History LeeroyJenkins / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/CryOfFear'': After the mod's launch the developers released a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFJk8jln1Cs Scream trailer]], a compilation of players such as LetsPlay/PewDiePie, and Jack and Brad from ''Podcast/FourPlayerPodcast'' getting scared by playing the game. A short segment stands out:

* Dwarven soldiers ''will'' do this in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' -- got one lone straggler, or a soldier to arrives to formation ahead of everyone else? He'll charge solo into a 10-goblin raiding party. Also companions in Adventurer mode -- you could be walking through the forest and your buddy disappears to go racing after deer, [[KillerRabbit sometimes never to be seen again]].

* Averted in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''VideoGame/DoomII'', due to the sheer number of enemies especially in some third-party levels which can have ''hundreds'' of demons. Often the only viable strategy is to take advantage of enemy fratricide by rushing in, stirring up as many demons as possible, and then either finding a place to hide or being incredibly good at dodging while a huge demon-on-demon melee commences.

* If one were to press the triangle button in battle, while playing ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}/FES'' or ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''; or the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 start]]/[[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 options]] button for ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'', one would see a perfect example of a Leeroy Jenkins. Unless you have been LevelGrinding nonstop, or are on your New Game+ . Even more so if you waited for The Reaper to appear and initiate a CurbStompBattle.

* In [[VideoGame/{{Skylanders}} Skylanders: Trap Team]], the Skylanders need to steal the trolls' "secret" rocket to get further in their quest. The trolls, led by Professor Nilbog, aren't obviously just gonna hand it over to them, so they send wave after wave of enemies to defeat the Skylanders. When that goes nowhere, Nilbog decides that he should be the one to defeat them, so he dons his new {{Jetpack}}, switches his name to Threatpack, and jumps onto the battlefield. He goes down, and the Skylanders take the rocket.

* ''VideoGame/CityOfVillains''/''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes''

** It doesn't get any better in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe''. The only neutral units (i.e. on your side but not controllable) with any sense of self-preservation are the ones you can recruit. Apparently [[RedShirt green is the new red]] in the ''FE'' 'verse. Fortunately, unlike ''Genealogy'', you can use the "Rescue" command to pick these units up with someone that you ''do'' control and move them both to safety, though [[TheLoad it slows the rescuer down]] and can make them more vulnerable until the coast is clear.

*** A later mission has the US Army {{Ranger}}s pull the same stunt with infantry: with German artillery slowly zeroing in on their position at the bottom of a hill they need to take, and the commanding officer panicking too much to think of a solution, one of the privates stands up, screams "LET'S GO GET THE BASTARDS!", and leads the entire regiment in a suicide rush up the hill.

*** A later mission has the US Army {{Ranger}}s pull the same stunt with infantry: with German artillery slowly zeroing in on their position at the bottom of a hill they need to take, and the commanding panicking too much to think of a solution, one of the privates stands up, screams "LET'S GO GET THE BASTARDS!", and leads the entire regiment in a suicide rush up the hill.

* In ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'', the previously unnamed ''[[VideoGame/HalfLife1 Half-Life]]'' security guard who rushes the Tentacles in the chapter "Blast Pit" [[NamedByTheAdaptation is revealed to be actually named]] Leeroy Jenkins.

** ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty2'' has an interesting variation where the player does this out of ''necessity.'' There are two missions where the player pilots a Crusader, a British light tank used in the Africa Campaign known for its short range and minimal armor. The German tanks were technically superior, and the sandy terrain of the desert made it near-impossible for the British to fight at long range. So really, their only choice was to charge straight into the enemy and use their Crusaders' high speed to their advantage. You see this firsthand when it leads to many of your allies being destroyed.
** In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps Zombies'', this is a major problem, especially with pickup games. Even though this mode of the game is essentially a survival shooter, and doesn't require the most strategy, planning, foresight, and timing are beneficial to the mission, as opening the wrong door at the wrong time, failing to hold a position, or simply not being cognizant of where you are at in relation to your teammates, can make all the difference between a successful level, and a disastrous defeat. In ''COD: BOZ'', it' s quite common to end up on teams with one or more Leeroy Jenkinses who will, without consulting the team or anything:

*** Run into various windows that people are already occupying. The major problem with this being that often times, 2 people in one window is just another way of saying 0 people in another one. Teams often get overrun by this, and by its variant, wherein said Leeroy runs into another window, you run into his, only to be killed by zombies that ran out of the window that you left to Leeroy: Leeroy more often than not has ADHD, and won't stay in any window for any period of time.
*** Run into various parts of the map without proper backup or weapons, expecting you to save him. This will kill a team quickly as well: you'll find out that it doesn't really matter how much ammo you waste trying to save Leeroy, they'll just die again in 30 seconds. Unfortunately, due to the poor hosting system that COD:BOZ has, this can lead to Leeroy attempting to hijack the game: threatening to quit and end the game for everyone if they let said Leeroy die.

* ''VideoGame/CryOfFear'': After the mods launch the developers released a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFJk8jln1Cs Scream trailer]], a compilation of players such as LetsPlay/PewDiePie, and Jack and Brad from ''Podcast/FourPlayerPodcast'' getting scared by playing the game. A short segment stands out:

* There are too many new players in ''[[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Jedi Outcast]]'''s multiplayer mode whose strategies consist of holding the run forward and attack buttons at the same time until someone dies (invariably them, also invariably at the hands of someone who spams a certain unblockable lunge attack).

* An example of an enemy doing this is the Muton Berserker in ''Videogame/XComEnemyUnknown''. It uses melee weapons instead of the standard plasma guns used by the aliens, and will charge towards any of your squad who damage it. While its melee attack is devastating if it closes the gap quickly enough, the fact that it doesn't utilize cover, combined with its vulnerability to Overwatch fire and the Assault class's Close Combat Specialist skill, means that a squad of soldiers that are able to prepare for it can put it down before it lands a hit.
** Assault troopers can fall prey to this. Their starting skill is "Run N' Gun," which allows them to fire after moving twice. While this allows them to cover substantial ground, it can also put them in a position where they're surrounded by enemies with no backup from the rest of the squad. The fact that their weapon of choice is the ridiculously short-ranged shotgun means getting close is the only reliable way for them to do damage, but it must be balanced rather carefully.

* Leeroy might've popularized the term, but in actuality, he was preceded by none other than Grom Hellscream in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII''. In the Orc campaign, Thrall was on his way to Stonetalon Peak, trying to avoid contact with humans. Grom suddenly declared that he could wait no longer and that the humans needed to be killed, and so charges off with his own army to the human encampment, at which point you're basically forced to fight the humans as well. Particularly annoying is that if Hellscream used more than five of his 30-odd troops, he could obliterate them all by himself. The dialogue, in a [[LaconicWiki nutshell]]:
-->'''Thrall:''' All right, we're moving through the Stonetalon Peak. Don't attract any of the humans. Then...\\
'''Grom:''' Ah, screw it. Let's go purge these humans! '''GRROOOOOMMMMM!!! HEEEELLLSCREEEAAAAMMM!!!'''\\
'''Thrall:''' Oh my God, he just ran in... SAVE HIM!

* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey III: The Drowned City'' has Agata, a HighlyVisibleNinja of Guild Mumotsumi. Traveling through the Yggdrasil Labyrinth can be difficult enough with a full party of five; Agata, meanwhile, likes to go charging in and leave the rest of his guild behind, heedless of the [[BeefGate FOEs]] and other dangers. Depending on how you handle him, [[spoiler:this has grave consequences for either him or his partner Hypatia]].

** The move No Retreat, signature move of the Pokemon Falinks, invokes this by giving the pokemon a massive buff to all of it's stats at the cost of no longer being able to withdraw from battle until it wins, is ejected with a forced switching move like Roar or Hurricane, or gets knocked out.

* ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueHeroes'' has an entire level in which ''Superman'' becomes the Leeroy. He's so anxious to get revenge on Darkseid (after an earlier bit of CutsceneIncompetence on the part of the Justice League) that he goes charging headlong into a fortress and not bothering to defend himself. This becomes an EscortMission in which the player has to try to protect Superman until the end of the level. Since this is ''{{Superman}}'' we're talking about, sometimes it's less of an "escort mission" and more of a "just stay out of the way while Kal-El does his UnstoppableRage" mission.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'': Ragnar McRyan. Upon learning of Psaro's plot, the first thing he does is rush straight into battling one of his top minions without seeking any sort of outside assistance whatsoever. It leads to him joining the party last of all of the chosen.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'': Upon learning of Psaro's plot, the first thing he does is rush straight into battling one of his top minions without seeking any sort of outside assistance whatsoever. It leads to him joining the party last of all of the chosen.