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*** The [[Series/Fallout2024 2024 series]] reveals ''New Vegas'' as a whole to have been this as a rather ham-fisted way of avoiding CuttingOffTheBranches. Shortly after the Second Battle of Hoover Dam the NCR collapses due to a pre-war conspiracy not wanting competition in their efforts to take over the world, the Legion is nowhere to be seen, and New Vegas itself is in ruins, so it doesn't particularly matter who won.
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* ''VideoGame/TheFlintstonesTheSurpriseAtDinosaurPeak'': Fred and Barney find their kids, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, trapped behind a flow of lava. The goal of the game is to stop the lava flow and rescue Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm. When you beat the game, [[spoiler:it is revealed that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm were never in any danger. All they wanted to do was roast some marshmallows, and they get mad at Fred and Barney for stopping the lava flow.]]
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** In the DLC ending, V ''lives''... at too great a cost. [[spoiler:Their brain is so damaged from the surgery that using combat-grade cyberware could kill them from the strain, their muscles have atrophied and all their cyberware has been replaced with fine-tuned, incredibly weak replacements, and in the two years that V was stuck in a Coma, all their friends moved on with their lives. Night City itself is slowly being crippled as well, as the NUSA prepares its final war against the CityOfAdventure]]. From there, this trope is discussed in detail with various characters, who have different views on V's situation and whether or not the life they fought tooth and nail to save is worth living anymore. But the greater story might be a titanic shaggy dog falling on Night City itself; [[spoiler:in giving Songbird to the NUSA, they run the risk of destroying the Blackwall and allowing the RobotApocalypse to happen ''sooner'', meaning that everything you potentially did to ensure NUSA dominance may be completely undone by their own greed and your selfishness]].
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* ''VideoGame/StarControl'': In the third game, you have to fix the Ultron ''again'' - only to discover, that the Utwig have suddenly found spiritual enlightenment and no longer need the device. The captain has a ''meltdown'', as they spent up to ''months'' finding a way to fix the thing, only to discover that the very people who once considered ''species-wide suicide'' over it have suddenly decided to give the useless ball of metal back. [[SubvertedTrope Thankfully]], it's implied that whatever artificial intelligence was in the Ultron forced the Utwig to grow up and [[StopWorshippingMe stop worshipping it]], because the Ultron itself turns out to be a ''very'' important component for the project needed to win the game - something that would cause problems if the Utwig were still suicidally desperate to reclaim it.
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* The plot of the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo shooter ''VideoGame/CyberLip'' has the protagonists being sent to a space colony in order to destroy an [[AIisaCrapshoot insane supercomputer]] who controlled an army of androids supposed to protect humanity from marauding aliens. After destroying the eponymous computer, [[spoiler:the ending shows that your MissionControl is actually an alien spy who sent you there to clear the way for an alien invasion]].
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* The plot of the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo Platform/NeoGeo shooter ''VideoGame/CyberLip'' has the protagonists being sent to a space colony in order to destroy an [[AIisaCrapshoot insane supercomputer]] who controlled an army of androids supposed to protect humanity from marauding aliens. After destroying the eponymous computer, [[spoiler:the ending shows that your MissionControl is actually an alien spy who sent you there to clear the way for an alien invasion]].
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* Goldor's ending in ''VideoGame/ArabianFight''. At the start of the game he's a low-ranking guard of the Sultan, who partakes in the mission with the other heroes in saving Princess Lurana from the EvilWizard Sazabiss. After defeating Sazabiss at the end Goldor was promoted to the Royal Commander, but due to his nature as a show-off and braggart he lose it all soon enough and is demoted to another common guard.
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* The plot of the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo shooter ''Cyber-Lip'' ''VideoGame/CyberLip'' has the protagonists being sent to a space colony in order to destroy an [[AIisaCrapshoot insane supercomputer]] who controlled an army of androids supposed to protect humanity from marauding aliens. After destroying the eponymous computer, [[spoiler:the ending shows that your MissionControl is actually an alien spy who sent you there to clear the way for an alien invasion]].
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* This happens in ''VideoGame/PiratesTheLegendOfTheBlackBuccaneer'', but only for the BadEnding. The hero Francis Blade is on an adventure seeking PirateBooty in the [[TheBermudaTriangle Devil's Triangle]], and befriends PirateGirl Vanilla who's on her own quest. Depending on Francis' actions, he can choose to escape with Vanilla at the end with all his newfound wealth, or abandon Vanilla with the treasure. Choose the latter and the epilogue reveals [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted Francis would eventually lose all his money to gambling and wine]] and is back to being a nobody; the former choice instead grants Francis and Vanilla a BabiesEverAfter ending.
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-->''"[[spoiler: Wait a second... if Henry had Mad Clown Disease, then that means there is no cure! You had [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} featherhead]] slaving away for nothing when he could have been saving Babs]]!"''
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* ''VideoGame/PresentableLiberty'' has this in spades: by the end of the game, the player character's friend dies by electrocution when trying to break them out of prison, the baker down streets commits suicide minutes before you can reach her as she believes no one is left alive in the town, your caretaker realizes the daughter that was held hostage to ensure his compliance is long dead and lets himself waste away from illness, and even your captor later [[LaserGuidedKarma dies from the same virus he had unleashed upon the world]]. All this while your character [[ControllableHelplessness can do nothing except pace around their cell and play video games to pass the time]].
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* ''VideoGame/YIIK'' has a dual layer of Shaggy Dog Story. Firstly, Alex finds out the world will end at the turn of the millennium, and all the effort he and his friends put in trying to solve the ongoing mysteries and train for the final batle is completely for naught since their reality gets erased regardless. Secondly, he eventually finds out that everything that was revealed in the story was just a lie of the original Essentia to convince him to kill the original Alex and give her control of reality.
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* ''VideoGame/YIIK'' ''VideoGame/YIIKAPostModernRPG'' has a dual layer of Shaggy Dog Story. Firstly, Alex finds out the world will end at the turn of the millennium, and all the effort he and his friends put in trying to solve the ongoing mysteries and train for the final batle is completely for naught since their reality gets erased regardless. Secondly, he eventually finds out that everything that was revealed in the story was just a lie of the original Essentia to convince him to kill the original Alex and give her control of reality.
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* ''VideoGame/YIIK'' has a dual layer of Shaggy Dog Story. Firstly, Alex finds out the world will end at the turn of the millennium, and all the effort he and his friends put in trying to solve the ongoing mysteries and train for the final batle is completely for naught since their reality gets erased regardless. Secondly, he eventually finds out that everything that was revealed in the story was just a lie of the original Essentia to convince him to kill the original Alex and give her control of reality.
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* ''VideoGame/KaneAndLynch : Dog Days'' is this from beginning to end, with the titular duo botching an arms deal by earning the ire of one of the most powerful people in Shanghai and scrambling to escape China while being hunted by everyone, including their former allies. By the end, they barely escape with their lives, having left hundreds of victims including innocent civilians in their wake and having lost all of their contacts, including Lynch's girlfriend being brutally murdered, and have nothing to show for it.
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* In ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', several of the companions' personal quests end in disappointment and a lack of resolution:
** [[spoiler:Edér never does find out why his brother joined Waidwen's army.]]
** [[spoiler:The tablet Kana's been looking for was destroyed a LONG time ago, and the scholar is undead and is hardly the role-model that Kana thought him to be.]]
** [[spoiler:The reincarnated elder Sagani spent ''five years'' looking for is a stag, and she gets there just in time for him to die.]]
** [[spoiler:Edér never does find out why his brother joined Waidwen's army.]]
** [[spoiler:The tablet Kana's been looking for was destroyed a LONG time ago, and the scholar is undead and is hardly the role-model that Kana thought him to be.]]
** [[spoiler:The reincarnated elder Sagani spent ''five years'' looking for is a stag, and she gets there just in time for him to die.]]
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** [[spoiler:Edér never does find out why his brother joined Waidwen's army. He does come to terms with it, choosing to believe his brother did it for the right reasons, though he's still a little bitter about it.]]
** [[spoiler:The tablet Kana's been looking for was destroyed a LONG time ago, and the scholar is undead and is hardly the role-model that Kana thought him to be. He manages to find some solace in the fact that ''he'' knows the truth, at least, and decides to look for a new way to spread his beliefs instead of relying on something from the past to prove his point.]]
** [[spoiler:The reincarnated elder Sagani spent ''five years'' looking for is a stag, and she gets there just in time for him to die. She at least notes that she finally gets to go home when all is said and done, and that's enough, though she can be haunted by it forever after.]]
** [[spoiler:Edér never does find out why his brother joined Waidwen's army. He does come to terms with it, choosing to believe his brother did it for the right reasons, though he's still a little bitter about it.]]
** [[spoiler:The tablet Kana's been looking for was destroyed a LONG time ago, and the scholar is undead and is hardly the role-model that Kana thought him to be. He manages to find some solace in the fact that ''he'' knows the truth, at least, and decides to look for a new way to spread his beliefs instead of relying on something from the past to prove his point.]]
** [[spoiler:The reincarnated elder Sagani spent ''five years'' looking for is a stag, and she gets there just in time for him to die. She at least notes that she finally gets to go home when all is said and done, and that's enough, though she can be haunted by it forever after.]]
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** [[spoiler: Durance is forced to admit that Magran betrayed him and his fellow sorcerers for creating the God-Bomb, despite the fact that Magran ''told them'' to create the God-Bomb. All his attempts to atone and regain her acceptance are for naught. He either tells her off and finds a new path, or resolves to turn ''everyone'' against the gods.]]
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** Arguably the entire point of ''VideoGame/ReturnToMonkeyIsland'', which reveals several long-held mysteries only to make it clear that they're not as worthwhile that they were thought to be. [[spoiler: The Voodoo Queen finally reveals her name! It's Corina. It's not particularly hard to find out either, you just ask. You finally get the Secret of Monkey Island! It's a T-Shirt.]] Lampshaded by Guybrush towards the end of the game. [[spoiler: Endings are never satisfying when they've been built up to legendary status. What's important is the story and the journey, not the resolution.]]
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* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' has two possible {{Downer Ending}}s that result in this. In the "[[TarotMotifs The Devil]]" ending, [[spoiler:by siding with [[EvilInc Arasaka]] to save themselves [[PlayerCharacter V]]'s [[{{Turncoat}} betrayed (and also destroyed) Johnny]], and burned bridges with some of their other friends... [[YourDaysAreNumbered and after a bunch of tests it's determined their brain is too damaged by the Relic, giving them six months at most to live]] assuming they reject the BrainUploading offer. V has nightmares of Jackie and continues to be taunted by Johnny even though he's really not there anymore, both of which hammer in that [[TragicMistake it was the absolute wrong decision]]. And the last thing V does before leaving the space station is breaking the [[TragicKeepsake bullet necklace]] in a fit of rage and grief...they sold their soul and went against everything and everyone they stood for, AllForNothing.]] In the "Path of Least Resistance" ending, V decides that saving themself isn't worth having other people die, and they want to experience the end with [[VirtualGhost Johnny]] rather than a slow breakdown; so they sit back, look over the city, and shoot themselves in the head.
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* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' has two possible {{Downer Ending}}s that result in this. In the "[[TarotMotifs The Devil]]" ending, [[spoiler:by siding with [[EvilInc Arasaka]] to save themselves themselves, [[PlayerCharacter V]]'s [[{{Turncoat}} betrayed (and also destroyed) Johnny]], and burned bridges with some of their other friends... [[YourDaysAreNumbered and after a bunch of tests it's determined their brain is too damaged by the Relic, giving them six months at most to live]] live]], assuming they reject the BrainUploading offer. V has nightmares of Jackie and continues to be taunted by Johnny even though he's really not there anymore, both of which hammer in that [[TragicMistake it was the absolute wrong decision]]. And the last thing V does before leaving the space station is breaking the [[TragicKeepsake bullet necklace]] in a fit of rage and grief... they sold their soul and went against everything and everyone they stood for, AllForNothing.]] In the "Path of Least Resistance" ending, V decides that saving themself isn't worth having other people die, and they want to experience the end with [[VirtualGhost Johnny]] rather than a slow breakdown; so they sit back, look over the city, and shoot themselves in the head.
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* At the end of ''VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan'', you as Peter Parker/Spider-Man have to fight Eddie Brock/Venom to the finish to keep him from killing Bolivar Trask, the man who apparently had something to do with both of your parents' deaths and get your hands on the file which tells you the truth about the incident. During the cutscenes after beating Venom, [[spoiler:Eddie tracks down and murders Trask in prison anyway]].
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* At the end of ''VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan'', ''[[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', you as Peter Parker/Spider-Man have to fight Eddie Brock/Venom to the finish to keep him from killing Bolivar Trask, the man who apparently had something to do with both of your parents' deaths and get your hands on the file which tells you the truth about the incident. During the cutscenes after beating Venom, [[spoiler:Eddie tracks down and murders Trask in prison anyway]].
