History NoHoldsBarredBeatdown / Videogames

* ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor''. Pretty much anything that Talion does to the Orcs is so brutal and full of such rage that if it were being done to anyone ''other'' than uruks [[PayEvilUntoEvil it'd be appalling]]. (He does have a fairly good reason to be royally P.O.'ed at them, mind.) One of the more egregious examples is the fervor with which Talion shanks an uruk repeatedly, and generally ineffectively, before finally -- ''finally'' -- slitting his throat. Then, in Act II, you bring in the further moral objectionability of [[spoiler:poisoning uruks' ''brains'']]...

** Played more horrifically by [[BigBad Terumi]], who ''[[AxCrazy really]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TiUuq8PHc0 loves doing this to his defeated opponents]].

* Kazuma Kiryu's default fighting style in the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series is to wail on an opponent with anything and everything he can get his hands on, such that most of the unlucky goons that try to jump him end up looking like car wreck victims when he's finished. One example that stand out, though, is his fight against [[FinalBoss Shibusawa]] in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' when, after a protracted fight across a yacht, Kiryu gets Shibusawa up against a railing and begins to pummel him in a relentless rage, almost performing a Parodied version that's pretty much PlayedForDrama, where his fists ''actually get redder and even more broken with each punch''. Only Nishkiyama's timely intervention prevents Kiryu from losing himself and caving in Shibusawa's skull right then and there.

** [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo Season 2]] sees a return of this trope with [[spoiler:Kenny]] as he beats [[spoiler:Carver]]'s face to a bloody pulp with a crowbar, in as revenge for the latter previously [[spoiler:beating Kenny into unconsciousness, and crushing his left eye-socket, destroying his eye]].

** VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo Season 2]] sees a return of this trope with [[spoiler:Kenny]] as he beats [[spoiler:Carver]]'s face to a bloody pulp with a crowbar, in as revenge for the latter previously [[spoiler:beating Kenny into unconsciousness, and crushing his left eye-socket, destroying his eye]].

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', Volgin inflicts a [[NightmareFuel really brutal one]] on Snake when he has him in captivity, stringing him up and combining a beating with electroshock torture. Adding insult to injury, Snake actually ''pisses himself'' from the sheer agony and both Volgin and Ocelot get aroused by it.
** Used again at the end of Act 3 of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' between [[spoiler:Snake and Liquid Ocelot, though Ocelot]] [[JustBetweenYouAndMe does do a lot of bragging about his evil plan while doing so]].
** Also in the cutscene just before the final boss fight, when Ocelot straddles Snake and starts pummeling him until he needs another stimulant injection.
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]] delivers one to Raiden during his MotiveRant. Raiden is all but helpless since his attacks barely scratch his opponent [[spoiler:until he receives Sam's sword.]]

* [[spoiler:General Shepherd]] delivers one to Captain Price at the end of ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2''. He'll actually kill him if you can't stop the fight in time.
** At the end of ''Modern Warfare 3'', [[spoiler:Price delivers one to Makarov]] culminating in his death by hanging after [[spoiler:Price piledrives Makarov through a glass ceiling]]. After all the shit you endured in the three games leading up to this, it's tremendously satisfying.
* Shao Kahn has one of these at the beginning of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' against Raiden. [[spoiler:The fight is mirrored at the end, before the final battle.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3]]'''s home editions introduced Brutalities, where instead of killing your now-helpless enemy with a quick (if seldom clean) fatality, you deliver a beating until you [[LudicrousGibs shred their bodies into flying bone shards.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', there is a mechanic where enemies and allies may fall over after certain attacks. If every enemy is on the ground, the player is prompted to trigger an "All Out Attack," with the party members beating up on the damaged and off-guard enemies.
** It returns in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', and in both versions it only works when both the Protagonist and at least one other party member are on the field and aren't incapacitated. If you finish off the enemy party with it, it ends in a giant skull-shaped mushroom cloud.
** You can also do it in ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'', but the BonusBoss fight against the Velvet Room siblings can have them doing it ''to'' you. In first person no less.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' brings style to All Out Attacks; previous games just had a BigBallOfViolence, this game has your characters bounce around a red screen while beating up silhouetted opponents. If you finish off the enemy party with it, the character who triggered it will do a cool pose afterwards. Also, losing the BonusBoss fight against the Velvet Room twins will have them finishing you with one of these.
*** In the same game, if you cheat on your love interest, ''you'' will be on the receiving end of one, [[LaserGuidedKarma from all the girls you've cheated on]].

* Very nearly happens to Phoenix by Furio Tigre in''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations''. It's very possible Nick would have died then and there, or at least been reduced to a bleeding wreck, if Detective Gumshoe hadn't shown up at the last second.

* In what's easily one of the darkest moments in the series, ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonGatesToInfinity'' has [[spoiler:the hero]] receive a surprisingly brutal one courtesy of an ambushing [[spoiler:Kyurem]] (though it's kept relatively kid-friendly via a partial DiscretionShot). After swiftly disposing of their guardian, [[spoiler:Hydreigon]], he knocks them to ground and then stomps them into the dirt long enough for them to pass out, only relenting once [[spoiler:their partner]] recovers from the shock of the moment and begs for mercy. [[spoiler:[[VillainBall He listens, naturally, leaving with just a threat of further violence, despite his victim being the only remaining obstacle to his plans...]]]]
* In ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', the ability to have five characters all attack enemies at once (by having a Pair Unit call another Pair Unit to help them attack, and then calling a Solo Unit who can be applied to the intial Pair Unit to also perform their own attack) makes some attacks become essentially this. [[OhCrap You know you're screwed]] when [[http://s.pro-gmedia.com/videogamer/media/images/3ds/project_x_zone/screens/project_x_zone_35.jpg X, Zero, KOS-MOS, T-ELOS and Ulala]] are all taking you on at once.
** And some of those solos are assisted by characters from other games...like the aforementioned Ulala.

** In ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV]]'', each character has access to Ultra Combos, which are performed using energy from the Revenge Gauge and can do massive damage with a full RG, rather than a half-filled one. The Revenge Gauge fills as your character gets beaten up. Some of the Ultra Combos are pretty brutal.

* [[EvilVersusEvil Alexia does this to Wesker]] in the original version of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''. In the UpdatedRerelease, [[CurbStompCushion Wesker managed to get a couple of punches in]]. Later on, Wesker does this to Chris as well.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', don't stand behind the Executioner when he's recovering from a stagger, or he'll cut you down with his SpinAttack.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'':
** When [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Simmons]]]] downshifts back into human(ish) form and is vulnerable to melee attacks, Leon, Ada, and Helena will all drop the flashy choreography and just run up, knock him down, and beat the living shit out of his face with their bare hands, each of which ends with a windup punch that knocks him flat. You can practically ''taste'' the rage they put into each blow.
** During the [[FisticuffsBoss final portion]] of his own final boss, Jake jumps at the Ustanak and just starts beating the tar out of him in much the same way while [[PrecisionFStrike screaming profanities]] at him, ending it with a MegatonPunch that knocks him flying and into the LavaPit below them.
* Johnny Gat of ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' delivers one in [[VideoGame/SaintsRow2 the game's sequel]]. After Shogo, the so-called leader of the Ronin, shows up at [[spoiler:Aisha's funeral]] demanding a fight, the player character chases him down and drags him to a very pissed off Gat. Gat then delivers a smackdown on the punk, breaking his leg and [[spoiler:punching his head through a tombstone.]] He then buries him alive. The lesson here? '''Do not ''fuck'' with Johnny Gat.'''
--> ''"Get up."''

* Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu and its variants from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series. There's typically a DiscretionShot in the form of a black screen, but the hitsparks and the pummeling noises make it clear what's going on. The kanji for the attack even translate to "Infinite Hell Murder". The DiscretionShot is no more in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', and we get to see exactly what happens. Hadoken fueled punches to the vitals at machine gun speeds. Cue the [[NightmareFuel Nightmares]].

* Bryan Fury from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' has a victory pose since [[VideoGame/Tekken4 the 4th game]] where depending on which opponent he fought, he will sit on top of him/her by their chest and start punching them in the face, with audio sounds of beatings and bones cracking as his opponent's arms and legs twitch every punch he gives them.
* In the Stage 2 boss battle of ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis4'', Captain Rush receives this from Jack Mathers.
* Lara Croft is on the receiving end of an absolutely ''savage'' one midway through the [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 2013 reboot]]. [[spoiler:After slipping into the Solarii stronghold where her friend Sam is due to be sacrificed to Himiko, Lara tries to break up the ritual by shooting the mook about to immolate her. Before she even has a chance to take another shot, she's grabbed by other cultists, thrown to the ground, and brutally beaten by half a dozen mooks while lying helpless on the ground. By the time Mathias stops the assault and Lara is dragged to her feet, she's nearly unconscious, unable to stand, and her face is a bloody mess]].

* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' features [[spoiler:[[PapaWolf Lee]] delivering one of these to [[BigBad Andrew St John]]. Considering his actions beforehand, it's an immensely satisfying moment for many. The player does have the option of stopping before his face is reduced to a bloody mess, but it's fair to say few people choose this.]]
* Season 2 of ''Videogame/TheWalkingDead '' sees a return of this trope with [[spoiler:Kenny]] as he beats [[spoiler:Carver's]] face to a bloody pulp with a crowbar, in as revenge for the latter previously [[spoiler:beating Kenny into unconsciousness, and crushing his left eye-socket, destroying his eye.]]
* A direct allusion to this trope by Maya Schroedinger (''VideoGame/WildArms3''), who says this to Virginia after saving her and her party from Asgard (who '''did''' OHKO them): "I, Maya Schroedinger, will crush you to the ground, no holds barred. Just remember that."

** Just imagine Yogg Saron calls out FinishHim!
* Kazuma Kiryu's default fighting style in the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series is to wail on an opponent with anything and everything he can get his hands on, such that most of the unlucky goons that try to jump him end up looking like car wreck victims when he's finished. One example that stand out, though, is his fight against [[FinalBoss Shibusawa]] in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' when, after a protracted fight across a yacht, Kiryu gets Shibusawa up against a railing and begins to pummel him in a relentless rage, almost performing a Parodied version that's pretty much PlayedForDrama, where his fists ''actually get redder and even more broken with each punch''. Only Nishkiyama's timely intervention prevents Kiryu from losing himself and caving in Shibusawa's skull right then and there.

* Samus delivers one to Mother Brain during the mother of all MamaBear moments at the end of ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid''. After what Mother Brain did, she completely deserved it.

* When trapped in [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum Arkham Asylum]] or [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]], you can always expect Batman to beat everyone in his way.
* [[spoiler:Jack to Andrew Ryan]] in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}''. [[spoiler:Andrew uses a posthypnotic command word to compel Jack to beat him to death with a golf club, to demonstrate that Jack has no free will.]] It might also be a form of [[spoiler:SuicideByCop]], however.
** In ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'', Booker [[spoiler:delivers a particularly satisfying one to Comstock using the baptismal font.]]
* Taokaka from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has the "I'mma Beat The Crap Outta You!" Distortion Drive, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, though mostly censored by a BigBallOfViolence.

* Everyone in VideoGame/DeadIsland has some form of this, but Sam B has the most literal one, where he cracks his knuckles and goes fists-a-blazing into the nearest undead horde.

* Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu and its variants from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series. There's typically a DiscretionShot in the form of a black screen, but the hitsparks and the pummeling noises make it clear what's going on. The kanji for the attack even translate to "Infinite Hell Murder". The DiscretionShot is no more in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', and we get to see exactly what happens. Hadoken fueled punches to the vitals at machine gun speeds. Cue the [[NightmareFuel Nightmares]]

* Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu and its variants from the ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' series. There's typically a DiscretionShot in the form of a black screen, but the hitsparks and the pummeling noises make it clear what's going on. The kanji for the attack even translate to "Infinite Hell Murder". The DiscretionShot is no more in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', and we get to see exactly what happens. Hadoken fueled punches to the vitals at machine gun speeds. Cue the [[NightmareFuel Nightmares]]

* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'': During the final boss fight, [[spoiler:Pizza Head]] decides right then and there to bring back the other stage bosses to conduct a BossRush. Peppino, already stressed out by the game's events, hits his RageBreakingPoint and utterly ''snaps''. The moment he lands a hit onto one of the revived bosses, he goes into a short animation of punching, kicking and ''biting'' the enemy, taking off 4 health units each time (and each boss only has 8). Then he finishes off the final boss by [[spoiler:pile-driving them head first into their own tower!]]

* Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu and its variants from the ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' series. There's typically a DiscretionShot in the form of a black screen, but the hitsparks and the pummeling noises make it clear what's going on. The kanji for the attack even translate to "Infinite Hell Murder".
** The DiscretionShot is no more in VideoGame/StreetFighterV, and we get to see exactly what happens. Hadoken fueled punches to the vitals at machine gun speeds. Cue the [[NightmareFuel Nightmares]]

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' has [[LimitBreak Final Smash]] attacks, which vary depending on the fighter. [[Videogame/FireEmblemAwakening Robin's]] has them call in Chrom, which results in Robin repeatedly shooting at the target with thunder magic while Chrom unleashes a barrage of sword slashes on them, finishing with Chrom striking the opponent as Robin launches a [[KillItWithFire Bolganone.]]

** The Mii Brawler is a fine example of this trope (albeit on a more child friendly scale); rapid kicks and punches can be pulled off in succession with ease given the right build and some practice. Additionally, much like the previous examples, its Final Smash Omega Blitz delivers a brutal flurry of punches of kicks before slamming the victim straight into the ground.