History VideoGameCrueltyPotential / AdventureGame

* ''[[Creator/ChoiceOfGames Choice of the Dragon]]'': after defeating your rival Axilmeus, one of the choices for "dealing" with him amounts to injuring him repeatedly until he can no longer run away, then letting him bleed to death. [[WhatTheHellPlayer Even the narrator will call you out on your level of bastardry.]]

* In the ''VideoGame/PacMan2TheNewAdventures'', you do not control Pac-Man directly, but act as his offscreen helper, guiding him along and helping him achieve his various goals. It is very possible to put the poor guy through a ''lot'' of suffering. Some of it is unavoidable, like where you have to induce a crow to attack Pac-Man in order to knock down an out-of-reach item. The downside to tormenting him is that he'll start ignoring your cues and you won't be able to proceed further until his mood improves.

* In ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'', HandsomeLech Gillian Seed can flirt with almost every woman in the game, walk in on Jean Jack Gibson's daughter while she is showering (and she was 14 in the original JP version of the game; chances are her raised age in Western countries was due to how {{Squick}}y the scene could be), [[BlackComedyRape force]] a RobotBuddy to watch a porn movie, and go to a strip club. The problem? Gillian is '''married'''.
** Gillian has nothing on his SpiritualSuccessor, Jonathan Ingram, from ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}''. Gillian can hit on every woman. Jonathan can outright molest every single woman in the game, including fondling the breasts of ''every single female character''. The remake for the Sega Saturn actually ''upped'' the amount of FanService "due to popular demand."
* In updated rereleases of ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', one Xbox [=Achievement/PS3=] Trophy requires you to let Guybrush drown. ''Gee, thanks for making me feel guilty just for a virtual reward!''
** You could already do that in the original PC release, and many people did. Some did it by accident, others did it on purpose because their friends had told them how they did it by accident.

* There is one part of ''VideoGame/ZakMcKrackenAndTheAlienMindbenders'' where you have to raise hell on an airplane to loot the crucial stuff you need from it. First off, you plug the sink up with toilet paper and call the stewardess. She quickly shouts "Oh no!!!" and starts cleaning up the mess. Then, in order to keep her completely distracted, you go to the microwave...set in an egg and then BOOM! The stewardess then asks what the awful smell is and notices the microwave on the airplane is a mess. "AAAAAIEEEEEE WHO DID THIS?!" Poor stewardess... Zak would end up on Website/NotAlwaysRight for that!
** You can also kill animals in inventive ways (bludgeoning a squirrel, running a fish named Sushi through a garbage disposal, etc.). Unlike tormenting the stewardess, these are optional.

* In ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject'', you can dispose of the robot in NORAD by turning up the pressure in the sub dock and watch him crumple like a pop can. [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment You lose points for a non-peaceful resolution]], though.
* In the flash game ''VideoGame/HauntTheHouse'', your goal is to scare everybody out of the house; you're warned not to freak them out too much, or else they may "do something stupid" (i.e. jump out of a window and kill themselves). Judging from user comments, quite a few people have finished the game by deliberately killing everybody.
* In ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamsUnite'' and ''[[VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak Ham Ham Heartbreak]],'' you can Tack-Q (roll) into other hamsters, leaving them to them chide you (Though some, such as Bijou, seem to enjoy it.) You can also bite, scratch and poke other hamsters with a stick.
** Not to mention the [[ToiletHumor Go-P]] command. Yes, it does exactly what it sounds like. Yes, every single hamster will react with disgust and/or horror to it.
** In order to learn one of the Ham-Chats in Ham Hams Unite, you must Tack-Q a hamster in The Ruins, causing him to fall.
* Each mission of ''VideoGame/StarTrek25thAnniversary'', you start with a landing party of Kirk, Spock, [=McCoy=], and a RedShirt. There is always, ''always'' a way to get him killed. Painfully.
* In ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'', you have to use ventriloquism to distract the Samulacra — you can have Max throw his voice into a warehouse, making the Samulacra assault the door. Or you can use ventriloquism to have them assault [[JerkAss Bluster Blaster]] or [[NiceGuy Sal]], depending on who you like least.
** ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxBeyondTimeAndSpace'': There's a totally pointless EasterEgg in ''Ice Station Santa'' which lets you fling bleach-laced yellow snowballs in the face of each of The Soda Poppers, just in case you don't like them.
* There used to be a list of evil actions you could take in the ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series, titled ''Quest for Evil'' by the discussion board members that came up with them. They included such things as killing the unconscious EOF opponent when told to in ''[=QFG2=]'' and stealing coins from the musicians in ''[=QFG3=]'' and ''5''. In ''[=QFG5=]'', the musician would even thank you for stealing by playing a song for you.
* In addition to a certain amount of [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption required rat-abuse]], ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' also lets you cause a couple of ''hilarious'' [[YetAnotherStupidDeath alternate deaths for people you're allegedly trying to save]]. It can be ''very'' hard to resist the urge to, for example, recline Detective Rindge's chair while he's driving, or, when [[spoiler:Yomiel]] shoots [[spoiler:Inspector Cabanela]], swap the bullet for a nearby ''hard hat'' instead of the [[spoiler:knit cap]] you're supposed to use.

* In the ''VideoGame/TexMurphy'' classic ''The Pandora Directive'', you can choose to be a complete drunkard who treats everyone like crap, helps nobody but himself and only cares about getting paid. Many people get killed if you do so. Pretty impressive for a game with FMV cutscenes.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperbrothersSwordAndSworceryEP'', the only way to get the Moon Key requires [[spoiler:chasing down the bear/boar creature in the dreamworld, cornering him in a tree, and beating him into submission. Then you have the option of executing him while he is unarmed, beaten, and gravely injured (but you get the Moon Key either way). It comes across as a particularly {{Jerkass}} move considering the creature does nothing to threaten you (or anyone else), spends most of its time doing a weird little dance, will actively run away from you when you get too close, and only draws a weapon when you corner and attack it.]] You can also murder rabbits by making them explode, which you derive absolutely no benefit from.
* Point and click game ''VideoGame/TheXFilesGame'' has many ways you can cause trouble to people around you. You can be a total asshat to people by giving mean replies, ringing the bell at the motel several times to piss off the receptionist, asking the same questions over again after getting the answer to them already, etc. You can even go a step further by arresting people you're not supposed to, kill innocent people, or ''even killing yourself.'' Those methods will result in a game over, though.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'', the player is given default guardianship of a young girl named Clementine, who has been on her own since the start of the zombie outbreak. [[spoiler:Her parents are missing and presumed dead, and the only person she's had for company is a zombified babysitter]], which leads to the potential for an player to do all kinds of mean, nasty, and downright cruel things to her that will further degrade her already questionable sanity. Gore and guts can fly in her presence, along with swear words she learns and repeats down the line. It gets to the point of brutally murdering people in front of her eyes. In Episode 2, the player can refrain from stopping Clementine from [[spoiler:eating human flesh, served to her by the family of cannibals]].

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia The Legend of Kyrandia III]]'', Malcolm can hypnotize a squirrel to wear it as a hat, put a squirrel through a machine to turn it into a leather ball, or make a squirrel paste sandwich out of it. Even though the squirrels aren't exactly friendly in that game (click on them too many times and they kill you).
* ''[[Creator/ChoiceOfGames Choice of the Dragon]]'': after defeating your rival Axilmeus, one of the choices for "dealing" with him amounts to injuring him repeatedly until he can no longer run away, then letting him bleed to death. [[WhatTheHellPlayer Even the narrator will call you out on your level of bastardry.]]
* ''VideoGame/RandalsMonday'': The large majority of puzzles are based around this, even [[spoiler:tricking someone into murdering ''yourself.'' Well, you from an alternate timeline]].

* In ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamsUnite'' and ''[[VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak Ham Ham Heartbreak]],'' you can Tack-Q (roll) into other hamsters, leaving them to them chide you (Though some, such as Bijou, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar seem to enjoy it]].) You can also bite, scratch and poke other hamsters with a stick.

* In ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamsUnite'' and ''[[VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak Ham Ham Heartbreak]],'' you can Tack-Q (roll) into other hamsters, leaving them to them chide you (Though some, such as Bijou, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar seem to enjoy it]]. You can also bite, scratch and poke other hamsters with a stick.

* ''[[Creator/ChoiceOfGames Choice of the Dragon]]'': after defeating your rival Axilmeus, one of the choices for "dealing" with him amounts to injuring him repeatedly until he can no longer run away, then letting him bleed to death. [[WhatTheHellPlayer Even the narrator will call you out on your level of bastardness.]]

** You can blackmail Sheriff Dwayne by copying the evidence from the WHAR safe, which gets you a chance to kill any non-crucial NPC once and get away with it.

* In ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamsUnite'' and ''[[VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak Ham Ham Heartbreak]],'' you can Tack-Q (roll) into other hamsters, leaving them to them chide you. You can also bite, scratch and poke other hamsters with a stick.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Harvester}}'', you can kill anyone. ANYONE. Beat your mom to death with a pipe? Sure. Go for it. If you kill someone before entering The Lodge, you will be executed. ''After The Lodge, however?'' Kill the nonessential characters as much as you damn well please.

* In ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'', you have to use ventriloquism to distract the Samulacra -- you can have Max throw his voice into a warehouse, making the Samulacra assault the door. Or you can use ventriloquism to have them assault [[JerkAss Bluster Blaster]] or [[NiceGuy Sal]], depending on who you like least.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperbrothersSwordAndSworceryEP'', the only way to get the Moon Key requires [[spoiler:chasing down the bear/boar creature in the dreamworld, cornering him in a tree, and beating him into submission. Then you have the option of executing him while he is unarmed, beaten and gravely injured (but you get the moon key either way). It comes across as a particularly {{Jerkass }}move considering the creature does nothing to threaten you(or anyone else), spends most of its time doing a weird little dance, will actively run away from you when you get too close, and only draws a weapon when you corner and attack it.]] You can also murder rabbits by making them explode, which you derive absolutely no benefit from.
* Point and click game ''VideoGame/TheXFilesGame'' has many ways you can cause trouble to people around you. You can be a total asshat to people by giving mean replies, ringing the bell at the motel several times to piss off the receptionist, asking the same questions over again after getting the answer to them already, etc. You can even go a step further by arresting people you're not supposed to, kill innocent people, or ''even killing yourself.'' These methods will result in a game over however.

* ''VideoGame/RandalsMonday'': The large majority of puzzles are based around this, even [[spoiler:tricking someone into murdering ''yourself.'' Well, you from an alternate timeline.]]

* ''[[Creator/ChoiceOfGames Choice of the Dragon]]'': after defeating your rival Axilmeus, one of the choices for "dealing" with him amounts to injuring him repeatedly until he can no longer run away, then letting him bleed to death. [[WhatTheHellPlayer Even the narrator will call you out on your level of bastardness.]]

* Both ''VideoGame/LittleBigAdventure'' games pretty much allow the player to attack anyone. Some of the {{NPC}}s can even be killed (only to come back later once you [[RespawningEnemies leave the area]]), and some of them will fight back. Note that most of the friendly characters can't be hurt, but if they fight back, ''you'' do get the damage. In particular, try beating up the kids near the beginning of the second game when it's still raining, then go outside and watch an... [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown interesting]] cut scene.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperbrothersSwordAndSworceryEP'' the only way to get the Moon Key requires [[spoiler:chasing down the bear/boar creature in the dreamworld, cornering him in a tree, and beating him into submission. Then you have the option of executing him while he is unarmed, beaten and gravely injured(but you get the moon key either way). It comes across as a particularly Jerkass move considering the creature does nothing to threaten you(or anyone else), spends most of it's time doing a wierd little dance, will actively run away from you when you get too close, and only draws a weapon when you corner and attack it.]] You can also Murder rabbits by making them explode, which you derive absolutely no benefit from.

* In ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'', HandsomeLech Gillian Seed can flirt with almost every woman in the game, walk in on Jean Jack Gibson's daughter while she is showering (and she was 14 in the original JP version of the game; chances are her raised age in Western countries was due to how {{Squick}}y the scene could be.), [[BlackComedyRape force]] a RobotBuddy to watch a porn movie, and go to a strip club. The problem? Gillian is '''married'''.

* Both ''VideoGame/LittleBigAdventure'' games pretty much allow the player to attack anyone. Some of the {{NPC}}s can even be killed (only to come back later once you [[RespawningEnemies leave the area]]), and some of them will fight back. Note that most of the friendly characters can't be hurt, but if they fight back, ''you'' do get the damage. In particular, try beating up the kids near the beginning of the second game when it's still raining, then go outside and watch an... interesting cut scene.

** You can also kill animals in inventive ways (Bludgeoning a squirrel, running a fish named Sushi through a garbage disposal.) Unlike tormenting the stewardess, these are optional.
* In ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'', it's possible to steal Weird Ed's pet hamster, [[MicrowaveTheDog put it in the microwave, blow it up]], and then show him its exploded corpse. Of course, [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment he'll kill you for it]], but it's worth a shot at least once, because hey, not many video games allow you to nuke hamsters in a microwave!

* There used to be a list of evil actions you could take in the ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series, titled ''Quest for Evil'' by the discussion board members that came up with them. They included such things as killing the unconscious EOF opponent when told to in [=QFG2=] and stealing coins from the musicians in [=QFG3=] and 5. In 5, the musician would even thank you for stealing by playing a song for you.
* In addition to a certain amount of [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption required rat-abuse]], ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' also lets you cause a couple of ''hilarious'' [[YetAnotherStupidDeath alternate deaths for people you're allegedly trying to save]]. It can be ''very'' hard to resist the urge to, for example, recline Detective Rindge's chair while he's driving, or, when [[spoiler: Yomiel]] shoots [[spoiler: Inspector Cabanela]], swap the bullet for a nearby ''hard hat'' instead of the [[spoiler: knit cap]] you're supposed to use.

* ''[[Creator/ChoiceOfGames Choice of the Dragon]]'': after defeating your rival Axilmeus, one of the choices for "dealing" with him amounts to injuring him repeatedly until he can no longer run away, then letting him bleed to death. Even the narrator will call you out on your level of bastardness.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia The Legend of Kyrandia III]]'', Malcolm can hypnotize a squirrel to wear it as a hat, put a squirrel through a machine to turn it into a leather ball, or make a squirrel paste sandwich out of it. Even though the squirrels aren't exactly friendly in that game (click on them too many times and they kill you).

** ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxBeyondTimeAndSpace'': There's a totally pointless EasterEgg in ''Ice Station Santa'' which lets you fling bleach-laced yellow snowballs in the face of each of [[TheScrappy The Soda Poppers]], just in case you don't like them.

* Both ''LittleBigAdventure'' games pretty much allow the player to attack anyone. Some of the {{NPC}}s can even be killed (only to come back later once you [[RespawningEnemies leave the area]]), and some of them will fight back. Note that most of the friendly characters can't be hurt, but if they fight back, ''you'' do get the damage. In particular, try beating up the kids near the beginning of the second game when it's still raining, then go outside and watch an... interesting cut scene.

* In ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'', HandsomeLech Gillian Seed can flirt with almost every woman in the game, walk in on Jean Jack Gibson's daughter while she is showering (and she was 14 in the original JP version of the game; chances are her raised age in Western countries was due to how {{Squick}}y the scene could be.), [[BlackComedyRape force]] a RobotBuddy to watch a porn movie, and go to a strip club. The problem? Gilliam is '''married'''.