History WouldHurtAChild / Videogames

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'', Solidus Snake's depth of evil is characterised with how he used to be a warlord with an army exclusively made up of child soldiers, killing their parents and then sending them off to die in the Liberian civil war. In the same game, the evil of the Patriots is highlighted by their kidnap of Olga's child, who they use purely to keep Olga under control.

** The main villain in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps'' employs three teenagers of about 15-16 years old as part of his unit. He treats the sociopathic Ursula fairly well, but Elisa is forced to spend her time monitoring the third teenager, Null, a soldier who is kept in total sensory deprivation and essentially tortured into repressing all of his memories after every combat with the idea that this will make him a 'Perfect Soldier'. The villain's open exploitation of and the physical violence he uses towards Null to control him is one of the many reasons he is profoundly unsympathetic. Null was also a child soldier earlier in life, as well.

** Solid Snake (or rather, the player) in ''VideoGame/MetalGear2'' is actually given the option of murdering orphaned war children in Zanzibar Land, and despite being raised in a soldier nation, apparently they don't have orders to attack Snake or sound an alert (they just seem to just give advice and talk to him), although it does result in his health going down.
** In the (albeit non-canon) radio drama for ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Solid Snake and Mei Ling argue about whether there is a significant difference to killing child soldiers and regular soldiers. Solid Snake mentions that he doesn't see a difference, which indicates that he is not above killing child soldiers.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'', Solidus Snake's depth of evil is characterised with how he used to be a warlord with an army exclusively made up of child soldiers, killing their parents and then sending them off to die in the Liberian civil war. In the same game, the evil of the Patriots is highlighted by their kidnap of Olga's child, who they use purely to keep Olga under control.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid'' concerns two outrageously evil MadScientist characters who kidnapped several hundred children and forced them to fight each other to the death to find out which one had the greatest potential. The one who won was then made into the operating system for an extremely powerful new form of Metal Gear. The trauma of performing this experiment was so great that one became practically a CardCarryingVillain to deal with it and the other (who had taken on the work under a CodeName) repressed all his memories of it and went off to go and live in Alaska, returning to his previous identity of Solid Snake. [[spoiler: Or so it seems.]]

* Solid Snake (or rather, the player) in VideoGame/MetalGear2 is actually given the option of murdering orphaned war children in Zanzibar Land, and despite being raised in a soldier nation, apparently they don't have orders to attack Snake or sound an alert (they just seem to just give advice and talk to him), although it does result in his health going down. Also, in the (albeit non-canon) radio drama for VideoGame/MetalGearSolid, Solid Snake and Mei Ling argue about whether there is a significant difference to killing child soldiers and regular soldiers. Solid Snake mentions that he doesn't see a difference, which indicates that he is not above killing child soldiers.

* Season Two of ''Videogame/TheWalkingDead'' has Bill Carver, who is not above hitting Clementine just for staring him down and at one point orders Carlos to smack his daughter with full force for talking while he's giving a speech. In his eyes, [[TheSocialDarwinist the next generation must be raised to be stronger and tougher than the last]]. His minion Troy is also not above rifle-butting Clementine in the face if she tries to stop Carver from beating the hell out of [[spoiler:Kenny]].

*** With all the little sisters running around pumped full of sweet, sweet ADAM, most Splicers will try to kill them if given the chance. Good thing the big daddies are there to protect them.
*** Also, the heartless bastard who put the girls in this situation is later killed by a big daddy after he slaps one of the little sisters who was irritating him.
** ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'': [[spoiler:[[RebelLeader Daisy Fitzroy]]]] falls into this trope when [[spoiler:she]] attempts to murder a young Founder child because, as [[spoiler:she]] says, "the only way to stop them from growing is to pull them up from the roots!" This is enough to [[spoiler:stir Elizabeth into impaling Fitzroy with a pair of scissors.]] However, [[spoiler:Burial at Sea: Episode 2 reveals that Daisy was ordered to do so by the Luteces in order to strengthen Elizabeth's resolve by getting her to kill in order to set forth the events of Comstock's downfall and that she was actually horrified at the idea of killing Fink's son.]]

* Morgan Fey of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' loves her young daughter Pearl Fey. [[spoiler:That's why she tries to let her be possessed by the spirit of a raging, vengeful serial killer.]]
** This one's confusing. [[spoiler:Said raging, vengeful serial killer ghost ''is Morgan's older daughter''.]]
** Shelly de Killer. Keeping Maya hostage for blackmail for Phoenix to defend Shelly's client Matt Engarde.

** ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'': [[spoiler:[[RebelLeader Daisy Fitzroy]]]] falls into this trope when [[spoiler:she]] attempts to murder a young Founder child because, as [[spoiler:she]] says, "the only way to stop them from growing is to pull them up from the roots!" This is enough to [[spoiler:stir Elizabeth into impaling Fitzroy with a pair of scissors.]] However, [[spoiler:Burial at Sea: Episode 2 reveals that Daisy was ordered to do so by the Luteces in order to strengthen her resolve through killing and that she was actually horrified at the idea of killing Fink's son.]]

** ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'': [[spoiler:[[RebelLeader Daisy Fitzroy]]]] falls into this trope when [[spoiler:she]] attempts to murder a young Founder child because, as [[spoiler:she]] says, "the only way to stop them from growing is to pull them up from the roots!" This is enough to [[spoiler:stir Elizabeth into impaling Fitzroy with a pair of scissors.]]

* [[TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Lock, Shock, and Barrel]] serve as bosses in several games, and Sora (or Roxas) will have no trouble fighting them. Of course, it's justified, considering their [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] natures...
** Anybody in the ''KingdomHearts'' universe will have no trouble with fighting the main characters, most of whom are teenagers[[note]]Terra and (possibly) Aqua being the only playable characters over 17[[/note]], so they have to take all their opponents seriously, so it's all fair play. [[spoiler: Master Xehanort even manages to kill one of them (Sora) and steal the body of another (Terra), though the former gets revived.]]

* [[KingdomHearts Sora]], a teenager, has no problems with fighting [[TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Lock, Shock, and Barrel]].
** Anybody in the KingdomHearts universe can kill Sora (or, [[NeverSayDie "steal his heart"]], if you prefer), so he has to take ALL his opponents seriously, so it's all fair play. Most notably, the chick was downright [[AxCrazy insane]]. And this ''is'' [[BrattyHalfPint Lock, Shock, and Barrel]] we're talking about here...

* In the manga version of ''TheKingOfFighters'' spin-off ''KOF: Kyo'', [[spoiler: Goenitz kills Maki Kagura in front of her twin sister Chizuru when ''they were both 10 years old''.]] The whole thing was never shown, save for a DeadHandShot of her bloodied hand.

* The plot behind ''HeavyRain'' centers around a serial killer that targets boys from the ages of 8-13. [[spoiler: It makes replaying the Suicide Baby chapter much worse once you know who the killer is...]]

** ''Fallout: New Vegas'' has two slaver traders making an note on not to do any more business with the raider leader Cook Cook, as he burned a young boy they had sold to him to death. The player can also ask a prison rioter who goes by the nickname Scrambler [[WhatAreYouInFor what he was in for.]] He responds that he doesn't really care enough to keep track of his crimes, but he vaguely remembers something about killing a lot of people, and that some of them probably were kids.

* The Shroobs and their army in MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime seem perfectly willing to kill Baby Mario and Luigi after beating their adult selves. Kamek too, whose also technically guilty of this in YoshisIsland and its sequels (he starts by attacking the DeliveryStork in the intro, then tries to get rid of the Mario bros by any means possible afterwards).
** Mario and Luigi themselves when they fought Baby Bowser in Thwomp Volcano or when they fight Bowser Jr. in the mainstream games. Mario also fought Jr. Troopa in the original Paper Mario although the kid kind of has it coming for constantly harassing Mario and challenging him to fights all [[DisproportionateRetribution just because Mario and Goompa accidentally wandered into his playground]].
* ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'' has it's fair share of children dying or dead. Most notable examples are the bombs that forced people down into the Metro, as well as the [[spoiler: synthetic Ebola epidemic that Korbut released on the neutral stations takes out every man, woman and child there- not to mention the executioner mop up crews that are sent in to set the place ablaze and kill absolutely everybody.]]
* Subverted in ''[[{{RatchetAndClankSizeMatters}} Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters]]'', as [[spoiler: [[{{TheDragon}} Luna]] turns out to be a robotic puppet built to resemble a child]]. Still, Ratchet didn't hesitate to destroy it's tractor-ship and send it [[{{DisneyVillainDeath}} falling to it's death]].

* A [[TearJerker horrifyingly sad]] example can be found in the game ''[[VideoGame/{{Off}} Off]]'', wherein [[spoiler: [[VillainProtagonist The Batter]] bludgeons his baby son to death with a baseball bat.]]

* ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'' may be one of only a handful examples ever to allow a ''player'' to hurt and kill children. Doing so gives a truely massive '''WhatTheHellHero''' reaction!

** Anybody in the KingdomHearts universe can kill Sora (or, [[NeverSayDie "steal his heart"]], if you prefer) so he has to take ALL his opponents seriously, so it's all fair play. Most notably, the chick was downright [[AxCrazy insane]].

** The Human Noble origin has your character find their sister in-law and young nephew dead during the attack on the castle. By this point it's clear the attackers don't care about hostages.
** And we have this little gem right before the attack
-->'''Noble Warden's brother''' Don't worry son you'll see an [[FunnyAneurysmMoment sword up close soon enough]]
* Mars and his soldiers in ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' They kill everyone in [[DoomedHomeTown Toltus]], including Chester's little sister and a random girl whose corpse you can examine.

*** With all the little sisters running around pumped full of sweet, sweet ADAM, most Splicers will try to kill them if given the chance. Good thing The big daddies are there to protect them.
*** Also, the heartless bastard who put the girls in this situation is later killed by a big daddy after he slaps one of the little who was irritating him.

* The first two ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}s'' gave you the title Childkiller if [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you killed a child]][[note]]Well, at least two[[/note]], which would cause almost everyone, [[EvenEvilHasStandards even other renounced scumbags and lowlifes]], to hate you. At least the children were scripted to flee when accidentally hit, so they rarely got killed by [=NPCs=]. In ''Fallout 2'', once you've progressed through the game long enough in an attempt to go to another settlement, you'll get an encounter that shows [[spoiler: an Enclave patrol]] coldly killing a small family, including an only child, which serves as an ominous {{Foreshadowing}} to their existence, who have no qualms in exterminating any being that isn't them or wasn't born in a Vault, and yes, that includes children. The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' had invincible children (unless you use some mods...there is even a very famous one which implied '''eating a baby''' in exchange for the benefit of a perk which give you rads immunity, you can see this marvelous sickness [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Jl61n3YY8 here]])
** In ''Fallout 3'', the player can however enslave selected children [=NPCs=] and cause the implied deaths of two others, by blowing up a town with a nuke.

* The first two ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}s'' gave you the title Childkiller if [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you killed a child]][[note]]Well, at least two[[/note]], which would cause almost everyone, [[EvenEvilHasStandards even other renounced scumbags and lowlifes]], to hate you. At least the children were scripted to flee when accidentally hit, so they rarely got killed by [=NPCs=]. The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' had invincible children (unless you use some mods...there is even a very famous one which implied '''eating a baby''' in exchange for the benefit of a perk which give you rads immunity, you can see this marvelous sickness [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Jl61n3YY8 here]])

* Averted in ''[[{{RatchetAndClankSizeMatters}} Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters]]'', as [[spoiler: [[{{TheDragon}} Luna]] turns out to be a robotic puppet built to resemble a child]]. Still, Ratchet didn't hesitate to destroy it's tractor-ship and send it [[{{DisneyVillainDeath}} falling to it's death]].

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' has Ganondorf hitting Link, who is 9 years old in this game, multiple times until he loses consciousness ''and'' has his sword knocked from his hand. [[spoiler:Later, during the final battle, Ganondorf uses some very brutal and painful-looking sword moves against Link.]]

* ''MetroLastLight'' has it's fair share of children dying or dead. Most notable examples are the bombs that forced people down into the Metro, as well as the [[spoiler: synthetic Ebola epidemic that Korbut released on the neutral stations takes out every man, woman and child there- not to mention the executioner mop up crews that are sent in to set the place ablaze and kill absolutely everybody.]]

* ''MaxPayne'''s motivation in the first game is the murder of his wife and baby daughter by junkies.