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** Zargeus' plight with his titular father despite the fantastical Myth/ClassicalMythology setting and BlackComedy tone, is ultimately a youth desperately trying to escape an emotionally abusive parent, something that occurs all the time in real life. Not to mention the rest of Olympians initially weren't even aware of Zargeus' existence, which is realistically akin to a DomesticAbuser cutting off all outside contact to extended family who would otherwise help.
** The horrible circumstances of Zargeus' birth. [[spoiler: Persephone giving birth to him as a stillborn and her leaving her in grief, is a situation that could happen to any mother, regardless of her being a goddess and numerous women would understand her trauma. The only difference is that Zargeus unlike real-world babies is able to be brought back to life.]]
** The horrible circumstances of Zargeus' birth. [[spoiler: Persephone giving birth to him as a stillborn and her leaving her in grief, is a situation that could happen to any mother, regardless of her being a goddess and numerous women would understand her trauma. The only difference is that Zargeus unlike real-world babies is able to be brought back to life.]]
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** Zargeus' Zagreus' plight with his titular father despite the fantastical Myth/ClassicalMythology setting and BlackComedy tone, is ultimately a youth desperately trying to escape an emotionally abusive parent, something that occurs all the time in real life. Not to mention the rest of Olympians initially weren't even aware of Zargeus' Zagreus' existence, which is realistically akin to a DomesticAbuser cutting off all outside contact to extended family who would otherwise help.
** The horrible circumstances ofZargeus' Zagreus' birth. [[spoiler: Persephone giving birth to him as a stillborn and her leaving her in grief, is a situation that could happen to any mother, regardless of her being a goddess and numerous women would understand her trauma. The only difference is that Zargeus Zagreus unlike real-world babies is able to be brought back to life.]]
** The horrible circumstances of
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** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation, with abduction being an all too real scenario for a young woman like her. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain points is forced to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
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** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's Ashlyy's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation, with abduction being an all too real scenario for a young woman like her. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely Ashley being infected and at certain points is forced to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
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** It's for this reason why many players find AlphaBitch Emily so awful, she immediately dismisses the aforementioned prank as minor e.g "It was just a prank Han!" and throughout the rest of the game is largely unapologetic and uncaring towards what she says and does to others, simply because Emily believes she's "always right". Happily SlutShaming Jessica Mike's new girlfriend out of jealousy and belittling Matt her rebound boyfriend, while several other characters in the game have bad or uncomfortable traits, Emily is disturbingly true to what a real-life narcissist is like. Emily is even willing to slap and shove Ashely into mortal danger [[spoiler:all because she didn't reveal the Wendigo's bite wasn't infectious at the right moment and prevented Mike almost shooting her -- even though Ashely only discovered this knowledge after the fact.]]
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** It's for this reason why many players find AlphaBitch Emily so awful, she immediately dismisses the aforementioned prank as minor e.g "It was just a prank Han!" and throughout the rest of the game is largely unapologetic and uncaring towards what she says and does to others, simply because Emily believes she's "always right". Happily SlutShaming Jessica Mike's new girlfriend out of jealousy and belittling Matt her rebound boyfriend, while several other characters in the game have bad or uncomfortable traits, Emily is disturbingly true to what a real-life narcissist is like. Emily is even willing to slap and shove Ashely Ashley into mortal danger [[spoiler:all because she didn't reveal the Wendigo's bite wasn't infectious at the right moment and prevented Mike almost shooting her -- even though Ashely Ashley only discovered this knowledge after the fact.]]
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** What makes him even more scary is how dismissive and indifferent he is to those against him. After the PlayerCharacter beats him at the end of the story, he doesn't have a VillainousBreakdown like many BigBad's do. Instead, he laughs and points out how him losing a street fight, doesn't change his situation and what his corrupt plans are. This is the case with many corporations and CEO's who are deemed too big to fail, often getting away with their actions, despite growning complaints and protest.
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** What makes him even more scary is how dismissive and indifferent he is to those against him. After the PlayerCharacter beats him at the end of the story, he doesn't have a VillainousBreakdown like many BigBad's do. Instead, he laughs and points out how him losing a street fight, fight... doesn't change his situation situation. At this point, he's already succeeded in his current plan and what his corrupt plans are. will walk away without facing any meaningful repercussions. This is the case with many corporations and CEO's who are deemed too big to fail, often getting away with their actions, actions despite growning growing complaints and protest.
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* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'': The game is a very realistic portrayal of what it's like to be under the manipulation of a real-life ControlFreak in the context of corporate abuse. In terms of [[DirtyCop Yomi Hellsmile and the Peacekeepers]], his refusal to let anyone get in his way, [[spoiler:even if he has to mastermind murder to eliminate any opposition]], is scarily accurate to how far someone can go if they're outright abusive towards others in the real world. Poeple like Yomi EXSIST in real life, Who are willing to use their position as an excuse to commit any crime you can think of, murder, torture, Police Brutality and Rape, just to get what they want. Much like [[Characters/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisneyJudgeClaudeFrollo Frollo]] or even [[Manga/AkameGaKill Seryu.]] In another sense, [[spoiler:Makoto Kagutsuchi, the BigBad, is the one who sent the detectives to Kanai Ward in the first place as part of his own agenda, because he is willingly abusing his own powers as part of ''his'' scheme to control Kanai Ward, as he is another ControlFreak like Yomi, and he does not see the detectives as his acquaintances as a result, only his pawns. This, too, is also rather accurate to controlling behavior.]]
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* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'': The game is a very realistic portrayal of what it's like to be under the manipulation of a real-life ControlFreak in the context of corporate abuse. In terms of [[DirtyCop Yomi Hellsmile and the Peacekeepers]], his refusal to let anyone get in his way, [[spoiler:even if he has to mastermind murder to eliminate any opposition]], is scarily accurate to how far someone can go if they're outright abusive towards others in the real world. Poeple like Yomi EXSIST in real life, Who are willing to use their position as an excuse to commit any crime you can think of, murder, torture, Police Brutality and Rape, just to get what they want. Much like [[Characters/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisneyJudgeClaudeFrollo Frollo]] or even Manga/AkameGaKill Seryu.]] In another sense, [[spoiler:Makoto Kagutsuchi, the BigBad, is the one who sent the detectives to Kanai Ward in the first place as part of his own agenda, because he is willingly abusing his own powers as part of ''his'' scheme to control Kanai Ward, as he is another ControlFreak like Yomi, and he does not see the detectives as his acquaintances as a result, only his pawns. This, too, is also rather accurate to controlling behavior.]]
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* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'': The game is a very realistic portrayal of what it's like to be under the manipulation of a real-life ControlFreak in the context of corporate abuse. In terms of [[DirtyCop Yomi Hellsmile and the Peacekeepers]], his refusal to let anyone get in his way, [[spoiler:even if he has to mastermind murder to eliminate any opposition]], is scarily accurate to how far someone can go if they're outright abusive towards others in the real world. Poeple like Yomi EXSIST in real life, Who are willing to use their position as an excuse to commit any crime you can think of, murder, torture, Police Brutality and Rape, just to get what they want. Much like [[Characters/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisneyJudgeClaudeFrollo Frollo]] or even Manga/AkameGaKill [[Manga/AkameGaKill Seryu.]] In another sense, [[spoiler:Makoto Kagutsuchi, the BigBad, is the one who sent the detectives to Kanai Ward in the first place as part of his own agenda, because he is willingly abusing his own powers as part of ''his'' scheme to control Kanai Ward, as he is another ControlFreak like Yomi, and he does not see the detectives as his acquaintances as a result, only his pawns. This, too, is also rather accurate to controlling behavior.]]
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* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'': The game is a very realistic portrayal of what it's like to be under the manipulation of a real-life ControlFreak in the context of corporate abuse. In terms of [[DirtyCop Yomi Hellsmile and the Peacekeepers]], his refusal to let anyone get in his way, [[spoiler:even if he has to mastermind murder to eliminate any opposition]], is scarily accurate to how far someone can go if they're outright abusive towards others in the real world. Poeple like Yomi EXSIST in real life, Who are willing to use their position as an excuse to commit any crime you can think of, murder, torture, Police Brutality and Rape, just to get what they want. Much like [[Characters/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisneyJudgeClaudeFrollo Frollo]] or even Manga/AkameGaKill Seryu.]] In another sense, [[spoiler:Makoto Kagutsuchi, the BigBad, is the one who sent the detectives to Kanai Ward in the first place as part of his own agenda, because he is willingly abusing his own powers as part of ''his'' scheme to control Kanai Ward, as he is another ControlFreak like Yomi, and he does not see the detectives as his acquaintances as a result, only his pawns. This, too, is also rather accurate to controlling behavior.]]
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** Arkham's abusive relationship with his daughter Mary aka Lady from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'', is easily the darkest element of the game. Apart from hurting her multiple times as she tries to avenge her mother whom he killed (despite her loving Arkham dearly), the most upsettingly chilling scene is where Arkham, pretending to be mortally wounded, uses Lady's feelings for him as his daughter to his own advantage. He effectively gaslights the sobbing Lady into thinking he was actually possessed all along and makes her go after Vergil. Exploiting their children's core attachment to them is a common tactic of abusive parents in the real-world, as is making them believe what they thought was wrong. That's not even getting into Arkham in his MonsterClown SuperMode Jester threatening to spank to Lady, which rings with disturbing implications.
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** Arkham's abusive relationship with his daughter Mary aka Lady from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'', is easily the darkest element of the game. Apart from hurting her multiple times as she tries to avenge her mother whom he killed (despite her loving Arkham dearly), the most upsettingly chilling scene is where Arkham, pretending to be mortally wounded, uses Lady's feelings for him as his daughter to his own advantage. He effectively gaslights the sobbing Lady into thinking he was actually possessed all along and makes her go after Vergil. Exploiting their children's core attachment to them is a common tactic of abusive parents in the real-world, as is making them believe what they thought was wrong. That's not even getting into Arkham in his MonsterClown SuperMode Jester threatening to spank to Lady, which rings with disturbing implications.
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** The story kicks off with a PrankGoneTooFar. Emily and Jessica wanting to punish Hannah for coming unto Mike, Emily's boyfriend, lure Hannah into thinking Mike wants to sleep with her leading to Hannah to start undressing in front of him; Jessica, Matt, Emily and Ashley who are hiding with Matt outright filming her on his phone. In real life similar bullying and cruel pranks have happened to numerous people, with Hannah reacting like anyone would in that scenario.
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** The story kicks off with a PrankGoneTooFar. Emily and Jessica wanting to punish Hannah for coming unto Mike, Emily's boyfriend, lure Hannah into thinking Mike wants to sleep with her leading to Hannah to start undressing in front of him; Jessica, Matt, Emily and Ashley who are hiding with Matt even outright filming her on his phone. In real life similar bullying and cruel pranks have happened to numerous people, with Hannah reacting like anyone would in that scenario.
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** It's for this reason why many players find AlphaBitch Emily so awful, she immediately dismisses the aforementioned prank as minor e.g "It was just a prank Han!" and throughout the rest of the game is largely unapologetic and uncaring towards what she says and does to others, simply because Emily believes she's "always right". Happily SlutShaming Jessica Mike's new girlfriend out of jealously and belittling Matt her rebound boyfriend, while several other characters in the game have bad or uncomfortable traits, Emily is disturbingly true to what a real-life narcissist is like. Emily is even willing to slap and shove Ashely into mortal danger [[spoiler:all because she didn't reveal the Wendigo's bite wasn't infectious at the right moment and prevented Mike almost shooting her -- even though Ashely only discovered this knowledge after the fact.]]
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** It's for this reason why many players find AlphaBitch Emily so awful, she immediately dismisses the aforementioned prank as minor e.g "It was just a prank Han!" and throughout the rest of the game is largely unapologetic and uncaring towards what she says and does to others, simply because Emily believes she's "always right". Happily SlutShaming Jessica Mike's new girlfriend out of jealously jealousy and belittling Matt her rebound boyfriend, while several other characters in the game have bad or uncomfortable traits, Emily is disturbingly true to what a real-life narcissist is like. Emily is even willing to slap and shove Ashely into mortal danger [[spoiler:all because she didn't reveal the Wendigo's bite wasn't infectious at the right moment and prevented Mike almost shooting her -- even though Ashely only discovered this knowledge after the fact.]]
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** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'''s shock moment, while less graphic or lengthy than the previous examples still hits very hard, particularly for anyone with children. During Makarov's attack on London we cut to the prospective of a FamilyMan, not a soldier, filming his wife and daughter on vocation and clearly having a great time, the girl runs towards some pigeons on the sidewalk just as a suspect truck pulls up and the mother is about to call her little girl back -- the truck explodes killing the family. While most [=FPS=] games, [=COD=] included usually deliberately avoid showing things from a civilian's perspective and especially don't detail how innocent families could be killed, [=MW3=] in this instance flips the script completely. In reality this kind of tragedy cruelly happens all the time and similarly often without any warning.
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** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'''s shock moment, while less graphic or lengthy than the previous examples still hits very hard, particularly for anyone with children. During Makarov's attack on London we cut to the prospective of a FamilyMan, not a soldier, filming his wife and daughter on vocation vacation and clearly having a great time, the girl runs towards some pigeons on the sidewalk just as a suspect truck pulls up and the mother is about to call her little girl back -- the truck explodes killing the family. While most [=FPS=] games, [=COD=] included usually deliberately avoid showing things from a civilian's perspective and especially don't detail how innocent families could be killed, [=MW3=] in this instance flips the script completely. In reality this kind of tragedy cruelly happens all the time and similarly often without any warning.
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** The infamous "No Russian" level of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'', you're taking part in a terrorist attack on a Russian Airport as a undercover American CIA agent while Makarov and his henchmen gun down innocent civilians. You the player don't actually have to shoot the poor people (you even get the option to skip it all entirely), but it's entirely possible for you do so. The unflinching and realistic depiction of a mass shooting got the game embroiled in controversy and the level censored internationally. Plenty of critics felt the game would only serve as more fuel to the "violent video games inspire shootings" argument.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'''s shock moment, while less graphic or lengthy than the previous examples still hits very hard, particularly for anyone with children. During Makarov's attack on London we cut to the prospective of a FamilyMan, not a soldier, filming his wife and daughter on vocation and clearly having a great time, the girl runs towards some pigeons on the sidewalk just as a suspect truck pulls up and the mother is about to call her little girl back -- the truck explodes killing the family. While most [=FPS=] games, [=COD=] included usually deliberately avoid showing things from a civilian's perspective and especially don't detail how innocent families could be killed, [=MW3=] in this instance flips the script completely. In reality this kind of tragedy cruelly happens all time and similarly often without any warning.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'''s shock moment, while less graphic or lengthy than the previous examples still hits very hard, particularly for anyone with children. During Makarov's attack on London we cut to the prospective of a FamilyMan, not a soldier, filming his wife and daughter on vocation and clearly having a great time, the girl runs towards some pigeons on the sidewalk just as a suspect truck pulls up and the mother is about to call her little girl back -- the truck explodes killing the family. While most [=FPS=] games, [=COD=] included usually deliberately avoid showing things from a civilian's perspective and especially don't detail how innocent families could be killed, [=MW3=] in this instance flips the script completely. In reality this kind of tragedy cruelly happens all time and similarly often without any warning.
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** The infamous "No Russian" level of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'', you're taking part in a terrorist attack on a Russian Airport as a undercover American CIA agent while Makarov and his henchmen gun down innocent civilians. You the player don't actually have to shoot the poor people (you even get the option to skip it all entirely), but it's entirely possible for you to do so. The unflinching and realistic depiction of a mass shooting got the game embroiled in controversy and the level censored internationally. Plenty of critics felt the game would only serve as more fuel to the "violent video games inspire shootings" argument.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'''s shock moment, while less graphic or lengthy than the previous examples still hits very hard, particularly for anyone with children. During Makarov's attack on London we cut to the prospective of a FamilyMan, not a soldier, filming his wife and daughter on vocation and clearly having a great time, the girl runs towards some pigeons on the sidewalk just as a suspect truck pulls up and the mother is about to call her little girl back -- the truck explodes killing the family. While most [=FPS=] games, [=COD=] included usually deliberately avoid showing things from a civilian's perspective and especially don't detail how innocent families could be killed, [=MW3=] in this instance flips the script completely. In reality this kind of tragedy cruelly happens all the time and similarly often without any warning.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'''s shock moment, while less graphic or lengthy than the previous examples still hits very hard, particularly for anyone with children. During Makarov's attack on London we cut to the prospective of a FamilyMan, not a soldier, filming his wife and daughter on vocation and clearly having a great time, the girl runs towards some pigeons on the sidewalk just as a suspect truck pulls up and the mother is about to call her little girl back -- the truck explodes killing the family. While most [=FPS=] games, [=COD=] included usually deliberately avoid showing things from a civilian's perspective and especially don't detail how innocent families could be killed, [=MW3=] in this instance flips the script completely. In reality this kind of tragedy cruelly happens all the time and similarly often without any warning.
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** Arkham's abusive relationship with his daughter Mary aka Lady from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'', is easily the darkest element of the game. Apart hurting her multiple times as she tries to avenge her mother whom he killed (despite her loving Arkham dearly), the most upsettingly chilling scene is where Arkham, pretending to be mortally wounded, uses Lady's feelings for him as his daughter to his own advantage. He effectively gaslights the sobbing Lady into thinking he was actually possessed all along and makes her go after Vergil. Exploiting their children's core attachment to them is a common tactic of abusive parents in the real-world, as is making them believe what they thought was wrong. That's not even getting into Arkham in his MonsterClown SuperMode Jester threatening to spank to Lady, which rings with disturbing implications.
** CorruptChurch Order of Sword and specifically Santcus its leader from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' hit rather too close to reality, especially historically, even if the context is the usual supernatural demons and hell affair. Santcus' cruelty and tyranny is really no different from the several corrupt Popes that have existed in real-life such as Alexander VI, Sergius III, Urban VI etc. and the Order killing anyone they deem threat to their dogma is very akin to UsefulNotes/TheCrusades. Even putting the Christianity aspect aside, the fact that Fortuna is an isolated island gives the Order of the Sword disturbing {{cult}} vibes, which are all too common in real life.
** Dante's {{Flashback}} to Eva's death in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' when one strips away the supernatural premise of a house being attacked by demons, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m2CNQ3z4aT0 is hauntingly realistic]]. It's just a panicked mother hiding her precious child away in a closet and telling what to do if she doesn't return before she's killed off-screen, a situation that could be taken from any third world home or even suburban home invasion. The fact we see it from kid Dante's POV makes it all the more upsetting and tragic. The ''[=DMC3=]'' manga's version of Eva's death was even more disturbing with Dante [[HarmfulToMinors explicitly witnessing her getting ravaged by demons]], which barring the demons, is viscerally close to a real world scenario.
** CorruptChurch Order of Sword and specifically Santcus its leader from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' hit rather too close to reality, especially historically, even if the context is the usual supernatural demons and hell affair. Santcus' cruelty and tyranny is really no different from the several corrupt Popes that have existed in real-life such as Alexander VI, Sergius III, Urban VI etc. and the Order killing anyone they deem threat to their dogma is very akin to UsefulNotes/TheCrusades. Even putting the Christianity aspect aside, the fact that Fortuna is an isolated island gives the Order of the Sword disturbing {{cult}} vibes, which are all too common in real life.
** Dante's {{Flashback}} to Eva's death in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' when one strips away the supernatural premise of a house being attacked by demons, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m2CNQ3z4aT0 is hauntingly realistic]]. It's just a panicked mother hiding her precious child away in a closet and telling what to do if she doesn't return before she's killed off-screen, a situation that could be taken from any third world home or even suburban home invasion. The fact we see it from kid Dante's POV makes it all the more upsetting and tragic. The ''[=DMC3=]'' manga's version of Eva's death was even more disturbing with Dante [[HarmfulToMinors explicitly witnessing her getting ravaged by demons]], which barring the demons, is viscerally close to a real world scenario.
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** Arkham's abusive relationship with his daughter Mary aka Lady from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'', is easily the darkest element of the game. Apart from hurting her multiple times as she tries to avenge her mother whom he killed (despite her loving Arkham dearly), the most upsettingly chilling scene is where Arkham, pretending to be mortally wounded, uses Lady's feelings for him as his daughter to his own advantage. He effectively gaslights the sobbing Lady into thinking he was actually possessed all along and makes her go after Vergil. Exploiting their children's core attachment to them is a common tactic of abusive parents in the real-world, as is making them believe what they thought was wrong. That's not even getting into Arkham in his MonsterClown SuperMode Jester threatening to spank to Lady, which rings with disturbing implications.
** CorruptChurch Order of Sword and specifically Santcus its leader from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' hit rather too close to reality, especiallyhistorically, historically when it comes to the Catholic Church, even if the context is the usual supernatural demons and hell affair. Santcus' cruelty and tyranny is really no different from the several corrupt Popes that have existed in real-life such as Alexander VI, Sergius III, Urban VI etc. and the Order killing anyone they deem a threat to their dogma is very akin to UsefulNotes/TheCrusades. Even putting the Christianity aspect aside, the fact that Fortuna is an isolated island gives the Order of the Sword disturbing {{cult}} vibes, which are all too common in real life.
** Dante's {{Flashback}} to Eva's death in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' when one strips away the supernatural premise of a house being attacked by demons, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m2CNQ3z4aT0 is hauntingly realistic]]. It's just a panicked mother hiding her precious child away in a closet and telling them what to do if she doesn'treturn return, all before she's killed off-screen, a situation that could be taken from any third world home or even suburban home invasion. The fact we see it from kid Dante's POV makes it all the more upsetting and tragic. The ''[=DMC3=]'' manga's version of Eva's death was even more disturbing with Dante [[HarmfulToMinors explicitly witnessing her getting ravaged by demons]], which barring the demons, is viscerally close to a real world scenario.
** CorruptChurch Order of Sword and specifically Santcus its leader from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' hit rather too close to reality, especially
** Dante's {{Flashback}} to Eva's death in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' when one strips away the supernatural premise of a house being attacked by demons, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m2CNQ3z4aT0 is hauntingly realistic]]. It's just a panicked mother hiding her precious child away in a closet and telling them what to do if she doesn't
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*** Shinra's apathy towards the lower levels of Midgar, to the extent of dropping a plate on Sector 7 killing thousands to exterminate LaResistance Avalanche, isn't all that dissimilar to the many cases and conflicts in reality such as third world governments being okay with bombing innocents civilians for the sake of quashing opposition. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' makes it [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=whl3WsbvrAI all the more horrific]] with the AdaptationExpansion aftermath sequence of Cloud, Tifa and Barret climbing through the ruins of their former home, desperately trying to save anyone they can trapped under the rubble while the surviving Sector 7 residents are just shocked senseless by what's happened -- which is very TruthInTelevision just see ground zero reactions in any disaster.
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*** Shinra's apathy towards the lower levels of Midgar, to the extent of dropping a plate on Sector 7 killing thousands to exterminate LaResistance Avalanche, isn't all that dissimilar to the many cases and conflicts in reality such as third world governments being okay with bombing innocents civilians for the sake of quashing opposition. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' makes it [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=whl3WsbvrAI all the more horrific]] with the AdaptationExpansion aftermath sequence of Cloud, Tifa and Barret climbing through the ruins of their former home, desperately trying to save anyone they can whose trapped under the rubble all while the surviving Sector 7 residents are just shocked senseless by what's happened -- which is very TruthInTelevision just see ground zero reactions in any disaster.
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** As silly and LargeHam as he is, Don Corneo and his enslavement of women is frighteningly akin to reality from pimps to human traffickers. Aerith's statements about Wall Market where Corneo rules being a bad place for girls like her is very true and in ''Literature/FinalFantasyVIIRemakeTraceOfTwoPasts'' the beautiful Tifa was in danger from being preyed upon traffickers who wanted to take her to Wall Market; even getting attacked by one at a certain point. A situation horribly close to reality.
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** As silly and LargeHam as he is, Don Corneo and his enslavement of women is frighteningly akin to reality from pimps to human traffickers. Aerith's statements about Wall Market where Corneo rules being a bad place for girls like her is very true and in ''Literature/FinalFantasyVIIRemakeTraceOfTwoPasts'' the beautiful Tifa was in danger from being preyed upon by traffickers who wanted to take her to Wall Market; even getting attacked by one at a certain point. A situation horribly close to reality.
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** The horrible circumstances of Zargeus' birth. [[spoiler: Persephone giving birth to him as a stillborn and her leaving her in grief, is a situation that could happen to any mother, regardless of her being a goddess and numerous women would understand her trauma. The only difference is that here Zargeus unlike real-world babies is able to be brought back to life.]]
* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' is probably the most disturbing game Creator/{{Capcom}} ever produced entirely for this reason. From the beginning the premise of an attractive young woman Fiona, being captured, stripped and imprisoned in a secure place with her captor explicitly intending to rape her is utterly horrifying and sadly all too common in reality; regardless of the more supernatural aspects of the story. Many female gamers have cited the game and themes of voyeurism and unwanted pregnancy being especially disturbing.
* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' is probably the most disturbing game Creator/{{Capcom}} ever produced entirely for this reason. From the beginning the premise of an attractive young woman Fiona, being captured, stripped and imprisoned in a secure place with her captor explicitly intending to rape her is utterly horrifying and sadly all too common in reality; regardless of the more supernatural aspects of the story. Many female gamers have cited the game and themes of voyeurism and unwanted pregnancy being especially disturbing.
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** The horrible circumstances of Zargeus' birth. [[spoiler: Persephone giving birth to him as a stillborn and her leaving her in grief, is a situation that could happen to any mother, regardless of her being a goddess and numerous women would understand her trauma. The only difference is that here Zargeus unlike real-world babies is able to be brought back to life.]]
* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' is probably the most disturbing game Creator/{{Capcom}} ever produced entirely for this reason. From the beginning the premise of an attractive young woman Fiona, being captured, stripped and imprisoned in a secure place with her captor explicitly intending to rape her is utterly horrifying and sadly all too common in reality; regardless of the more supernatural aspects of the story. Many female gamers have cited the game and its themes of voyeurism and unwanted pregnancy being especially disturbing.
* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' is probably the most disturbing game Creator/{{Capcom}} ever produced entirely for this reason. From the beginning the premise of an attractive young woman Fiona, being captured, stripped and imprisoned in a secure place with her captor explicitly intending to rape her is utterly horrifying and sadly all too common in reality; regardless of the more supernatural aspects of the story. Many female gamers have cited the game and its themes of voyeurism and unwanted pregnancy being especially disturbing.
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** Derek Simmons the BigBad of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' is largely more pathetic and ridiculous than scary, being a petty AbhorrentAdmirer to FemmeFataleSpy Ada who turns himself into a monster like other villains in the series. However there are several elements to his character that are genuinely uncomfortable and scary. [[spoiler: Firstly there's the fact he kidnapped over 12,234 innocent women trying to clone Ada with them all dying except for 12,235th attempt who was his own DarkMistress Carla. Women all over the world can be victims of human trafficking making this aspect of Simmons' character more stomach turning than any fleshy monster he transforms into. Secondly there's the fact ''he's'' the one who raised Sherry, being her legal guardian. The real fear of your child being taken in and brought up an insidious figure, is something anyone can have, and explains why Leon (her previous guardian) freaked out so hard upon learning about it.]]
** The [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Qj6DArQOU opening cutscene]] to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' with the citizens of Raccoon City having a mass panic over the outbreak, hit way too close home for numerous players in 2020 during the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic. The same game has Jill suffering PTSD with her explicitly fearing getting infected along with anyone she cares about. A fear countless people have in this day and age.
** It's for this reason why a portion of fans dislike Leon and Ada's relationship and find it disturbing, despite the campy DatingCatwoman angle. Simply because it's all too similar to real life cases of romantic and emotional abuse. Ada throughout the games and remakes willingly exploits Leon's feelings in their relationship for her personal gain with little regard for the damage it inflicts on his wellbeing, something that is far more horrific than any slobbering B.O.W. The remakes to their credit do remove the RuleOfRomantic filter when it comes to this with Ada's manipulation being treated unmistakably sinister and Leon is extremely cold towards her in ''[=RE4make=]'', refusing to be swayed by her. His behaviour being akin to a real-world recovering victim encountering their ex again after a long period, right down to him still having romantic feelings he is actively suppressing.
** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation, with abduction being an all too real scenario for a young woman like her. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain points forced to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
** The [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Qj6DArQOU opening cutscene]] to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' with the citizens of Raccoon City having a mass panic over the outbreak, hit way too close home for numerous players in 2020 during the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic. The same game has Jill suffering PTSD with her explicitly fearing getting infected along with anyone she cares about. A fear countless people have in this day and age.
** It's for this reason why a portion of fans dislike Leon and Ada's relationship and find it disturbing, despite the campy DatingCatwoman angle. Simply because it's all too similar to real life cases of romantic and emotional abuse. Ada throughout the games and remakes willingly exploits Leon's feelings in their relationship for her personal gain with little regard for the damage it inflicts on his wellbeing, something that is far more horrific than any slobbering B.O.W. The remakes to their credit do remove the RuleOfRomantic filter when it comes to this with Ada's manipulation being treated unmistakably sinister and Leon is extremely cold towards her in ''[=RE4make=]'', refusing to be swayed by her. His behaviour being akin to a real-world recovering victim encountering their ex again after a long period, right down to him still having romantic feelings he is actively suppressing.
** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation, with abduction being an all too real scenario for a young woman like her. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain points forced to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
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** Derek Simmons the BigBad of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' is largely more pathetic and ridiculous than scary, being a petty AbhorrentAdmirer to FemmeFataleSpy Ada who turns himself into a monster like other villains in the series. However there are several elements to his character that are genuinely uncomfortable and scary. [[spoiler: Firstly there's the fact he kidnapped over 12,234 innocent women trying to clone Ada with them all dying except for 12,235th attempt who was his own DarkMistress Carla. Women all over the world can be victims of human trafficking making this aspect of Simmons' character more stomach turning than any fleshy monster he transforms into. Secondly there's the fact ''he's'' the one who raised Sherry, being her legal guardian. The real fear of your child being taken in and brought up by an insidious figure, is something anyone can have, and explains why Leon (her previous guardian) freaked out so hard upon learning about it.]]
** The [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Qj6DArQOU opening cutscene]] to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' with the citizens of Raccoon City having a mass panic over the outbreak, hit way too close to home for numerous players in2020 2020, during the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic. The same game has Jill suffering PTSD with her explicitly fearing getting infected along with anyone she cares about. A fear countless people have in this day and age.
** It's for this reason why a portion of fans dislike Leon and Ada's relationship and find it disturbing, despite the campy DatingCatwoman angle. Simply because it's all too similar to real life cases of romantic and emotional abuse. Ada throughout the games and remakes willingly exploits Leon's feelings in their relationship for her personal gain with little regard for the damage it inflicts on his wellbeing, something that is far more horrific than any slobbering B.O.W. The ''[=RE2=]'' and ''[=RE4=]'' remakes to theircredit credit, do remove the RuleOfRomantic filter when it comes to this with Ada's manipulation being treated as unmistakably sinister and Leon is extremely cold towards her in ''[=RE4make=]'', refusing to be swayed by her. His behaviour being akin to a real-world recovering victim encountering their ex again after a long period, right down to him still having romantic feelings he is actively suppressing.
** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation, with abduction being an all too real scenario for a young woman like her. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain points is forced to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
** The [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Qj6DArQOU opening cutscene]] to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' with the citizens of Raccoon City having a mass panic over the outbreak, hit way too close to home for numerous players in
** It's for this reason why a portion of fans dislike Leon and Ada's relationship and find it disturbing, despite the campy DatingCatwoman angle. Simply because it's all too similar to real life cases of romantic and emotional abuse. Ada throughout the games and remakes willingly exploits Leon's feelings in their relationship for her personal gain with little regard for the damage it inflicts on his wellbeing, something that is far more horrific than any slobbering B.O.W. The ''[=RE2=]'' and ''[=RE4=]'' remakes to their
** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation, with abduction being an all too real scenario for a young woman like her. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain points is forced to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
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*** Angela's stilted and nervous temperament, reacting violently to James reaching out his hand (even if it was just to take a knife off her) and the fact she looks and sounds older than she actually is [[spoiler:-- is all indicative of the fact she's suffered horrific sexual assault from own father and brother. Worse still her mother apparently claimed she deserved such treatment. While in real life, while you'd likely never encounter anything like Pyramid Head, human monsters like Angela's family do exist and are digustingly too common for comfort. Many survivors of sexual abuse would understand why Angela perceives the world as on fire and the suicidal feelings she has.]]
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*** Angela's stilted and nervous temperament, reacting violently to James reaching out his hand (even if it was just to take a knife off her) and the fact she looks and sounds older than she actually is [[spoiler:-- is all indicative of the fact she's suffered horrific sexual assault from her own father and brother. Worse still her mother apparently claimed she deserved such treatment. While in real life, while you'd likely never encounter anything like Pyramid Head, human monsters like Angela's family do exist and are digustingly disgustingly too common for comfort. Many survivors of sexual abuse would understand why Angela perceives the world as on fire and the suicidal feelings she has.]]
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** The story kicks off with a PrankGoneTooFar as Emily and Jessica wanting to punish Hannah for coming unto Mike, Emily's boyfriend, lure Hannah into thinking Mike wants to sleep with her leading to Hannah to start undressing in front of him, Jessica, Matt, Emily and Ashley who are hiding with Matt outright filming her. In real life similar bullying and cruel pranks have happened to numerous people, with Hannah reacting like anyone would in that scenario.
** [[spoiler:What makes Josh aka The Psycho's situation so scary and upsetting is that it's something that genuinely could occur to anyone with mental disorders and ''in fact has''. Sam can discover he's had issues since the age of 11 and as it turns out has been misdiagnosed by doctors throughout his life, he was subscribed antidepressants but he shows all the symptoms of schizophrenia, for which he received no medication for. These facts combined with his sisters' disappearances, which he very much holds himself responsible for (despite having been passed out the night of the prank), it's no wonder Josh lashes out at his friends in revenge by scaring them. There's countless people like Josh in real life who are improperly diagnosed and treated by the medical system and what he's going through because of it is more horrible than any masked killer or Wendigo.]]
** It's for this reason why many players find AlphaBitch Emily so awful, she immediately dismisses the aforementioned prank as minor "It was just a prank Han!" and throughout the rest of the game is largely unapologetic and uncaring towards what she says and does to others, simply because Emily believes she's "always right". Happily SlutShaming Jessica Mike's new girlfriend out of jealousy and belittling Matt her rebound boyfriend, while several other characters in the game have bad or uncomfortable traits, Emily is disturbingly true to what a real-life narcissist is like. Emily is even willing to slap and shove Ashely into mortal danger [[spoiler:all because she didn't reveal the Wendigo's bite wasn't infectious at the right moment and prevented Mike almost shooting her -- even though Ashely only discovered this knowledge after the fact.]]
** Matt depending on the player's choices can be quite easily jealousy and possessive of Emily, to the degree of attacking Mike her ex and even refusing to save Emily's life until she promises to never see Mike again. This behaviour is disturbingly close to any real-life abusive boyfriend.
** In the cabin scene with Mike and Jess if the player has already treated Jess poorly and chosen as Mike to be insensitive to her nervous discomfort rather than comforting, Mike will just try and pressure Jess into sex. In real life there's numerous men like Mike in this instance who often don't respect their partners' right to feel safe and be totally willingly.
** [[spoiler:What makes Josh aka The Psycho's situation so scary and upsetting is that it's something that genuinely could occur to anyone with mental disorders and ''in fact has''. Sam can discover he's had issues since the age of 11 and as it turns out has been misdiagnosed by doctors throughout his life, he was subscribed antidepressants but he shows all the symptoms of schizophrenia, for which he received no medication for. These facts combined with his sisters' disappearances, which he very much holds himself responsible for (despite having been passed out the night of the prank), it's no wonder Josh lashes out at his friends in revenge by scaring them. There's countless people like Josh in real life who are improperly diagnosed and treated by the medical system and what he's going through because of it is more horrible than any masked killer or Wendigo.]]
** It's for this reason why many players find AlphaBitch Emily so awful, she immediately dismisses the aforementioned prank as minor "It was just a prank Han!" and throughout the rest of the game is largely unapologetic and uncaring towards what she says and does to others, simply because Emily believes she's "always right". Happily SlutShaming Jessica Mike's new girlfriend out of jealousy and belittling Matt her rebound boyfriend, while several other characters in the game have bad or uncomfortable traits, Emily is disturbingly true to what a real-life narcissist is like. Emily is even willing to slap and shove Ashely into mortal danger [[spoiler:all because she didn't reveal the Wendigo's bite wasn't infectious at the right moment and prevented Mike almost shooting her -- even though Ashely only discovered this knowledge after the fact.]]
** Matt depending on the player's choices can be quite easily jealousy and possessive of Emily, to the degree of attacking Mike her ex and even refusing to save Emily's life until she promises to never see Mike again. This behaviour is disturbingly close to any real-life abusive boyfriend.
** In the cabin scene with Mike and Jess if the player has already treated Jess poorly and chosen as Mike to be insensitive to her nervous discomfort rather than comforting, Mike will just try and pressure Jess into sex. In real life there's numerous men like Mike in this instance who often don't respect their partners' right to feel safe and be totally willingly.
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** The story kicks off with a PrankGoneTooFar as PrankGoneTooFar. Emily and Jessica wanting to punish Hannah for coming unto Mike, Emily's boyfriend, lure Hannah into thinking Mike wants to sleep with her leading to Hannah to start undressing in front of him, him; Jessica, Matt, Emily and Ashley who are hiding with Matt outright filming her.her on his phone. In real life similar bullying and cruel pranks have happened to numerous people, with Hannah reacting like anyone would in that scenario.
** [[spoiler:What makes Josh aka The Psycho's situation so scary andupsetting upsetting, is that it's something that genuinely could occur to anyone with mental disorders and ''in fact has''. Sam can discover he's had issues since the age of 11 and as it turns out has been misdiagnosed by doctors throughout his life, he was subscribed antidepressants but he shows all the symptoms of schizophrenia, for which he received no medication for. These facts combined with his sisters' disappearances, which he very much holds himself responsible for (despite having been passed out the night of the prank), it's no wonder Josh lashes out at his friends in revenge by scaring them. There's countless people like Josh in real life who are improperly diagnosed and treated mistreated by the medical system and what he's going through because of it is more horrible than any masked killer or Wendigo.]]
** It's for this reason why many players find AlphaBitch Emily so awful, she immediately dismisses the aforementioned prank as minor e.g "It was just a prank Han!" and throughout the rest of the game is largely unapologetic and uncaring towards what she says and does to others, simply because Emily believes she's "always right". Happily SlutShaming Jessica Mike's new girlfriend out ofjealousy jealously and belittling Matt her rebound boyfriend, while several other characters in the game have bad or uncomfortable traits, Emily is disturbingly true to what a real-life narcissist is like. Emily is even willing to slap and shove Ashely into mortal danger [[spoiler:all because she didn't reveal the Wendigo's bite wasn't infectious at the right moment and prevented Mike almost shooting her -- even though Ashely only discovered this knowledge after the fact.]]
** Matt depending on the player's choices can be quite easilyjealousy jealous and possessive of Emily, to the degree of attacking Mike her ex and even refusing to save Emily's life until she promises to never see Mike again. This behaviour is disturbingly close to any real-life abusive boyfriend.
** In the cabin scene with Mike and Jess if the player has already treated Jess poorly and chosen as Mike to be insensitive to her nervous discomfort rather than comforting, Mike will just try and pressure Jess into sex. In real life there's numerous men like Mike in this instance who often don't respect their partners' right to feel safe and be totallywillingly.willing.
** [[spoiler:What makes Josh aka The Psycho's situation so scary and
** It's for this reason why many players find AlphaBitch Emily so awful, she immediately dismisses the aforementioned prank as minor e.g "It was just a prank Han!" and throughout the rest of the game is largely unapologetic and uncaring towards what she says and does to others, simply because Emily believes she's "always right". Happily SlutShaming Jessica Mike's new girlfriend out of
** Matt depending on the player's choices can be quite easily
** In the cabin scene with Mike and Jess if the player has already treated Jess poorly and chosen as Mike to be insensitive to her nervous discomfort rather than comforting, Mike will just try and pressure Jess into sex. In real life there's numerous men like Mike in this instance who often don't respect their partners' right to feel safe and be totally
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** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation, with abduction being an all too real scenario for young woman like her. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain points forced to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
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** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation, with abduction being an all too real scenario for a young woman like her. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain points forced to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
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** It's for this reason the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB-n_8zq9Qo nuke scene]] in "Shock and Awe" from ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'' remains one of the most disturbing scenes in [=FPS=] history. The game up until that point was largely a RatedMForManly jingoistic shoot 'em up display, the ending of the level however has everything come crashing down to grim WarIsHell reality. After rescuing a female pilot Pelayo when her helicopter is shot down, the player as Sgt. Paul Jackson are flying out of Basra with their squad and then a nuke (later revealed to be triggered by Makarov) goes off destroying the city and making the plane crash. After a brief segment of the US military reacting to the nuclear explosion, we cut back to Jackson's perspective as he slowly crawls out of the crashed helicopter and into the ruined hellscape that is now the city. We watch through Jackson's eyes, as miles from his home and all alone, he slowly succumbs to the radiation and dies. People find this moment so effective not only because of the realism portrayed, but because of how much it stripes away the sense of glory from war and shows how horrific it truly is. The fact the world is still very much in danger from nuclear armageddon doesn't help either.
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** It's for this reason the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB-n_8zq9Qo nuke scene]] in "Shock and Awe" from ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'' remains one of the most disturbing scenes in [=FPS=] history. The game up until that point was largely a RatedMForManly jingoistic shoot 'em up display, the ending of the level however has everything come crashing down to grim WarIsHell reality. After rescuing a female pilot Pelayo when her helicopter is shot down, you the player as Sgt. Paul Jackson are flying out of Basra with their squad and then a nuke (later revealed to be triggered by Makarov) goes off destroying the city and making the plane crash. After a brief segment of the US military reacting to the nuclear explosion, we cut back to Jackson's perspective as he slowly crawls out of the crashed helicopter and into the ruined hellscape that is now the city. We watch through Jackson's eyes, as miles from his home and all alone, he slowly succumbs to the radiation and dies. People find this moment so effective not only because of the realism portrayed, but because of how much it stripes strips away the sense of glory from war and shows how horrific it truly is. The fact the world is still very much in danger from nuclear armageddon doesn't help either.
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** It's for this reason the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB-n_8zq9Qo nuke scene]] in "Shock and Awe" from ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'' remains one of the most disturbing scenes in [=FPS=] history. The game up until that point was largely a RatedMForManly jingoistic shoot 'em up display, the ending of the level however has everything come crashing down to grim WarIsHell reality. After rescuing a female pilot Pelayo when her helicopter is shot down, the player as Sgt. Paul Jackson are flying out of Basra with their squad and then a nuke (later revealed to be triggered by Makarov) goes off destroying the city and making the plane crash. After a brief segment of the US military reacting to the nuclear explosion, we cut back to Jackson's perspective as he slowly crawls out of the crashed helicopter and into the ruined hellscape that is now the city. We watch through Jackson's eyes, as miles from his home and all alone, he slowly succumbs to the radiation and dies. People find this moment so effective not only because of the realism portrayed, but because of how much it stripes away the sense of glory from war and shows how horrific it truly is. The fact the world is still very much in danger from nuclear armageddon doesn't help either.
** The infamous "No Russian" level of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'', you're taking part in a terrorist attack on a Russian Airport as a undercover American CIA agent while Makarov and his henchmen gun down innocent civilians. You the player don't actually have to shoot the poor people (you even get the option to skip it all entirely), but it's entirely possible for you do so. The unflinching and realistic depiction of a mass shooting got the game embroiled in controversy and the level censored internationally. Plenty of critics felt the game would only serve as more fuel to the "violent video games inspire shootings" argument.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'''s shock moment, while less graphic or lengthy than the previous examples still hits very hard, particularly for anyone with children. During Makarov's attack on London we cut to the prospective of a FamilyMan, not a soldier, filming his wife and daughter on vocation and clearly having a great time, the girl runs towards some pigeons on the sidewalk just as a suspect truck pulls up and the mother is about to call her little girl back -- the truck explodes killing the family. While most [=FPS=] games, [=COD=] included usually deliberately avoid showing things from a civilian's perspective and especially don't detail how innocent families could be killed, [=MW3=] in this instance flips the script completely. In reality this kind of tragedy cruelly happens all time and similarly often without any warning.
** Vladimir Makarov is such a frightening and loathsome villain for ultimately how realistic he is. Unlike so many other video game antagonists he's not some fire breathing monster like Bowser, cackling mad scientist like Dr. Robotnik nor some demon or alien that Doomguy or Master Chief would fight. Makarov is just a normal looking, very evil human man driven by ambition and cruelty, who's more than happy to kill anyone who stands in his way and make sure that he does as much damage as possible; even when on the backfoot. His crimes run from simply money laundering, to human trafficking, to the deaths of thousands of innocent people and for two games he's able to [[HeroKiller get away with killing most of the heroes]] before being finally stopped. The scary fact is despots like Makarov are absolutely TruthInTelevision from Hitler, to Stalin, to Putin. He's a chilling BigBad for how simply he could be plucked from our own reality.
** It's for this reason the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB-n_8zq9Qo nuke scene]] in "Shock and Awe" from ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'' remains one of the most disturbing scenes in [=FPS=] history. The game up until that point was largely a RatedMForManly jingoistic shoot 'em up display, the ending of the level however has everything come crashing down to grim WarIsHell reality. After rescuing a female pilot Pelayo when her helicopter is shot down, the player as Sgt. Paul Jackson are flying out of Basra with their squad and then a nuke (later revealed to be triggered by Makarov) goes off destroying the city and making the plane crash. After a brief segment of the US military reacting to the nuclear explosion, we cut back to Jackson's perspective as he slowly crawls out of the crashed helicopter and into the ruined hellscape that is now the city. We watch through Jackson's eyes, as miles from his home and all alone, he slowly succumbs to the radiation and dies. People find this moment so effective not only because of the realism portrayed, but because of how much it stripes away the sense of glory from war and shows how horrific it truly is. The fact the world is still very much in danger from nuclear armageddon doesn't help either.
** The infamous "No Russian" level of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'', you're taking part in a terrorist attack on a Russian Airport as a undercover American CIA agent while Makarov and his henchmen gun down innocent civilians. You the player don't actually have to shoot the poor people (you even get the option to skip it all entirely), but it's entirely possible for you do so. The unflinching and realistic depiction of a mass shooting got the game embroiled in controversy and the level censored internationally. Plenty of critics felt the game would only serve as more fuel to the "violent video games inspire shootings" argument.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'''s shock moment, while less graphic or lengthy than the previous examples still hits very hard, particularly for anyone with children. During Makarov's attack on London we cut to the prospective of a FamilyMan, not a soldier, filming his wife and daughter on vocation and clearly having a great time, the girl runs towards some pigeons on the sidewalk just as a suspect truck pulls up and the mother is about to call her little girl back -- the truck explodes killing the family. While most [=FPS=] games, [=COD=] included usually deliberately avoid showing things from a civilian's perspective and especially don't detail how innocent families could be killed, [=MW3=] in this instance flips the script completely. In reality this kind of tragedy cruelly happens all time and similarly often without any warning.
** Vladimir Makarov is such a frightening and loathsome villain for ultimately how realistic he is. Unlike so many other video game antagonists he's not some fire breathing monster like Bowser, cackling mad scientist like Dr. Robotnik nor some demon or alien that Doomguy or Master Chief would fight. Makarov is just a normal looking, very evil human man driven by ambition and cruelty, who's more than happy to kill anyone who stands in his way and make sure that he does as much damage as possible; even when on the backfoot. His crimes run from simply money laundering, to human trafficking, to the deaths of thousands of innocent people and for two games he's able to [[HeroKiller get away with killing most of the heroes]] before being finally stopped. The scary fact is despots like Makarov are absolutely TruthInTelevision from Hitler, to Stalin, to Putin. He's a chilling BigBad for how simply he could be plucked from our own reality.
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*** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake REmake 2]]'': Chief Irons is quite possibly the darkest ''RE'' villain. While far from the worst threat this series has to offer, the fact that he's so grounded puts him in a completely different category from his competition. Serial killings, sexual assault, police corruption (or just corruption in general), and child abuse/murder are ''sickeningly'' '''common''' and sometimes even ''overlooked'' a lot in the real world. ''[=RE2make=]'' is especially scary because Claire and Sherry get victimised by him with Claire getting handcuffed at gunpoint while Sherry gets trapped in a secure place with him, actions far more scary and sinister than just getting attacked by a zombie or bio-monster.
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*** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake REmake 2]]'': Chief Irons is quite possibly the darkest ''RE'' villain. While far from the worst threat this series has to offer, the fact that he's so grounded puts him in a completely different category from his competition. Serial killings, sexual assault, police corruption (or just corruption in general), and child abuse/murder are ''sickeningly'' '''common''' and sometimes even ''overlooked'' a lot in the real world. ''[=RE2make=]'' is especially scary because Claire and Sherry get victimised by him Irons with Claire getting handcuffed at gunpoint by him while Sherry gets trapped in a secure place with him, actions far more scary and sinister than just getting attacked by a zombie or bio-monster.
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** Derek Simmons the BigBad of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' is largely more pathetic and ridiculous than scary, being a petty AbhorrentAdmirer to FemmeFataleSpy Ada who turns himself into a monster like other villains in the series. However there are several elements to his character that are genuinely uncomfortable and scary. [[spoiler: Firstly there's the fact he has kidnapped over 12,234 innocent women trying to clone Ada with them all dying except for 12,235th attempt who was his own DarkMistress Carla. Women all over the world can be victims of human trafficking making this aspect of Simmons' character more stomach turning than any fleshy monster he transforms into. Secondly there's the fact ''he's'' the one who raised Sherry, being her legal guardian. The real fear of your child being taken in and brought up an insidious figure, is something anyone can have, and explains why Leon (her previous guardian) freaked out so hard upon learning about it.]]
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** Derek Simmons the BigBad of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' is largely more pathetic and ridiculous than scary, being a petty AbhorrentAdmirer to FemmeFataleSpy Ada who turns himself into a monster like other villains in the series. However there are several elements to his character that are genuinely uncomfortable and scary. [[spoiler: Firstly there's the fact he has kidnapped over 12,234 innocent women trying to clone Ada with them all dying except for 12,235th attempt who was his own DarkMistress Carla. Women all over the world can be victims of human trafficking making this aspect of Simmons' character more stomach turning than any fleshy monster he transforms into. Secondly there's the fact ''he's'' the one who raised Sherry, being her legal guardian. The real fear of your child being taken in and brought up an insidious figure, is something anyone can have, and explains why Leon (her previous guardian) freaked out so hard upon learning about it.]]
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** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying scenario situation, with abduction being an all too real scenario. scenario for young woman like her. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain points forced points to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder. Disorder.
* ''Franchise/SilentHill'' especially its first four games were masterfully effective when it came to this trope. The series of course has spooky supernatural and otherworldly content, but the majority of horror in the franchise originates from a very real and human source.
** Harry's situation [[VideoGame/SilentHill1 in the very first game]], is every parent's worst nightmare. Not only crashing your car while driving your seven-year-old child around, but losing said child in an unfamiliar environment and at one point seeing a video of her crying for help. Regardless of the SoulJar LiteralSplitPersonality KudzuPlot reasons for Cheryl disappearing, numerous parents have lost their children in similar circumstances to Harry.
** Silent Hill's {{cult}} the Order, while much of their actions are supernatural i.e. summoning a GodOfEvil to be birthed from a girl, they're still ultimately horribly TruthInTelevision to many real-world cults. Their practices such as using drugs to keep their victims and followers docile, abusing young women (such as Alessa) and forcing them into pregnancy and being supported by the towns and communities they inhabit, have all occurred in reality. Even ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'''s BigBad Walter Sullivan being deeply traumatised by the Order to the point of insanity has happened to real life cult survivors. People like Dahlia do exist in reality and are sadly all too common.
** ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' very much has this concerning James, Mary, Angela, Eddie and Maria.
*** James and the late Mary's situation with Mary suffering a severe terminal illness and lashing out at her husband in grief all while getting worse and worse, is all too real; just ask anyone who's had a loved one suffer from cancer and other similar diseases. [[spoiler:Even James eventually snapping in his misery and euthanising Mary, which kick starts his journey to Silent Hill, as horrible as it seems from the outside; many people who've watched their family members, partners and friends wither away helpless to do anything would sympathise with James -- even if the act breaks him. The suicidal self-hatred and grief James feels, which the town exploits, is terrifyingly realistic to anyone who's gone through similar events.]]
*** Angela's stilted and nervous temperament, reacting violently to James reaching out his hand (even if it was just to take a knife off her) and the fact she looks and sounds older than she actually is [[spoiler:-- is all indicative of the fact she's suffered horrific sexual assault from own father and brother. Worse still her mother apparently claimed she deserved such treatment. While in real life, while you'd likely never encounter anything like Pyramid Head, human monsters like Angela's family do exist and are digustingly too common for comfort. Many survivors of sexual abuse would understand why Angela perceives the world as on fire and the suicidal feelings she has.]]
*** Eddie making his first appearance by puking his guts out into a toilet, exclaiming he never killed anyone, is very TruthInTelevision to the StressVomit of the guilty. [[spoiler: Eddie's behaviour increasingly deteriorates when he starts becoming apathetic to killing and it's revealed he was a victim of severe bullying until he eventually snapped and took revenge on his tormentor. What makes Eddie JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope due to bullying so disturbing and sad, is how similar it is to the numerous young spree killers in reality.]]
*** Maria, Mary's IdenticalStranger because of this manages to be scarier than the majority of the HumanoidAbomination nightmare monsters that inhabit the town. On the surface she just seems like a sultry and fun-loving woman who takes a liking to James, yet the longer the player spends time with Maria the more demanding, entitled and manipulative she becomes. The iconic jail scene in particular, is so disturbing because Maria just with inflections gives a subtle sense of threat to James without doing anything overtly sinister. Putting aside the supernatural aspect [[spoiler:that she's a {{Tulpa}} created by the town]] Maria could be any manipulative sociopath from the real world, preying on a person's weaknesses.
** ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' much like ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' delves thematically into the countless fears young women have of stalkers, voyeurism, sexual assault, and unwanted pregnancy that Heather really should not be having at the age of 17. Supernatural elements and connections to the first game aside, the most chilling aspects of the plot are Heather being confronted with things that any attractive young woman in her place has similarly been subjected to. Even something as simple as a weird old man following you around in the mall, though thankfully Douglas turns out to be harmless. [[spoiler:Not to mention Heather losing her father Harry, is a real trauma that sadly too many people who've lost one or two parents have gone through at an early age.]]
** ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'''s plot of being trapped inside one's apartment and how increasingly horrible that can be, wasn't too scary in 2004, but in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic where millions of people were stuck in lockdown ''Silent Hill 4'' suddenly became infinitely scarier. Many people can empathise with Henry's plight from the very outset, regardless of the supernatural reasoning behind his imprisonment.
* ''Franchise/SilentHill'' especially its first four games were masterfully effective when it came to this trope. The series of course has spooky supernatural and otherworldly content, but the majority of horror in the franchise originates from a very real and human source.
** Harry's situation [[VideoGame/SilentHill1 in the very first game]], is every parent's worst nightmare. Not only crashing your car while driving your seven-year-old child around, but losing said child in an unfamiliar environment and at one point seeing a video of her crying for help. Regardless of the SoulJar LiteralSplitPersonality KudzuPlot reasons for Cheryl disappearing, numerous parents have lost their children in similar circumstances to Harry.
** Silent Hill's {{cult}} the Order, while much of their actions are supernatural i.e. summoning a GodOfEvil to be birthed from a girl, they're still ultimately horribly TruthInTelevision to many real-world cults. Their practices such as using drugs to keep their victims and followers docile, abusing young women (such as Alessa) and forcing them into pregnancy and being supported by the towns and communities they inhabit, have all occurred in reality. Even ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'''s BigBad Walter Sullivan being deeply traumatised by the Order to the point of insanity has happened to real life cult survivors. People like Dahlia do exist in reality and are sadly all too common.
** ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' very much has this concerning James, Mary, Angela, Eddie and Maria.
*** James and the late Mary's situation with Mary suffering a severe terminal illness and lashing out at her husband in grief all while getting worse and worse, is all too real; just ask anyone who's had a loved one suffer from cancer and other similar diseases. [[spoiler:Even James eventually snapping in his misery and euthanising Mary, which kick starts his journey to Silent Hill, as horrible as it seems from the outside; many people who've watched their family members, partners and friends wither away helpless to do anything would sympathise with James -- even if the act breaks him. The suicidal self-hatred and grief James feels, which the town exploits, is terrifyingly realistic to anyone who's gone through similar events.]]
*** Angela's stilted and nervous temperament, reacting violently to James reaching out his hand (even if it was just to take a knife off her) and the fact she looks and sounds older than she actually is [[spoiler:-- is all indicative of the fact she's suffered horrific sexual assault from own father and brother. Worse still her mother apparently claimed she deserved such treatment. While in real life, while you'd likely never encounter anything like Pyramid Head, human monsters like Angela's family do exist and are digustingly too common for comfort. Many survivors of sexual abuse would understand why Angela perceives the world as on fire and the suicidal feelings she has.]]
*** Eddie making his first appearance by puking his guts out into a toilet, exclaiming he never killed anyone, is very TruthInTelevision to the StressVomit of the guilty. [[spoiler: Eddie's behaviour increasingly deteriorates when he starts becoming apathetic to killing and it's revealed he was a victim of severe bullying until he eventually snapped and took revenge on his tormentor. What makes Eddie JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope due to bullying so disturbing and sad, is how similar it is to the numerous young spree killers in reality.]]
*** Maria, Mary's IdenticalStranger because of this manages to be scarier than the majority of the HumanoidAbomination nightmare monsters that inhabit the town. On the surface she just seems like a sultry and fun-loving woman who takes a liking to James, yet the longer the player spends time with Maria the more demanding, entitled and manipulative she becomes. The iconic jail scene in particular, is so disturbing because Maria just with inflections gives a subtle sense of threat to James without doing anything overtly sinister. Putting aside the supernatural aspect [[spoiler:that she's a {{Tulpa}} created by the town]] Maria could be any manipulative sociopath from the real world, preying on a person's weaknesses.
** ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' much like ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' delves thematically into the countless fears young women have of stalkers, voyeurism, sexual assault, and unwanted pregnancy that Heather really should not be having at the age of 17. Supernatural elements and connections to the first game aside, the most chilling aspects of the plot are Heather being confronted with things that any attractive young woman in her place has similarly been subjected to. Even something as simple as a weird old man following you around in the mall, though thankfully Douglas turns out to be harmless. [[spoiler:Not to mention Heather losing her father Harry, is a real trauma that sadly too many people who've lost one or two parents have gone through at an early age.]]
** ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'''s plot of being trapped inside one's apartment and how increasingly horrible that can be, wasn't too scary in 2004, but in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic where millions of people were stuck in lockdown ''Silent Hill 4'' suddenly became infinitely scarier. Many people can empathise with Henry's plight from the very outset, regardless of the supernatural reasoning behind his imprisonment.
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* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' much like its successor ''VideoGame/TheQuarry'', has plenty of realistic fears among the outlandish horror.
** The story kicks off with a PrankGoneTooFar as Emily and Jessica wanting to punish Hannah for coming unto Mike, Emily's boyfriend, lure Hannah into thinking Mike wants to sleep with her leading to Hannah to start undressing in front of him, Jessica, Matt, Emily and Ashley who are hiding with Matt outright filming her. In real life similar bullying and cruel pranks have happened to numerous people, with Hannah reacting like anyone would in that scenario.
** [[spoiler:What makes Josh aka The Psycho's situation so scary and upsetting is that it's something that genuinely could occur to anyone with mental disorders and ''in fact has''. Sam can discover he's had issues since the age of 11 and as it turns out has been misdiagnosed by doctors throughout his life, he was subscribed antidepressants but he shows all the symptoms of schizophrenia, for which he received no medication for. These facts combined with his sisters' disappearances, which he very much holds himself responsible for (despite having been passed out the night of the prank), it's no wonder Josh lashes out at his friends in revenge by scaring them. There's countless people like Josh in real life who are improperly diagnosed and treated by the medical system and what he's going through because of it is more horrible than any masked killer or Wendigo.]]
** It's for this reason why many players find AlphaBitch Emily so awful, she immediately dismisses the aforementioned prank as minor "It was just a prank Han!" and throughout the rest of the game is largely unapologetic and uncaring towards what she says and does to others, simply because Emily believes she's "always right". Happily SlutShaming Jessica Mike's new girlfriend out of jealousy and belittling Matt her rebound boyfriend, while several other characters in the game have bad or uncomfortable traits, Emily is disturbingly true to what a real-life narcissist is like. Emily is even willing to slap and shove Ashely into mortal danger [[spoiler:all because she didn't reveal the Wendigo's bite wasn't infectious at the right moment and prevented Mike almost shooting her -- even though Ashely only discovered this knowledge after the fact.]]
** Matt depending on the player's choices can be quite easily jealousy and possessive of Emily, to the degree of attacking Mike her ex and even refusing to save Emily's life until she promises to never see Mike again. This behaviour is disturbingly close to any real-life abusive boyfriend.
** In the cabin scene with Mike and Jess if the player has already treated Jess poorly and chosen as Mike to be insensitive to her nervous discomfort rather than comforting, Mike will just try and pressure Jess into sex. In real life there's numerous men like Mike in this instance who often don't respect their partners' right to feel safe and be totally willingly.
** The story kicks off with a PrankGoneTooFar as Emily and Jessica wanting to punish Hannah for coming unto Mike, Emily's boyfriend, lure Hannah into thinking Mike wants to sleep with her leading to Hannah to start undressing in front of him, Jessica, Matt, Emily and Ashley who are hiding with Matt outright filming her. In real life similar bullying and cruel pranks have happened to numerous people, with Hannah reacting like anyone would in that scenario.
** [[spoiler:What makes Josh aka The Psycho's situation so scary and upsetting is that it's something that genuinely could occur to anyone with mental disorders and ''in fact has''. Sam can discover he's had issues since the age of 11 and as it turns out has been misdiagnosed by doctors throughout his life, he was subscribed antidepressants but he shows all the symptoms of schizophrenia, for which he received no medication for. These facts combined with his sisters' disappearances, which he very much holds himself responsible for (despite having been passed out the night of the prank), it's no wonder Josh lashes out at his friends in revenge by scaring them. There's countless people like Josh in real life who are improperly diagnosed and treated by the medical system and what he's going through because of it is more horrible than any masked killer or Wendigo.]]
** It's for this reason why many players find AlphaBitch Emily so awful, she immediately dismisses the aforementioned prank as minor "It was just a prank Han!" and throughout the rest of the game is largely unapologetic and uncaring towards what she says and does to others, simply because Emily believes she's "always right". Happily SlutShaming Jessica Mike's new girlfriend out of jealousy and belittling Matt her rebound boyfriend, while several other characters in the game have bad or uncomfortable traits, Emily is disturbingly true to what a real-life narcissist is like. Emily is even willing to slap and shove Ashely into mortal danger [[spoiler:all because she didn't reveal the Wendigo's bite wasn't infectious at the right moment and prevented Mike almost shooting her -- even though Ashely only discovered this knowledge after the fact.]]
** Matt depending on the player's choices can be quite easily jealousy and possessive of Emily, to the degree of attacking Mike her ex and even refusing to save Emily's life until she promises to never see Mike again. This behaviour is disturbingly close to any real-life abusive boyfriend.
** In the cabin scene with Mike and Jess if the player has already treated Jess poorly and chosen as Mike to be insensitive to her nervous discomfort rather than comforting, Mike will just try and pressure Jess into sex. In real life there's numerous men like Mike in this instance who often don't respect their partners' right to feel safe and be totally willingly.
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** What makes him even more scary is how dismissive and indifferent he is to those against him. After the PlayerCharacter beats him at the end of the story, he doesn't have a VillainousBreakdown like many BigBad's do. Instead, he laughs and points out how him losing a street fight, doesn't change his situation and what his corrupt plans are. This is the case with many corporations and CEO's who are deemed too big to fail, often getting away with their actions, despite growning complaints and protest.
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* Part of what made the first two ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers'' games so controversial was the use of digitized actors (much like ''Franchise/MortalKombat''). Because of this, it looks like you're killing real people instead of just cartoon characters. However, unlike ''Mortal Kombat'', which takes place in a fantasy setting with sorcerers and ninjas, this game depicts the frighteningly realistic scenario of a police shooting (or even a mass shooting). Unfortunately, it's a scenario that might [[TruthInTelevision hit too close to home for some people]].
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* Part of what made the first two ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers'' games ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers1'' and ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcersIIGunFighters'' so controversial was the use of digitized actors (much like ''Franchise/MortalKombat''). Because of this, it looks like you're killing real people instead of just cartoon characters. However, unlike ''Mortal Kombat'', which takes place in a fantasy setting with sorcerers and ninjas, this game depicts the frighteningly realistic scenario of a police shooting (or even a mass shooting). Unfortunately, it's a scenario that might [[TruthInTelevision hit too close to home for some people]].
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** Arkham's abusive relationship with his daughter Mary aka Lady from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'', is easily the darkest element of the game. Apart hurting her multiple times as she tries to avenge her mother whom he killed (despite her loving Arkham dearly), the most upsettingly chilling scene is where Arkham, pretending to be mortally wounded uses Lady's feelings for him as his daughter to his own advantage. As he gaslights the sobbing Lady into thinking he was actually possessed all along and makes her go after Vergil. Exploiting their children's core attachment to them is a common tactic of abusive parents in the real-world as is making them believe what they thought was wrong. That's not even getting into Arkham in his MonsterClown SuperMode Jester threatening to spank to Lady, which rings with disturbing implications.
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** Arkham's abusive relationship with his daughter Mary aka Lady from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'', is easily the darkest element of the game. Apart hurting her multiple times as she tries to avenge her mother whom he killed (despite her loving Arkham dearly), the most upsettingly chilling scene is where Arkham, pretending to be mortally wounded wounded, uses Lady's feelings for him as his daughter to his own advantage. As he He effectively gaslights the sobbing Lady into thinking he was actually possessed all along and makes her go after Vergil. Exploiting their children's core attachment to them is a common tactic of abusive parents in the real-world real-world, as is making them believe what they thought was wrong. That's not even getting into Arkham in his MonsterClown SuperMode Jester threatening to spank to Lady, which rings with disturbing implications.
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** Terra's backstory, being taken from her murdered mother by Emperor Gestahl is disturbingly real compared other protagonists' backstories and worse still MonsterClown Kefka treating her like a possession through brainwashing all echoes echoes human trafficking and slavery which are still far too common in the real world.
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** Terra's backstory, backstory of being taken from her murdered mother by Emperor Gestahl Gestahl, is disturbingly real compared to other protagonists' backstories backgrounds and worse still MonsterClown Kefka treating her Terra like a possession through brainwashing all echoes echoes human trafficking and slavery which are still far too common in the real world.
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** The infamous KillTheCutie of the game [[spoiler:Aerith getting stabbed by Sephiroth]] was intentionally supposed to be this. Hironobu Sakaguchi (whom had lost his mother during early development) wanted to depict a death that was closer to reality i.e completely unexpected and out of nowhere, with the party forced to live on with their grief.
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** The infamous KillTheCutie of the game [[spoiler:Aerith getting stabbed by Sephiroth]] was intentionally supposed to be this. Hironobu Sakaguchi (whom had lost his mother during early development) wanted to depict a death that was closer to reality i.e completely unexpected and out of nowhere, with the party forced to live on with their grief. Suffice to say it worked.
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*** Shinra's apathy towards the lower levels of Midgar, to the extent of dropping a plate on Sector 7 killing thousands to exterminate LaResistance Avalanche isn't all that dissimilar to the many cases and conflicts in reality such as third world governments being okay with bombing innocents civilians for the sake of quashing opposition. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' makes it [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=whl3WsbvrAI all the more horrific]] with AdaptationExpansion aftermath sequence of Cloud, Tifa and Barret climbing through the ruins of their former home, desperately trying to save anyone they can trapped under the rubble while the surviving Sector 7 residents are just shocked senseless by what's happened -- which is very TruthInTelevision just see ground zero reactions in any disaster.
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*** Shinra's apathy towards the lower levels of Midgar, to the extent of dropping a plate on Sector 7 killing thousands to exterminate LaResistance Avalanche Avalanche, isn't all that dissimilar to the many cases and conflicts in reality such as third world governments being okay with bombing innocents civilians for the sake of quashing opposition. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' makes it [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=whl3WsbvrAI all the more horrific]] with the AdaptationExpansion aftermath sequence of Cloud, Tifa and Barret climbing through the ruins of their former home, desperately trying to save anyone they can trapped under the rubble while the surviving Sector 7 residents are just shocked senseless by what's happened -- which is very TruthInTelevision just see ground zero reactions in any disaster.
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** As silly and LargeHam as he is, Don Corneo and his enslavement of women is still a figure frighteningly true to reality from pimps to human traffickers. Aerith's statements about Wall Market where he rules being a bad place for girls like her is very true and in ''Literature/FinalFantasyVIIRemakeTraceOfTwoPasts'' the beautiful Tifa was in danger from being preyed upon traffickers who wanted to take her to Wall Market; even getting attacked by one at a certain point. A situation horribly close to reality.
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** As silly and LargeHam as he is, Don Corneo and his enslavement of women is still a figure frighteningly true akin to reality from pimps to human traffickers. Aerith's statements about Wall Market where he Corneo rules being a bad place for girls like her is very true and in ''Literature/FinalFantasyVIIRemakeTraceOfTwoPasts'' the beautiful Tifa was in danger from being preyed upon traffickers who wanted to take her to Wall Market; even getting attacked by one at a certain point. A situation horribly close to reality.
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** The horrible circumstances of Zargeus' birth. [[spoiler: Persephone giving birth to him as a stillborn and her leaving her in grief, is a situation that could happen to any mother, regardless of her being goddess and numerous women would understand her trauma. The only difference is that here Zargeus unlike real-world babies is able to be brought back to life.]]
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** The horrible circumstances of Zargeus' birth. [[spoiler: Persephone giving birth to him as a stillborn and her leaving her in grief, is a situation that could happen to any mother, regardless of her being a goddess and numerous women would understand her trauma. The only difference is that here Zargeus unlike real-world babies is able to be brought back to life.]]
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** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation with abduction being an all too real scenario. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain forced points to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
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** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation scenario with abduction being an all too real scenario. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain forced points to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
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* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is largely fantastical StylishAction with the plot being outlandishly supernatural. Yet some true-to-life horror more scarier than any demon managed to sneak through.
** Arkham's abusive relationship with his daughter Mary aka Lady from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'', is easily the darkest element of the game. Apart hurting her multiple times as she tries to avenge her mother whom he killed (despite her loving Arkham dearly), the most upsettingly chilling scene is where Arkham, pretending to be mortally wounded uses Lady's feelings for him as his daughter to his own advantage. As he gaslights the sobbing Lady into thinking he was actually possessed all along and makes her go after Vergil. Exploiting their children's core attachment to them is a common tactic of abusive parents in the real-world as is making them believe what they thought was wrong. That's not even getting into Arkham in his MonsterClown SuperMode Jester threatening to spank to Lady, which rings with disturbing implications.
** CorruptChurch Order of Sword and specifically Santcus its leader from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' hit rather too close to reality, especially historically, even if the context is the usual supernatural demons and hell affair. Santcus' cruelty and tyranny is really no different from the several corrupt Popes that have existed in real-life such as Alexander VI, Sergius III, Urban VI etc. and the Order killing anyone they deem threat to their dogma is very akin to UsefulNotes/TheCrusades. Even putting the Christianity aspect aside, the fact that Fortuna is an isolated island gives the Order of the Sword disturbing {{cult}} vibes, which are all too common in real life.
** Dante's {{Flashback}} to Eva's death in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' when one strips away the supernatural premise of a house being attacked by demons, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m2CNQ3z4aT0 is hauntingly realistic]]. It's just a panicked mother hiding her precious child away in a closet and telling what to do if she doesn't return before she's killed off-screen, a situation that could be taken from any third world home or even suburban home invasion. The fact we see it from kid Dante's POV makes it all the more upsetting and tragic. The ''[=DMC3=]'' manga's version of Eva's death was even more disturbing with Dante [[HarmfulToMinors explicitly witnessing her getting ravaged by demons]], which barring the demons, is viscerally close to a real world scenario.
** Arkham's abusive relationship with his daughter Mary aka Lady from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'', is easily the darkest element of the game. Apart hurting her multiple times as she tries to avenge her mother whom he killed (despite her loving Arkham dearly), the most upsettingly chilling scene is where Arkham, pretending to be mortally wounded uses Lady's feelings for him as his daughter to his own advantage. As he gaslights the sobbing Lady into thinking he was actually possessed all along and makes her go after Vergil. Exploiting their children's core attachment to them is a common tactic of abusive parents in the real-world as is making them believe what they thought was wrong. That's not even getting into Arkham in his MonsterClown SuperMode Jester threatening to spank to Lady, which rings with disturbing implications.
** CorruptChurch Order of Sword and specifically Santcus its leader from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' hit rather too close to reality, especially historically, even if the context is the usual supernatural demons and hell affair. Santcus' cruelty and tyranny is really no different from the several corrupt Popes that have existed in real-life such as Alexander VI, Sergius III, Urban VI etc. and the Order killing anyone they deem threat to their dogma is very akin to UsefulNotes/TheCrusades. Even putting the Christianity aspect aside, the fact that Fortuna is an isolated island gives the Order of the Sword disturbing {{cult}} vibes, which are all too common in real life.
** Dante's {{Flashback}} to Eva's death in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' when one strips away the supernatural premise of a house being attacked by demons, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m2CNQ3z4aT0 is hauntingly realistic]]. It's just a panicked mother hiding her precious child away in a closet and telling what to do if she doesn't return before she's killed off-screen, a situation that could be taken from any third world home or even suburban home invasion. The fact we see it from kid Dante's POV makes it all the more upsetting and tragic. The ''[=DMC3=]'' manga's version of Eva's death was even more disturbing with Dante [[HarmfulToMinors explicitly witnessing her getting ravaged by demons]], which barring the demons, is viscerally close to a real world scenario.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'':
** Terra's backstory, being taken from her murdered mother by Emperor Gestahl is disturbingly real compared other protagonists' backstories and worse still MonsterClown Kefka treating her like a possession through brainwashing all echoes echoes human trafficking and slavery which are still far too common in the real world.
** Gau's backstory of his mother dying in childbirth and his father abandoning him due to blaming him for her death is a situation that has occurred far too often in real life, as is cases of feral children who have trouble reconnecting with society.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':
** The infamous KillTheCutie of the game [[spoiler:Aerith getting stabbed by Sephiroth]] was intentionally supposed to be this. Hironobu Sakaguchi (whom had lost his mother during early development) wanted to depict a death that was closer to reality i.e completely unexpected and out of nowhere, with the party forced to live on with their grief.
** Shinra Electric Power Company, while it's easy to forget between all their mecha bots, anime-sword wielding super soldiers and genetically engineered monsters; are still the most realistic and chilling antagonist force ''Final Fantasy'' has ever known. Industries that pollute the planet and drain natural resources absolutely exist in the real world with Shrina not being much different from Peabody Energy, BP, [=ExxonMobil=] and the many other companies that ravage the planet. Even the abuse of Mako energy can be seen as an allegory for carbon.
*** Shinra's apathy towards the lower levels of Midgar, to the extent of dropping a plate on Sector 7 killing thousands to exterminate LaResistance Avalanche isn't all that dissimilar to the many cases and conflicts in reality such as third world governments being okay with bombing innocents civilians for the sake of quashing opposition. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' makes it [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=whl3WsbvrAI all the more horrific]] with AdaptationExpansion aftermath sequence of Cloud, Tifa and Barret climbing through the ruins of their former home, desperately trying to save anyone they can trapped under the rubble while the surviving Sector 7 residents are just shocked senseless by what's happened -- which is very TruthInTelevision just see ground zero reactions in any disaster.
** [[spoiler: Cloud's LossOfIdentity which is a core element of the game, is upsetting and disturbing [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XJg21TzHANI for just how ultimately realistic it is]] - despite the fantastical context. Many people suffering from dissociative identity disorder and other similar illnesses can sympathise with Cloud's grief upon Sephiroth revealing he wasn't in the Nibelheim photo or a First Class SOLDIER at all, having taken Zack's memories. Even Tifa's plight having known of Zack's existence and kept it from Cloud to protect him from a mental breakdown, is akin to loved ones in reality trying to protect a family member with D.I.D from suffering. Sephiroth taking full advantage of Cloud's mental troubles, even using them to make him distrust Tifa in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth'', is something many abusers have done to those with susceptible mental disorders in reality.]]
** As silly and LargeHam as he is, Don Corneo and his enslavement of women is still a figure frighteningly true to reality from pimps to human traffickers. Aerith's statements about Wall Market where he rules being a bad place for girls like her is very true and in ''Literature/FinalFantasyVIIRemakeTraceOfTwoPasts'' the beautiful Tifa was in danger from being preyed upon traffickers who wanted to take her to Wall Market; even getting attacked by one at a certain point. A situation horribly close to reality.
** The same tie-in novel also has Tifa struggling to get by in the slums [[spoiler: and getting embezzled by BitchInSheepsClothing Rakesh who has a EntitledToHaveYou infatuation with her. All of which rings familiar to countless destitute young women in the real world.]]
** Terra's backstory, being taken from her murdered mother by Emperor Gestahl is disturbingly real compared other protagonists' backstories and worse still MonsterClown Kefka treating her like a possession through brainwashing all echoes echoes human trafficking and slavery which are still far too common in the real world.
** Gau's backstory of his mother dying in childbirth and his father abandoning him due to blaming him for her death is a situation that has occurred far too often in real life, as is cases of feral children who have trouble reconnecting with society.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':
** The infamous KillTheCutie of the game [[spoiler:Aerith getting stabbed by Sephiroth]] was intentionally supposed to be this. Hironobu Sakaguchi (whom had lost his mother during early development) wanted to depict a death that was closer to reality i.e completely unexpected and out of nowhere, with the party forced to live on with their grief.
** Shinra Electric Power Company, while it's easy to forget between all their mecha bots, anime-sword wielding super soldiers and genetically engineered monsters; are still the most realistic and chilling antagonist force ''Final Fantasy'' has ever known. Industries that pollute the planet and drain natural resources absolutely exist in the real world with Shrina not being much different from Peabody Energy, BP, [=ExxonMobil=] and the many other companies that ravage the planet. Even the abuse of Mako energy can be seen as an allegory for carbon.
*** Shinra's apathy towards the lower levels of Midgar, to the extent of dropping a plate on Sector 7 killing thousands to exterminate LaResistance Avalanche isn't all that dissimilar to the many cases and conflicts in reality such as third world governments being okay with bombing innocents civilians for the sake of quashing opposition. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' makes it [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=whl3WsbvrAI all the more horrific]] with AdaptationExpansion aftermath sequence of Cloud, Tifa and Barret climbing through the ruins of their former home, desperately trying to save anyone they can trapped under the rubble while the surviving Sector 7 residents are just shocked senseless by what's happened -- which is very TruthInTelevision just see ground zero reactions in any disaster.
** [[spoiler: Cloud's LossOfIdentity which is a core element of the game, is upsetting and disturbing [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XJg21TzHANI for just how ultimately realistic it is]] - despite the fantastical context. Many people suffering from dissociative identity disorder and other similar illnesses can sympathise with Cloud's grief upon Sephiroth revealing he wasn't in the Nibelheim photo or a First Class SOLDIER at all, having taken Zack's memories. Even Tifa's plight having known of Zack's existence and kept it from Cloud to protect him from a mental breakdown, is akin to loved ones in reality trying to protect a family member with D.I.D from suffering. Sephiroth taking full advantage of Cloud's mental troubles, even using them to make him distrust Tifa in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth'', is something many abusers have done to those with susceptible mental disorders in reality.]]
** As silly and LargeHam as he is, Don Corneo and his enslavement of women is still a figure frighteningly true to reality from pimps to human traffickers. Aerith's statements about Wall Market where he rules being a bad place for girls like her is very true and in ''Literature/FinalFantasyVIIRemakeTraceOfTwoPasts'' the beautiful Tifa was in danger from being preyed upon traffickers who wanted to take her to Wall Market; even getting attacked by one at a certain point. A situation horribly close to reality.
** The same tie-in novel also has Tifa struggling to get by in the slums [[spoiler: and getting embezzled by BitchInSheepsClothing Rakesh who has a EntitledToHaveYou infatuation with her. All of which rings familiar to countless destitute young women in the real world.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'':
** Zargeus' plight with his titular father despite the fantastical Myth/ClassicalMythology setting and BlackComedy tone, is ultimately a youth desperately trying to escape an emotionally abusive parent, something that occurs all the time in real life. Not to mention the rest of Olympians initially weren't even aware of Zargeus' existence, which is realistically akin to a DomesticAbuser cutting off all outside contact to extended family who would otherwise help.
** The horrible circumstances of Zargeus' birth. [[spoiler: Persephone giving birth to him as a stillborn and her leaving her in grief, is a situation that could happen to any mother, regardless of her being goddess and numerous women would understand her trauma. The only difference is that here Zargeus unlike real-world babies is able to be brought back to life.]]
* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' is probably the most disturbing game Creator/{{Capcom}} ever produced entirely for this reason. From the beginning the premise of an attractive young woman Fiona, being captured, stripped and imprisoned in a secure place with her captor explicitly intending to rape her is utterly horrifying and sadly all too common in reality; regardless of the more supernatural aspects of the story. Many female gamers have cited the game and themes of voyeurism and unwanted pregnancy being especially disturbing.
** Zargeus' plight with his titular father despite the fantastical Myth/ClassicalMythology setting and BlackComedy tone, is ultimately a youth desperately trying to escape an emotionally abusive parent, something that occurs all the time in real life. Not to mention the rest of Olympians initially weren't even aware of Zargeus' existence, which is realistically akin to a DomesticAbuser cutting off all outside contact to extended family who would otherwise help.
** The horrible circumstances of Zargeus' birth. [[spoiler: Persephone giving birth to him as a stillborn and her leaving her in grief, is a situation that could happen to any mother, regardless of her being goddess and numerous women would understand her trauma. The only difference is that here Zargeus unlike real-world babies is able to be brought back to life.]]
* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' is probably the most disturbing game Creator/{{Capcom}} ever produced entirely for this reason. From the beginning the premise of an attractive young woman Fiona, being captured, stripped and imprisoned in a secure place with her captor explicitly intending to rape her is utterly horrifying and sadly all too common in reality; regardless of the more supernatural aspects of the story. Many female gamers have cited the game and themes of voyeurism and unwanted pregnancy being especially disturbing.
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* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': This duo comprises of two of the most horrifying villains in the entire series, despite operating on a much smaller scale than the likes of the [[MegaCorp Umbrella Corporation]], Wesker, and the {{Cult}} Los Illuminados; and not being horrifying mutated monsters:
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake REmake 2]]'': Chief Irons is quite possibly the darkest ''RE'' villain. While far from the worst threat this series has to offer, the fact that he's so grounded puts him in a completely different category from his competition. Serial killings, sexual assault, police corruption (or just corruption in general), and child abuse/murder are ''sickeningly'' '''common''' and sometimes even ''overlooked'' a lot in the real world.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'': Lucas Baker, while not as repulsive as Irons, is someone just as likely to be found in real life and more disturbing because of it. In real life, you'd probably be very unlikely to run into mad scientists or a virus-enhanced superhuman, but Lucas could really be any weird kid you knew in school, who happens to have predatory sociopathic tendencies just waiting for the right situation to unleash them.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake REmake 2]]'': Chief Irons is quite possibly the darkest ''RE'' villain. While far from the worst threat this series has to offer, the fact that he's so grounded puts him in a completely different category from his competition. Serial killings, sexual assault, police corruption (or just corruption in general), and child abuse/murder are ''sickeningly'' '''common''' and sometimes even ''overlooked'' a lot in the real world.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'': Lucas Baker, while not as repulsive as Irons, is someone just as likely to be found in real life and more disturbing because of it. In real life, you'd probably be very unlikely to run into mad scientists or a virus-enhanced superhuman, but Lucas could really be any weird kid you knew in school, who happens to have predatory sociopathic tendencies just waiting for the right situation to unleash them.
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** This duo comprises of two of the most horrifying villains in the entire series, despite operating on a much smaller scale than the likes of the [[MegaCorp Umbrella Corporation]], Wesker, and the {{Cult}} Los Illuminados; and not being horrifying mutated monsters:
** *** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake REmake 2]]'': Chief Irons is quite possibly the darkest ''RE'' villain. While far from the worst threat this series has to offer, the fact that he's so grounded puts him in a completely different category from his competition. Serial killings, sexual assault, police corruption (or just corruption in general), and child abuse/murder are ''sickeningly'' '''common''' and sometimes even ''overlooked'' a lot in the real world.
**world. ''[=RE2make=]'' is especially scary because Claire and Sherry get victimised by him with Claire getting handcuffed at gunpoint while Sherry gets trapped in a secure place with him, actions far more scary and sinister than just getting attacked by a zombie or bio-monster.
*** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'': Lucas Baker, while not as repulsive as Irons, is someone just as likely to be found in real life and more disturbing because of it. In real life, you'd probably be very unlikely to run into mad scientists or a virus-enhanced superhuman, but Lucas could really be any weird kid you knew in school, who happens to have predatory sociopathic tendencies just waiting for the right situation to unleashthem.them.
** MegaCorp Umbrella Corporation themselves, while outlandish and often comic book-level ridiculous, they are still far more realistic than you would expect. Numerous real life corrupt pharmaceutical companies to this day deal in illegal and horrific practices from animal testing to infective and hazardous medicine. Although the threat of superhuman MadScientist Wesker and GasMaskMooks like HUNK are larger than life, the fear still comes from an all too real place.
** Derek Simmons the BigBad of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' is largely more pathetic and ridiculous than scary, being a petty AbhorrentAdmirer to FemmeFataleSpy Ada who turns himself into a monster like other villains in the series. However there are several elements to his character that are genuinely uncomfortable and scary. [[spoiler: Firstly there's the fact he has kidnapped over 12,234 innocent women trying to clone Ada with them all dying except for 12,235th attempt who was his own DarkMistress Carla. Women all over the world can be victims of human trafficking making this aspect of Simmons' character more stomach turning than any fleshy monster he transforms into. Secondly there's the fact ''he's'' the one who raised Sherry, being her legal guardian. The real fear of your child being taken in and brought up an insidious figure, is something anyone can have, and explains why Leon (her previous guardian) freaked out so hard upon learning about it.]]
** The [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Qj6DArQOU opening cutscene]] to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' with the citizens of Raccoon City having a mass panic over the outbreak, hit way too close home for numerous players in 2020 during the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic. The same game has Jill suffering PTSD with her explicitly fearing getting infected along with anyone she cares about. A fear countless people have in this day and age.
** It's for this reason why a portion of fans dislike Leon and Ada's relationship and find it disturbing, despite the campy DatingCatwoman angle. Simply because it's all too similar to real life cases of romantic and emotional abuse. Ada throughout the games and remakes willingly exploits Leon's feelings in their relationship for her personal gain with little regard for the damage it inflicts on his wellbeing, something that is far more horrific than any slobbering B.O.W. The remakes to their credit do remove the RuleOfRomantic filter when it comes to this with Ada's manipulation being treated unmistakably sinister and Leon is extremely cold towards her in ''[=RE4make=]'', refusing to be swayed by her. His behaviour being akin to a real-world recovering victim encountering their ex again after a long period, right down to him still having romantic feelings he is actively suppressing.
** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation with abduction being an all too real scenario. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain forced points to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
** This duo comprises of two of the most horrifying villains in the entire series, despite operating on a much smaller scale than the likes of the [[MegaCorp Umbrella Corporation]], Wesker, and the {{Cult}} Los Illuminados; and not being horrifying mutated monsters:
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*** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'': Lucas Baker, while not as repulsive as Irons, is someone just as likely to be found in real life and more disturbing because of it. In real life, you'd probably be very unlikely to run into mad scientists or a virus-enhanced superhuman, but Lucas could really be any weird kid you knew in school, who happens to have predatory sociopathic tendencies just waiting for the right situation to unleash
** MegaCorp Umbrella Corporation themselves, while outlandish and often comic book-level ridiculous, they are still far more realistic than you would expect. Numerous real life corrupt pharmaceutical companies to this day deal in illegal and horrific practices from animal testing to infective and hazardous medicine. Although the threat of superhuman MadScientist Wesker and GasMaskMooks like HUNK are larger than life, the fear still comes from an all too real place.
** Derek Simmons the BigBad of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' is largely more pathetic and ridiculous than scary, being a petty AbhorrentAdmirer to FemmeFataleSpy Ada who turns himself into a monster like other villains in the series. However there are several elements to his character that are genuinely uncomfortable and scary. [[spoiler: Firstly there's the fact he has kidnapped over 12,234 innocent women trying to clone Ada with them all dying except for 12,235th attempt who was his own DarkMistress Carla. Women all over the world can be victims of human trafficking making this aspect of Simmons' character more stomach turning than any fleshy monster he transforms into. Secondly there's the fact ''he's'' the one who raised Sherry, being her legal guardian. The real fear of your child being taken in and brought up an insidious figure, is something anyone can have, and explains why Leon (her previous guardian) freaked out so hard upon learning about it.]]
** The [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Qj6DArQOU opening cutscene]] to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' with the citizens of Raccoon City having a mass panic over the outbreak, hit way too close home for numerous players in 2020 during the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic. The same game has Jill suffering PTSD with her explicitly fearing getting infected along with anyone she cares about. A fear countless people have in this day and age.
** It's for this reason why a portion of fans dislike Leon and Ada's relationship and find it disturbing, despite the campy DatingCatwoman angle. Simply because it's all too similar to real life cases of romantic and emotional abuse. Ada throughout the games and remakes willingly exploits Leon's feelings in their relationship for her personal gain with little regard for the damage it inflicts on his wellbeing, something that is far more horrific than any slobbering B.O.W. The remakes to their credit do remove the RuleOfRomantic filter when it comes to this with Ada's manipulation being treated unmistakably sinister and Leon is extremely cold towards her in ''[=RE4make=]'', refusing to be swayed by her. His behaviour being akin to a real-world recovering victim encountering their ex again after a long period, right down to him still having romantic feelings he is actively suppressing.
** Speaking of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' the game does a good job making Ashely's character and situation more terrifying than the camp-laden original. She fully comes across like a real girl caught up in a horrifying situation with abduction being an all too real scenario. The most upsetting aspect is Ashely being infected and at certain forced points to attack Leon by Saddler before realising what she's done, as her virus-induced mood-swings and grief are distressing reminiscent to those with Borderline Personality Disorder.
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* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' has Max up face vast, fantastic criminal conspiracies and secret societies, but ''Max Payne 3'' is very down to earth with Max fighting [[GangBangers ruthless street gangs]], [[DirtyCop rogue law enforcement groups]], and most chilling of all, [[spoiler: an [[OrganTheft organ harvesting ring]]]]. The last item is so horrifying that even one of Max's arch enemies is [[EvenEvilHasStandards irate and horrified]]. The elements in ''3'' generate horror for how much they play off of real life fears of warlords and tyrants manipulating themselves into positions of power to trample human rights.
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* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' has Max up face vast, fantastic criminal conspiracies and secret societies, societies that are larger than life but ''Max Payne 3'' is very down to earth with Max fighting [[GangBangers ruthless street gangs]], [[DirtyCop rogue law enforcement groups]], and most chilling of all, [[spoiler: an [[OrganTheft organ harvesting ring]]]]. The last item is so horrifying that even one of Max's arch enemies is [[EvenEvilHasStandards irate and horrified]]. The elements in ''3'' generate horror for how much they play off of real life fears of warlords and tyrants manipulating themselves into positions of power to trample human rights.rights for personal gain.
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* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' has Max up against vast, fantastic criminal conspiracies and secret societies, but ''Max Payne 3'' is very down to earth with Max fighting [[GangBangers ruthless street gangs]], [[DirtyCop rogue law enforcement groups]], and most chilling of all, [[spoiler: an [[OrganTheft organ harvesting ring]]]]. The last item is so horrifying that even one of Max's arch enemies is [[EvenEvilHasStandards irate and horrified]]. The elements in ''3'' generate horror for how much they play off of real life fears of warlords and tyrants manipulating themselves into positions of power to trample human rights.
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* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' has Max up against face vast, fantastic criminal conspiracies and secret societies, but ''Max Payne 3'' is very down to earth with Max fighting [[GangBangers ruthless street gangs]], [[DirtyCop rogue law enforcement groups]], and most chilling of all, [[spoiler: an [[OrganTheft organ harvesting ring]]]]. The last item is so horrifying that even one of Max's arch enemies is [[EvenEvilHasStandards irate and horrified]]. The elements in ''3'' generate horror for how much they play off of real life fears of warlords and tyrants manipulating themselves into positions of power to trample human rights.
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* ''VideoGame/NearDeath'' is a survival simulation that emphasizes the horror aspect of being stranded in a dangerous place. [[NothingIsScarier There's no monsters, no people, no hostile wildlife]], just you and [[HostileWeather the fierce winds and blistering cold of an Antarctic winter]].
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** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'': Some of [[BigBad Zant]]'s actions are pretty disturbing by real life standards[[note]]for starters, he usurped the throne and started a war that costed more to his own kind than the ones he attacked[[/note]], but one particular detail is [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil how he treats Midna like a lust object]]. The Lakebed spring scene where he drools into her ear and where she's too afraid to move makes him look like a sexual predator holding his victim under his claws and trying to submit her to his will, and during the flashback before the Twilight Realm, he looks like he's about to physically assault her.
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** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'': Some of [[BigBad Zant]]'s actions are pretty disturbing by real life standards[[note]]for starters, he usurped the throne and started a war that costed more to his own kind than the ones he attacked[[/note]], but one particular detail is [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil how he treats Midna like a lust object]]. The Lakebed spring scene where he drools into her ear and where she's too afraid to move makes him look like a sexual predator holding his victim under his claws and trying to submit her to his will, will (he even calls her "''[[EntitledToHaveYou My]]'' [[EntitledToHaveYou Midna]]" in the process), and during the flashback before the Twilight Realm, he looks like he's about to physically assault her.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has the premise of Calamity Ganon, an EldritchAbomination incarnation of the series' BigBad, using an army of [[DemonicPossession possessed]] StarfishRobots to destroy Hyrule's civilization a century before the beginning of the game. But one optional encounter with a character named Brigo managed to unnerve players because of the subtle and realistic FridgeHorror it involves. If you stand on the ledge of the bridge he patrols near the Great Plateau, he'll start TalkingDownTheSuicidal, assuming that you plan to drown yourself in the river below. The way he brings this up implies that this is a fairly regular task he carries out. While the main AfterTheEnd premise of the game is pretty fantastical, the implication that people living in such a setting would pass the DespairEventHorizon and try to kill themselves unnerved a lot of players.
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** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'': Some of [[BigBad Zant]]'s actions are pretty disturbing by real life standards[[note]]for starters, he usurped the throne and started a war that costed more to his own kind than the ones he attacked[[/note]], but one particular detail is [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil how he treats Midna like a lust object]]. The Lakebed spring scene where he drools into her ear and where she's too afraid to move makes him look like a sexual predator holding his victim under his claws and trying to submit her to his will, and during the flashback before the Twilight Realm, he looks like he's about to physically assault her.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' has the premise of Calamity Ganon, an EldritchAbomination incarnation of the series' BigBad, using an army of [[DemonicPossession possessed]] StarfishRobots to destroy Hyrule's civilization a century before the beginning of the game. But one optional encounter with a character named Brigo managed to unnerve players because of the subtle and realistic FridgeHorror it involves. If you stand on the ledge of the bridge he patrols near the Great Plateau, he'll start TalkingDownTheSuicidal, assuming that you plan to drown yourself in the river below. The way he brings this up implies that this is a fairly regular task he carries out. While the main AfterTheEnd premise of the game is pretty fantastical, the implication that people living in such a setting would pass the DespairEventHorizon and try to kill themselves unnerved a lot of players.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'': Some of [[BigBad Zant]]'s actions are pretty disturbing by real life standards[[note]]for starters, he usurped the throne and started a war that costed more to his own kind than the ones he attacked[[/note]], but one particular detail is [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil how he treats Midna like a lust object]]. The Lakebed spring scene where he drools into her ear and where she's too afraid to move makes him look like a sexual predator holding his victim under his claws and trying to submit her to his will, and during the flashback before the Twilight Realm, he looks like he's about to physically assault her.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' has the premise of Calamity Ganon, an EldritchAbomination incarnation of the series' BigBad, using an army of [[DemonicPossession possessed]] StarfishRobots to destroy Hyrule's civilization a century before the beginning of the game. But one optional encounter with a character named Brigo managed to unnerve players because of the subtle and realistic FridgeHorror it involves. If you stand on the ledge of the bridge he patrols near the Great Plateau, he'll start TalkingDownTheSuicidal, assuming that you plan to drown yourself in the river below. The way he brings this up implies that this is a fairly regular task he carries out. While the main AfterTheEnd premise of the game is pretty fantastical, the implication that people living in such a setting would pass the DespairEventHorizon and try to kill themselves unnerved a lot of players.
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* One of the most chilling scenes in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' does not come from the murder that the game revolves around, but rather a side story in which the Detective and Kim discover the dead body of a man on a boardwalk, who died because a board broke underneath his foot, causing him to fall and bang the back of his head against the bench, killing him instantly - there is no supernatural element, no connection to the murder case, and nobody to really blame, it's just an accident that could happen to anyone at any moment. What makes it even worse is that it turns out the man is the Working Class Woman's husband, whom she hadn't seen in days and simply assumed he wandered off drunk and would eventually come back as he was known to do - a loved one dying an unpredictable and sudden death is a very real fear that many people experience first-hand.
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* In ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'', Vace is somehow more terrifying than the alien creatures he fights on patrol, even [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination the Faceless]]]]. He's an arrogant alpha male who intimidates and manipulates more vulnerable people such as Anemone into submission, and their relationship becomes worse when he starts ''physically'' abusing her. Rex, an innocent, laid-back man, is afraid of him and his troop [[spoiler:because Vace broke Rex's arm in a hazing session as children]], and Rex believes that they're only putting up with his toxic attitude and stroking his ego in his militaristic endeavors. [[spoiler:Things then come to a head when Vace publicly beats up Rex for becoming "too soft", and Sol can further enable Vace's bullying by cheering for him and letting him get away with it.]] It's no wonder that many people are reluctant to romance Vace, let alone complete his character arc and add him on the title screen.
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** BigBad,[[spoiler:Arcanette, is considered so vile because her tactics and behavior is identical to real life mass murderers, serial killers, and cult leaders. Specifically, manipulating Tanzy by pretending to love her right after Tanzy had lost her fiancé just so Tanzy will do Arcanette's work for her]].
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** BigBad,[[spoiler:Arcanette, The BigBad, [[spoiler:Arcanette, is considered so vile because her tactics and behavior is identical to real life mass murderers, serial killers, and cult leaders. Specifically, manipulating Tanzy by pretending to love her right after Tanzy had lost her fiancé just so Tanzy will do Arcanette's work for her]].
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** Castti's first chapter has her dealing with a disease epidemic sweeping a town, that turns out to have been caused by [[spoiler:contamination of the water supply via diseased animals]]. Many of the worst outbreaks in human history had similar origins, so it's ''very'' lucky someone capable of containing it arrived in its early stages.
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* ''VideoGame/ActionTaimanin'': Sakuya Igawa's character arc exploring her abuse of demonic substance to get ahead out of envy towards her partner Sora, pressure to live up to her relative Asagi's [[TheAce legendary accomplishments]] and Sakuya's own InferioritySuperiorityComplex is nothing new even in real life. The extremes people will go to take shortcuts by using performance enhancing drugs unaware of the detrimental side effects, or even aware but willing to pay the price because they feel they need to be better. Made even worse that she is still ''underage''.
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* ''VideoGame/ActionTaimanin'': Sakuya Igawa's character arc exploring her abuse of demonic substance to get ahead out of envy towards her partner Sora, pressure to live up to her relative Asagi's [[TheAce legendary accomplishments]] and Sakuya's own InferioritySuperiorityComplex is nothing new even in real life. The extremes people such as athletes will go to take shortcuts by using performance enhancing performance-enhancing drugs unaware of the detrimental side effects, or even aware but willing to pay the price because they feel they need to be better. Made even worse that she is still ''underage''.
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* ''VideoGame/ActionTaimanin'': Sakuya Igawa's character arc exploring her abuse of demonic substance to get ahead out of envy towards her partner Sora, pressure to live up to her relative Asagi's [[TheAce legendary accomplishments]] and Sakuya's own InferioritySuperiorityComplex is nothing new even in real life. The extremes people will go to take shortcuts by using performance enhancing drugs unaware of the detrimental side effects, or even aware but willing to pay the price because they feel they need to be better. Made even worse that she is still ''underage''.
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* ''VideoGame/ThisWarOfMine'' demonstrates that WarIsHell from a civilian perspective, with more overt horror such as rape and crimes against humanity mixed in with more mundane horror such as stealing food to survive. The fact that the game is based on real life conflicts such as the Siege of Sarajevo solidifies this trope.
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* In the [[StupidJetpackHitler technologically-advanced]] [[Nazi-occupied world]] that showcases the full extent of Nazi brutality that is [=MachineGames=] ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'', a few stand out due to how plausible they are in reality.
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* In the [[StupidJetpackHitler technologically-advanced]] [[Nazi-occupied technologically-advanced Nazi-occupied world]] that showcases the full extent of Nazi brutality that is [=MachineGames=] ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'', a few stand out due to how plausible they are in reality.
