History EasilyForgiven / VideoGames

* In ''Videogame/{{Psychonauts}}'', after [[spoiler:attempting to conquer the world with tanks powered by the brains of psychic children]], a public apology to the kids (albeit a sincere one) is enough for [[spoiler:Morceau Oleander]] to not only be forgiven but to also remain a Psychonaut. This gets lampshaded at the end of ''Videogame/Psychonauts2'', where [[spoiler:Oleander protests the decision to let Maligula/"Nona" Aquato, who devastated a country and killed countless people, remain living a normal life with her family]], which earns him some glances from his compatriots that he tries to protest before simply being cowed into going along with them.

** In ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', in the Sith Warrior storyline [[spoiler:the most you can do to Malavai Quinn for his betrayal is to Force-choke him before angrily inviting him back into your party]]. This is most likely due to the fact that [[spoiler:as the healer companion to a melee-heavy character, he's probably the most useful companion gameplay-wise. The player was initially going to have the option to kill him at this point but this was DummiedOut due to playtester feedback. However, the ''Onslaught'' expansion allows you to finally act on your potential grudge and kill him when he attempts to rejoin you]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' does this (and DefeatMeansFriendship) so often that it's part of the structure of the setting. {{Youkai}} need to antagonise humans on a regular basis, because [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve their existence depends on humans fearing them]], and humans regularly go on youkai "extermination" hunts (really a ritualised sort of NonLethalWarfare) to keep them from getting too rowdy. Everyone in on the {{masquerade}} are mostly happy with the system, so any sort of trouble-making is just treated as a mild nuisance and the perpetrators can go on their way after the whole thing is over; even, say, attempting to bathe the surface world in nuclear fire is fine after you have some sense beaten into you. The few exceptions are for the ones who don't abide by the system; [[LightIsNotGood Tenshi Hinanawi]] is shunned by everyone after causing an incident [[ItAmusedMe purely for the sake of causing an incident]] (even Reimu, who usually regards perpetrators with the same indifference, dislikes Tenshi because she [[ItsPersonal destroyed her shrine]]), and ''Impossible Spell Card'' sees [[CommanderContrarian Seija Kijin]] made public enemy number one after she tried to perform an upheaval of the social order in ''Double Dealing Character'' (though in her case, being an amanojaku, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality she's so contrary that she loves being hated]]).

* In ''VideoGame/NewHorizons'', if a captain manages to sneak into a port of a nation hostile, he can ask the governor for pardon. Instead of arresting or executing you on the spot, he will grant it begrudgingly - for a hefty fee, depending on how bad the relations are.