the final boss has this to say when you drop him to about a third of his health:
--> '''[[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]]:''' You know what?! [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck this war!]] I just want you dead!

* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' and ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'':
** Averted in ''I'' in regards to John and his former gang members. John makes it clear that he takes no enjoyment hunting down Bill, Javier and Dutch, only doing so because the government is holding his wife and son hostage. He even tells Javier that much when he captures him.
*** Played straight in ''II'' when John develops this towards [[spoiler: Micah to avenge Arthur.]]
** Luisa in ''I'' was always dedicated in overthrowing Allende but she becomes even more determined after he ordered his men to kill her father.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft|I}}'', Raynor, Zeratul, Mengsk and Artanis have all sworn revenge against Kerrigan for her general Not-So-Magnificent Bastardry.
** By ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'', Raynor seems to have softened a bit, partially at the guilt he feels about going along with Mengsk so long that he feels complicit in what Kerrigan has become.

** And in ''Legacy of the Void,'' Artanis and Alarak both develop ''very'' personal grudges toward the BigBad, Amon. On top of preventing Amon from bringing about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, Artanis wants Amon to pay for [[spoiler:corrupting the Khala and forcing Zeratul to perform a HeroicSacrifice to break Artanis from it]], and Alarak wants Amon dead for how he had deceived the Tal'darim for generations.
*** In the epilogue portion, the one who finally gets to kill Narud is none other than Stukov, who wants him dead for betraying and killing him back when he was part of the UED.

* Done in ''[[VideoGame/ThorGodOfThunder2011 Thor: God of Thunder]]'', a game set before the events of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' itself. Sif is impaled, after pushing a fellow Asgardian out of danger, and becomes temporarily dead. Although it wasn't planned or caused by a BigBad, her death enrages Thor and causes him to seek vengeance, to the point where Odin worries that "Thor will slaughter and bring holocaust" if he doesn't do anything.
--> '''Odin:''' ''(discussing bringing Sif back to life and interfering with fate)'' If I do not, I fear that Thor will...
--> '''Loki:''' Thor will defy you and wage war against the Jotuns from now until Ragnarok.

--> ''"Yeah! No one shoots him in the ass and gets away with it!"''

** The entire reason Link goes out on the Great Sea in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is because his little sister was mistaken for Tetra, [[spoiler:revealed later in the game to be Princess Zelda,]] and [[AccidentalKidnapping kidnapped]] by the Helmaroc King, a minion of Ganon. Which makes his fight against the bird nearly half-way through the game, as well as Ganon himself [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice at the end]], [[BestBossEver all the more epic]].

** The entire reason Link goes out on the Great Sea in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is because his little sister was mistaken for Tetra, [[spoiler:revealed later in the game to be Princess Zelda,]] and [[AccidentalKidnapping kidnapped]] by the Helmaroc King, a minion of Ganon. Which makes his fight against the bird nearly half-way through the game [[BestBossEver all the more epic]].

** The entire reason Link goes out on the Great Sea in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is because his little sister was kidnapped by the Helmaroc King, a minion of Ganon. Which makes his fight against the bird nearly half-way through the game [[BestBossEver all the more epic]].

** Portrayed rather tragically in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', in which Varric wants revenge on [[spoiler:his brother, Bartrand, who traps Varric, [[PlayerCharacter Hawke]], and their other two companions in the Deep Roads just so he won't have to share profits from their expedition. They eventually find their way out and back home, but Varric is determined to revenge himself on his backstabbing brother; if Hawke's younger sibling dies as a result of Bartrand's betrayal (and particularly if it's Bethany, to whom Varric is very attached), his anger is that much more evident.]] He finally gets his chance during the second act of the game... [[spoiler:only to find his VengeanceDenied by the fact that Bartrand has gone completely insane the very moment he touched the red lyrium idol, and the revenge killing is more like putting down a rabid animal.]]

** Portrayed rather tragically in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', in which Varric wants revenge on [[spoiler:his brother, Bartrand, who traps Varric, [[PlayerCharacter Hawke]], and their other two companions in the Deep Roads just so he won't have to share profits from their expedition. They eventually find their way out and back home, but Varric is determined to revenge himself on his backstabbing brother; if Hawke's younger sibling dies as a result of Bartrand's betrayal (and particularly if it's Bethany, to whom Varric is very attached), his anger is that much more evident.]] He finally gets his chance during the second act of the game... [[spoiler:only to find his VengeanceDenied by the fact that Bartrand has gone completely insane, and the revenge killing is more like putting down a rabid animal.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]'' has this in ''spades'' for Blue Moon:

** Frog initially joins Crono’s crew so that he can wreak vengeance on Magus, a dark sorcerer who [[spoiler: killed his best friend and [[BalefulPolymorph cursed him to look like a frog]].]] He remains on the team to prevent Lavos from destroying the world.

* In ''[[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]'', this is Olaf's reaction when he makes it to his home town and finds that [[EvilGenius Lash]] has [[DoomedHometown utterly decimated the place]] for no good reason other than [[ItAmusedMe It Amused Her]]. Olaf demands that Grit and Colin back off so he can take revenge on her, and this grudge lasts well into the next game where he and Lash have a -20% attack penalty if paired together.
--> '''Olaf:''' This is it. This is where my house used to be.
--> '''Colin:''' Commander...
--> '''Olaf:''' And over there, that was the town square. I played here all day with all the other kids in the neighborhood. It didn't matter how much snow was on the ground. It didn't bother us at all. Look, right here... Can you see the outlines of the square?
--> '''Grit:''' Olaf...
--> '''Olaf:''' Black Hole! For this, there can be no forgiveness!

*** In three of the four routes, Rhea takes it ''very'' badly when the Flame Emperor is revealed to be [[spoiler:Edelgard, princess of the Adrestian Empire. This is because Rhea [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld actually was Seiros herself]], and was good personal friends with Wilhelm von Hresvelg, the first Adrestian emperor and Edelgard's direct ancestor. To have a descendent of Hresvelg turn her blade on Rhea is something she sees as tantamount to betrayal.]] [[UpToEleven It's even worse on Crimson Flower]], because immediately after, [[spoiler:the PlayerCharacter ''also'' turns on Rhea to protect Edelgard. Not only had Rhea given the protagonist preferential treatment since their arrival at the monastery, but they also contained within their body [[SoulJar a Crest Stone containing the soul of Sothis,]] the progenitor god and Rhea's mother. This causes Rhea to undergo a ''massive'' FreakOut, setting her up to be the BigBad of the route as she progresses further and further into insanity.]]

** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', things get personal right from the get-go: the Collectors [[spoiler:attack and destroy the ''Normandy'', kill twenty-one crewmembers, including First Officer Pressley, and '''kill Shepard'''.]] Later on they [[spoiler:attack the ''Normandy'' [=SR-2=] and kidnap the entire crew, save for Joker and the squad members.]] And of course, it gets ''[[UpToEleven even more personal]]'' if Shepard loses squad members during the suicide mission.

* Supplementary materials reveal that while ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' BigBad Sephiroth had grand ambitions of godhood, it was his very personal hatred of Cloud that gave him the strength to maintain his identity in the Lifestream. Being killed by an unremarkable grunt was apparently too much for Sephiroth's ego.
** Within the actual game, [[TheHero Cloud]] addresses this towards the end of the game -- he urges his party to find something important that will make them want to fight, instead of fighting under the more impersonal notion to "protect the Planet."
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX's'' Auron is the stoic, quiet, [[OlderAndWiser all-knowing]], BadassLongcoat of the group, never losing his cool or raising his voice. He doesn't have to -- his reputation and obvious awesomeness compel everyone else to fear and respect him. The one and only time he shows any passion is when he and the heroes confront Yunalesca... [[spoiler:who, when he last saw her, calmly explained how [[SpeakIllOfTheDead his friends' deaths were meaningless]], then killed him]]. Yes, he has a bit of a grudge there.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' carries the {{Tagline}} of "Last time she saved the world. This time it's personal." "She" being the High Summoner Yuna, of course.

** Chris' campaign turns into a personal vendetta against Ada Wong, [[spoiler:or so he thinks (it's really Carla Radames)]] after she [[spoiler:kills his entire team, save Piers]].
** Helena has this with [[spoiler: Simmons]] because he basically [[spoiler: killed her sister]].
** Ada's entire motivation in the game stems down to getting back at [[spoiler:[[StalkerWithACrush Simmons]], who cloned her, and [[EvilDoppelganger Carla]], who stole her identity and [[FrameUp framed her]] for all the bioterrorist attacks committed in the game]]. It's telling that the end of her campaign is one of the few moments Ada [[NotSoStoic is visibly upset]].

** Again in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'', Chris has this with Ada Wong, [[spoiler: or so he thinks (it's really Carla Radames)]] after she [[spoiler: kills his entire team, save Piers]].
** Helena in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' has this with [[spoiler: Simmons]] because he basically [[spoiler: killed her sister]].

* Done in ''Thor: God of Thunder'', a game set before the events of ''{{Film/Thor}}'' itself. Sif is impaled, after pushing a fellow Asgardian out of danger, and becomes temporarily dead. Although it wasn't planned or caused by a BigBad, her death enrages Thor and causes him to seek vengeance, to the point where Odin worries that "Thor will slaughter and bring holocaust" if he doesn't do anything.

* In the "There's Something in the Sea" AlternateRealityGame for ''VideoGame/{{BioShock 2}}'', Mark Meltzer was devoted to finding out more about the recent kidnappings of 6- and 7-year-old girls around the North Atlantic, namely, who, why and where to. He eventually estimated where the next kidnapping was due to be and went there with his family. [[spoiler: His family included a 7-year-old girl. The kidnapper, a Big Sister, obviously recognized Mark as a threat and kidnapped his daughter. He then put his search into finding out where the girls had gone to in full motion after that, until eventually he found where the girls had been taken...Rapture. In the game he is caught by Sofia Lamb, the BigBad who kidnapped the girls in the first place and is made into a Big Daddy for his daughter Cindy (now a Little Sister), something you discover only after [[{{Tearjerker}} you kill Mark]].]]
* Invoked by [[BigBad Handsome Jack]] in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}''. He does what he can to stop you from getting in his way and he acts like a total douche about it until [[spoiler: you kill his daughter, Angel (she asked you to kill her so that Jack can't power up the Vault Key)]]. Jack becomes deadly serious after the event and vows to personally kill you after what you did.

* ''Videogame/FinalFantasyX's'' Auron is the stoic, quiet, [[OlderAndWiser all-knowing]], BadassLongcoat of the group, never losing his cool or raising his voice. He doesn't have to -- his reputation and obvious awesomeness compel everyone else to fear and respect him. The one and only time he shows any passion is when he and the heroes confront Yunalesca... [[spoiler:who, when he last saw her, calmly explained how [[SpeakIllOfTheDead his friends' deaths were meaningless]], then killed him]]. Yes, he has a bit of a grudge there.

** In ''Videogame/MassEffect2'', things get personal right from the get-go: the Collectors [[spoiler:attack and destroy the ''Normandy'', kill twenty-one crewmembers, including First Officer Pressley, and '''kill Shepard'''.]] Later on they [[spoiler:attack the ''Normandy'' [=SR-2=] and kidnap the entire crew, save for Joker and the squad members.]] And of course, it gets ''[[UpToEleven even more personal]]'' if Shepard loses squad members during the suicide mission.

** In ''Videogame/MassEffect3'', it's personal from the very beginning when [[spoiler:Earth is attacked]], but even more so when Shepard finally gets to [[spoiler:kill Kai Leng]], who had previously [[spoiler: killed Thane / Kirrahe and / or Miranda.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TelltalesGameOfThrones'', Gared Tuttle returns from The Twins to find that [[spoiler:his father and sister have been murdered by Britt Warrick and his men.]] Needless to say, when they meet again it is very personal indeed.
** Another example of this is Rodrik or Asher's potential revenge on [[spoiler:Gryff Whitehill, as he killed either Rodrik or Asher in the previous episode]].

** Gilgamesh and Ishtar still harbor their very personal grudges against each other from ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'', with Enkidu involved on Gil's side. That being said, they're forced into situations where they have to work together, so they have to put things on the back burner.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'', Samus hunts the SpacePirates not only because it's her job, but because they attacked the colony where she lived massacred everyone there, with their commander, [[ArchEnemy Ridley]], [[MoralEventHorizon killing her mother before her very eyes, and later eating her corpse]]. Samus was '''[[HarmfulToMinors three]]'''.
** Although it's only briefly mentioned in a scan log, ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'' says that Admiral Dane was also orphaned by the Space Pirates.