History Main / VideogameObjectives

Compare StockVideoGamePuzzle. See also VariablePlayerGoals.

Examples:
* The goal of VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys is, well, to survive for five nights at Freddy's, a SuckECheeses restaurant with haunted animatronics
* Franchise/SuperMarioBros has the goal of finding and saving the princess. Except that your princess is in another castle.
* An early alpha of VideoGame/DontStarve had goals such as "survive 5 days" or "collect 12 logs". These were eventually cut out because players became too dependent on them and didn't know how to actually play the game. [[spoiler: Played straight in Adventure mode, where your goal is to complete all five levels to meet Maxwell and free him. If you do so, your previous character will become trapped and you will go back to the normal gameplay with Maxwell as your player character.]]
* The objective of VideoGame/{{Portal}} is to complete all the puzzles and get the cake at the end. [[spoiler: except the cake is a lie. Your real goal is to destroy GlaDOS and escape the facility]]
* While VideoGame/TheSims are fairly open-ended, from TS2 onward your sims will have lifetime goals or aspirations that you get in-game rewards for completing. Players can also set their own goals, such as having 100 babies or collecting every mineral in the game

* VideoGame/SuperMarioBros has the goal of finding and saving the princess. Except that your princess is in another castle.

* The objective of VideoGame/Portal is to complete all the puzzles and get the cake at the end. [[spoiler: except the cake is a lie. Your real goal is to destroy GlaDOS and escape the facility]]

* [[FetchQuest Bring X to Y]]. ("Use this purification potion on the cursed altar", "Deliver this letter to the King of the Undead.")

* [[ProductDeliveryOrdeal Carry/transport X to deliver it to Y in Z]].

* [[StockVideogamePuzzle Solve a puzzle]]. ("Find a way through this BlockPuzzle", "Find your way through the unlit caves.")

** Kill X, and bring me his Y. ("Kill the Dragon, and bring me his head.")

** Go to point A, and interact with X in particular manner. ("Plant a bomb on the structural support", "Listen in on the conversation between ThoseTwoBadGuys, making sure not to alert them to your presence.")

* Collect every item of type X.

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** [[KillStreak Kill a certain amount of X without dying]]. ("Kill 3 enemies without dying.")

** Kill [number] X. ("Kill 20 Zombies, and get back to me.")

** Kill all X. ("Kill all the Giant Flaming Heads in this dungeon.")

* Kill X. ("Kill the Dragon!")

** [[KillStreak Kill a certain amount of X without dying]] ("Kill 3 enemies without dying")
** (MMORPG) Kill [number] X. ("Kill 20 Zombies, and get back to me.")

* [[HoldTheLine Survive until X]]

** Don't let Party Member X die. ("Protect Lucia", "Make sure Hal has at least half of his HP after the fight")

* Protect X. ("Don't let Roger die", "Don't let the building collapse")
* Don't do X. ("Don't take any damage")

* Equipment

Compare StockVideoGamePuzzle.