History RewardedAsATraitorDeserves / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'': When Whitman betrays Lara and co. by handing Sam back over to BigBad Mathias, the latter rewards him by tricking him into approaching Himiko's Stormguard as a distraction and then slipping by with Sam while he's being torn apart.

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', the Hierarch of Ylisse, who Chrom had known for years and who had helped Emmeryn run the kingdom during the early years of her rule, sells them out to the Plegians while they're evacuating Emmeryn to safety. Once the ambush begins, the very first thing the Plegian leader does is kill the Hierarch, outright telling him that his orders were to bring back a man, not a "pig" who sold out his own sovereign.

* ''[[VideoGame/InFamousSecondSon inFamous: Second Son]]'': Hank Daughtry makes a deal with [[BigBad Brooke Augustine]], luring Delsin and Reggie into a trap in exchange for his freedom, which results in Reggie's death. Afterwards, Hank finds himself dealing with an especially [[FantasticRacism anti-Conduit]] D.U.P. officer, who has no intention of honoring Hank's deal with Augustine and fully intends to just kill him; of course, it's entirely up to Delsin, and the player, to let Hank live.

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', a man who Chrom knew well sold out Emmeryn (his sister) to the Plegians. When the Plegians begin the ambush, the very first thing they do is kill the man for being a DirtyCoward who betrayed his own country.

* In ''[[VideoGame/JadeEmpire]]'', during the Empire's siege of the spirit monk's monastery of Dirge, a group of younger spirit monks sabotage the defense with the expectation of reward. Instead, after the other spirit monks are killed, the Emperor has them executed as well and binds their spirits to a fountain to prevent anyone from restoring Dirge. Your spirit companion makes this clear this is effectively a FateWorseThanDeath.

* In ''JadeEmpire'', during the Empire's siege of the spirit monk's monastery of Dirge, a group of younger spirit monks sabotage the defense with the expectation of reward. Instead, after the other spirit monks are killed, the Emperor has them executed as well and binds their spirits to a fountain to prevent anyone from restoring Dirge. Your spirit companion makes this clear this is effectively a FateWorseThanDeath.

* In "JadeEmpire", during the Empire's siege of the spirit monk's monastery of Dirge, a group of younger spirit monks sabotage the defense with the expectation of reward. Instead, after the other spirit monks are killed, the Emperor has them executed as well and binds their spirits to a fountain to prevent anyone from restoring Dirge. Your spirit companion makes this clear this is effectively a FateWorseThanDeath.

* In JadeEmpire, during the Empire's siege of the spirit monk's monastery of Dirge, a group of younger spirit monks sabotage the defense with the expectation of reward. Instead, after the other spirit monks are killed, the Emperor has them executed as well and binds their spirits to a fountain to prevent anyone from restoring Dirge. Your spirit companion makes this clear this is effectively a FateWorseThanDeath.

* ''{{Star Wars}} Force Commander'': After proving their loyalty in combat, [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tyr_Taskeen Tyr Taskeen]] allows several imperials to join the Rebellion as trusted officers. This is common in the Star Wars universe; defectors are only executed if discovered before they actually defect. Their new superiors trust them after a heroic action or the revealing of top-secret information. [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Defection]]

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: DawnOfWar: Dark Crusade'', during the Imperial Guard stronghold assault, the Guard's Fifth Company can be turned rogue and allied to the attackers' faction by killing their [[BadBoss Commissar]]. After the battle, if you were playing as the Space Marines, you see the Marines sending the survivors back to Segmentum Command, with a request to their superiors to not punish the Guardsmen because they followed their orders and fought with honor... except Fifth Company, who the Marines summarily execute for treason. Ironic, isn't it?

* ''StarWarsForceCommander'': After proving their loyalty in combat, [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tyr_Taskeen Tyr Taskeen]] allows several imperials to join the Rebellion as trusted officers. This is common in the Star Wars universe; defectors are only executed if discovered before they actually defect. Their new superiors trust them after a heroic action or the revealing of top-secret information. [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Defection]]

* ''VideoGame/inFAMOUSSecondSon'': Hank Daughtry makes a deal with [[BigBad Brooke Augustine]], luring Delsin and Reggie into a trap in exchange for his freedom, which results in Reggie's death. Afterwards, Hank finds himself dealing with an especially [[FantasticRacism anti-Conduit]] D.U.P. officer, who has no intention of honoring Hank's deal with Augustine and fully intends to just kill him; of course, it's entirely up to Delsin, and the player, to let Hank live.

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', a man who Chrom knew well sold out Emmeryn (his sister) to the Plegians. He's slaughtered at the spot of the ambush.

* In LegacyOfKain the titular protagonist Kain is a big believer in this. Should anyone betray him, there's no way back for them. [[spoiler:Umah]] learned that the hard way, when he killed [[spoiler:her]] as [[spoiler:she]] was half-dead and begging to save [[spoiler:her]]. As Kain himself says, "Cowards and traitors deserve no second thought, only their complete annihilation." [[spoiler: Subverted later, it was a misunderstanding and she really ''hadn't'' betrayed him.]]

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'': After their initial attack on Zeus goes badly, Gaia abandons Kratos and leaves him to fall into the Underworld to save herself, declaring him to be nothing but a means to an end that has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]]. When Kratos escapes Hades and comes across Gaia again, she begs him for aid; Kratos simply throws an IronicEcho back at her before knocking her back down the mountain.

* In LegacyOfKain the titular protagonist Kain is a big believer in this. Should anyone betray him, there's no way back for them. [[spoiler:Umah]] learned that the hard way, when he killed [[spoiler:her]] as [[spoiler:she]] was half-dead and begging to save [[spoiler:her]]. As Kain himself says, "Cowards and traitors deserve no second thought, only their complete annihilation."

* A subversion of this takes place in the main campaign of FinalFantasyXIV. The first battle with Ifrit is started with a cutscene wherein a pair of traitors who sided with the Amalj'aa end up having their [[BrainwashedAndCrazy souls scorched]] by the Primal. Unfortunately, this also includes all the survivors of the previous battle as well, except for your character. [[DownerEnding Soul scorching cannot be reversed, however, ]][[ShootTheShaggyDog forcing the Immortal Blades to kill both the traitors and their own soldiers.]]

** Fallout 3 Lookout Point DLC: Question from a BrainInAJar: What is the greatest thing man can acquire? Answer 1: Something that I'll give to you if you backstab your ghoul partner. Answer 2: Death. Said brain betrayed the ghoul back when they were still human, so genre savvy players will recognize that one insane (read: lobotomized) vault dweller versus a brain in a jar and a small army of robots with frickin lazer beams is very less likely to win than one insane vault dweller and one experienced robot scientist versus a brain in a jar and a small army of robots with frickin lazer beams. Hence the backstabbing.
** Also occurs in VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas, though not with you. [[spoiler:Caesar's Legion was offered a deal by the town of Nipton: in exchange for a sum of caps, the mayor would round up NCR troops and Powder Gangers inside the town and trap them. The Legion captures everyone - including those who were helping - and plays a [[LotteryOfDoom game with them]].]] It helps that [[spoiler:Nipton was a WretchedHive and the mayor was an unscrupulous jerk]], though most people consider this their MoralEventHorizon, given the brutality of the Legion.

* Subverted in ''MakaiToshiSaGa''. Byak-Ko decides to kill Mireille after she had betratyed her sister and the [[LaResistance the resistance]], but Jeanne [[TakingTheBullet took the bullet]].

* At one point in the PC game ''SpycraftTheGreatGame'', the villains approach you with the offer of joining their organization. If you accept you're tasked with assassinating the President of the United States. Regardless of whether or not you do it you're then [[spoiler: killed by another assassin as payback for arresting his girlfriend earlier]].

* ''TombRaider2013'': When Whitman betrays Lara and co. by handing Sam back over to BigBad Mathias, the latter rewards him by tricking him into approaching Himiko's Stormguard as a distraction and then slipping by with Sam while he's being torn apart.