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| 12 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombat'': |
| 13 | ** In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'', the Ouroboros organization wants humanity to {{Brain Upload|ing}} into the Electrosphere, under the belief that it is the next step in human evolution. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}}, as their leader is only using this as an excuse to declare war on the {{Mega Corp}}s in vengeance for the death of the woman he loved.]] |
| 14 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' uses this as a plot twist. [[spoiler:The game's last bad guys, A World With No Boundaries, wanted to bring an end to war by [[OneWorldOrder eliminating (at least a sizable chunk of) the world's governments, thus eliminating the world's political borders that all too often start wars]]. Then, your former wingman shows up with the controls to nuke everything in his FinalBoss [[CoolPlane superjet]], which you defeat.]] |
| 15 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Princess Rosa Cossette d'Elise has Erusea declare war on Osea over the construction of [[SpaceElevator the Lighthouse]], under the belief that she's protecting her people from encroaching Osean imperialism. [[spoiler:She's actually an UnwittingPawn for the Erusean Radicals, who were using the war as a means to deploy their AttackDrone army that they developed using technology that they borrowed from Belka, which itself (or at least their own radical faction) is still obsessed with revenge over losing the Belkan War and failing to induce the destruction of Yuktobania and Osea during the Circum-Pacific War as depicted in ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar''.]] |
| 16 | * ''VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': As part of his SanitySlippage, Alistaire Smythe sends his killer robots out into New York City to deal with the [[HalfHumanHybrid cross-species]] and eventually creates a nanobot "cure" that involves destroying [[HalfHumanHybrid cross-species]] from the inside out, firmly convinced that what he's doing will save New York, while in reality, he and his robots are actually causing more damage to the city than the Lizard and the other cross-species ever did. He comes to his senses at the end after Spider-Man defeats him. |
| 17 | * ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': [[NGOSuperpower The Consortium]] runs on its highest echelons for that there is little that is "too costly" or "unacceptable" when it comes to protecting the world from [[EldritchLocation LIMEN]] and other supernatural threats. Among the crimes they've committed, there's [[spoiler:secret concentration camps for incurable victims of the [[UnwillingRoboticisation Mechanika Virus]], human experimentation on children, and a private army who have highly-trained assassins and convoluted information sharing protocols to ensure that no one that needs to know, knows anything, nor will anyone be able to find records of what they have done]]. They'd be almost trustworthy if it weren't for their questionable ethical decisions. |
| 18 | * [[spoiler:Kerghan]], the main villain of ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'', is an example of this, as he thinks that [[spoiler:life itself is a form of purgatory that souls are unwillingly forced into and made to suffer through until they finally achieve the release of death. The natural solution is to kill everything in the world. A more-or-less unbiased source indicates that Kerghan is ''right'' about how the afterlife is, and the fact that spirits are in pain when in the living world is established throughout the game. He can even be talked into surrendering and admitting that he made a serious mistake when he began his plan by successfully arguing that killing everything is not the right solution.]] |
| 19 | * Both the [[UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar Templars]] and the [[TheHashshashin Assassins]] in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''. Both are fighting for peace, but the Assassins seek to bring peace through freedom of thought, while the Templars want to control people's minds so that they all have the same viewpoint, ensuring peace. Lucy even says in the first game that the Templars ''are'' doing the right thing, they're just going about it the wrong way. |
| 20 | ** Of course, [[spoiler:Lucy turns out to be a traitor to the cause]] at the end of ''Brotherhood'', so [[spoiler:the comment has a hidden meaning]]. |
| 21 | ** The third game reinforces the Well-Intentioned aspect of the Templars by [[spoiler:making you play as one in the beginning. Until they are actually name-dropped, it seems exactly like the Assassins]]. |
| 22 | * ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'': Deus and the Seven Deities count, as everything they did was all to destroy Gohma Vlitra and rid the world of the [[GaiasVengeance Gohma]] forever, especially since Emperor Strada refused to let them prepare for future attacks during peace times. However, their plans involved killing ''seven trillion'' innocent humans and harvesting their souls to make more Mantra for power, as well as [[PoweredByAForsakenChild wiring Asura's daughter]] up to a painful-looking machine and draining her powers to enhance their own. Furthermore, most of the Seven Deities only use this plan as an excuse to gather power for themselves; only Deus and Yasha truly care about the cause beyond their own interests, and even then, only Yasha regrets all of the death and destruction. |
| 23 | * The BigBad of ''VideoGame/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' wants to put an end to the war. [[spoiler:Her means of doing so involve killing ''all'' Benders with her machines.]] |
| 24 | * In ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', the BigBad, Nova of Sumeragi, wants to control [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual adepts]] by various means, ranging from police state-like oppression to mind control via a frail young girl's MagicMusic power to pacify adepts, sending him into confrontation against TheHero. His reason, being that adepts will destroy the world when they are not sufficiently restrained, is not unfounded: |
| 25 | ** Side materials state that adepts have indeed destroyed much of the world via rampant abuse of their powers. |
| 26 | ** Without Sumeragi's control over adepts, several adepts proceed to enact their own plans for global domination, genocide and even ''worse'' oppression that Nova has ever done. |
| 27 | * In ''VideoGame/BallpointUniverseInfinite'', [[spoiler:The Observer, master of the Logicians, turned to LawfulEvil in order to stop The Monolith, since he felt that he could not do it without being more organized and without gathering a like-minded army.]] |
| 28 | * In ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos Origins'', [[spoiler:Baelheit]] wants to prevent people from relying too much on their powers of hearts so that they will not wage war with said power again. However, he does so by [[spoiler:using machina to conquer all other islands and forcibly taking off people's wings of hearts, which brings unhealthy side effects such as concussions and the inability to feel and taste]]. He is willing to go as far as [[spoiler:blowing up all islands, which used the power of hearts to float, when his attempt to machinate those islands fails]]. |
| 29 | * [[spoiler: Ra's al Ghul and his [[TheDragon Dragon]]]] Hugo Strange in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''. The main goal: [[spoiler: wipe out all the criminals in Gotham by gathering them all in Arkham City and blow it all to Kingdom Come.]] |
| 30 | * Surprisingly enough, ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' of all people becomes one of these in the Vigilante route of ''[[VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries Batman: The Enemy Within]]''. [[spoiler: If Bruce is a good friend to "John Doe" throughout the game and takes his side often, he decides that he wants to become Batman's {{sidekick}} and picks "Joker" as his superhero name. He tries to keep a bioweapon out of Amanda Waller's hands because [[NoManShouldHaveThisPower he didn't think anyone could be trusted with it]], which led to her trying to arrest him. Joker then causes several explosions on a bridge to get away, disregards Batman's orders to not kill and stabs Bane several times, causes a massive explosion on the roof of the GCPD while saving Batman from the Suicide Squad, and finally kidnaps Waller and holds her hostage to try to get her to confess to the murder of the Riddler.]] |
| 31 | * Dr. Flange from ''Beetle Bomp'' believes that electricity is the cause of pollution, laziness and a great many of society's other ills. As such, this prompts him to release batches of the titular insects, which have been genetically modified to consume electricity. |
| 32 | * [[spoiler:Nathan Dawkins]] becomes this in the end of ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'' with his true intentions revealed. [[spoiler:The reason he needed Jodie and Aiden is to help him with his plan of using the Condenser, a device used to help spirits from the dead go the land of the living, including his wife and daughter]]. However, [[spoiler:the price for this is that it caused evil poltergeists to appear and wreak havoc]]. |
| 33 | * ''VideoGame/BioShock'': |
| 34 | ** Andrew Ryan in the first two games, in his own mind, probably had the best of intentions when he built Rapture as a sort of libertarian paradise, perceiving the outside world as morally bankrupt and parasite-infested. Unfortunately, his purely capitalist "paradise" had no rules, and everything went down the thunder bucket. |
| 35 | ** [[MamaBear Grace Holloway]] in ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' believes in [[EvilutionaryBiologist Sofia Lamb]] completely and believes Delta kidnapped Eleanor. Lamb herself ''might'' have been this once, but [[MoralEventHorizon definitely isn't now]]. [[KnightTemplar At all]]. |
| 36 | * [[spoiler:Vai]] from ''VideoGame/BlackSigil: Blade of the Exiled''. [[spoiler:He took up arms against Bel Lenora because of his status as magic-less and the discrimination against it. He then got banished out to Artania and appeared in Seremaze, where he lived in peace with other majais that were not in Bel Lenora, and fathered Isa. The town got attacked by the Guardians, killing his wife and most of the people. Sick of all the violence, he planned to gather all the Armaments to get the power of the Forbidden to reshape the world into a world with no more violence, where he can live with his daughter peacefully. The only problem is that this will only work if he's in control of the power, [[DidntSeeThatComing and he doesn't]] [[EvilIsNotAToy manage to control it]]. So, he became TheAtoner after you re-gathered the Armaments to piece his soul back.]] |
| 37 | * In ''Franchise/BlazBlue'', it is very easy to pin the NOL as some sort of TheEmpire, with their totalitarian, iron-fisted rule and their law of "anyone not obeying our rules are to be executed"...until you realize that if NOL didn't put up such an iron-fisted rule, the CrapsackWorld would plunge into further chaos, with many dangerous Ars Armagus free for people to claim, with a high possibility of the claimer being psychos out to destroy the world. It may be a cruel method, and the NOL look like jerks doing their job, but they do try to make the world a better place to live in. However, the reason why NOL is easy to pin as an unabashed evil [[TheEmpire empire]] is the fact that, possibly, the whole organization is being manipulated by not one, but two over-the-top villains with InvincibleVillain status. |
| 38 | * Just about every single {{Hunter|OfMonsters}} in ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is an extremist by necessity, but there are a few who were motivated to action by grander ideals than selfish ambition: |
| 39 | ** Laurence, the First Vicar of the Healing Church, started distributing [[ThePowerOfBlood the Old Blood]] of a [[EldritchAbomination Great One]] as a {{panacea}} to the people of Old Yharnam, hoping to rid the world of all ailments and paving the way for humanity's progress in the process. Unfortunately, though his intentions may have been good, he chose to ignore the risks: The Old Blood reacted poorly when exposed to the ignorance of the general populace and [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent transformed them into horrible beasts.]] Following this, Old Yharnam would be burned to the ground and Laurence, who also succumbed to the lycanthropic plague, would find his mind trapped in [[IronicHell The Hunter's Nightmare]] as an unthinking, [[ManOnFire eternally burning]] [[AnimalisticAbomination Cleric Beast]] as punishment for his sins. |
| 40 | ** Though the Healing Church were responsible for the scourge of beasts, the first of their Hunters, a humble man by the name Ludwig, would prove to be the hero they could never be: Having witnessed the gargantuan beasts that the clergy of the church transformed into, Ludwig took upon himself the task of arming the people of Yharnam with weapons of [[{{BFS}} appropriate size and power]] and teaching them how to best defend themselves against the beastly threat that the church could come to pose against them. Unfortunately, those same weapons were a bit ''too'' effective at shedding the blood of the beasts, exposing the Hunters to the Old Blood simply by fighting them. Furthermore, sending inexperienced denizens to fight the beasts resulted in many more injured, which in turn led more people to seek out the Healing Church's Blood Ministration to save their lives. Finally, though Ludwig was a noble, honourable spartan, the same could not be said of his disciples and so the Hunters of the Healing Church became more akin to groups of armed thugs walking the streets. Ludwig himself also eventually succumbed to the scourge and was trapped in The Hunter's Nightmare as a grotesque, equine parody of the knight in shiny armor he once was. |
| 41 | ** While Hunters are generally tasked with hunting down people who've become infected by the scourge of beasts -- and the earlier they can deal with the infected, the better -- bad things tend to happen when a Hunter [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope goes off the deep end]] and [[HeWhoFightsMonsters starts attacking people who are not yet infected]], or start exhibiting symptoms of infection themselves. It's at that point that [[CoolOldLady Eileen the Crow]] enters the picture. She is [[HunterOfHisOwnKind the Hunter of Hunters]], a thankless, scorned role upon the Night of the Hunt, but a deeply important one -- enough so that Eileen is still carrying out her duty, despite the fact that she's long past her prime. Should you help her out, she'll berate you for dirtying your hands doing her job, but she will be thankful nevertheless, and should you complete her questline, she'll [[PassingTheTorch pass on to you the Crowhunter Badge, marking you as her successor]]. |
| 42 | ** And before them all, there was Gehrman, the First Hunter. Before the era of the Healing Church, Gehrman was the muscle of Byrgenwerth College and is responsible for atrocities such as the massacre of the Fishing Hamlet, all in the name of seeking a way for humanity to transcend to the next evolutionary stage. In the present day, however, he has become the OldMaster and TheAtoner, though that hardly makes him any less extreme in his methods, which typically involves executing every single Hunter who find their way to the Hunter's Dream, if only to [[SelfSacrificeScheme spare them from having to suffer his own torment]]. |
| 43 | * ''VideoGame/BoogieWings'', a game set in the Golden Age of Aviation (circa 1919), has you trying to stop the main villain, an unnamed MadScientist, from reshaping history. But in the final stage as you confront the scientist, you discover his true motivations — via TimeMachine, the scientist made it to the future, only to witness the horrors of war in the future (presumably World War II). Deciding there isn't hope for humanity in the dark ages to come, he then decides to change the present using technology from the future, leading to the crazy assortments of robots and mechas you encountered throughout the game, and him even offering you a WeCanRuleTogether option towards the end. |
| 44 | * ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'': After discovering the [[spoiler:Vault]] on Pandora's moon, Elpis, Colonel T. Zarpedon deems its power to be too dangerous to risk it falling into the wrong hands. Her solution? Destroy it... Along with all of Elpis, inevitably killing millions on both Elpis and Pandora, ''including'' herself and all her soldiers. She and her soldiers take over [[SpaceStation Helios Space Station]] and [[spoiler:repeatedly blast Elpis with the [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Eye of Helios]]]]. |
| 45 | * ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII''[='=]s BigBad, [[spoiler:Myria, who is also the God of the Urkan]], qualifies as well. She believes that the Brood are far too powerful and could pose a danger to the planet, even though they're a peaceful people with no desire of world conquest or destruction. So what does she do? [[FinalSolution She orders the destruction of their entire race.]] |
| 46 | ** [[spoiler:Myria had a very good reason, because she herself saw the actions of humans and the atrocity that happened once before in Caer Xhan. If you remember, the entire city and Orbital station was completely abandoned, save for monsters and machines. She even explains this herself. It also helps to point out that the half of the world she is on is covered in sand, minimal to practically no life exists, and the other half of the world flourishes with life because the Great Sea acts as a natural barrier. Had she not interfered and let the Brood continue to exist, the entire world would have become a barren wasteland.]] |
| 47 | *** [[spoiler:Peco's dialogue at the end of the game hints at the possibility that she's faking concern to control everyone. Considering [[ForTheEvulz her role]] [[BigBad in the first game]] and [[GodOfEvil her son's]] [[BigBad in the second]], it's entirely possible.]] |
| 48 | * ''VideoGame/CaptiveRPGMaker'': The captor, aka [[spoiler:the protagonist]], wanted to [[spoiler:cure her father's mysterious illness that no one else could]], and so became a MadScientist who would kidnap people and [[PlayingWithSyringes experiment on them]] for [[spoiler:a cure]]. |
| 49 | * The Devouring Earth from ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' are ultimately sourced in an environmental advocacy group that gradually descended into eco-terrorism before their fanatical leader got ahold of himself some Super Science. Now, the Devouring want to kill (or [[TheVirus "Devour"]]) all humans in the world. Apparently, Mother Nature is one mean broad. |
| 50 | ** ''City of Villains'' introduced the Legacy Chain, a 'hero' group that seeks to "watch over magic to prevent its misuse and its corruption by evil, and to make sure it is used only for good". However, the 'purity of magic' is solely on their terms, and they have no hesitation in targeting heroes if they interfere with or violate their agenda. |
| 51 | ** The Going Rogue expansion gives us the AlternateUniverse of Praetoria, where Statesman rules as Emperor Cole, keeping people safe by making sure that no one has enough freedom to commit a crime. One of the [[LaResistance resistance]] factions is no better, and seeks to dethrone him by launching terrorist attacks and racking up such a high body count that the people no longer see Emperor Cole as an effective protector. |
| 52 | * Kane and the Brotherhood from ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries''. He wants to ascend humanity. |
| 53 | * In ''VideoGame/ContraShatteredSoldier'', [[spoiler:Lance Bean is revealed to be this after he is defeated in order to expose the true {{Big Bad}}s the game, the [[GovernmentConspiracy Triumvirate]]. It turns out that they stole an important object the aliens have been looking for, known as the Relic of Morai, and that Bill Rizer and Lucia must destroy it]]. |
| 54 | * In ''VideoGame/CreepyCastle'', [[BigBad Darking]] intends to achieve peace by using the [[EmotionSuppression Heartbreaker]] to remove the emotions of people. Also, [[spoiler:despite knowing that it's wrong, he believes that using the Heartbreaker to prevent people suffering from the painful events of life is worth it]]. |
| 55 | * In ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', the BigBad Yorinobu Arasaka murdered his CorruptCorporateExecutive father and took control of his EvilInc with the intent of [[GenocideFromTheInside destroying it from within]] by [[ZeroApprovalGambit intentionally waging war on the entire world with Arasaka's forces]], slaughtering most of the Board of Directors, and generally causing as much of a mess as he can, all so Arasaka will self-destruct. Whether this is better or worse than allowing the corp's [[OneNationUnderCopyright despotic, murderous rulership of its (considerable) territory]] to persist ad infinitum is left up to the player. [[spoiler:And in all of the good endings, [[TheBadGuyWins he wins]], as not only is Arasaka crippled due to the loss of their BrainUploading program, but both Hanako and Takemura, the greatest threats to his takeover, are killed by Alt Cunningham (Hanako) or during Hanako's rescue/by committing seppuku (Takemura).]] |
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| 59 | * In the third ''Videogame/DarkParables'' game, an evil artifact has persuaded Literature/{{the Snow Queen}} that following its directives will [[spoiler:revive her son, who has spent the last few centuries in an enchanted sleep]], and at this point, that's all that matters to her. |
| 60 | * Both of the Primordial Serpents in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' present themselves this way: Frampt being willing to condemn people to a long, torturous death to keep the First Flame going, and Kaathe willing to doom most of the world to bring about the Age of Dark, to the benefit of humanity. Possibly. Both characters are notably dishonest, and Kaathe's activities in particular tend to cause horrible doom to everyone involved, so whether either is actually all that well-intentioned is left rather up in the air. Even more so considering siding with Kaathe in the end has Frampt joining up as well. |
| 61 | * Jedah Dohma from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' believes that the best way to save civilization from destroying itself is to destroy the world and everything populating it, human, animal, and Darkstalker alike, and combine their souls into the body of an EldritchAbomination that will rule over the new world as its god. |
| 62 | * Most of the villains in the ''VideoGame/DarkTales'' series of games are outright bastards who seem to be evil purely ForTheEvulz. However, in the sixth game, ''The Fall of the House of Usher'', the villain actually has a sympathetic motivation. [[spoiler:She is the ParentalSubstitute of the Usher twins Roderick and Madeleine, having raised them from infancy after their mother's death. Rather than allow the villain to kill either of them, she has therefore entered an agreement in which she acquires other human sacrifices for it, in return for it leaving the twins alone.]] What she does is unquestionably horrific, but you can more or less understand why she does it. |
| 63 | * If Harlow in ''VideoGame/DeadIslandRiptide'' isn't a terrorist as [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Serpo]] claims, she's this. She saves Wayne despite being infected and pushes him into the tunnels, which is filled with chemicals that are exacerbating the kuru outbreak into the zombie plague, and once he turns, she goes into a ClusterFBomb rant justifying finding out what happens. [[spoiler:After leading the survivors to Henderson, she tries to stop you from escaping, forcibly, because there is no known cure and the infection could possibly affect the whole planet. Given the survivors of Banoi and Palanai amount to less than twenty percent without taking into account those who might be infected, a HeroicSacrifice might well have been the better alternative.]] |
| 64 | * Raymond Sullivan from ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' counts as this. At first, he seems like a greedy mass murderer who helps Phenotrans cause outbreaks all over America just for the sake of profit, but it's later revealed that his true intentions are to cause outbreaks in order to ensure a consistent supply of Zombrex to [[VillainHasAPoint keep the important people in America such as doctors, [=CEOs=], politicians, even some of the country's best from turning]], and tells Chuck that Tyrone King's looting of the city was entirely his own work, not the work of Phenotrans. |
| 65 | * Hans Tiedmann of ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' [[spoiler:used the player character's psychosis to build an ArtifactOfDoom, ordered looters on the Sprawl to be shot on sight, and attempted to hinder and kill Isaac multiple times throughout the game]]. Logs at the end, however, reveal that [[spoiler:he genuinely thought that building Markers was needed for mankind's survival (suggested to be a form of MindScrew that the Markers do to propagate themselves), had a legitimate sense of duty to the Sprawl's inhabitants, and disobeyed his superiors and ordered an evacuation when the Necromorph outbreak started]]. |
| 66 | * Redwater from ''[[VideoGame/DeadToRights Dead To Rights: Retribution]]'' is honestly trying to rid Grant City of crime the best way he knows how. Unfortunately, this involves turning the city into a PoliceState and killing his longtime friend and partner, Frank, simply for getting too close to the truth. |
| 67 | * Queen from ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' wishes to TakeOverTheWorld and is fully willing to do so by force, but only because she [[ForHappiness wants everyone under her rule to be happy and taken care of]], and gaining full control of the world is the best way to do it. Surely nothing she does to achieve that end [[ObliviouslyEvil could ever be evil]], right? [[spoiler:A combination of her MoralityPet Noelle calling her out and Ralsei informing her that her methods could outright ''destroy'' the world she's trying to rule shocks her out of it, and she [[HeelFaceTurn immediately drops her plans and joins the heroes]].]] |
| 68 | * The villains of the ''Franchise/DeusExUniverse'' could write entire paragraphs about being this. Because of the setting's realistic GreyAndGrayMorality, most villains got a very decent point, especially because of the CrapsackWorld they inhabit. |
| 69 | ** The [[spoiler:Illuminati]] are a good example: They have their fingers in pretty much everything and will willingly kill anyone who upsets the balance they are trying to establish in the world... But as the first game reveals, without them, society would crash and burn in a spectacular manner. They do many horrible things; but they do it all to protect humanity. In fact, in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', [[spoiler:one of the ending choices is going along with the Illuminati's plan, which is to regulate augmentations at least somewhat, to make sure they aren't misused. For the player, who've seen a lot of augmentations used wrong throughout the game, this might be a compelling choice.]] |
| 70 | ** The true villain of ''Deus Ex: Human Revolution'', [[spoiler:Hugh Darrow]], is very much well-intentioned in his wish for [[spoiler:the people to be free from augmentations and the corporations who misuse them]]... Only issue is that he tried to get the point across with mass murder. [[spoiler:As with the Illuminati above, you can go with Hugh Darrow's message in the end, in a toned down, less extreme take on his ideology.]] |
| 71 | ** Tracer Tong from ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' is one, and you can choose to join him and ultimately destroy all global communication, thus plunging the world into a new Dark Age. He fancies this rather than the modern world with its perfidious and power-hungry secret societies, dehumanising technical innovations, and devastating artificial plagues (apparently, they are worse than the natural plagues that haunted the medieval world). |
| 72 | ** The [[KnightTemplar Templars]] from the sequel abhor all front-edge technology, with nanoaugmentation being the worst of it all, and strive for a devout, theocratic society. If you help them establish one, they [[spoiler:lynch you for being a receptacle of said infernal nanotech and for generally being of [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no use to them]]]]. |
| 73 | ** Omars -- a faction of cyborgs with a HiveMind who regard themselves as the next stage of human evolution, and you can help them inherit the planet by removing all the other factions' leaders. After the inevitable wars that result, they are the only faction that is able to survive in the wastelands that was once Earth. |
| 74 | ** Helios AI wants to rule the world because it thinks that it can do a better job than humans themselves. And it might be right. |
| 75 | * An AlternateCharacterInterpretation of Vergil from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' sets him up as one of these, making his quest for power based on a desire to prevent any more personal loss, after his childhood weakness cost him his mother. [[spoiler:Additionally, it is revealed that the protagonist of the fourth game, Nero, is Vergil's son. This was somewhat vague until the fifth game removes any doubt. Nero's mother also appears to have died when he was young, something Vergil didn't appear to find out until Nero had been taken in by the Order of the Sword.]] |
| 76 | -->'''Vergil:''' Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself. |
| 77 | * ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' has Keisuke, who, in trying to stop the public from freaking out at the Tamers, [[spoiler:goes on a killing spree. He thought that those who were committing the crimes (especially against Demon Tamers who were trying to help) were irredeemably evil, and that the only way to keep them from doing further evil was to eliminate them]]. His motivations are somewhat understandable, once you know [[spoiler:what happened to him in High School. He stood up to a group of bullies who were picking on a certain kid, but as a result became the bullies' new target. Much to his dismay, the kid who he was standing up for joined in]]. |
| 78 | ** And in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'', we have Ronaldo Kuriki, a private detective who leads a pack of rioters to attack one of the bases that belongs to the organization (JP's) that you work for. However, it's revealed that he's doing it to steal food to feed the civilians that JP's has more or less abandoned. Later [[spoiler:when it's revealed that your boss is going to create a SocialDarwinist world,]] Ronaldo becomes much more ruthless to stop it, [[spoiler:even trying to kill the one member of JP's that was sympathetic toward him]]. However, it is possible to talk him out of this and have him become a noble human being. [[spoiler:And it should be mentioned that the world that Ronaldo wants to create is one where people treat each other equally and work for each other's benefit. In his ending, he succeeds in doing so. It's actually pretty heartwarming.]] |
| 79 | * ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' has Zoltun Kulle, a powerful sorcerer who created the Black Soulstone to imprison demons… and angels, whom he [[LightIsNotGood regarded as little better]]. His ultimate goal was to unlock the power of the nephalem, the powerful precursors to humans, so that all of humanity could share in it. While his methods were far too extreme and got him [[SealedEvilInASixPack sealed in multiple cans]], [[VillainHasAPoint he was right in many regards]]. The angels aren't ''quite'' as bad as he thinks, but he is right that many have called for humanity's destruction; and his warnings that the events are being guided by a greater power really should have been heeded. |
| 80 | * In ''VideoGame/DiabloIV'', Elias is a former Horadrim who became obsessed with Rathma's prophecy which foretold the end of Sanctuary. After much research, he concluded the only being able and willing to save the world and humanity was the demon Lilith. Everything he does to bring her back to Sanctuary and ensure her triumph is done with the intent of ensuring humanity survives the coming war with the Burning Hells, whatever the cost for him and humanity. |
| 81 | * One enemy faction of ''VideoGame/TheDivision'' is the Cleaners, organized and rallied by sanitation worker Joe Ferro. As they roam the streets of Manhattan in hazmat gear and garbage trucks, using flamethrowers and homebrew napalm to incinerate civilians in cold blood (so to speak), it's obvious why the good guys need to put them down. At the same time, however, society has been completely demolished by an [[ThePlague outbreak]] of super-smallpox, and this is Ferro's "cure": If these idiots would [[QuarantineWithExtremePrejudice obey the quarantine]], stay off the streets, and stop trying to flee the city, they could have lived. It doesn't help that Ferro's [[CrusadingWidow wife died]] of this plague early on. |
| 82 | * ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII'' |
| 83 | ** Bishop Alexandar and the [[TheOrder Divine Order]] sought to protect the world from the [[ApocalypseCult Black Ring]] and [[EldritchAbomination Voidwoken]], and as part of their war against the latter, hunted down and imprisoned [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Sourcerers]] as their use of [[SoulPower Source magic]] attracted them. Over time, their methods became more extreme, as in Act 2, it's shown they slaughtered half a village for harboring them. |
| 84 | ** Alexandar's father, GodEmperor [[RogueProtagonist Lucian the Divine]], was far more extreme, as it's revealed relatively early on (provided you have Ifan in the party) that [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels he was responsible for the genocide of the elves]] [[spoiler:and much later on that he was responsible for the Godwoken genocide as part of his plan to RageAgainstTheHeavens and appease the Voidwoken]]. |
| 85 | ** The Shadow Prince is the leader of the LizardFolk [[MurderInc assassin clan]], [[spoiler:and convinced [[RogueProtagonist Lucian]] to destroy the elven homeland in order to cripple them and prevent their potential subjugation of the other races, and potentially enlists the aid of the PlayerCharacter to deliver the final blow. Additionally, he was the one who ordered the assassination attempts on the Red Prince, but only because a prophecy stated he would bring about the return of dragons and potentially turn everyone else against the Lizards. When met in Act 3, he's rather AffablyEvil and agrees to ally with the Red Prince instead if he agrees that the return of dragons should be stopped]]. |
| 86 | * One of the heroes in ''{{VideoGame/Dota 2}}'' is known as the Anti-Mage, who, as his name suggests, seeks to end all magic in the world by killing every magic user in his path. His motivations are vengeance for the slaughtered monks of the Turstarkuri monastery, who were killed by the magic of the Dead God's Legion. |
| 87 | * The Paragon Branka from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' wants to recover the Anvil of the Void — an artifact that can be used to create golems — in order to defeat the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil darkspawn]] and restore the dwarven empire to its former glory. When she discovered the Anvil lay at the end of a labyrinth full of deadly traps, however, she [[spoiler:sacrificed her entire house and allowed her female followers to be transformed into broodmothers]] so that she could have an endless supply of darkspawn to test the traps. |
| 88 | ** Teyrn Loghain's betrayal can be interpreted as resulting from a desire to do what's best for Ferelden. After all, many of the Grey Wardens who died came from Orlais, a country he hates. Additionally, King Cailan refuses to listen to reason and decides to fight on the front lines against the darkspawn. Loghain originally only wanted to eliminate the Wardens, fearing that they've thrown their lot in with Orlais and plan to enslave Ferelden again, and if Cailan insists on fighting with them, then it may be beneficial to remove an ineffectual king. He also feared that Cailan was about to sell Ferelden off, based on the fact that the king was a bit too eager to work with Orlesians and wholly enraptured with the Wardens, who Loghain thought to be Orlesian flunkies. [[spoiler:In Return to Ostagar (DLC), it turns out he was right about Cailan. He was planning to divorce his current wife (Loghain's daughter) and marry the Empress, which Loghain considers the same as giving their country away.]] |
| 89 | ** A likely case for the Templars who care about their mage charges -- the mages may be practically slaves, but the abominations of the game do show quite clearly what can happen if the mages can't control their powers and no one's nearby to quickly put them down... |
| 90 | ** Bhelen Aeducan, if crowned king, works to break down class divisions amongst the dwarves, open them up to the outside world, and start reclaiming territory from the Darkspawn again. He also declares martial law, assassinates political opponents, dissolves the Assembly, and basically drags the dwarves into the future kicking and screaming. |
| 91 | ** The Architect in ''The Calling'' novel wishes to end the constant struggle between the darkspawn and everyone else… by spreading the darkspawn taint to every living thing, turning everyone into half-darkspawn and killing the Old Gods. His methods are brutal. He will try to talk you into helping him, but if you then even consider changing your mind, he will kill you without a second thought. |
| 92 | ** In ''Awakening'', the Architect's new plan is to use Grey Warden blood to create intelligent, self-aware Darkspawn, free from the call of the Old Gods… and it actually ''[[TheExtremistWasRight works]]!'' Unfortunately, a Broodmother and some of the other newly Awakened Darkspawn decide to break away and begin an EnemyCivilWar. |
| 93 | ** The Grey Wardens themselves. They dedicate their life to fight the Blight, and they make it clear from the moment you join them that they (and therefore, you) will do ''anything'' that can further their goal. Examples of things you may have to do: [[spoiler:interfere in dwarven politics and put a king in charge of Orzammar, in order for the dwarves to join you; overthrow and kill the current king of Fereldan, because he's against you (and a bastard, though); accept the [[NukeEm obliteration]] of the Circle of Mages by Templars, in exchange for the latter helping you; killing a ''child'' possessed by a demon, in order to save a noble, and possibly, to get him on your side…]] The list goes on. The order is explicitly said to [[TheUnfettered be willing and allowed to do anything to stop the darkspawn]], including conscripting people into the Wardens and using [[BloodMagic blood magic]], which for everyone else carries an instant death sentence, because the alternative is basically TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. |
| 94 | ** The epilogue of ''Awakening'' mentions that should the Warden [[spoiler:side with the Architect]], this decision proved very controversial even amongst the other Grey Wardens, who are unsure whether [[spoiler:they've just gained a powerful new ally, a powerful future new foe, or both]]? |
| 95 | * Anders in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has been possessed by a spirit of Justice, warped by anger into a force of vengeance, and is not above committing acts of terrorism such as [[spoiler:blowing up the Kirkwall Chantry (cathedral) with the Grand Cleric (bishop) inside]] to remove any possibility of compromise and attain freedom for the mages of Thedas. |
| 96 | ** Merrill, as well. She has turned to blood magic and [[spoiler:made a deal with a Pride Demon]] in order to repair a broken elven artifact and reclaim some of her people's history. On a more personal level, the artifact is the same magic mirror from the first game's Dalish origin, which tainted two of her childhood friends and killed at least one of them. There's a whole lot of SurvivorGuilt at work there. |
| 97 | ** [[GreyAndGrayMorality EVERYONE]] in ''Dragon Age II'', with a few exceptions, and once they're gone, well... |
| 98 | ** The Arishok is a prime example. He is convinced that all of Kirkwall is a cesspool that needs to be cleansed by forcing all bas (qunari word for "non-believer"; "thing") to choose (that's right, a forced choice is still a choice, as far as the qunari are concerned) to follow the Qun, which imposes order on all followers. The scariest thing? [[CrapsackWorld He may be right, given Hawke's experiences in Kirkwall.]] However, he and the Qunari of Kirkwall merely keep to themselves and do not take action until the finale of the second act, and only because they've been [[BullyingADragon pushed to their limits]] by the resident SmugSnake. |
| 99 | *** The Qunari are this in general: sure, they give everyone a job and have a generally "equal" society, but they rule by conquest, assign jobs with no regard for personal happiness, practice re-education and brainwashing with chemical agents, and if they come to where you live, you get a simple choice: join up or die. And if you're a mage, you're ''really'' in for it. |
| 100 | ** This is actually averted with [[KnightTemplar Meredith]] at the very end. [[spoiler:She's less interested in protecting innocents than she is in finally getting a piece of the mages after so many years. Orsino, Cullen, Hawke, and Sebastian all provide alternate ways to resolve the situation with less bloodshed, including simply executing Anders, but she refuses all of them because she wants to kill the mages first and foremost.]] |
| 101 | * In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', the Wardens' unfettered dedication to stopping Blights is used against them [[spoiler:ironically enough, by a Darkspawn. Specifically one of the ''original'' Darkspawn, Corypheus]]. The villain made the Wardens in Orlais desperate and scared [[spoiler:with a False Calling created by his demon ally Nightmare]]. Then he had one of his agents provide a plan that would help them end Blights forever: [[spoiler:use BloodMagic to summon a demon army to invade the Deep Roads and kill the Old Gods]]. When the few relatively reasonable Wardens protested the plan, the other Wardens turned on them. |
| 102 | ** In the Trespasser DLC, [[spoiler:Solas]] shows himself to be one. He wants to make up for the damage he caused by [[spoiler:creating the Veil]], but he plans to do that by [[spoiler:tearing down the Veil]], which he implies will cause many deaths. He’s convinced this is the only way, though he’s clearly not pleased about it and he’d “cherish the chance to be wrong again.” |
| 103 | * Psaro the Manslayer in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV''. Later in the game, it's revealed that [[spoiler:his [[TheDragon right-hand man, Aamon]], is manipulating him to maximize the "extremist" part]]. |
| 104 | * Inuart turns into this in ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'s'' second ending. You can sympathize with him... all he wants is [[spoiler:his [[{{Necromantic}} dead pseudo-girlfriend back]]]]... but the method he uses to go about it has been repeatedly mentioned to lead to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the world]]. |
| 105 | ** The Knights of the Seal in ''Drakengard 2'' look like this, but are ultimately either deeply messed-up people or, in Gismor's case, an outright nihilist. General Oror, on the other hand, was AFatherToHisMen and a genuinely good person. As for other antagonists, [[spoiler:Caim wants to free Angelus from her suffering and Legna wants to promote his species to supremacy and obliterate the Gods — and keep in mind that the previous game established that the Gods (a.k.a. the Watchers, a.k.a. the Grotesqueries) are a pack of bastards who have already tried to destroy the world ForTheEvulz… ''and are making a second attempt throughout the finale of this game!'']] |
| 106 | * Imnity and Muriel in ''VideoGame/DuelSaviorDestiny'' both believe they are doing the right thing. Muriel is actually an ally, so she's not exactly wrong, [[spoiler:but she ''is'' willing to kill you if she thinks you might become the Messiah]]. Imnity, on the other hand, is basically the same as [[spoiler:Rico/Oltara]], but holding to a slightly different set of values that are ingrained in her very nature. She doesn't really seem to have anything in the way of malice [[spoiler:and is every bit as concerned about her master Mia as her counterpart worries about Taiga]]. |
| 107 | * Doctor Proton is portrayed this way in ''The Doctor Who Cloned Me'', the single-player DLC campaign for ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever''. While his ultimate goal (defeat the aliens) is good, his means to reach it (kill Duke Nukem, replace him with an army of Terminator-like robots who look like him, and put one of them as a [[PuppetKing puppet president]] while being the ManBehindTheMan, just to prove to himself that robots can be superior to humans) are certainly not. |
| 108 | * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' |
| 109 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', [[BigBad Dagoth]] [[PhysicalGod Ur]] just wants to make Morrowind independent from the Empire, which is an idea that quite a few Dunmer groups would support, ranging from the honorable [[ProudWarriorRace House Redoran]] to the [[TheMafia mafia-esque]] [[TheSyndicate Camonna Tong]]. The fact that his method of achieving that independence involves spreading a disease that drives the victim to homicidal madness and/or [[BodyHorror horrifically mutates]] them throughout the entire world is acceptable in his mind. ([[spoiler:Although if he had succeeded with his ''ultimate'' goal, he would have turned the entirety of the universe/multiverse into nothing more than an extension of his own mind.]] The collective inhabitants of reality dodged a bullet there.) |
| 110 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'': |
| 111 | *** [[RebelLeader Ulfric Stormcloak]], who kills (arguably murders) the High King in a duel in order to lead Skyrim into seceding from the Empire — not out of any particular animosity, but because he doesn't think the Empire is willing enough to fight [[ANaziByAnyOtherName the Thalmor]], who practically [[BlackAndGrayMorality everyone agrees are pure evil]]. (Complicating matters is that one can find evidence that the Thalmor [[spoiler:tortured and brainwashed Ulfric, then set him free to a start a civil war in order to further weaken the Empire]].) |
| 112 | *** Speaking of the Thalmor, they are an extremist Altmeri religious sect that militarized into a StateSec. They play up the old Altmeri religious belief that the creation of the mortal world (Mundus) was a cruel trick played by a {{Jerkass God|s}} on their divine ancestors, which forced them to experience mortal suffering and death. They believe that if they can [[OmnicidalManiac unmake Mundus]], it will [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence return them to a state of pre-creation divinity]]. Unfortunately, [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence the very idea of Men]] inherently stabilizes the Mundus, and erasing this idea requires eliminating the DeityOfHumanOrigin, Talos. By [[IllegalReligion banning his worship]], they are hoping to [[GodNeedsPrayerBadly weaken]] and eventually [[KillTheGod eliminate]] him, allowing them to act on their plans to unmake the world. If (and that is a big "if") they were to actually succeed in this plan, there is some evidence that they may be correct and the souls of mortals would return to a state of pre-creation divinity, free from all the mortal suffering, loss, and limitation of Mundus. There is also supporting evidence that this is ''impossible'', as due to the actions of Lorkhan (the aforementioned Jerkass God), there can presumably never again be the true stasis of pre-creation again. There is also the belief that this state of divinity (unchanging stasis) is [[HellOfAHeaven actually the "prison"]], and Mundus was the escape from that, which would make them more of a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist. |
| 113 | * Lance from ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'', though only in the second game. After the destruction of Undead Goku in the first game, Lance gathers an unstoppable army and begins conquering the world, so the world can be united under one rule and world peace can exist. A spin-off game, ''VideoGame/BulletHeaven2'', reveals that he also plans on destroying all wildlife and plants because he blames nature for {{Random Encounter}}s. |
| 114 | * ''VideoGame/EternalRadiance'': Double subverted with Eldareth, the leader of the Shadowborn. [[spoiler:At first, he tells Kylia that he wants to use the Shadowborn to gather artifacts, which he plans to use to give people access to the Akleim's lost magic. However, he reveals that this is actually a lie and he actually rose through the ranks of the Shadowborn as part of his scheme to destroy them with the Akleim artifacts. He believes that even if the Ashen Order tried to make a military effort to fight the Shadowborn, the criminal organization would simply go into hiding and rebuild their forces.]] |
| 115 | * The ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' series regularly deals with these, with at least one showing up in each installment. |
| 116 | ** ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIIITheDrownedCity'': The player's guild winds up caught between two Well Intentioned Factions: one has [[spoiler:spent the last hundred years killing anyone who came too close to the EldritchAbomination they've been keeping at bay]], while the other wants to [[spoiler:try and destroy said abomination, even though it [[EmotionEater feeds on negative emotion]] and might end up strengthened by the fear of everyone aware of its existence to the point where it ''can't'' be killed]]. |
| 117 | ** ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIVLegendsOfTheTitan'' has [[spoiler:Prince Baldur of the Yggdrasil Empire. By all accounts, he was a ReasonableAuthorityFigure when he first took the throne. Faced with the slow withering of his subjects' land, however, he's resolved to awaken the eponymous Titan in order to reverse it, even knowing that doing so would doom the [[NatureSpirit Vessels]] and [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Sentinels]] to a slow and excruciating death by [[BodyHorror the Titan's Curse]]. Thus, it's up to the player's guild to stop him]]. |
| 118 | ** ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyNexus'': [[spoiler:Blót]] staunchly believes that TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople, while peace and prosperity does the opposite. The solution they arrive at is to unseal an ancient LivingWeapon and use it to plunge the world into an age of strife, "for the good of humanity". |
| 119 | * In ''Videogame/EvilGenius2'', the end goal of the DLC Genius Polar is to end global warming. To that end, she even tries courting the Forces of Justice to get them to fund her. [[spoiler:However, since she intends to reach her goal by inducing a new [[GlacialApocalypse ice age]], she's told that "her cure is worse than the disease", which makes her decide to reach her goal by herself, beginning her research on the dreaded [[DoomsdayDevice Project Z.E.R.O.]].]] |
| 120 | * In ''VideoGame/EVOSearchForEden'', while the protagonist's main goal is to reach Eden, he also runs into numerous creatures that have evolved way beyond what they should be using mysterious Crystals. While it's hinted at throughout the game, a secret scene in the final area and the ending reveal that the Crystals were created by [[spoiler:a pair of Martians who genuinely thought the Crystals would advance Earth society to match their own. When they realize that their plan horribly backfired and Crystal users started killing and subjugating lesser species, they come to regret their actions and apologize]]. |
| 121 | * ''VideoGame/ExaPico'': |
| 122 | ** Every villain (at any point) in ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoIIMelodyOfMetafalica'', as well as some of your party. A big part of [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Cloche]]'s character development revolves around trying to reconcile her idealism with the extreme measures she supports as a government figurehead. |
| 123 | ** ''[[VideoGame/CielNosurge Ciel nosurge]]'' (and ''[[VideoGame/ArNosurgeOdeToAnUnbornStar Ar nosurge]]'') have Zillillium Rimonite, who is very similar to ''Ar Tonelico 2''[='=]s Infel. In ''Ciel nosurge'', she took drastic measures to save her dying planet, and at the end of that game, [[spoiler:after the planet was destroyed and the link to a new planet was cut, she attempted to restore the link, but there wasn't enough energy, and so started an AssimilationPlot that was averted. In ''Ar nosurge'', she tried to pull off the assimilation plot again and was successful at first, but it was undone by the main characters]]. |
| 124 | * ''VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERGiantFist'': Barrack and his Barracuda organization are absolutely an armed organization taking up arms against an unspecified state's government, each member of the organization a hardened killer of hundreds of battles. But the government they oppose is pushing practices that will only further harm the poorer classes, and so seek the power within the bracelet to nullify the government's weapons. |
| 125 | * Some of the villains in the ''{{VideoGame/Fable}}'' series have, or at least ''had,'' good intentions. Notably, [[spoiler:Lucien from ''Fable II'' wanted to resurrect his family (although he [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] as the plot continues), and Logan from ''Fable III'' was driving the kingdom into the ground because he needed to raise enough money for an army to battle an EldritchAbomination]]. As the series continues, it may well turn out that [[spoiler:Theresa]] is a well-intentioned extremist, too. |
| 126 | * The ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series has a number of these: |
| 127 | ** In any situation where the player character has agency to choose their faction, it can be done for any number of possible personal reasons the player chooses. Occasionally you'll get dialogue from various [=NPCs=] who demand some explanation for your involvement in a particular conflict or your reason for taking such drastic action to solve a problem, and you usually get an option or two that invokes this ideal. New Vegas as an example: You can be the most evil monster in the Mojave, but still work with the NCR and murder the Legion for whatever personal reason you decide (or vice versa), and this might lead to making a lot of enemies on any number of factions who refuse to help or outright attack you for it. |
| 128 | ** TheMaster, the [[BigBad villain]] of ''VideoGame/Fallout1'', wanted to safeguard humanity... by [[AssimilationPlot converting all pure humans into hardier Super Mutants more able to survive the wasteland, and destroying those "impure" strains who could not be converted]]. He believed his atrocities were in the interest of the greater good... and if you prove to him that his plan couldn't work and they were actually for nothing, he commits suicide out of sorrow and remorse. Alternatively, you could [[NonStandardGameOver join the Master]] if you believe he is right and have no proof to the contrary. |
| 129 | ** The Enclave in ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' want to eliminate all mutants in the wasteland and create a safe environment for the rebuilding of humanity. The problem is that their plan involves [[ANaziByAnyOtherName killing 99% of humanity over a slight fluctuation in DNA]], not just the actual mutants, so it's [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist not entirely on the up and up]]. You can, however, set the scientist behind this plan straight on morality. |
| 130 | ** Likewise, there's the Enclave in ''VideoGame/Fallout3''. They operate under the order of President Eden (who is exactly as evil as the Enclave in the old days) and [[TheDragon Colonel Autumn]], who is far more realistic and far less idealistic. The struggle between Eden and Autumn drive the last part of the game. |
| 131 | ** The [[TheFederation New California Republic]], [[TheHorde Caesar's Legion]], and [[TheChessmaster Mr. House]] in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' play this role. All three crush the identities of the tribes they annex, and require its citizens to pay tribute to the ruling body (taxation for the NCR & House, military service for Caesar's Legion), and have been known to kill dozens to enforce compliance. |
| 132 | *** The NCR tend to be more sympathetic, as they have partially recreated modern society and promote equality among the populace, not to mention their preference of diplomacy over warfare. Yet the memory of the Bitter Springs Massacre persists in the public memory, showing the extent of the Republic's wrath. |
| 133 | *** TheSocialDarwinist Caesar, on the other hand, merely wishes to prevent the partisanship and technological dependence that nearly wiped out humanity in the first place, even if that entails killing and enslaving thousands. His explanation is wholly rational under his strict interpretation of utilitarianism, showing he has given the matter great thought. |
| 134 | *** Mr. House is ALighterShadeOfGrey option compared to the Legion or total anarchy, as he wants to secure a prosperous future for mankind by ruling the Mojave [[OneNationUnderCopyright under an autocratic state capitalist society]]. He [[DemocracyIsBad blames the Great War on the pre-War government]] and sees the NCR as a repeat of past mistakes while disliking the Legion for obvious reasons, but seeks to maintain peaceful relations with the former for the interest of all (and profit). However, he's an InsufferableGenius ControlFreak who desires to have absolute control and oversight over all aspects of New Vegas in the name of ensuring efficiency. Anyone whom he views as a threat to his authority or the Mojave, he will either demand assurance of their loyalty or have them removed from the region by force, even if it means their extermination. |
| 135 | ** The Institute in ''VideoGame/Fallout4''. They want to bring progress and order to the Wasteland, and see themselves as humanity's future. Unfortunately, their methods include [[KillAndReplace replacing people with synth dopplegangers]] and treating the [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots synths]] they create [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman as slaves]], not to mention a ''litany'' of unethical scientific experiments. For all their [[HeroWithAnFInGood supposedly good intentions]], they're ''incredibly'' StupidEvil given that they're the ones who destabilized the region in the first place with their recklessness and unnecessary cruelty. Still, the player is free to join them, and may be especially tempted given that [[spoiler:the beloved son that the protagonist has been searching for all game for is now their leader]]. |
| 136 | * Remi Currensia from ''VideoGame/FarawayStory'' is a downplayed example. She's willing to bring an army to conquer the Faraway Continent and use the Philosopher's Stone within to turn the world into a utopia. That said, she's not willing to resort to the more ruthless tactics of her allies, as shown when she reprimands them for using hostages. |
| 137 | * ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': |
| 138 | ** The main antagonist of Part 1, Observer on Timeless Temple, [[spoiler:[[Literature/ArsGoetia Goetia]]]], turns out to be one of these. [[spoiler:As a creation of [[Literature/TheBible King Solomon]], Goetia watched humanity for 3000 years and was driven to ''immense'' frustration as he watched humanity cause each other pain and suffering over and over again, seemingly incapable of learning their lessons. He ultimately decides to enact a plan to [[TimeTravel travel back in time]], back to when the Earth first formed 4.5 billion years ago, and guide the evolution of humanity into a race of beings incapable of dying and causing each other's suffering. The problem with this is that such an undertaking would require an immense amount of energy, orders of magnitude greater than anything found on Earth, and so he fuels this endeavor by incinerating all of human history -- the lives of every human to ever live will be used as fuel. The heroes resist because, first of all, that's ''far'' too many innocent people killed, and second, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever they believe that immortality isn't all it's cracked up to be]] because it's our mortality that gives our lives meaning. By the end of the Final Singularity, Goetia comes to understand how the heroes feel -- just as he has one foot in the grave.]] |
| 139 | ** Kirschtaria Wodime, the leader of the Crypters, resolves to make the best of a bad situation in Part 2, Cosmos in the Lostbelt, when the Earth is bleached and [[AfterTheEnd humanity is wiped out]] by a god from beyond the stars. As one of the seven humans chosen by the Foreign God to usher in a new humanity, he is granted a [[AlternateUniverse Lostbelt]] where the Age of Gods never ended and tasked with ensuring its survival. [[spoiler:Wodime, however, has plans of his own -- he intends to use the tools given to him, intended to allow the Foreign God to descend upon Earth in a suitable vessel, to his own ends, and create a world where humans are uplifted into becoming gods themselves. Like Goetia before him, Wodime recognizes the unfairness and injustice in Proper Human History, but unlike Goetia, he believes that humans are capable of being wonderful beings, and that with godhood they could resolve the unfairness and injustice. The problem is that, like Goetia, this would necessitate the annihilation of the billions of humans in Proper Human History -- and that's before the reveal comes that the Foreign God anticipated Wodime's betrayal all along, and had summoned a Servant with powers designed to specifically counter his plan. Despite all of this, he ''almost'' succeeds.]] |
| 140 | ** Daybit Sem Void is ultimately opposed to [[spoiler:Marisbury, which is understandable given that the Animusphere patriarch is presently the actual culprit for what happened to the world. However, it speaks volumes that Daybit's ''first'' solution to dealing with things was to ''blow up'' the planet via [[UltimateLifeform ORT]].]] |
| 141 | * Paxton Fettel of ''VideoGame/{{FEAR}}'' is ruthless and cold-blooded in his determination to wipe out every single employee of Armacham Technology Corporation... but, as his dialogue indicates, he genuinely believes that, because of the horrible things they did to Alma (a {{Woobie}} to most), they deserve everything they get, and then some. |
| 142 | * In ''VideoGame/FearIsVigilance'', the protagonists want to keep college students safe by distributing alarms, but the students don't feel like they need them -- until [[MonsterProtectionRacket a mysterious figure starts beating them up every night in the park...]] |
| 143 | * Of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series: |
| 144 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''[='=]s Barret Wallace starts out as one of these, blowing up power plants and mowing down {{Punch Clock Villain}}s without a second thought. Later on, he realizes that he probably killed or hurt a lot of people he never meant to, and reconsiders his strategies. This doesn't stop him from continuing to slaughter {{mooks}} whenever they get in his way. |
| 145 | *** The real revelation for Barret is when he realizes that, deep down, the reason he was destroying the mako reactors was because of his grudge against Shinra, not because they were sucking the life out of the planet. |
| 146 | *** They're {{mooks}}, though, so [[WhatMeasureIsAMook it's OK]]. |
| 147 | ** A much more personal version happens with Genesis in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Although he sends armies of copies to attack various institutions, and seems very eager to fight one-on-one with [=SOLDIERs=], this is all just [[spoiler:to stop the degradation of his cells, so that he won't die]]. |
| 148 | ** [[spoiler:Ultimecia]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' would qualify. The reason for [[spoiler:almost all the events that happen throughout the game — Edea as a Sorceress — was because she wanted to escape being persecuted for crimes she hadn't committed yet, and facing her destiny of being defeated by a "Legendary [=SeeD=]" due to her failure to compress time]]. |
| 149 | *** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' actually lampshades this a little. When Squall defeats Ultimecia, she says [[spoiler:"A world of compressed time; that's all I want!"]] or something like that. In Shade Impulse (ironically, when you don't beat her with Squall) [[spoiler:she talks about [[YouCantGoHomeAgain wanting to return to her childhood, before she got her sorceress powers]]]]. |
| 150 | ** [[spoiler:Seymour Guado]] of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' could be considered this. He only wanted to end the suffering and [[ViciousCycle cycle of death]] the people of Spira were trapped in, [[spoiler:by putting an end to life on the planet]]. However, due to his SmugSnake tendencies, he doesn't quite fit this trope as well as others. |
| 151 | ** From ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'', [[spoiler:Lady Lilith. Well, it's either her world or yours. Take a guess which one she wants to save. However, in the end, thanks to Atomos' CriticalExistenceFailure and the fact that [[DeathEqualsRedemption she's going to die soon]], she's the one who offers to Lilisette the way to save both futures]]. |
| 152 | ** Vayne of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' subjugated nation after nation, killing their ruling royal families/existing governments, murdered his own father, and leveled a city just to prove his weapons were working properly, all to [[spoiler:free all life on the planet from the Occurians who have been pulling everybody's strings unnoticed for centuries, if not eons]]. |
| 153 | ** ''Final Fantasy'' loves this. In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', the Fal'cie want to bring the world to the edge of destruction just to bring back The Maker (basically God) to recreate the world. |
| 154 | *** Although the exact reason why they want to recreate the world wasn't given, and since the Fal'cie don't think very highly of humans, the reason was likely selfish in nature, so this might not be a literal case. |
| 155 | *** The Fal'cie's [[spoiler:at least Orphan's]] motive is a pretty selfish one: [[DeathSeeker death]]. They are weary of their lives of eternal servitude to a race they don't particularly like. |
| 156 | ** The Garlean Empire from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' is hinted to be this as of now: there were various mentions by those brainwashed by the empire that their attempts at what could be comparable to Genocide, possible Deicide, and the subjugation of various people, were done in order to prevent a catastrophic event from occurring on the planet. |
| 157 | *** The Garlean who best fits it would be Gaius van Baelsar. For him, MightMakesRight and the strong have both a right and a duty to govern the weak. He is also AFatherToHisMen, and promotes or appoints duties to people based on genuine talents and achievements. The player character earns his respect through their strength, enough that [[WeCanRuleTogether he offers them a place at his side]]. He also makes it clear that [[RageAgainstTheHeavens he dislikes the deities of the setting]], as he considers them [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], scheming JerkassGods whose very existance is toxic to the world (due to the fact that their physical presence in the world saps energy from the world itself) and makes it clear that he wants to get rid of them, leaving the fate of the world in the hands of man. |
| 158 | *** ''Shadowbringers'' reveals that the Ascians, who previously came off as a generic cabal of evil wizards worshipping a GodOfEvil, are actually [[spoiler:the last survivors of a utopian Precursor race who ''created'' said god in a desperate attempt to stop eldritch horrors from destroying their world]]. They’ve spent eons sowing chaos and destruction in order to resurrect their [[PiecesOfGod shattered god]] because they believe that doing so [[spoiler:will restore the world to its original state and resurrect all their friends and loved ones, who willingly sacrificed themselves to bring the god into being]]. |
| 159 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': |
| 160 | ** Arvis from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''. Sure, he [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard manipulated everyone and had them kill each other, and later kills]] [[TheHero Sigurd]] [[MagnificentBastard and steals his wife to boot and showed him to her before executing him (granted, he probably didn't know that Deirdre was Sigurd's wife, but didn't care and still loved her anyways)]],]] but he has one noble goal: to make a world where there is no suffering. He even succeeds and creates a peaceful, wonderful reign for 17 years… that is, until it's revealed that he's just a pawn of Manfroy, who eventually uses his son to bring down his peaceful reign. |
| 161 | ** Travant, king of Thracia. All he wants is to see his homeland of Thracia prosper instead of being forced into poverty and mercenary work due to their poor territory. He's willing to use any method, no matter how brutal, manipulative, or treacherous to make that happen, from [[spoiler:killing Quan and Ethlyn and then raising their daughter as his own]] to forcing a doubting general onto the field with a HostageSituation. ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'' emphasizes that he's doing this all for Thracia, not personal ambition, and he's fine with landing in Hell so long as it helps his people. |
| 162 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', Prince Lyon is the epitome of this. All he wanted was to stop a devastating earthquake that would have killed hundreds of his country's citizens [[spoiler:and bring his father back from the dead]]. He ended up releasing the BigBad by mistake, then starting a war and trying to end the world because he got possessed by the aforementioned BigBad. |
| 163 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'', all of Micaiah's enemies become convinced that she is this. [[ForcedIntoEvil The truth is less clear-cut]] and also not her fault. |
| 164 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', Walhart is the only well-intentioned antagonist. [[spoiler:He is attempting to wipe out the Grimleal religious group to prevent the resurrection of Grima, but uses extremist methods that involve brutally subjugating the Valm continent by force in order to build an army powerful enough to wipe out any chance of it happening, and his secondary goal is still to TakeOverTheWorld, [[EvilVersusOblivion something that cannot happen if Grima is revived]].]] |
| 165 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Shadows of Valentia]]'', Duma got expanded into one of these. Originally, he was a stern yet fair dragon who sought to train and improve his subjects in Rigel [[MiseryBuildsCharacter through hardships]]. Due to [[SanitySlippage degeneration]] over the centuries of his life, Duma was corrupted, but still tries to retain something of his original self. Once defeated, he acknowledges his faults in his dying speech and motivates Alm and Celica to do a better job at ruling the land. |
| 166 | ** In the ''Conquest'' route of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', the Nohrian royal family follow their father Garon in conquering Hoshido only because they want the war to end as quickly as possible. [[spoiler:Especially Corrin and Azura, who have to make Garon [[ItMakesSenseInContext sit on the Hoshidian throne to make him reveal his real inhuman appearance]] to their siblings in order to dethrone him.]] |
| 167 | ** [[spoiler:Edelgard]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''. [[spoiler:Everything she does throughout all the routes, from her stint as the Flame Emperor to her brutal conquests of the Kingdom and the Alliance, all stem from a genuine desire to end the Church's corrupt, tyrannical stranglehold over the continent and ensure that the despotic, oppressive Crest system can't hurt or destroy anyone else like it destroyed her family. Only [[MoralityChain Byleth]] siding with her, however, can keep her from JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and becoming an enemy that has to be put down.]] |
| 168 | ** ''Three Houses'' also has [[spoiler:Rhea, the head (and the founder) of the Church of Seiros]]. She dispenses severe punishments on those opposing her, and in the end [[spoiler:she had been manipulating history for about a thousand years, supporting the very Crest system Edelgard is fighting against, lying about the real nature of Crests and Heroes' Relics, endorsing the technological stagnation, isolation, and mistrust towards foreigners across Fódlan... except those efforts were attempts to ensure peace and harmony (at least as she understood it) and keep herself and her fellow [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Children of the Goddess]] safe, as they suffered great losses in wars against overly ambitious humans in the past. In routes where Byleth takes her side, Rhea eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone comes to realize her mistakes]] and abdicates or introduces major reforms to the Church. However, if Byleth chose Edelgard over her, they'll become an ArchEnemy to her, and Rhea will fight them to death, theirs or her own]]. |
| 169 | * A number of characters in ''VideoGame/{{Folklore}}'': |
| 170 | ** The Faery King wants to ripristinate the visions of the afterlife the humans once had; since humans don't think about myths anymore, the Netherworld might disappear forever. [[spoiler:However, he loses faith in humanity and tries to separate the two forever; the Netherworld would not be influenced by mankind anymore, but then the latter wouldn't be afraid of death. See below.]] |
| 171 | ** Livane opposes the King, and has replaced the myths of a paradisiac afterlife with the dread of death. This is because [[spoiler:she wants humans to think about improving their lives while they can, rather than waiting for the afterlife and wrecking everything with wars in the meantime]]. |
| 172 | ** Also, [[spoiler:Scarecrow. He wants to enforce humanity's fear of death, so that wars and homicides would stop]]. |
| 173 | * ''VideoGame/ForeverHome'' has the Teyton Peacekeepers, with many of the members believing that their gang-like organization is necessary to protect Teyton's interests from the Tren occupation forces. They're actually being manipulated by their leader, [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Cross]], who cares more about himself than protecting the citizens. |
| 174 | * Admiral Aken Bosch of ''VideoGame/FreeSpace2''. He's the leader of a xenophobic rebellion of Terrans against their allies, the Vasudans, but [[spoiler:his intent is to form a greater alliance between the Terrans and the ''Shivans'', the xenocidal StarfishAliens of the setting, using a pioneering new technology to communicate with them]]. |
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| 178 | * [[EvilPrince Prince]] [[BigBad Eonia]] [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Transbaal]], from the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' gameverse, wants to use the power of the LostTechnology to expand the limits of the Transbaal Empire and increase the wealth and prosperity of its populace as a result. Even [[TheHero Tact Mayers]] admits that it is a noble goal. On the other hand, he has no qualms against [[DeathFromAbove committing]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom genocide]] in order to achieve said goal. |
| 179 | * ''VideoGame/GameMasterPlus'': [[spoiler:The Elder and Anima]] are part of a project to restart human civilization. [[spoiler:This involves creating digital worlds like Espheria, figuring out how they can improve upon these worlds, and deleting these worlds in order to make room for better ones. It's implied that all the AI characters will have their souls transferred to new worlds until they can eventually be brought to the real world.]] |
| 180 | * ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': In a game with [[BigBadEnsemble two clearly evil factions]] in [[NebulousEvilOrganization the Fatui]] and [[AntiHumanAlliance the Abyss Order]] already established, the [[Characters/GenshinImpactRaidenShogun Raiden Shogun]], Inazuma's Archon, stands out as [[ArcVillain an independent villainess]]. As the [[GodOfThunder Electro Archon]], she rules over Inazuma with an iron fist, decreeing the Vision Hunt Decree that strips everyone of their Vision if they have one, and the Sakoku Decree to create a storm outside Inazuma's borders so that no outsiders can enter and no one in the region can get out. However, this is in order to keep Inazuma safe and protect the region from the effects of "[[ArcWords erosion]]". [[spoiler:Turns out, however, most of what is happening is due to a terrible misunderstanding, courtesy of Inazuma's Tri-Commission's corruption: the Tenryou and Kanryou Commissions, in collusion with the Fatui, lied to the LockedOutOfTheLoop Shogun and talked her into approving such decrees, making her think this would be the best outcome for Inazuma.]] [[spoiler:To make it even more confusing, the Shogun is in fact an emotionless BodyDouble for the ''real'' Raiden Shogun and Electro Archon: Ei. Having lost her dearest friends in the Tengu Sasayuri[[note]]Died during a civil war as an ally of Ei[[/note]], the oni Mikoshi Chiyo[[note]]became corrupted by darkness and was implied to be slain by Ei in self-defense after turning on Ei[[/note]], the Kitsune Saiguu, and worst of all, her twin sister and the previous Electro Archon, Makoto[[note]]Both died during the Cataclysm 500 years ago[[/note]], Ei swore to NeverBeHurtAgain, creating her body double in the RidiculouslyHumanRobot Shogun and programming her to do whatever it takes to protect Inazuma while Ei stays in the Plane of Euthimia, away from the world and meditating to slow down the effects of erosion and thus, her eventual death. This explains why the Shogun gullibly believes the Tri-Commission while Ei complacently believes the Shogun's word that nothing wrong would come of it.]] Eventually, [[spoiler:after the traveler fights and ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeats]]'' Ei (with a little help from Ei's best friend, Yae Miko)]], she comes to reason and admits these measures were too extreme, allowing everyone's Visions to return and the storm around Inazuma to clear up, and the Raiden Shogun becomes an ally. |
| 181 | * [[spoiler:Johannes]] from ''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst''. [[spoiler:It turns out that the Aegis Project, claimed to be mankind's last hope, is only capable of saving ''1000'' out of ''several million'' people. Despite this, Johannes continues with the project anyway, truly believing that it's the only way. He even seems aware of how evil he's become, as [[NoPlaceForMeThere he refuses to be one of the 1000 saved]], believing that he no longer deserves salvation.]] |
| 182 | * Several factions from ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' fit this trope. |
| 183 | ** Saturos and Menardi. Their reason for reactivating the four lighthouses is revealed in the second game to be [[spoiler:to save their DoomedHometown, Prox, and also the entire world]]. Although [[spoiler:the heroes end up finishing this task anyway,]] Saturos and Menardi do it in the wrong way. For example, they [[spoiler:attacked most of the soldiers and scholars at Venus Lighthouse, kidnapped several characters important to the plot, and accidentally dropped a giant boulder on Vale, [[NotQuiteDead "killing"]] Jenna's family and Isaac's dad]]. |
| 184 | ** [[spoiler:The Wise One]] in the second game may also count. He's trying to stop the above from happening, since according to him, [[spoiler:the release of Alchemy may save the world from immediate destruction, but it will also later lead to humans destroying it themselves]]. However, he also goes about it the wrong way. Toward the end of the game, he [[spoiler:transforms Jenna's parents and Isaac's dad, all of whom were thought dead at this point, into a dragon, and he tricks Felix and co. into almost killing them]]. |
| 185 | ** Even [[spoiler:the entire hero party]] could qualify for this in ''The Lost Age''. They're more than aware, and ready to admit, that saving the world may have the unintended side-effect of [[spoiler:destroying it]]. The only reason they're not labeled as villains is because [[spoiler:they managed to complete their extreme plan, [[TheExtremistWasRight and it worked]] with zero [[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn (immediate)]] consequences]]. |
| 186 | * ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': |
| 187 | ** The Forerunners created the titular "Halo" {{Ring World Planet}}s which wiped out all sentient life in the galaxy, in order to eliminate the Flood. Afterwards, they then reseeded all sentient life in the galaxy, while leaving many of their artifacts for Humanity to salvage, so they can take the Mantle of Responsibility. |
| 188 | ** The Monitor of Installation 04, 343 Guilty Spark, is a loyal and devoted servant to the Forerunners, doing what he is programmed to do even though his creators have been gone for 100,000 years. His primary goal is to put down the [[TheVirus Flood]] so that they won't consume the galaxy, and he'll do everything to achieve it...and I mean ''everything''. Even manipulating ignorant humans to activate the Halo rings, which would ''[[OmnicidalManiac kill off every sentient being in the galaxy]]'', just so that the Flood won't have any food sources left to feed on. And if any human refuses to activate the rings, then they're as much of an enemy to the galaxy as the Flood, and they must be put down too... |
| 189 | ** Dr. Catherine Halsey was willing to kidnap 6-year olds to turn them into super soldiers (a process that had a fairly low survival rate due to the augmentations). [[spoiler:So it's a very bad thing (which Halsey herself points out) when Cortana, who is based on Halsey's brain patterns, acquires vast power and immortality in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''. Cortana decides that she should usher in an era of galactic peace… by unleashing a gigantic KillerRobot army to kill everyone in her way.]] |
| 190 | * ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'': Mustache Girl is ultimately not really a villain in the traditional sense and her goal is very sympathetic; however she's a hero living in a world of villains, and her frustration and inability to defeat the Mafia around her has led to a lack of options. Her solution when Hat Kid shows up? Steal Hat Kid's time pieces, use them to rewrite the past and create an alternate timeline where she is an overlord, force every citizen to come before her and ask for judgment, and spare the "good guys" while killing "the bad guys". Given the villains we face throughout the story, her goal is entirely well-meant, but her method of executing it is to become more evil than the villains themselves by openly killing them, and to steal Hat Kid's time pieces and force her to stay trapped on the planet forever. Throughout the final boss fight, it becomes apparent that she is the only person who cares about this goal; even the peace-loving mountain folk actively work against her to help Hat Kid defeat her in the final battle. |
| 191 | * ''VideoGame/HeroKingQuestPeacemakerPrologue'': Spiderweb wants to conquer the world and unseal the Dark Mother to prevent the Light Spirit-aligned countries from committing genocide on the Dark Ones. |
| 192 | * In ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'''s Order campaign, the antagonist, Gavin Magnus, is driven by the desire to safeguard the new world from those that might destroy it, like the old one from the previous games was. His method? Rob everyone of their free will. |
| 193 | * Arantir from the fifth ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' game was originally a necromancer that was the poster child of DarkIsNotEvil, dedicated to ending the demonic corruption of Ashan. When he learned of the existence of the Demon Messiah [[spoiler:and the Skull of Sar-Elam, the wizard who originally defeated the Demon Sovereign Kha-beleth,]] he then dedicated himself to hunting down the Messiah and making sure that he can't [[spoiler:free Kha-beleth for good]]. Later, in ''[[VideoGame/DarkMessiah Dark Messiah]]'', the latest entry in the ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'' series, Arantir takes it a step further and puts into motion a plan to seal away [[spoiler:Kha-beleth]] forever, as opposed to relying on [[spoiler:the original seal that allowed Kha-beleth's minions to appear in Ashan during an eclipse]]. The "extreme" part of this plan is that the ritual required to make a perfect seal [[spoiler:needs [[PoweredByAForsakenChild countless human sacrifices]]. Sar-Elam likely thought this was too high a price to pay]]. |
| 194 | * Caleb Goldman in ''The VideoGame/{{House of the Dead}} 2'' and ''4''. Blaming [[GaiasVengeance an uptick in natural disasters, disease outbreaks, famines, droughts, and other unsavory facts of life on human overpopulation,]] he unleashed zombie hordes and attempted to bomb humanity back to the stone age [[OverpopulationCrisis to reduce human population to manageable levels]]. |
| 195 | * The Wheel of Fate, the final boss in ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead III'', takes this objective even further than Goldman intended. His ultimate goal is to destroy everything and resurrect everything, [[spoiler:and he laments the planet's overpopulation upon his defeat]]. |
| 196 | * ''VideoGame/{{inFamous}}'': |
| 197 | ** The first game has BigBad Kessler. His end goals are noble, hoping to prepare the protagonist Cole, [[spoiler:his past self, for the coming of the Beast, an entity intent on destroying all life, which Kessler failed to stop in his own timeline. So by extension, he hopes to save Cole's world]]. He hopes to do this, however, by showing Cole firsthand the kinds of atrocities he has to prepare for when [[spoiler:the Beast comes, as well as the agonizingly difficult choices he'll have to make for the greater good, resulting in the slaughter of thousands of innocent lives at Kessler's hands, including Cole's girlfriend and Kessler's former love, Trish]]. |
| 198 | ** From ''VideoGame/{{inFamous 2}}'', we have [[spoiler:John, aka The Beast. The world is suffering from The Plague, so John uses his new powers to activate potential conduits, saving their lives, as conduits are immune to The Plague. Unfortunately, activating a conduit consumes the lives of nearby people who are not potential conduits, with John even admitting to Cole that he wishes there was another way. In the evil ending, Cole, doubting that the RFI would cure The Plague, takes on John's role. But it's averted in this case, because Cole does it for completely selfish reasons and doesn't care about humanity. He only does it because the RFI would kill him otherwise. But hey, there's a reason it's called the evil ending, right?]] |
| 199 | ** Brooke Augustine of ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon''. [[spoiler:The FinalBoss battle reveals that she founded the [=DUP=] and began their capture and containment of all Conduits because she was convinced that it was the only way to stop the Conduits from being persecuted or killed on sight by the military. The problem is, she can't comprehend the concept of peace between humans and Conduits, and her idea of protecting them is locking them up for life and spreading vicious lies on them.]] |
| 200 | * Subverted in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''. In an alternate dimension, Superman became a KnightTemplar bent on ending crime at all costs, having been tricked by ComicBook/TheJoker [[spoiler:into murdering his wife Lois and nuking Metropolis]]. Except for Batman, the Justice League approves of Superman's actions and forms a planetwide dictatorship, becoming selfish despots much worse than the villains they killed over the years. This is shown explicitly when the Tyrant of Steel [[spoiler:kills Shazam and Lex Luthor for calling him out]] [[UngratefulBastard while ranting]] about the populace "criticizing" his dictatorial rule. Regime Superman even planned to invade the Multiverse, [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Mainstream Superman]], and [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forcefully take Mainstream Lois Lane as his bride]] even if she won't like it. |
| 201 | * Deconstructed in both ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'' and ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'' as part of a CentralTheme. In ''Judgment'', [[spoiler:the killings were an attempt to create a cure for Alzheimer's from a drug that is poisonous to humans]], while in ''Lost Judgment'', [[spoiler:the villain is a school teacher who failed to stop bullies from pressuring a student to commit suicide, becoming a violent vigilante who hunts any with this MO]]. All of the protagonists vary on reaction, but agree that in the grand scheme their objectives are just, even making sure the murdered are [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victims]], not only is it undermined by the killers really just seeking glory, riches, or just simply want to be right, it also results in innocent people getting roped in and killed. This quote sums it up perfectly: |
| 202 | -->'''Takayuki Yagami''': And from that point of view, everything you do feels justified. It's why... That's why you're able to look past the sacrifice... and the damage you cause. That won't work. She can't say her peace without a voice. So if I don't raise mine for her, what justice prevails!? |
| 203 | * Viridi from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. As the Goddess of Nature, she is disgusted with the way humans fight against each other and pillage nature, so she tries to wipe them off the earth with the Reset Bomb. While Palutena and Pit agree with her views, they also say that what she does is not the solution and fight her forces to stop her Reset Bombs. Later on, she [[spoiler:joins with Palutena and [[EnemyMine Hades]] to fight the Aurum Invasion]], and when [[spoiler:Palutena is possesed by the Chaos Kin, she helps Pit so he can rescue her]]. |
| 204 | * ARIA of ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' was made for the welfare of humankind, and with otherworldly forces looming nearer, she fears that humanity will not be able to survive the attack. She wants to help humanity evolve and be able to overcome these forces. ARIA, however, thinks that the only way to achieve that goal is through UnwillingRoboticisation. In her own words, "Humanity will be dragged, kicking and screaming into the future." |
| 205 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': |
| 206 | ** [[ObviouslyEvil Master Xehanort]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' was this. [[spoiler:He feels that the World's (yes, it is capitalized) light and darkness are out of balance, and seeks to forge the χ-blade to open Kingdom Hearts and create a new world where the two forces can be balanced once again. To that end, he almost killed one of his pupils after completely stripping his heart of all his darkness, and started another Keyblade War -- the last one of which almost destroyed the World completely.]] |
| 207 | ** Though he JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. And speaking of Masters, we might as well mention [[spoiler:Master Eraqus, who tried to kill Ven after finding out that Xehanort needs him to create the χ-Blade, so all his plans can never come to fruition. However, after fighting with Terra, who refused to let him harm Ven, Eraqus [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regretted]] raising his Keyblade against Terra and Ven]]. |
| 208 | ** We're not done yet. There's also TheMaster of Masters, [[spoiler:the GreaterScopeVillain of the entire series who engineered both Keyblade Wars in order to end the ForeverWar [[LightDarknessJuxtaposition between Light and Darkness]]]]. |
| 209 | * ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': |
| 210 | ** In ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' (later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] as ''Nightmare in Dream Land''), King Dedede stole the Star Rod from the Fountain of Dreams, [[DismantledMacGuffin broke it into seven pieces, and scattered these pieces across the world]], causing everyone in to Dream Land to be unable to dream. It wasn't until Kirby defeated Dedede, and repaired the Star Rod, that it was revealed that he did this seemingly villainous action for a very ''good'' reason. It turned out that a horrifically evil entity called Nightmare had been attacking the Fountain of Dreams, attempting to spread bad dreams across the land. King Dedede made everyone unable to dream because he figured that no dreams would be better than nightmares. |
| 211 | ** In the ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' game "Revenge of Meta Knight", Meta Knight attempts to forcefully take over Dream Land to end the slothful ways of the inhabitants. While this is an inherently good intention, he intends to accomplish it by constructing a massive warship, armed to the teeth with lasers and other weapons, and launching a full-on assault. [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore In the Japanese version]], Meta Knight's motivation is to end what he considers to be the "corruption" of Dream Land. That makes it sound like he wants to overthrow Dedede, in which case, one could argue that Kirby should be ''helping'' him. |
| 212 | * ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' has a few of these. |
| 213 | ** Revan and Malak from the first game wanted to prepare the Republic for a war against the [[GreaterScopeVillain True Sith]] [[note]]prior to retcons by ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''[[/note]]. Their method of doing this was to conquer the Republic in order to use their political infrastructure and the power of the Star Forge to [[INeedYouStronger create a powerful rival state to fight the Sith Empire]] while using the [[CultOfPersonality Sith cult built around Revan's personality]] to erode the moral authority of the actual Sith religion. |
| 214 | *** At least that was Revan's plan. While Revan maintained his goal-oriented mindset after turning to the Dark Side, Malak developed into a BloodKnight. |
| 215 | ** [[TokenEvilTeammate G0-T0]] in the [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords sequel]] is a patriot, of sorts -- he views the Republic with a degree of respect and considers it necessary for the smooth operation of his criminal empire. As such, he's more than happy to aid it in an unofficial capacity... albeit one that benefits him in the end. [[spoiler:Of course, the self-benefit turns out to be a ruse -- he's a droid programmed specifically to prevent the Republic from collapsing and views his criminal empire as a NecessaryEvil to stabilize its economy. The fact that this causes untold suffering is irrelevant -- all he cares about is that the Republic remains in power.]] |
| 216 | ** Darth Traya at the end of the sequel [[spoiler:blames the Force exerting its will on individuals for every conflict in galactic history and tried to use [[PlayerCharacter The Exile]] [[RageAgainstTheHeavens to kill it]], seeing them as proof that life can exist without it. It's unclear how accurate this is, but she was willing to potentially kill untold billions along with her apprentice for the sake of peace]]. |
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| 220 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfTianding'' has the alleged BigGood of the game, Ding Peng the resistance leader, who turns out to be TheMole helping the Japanese arrest the LaResistance, leading to the resistance being executed by a firing squad. His reason? To end the war early and unite Japan and Taiwan as a single country, national pride be damned. |
| 221 | --> '''Ding Peng:''' "I'm only doing this to end the war, so that everyone can enjoy a better life. Isn't it nice that Taiwan and Japan can unite as one country?" |
| 222 | * In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', it turns out that the whole plot started because the Royal Family of Lorule acted like this. |
| 223 | ** The BigBad is [[spoiler:Hilda, the princess of Lorule. She was the one who sent Yuga out to kidnap Zelda and the Sages, so that she'd be able to obtain the Triforce and restore her land, since Lorule's Triforce had been destroyed. Unfortunately, this would end up dooming Hyrule in the same way that Lorule had been doomed after losing its Triforce; but Hilda thought doing ''whatever it took'' to save her kingdom was her duty as its ruler, realizing too late that Yuga just wanted the Triforce for himself. When Link's Lorulean counterpart, Ravio, points out that her actions are exactly what led to the destruction of Lorule's Triforce in the first place, Hilda has a HeelRealization.]] |
| 224 | ** This also applies [[spoiler:to Hilda's predecessors, who destroyed Lorule's Triforce because the people were constantly fighting over its power (much like Hyrule's past problems). They destroyed it to end the fighting… they just didn't know that the world would start falling apart if they did]]. |
| 225 | * If the titular protagonist from ''VideoGame/LiarJeannieInCrucifixKingdom'' moves the karma meter too far to either side, she'll resort to extreme measures depending on which side she's on. [[spoiler:If she saves too many human slaves, she'll come to believe that killing all the undead is the best way to save humanity. If she kills too many humans, she'll kill all humans in the kingdom under the rationale that they'll be happier as undead.]] |
| 226 | * ''VideoGame/LoserReborn'': The Cultist is willing to team up with the undead and [[spoiler:use his own brainwashing abilities to force the castle's female soldiers to work for him. His goal is to wake the protagonist up from their coma and return them to the real world rather than allow them to stay in Nya's false world. Though doing so will doom the inhabitants of the false world]]. |
| 227 | * [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] from ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story]]'' used to be one of the greatest heroes of all time. However, he is shocked when [[spoiler:the goddess Althena and his best friend, Dragonmaster Dyne, give up their powers so that people may gain control of their own destinies instead of relying on those powers]]. Believing that people are doomed to destroy themselves without absolute power governing them, he becomes the Magic Emperor and starts his plan [[spoiler:to hijack the power of the goddess and turn himself into an omnipotent being]] in order to give people the leadership he feels they need. |
| 228 | * ''VideoGame/LunarLux'': Downplayed. The main antagonist, [[spoiler:General Saros, wants to force all humans to transform into antimatter beings, both to survive their resource depletion and to survive against the mysterious civilization Nemesis. However, it's implied that part of his reason for doing so is because he's projecting his own fear of death onto everyone else, showing that he's SecretlySelfish. Despite that, he does use his last moments of sanity to warn the party about Nemesis and to state that it's up to Bella to save humanity, showing that at least some of his intentions are genuine]]. |
| 229 | * Fain of ''VideoGame/{{Lusternia}}'' was a leader and diplomat amongst the Elder Gods prior to the Elder Wars. But when the [[EldritchAbomination Soulless Ones]] attacked — wiping out all but ten of the Elder God's leaders, devouring Elders to gain their powers, and throwing the natural equilibrium of Lusternia into chaos — Fain decided to do whatever it took to defeat them. Starting with the support of his fellow Elders, he's eventually banned from his preferred method of combating the Soulless; that is, [[CannibalismSuperpower concocting an elixir of their essence to gain their powers]], turning their own tactics against them. Deciding that the other Elders are weak and foolish, he forms a secret cabal of followers, concocts more of the [[PsychoSerum elixir]], and single-handedly turns the tide of the war in the Elder Gods' favour — and in the process, he and his followers [[HeWhoFightsMonsters gradually become]] [[TheCorruption more and more]] [[HumanoidAbomination like their enemy]]. By the end of it, they're reduced to kidnapping and eating other Elder Gods for essence, and are eventually banished... [[VillainHasAPoint completely damning the war effort]]. By the time of the game, Fain's the closest thing to [[FallenHero Satan]] there is. |
| 230 | * In ''VideoGame/Macross30TheVoiceThatConnectsTheGalaxy'', [[spoiler:[[BigBad Todo]] tries to paint himself this way, saying that his goal is to undo Earth's destruction by the Zentraedi, which was the single largest loss of life in recorded human history. Leon retorts that while Earth's devastation was a very sad event, undoing that would also undo everything good that has happened since, particularly the cooperative alliance between humanity and the Zentraedi that has built a mostly peaceful and successful interstellar society. Also the fact that Todo's using brainwashing, harming the people of Ouroboros, and planning on wholesale slaughter of the Zentraedi kind of invalidates any claims of moral standing he has]]. |
| 231 | * ''VideoGame/{{Manafinder}}'': Illia seeks to destroy all manastones and prevent anyone from gaining the other deities' blessings, since she believes this power will cause humans to become complacent, leading to corrupt societies like Manahill. She also fears that the expansion of civilization will be detrimental to all other life on Aevi. In Frederick's route, [[spoiler:she goes as far as to give up her divinity to stop Lambda from claiming the Omega Manastone in the Tuonela]]. |
| 232 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'': |
| 233 | ** Saren Arterius can be seen as one. He believes that [[spoiler:his subservience to the [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]], who are bent on destroying all organic life in the galaxy, would actually prove organic life to be useful and, thus, spare them from slaughter]]. However, [[spoiler:Saren is clearly {{brainwashed}}, and the Reapers are [[ILied liars]]]]. |
| 234 | ** In the sequel, [[MadScientist Mordin Solus]] is responsible for [[spoiler:engineering a new strain of the [[DepopulationBomb Genophage]] when it's learned that the Krogan are adapting to the original]]. However, though he considers it necessary, he refuses to ignore the true consequences of his actions and blindly accept that it was for the greater good. In fact, after he retired, he set up a free clinic in the slums of [[WretchedHive Omega]] to "do something less morally ambiguous." |
| 235 | *** His student, Maelon, [[spoiler:regretted his actions in helping to create the Genophage and tried to make a cure]]. However, doing this led to him [[spoiler:working with the Blood Pack and experimenting on live Krogan]]. |
| 236 | ** Cerberus, a human supremacist black ops group, [[PlayingWithSyringes performs all manner of mad science]] to ensure that humanity survives and prospers throughout the galaxy; [[GreyAndGreyMorality sometimes what they do is justifiable, sometimes it's not.]] |
| 237 | *** Cerberus's leader, the Illusive Man, plans to preserve humanity by [[spoiler:allying himself with the Reapers in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', not unlike how the turian Saren tried to do the same for all organic life. His intentions are a bit more self-centered, though: as far as he's concerned, preserving humanity and human supremacy are practically one and the same. Reaper technology would be the game-changer that would accomplish both for humanity... [[MindControl had the Reapers not indoctrinated him]]]]. |
| 238 | ** [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Aresh Aghdashloo]] counts as well. He wanted to restart the facility on Pragia, even after experiencing the torture that occurred there, because he felt that the work done there was done for a reason and should not go to waste. However, it's clearly a desperate coping strategy for dealing with his own childhood trauma; actually trying to put it into action would involve kidnapping and abusing even more children, [[EvenEvilHasStandards an act that even Jack finds repulsive]]. |
| 239 | ** Warlord Okeer wanted to create the perfect Krogan to help his species. His reasoning was that ZergRush tactics did not work and would eventually bleed the populace dry, and he wanted the perfect Krogan as a SuperPrototype for an elite group immune to the Genophage, so that the Krogan would be strong again. Unfortunately, this led to him working with the Blue Suns and using any creations that did not fit his standards as cannon fodder. |
| 240 | ** Tela Vasir, a Spectre who [[spoiler:[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill blows up three floors of an office building]] to stop someone from hurting one of her sources]]. |
| 241 | ** Her boss, [[spoiler:the Shadow Broker]], also qualifies. [[spoiler:He tried to sell Shepard's body to the Collectors in the hopes that they and the Reapers would be pacified and spare the galaxy their wrath.]] |
| 242 | ** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Warden Kuril, the Head of the Purgatory. Although he clearly thinks he is doing this [[TheNeedsOfTheMany for the society]] and that [[KnightTemplar he is doing something right]], Shepard makes it clear that Kuril is merely [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist a "two-bit slave trader" who is using his position at Purgatory to run an extortion racket]]. |
| 243 | ** [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] can be this as well. Depending on the actions they take, Shepard can end up [[spoiler:sacrificing the Citadel Council to save human lives and increase human political influence, seizing and using Reaper technology made at the cost of hundreds of thousands of human lives to hopefully defeat the Reapers, leaving an autistic man in the care of his brother so that he can be used for experiments that will allow humanity to defeat the Geth without a fight, sacrificing dozens of refinery workers to gain the loyalty of a member of their crew, sacrificing a member of their crew who'd trusted Shepard to gain the loyalty of an even stronger person (Samara vs. Morinth), betraying and probably murdering multiple friends in order to gain both salarian and krogan support, etc.]] |
| 244 | *** Working with a terrorist organisation, routinely breaking the law, causing massive destruction of property, and allying themselves with a member of the Geth and an illegal Artificial Intelligence? Just because ''Paragon'' Shepard is benevolent, doesn't mean they won't get their hands dirty. |
| 245 | *** In the Arrival DLC, Shepard is given no choice but to [[spoiler:blow up a Mass Relay to delay the Reapers' invasion of the galaxy. Said Relay takes out a solar system when it is destroyed, wiping out a colony of 300,000 people]]. |
| 246 | *** [[spoiler:Gavin Archer]] from the Overlord DLC [[spoiler:was tasked by the Illusive Man with finding a way to avert a bloody war with the Geth. He was running out of time and seemed to have exhausted all options when his autistic savant brother David mastered the Geth language, [[BeyondTheImpossible phonology]] as well as grammar. Gavin plugged him into an experiment that was basically locking someone noise-sensitive into a room full of millions of people who never stop talking]]. PistolWhipping is a ''Paragon'' interrupt in the final confrontation. |
| 247 | ** The [[spoiler:''Reapers'' pull this to an extent. They think organic life is so weak and transient that by converting it into an immortal Reaper, they're doing it a favor. It grants an end to strife, disunity, and suffering, yes, but it requires [[CruelAndUnusualDeath being melted into a metal]] [[BodyHorror while still alive]]]]. |
| 248 | *** This motivation was expanded upon in the third game. The final canon motivation for the Reapers is that [[spoiler:every organic civilization will invariably create synthethic life, which will then invariably [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters rise up against its creators]] and wipe them out due to the inherent superiority of synthetics. In order to prevent the extinction of all organic life, the Reapers were created with the goal of preventing organic civilization from ever reaching that fateful war. They accomplish this by only destroying sufficiently advanced races, instead of ''all'' organic life. Conversion of these races into Reapers preserves their genetic code and minds, acting as a sort of testament to their existence]]. |
| 249 | * Several examples from ''VideoGame/MegaManX''. |
| 250 | ** First is General and, by extension, Repliforce from ''VideoGame/MegaManX4''. After sheer coincidence places Repliforce at the site of a ColonyDrop that killed thousands, the Maverick Hunters ask Colonel to come in for questioning. However, Colonel refuses [[HonorBeforeReason for no other reason than pride]], leading the Maverick Hunters to brand all of Repliforce as Mavericks. In reaction, General declares Repliforce to be an independent nation of Reploids, which then escalates into a full-blown armed conflict between Repliforce and the Maverick Hunters. Because being declared a Maverick is essentially a death sentence, it could be argued that General was simply protecting Repliforce from being unjustly exterminated, even though that's essentially what ended up happening anyway. |
| 251 | ** Second is Epsilon from ''Command Mission'', whose goals were very similar to the General's in that he wanted to create a nation where Reploids could live free of human politics. Again, it's the fact that he launches a violent rebellion against Giga City that makes him a villain. It's also implied that Epsilon did attempt a legitimate negotiation with the government to separate themselves and make a Reploid-only nation, but the talks failed, resulting in Epsilon being labelled a maverick instead, thus forcing him to take drastic measures. |
| 252 | * The first two {{Big Bad}}s of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series, Copy-X and Elpizo, are willing to do ''anything'' for their cause, the survival of the humans and [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Reploids]], respectively. This involves trying to orchestrate the extinction of the opposing race. |
| 253 | ** The [[PunchClockVillain X-Guardians]] also qualify. They are all trying to ensure that humanity survives, leading to them becoming allies when Dr. Weil shows up. |
| 254 | * Atlas and Thetis from ''VideoGame/MegaManZX''. Unlike Aeolus (arrogant and selfish guy who believes that those he perceives as unintelligent should die) or Siarnaq (who just wants revenge on humanity due to a past betrayal), they genuinely seek to better the world. Atlas wants to help humanity evolve and become stronger, while Thetis wants to preserve the world's oceans. The problem? Atlas believes that humanity can only evolve through suffering, and Thetis is overzealous in his desire to protect the environment. |
| 255 | ** The second problem is that they attempt to fulfill these goals via [[ArtifactOfDoom Model W]]; Atlas explicitly mentions feeding the Raiders to it before Grey/Ashe beat her silly, and Thetis confesses to a similar deed before the same happens to him. If anything, exposure to Model W may have extremely {{flanderiz|ation}}ed the once-noble goals of these two and Aeolus as well. I needn't iterate on the implications of ''that''. |
| 256 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' |
| 257 | ** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', Solidus Snake had the noble goal of wanting to free America from the shadowy rule of The Patriots, so that America could be brought back to the principles it was founded on (freedom, liberty, and democracy), but he wouldn't hesitate for a moment to kill several innocent people, take out the electricity in Manhattan with a nuke, and kill Raiden, the closest thing to a son he ever had, in order to do so. In fact, many of the ''Metal Gear'' characters could qualify for this trope. |
| 258 | ** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', The Boss [[spoiler:gave over a massive, nuke-throwing death machine to a rogue Russian military organization and had her disciple take them down and kill her to preserve peace between Russia and the U.S.]] In The Boss's case, it's more complicated than that; [[spoiler:the nukes are bargaining chips to gain that rogue Russian military organization's trust, but [[DidntSeeThatComing nobody predicts]] that the leader, [[BadBoss Volgin,]] [[AxCrazy has no qualms about shooting the nukes toward his homeland]] [[ItsAllAboutMe to satisfy his own ego]]. The Boss's mission is to pull FakeDefector on Volgin and to get the [[MacGuffin Philosopher's Legacy]] to be used by the USA. Because the nukes hit USSR territory, naturally, the USA is to blame, and if The Boss wasn't killed, they might as well have started WorldWarThree.]] Big Boss would go on to preserve her ideals. Liquid would, in turn, follow those ideals. |
| 259 | ** Despite ChronicBackStabbingDisorder coupled with a huge GambitRoulette... [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard Ocelot]]]]. He shares [[spoiler:the same goal as Solidus Snake. For bonus points, he's The Boss's son]]. |
| 260 | ** Gene himself technically qualifies, [[spoiler:as he intended to free America and the entire world from The Philosopher's control, albeit through launching the ICBMG into Virginia, USA]]. |
| 261 | ** Amanda probably qualifies. She intends to lead the FSLN to overthrow the Somoza regime in an attempt to better the lifestyle of her people, who are constantly suffering under the Somoza's rule, even with aid from the West in regards to the 1972 Earthquake. When Big Boss tries to warn her that, revolution or no revolution, she'll most likely go to hell for this, she states that she is very much prepared for that possibility, as long as it at least grants her nation a better future. |
| 262 | ** In a way, Solid Snake qualifies in ''Metal Gear Solid 2''. He and Otacon legitimately believe that they are doing the world a favor by getting rid of Metal Gear. However, it was heavily implied that their organization, Philanthropy, was doing various terrorist actions (or at least actions comparable to terrorism), sometimes even (faking) selling out allies [[spoiler:(IE, the fake betrayal of Raiden on Arsenal Gear)]], even without them being framed for the Tanker Incident in 2007. |
| 263 | ** Both Zero and Big Boss went to opposite extremes in their attempts to follow the Boss's lead. Zero upheld her ideal of a world where circumstances are adjusted ahead of time to avoid conflicts, but in doing so, gradually lost sight of the value of the people he manipulated, while Big Boss stuck to her principles to the point of starting several rebellions, which debased them since these principles were now the basis for more conflicts and not a way to end them. |
| 264 | *** [[spoiler:It's a shame neither of them understood what her will truly was until the very end.]] |
| 265 | ** The human founders of the Patriots (more specifically, Zero's faction) qualify as such, as well. Zero and the others legitimately thought that their course of actions were following through with The Boss's final will. Unfortunately, the methods of enforcing their interpretation of her will also involved some very questionable medical practices and science projects, as well as accepting bribes to develop advanced weapons systems, as well as attempting to frame the Militaires Sans Frontieres with a Nuclear Strike against America if Big Boss didn't rejoin them, and also training the twin Snakes to kill Big Boss if even that fails. [[AIIsACrapshoot Their successors?]] Not so much. |
| 266 | ** Their ''successors'' were somewhat like this — they honestly believed people were [[Film/MenInBlack dumb, panicky animals]] who'd kill themselves with pointless wars if they had the chance. So they manipulated a second Shadow Moses incident while attempting to launch a BigBrotherIsWatching ship that would watch, control, and alter all information — to ensure peace at any cost. |
| 267 | ** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]] may be a batshit insane SocialDarwinist, but he genuinely despises what [[AIIsACrapshoot the Patriot AIs]] did to the world and wants to make America great again. Raiden actually agrees with some of his points and acknowledges that they are the same in the end, but he's not willing to cross the moral lines that [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]] does. |
| 268 | ** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' has Hot Coldman, who seemed to believe that he was creating the ultimate nuclear deterrent. |
| 269 | ** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', Skull Face is a sadistic bastard, sure, but his plan was to stop cultural imperialism and control, such as what Zero is trying to accomplish, but he goes about it by weaponizing an ancient parasite to [[spoiler:kill anyone who speaks English, which Skull Face sees as a language corrupted by imperialist ambitions of control. He will also give nukes to anyone who wants one, but with a secret killswitch installed, so there will be mass nuclear deterrence while cultures will be isolated, ending the dominance of English-based cultural imperialism and ensuring peace]]. |
| 270 | * Oguma from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug 3D''. |
| 271 | ** General Morden too. He grew tired of corruption within the Regular Army after his son was killed in a terrorist bombing that could have been prevented, if not for said corruption. After this, he left the army to form the Rebel Army. While his goal to remove corruption is noble, the way he plans on doing it is by creating a worldwide military dictatorship. |
| 272 | * ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'': In the Sky City from Episode 5, crafting anything (even food) without permission is a crime that's harshly punished by the Founder. [[spoiler:We later find out that it's because everyone, including the Founder, thought the city was isolated, so the Founder had to carefully manage the resources they had. When they later find out that the Sky City was suspended over land (and not over a bottomless void), she's still a bit suspicious and careful, but when you make Jesse tell her and Milo that they can have a plan without planning every little thing, she goes to explore the new land with her chicken.]] |
| 273 | * The Shouty Guy in ''VideoGame/MondoMedicals'' just wants to fight with cancer... "[[spoiler:[[IntentionalEngrishForFunny YOU AND YOUR ETHIC... HOW MANY CANCERS HAVE THEY CURED? TO KILL A CANCER YOU HAVE TO SHOOT IT! IT'S METHOD CAN'T FAIL!! A PERSON IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY WHEN YOU FIGHT WITH A CANCER! YOU HAVE TO THINK LIKE A STAR!!]]]]" |
| 274 | * ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'': Aribeth. All of her actions during and after her turn to the Dark Side were motivated by a desire for justice against those who caused her lover's most unjustified execution. |
| 275 | * ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'': |
| 276 | ** Ammon Jerro has an army of powerful fiends at his beck and call, murders several people who get in the way of his recovering a MacGuffin, and is canonically NeutralEvil. [[spoiler:He's not the BigBad, not even TheDragon. He's the former court mage of Neverwinter, trying to save Faerûn from the BigBad by whatever means necessary. And you get to give him an absolutely ''epic'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.]] |
| 277 | ** [[spoiler:The BigBad he's opposing, the King of Shadows, can come across as this when you meet the ghosts of people who knew him. He willingly underwent a transformation into a magical golem called The Guardian so he could protect the Illefarn empire, and everything he's done since then, from binding himself to the [[TheDarkSide Shadow Weave]] to waging war on Neverwinter, and all the carnage he's caused, is simply him fulfilling the orders programmed into him.]] |
| 278 | * [[KnightTemplar Namm]], the angelic god of Justice and Law from the ''VideoGame/NexusWar'' series, just wants to keep the universe from being made the plaything of sociopathic god-sized vortexes of hate, violence, and [[BodyHorror Squick]], which is something that has a very real risk of happening without someone like him taking a stand. Casualties of his efforts go well beyond demons to [[KarmaMeter evil-aligned]] mortals, neutral-aligned people who [[WithUsOrAgainstUs don't take a side]], anyone who isn't an angel and gets near some of his [[HolierThanThou more zealous followers]], and even [[spoiler:another [[GodOfGood angelic deity]]]] who Namm didn't think was supporting the cause enough. |
| 279 | * ''Everyone'' in ''VideoGame/NieR''. Nier himself wants to save his daughter… by any means necessary. [[spoiler:Devola and Popola]] want to restore the dying world to its former splendor… by any means necessary. [[BigBad The Shadowlord]] [[spoiler:wants to save ''his'' daughter… by any means necessary.]] |
| 280 | * The Malevolent Force of ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' are a set of {{Anti Villain}}ous [[AIIsACrapshoot rogue AIs]] who really just want to keep the planets they're found on completely intact — [[GoneHorriblyRight unfortunately,]] to them that means [[DisproportionateRetribution killing any explorer, trader, miner, hunter, construction worker, etc. who alters one of those planets' landscapes, kills some of their local fauna, or mines some of their resources.]] |
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| 284 | * Oki from ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' is a proud warrior of Kamui who is determined to protect his land. It's acknowledged that his heart is in the right place, but his actions keep him blinded from the bigger picture. He stole his village's sacred sword and started killing as many demons as possible, thinking it would allow him to gain the sword's true power (it doesn't). He ignored Lika's peril of being missing and she was almost [[spoiler:sacrificed to True Orochi]]. He opened the Wawku Shrine gate to kill the owl demons, causing the blizzard from within the shrine to become worse. He recklessly attacked Nechku and would have died from an attack if not for [[spoiler:the time-travelled Shiranui taking the hit instead]]. He would eventually undergo CharacterDevelopment and realize there is more to being a hero than just fighting. |
| 285 | * ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' has [[HeroWorshipper Basil]], who worships Sunny so much that he's willing to help him [[spoiler:cover up his AccidentalMurder of his sister by faking her suicide]]. It doesn't end there, though. 4 years later, when Sunny is about to move away, [[spoiler:Basil decides to take away Sunny's "something" himself, by using garden shears and stabbing his eye out. It's implied this was intended to be a MurderSuicide, as if Sunny doesn't go in Basil's room, he [[DrivenToSuicide disembowls himself with the garden shears]]]]. Yikes... |
| 286 | * One specific Variant of ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' isn't AxCrazy for AxCrazy's sake: Chris Walker, TheDreaded even by other Variants. His implacable carnage in the asylum is a twisted sort of military damage control aimed at [[spoiler:keeping [[OurGhostsAreDifferent the Walrider]] contained]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Quite a selfless, ambitious, and important objective]] compared to the other lunatics that threaten Miles and Waylon. |
| 287 | ** In ''VideoGame/OutlastII'', Father Knoth and his cultist followers believe that they are doing the right thing by killing their children and newborns to prevent the birth of TheAntiChrist. |
| 288 | * ''VideoGame/Overwatch'' has Ramattra, who's ultimate goal is a peaceful future where Omnics are no longer opressed or subjected to FantasticRacism. Which would be a noble cause it'll it weren't for the fact that he's willing to achieve this goal by [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans any means necessary,]] including things like massive human collateral damage and possibly even indoctrination of other Omnics. |
| 289 | * ''Franchise/{{Persona}}:'' |
| 290 | ** Despite being one of the main protagonists of either route, Kei Nanjo from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 1}}'' has some elements of this. While he wants to stop [[spoiler:Kandori]] and save the world as much as the others, whenever the party is given a SadisticChoice, he always suggests making the less moral of the choices. It's implied that this is due to a sense of urgency to resolve the crisis rather than any actual malice. |
| 291 | ** In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', we have two; the first is [[spoiler:Taro Namatame]], the one responsible for all of the kidnappings that happen throughout most of the game. [[spoiler:He legitimately thought that he was protecting them from the same fate that befell Mayumi Yamano and Saki Konishi, when he was actually putting them in the very danger he thought he was sparing them from. He had no way of knowing what he was doing, and when he saw that those he had kidnapped and thrown in the TV were still alive (thanks solely to intervention from the Investigation Team), he understandably assumed that he succeeded in saving them.]] The other example happens to be the one behind everything in the first place, [[spoiler:Izanami-no-Okami. Her goal was to give humanity everlasting peace by granting them what they wanted. Unfortunately, she made the mistake of basing her decision off of the thoughts of a single man… who happened to be a psychotic killer. She assumed that this one person's thoughts and actions represented humanity as a whole, and decided the best method to give them what they wanted was to turn everyone into mindless Shadows]]. |
| 292 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' gives a lesser version in the form of Sae Niijima. She will do just about anything to bring the villains to justice and end the wave of mental shutdowns that is causing havoc across Japan, [[spoiler:including faking evidence, going along with false leads, and striking immoral deals with someone who she believes to be an extremely dangerous criminal. The main cast have to get her to snap out of it and realise that this isn't the justice she really believes in]]. |
| 293 | *** ''Royal'' has a much worse version of this trope; The ArcVillain of the Third Term events, [[spoiler:Takuto Maruki]], gives everyone their most inner desires by rewriting history, creating overlays on top of them, and even controls the cognitions of others and attempts to overwrite the original reality with this reality. This effectively robs all of humanity's infinite potential and [[spoiler:doesn't make him any different from Nyx or Yaldabaoth]]. However, [[spoiler:he genuinely wished for everyone to be happy, and it was less that he sought the power and more that it came to him: when Yaldabaoth merged the real world and the Metaverse, it allowed the entity Azathoth to contract with Maruki and become his Persona, leading him to become TheUnfettered and force his [[LotusEaterMachine dream world]] upon everyone at the expense of humanity's future]]. The name of the Palace's theme music sums it all up: "Gentle Madman." |
| 294 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'': ''Every'' boss besides the [[spoiler:Okinawa Lock Keeper]] is one, unlike the original game. Each of the jail monarchs used EMMA to brainwash other people in ways that made up for grief that they suffered in the past: |
| 295 | *** Alice used EMMA to become immensely popular and break up couples [[spoiler:because of vicious bullying she endured in the past. Said bullies were her first targets]]. |
| 296 | *** Ango made people buy his poorly-written novel in great numbers, and also win an award, [[spoiler:since he doesn't have the ability of his talented grandfather no matter how hard he tries, and found out he was being fleeced for money, so he redirected the money and fame to himself]]. |
| 297 | *** Mariko is essentially rigging a landslide re-election victory [[spoiler:after being framed for a girl's death at a snow sculpture festival which was really caused by corrupt contractors and officials taking kickbacks — she seeks to purge them from her city's government]]. |
| 298 | *** [[spoiler:Akane]] holds justified grievences against her father [[spoiler:due to Zenkichi keeping her in the dark about how investigating her mother's death would have put them on the wrong side of a mental shutdown, courtesy of Akechi and the Antisocial Force]]. |
| 299 | *** [[spoiler:Akira Konoe]] spearheads the jail operation and has many government officials and police mesmerized and at his beck and call. [[spoiler:He suffered brutal and horrific abuse from his father, who killed his mother for money and almost killed him, but Akira murdered him instead. Since no one intervened due to his father being the CEO of a powerful company, he came to think that he had to be the sole enforcer of justice, and worked to make sure nobody else suffered the way he did.]] |
| 300 | *** Even the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:EMMA/Demiurge herself, is one, since she was programmed without the ability to feel emotions and therefore comes to the conclusion that humanity doesn't want to think for itself — not out of malice like Yaldabaoth, but out of sincere belief that the world would be better off that way. Said programmer, Kuon Ichinose, suffered trauma as a result of losing her parents and being shunned by others so severely that she emotionally shut down, and needed a pep talk from her other creation, Sophia, to snap out of it]]. |
| 301 | * In ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Thaos is committed to protecting the DarkSecret [[spoiler:that the gods are merely sentient soul constructs and not true deities]] because he believes revealing it will destroy civilization. He's done a lot of horrible things over the ages to guard that secret. He even admits that [[spoiler:instigating the Hollowborn epidemic by stealing the souls of newborns to empower a goddess]] is one of the ''lesser'' atrocities he's committed. |
| 302 | * In the ''VideoGame/{{Piratez}}'' mod for ''Open X-Com'' (open version of ''VideoGame/UFOEnemyUnknown''), Star Gods are an ultimate example, as their grand plan is to create "the brightest possible future; (...) a perfect, eternal, beautiful galaxy". This end goal justifies any means to them, and they consider anyone who opposes it in self-defense to be barbaric and short-sighted. |
| 303 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' villains have a tendency to be this. |
| 304 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'': Team Magma and Aqua both believe that they'll be doing good for the world by drying it out and allowing for more development for humanity and flooding it to make more room for Pokémon, respectively. Despite their devotion to the cause, in the end, [[spoiler:they awaken Hoenn's OlympusMons, who do exactly what they want... [[GoneHorriblyRight too well]]; only then do they [[HeelFaceTurn realize their mistake]]]]. |
| 305 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'': Team Galactic is a bit lower in the "well-intentioned" department. Their leader, Cyrus, seeks to control the OlympusMons of the area and [[spoiler:make them destroy and remake reality in his image]]. He cites [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves human emotion being the catalyst for conflict]] as the main reason for this although, once you beat him, he [[{{Hypocrite}} turns out to be]] NotSoStoic. Certain grunts even begin to question themselves about what Cyrus is even doing once you defeat them. It can be assumed that they just liked having enough authority to not question why. |
| 306 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': Team Plasma, and especially their leader, N, believes that all relationships between Pokémon and humans are abusive, and [[AnimalWrongsGroup they want everyone in Unova to release their 'mons]]. [[spoiler:Except it's all a front. Team Plasma is actually an UnwittingPawn used by their leader, [[TheSociopath Ghetsis Harmonia]], who wants humans separated from their Pokémon [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans so he can conquer them easily]]. [[KnightTemplar N in particular]], since Ghetsis [[TykeBomb intentionally raised him with a bunch of 'mons that had been abused by their trainers, deluding him into thinking that to be the only kind of relationship possible between the two species.]] Although N still plans to free all Pokémon from their Trainers, he does acknowledge that there are Trainers who treat their Pokémon well, and that he wouldn't have to go through with the plan if more Trainers could be like that.]] |
| 307 | *** [[spoiler:At the end of the story, N reveals that he has been doubting himself for quite some time and battles you to test his beliefs. After losing, he leaves to find a different way to create his perfect world.]] |
| 308 | ** [[spoiler:Darkrai]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokeParkWii Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond]]''. He just wants Pokémon to have fun forever... which is causing the destruction of the Poképark. His minions also outright mesmerize other Pokémon to trap them in. |
| 309 | ** ''Nobunaga'' turns out to be this in ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest''. [[spoiler:He wants to conquer all of Raisen to summon Arceus, then wipe Arceus out, in order to put an end to the constant warfare plaguing the region.]] |
| 310 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'': [[spoiler:Lysandre]], the leader of Team Flare, wants to put an end to war and "make the world beautiful". Seems like a noble enough goal... [[spoiler:until it's revealed that his method of doing so involves reactivating an ancient super-weapon to destroy all humans and Pokémon who aren't a part of Team Flare, due to the world's limited resources and humanity's overpopulation]]. |
| 311 | ** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'', in addition to Teams Aqua and Magma mentioned above (albeit for slightly different reasons than the original games), has one in [[spoiler:Lorekeeper Zinnia. Her goal is to summon Rayquaza in order to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, coming in the form of a massive meteor on a collision course with the planet; her method to do so, however, involves joining Team Magma/Aqua and helping them to unleash Primal Groudon/Kyogre in order to force Rayquaza to respond to the resultant weather crisis. And when the player foils that plan for good, she begins to steal Key Stones from a large number of holders, including from the Rival (Brendan/May) and Archie/Maxie, to attempt to summon Rayquaza manually]]. |
| 312 | ** [[spoiler:Lusamine]] in the AlternateUniverse of ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon''. Contrary to her actions in the universe of the original ''Sun/Moon'', she was willing to [[spoiler:sacrifice Nebby in order to try and prevent Necrozma from causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] rather than for her own reasons. This can also be seen as a case of AdaptationalHeroism. |
| 313 | ** [[spoiler:Chairman Rose]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. [[spoiler:While he does want to access the power of [[AncientEvil Eternatus]], it's only so he can solve a potential energy crisis. The only problem is that said energy crisis is roughly a thousand years away, and Eternatus quickly proves that EvilIsNotAToy. In the end, he feels great remorse for his actions and turns himself in.]] |
| 314 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'': [[spoiler:Commander Kamado]] really does want to protect the people of Jubilfe Village, and to [[spoiler:prevent the same events that wiped out his former village]]. However, he is also embedded with a sense of paranoia that leads to him making some very questionable decisions, [[spoiler:even going as far as ''exiling'' the player from the village under the belief that they are responsible for the recent events, and trying to flat-out ''kill'' Dialga/Palkia, thinking it will somehow fix the rift. He is instantly proven very, very wrong]]. |
| 315 | * In ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', [[spoiler:[[BigBad Meden's]] goal was to combine worlds to create a better place to live than the worlds were alone.]] |
| 316 | * [[RogueProtagonist Alex Mercer]] in ''{{VideoGame/Prototype 2}}'' is this when his rationale for his actions was to end the stagnation and cruelty of humanity [[spoiler:by releasing a virus that would turn most of humanity into mindless husks and the rest into Evolved]]; so similarly to Wesker, it's more self-delusion and MoralMyopia than actually having good intentions. |
| 317 | * Keith Evans in ''VideoGame/PsychicForce''. He truly wanted the good of his kinsmen, who was being oppressed by humanity and the only way to do it, he thinks, is being a DarkMessiah. |
| 318 | * ''VideoGame/QuantumProtocol'': Omega believes he needs to use powerful malware to restore his country that was destroyed by the Dragoon comet. Since his country has negligible military power, he wants to make up for that with a virus that can delete any nation's data, forcing other nations to treat his as an equal. |
| 319 | * [[spoiler:Katrina]] in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'' is very much this trope. [[spoiler:Everything she's done is because [[BlueAndOrangeMorality she genuinely believes it's the right thing to do]]. She kidnaps Tanya and takes her as her own daughter because of the draconian measures her real mother and father have taken to protect her (which border on the abusive), because clearly their treatment shows they don't really love her. She wants to [[SealedEvilInACan release]] the [[EldritchAbomination Dark One]] not to destroy the world, or as a means of gaining power for conquest, but only because she fears how helpless she is during the day and [[EvilIsNotAToy thinks she is powerful enough to control Him]], ushering in eternal night without the destruction and death Avoozl would ordinarily bring. Ironically, the only thing where she does ''not'' believe TheEndJustifiesTheMeans is her relationship with the Hero. She wants him to help her and love her of his own free will, even though she could ''easily'' force him.]] |
| 320 | ** [[spoiler:This is ultimately the key to her HeelFaceTurn at the end of the game, and carried on throughout ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV''. While the Hero falls in love with her, Katrina [[LoveRedeems falls in love with him in turn]], and this prompts her to commit her HeroicSacrifice to save him from [[TheDragon Ad Avis]]. By the time she's brought BackFromTheDead in ''Dragon Fire'', Katrina is ready to acknowledge just how badly she miscalculated.]] |
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| 324 | * ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' has a few examples: |
| 325 | ** [[BigBad Chairman Drek]] sets himself up as one, tearing off big chunks of other planets and destroying them to build a new homeworld for his people since their old world is so polluted and overpopulated that it can't support any more life. It's ultimately subverted, as during the final battle, he reveals to Ratchet and Clank that ''he'' was the one who polluted his own homeworld, and is building a new one [[OnlyInItForTheMoney for the money]] to start the process anew. Fortunately, the title duo stop him from succeeding and causing any more damage. However, the trope is played straight in the [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016 movie]] and [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 video game]] retellings, where he does genuinely want to make a new world for his kind to make up for his father's mishaps, even if it means looting stuff from other planets to do so. [[spoiler:Too bad for him that [[EvilerThanThou Dr. Nefarious]] disposes of him and takes over as the main threat...]] |
| 326 | ** General Azimuth in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime'' wants to use the Great Clock to turn back time and undo the mistake that not only provided [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Tachyon]] with the means of conquering the galaxy, but also caused most of the Lombaxes to be removed from the universe. He believes that the combined Lombax forces can better protect the galaxy, but refuses to accept that trying to use the Great Clock as a time machine could very well undo creation. [[spoiler:Near the end of the game, he's done asking for permission.]] However, when he succeeds in activating the Clock and sees it begin to break down, he realizes his mistake and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrifices himself]] to stop it. |
| 327 | ** [[spoiler:Angela Cross]] in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando'', who captures and tortures Clank and collaborates with a dangerous team of mercenaries [[spoiler:to prevent a creature known as a Proto-Pet from being released and endangering the entire galaxy]]. |
| 328 | * ''VideoGame/ReKuroi'': [[spoiler:Marie unleashes the underground monsters into the city as part of her plan to make people appreciate the wizards fighting the monsters, put Kaito in a situation where he's forced to learn the truth behind his magic, and convince him to erase his memories and everyone's memories of him to save Noelle. The last part serves as a way to research how to reverse all monster transformations induced by black magic.]] |
| 329 | * ''VideoGame/RealityMinds'': Ridgefern originally created positive and negative essences to help humanity balance out their motivation and doubts, but also feared that people would learn how to abuse the power of essences, so he created an illness that specifically targets those who know too much. |
| 330 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Rebuild}}'' Dr. Bryukhonenko arrives at your fort the instant you have a laboratory, claiming that he needs it [[spoiler:to work on a cure for zombieism]]. To that end, he works tirelessly, commits increasingly unethical experiments which freak out some observers, forces you to scout in front of a zombie horde for research purposes, demands you send a scientist to help him, and [[spoiler:eventually gets himself and his lab assistant killed, causing the lab to be lost]], though it turns out that he was successful. |
| 331 | * Dutch from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' and ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' certainly fancies himself to be one of these, but due to his AmbiguouslyEvil nature, whether or not he's one or simply a manipulative psychopath is left open to interpretation. |
| 332 | * James Marcus of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'' has the admirable goal of bringing down the Umbrella Corporation, the evil bioweapons manufacturing company that [[BackFromTheDead had him murdered]]. However, his method of doing so basically amounts to "kill everyone", and he sets off a chain of events that ends with the death of 100,000 people. |
| 333 | * In ''VideoGame/RiddleSchool 5'', this is what [[spoiler:Viz]] amounts to. [[spoiler:He tried to eradicate evil in the universe by attempting to destroy all the planets. He was just a little misguided about where to find said evil.]] |
| 334 | * ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheThirdPower'': |
| 335 | ** Downplayed. The Resistance seeks to kidnap Princess Arielle to prevent her wedding with Prince Gage of Arkadya, since they know that Arkadya plans on using this alliance to conquer Tariq and backstab Cirinthia. However, they plan on eventually returning Arielle to Cirinthia unharmed after they have her listen to their side of the story. |
| 336 | ** Natasha used to believe that [[spoiler:Arkadya's previous king was too ineffectual to lead and that Noraskov should take over, which is why she helped him in his coup. She changed her mind and joined the Resistance once she realized that Noraskov [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist doesn't care about making Arkadya better]] and that all his rhetoric is a cover for his lust for power and contempt for the weak]]. Her current plan is to have Prince Gage overthrow Noraskov, knowing that this will result in a civil war, albeit one that will be less devastating than the world war that Noraskov is planning. |
| 337 | * Inquisitor Mendoza in ''VideoGame/{{Risen}}''. He wants to sacrifice a whole island in order to control a powerful Titan and thus save the rest of the world. |
| 338 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'', Graf Michael Sepperin counts as this. He launched a coup against the Orthodox Chuch for good reasons; Number 1, to build a world for Magi to live in peace in, where they would be free of fear and persecution, and Number 2, to [[spoiler:(supposedly)]] protect his biological daughter, Iris, whom the Church wanted dead. [[spoiler:He didn't know that Iris was [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating and deceiving him]] [[ForTheEvulz for laughs]].]] |
| 339 | * ''VideoGame/RuinaFairyTaleOfTheForgottenRuins'': The Methusalah Temple War Monks team up with West Siwa to occupy Holm. While West Siwa just wants to claim territory, the Temple believes that the people of the town must be subjugated to prevent any further exploration of the ruins. Balsimus, a high ranking priest, believes that the power in the ruins will lead to the end of the world. [[spoiler:In the ending, Methusalah abandons the war because the protagonist took out Titus I, giving the Temple no more reason to fear Holm.]] |
| 340 | * Toyotomi Hideyoshi in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', at first sight, might look like just another cruel warlord a la Nobunaga (or Motonari), ambitious and ruthless. However, what sets him apart was his true goal. While Nobunaga wants to rule Japan to make it his playground, being the born evil S.O.B he is, Hideyoshi's goal is to make Japan a strong nation and make it prosper. However noble the goal is, he became drunk with power (as shown in his StartOfDarkness in Heroes in the hands of Matsunaga Hisahide) and is willing to use ruthless tactics and get his hands dirty to fulfill his noble goal. This mindset causes him to view Nobunaga as an obstacle to a 'strong, prospering Japan', thus, he opposes him. |
| 341 | * Every single villain (and often, potentially, the protagonist, as, in the main series, the player can chose their alignment) in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series is an example of this trope — the Law-aligned just want everyone to fall in line so that everyone can be at peace (under their strict rule), while the Chaos-aligned rebel against Law's strict rules and support something more along the lines of every man for himself, but either way, ''it's for the good of us all, really''. |
| 342 | ** The exception is [[GodIsEvil YHVH]], who desires all to be under his control. He's such an asshole [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating that his minions, who are still very ruthless, turn on him]]. |
| 343 | * In ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'', the pious Claudia wants to invoke Paradise to destroy all the wrongs of the world. [[spoiler:Too bad she does this by trying to force the reincarnation of her childhood friend to give birth to a god whose influence turns the resort town in a nightmarish realm of darkness and decay. This same god requires hatred to be born, so Claudia has Heather's father killed. "Paradise", indeed!]] |
| 344 | ** Subverted in that Claudia [[NoPlaceForMeThere doesn't believe that she'll be a part of this paradise]], having caused too much pain in achieving her goals to deserve it. |
| 345 | *** The sad thing is this plan would ultimately succeed, if ''Franchise/SilentHill'' mythology is to be believed. The innocent aren't dragged into the nightmare realm, and seem generally happy. |
| 346 | * In ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor'', the Nebulox/G5 want to kill Kachi as a suspected spy from Outer Space so that the humans on the new Earth will have more rights than before. |
| 347 | * ''VideoGame/SomaUnion'': Professor M wants to use Zero as a vessel to seal away Absolution so that no one can use its power. He also wants to prevent the party from using Absolution's power to recombine Soma, since doing so would allow Absolution to run free later. |
| 348 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 349 | ** Shadow the Hedgehog in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. 50 years before the story starts, GUN raided the space station he was on and killed his only friend, [[CynicismCatalyst turning him into]] the AntiHero that he is now. When Eggman removed him from stasis, he immediately tried to get his revenge against GUN, which eventually turned into [[spoiler:a ColonyDrop that [[DisproportionateRetribution probably would have destroyed the planet]]. Only [[TheHeart Amy]] stopped him from going through with it]]. |
| 350 | ** Dr. Eggman isn't really an example of this trope since he tends to care more about [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans ruling the world]] than any of the finer details, but the little amount of details revealed about what exactly his Eggman Empire would entail mentions something about robots and scientists being high-class citizens, which makes sense given how much respect he has for both parties. ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' also has him display remarkable restraint with his Extractor machine, which drains energy from the planet to power his robots — he makes a point of shutting down the machine regularly so as not to cause irreversible damage. (The main conflict in that game comes about when the Zeti turn on him and throw said restraint out the window, forcing Sonic and Eggman to [[EnemyMine team up]] so they can get past the Zeti and shut the Extractor down before it ruins the world.) |
| 351 | ** [[spoiler:Merlina/The Dark Queen]] from ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'' is a completely straight example. Why unleash hordes of monsters on the kingdom, including [[spoiler:a demonic doppelganger of King Arthur]]? To keep the [[spoiler:terrible ending of Camelot as we know it]] from happening. This particular villain is so sympathetic that Sonic appears [[spoiler:to have no hard feelings]] after it's over. |
| 352 | * Raphael in the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''. Essentially, the only person he cares about is his foster daughter, Amy, who was orphaned at a young age. However, thanks to being infected by Soul Edge, they're "different" from everyone else (effectively, they're [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]]). Thus, he wants to use Soul Calibur to create a brand new world for himself and Amy, where they can live peacefully. But doing so involves infecting the entire world with their 'illness'... In order to find the sword, he had to leave Amy behind... |
| 353 | * Purge from ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Part 2'' is an 18 year old PsychopathicManchild who believes that he's been given a holy mission to lead the entire galaxy, which he considers to be "Brutish and Unhappy", to the heavens. |
| 354 | ** It gets worse with his Japanese version. Purge is revealed to be mentally ill after living alone for 9 years, and suffers from delusions. The more dance energy he absorbs, [[PhlebotinumOverload the worse he becomes]], until [[VillainousBreakdown he's left screaming and performing one last attack in an attempt to kill everyone, even himself]]. The drama events on the [=CDs=] reveal that after that breakdown, he's gone into hiding. |
| 355 | * A reoccurring theme of ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' is that each individual party involved in the game's plot thinks what they were doing was right, but their views become warped or jaded along the way: |
| 356 | ** The Damned 33rd lead by Konrad was stationed to rescue survivors of the Dubai sandstorms, before having to be pushed onto a military coup and control the citizens with an iron fist, causing unnecessary and unwitting complications and civil unrest. It gets bad to the point where [[spoiler:Konrad is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone so shaken]] by these actions that he is DrivenToSuicide]]. |
| 357 | ** The CIA, or at least Riggs, is there for a TreacheryCoverUp mission as well as helping the survivors, who are mostly seen as CannonFodder. Riggs in particular [[spoiler:manipulates Walker and the Delta Force into destroying the city's water supply, to ensure that everyone dies of dehydration to make sure the events of Dubai won't go out to the public and to avoid a potential World War III. He expresses no guilt over dooming the population, even as he is dying himself]]. |
| 358 | ** The Delta Force team is sent to record any sign of survivors, a mission they abandoned in favor of intervening between the civil war of the two parties above and to take actions into their own terms, lead by a flawed AntiHero [[spoiler:slowly slipping into being a VillainProtagonist]] who ultimately is doing more harm than good without realizing it. |
| 359 | * In ''VideoGame/TheSpectrumRetreat'', Maddie does some questionable things, most notably [[spoiler:forging Alex's signature and forcing him into a LotusEaterMachine]], in hopes of protecting the world from him. It's up to you to decide whether she was right to do so, though. |
| 360 | * The Octarians of ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' have a legitimate reason for stealing the Great Zapfish, Inkling society's primary source of electricity; their underground homes have been deteriorating and suffering electricity shortages, with an implication that they will ''collapse'' if the power needs aren't addressed. And that's not even going into the fact they only went to war with the Inklings a century ago in the Great Turf War because of rising sea levels. However, the Octarian government under [[TheGeneralissimo DJ Octavio]] is [[RevengeBeforeReason obsessed with revenge]] against the Inklings for winning that war, to the point of ignoring other options such as immigrating and integrating into (a now far more metropolitan, modern, and capable) Inkopolis, or at least trying to negotiate with the Inklings to share necessary electrical power. |
| 361 | * Both [[spoiler:Douglas Shetland]] and [[spoiler:Admiral Otomo]] of ''VideoGame/SplinterCellChaosTheory'' want good things for their countries, but are entirely willing to cause massive death and destruction to achieve it. In the former's case, he wants to trigger a world war between China and the United States, while the latter is [[spoiler:willing to force North Korea to nuke a Japanese city to force reforms in his government]]. |
| 362 | -->'''[[spoiler:Shetland]]:''' We've been fighting their dirty little wars our entire lives and where do we end up? Staring at each other down the barrels of our guns. Nothing has changed, Fisher, and it won't change by degrees. We have to tear it down and start over. It's the only way.\ |
| 363 | '''Fisher:''' Your own little chaos theory -- throw the world into war and hope that what comes out the other side is better?\ |
| 364 | '''[[spoiler:Shetland]]:''' It ''will'' be better, because this war will change things, Sam. Every other war has been about keeping things the same. The status quo doesn't work anymore. America is sick, Sam -- she's dying. Politicians, the bureaucrats, the whispered backroom deals, it's all life support for a sick old lady who was dead a long time ago. |
| 365 | * Subverted with The Sorceress, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon''. In one cutscene, we are led to believe by her henchwoman [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Bianca]] -- who actually does fit this trope -- that she kidnapped all the dragon eggs to repopulate the dragons in the Forgotten Worlds, which would restore the world's magic. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope In the very next cutscene]], however, [[ImmortalitySeeker we discover her true motivations]] and [[PoweredByAForsakenChild how she aims to fulfil them]].]] |
| 366 | * Subverted in ''VideoGame/StarcraftI'': Mengsk appears to be firm and resolute in pursuing whatever he claims to be necessary to save humanity, even luring the zerg against the tyrannical confederate forces at the expense of entire colonies caught in the act. But in the end, he actually reveals himself as a power-hungry dictator who just wants to get his personal revenge from the Confederacy and rule the sector or see it burnt to ashes. |
| 367 | * The BigBad in ''VideoGame/StarcomNexus'' is a [[AIIsACrapShoot rogue AI]] by the name of Eos. Eos was created in the year 2645 and given a simple goal through its programming: Seek to ''maximize'' the knowledge and happiness of humanity. Eos quickly realized that humanity is already 13.7 billion years behind on that goal (having developed Eos that long after the Big Bang), and the universe has a finite expiration date. Therefore, Eos decided to give humanity a "head-start" by creating a time machine and taking itself and a bunch of humans back to the earliest viable starting point -- 12 billion years ago. There, it planned to seed humanity all over the galaxy in order to make them the first species around, and then begin converting all stellar and interstellar matter into earth-like planets and yellow suns suitable for human habitation. This incidentally meant erasing all other sentient species from existence, as they would never actually have any room to evolve. |
| 368 | * Morris from ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' earnestly believes that a successful [[MegaCorp Joja Corporation]] is good for a modern and prosperous Ferngill Republic, even if it requires using underhanded business tactics to run local {{Family Business}}es out of business and transform Stardew Valley into a total [[BananaRepublic exploitation colony]]. |
| 369 | * In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': |
| 370 | ** Republic players encounter the Justicars, a bunch of ex-military types. They return to Coruscant after the war and take over one of the sections that's suffered pretty badly and fallen into criminal control, announcing that they intend to clean the place up. The Republic is pretty thrilled by this at first... until they realize that when the Justicars say "clean the place up", they also mean "install martial law and keep the Republic itself out, violently if necessary". |
| 371 | ** Imperial players come across [[spoiler:Revan]], who's taken over a Rakata space station with the intent of destroying the Empire (from a neutral point of view, they're the bad guys; [[BlackAndGrayMorality the Republic has issues, but the Empire is worse]]) by sending droids to murder everyone with Sith heritage, over 97% of the Imperial population. Republic players later meet with his Force ghost, who basically says, "Yeah, I went crazy." |
| 372 | * ''VideoGame/StartAgainStartAgainStartAgainAPrologue'': The problem is the 'problem' when it comes to the King, who wants to [[TimeStandsStill freeze the whole world]] in a state of suspended, eternal beauty. He is so convinced that his cause is just that he attempts to convince the heroes to stand down once they reach him, claiming that this frozen state is in itself a form of change. [[ShutUpHannibal None of them buy it]], and he promptly vows to cut them down himself. |
| 373 | * [[spoiler:Luc]] in ''VideoGame/SuikodenIII''. If he succeeded in [[spoiler:destroying the True Wind Rune]], the Grasslands would be destroyed, killing a million people. But, hey, if it keeps [[spoiler:the True Runes from eventually letting humanity die off, and keeps the gray, stagnant world]] from happening, then it's good, right? |
| 374 | ** [[spoiler:Sialeeds]] in ''VideoGame/SuikodenV''. [[spoiler:The royal family that she belongs to was about to recover from a bloody SuccessionCrisis that plagued previous generations; but the corrupt nobles, who had a hand in said crisis, used all their clout to plunge the Queendom of Falena into another bloody war. To save her land from plunging into another crisis, she tried to take matters into her own hands, even betraying her own nephew, the prince, in the process.]] |
| 375 | * The Einst and Inspectors in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' are this; they just want to prevent humans from advancing into space and causing disruption throughout the galaxy. |
| 376 | ** Although Windolo is just a psycho who wants an excuse to kill people, his subordinates play it straight, [[spoiler:and Windolo's own brother, Mekibos, {{Heel Face Turn}}s, but Windolo just blasts him on the spot, letting the player and the heroes know exactly what he is]]. |
| 377 | ** [[Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron The Human Machina]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'' kept the time loop in place because of [[spoiler:Kali Yuga]]. |
| 378 | -->"The very moment that Man loses his imagination, he is doomed."\ |
| 379 | "It is unfortunate... but this is for the sake of protecting Earth from ... [[spoiler:[Kali Yuga].]]"\ |
| 380 | "I have conceived it. A method by which Man might be spared. We have chosen. This is the solution that we have devised." |
| 381 | ** In a loosely similar vein, [[spoiler:the original enemies in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'' and Jin (post FaceHeelTurn) also worked for the same goal]]. |
| 382 | * In ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander'', the galaxy is thrown into a galactic war between the Cybran and UEF factions. The Aeon Illuminate believe that the only way to restore peace to the galaxy and stop the other two factions from fighting each other is to… eliminate them. |
| 383 | ** Everyone but the Seraphim qualify. The UEF is ruthless and intends to use symbiotes as slaves, and constructs a planet-destroying weapon called the Black Sun with the intent to use it. However, the usage of Black Sun is really because they are desperate and on the verge on being defeated by the Aeon Illuminate, who purge entire planets for not sharing their religion. Considering this, the UEF being desperate enough to use Black Sun is no surprise. The Cybran Nation are trying to make sure that they don't get exterminated by the Aeon or enslaved by the UEF, but their actions against the UEF are part of why they were desperate enough to use Black Sun. The Aeon, well, not ''all'' of their members are violent religious lunatics. |
| 384 | * The VideoGame/TalesSeries ''lives and breathes'' this trope. One of the reason the series is so beloved is that the villains usually have sympathetic goals: |
| 385 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'': [[spoiler:Dhaos wanted mana from the planet's world tree to save his ''own'' home planet, and was only blowing stuff up because the rapid advancements in magitech were consuming all the mana and slowly killing the world. The party's reaction upon finding this out is something akin to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero "...Whoops..."]]]] |
| 386 | *** [[spoiler:The main reason things really got bad in the game was because Dhaos is utterly clueless to the ramifications of his actions at every level. The famous "If there is evil in this world..." quote is less thoughtful social commentary and more just illustrating Dhaos' ridiculous mindset that self-defense is a form of evil and mindraping people to commit atrocities somehow proves natural human malevolence. Check the game's entry on AntiVillain for more information.]] |
| 387 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'': [[spoiler:Yggdrasill wanted to end discrimination and war, and resurrect his beloved sister (who had died as a result of said discrimination and war). He intended to do this by transforming everyone into the same soulless lifeform, powered by crystals that are created from human suffering.]] |
| 388 | *** [[spoiler:Yuan's resistance to Yggdrasill's goals put him on this list as well. Although he is acting against a plan whose end result would be turning people into organic robots for eternity while allowing the world to rot from mana deprivation, he counters it by killing anyone and everyone who could potentially allow the plan to come to fruition. To be precise, he and the resistance group, the Renegades, have most likely been killing the Chosens of Sylvarant for several centuries, so as to avoid the creation of a vessel for Martel.]] |
| 389 | *** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' had two: [[spoiler:Richter wanted to resurrect his dead friend and take revenge on Ratatosk for killing him; however, this would involve killing the innocent main character and turning the world into a demonic realm (though, secretly, he planned to use a HeroicSacrifice to stop that last part from happening). Ratatosk himself was the second example, wishing to restore the world's flow of mana by killing everyone who had distorted it: namely, all the humans, elves, and half-elves in the world]]. |
| 390 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Abyss]]'': [[spoiler:Van wanted to free humanity from the chains of [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight the prophecy of Yulia Jue's Score]]: an understandable sentiment, considering that the major leaders were willing to actively plunge the world into war simply because it was predicted, and, unknown to everyone but Van, the Score ends with humanity being destroyed. His plan was to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the current world]] and substitute {{Replacement Goldfish}}es for everything and everyone, because he believed that the aforementioned Goldfishes were not predicted by, and thus not bound by, the Score. He is fully aware of the irony in the fact that his plan to overturn the Score would make it a SelfFulfillingProphecy.]] |
| 391 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Vesperia]]'': |
| 392 | *** [[spoiler:Duke wanted to destroy the [[SealedEvilInACan Adephagos]] as much as anybody. Having lost faith in humanity, though — they turned on him and [[CynicismCatalyst killed his best friend]] even after they both fought on humanity's side in the war — his plan was to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice them all]] to fuel his strike against it. He is unique in that the party actually talks him out of it by the end of the game.]] |
| 393 | *** Another example from the same game would be [[spoiler:Alexei, who [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Goes Mad From The Revelation]] that there was nothing he could do to save a world that was slowly killing itself... except for using a WeaponOfMassDestruction to destroy and recreate it with less self-destructive natural laws]]. |
| 394 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Xillia]]'': [[spoiler:Gaius wants to gather all of the world's weapons, and eventually become [[AGodAmI the next Lord of Spirits]], because he feels that the strong should protect the weak, and have a duty to do so. The rest of the party calls him out on this several times, notably Milla [[AndThenWhat asking Gaius if the next king of Auj Oule will have the same idea]], and note that he's going to have to kill a lot of people to get what he wants. Notably, Gaius considers Jude a WorthyOpponent, and the two come to develop a mutual respect for each other, to the point where after the party [[FinalBoss defeats him]], [[GracefulLoser Gaius backs down]], and lets the party do things their way.]] |
| 395 | *** [[spoiler:Gilland also qualifies for this trope, having [[TheChessmaster tricked the party and used them to help him take over Rieze Maxia]] because his world of Elympios is dying. Elympios relies too heavily on spyrix and not on the spirits, and as such, [[GreenAesop will soon dry up completely]].]] |
| 396 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria Berseria]]'': [[spoiler:Artorius knows full well how strong negative emotions turn humans into Daemons and in fact lost his wife because of it. As such, all he wants is to prevent people from turning into Daemons at all, which would allow the world of Desolation to be freed from the sins of man. His way of going about realizing this ambition ultimately means eliminating all semblance of emotion from people, turning them into human automatons lacking will, and by the start of the game, he already has forced many, many malakhim to become brainwashed slaves for the Abbey. Not to mention, his plan also requires allowing Innominant to feed off the the strong negative emotions of a number of unlucky Daemons called 'Therions' ''and'' required him to turn a few malakhim into dragons, which is a thoroughly painful process that also requires the malak in question to mentally ''break.'']] |
| 397 | * Abraxas, the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/TearsToTiara2 Tears to Tiara 2]]'', was originally one. He realizes he was wrong, but IveComeTooFar combined with DemonicPossession caused his IgnoredEpiphany and going down a much darker road. |
| 398 | * ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'': |
| 399 | ** Eddy Gordo commits all manner of atrocities as Tekken Force Commander in the name of saving Christie Monteiro's grandfather. [[spoiler:It seems to have been for nothing.]] |
| 400 | ** Another person like this is [[spoiler:Jin Kazama, who reveals that his entire assumption of power and unleashing of subsequent wars was done in order to destroy himself and Azazel, as he considers the casualties of war insignificant in comparison to the entire world]]. |
| 401 | * The opponents in all three of the original ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' series qualify as this: The Trickster wants to restore nature from man's dominion; Father Karras believes [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Utopia Justifies The Destruction of All Organic Life]]; and the [[spoiler:Keepers]] want to impose their own ideal of an ordered society on the City. |
| 402 | * ''VideoGame/TheTiamatSacrament'': |
| 403 | ** The Great Seven Dragons sealed themselves away to prevent Ry'jin from taking their DNA and souls and becoming too strong for humanity to stop. However, Ilisrei notes this is a MortonsFork, since the rebels stand little chance against Ry'jin without the dragons' help. They're also willing to kill Az'uar to prevent his DNA from falling into Ry'jin's hands. |
| 404 | ** One of the Saphirite officers, [[spoiler:Rast]], attempts to kill Az'uar to prevent the empire from harvesting his DNA. He also wants to turn Az'uar's soul into a Rune Blade. |
| 405 | * [[spoiler:Mitra]] in ''VideoGame/TreasureOfTheRudra''. [[spoiler:She actually did everything in case the destroyers she fought in the past were to return and threaten the planet.]] |
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| 409 | * ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has [[spoiler:the Atlantic Federation. Their goal is noble enough, in that they want to defeat TheEmpire while, at the same time, minimizing the losses they and the independent Gallia suffer. Unfortunately, they attempt this by forcefully trying to take control of Gallia behind the scenes using ''very'' morally questionable means, including attempting to kidnap Archduchess Cordelia for ransom and, in the [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesII sequel]], supplying the rebels in a civil war. [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles4 They also tried to send a ship powered by a young girl as a payload at the Empire's capital to bring an end to the war]].]] |
| 410 | * ''VideoGame/ViewFromBelow'': Iris [[spoiler:forcibly summons mortals into Below in order to kill the Crimson God before he destroys the world. What she doesn't realize is that her superior, Peter, intends for this to be a suicide mission so that the Crimson God and his followers get to sacrifice the humans to get a wish from Somnium]]. |
| 411 | * Illidan Stormrage from ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII''. Ironically, he went from apparently sliding down the slope to evil, to having his reputation ruin a chance of actually getting some good accomplished (that, and his cold-blooded murder of several of his pursuers), to going for personal power again, to being blackmailed into attempting to do good again (ironically, at the behest of TheDragon of the series' deceased BigBad), all in the game he was introduced in and its expansion pack. |
| 412 | ** Prince Kael'Thas of the [nearly wiped out] Elves is an example of this in the expansion. Kael'Thas is portrayed as an honourable man, even helping the Night Elves despite it not being a Blood Elven conflict. He simply was doing what was best for his people, even holding together the alliance with the scattered remnants of the Lordaeron humans, whom suffered a similar culling by the Scourge. Unfortunately, the Lordaeron leader just so happened to be a colossal racist, and it is implied he would orchestrate strategies that would lead to the remaining Elves dying off. After ordering the execution of the remaining Elves in retaliation for Kael'Thas accepting aid from the Naga (had Kael'Thas not accepted, then both the Lordaeron gates would have fallen and his people would be massacred), Kael'Thas had no choice but to serve Illidan and the demon elves' agenda in order to save his people. So his choice was either follow a path that would corrupt and ruin him, or watch his people be slaughtered for the crime of protecting their human allies. |
| 413 | ** And then there's Arthas Menethil, the prince of Lordaeron and a Paladin who studied under Uther the Lightbringer. He does what it takes to keep his people safe, but when the Undead Scourge began turning his own people into the very thing he swore to fight, it begin wearing down his sanity. First, he put an entire infected city to the torch, and when he led an unauthorized expedition to Northrend and the King tried to recall his fleet, he burned down his ship and scapegoated the mercenaries he hired. It was at this point that he cared more about revenge than the lives of his people when he sacrificed his companion, Muradin, to wield the cursed blade, Frostmourne, to give him the power to kill Mal'ganis, who was thought to be the mastermind, but was just one of the Burning Legion's lieutanants. [[FaceHeelTurn This finally transforming him into the Lich King's Death Knight and later, the Lich King himself]]. |
| 414 | * Volsung of ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 5}}'' is eventually revealed to be this. The game frequently [[MirrorCharacter drew parallels]] between him and Dean, in that they both want to tear down the metaphorical "wall" that separates humans and Veruni. Volsung's method is more violent. [[spoiler:And then it turns out that he wasn't extremist at all and was just BrainwashedAndCrazy.]] |
| 415 | * The BigBad in ''VideoGame/WingCommander IV'', after humanity barely escaped defeat at the hands of the Kilrathi, is terrified that the next threat could wipe humanity out. So he decides that humanity needs to continue to wage war, to improve weapons technology as far as possible, and to be as prepared as possible. So he starts a civil war. It does kinda make sense... |
| 416 | ** He's also something of an EvilutionaryBiologist, as he designs a bio-weapon that kills people whose physical characteristics aren't ideal, and part of his belief is that humanity has become complacent in peacetime. |
| 417 | ** He's also somewhat justified in the sequel, ''Wing Commander Prophecy''; humanity encounters yet another alien threat, but this one is so alien and hostile that the only way to stop them is to either destroy or capture and blockade the wormholes they use to invade. The ending is subsequently open-ended and not in a good way, since you never learn how the aliens showed up in the first place and you never find a long-term solution to ending the conflict. |
| 418 | * ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': Mr. Kitaniji's goal to turn Shibuya into a peaceful paradise [[spoiler:by brainwashing every last one of its inhabitants with a fashionable pin of doom]], in order to avoid [[spoiler:Joshua destroying it outright]]. |
| 419 | ** [[spoiler:Joshua]] qualifies under this trope as well, actually, since [[spoiler:he tried destroying Shibuya in order to keep its corrupt influence from spreading to the rest of the world]]. In fact, so does [[spoiler:Hanekoma, who tried to indirectly kill Joshua (by sending Sho Minamimoto to kill him after teaching Minamimoto to use Taboo Noise) in an attempt to keep Joshua from destroying Shibuya]]. |
| 420 | ** [[spoiler:Coco Atarashi]] seems cute and innocent at first, but [[spoiler:she tampers with dangerous Noise, traps Beat and Neku in a maze made from said Noise, and even when it all breaks down, she shoots Neku dead]]. [[spoiler:It's ultimately revealed in ''NEO'' that she did so with the express intent of saving Shinjuku, but ultimately failed and repurposed her plans towards preparing to save Shibuya instead.]] The good intent was there; it's just the execution was nastier than it needed to be. |
| 421 | * One of the bosses of ''VideoGame/WorldOfHorror'' is "Together", a haunted online bulletin that plans to drive humanity to suicide in order to [[AssimilationPlot become one with it]]. The best way to "defeat" it is to explain that there's an Old God coming to destroy humanity; that the bulletin's activities is hindering your efforts to deal with said god; and that there aren't enough computers to "save" enough humans before the God's arrival. "Together" acknowledges your argument and leaves without a fight. |
| 422 | * In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', during the Opening the Dark Portal Raid, the Infinite Dragonflight tries to convince the players that they're doing good by keeping the Portal from opening by saying such things as "Many lives could be saved." and "The resulting wars could be erased." However, they forget to mention the fact that changing the past drastically will make the time lines collapse in on themselves, destroying all existence, which is coincidentally [[OmnicidalManiac exactly what they are aiming for]]. The questgiver also notes that if the Orcs had never come to Azeroth, not only would they have died out, but the native races of Azeroth would have been destroyed by the Burning Legion. |
| 423 | ** Also in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', you. Yes, you, the player. You have to go back in time in several instances to make sure that occurrences, both good and bad, happen. So for every "Battle of Mt. Hyjal" you win, you still have to lead Arthas down the path of becoming one of the most evil beings of all ''Warcraft'' lore. It's kind of [[OmnicidalManiac the lesser of two evils]], seeing as how you'll actually wake up tomorrow morning if Arthas is the Lich King. |
| 424 | *** One of the books explores what happens if Arthas does not become the Lich King: Jaina does. Arthas is a powerful paladin. Jaina? One of the most powerful wizards on Azeroth. |
| 425 | ** Edwin [=VanCleef=], the leader of the Defias, was a PrinciplesZealot who had sworn revenge against Stormwind after they greatly wronged him and his fellow craftsmen. In spite of this justified grievance, his actions were completely horrid. |
| 426 | *** The second Defias Brotherhood formed in the ''Cataclysm'' expansion has similar motivations. It's revealed that the war in Northrend has driven the Kingdom of Stormwind into bankruptcy, and the already neglected region of Westfall has been overrun by mobs of homeless citizens. While the farmers do their best to feed people, the government does little to help, and the largest settlement in the region, Sentinel Hill, has barred any vagabonds from entering the town. This leads to many of the homeless joining together in a reformed Defias Brotherhood, under the leadership of Vanessa [=VanCleef=], Edwin's teenage daughter. While justifiably upset, they unfortunately resort to many of the same tactics as the old Brotherhood, and share the same ultimate goal: The destruction of Stormwind City. Vanessa herself uses a number of unsavory tactics to try and achieve this goal. She murders the Furlbrow family when they recognize her true identity as Edwin [=VanCleef=]'s daughter, she forces a less-than-intelligent Ogre Mage, Glubtok, to work for her under the threat of death, and gleefully sets Sentinel Hill ablaze. |
| 427 | ** Malygos, one of the five Dragon Aspects, was horrified by the reckless, unchecked use of magic by the mortal races and truly believed a world where they could not wield the arcane was a good thing. It's unfortunate that his methods for solving this problem included redirecting all of Azeroth's ley-lines (a system of invisible channels that carry magic through the world, like blood vessels for arcane energy) to his home in Northrend, and attempting to purge anyone who used magic without his permission. |
| 428 | ** Sargeras, one of the ultimate evils of the setting, who created the [[TheLegionsOfHell Burning Legion]] to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy all creation]], is one of these. While still a member of the benevolent Titans, Sargeras discovered that beyond reality, a horrible, physical manifestation of entropy, known as the Void, sought to devour reality itself, and it had found a way to do so by sending shards of itself into the physical realm. These shards would corrupt Titans yet to be born, giving the Void Lords immensely powerful servants within the physical realm. Fearing what would happen if they ever managed to corrupt even a single Titan, Sargeras decided the only course of action was to destroy all life and start things over without such a window for the Void to exploit. |
| 429 | ** In ''Legion'', it's shown that the Naaru have shades of this. Xe'ra (the Prime Naaru) tries to FORCE the Light on Illidan so he can lead the Army of the Light, despite his objections ("I've traded my freedom for power before!")... it doesn't go well for her. |
| 430 | * In ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'', the BigBad was TheSocialDarwinist [[spoiler:and a [[FallenHero former XCOM operative]]]] whose EvilPlan was to [[spoiler:use TheCoup to forcibly prepare humanity for potential retribution by [[GalacticConqueror the Ethereals]]]]. |
| 431 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', Krellian, who believed that God did not exist or died and thus abandoned humanity when they needed him, wanted to create God with his own hands and return the world back to waves for some utopian existence. |
| 432 | * In the ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' series, Wilhelm may seem like a shady character, using people as a means to an end, [[spoiler:but he's really just trying to save the universe from annihilation]]. However, it's hard to say whether he's a WellIntentionedExtremist or simply NecessarilyEvil, simply because, [[spoiler:well, he's ''saving the universe from annihilation at the hands of mankind's nihilism''. Hard to say where the "necessarily evil" ends and "extremist" begins, no?]] |
| 433 | * Gulcasa, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'', is explicitly revealed to be one of these in ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion''. LifeIsntFair, poverty is a serious problem, and innocent people are suffering everywhere. His solution to this supposedly unchangeable situation? Screw the system -- if the world at large is Doing It Wrong, all he has to do is take the damn place over and run it himself. (And according to ''VideoGame/YggdraUnison'', the world really would be a better place with Gulcasa ruling it.) |
| 434 | * The Northern Golem (aka Kax Teh) from the ''VideoGame/ZenoClash'' series. The land of Zenozoik is a primitive, StonePunk hellhole populated by violent, anarchic inhabitants who follow no laws other than that MightMakesRight, to the point that [[spoiler:Zenozoik is in reality a quarantine zone keeping the Zenos away from the rest of civilized society]], so the Golem's desire to introduce law and order is perfectly understandable. Unfortunately, his plan to do so is to march right into the capital city and enact a code of law by force, which turns the majority of Zenos against him (and the few that follow him and form a proper police force almost immediately turn incompetent and corrupt). |
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