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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', on Virmire, Ashley tells Shepard to save Kaidan over her because he outranks her. Unfortunately, [[SadisticChoice Kaiden makes the same plea]], not wanting one of his soldiers to die because of him. It's up to Shepard whether to decide who to agree with, but [[MortonsFork neither is a desirable choice]].
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', on Virmire, Ashley tells Shepard to save Kaidan over her because he outranks her. Unfortunately, [[SadisticChoice Kaiden Kaidan makes the same plea]], not wanting one of his soldiers to die because of him. It's up to Shepard whether to decide who to agree with, but [[MortonsFork neither is a desirable choice]].
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* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', when Ouroboros are planning a major prison break they're warned that they may need to consider some of the prisoners as this in order to ensure themselves and their priority target (possessed of key intelligence) can get out. When the plan goes completely south and the whole group is surrounded, they decide that ''[[HeroicSacrifice they]]'' are the more expendable ones. Justified by the combination of thinking it will take their power occupying the enemy to create an opening for anybody to escape at all, and the fact they've learned it's possible for others to become Ouroboros (primarily people they're helping to escape).
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'''As a DeathTrope, Spoilers naturally abound. Be cautious.'''
Times where somebody decides they're MoreExpendableThanYou in VideoGames.
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* In order to get the plot-necessary magic power "Anfini" in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireII'', Ryu is told he must sacrifice the life of one of his friends. Naturally, everyone volunteers (after all, they're trying to save the world). As it turns out, you have to ''refuse'' to sacrifice anyone, since Anfini is ThePowerOfFriendship and cannot be given to anyone who would sacrifice a friend in return for power.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if you reject Morrigan's proposal and take Alistair with you (and are female and pursued a romance with him), Alistair will sacrifice himself instead of you in order to kill the BigBad.
** Prior to that Riordan volunteers, reasoning that since he has been a Gray Warden for far longer than the other characters, he has much less time left before the taint kills him. However, Riordan ultimately fails to kill the Archdemon, necessitating one of the other characters to make the sacrifice.
* Annoyingly averted at the end of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', where the three [=NPCs=] who are the most likely to actually survive the dangerous task all refuse to do it for you and the only [=NPC=] who is willing to do it but will die for sure has to be begged to go through with it.
** {{Retcon}}ned and played straight with the Broken Steel expansion, where the three companions can now go through with it.
** Annoyingly, the game still plays the ending cutscene that, basically, calls you a coward for doing the smart thing. HonorBeforeReason indeed. Of course, even if you do it yourself in the expansion, you survive.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII'': One of the underlings of the BigBad is defending the barrier machine that prevents the heroes from traveling to the Mt. Goht, the heroes try using the Mystic Swords that would kill the beast, but the barrier prevents even that from occurring, A bomb was planted in Dion in case of an emergency and he charges the machine and destroys it. Allowing the Heroes to defeat the enemy and advance. He is brought back to life through biomedical cloning at the end of the game.
* The BadassNormal [[TheHero Hero]] Sergeant Forge from ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' is rightfully far more expendable than the three Spartan-II {{Super Soldier}}s under his command, which comes into play for the final mission; when SomeoneHasToDie, one of said Spartans volunteers to sacrifice himself, but Forge decides to do it himself, citing this very trope:
-->Son, I've a feeling before this is over, we'll need every last Spartan in the fight. I can do this. Report back to the ship.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Midna is tormented through light exposure and left for dead; Link brings her to Zelda for help. Midna, reconciled to her own death, only asks Zelda to help Link complete the quest. Instead, Zelda gives up her own life, transferring her essence into Midna to restore her to full health. She gets better - both of them.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', on Virmire, Ashley tells Shepard to save Kaidan over her because he outranks her. Unfortunately, [[SadisticChoice Kaiden makes the same plea]], not wanting one of his soldiers to die because of him. It's up to Shepard whether to decide who to agree with, but [[MortonsFork neither is a desirable choice]].
* In ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', Adam disables Samus with his ice gun, and specifically says "I'm no galactic savior" to her before going on to sacrifice himself in the destruction of Sector 0 and its ice-resistant Metroids.
* In ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'', Ash is prepared to perform a HeroicSacrifice to prevent [[BigBad Sulphur]] from entering Ivoire. Walnut shoves him aside and does it instead.
* While the ending of ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV'' is more GondorCallsForAid, the aid people will gladly sacrifice themselves if the hero tries to do so.
* While Arthur’s fate in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' was sealed with his TB diagnosis, he stays behind right before his death to let his friend John escape unscathed because John has a wife and a child to worry about while he doesn’t.
* {{Inverted}} near the end of ''VideoGame/TheSaboteur''. Vittore volunteers to race his car (which will be rigged to explode after driving it in to the winner's podium) in the Paris-wide race the Nazis are planning. Sean promptly knocks Vittore out and takes his place instead. [[spoiler:Ironically, after the race, it is Vittore who ends up dying, and not Sean.]]
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', When the Jedi Knight and his group plan to attack Korriban to kill or imprison the Emperor, Scourge mentions that the Jedi Knight's life takes priority because he is the only one who can face the Emperor.
* Towards the end of ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', you lose companions one by one to this, until you're left to fight the boss battle yourself. It doesn't last, though.
* The entire party in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' pull off this trope, [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne one by one in succession]] against the MalevolentArchitecture of the (presumably) final dungeon, to make sure [[MessianicArchetype Lloyd]] makes it to the (presumably) final fight with the game's BigBad. He is the only one who can properly wield the SwordOfPlotAdvancement that's needed to save the world, so if he died at any point in the process, nothing else anyone did would make any difference to the eventual outcome. Everyone's aware of this, which is why none of them hesitate to do everything necessary to make sure Lloyd is able to get through, no matter the price.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/UltimaVIIPartII: Serpent Isle'', a life must be sacrificed to restore the Chaos Serpent. [[PlayerCharacter The Avatar]] draws the short straw, but his companion Dupre dives into the crematorium in his stead.
* Attempted in ''VideoGame/WildArms4'', when Raquel (with her IncurableCoughOfDeath) tries to order Arnaud to leave her behind when the pocket dimension they've been trapped in begins to collapse. Arnaud essentially says "Nuts to that!" [[DefiedTrope and drags her with him anyway]], both narrowly escaping in time.
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'''As a DeathTrope, Spoilers naturally abound. Be cautious.'''
Times where somebody decides they're MoreExpendableThanYou in VideoGames.
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* In order to get the plot-necessary magic power "Anfini" in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireII'', Ryu is told he must sacrifice the life of one of his friends. Naturally, everyone volunteers (after all, they're trying to save the world). As it turns out, you have to ''refuse'' to sacrifice anyone, since Anfini is ThePowerOfFriendship and cannot be given to anyone who would sacrifice a friend in return for power.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if you reject Morrigan's proposal and take Alistair with you (and are female and pursued a romance with him), Alistair will sacrifice himself instead of you in order to kill the BigBad.
** Prior to that Riordan volunteers, reasoning that since he has been a Gray Warden for far longer than the other characters, he has much less time left before the taint kills him. However, Riordan ultimately fails to kill the Archdemon, necessitating one of the other characters to make the sacrifice.
* Annoyingly averted at the end of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', where the three [=NPCs=] who are the most likely to actually survive the dangerous task all refuse to do it for you and the only [=NPC=] who is willing to do it but will die for sure has to be begged to go through with it.
** {{Retcon}}ned and played straight with the Broken Steel expansion, where the three companions can now go through with it.
** Annoyingly, the game still plays the ending cutscene that, basically, calls you a coward for doing the smart thing. HonorBeforeReason indeed. Of course, even if you do it yourself in the expansion, you survive.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII'': One of the underlings of the BigBad is defending the barrier machine that prevents the heroes from traveling to the Mt. Goht, the heroes try using the Mystic Swords that would kill the beast, but the barrier prevents even that from occurring, A bomb was planted in Dion in case of an emergency and he charges the machine and destroys it. Allowing the Heroes to defeat the enemy and advance. He is brought back to life through biomedical cloning at the end of the game.
* The BadassNormal [[TheHero Hero]] Sergeant Forge from ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' is rightfully far more expendable than the three Spartan-II {{Super Soldier}}s under his command, which comes into play for the final mission; when SomeoneHasToDie, one of said Spartans volunteers to sacrifice himself, but Forge decides to do it himself, citing this very trope:
-->Son, I've a feeling before this is over, we'll need every last Spartan in the fight. I can do this. Report back to the ship.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Midna is tormented through light exposure and left for dead; Link brings her to Zelda for help. Midna, reconciled to her own death, only asks Zelda to help Link complete the quest. Instead, Zelda gives up her own life, transferring her essence into Midna to restore her to full health. She gets better - both of them.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', on Virmire, Ashley tells Shepard to save Kaidan over her because he outranks her. Unfortunately, [[SadisticChoice Kaiden makes the same plea]], not wanting one of his soldiers to die because of him. It's up to Shepard whether to decide who to agree with, but [[MortonsFork neither is a desirable choice]].
* In ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', Adam disables Samus with his ice gun, and specifically says "I'm no galactic savior" to her before going on to sacrifice himself in the destruction of Sector 0 and its ice-resistant Metroids.
* In ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'', Ash is prepared to perform a HeroicSacrifice to prevent [[BigBad Sulphur]] from entering Ivoire. Walnut shoves him aside and does it instead.
* While the ending of ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV'' is more GondorCallsForAid, the aid people will gladly sacrifice themselves if the hero tries to do so.
* While Arthur’s fate in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' was sealed with his TB diagnosis, he stays behind right before his death to let his friend John escape unscathed because John has a wife and a child to worry about while he doesn’t.
* {{Inverted}} near the end of ''VideoGame/TheSaboteur''. Vittore volunteers to race his car (which will be rigged to explode after driving it in to the winner's podium) in the Paris-wide race the Nazis are planning. Sean promptly knocks Vittore out and takes his place instead. [[spoiler:Ironically, after the race, it is Vittore who ends up dying, and not Sean.]]
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', When the Jedi Knight and his group plan to attack Korriban to kill or imprison the Emperor, Scourge mentions that the Jedi Knight's life takes priority because he is the only one who can face the Emperor.
* Towards the end of ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', you lose companions one by one to this, until you're left to fight the boss battle yourself. It doesn't last, though.
* The entire party in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' pull off this trope, [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne one by one in succession]] against the MalevolentArchitecture of the (presumably) final dungeon, to make sure [[MessianicArchetype Lloyd]] makes it to the (presumably) final fight with the game's BigBad. He is the only one who can properly wield the SwordOfPlotAdvancement that's needed to save the world, so if he died at any point in the process, nothing else anyone did would make any difference to the eventual outcome. Everyone's aware of this, which is why none of them hesitate to do everything necessary to make sure Lloyd is able to get through, no matter the price.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/UltimaVIIPartII: Serpent Isle'', a life must be sacrificed to restore the Chaos Serpent. [[PlayerCharacter The Avatar]] draws the short straw, but his companion Dupre dives into the crematorium in his stead.
* Attempted in ''VideoGame/WildArms4'', when Raquel (with her IncurableCoughOfDeath) tries to order Arnaud to leave her behind when the pocket dimension they've been trapped in begins to collapse. Arnaud essentially says "Nuts to that!" [[DefiedTrope and drags her with him anyway]], both narrowly escaping in time.
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