History BetterThanItSounds / VideoGamesNToR

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/{{PapersPlease}}'']]: Bureaucracy-simulator, where the player is a border inspector.

** [[spoiler:''Game Boy Wars 3'']]: World War I takes place on various territories, with the second of the two nations again using the same different color. [[VideoGame/{{Nectaris}}} Military Madness]] occurs.

* [[spoiler:''NekoAtsume'']]: Indulge your inner cat lady by collecting pictures of cat butts.

* [[spoiler:''PocketGod'']]: Be a dick to some islanders.

* [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/PaydayTheHeist'']]: Joker's bank robbery scene if it relied on teamwork rather than betrayal.

* [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/PAYDAY: The Heist'']]: Joker's bank robbery scene if it relied on teamwork rather than betrayal.

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/RhythmThiefAndTheEmperorsTreasure'']]: Red-headed GentlemanThief dances his way around {{Paris}} while facing off against the minions of zombie {{Napoleon|Bonaparte}}.

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}'']]: An aspiring athlete for an underdog nation runs 100 meters.

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'']]: An arcade shmup, only port was on a failed console and [[NoExportForYou released in only one country]], contains tons of Engrish but no powerups.

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/{{Oni}}'']] [[GhostInTheShell Motoko Kusanagi]] [[CaptainErsatz ersatz]] fights terrorists and her former employers, mostly with her bare hands.

** [[spoiler:''Game Boy Wars 3'']]: World War I takes place on various territories, with the second of the two nations again using the same different color. MilitaryMadness occurs.

** [[spoiler:''UmJammerLammy'']]: One of his friends from around town fronts an all-girl garage band.

* [[spoiler: ''OMGWTFOTL'']]: [[SchmuckBait DON'T GENUFLECT. EVER.]] Other than that... [[MindScrew good luck figuring this one out]].

** [[spoiler:''NoituLove 2: Devolution'']]: A young woman finds her city is turning into a historical tourist attraction and responds by beating the hell out of everything that moves.
* [[spoiler:''{{Nostalgia}}'']]: British swordsman inherits his father's [[CoolAirship sweet ride]] and travels the world ([[AlternateUniverse or something like it]]) to find him.

* [[spoiler:''{{Oddworld}}: Abe's Odyssey'']]: Slave frees his race from [[ImAHumanitarian being turned into food]].

** [[spoiler:''OddworldStrangersWrath'']]: Bounty hunting centaur attempts to bring down water bottling company by throwing animals at it.

* [[spoiler: ''Videogame/{{Persona4}}'']]: A VisualNovel about ThePowerOfFriendship and a bunch of PublicDomainCharacters from various mythologies combined with a NintendoHard DungeonCrawler published years after both those tropes fell out of favor.
** OR: Basic psychoanalysis gives you literal superpowers because your species is suicidal.

* [[spoiler:''RPGShooterStarwish'']]: A SpacePirate makes friends with genies.
* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/{{R-Type}}'']]: Improper disposal of OrganicTechnology causes much grief.

* [[spoiler:''Peter Jackson's Film/KingKong: The Official Game Of The Movie'']]: A HUD-less first-person shooter based on a major film by a big-name director where the player uses guns and other environmental objects to kill dinosaurs while exploring a tropical island.
* [[spoiler:''Phantasmagoria 2'']]: Bisexual half-human hybrid cubicle dweller has both his prospective girlfriend and boyfriend stalked by an evil plant counterpart from another dimension.

*** Alternatively: A girl nearly causes TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. When another world-ending event draws near, she beats up people and steals their belongings, ruins the plan to save the world, and then is surprised when her new plan doesn't work.

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/PajamaSam: There's No Need to Hide When it's Dark Outside'']]: A kid who can't sleep with the lights off falls into his closet armed with a mask, lunchbox and flashlight. Everything talks. ''Everything''.

*** [[spoiler:''Delta Episode'' (from ''Omega Ruby'' and ''Alpha Sapphire'')]]: A mysterious stranger searches the land for magical orbs in order to call upon a green serpent and save the world. No, it's not an installment of ''Franchise/DragonBall.''