History OffscreenMomentOfAwesome / VideoGames

* In ''DragonAge: Origins'', the enchanter Sandal [[spoiler:apparently slaughters an entire platoon of darkspawn]]. You arrive in the aftermath of this.

** He does this [[RunningGag again]] in ''DragonAge2''.

* Many Companion quests in StarWarsTheOldRepublic involve some of these (as companions after the first accomplish most of their personal goals off screen to save development time. Jaessa Wilsaam [[spoiler: kills a sith lord in single combat, despite only being an apprentice herself]], Lt. Pierce [[spoiler: manages to take one of the most fortified stations in history with only a small team of black ops troopers and a small detachment of soldiers]], while M1-4X's entire storyline involves ever increasingly awesome deeds of patriotic fervor, starting with capturing an Imperial propaganda specialist through [[GeniusBruiser incredibly precise timing]], a flimsy window, and a passing speeder, and ending with [[spoiler: Capturing an Imperial scientist... with only basic motor functions intact.]]

* ''Runescape'' features a quest called King of the Dwarves. Here's the rundown: the BigBad is speaking to a mob demanding that the oligarchs who run the city reinstate the monarchy based on records of who is descended from the king. Meanwhile, his forces (only the character knows they are his anyway) are preparing an attack on the city to divide the guards. Your character and friends sneak into the record vaults and discover that said Big Bad is the rightful heir. The historical expert stays behind to forge the documents to keep Hreidmar from taking over while you and Veldaban go to help the city guards against his forces. You do so by tricking a troll warlord into doing it for you. And what does this epic battle look like? The troll warlord tells you to go back to the city and he'll take care of it.

* In ''NoMoreHeroes2'', Henry does Travis a favor by killing ranks 6 and 5, but the player doesn't get to control him (Despite the fact they just fought a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere in Henry's dream as Henry himself). In [[{{NoFourthWall}} true ''No More Heroes'' fashion]], the game then proceeds to call players out on their dissapointment, and Henry sends Travis pictures of him posing with their corpses to "Hold you over".

* In the video game adaptation of ''PowerRangersSamurai'', the first level ends with them making the Megazord...then you get text saying that the Megazord won. No fight, no cutscene, no nothing. At least you get to fight with the Megazord in future levels (as a QuickTimeEvent).

* In the video game adaptation of PowerRangersSamurai, the first level ends with them making the Megazord...then you get text saying that the Megazord won. No fight, no cutscene, no nothing. At least you get to fight with the Megazord in future levels (as a QuickTimeEvent).

* In the video game adaptation of PowerRangersSamuri, the first level ends with them making the Megazord...then you get text saying that the Megazord won. No fight, no cutscene, no nothing. At least you get to fight with the Megazord in future levels (as a QuickTimeEvent).

** One minor FetchQuest involves finding a dinosaur fossil so they can be cloned and [[RuleOfCool used as cavalry]]. As with all other War Assets, we never see the results of this.

* In ''{{Postal}} 2: Apocalypse Weekend,' there is a segment where the Postal Dude is asked to help "relocate pigeons," and he is handed a rocket launcher. The game immediately cuts to a video of the game's developer on the phone complaining that they don't have the money to make such a level. When the game cuts back to the Dude, he's standing in a massive pool of blood and feathers.

* In ''Mass Effect 3'', after spending the entire game gathering war assets and building an army, almost none of your war assets are seen or even mentioned during the final battle. This is one reason why the ending is so widely despised.

** We hear two different, unrelated stories about a Krogan battlemaster and an Asari commando tearing apart a space station in epic duels. Both times, the storyteller neglects to describe any parts of the battle itself.

* In ''Mass Effect 3'', after spending the entire game gathering war assets and building an army, almost none of your war assets are seen or even mentioned during the final battle. This is one reason why the ending is so widely despised.

-->'''Sam:''' And then there was the most epic battle of our entire career!

* In AssassinsCreedBrotherhood: Ezio Auditore walks into the Rosa expecting to find his sister dead at the hands of the guards. Instead he finds that she killed a group of armed and armored guards with a knife, while wearing a dress, off screen.
* In the "Fate" route of ''FateStayNight'', Archer's standoff with Berserker is relegated to an off-screen bang, and Rin and Shirou's reactions. The anime fully renders the awesomeness, with perhaps more justice than the VisualNovel could.

-->'''Dude:''' "Man, that was the most incredible thing I've ever done!"

* QuestForGloryII: Played hilariously straight. Your caravan is accosted by hundreds of brigands and looks to be overwhelmed. Following an intermission, [[CutscenePowerToTheMax you find yourself on top of a mountain of corpses, the brigands vanquished]].

* After spending hours in ''{{Xenogears}}'' undergoing hideous trials such as Babel Tower and Kislev's AbsurdlySpaciousSewer, it is difficult to convey how disappointing it is to have entire dungeons and some truly epic-sounding battles ''narrated as recaps by characters sitting in chairs''.

* In NoMoreHeroes2, Henry does Travis a favor by killing ranks 6 and 5, but the player doesn't get to control him (Despite the fact they just fought a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere in Henry's dream as Henry himself). In [[{{NoFourthWall}} true no more heroes fashion]], the game then proceeds to call players out on their dissapointment, and Henry sends Travis pictures of him posing with their corpses to "Hold you over".

-->'''Sandal:''' NOT Enchanment...\\

* QuestForGloryII: Played hilariously straight. Your caravan is accosted by hundreds of brigands and looks to be overwhelmed. Following an intermission, [[CutscenePowerToTheMax you find yourself on top of a mountain of corpses, the brigands vanquished]].
* Knowing how villains typically are in the TalesSeries, Cedric of TalesOfGraces is the first enemy you fight with a Blast Caliber. Unfortunately, you get hit by his Blast Caliber and it's just him lighting his sword on fire and slashing twice. It looks just like a standard or arcane arte that was turned into a mystic arte.

* QuestForGloryII: Played hilariously straight. Your caravan is accosted by hundreds of brigands and looks to be overwhelmed. Following an intermission, [[CutscenePowerToTheMax you find yourself on top of a mountain of corpses, the brigands vanquished]].

* In ''Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend,' there is a segment where the Postal Dude is asked to help "relocate pigeons," and he is handed a rocket launcher. The game immediately cuts to a video of the game's developer on the phone complaining that they don't have the money to make such a level. When the game cuts back to the Dude, he's standing in a massive pool of blood and feathers.

* In ''[[Postal]] 2: Apocalypse Weekend,' there is a segment where the Postal Dude is asked to help "relocate pigeons," and he is handed a rocket launcher. The game immediately cuts to a video of the game's developer on the phone complaining that they don't have the money to make such a level. When the game cuts back to the Dude, he's standing in a massive pool of blood and feathers.

In ''Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend,' there is a segment where the Postal Dude is asked to help "relocate pigeons," and he is handed a rocket launcher. The game immediately cuts to a video of the game's developer on the phone complaining that they don't have the money to make such a level. When the game cuts back to the Dude, he's standing in a massive pool of blood and feathers.

** He does this [[RunningGag again]] in ''DragonAge2''.