History BadFuture / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengerIX'' takes place in an alternate timeline based in the bad ending of [[VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt the first game]] where Asimov has managed to kill Gunvolt and Joule. He [[spoiler:steps into taking control of Sumeragi, labels all non-Septimal humans as "Minos" that are targeted for mass extermination and despite his premise of an Adept Utopia, the Adepts clearly fare no better than their Mino counterparts save for not being exterminated and treated like warrior slaves instead of human garbage.]]

** In ''VideoGame/SonicRivals 2'', Silver travels back in time to stop the fiery monster Ifrit from destroying the world. Although Silver states in the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS DS]] version of ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' that the future is a lot brighter now.

* The whole plot of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is based on preventing one of these by destroying Lavos before it destroys the world. Among other things: Cities are ruined, snow or possibly ash is constantly raining down, robots, mutants and roaches have taken over the landscape and attack anything that crosses their territory, humanity only survives through machines that can keep them alive without feeding them, and there's a factory headed by a genocidal AI that's constantly processing humans into items. And robot JapaneseDelinquents have taken over a stretch of highway and won't let you pass unless you beat them in a race.

* Let's face it, [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic's]] world seems doomed to being buried in flames no matter what they do. Silver's goal in life is to prevent this.

* The old text based game ''Time Quest'' was pretty much a series of these. The bad guy was a fellow time traveler who apparently really hated the world and goes back and time and messes up a whole bunch of historical events. Failing to correct any one of them will result in a BadPresent/Future, all completely different. Ironically, only one should actually be possible at any given time, since the earliest unfixed event should negate all later ones.

* ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengerIX'' takes place in an alternate timeline where Asimov has managed to kill Gunvolt and Joule. He [[spoiler:steps into taking control of Sumeragi, labels all non-Septimal humans as "Minos" that are targeted for mass extermination and despite his premise of an Adept Utopia, the Adepts clearly fare no better than their Mino counterparts save for not being exterminated and treated like warrior slaves instead of human garbage.]]

*** In "Wings of the Goddess" the MC goes back to the past with Lilisette, only to learn that the present they are from is actually a cast-off future, wherein the main timeline the Shadow Lord wins and San d'Oria, Windurst, and Bastok were successfully invaded and destroyed, leaving only a resistance of EvilVersusEvil with the Shadow Lord trying to finish his war against Lady Lilith (Lilisette's demonic counterpart) defending "humanity". This becomes a problem because the Goddess Altana decided to favor the good future even though it should have never existed.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI''

*** In the expansions "Wings of the Goddess" the MC goes back to the past with Lilisette, only to learn that the present they are from is actually a cast-off future, wherein the main timeline the Shadow Lord wins and San d'Oria, Windurst, and Bastok were successfully invaded and destroyed, leaving only a resistance of EvilVersusEvil with the Shadow Lord trying to finish his war against Lady Lilith (Lilisette's demonic version from said dimensions) defending "humanity". This becomes a problem because the Goddess Altana decided to favor the good future even though it should have never existed.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' has this in the form of [[spoiler:Abyssea, where the player's alternate self failed to defeat the final boss, who then proceeded to not only absorb them and Selh'teus, but also turned the skies red and overran the world with monsters to extinguish all life on the planet.]]

* ''[[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines Terminator 3: Redemption]]'', in addition to having a series of levels set in the war-torn future where the T-800 came from, has a series of levels where the T-800 is forced into a present-day prototype time machine and thrown into an alternate future where John Connor and Kate Brewster were killed, the human resistance was destroyed, and [[https://i.imgur.com/iqTbAwY.png humanity had gone extinct.]]

* ''[[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines Terminator 3: Redemption]]'', in addition to having a series of levels set in the war-torn future where the T-800 came from, has a series of levels where the T-800 is forced into a present-day prototype time machine and thrown into an alternate future where John Connor and Kate Brewster were killed, the human resistance was destroyed, and humanity had gone extinct.

* The whole plot of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is based on preventing one of these by destroying Lavos before it destroys the world.

* ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' features the mission "In Utter Darkness", which is basically a playable peek into a Bad Future. Basically, [[spoiler:in this other timeline Kerrigan was killed by the Terrans and/or Protoss, leaving the way open for [[BigBad Amon]], a rogue [[{{Precursors}} Xel'naga]] even the frickin' Overmind feared, to emerge and take control of them. He and his freakish Protoss[=/=]Zerg Hybrids proceed to use the Zerg to completely annihilate every other sentient being in the galaxy, including humanity. The Protoss are [[LastStand the last to go]]. And then once he's done with them, Amon [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness promptly obliterates the Zerg as well]].]]

** If ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles'' had a sequel, it may have ended up this way as well.

* ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengerIX'' sets place in an alternate timeline where Asimov has managed to kill Gunvolt and Joule. He [[spoiler:steps into taking control of Sumeragi, labels all non-Septimal humans as "Minos" that are targeted for mass extermination and despite his premise of an Adept Utopia, the Adepts clearly fare no better than their Mino counterparts save for not being exterminated and treated like warrior slaves instead of human garbage.]]

* The old text based game ''Time Quest'' was pretty much a series of these. The bad guy was a fellow time traveler who apparently really hated the world and goes back and time and messes up a whole bunch of historical events. Failing to correct any one of them will result in a BadPresent /Future, all completely different. Ironically, only one should actually be possible at any given time, since the earliest unfixed event should negate all later ones.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': [[spoiler: Lucina and her fellow Children Characters are from one, where the BigBad Grima killed and [[GrandTheftMe took over the]] PlayerCharacter's [[DemonicPossession body]], destroyed everything and killed every named, playable character in front of their eyes. It's so bad that every one of them, save for the enigma, Morgan, is a kind of ShellShockedVeteran in one way or another when they show up in the present, thanks to time travel, trying to fix things enough so said bad future won't take place (Don't ask about Morgan. His/her past is one big NoodleIncident). Incidentally, the playable Lucina's future is arguably even worse off than the '''Future Past''[='=]s future, mainly because due to some unknown circumstance the children lost the jewels necessary for the Fire Emblem's awakening, rendering it impossible for the children of the future to seal away Grima, and leaving the future in ruins. The only recourse for the playable children was retreat, whereas the Future Past's children at least have the opportunity to kill and seal away Grima.]]

* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'' begins with the creation of a BadFuture: a climactic showdown sees DC's superheroes [[KillEmAll wiped out]] by DC's supervillains, [[FromBadToWorse and then Brainiac arrives with a massive army]] and nobody is left to stop him. Lex Luthor steals some of Brainiac's tech, goes back in time, and uses the stolen tech to trigger a MassSuperEmpoweringEvent in order to make sure there are enough heroes (and villains) to oppose Brainiac when he arrives.

* ''VideoGame/Destiny2'': It is eventually revealed that [[spoiler:the Exo Stranger is caught in a GroundhogDayLoop where she wakes up on the day Cayde-6 killed Taniks the Scarred, then lives into an absolutely nightmarish Bad Future where the Last City is destroyed, [[TheBadGuyWins the Darkness wins]], all [[TheChosenMany the Guardians]] except Zavala are killed or [[FaceMonsterTurn corrupted into sociopathic beasts]], Drifter dies trying (and failing) to breach the Deep-Stone Crypt, Eris Morn becomes a minor Hive God, and the Fallen and Cabal have their populations decimated. The loop always ends with the remaining forces of Light launching a final desperate siege on the Scarlet Keep, only to be betrayed by Ana Bray and [[KillEmAll subsequently slaughtered by the army of Darkness]], with Stranger as the last survivor when [[BigGood the Traveler itself]] is swarmed and [[GodIsDead torn apart]] by the Darkness. [[AndIMustScream Then she wakes up on the day Cayde killed Taniks and it starts all over again]].]]

* ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' features the mission "In Utter Darkness", which is basically a playable peek into a Bad Future. Basically, [[spoiler:in this other timeline Kerrigan was killed by the Terrans and/or Protoss, leaving the way open for [[BigBad Am]][[UltimateEvil on]], a rogue [[{{Precursors}} Xel'naga]] even the frickin' Overmind feared, to emerge and take control of them. He and his freakish Protoss[=/=]Zerg Hybrids proceed to use the Zerg to completely annihilate every other sentient being in the galaxy, including humanity. The Protoss are [[LastStand the last to go]]. And then once he's done with them, Amon [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness promptly obliterates the Zerg as well]].]]

* ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' features the mission "In Utter Darkness", which is basically a playable peek into a Bad Future. Basically, [[spoiler:in this other timeline Kerrigan was killed by the Terrans and/or Protoss, leaving the way open for the [[EldritchAbomination Dark]] [[UltimateEvil Voice]], a being that the [[{{Precursors}} Xel'Naga]] and even the frickin' Overmind feared, to emerge and take control of them. He and his freakish Protoss[=/=]Zerg Hybrids proceed to use the Zerg to completely annihilate every other sentient being in the galaxy, including humanity. The Protoss are [[LastStand the last to go]]. And then once he's done with them, Dark Voice [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness promptly obliterates the Zerg as well]].]]

** First, ''Blood Omen'' takes place in a typical fantasy world. Then, the setting of the beginning of ''Soul Reaver'' is a vampire-ruled hell (or paradise, for a vampire) where humans are subjugated, the skies are blotted out by huge furnaces and there are apparently no trees (at least, ''Soul Reaver'' hardly contains any kind of plant life, save for some hanging vines seen in locations like the passageway betwwen the Clan Sanctuary and the Abyss).