History OurWerewolvesAreDifferent / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/Skylanders'': As evidenced by Wolfgang and his twin brother Sal, the werewolves of Skylands are large, humanoid wolves with broad shoulders and brown fur. Wolfgang's backstory also states he was physically transformed into a werewolf due to his internal rage at being shunned by Skylands' greatest music aficionados.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': The Worgen of Gilneas are the Man-Wolf variety, and have a... storied history. Worgen lore as a whole stretches back to the War of the Satyr, several thousand years before any of the games. Night elven druids who worshipped the wolf ancient Goldrinn could take on a wolf form that filled them with rage and was difficult to control. They attempted to stabilize it by drawing upon the power of Elune, the moon goddess, through a magical scythe. This had the opposite effect, twisting and {{Shapeshifter Mode Lock}}ing them into an insane manwolf form. The other druids, fearing their power and insanity, sealed them away in the Emerald Dream (another dimension). Many years later, the Gilnean sorcerer Arugal learned about and summoned some of the worgen as an attempt to drive back [[ZombieApocalypse the undead Scourge]]. After the war, the beasts escaped into the nature and continued to inflict the curse in their blood. The playable worgen in Cataclysm are (mostly) Gilnean humans, who are infected with the worgen curse after the assault on the city of Gilneas. The curse usually locks the victim into a feral state permanently, but a recently transformed worgen can still be rescued if the infectees are given [[AppliedPhlebotinum a potion]]. Thanks to help from modern night elves and the scythe that created the worgen in the first place, the Gilneans later regained complete control over their minds, and [[VoluntaryShapeshifting control over their bodies]] as long as they don't feel certain emotions (pain, excitement, etc). Funnily enough, the bear and cat forms of worgen druids physically resemble werewolves of the Dire Wolf variety. For gameplay purposes, though, the abilities that they have in these forms are identical to those of the other druid races. They are also {{CursedWithAwesome}} as the Worgen curse makes them immune to the plague of undeath.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': The Worgen of Gilneas are the Man-Wolf variety, and have a... storied history. Worgen lore as a whole stretches back to the War of the Satyr, several thousand years before any of the games. Night elven druids who worshipped the wolf ancient Goldrinn could take on a wolf form that filled them with rage and was difficult to control. They attempted to stabilize it by drawing upon the power of Elune, the moon goddess, through a magical scythe. This had the opposite effect, twisting and {{Shapeshifter Mode Lock}}ing them into an insane manwolf form. The other druids, fearing their power and insanity, sealed them away in the Emerald Dream (another dimension). Many years later, the Gilnean sorcerer Arugal learned about and summoned some of the worgen as an attempt to drive back [[ZombieApocalypse the undead Scourge]]. After the war, the beasts escaped into the nature and continued to inflict the curse in their blood. The playable worgen in Cataclysm are (mostly) Gilnean humans, who are infected with the worgen curse after the assault on the city of Gilneas. The curse usually locks the victim into a feral state permanently, but a recently transformed worgen can still be rescued if the infectees are given [[AppliedPhlebotinum a potion]]. Thanks to help from modern night elves and the scythe that created the worgen in the first place, the Gilneans later regained complete control over their minds, and [[VoluntaryShapeshifting control over their bodies]] as long as they don't feel certain emotions (pain, excitement, etc). Funnily enough, the bear and cat forms of worgen druids physically resemble werewolves of the Dire Wolf variety. For gameplay purposes, though, the abilities that they have in these forms are identical to those of the other druid races. They are also ''CursedWithAwesome'' as the Worgen curse makes them immune to the plague of undeath.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': The Worgen of Gilneas are the Man-Wolf variety, and have a... storied history. Worgen lore as a whole stretches back to the War of the Satyr, several thousand years before any of the games. Night elven druids who worshipped the wolf ancient Goldrinn could take on a wolf form that filled them with rage and was difficult to control. They attempted to stabilize it by drawing upon the power of Elune, the moon goddess, through a magical scythe. This had the opposite effect, twisting and {{Shapeshifter Mode Lock}}ing them into an insane manwolf form. The other druids, fearing their power and insanity, sealed them away in the Emerald Dream (another dimension). Many years later, the Gilnean sorcerer Arugal learned about and summoned some of the worgen as an attempt to drive back [[ZombieApocalypse the undead Scourge]]. After the war, the beasts escaped into the nature and continued to inflict the curse in their blood. The playable worgen in Cataclysm are (mostly) Gilnean humans, who are infected with the worgen curse after the assault on the city of Gilneas. The curse usually locks the victim into a feral state permanently, but a recently transformed worgen can still be rescued if the infectees are given [[AppliedPhlebotinum a potion]]. Thanks to help from modern night elves and the scythe that created the worgen in the first place, the Gilneans later regained complete control over their minds, and [[VoluntaryShapeshifting control over their bodies]] as long as they don't feel certain emotions (pain, excitement, etc). Funnily enough, the bear and cat forms of worgen druids physically resemble werewolves of the Dire Wolf variety. For gameplay purposes, though, the abilities that they have in these forms are identical to those of the other druid races. They are also [[CursedWithAwesome]] as the Worgen curse makes them immune to the plague of undeath.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': The Worgen of Gilneas are the Man-Wolf variety, and have a... storied history. Worgen lore as a whole stretches back to the War of the Satyr, several thousand years before any of the games. Night elven druids who worshipped the wolf ancient Goldrinn could take on a wolf form that filled them with rage and was difficult to control. They attempted to stabilize it by drawing upon the power of Elune, the moon goddess, through a magical scythe. This had the opposite effect, twisting and {{Shapeshifter Mode Lock}}ing them into an insane manwolf form. The other druids, fearing their power and insanity, sealed them away in the Emerald Dream (another dimension). Many years later, the Gilnean sorcerer Arugal learned about and summoned some of the worgen as an attempt to drive back [[ZombieApocalypse the undead Scourge]]. After the war, the beasts escaped into the nature and continued to inflict the curse in their blood. The playable worgen in Cataclysm are (mostly) Gilnean humans, who are infected with the worgen curse after the assault on the city of Gilneas. The curse usually locks the victim into a feral state permanently, but a recently transformed worgen can still be rescued if the infectees are given [[AppliedPhlebotinum a potion]]. Thanks to help from modern night elves and the scythe that created the worgen in the first place, the Gilneans later regained complete control over their minds, and [[VoluntaryShapeshifting control over their bodies]] as long as they don't feel certain emotions (pain, excitement, etc). Funnily enough, the bear and cat forms of worgen druids physically resemble werewolves of the Dire Wolf variety. For gameplay purposes, though, the abilities that they have in these forms are identical to those of the other druid races.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': The Werewolf enemies are going to be about ten times your level when you first see them in the Giza Plains. Their [[MonsterCompendium bestiary]] fluff states that they [[WasOnceAMan were once people]] who were transformed after eating cursed meat. A mid-game variant called the Humbaba has a similar origin story, with their creation being the result of drinking a potion made from a specific type of horn. The other two {{Palette Swaps}}, the Zaghnal and the Yeti, have no such supernatural origins.

* ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'': The first (and also the last) beast that the player can turn into is a Werewolf -- [[http://www.i-mockery.com/shorts/altered-beast/3.gif preceded by a]] TransformationSequence -- which is a muscular and furry man with a wolf head.

* ''VideoGame/StarOcean'': [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Tinek/T'Nique/whatever]] Arcana is part of a race called lycanthropes, and transforms into a werewolf before every battle. He isn't explored very much, but he does say in Private Actions that he has to train constantly so he doesn't lose his senses and go berserk while transformed.

* ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'': Sonic is transformed into the Were''hog'' when the power of the Chaos Emeralds is forcibly drained from him and used to release Dark Gaia, causing him to get infused with Dark Gaia's energy. In addition to being a hedgehog/wolf hybrid, he maintains his true personality, albeit with a feral streak, rather than turning into a savage beast like [[EldritchAbomination Dark Gaia]]'s minions, and it's noted that Sonic's [[HeroicWillpower sheer willpower and good heart]] are what allows him to keep his mental state at night.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': Valkenhayn R. Hellsing, Rachel's [[MemeticBadass Badass]] BattleButler is a werewolf. Contrary to most examples, he's very cultured and cool-headed (he ''is'' a butler, after all). He can also change into either a full wolf ''or'' a wolfman, or even just change a single part of his body to attack with. As a playable character he can switch between human and full wolf form, with the wolf form being faster and having access to some different moves but it can't block and constantly drains a meter which recharges when in human form. The wolfman form comes out for his [[FinishingMove Astral Heat]].

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLegacyOfDarkness'' has a "Man-beast", Cornell, as one of the playable characters. Very little is given about the race, but what can be inferred from the text, a Man-Beast is different from a werewolf in that they're usually not evil because their powers are usually sealed away and can only transform after TrainingFromHell. Cornell, unusually, has the ability to shoot endless [[RazorWind blades of wind]] from his hands even as a human. In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'', he also gained the ability to [[MakeMeWannaShout howl out blasts of supersonic waves]]. His rival, another Manbeast who was a werelion, sold his soul for the power to become a werechimera. One of the forms Alucard can shapeshift into in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony of the Night]]'' is that of a wolf. Both wargs and werewolves are featured in the series proper. Werewolves, however, have a few pyrokinetic skills.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': One of the main "dual nature" gimmicks is that Link transforms into a wolf when he enters the Twilight Realm, and then is able to transform into a wolf [[VoluntaryShapeshifting whenever he wants]] after obtaining the Master Sword. It's quite an impressive step up from the unarmed, pink bunny he turned into in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'''s Dark World.

* ''Videogame/{{Bloodborne}}'' has them as the result of the Scourge of Beasts, a [[ZombieApocalypse werewolf apocalypse]] plague which gradually transforms its victims from mere humans, to slightly altered UncannyValley dwellers, to gradually-[[BuffySpeak wolfier]] mutants who gradually acquire nonhuman features, followed by others that aren't even werewolflike anymore, like electrified wolf skeletons and gigantic, [[HellIsThatNoise screaming]] monsters that could devour whole crowds in one bite... and aside from the werewolves themselves, there's also the fact that the Scourge of Beasts originates from humans injecting themselves with blood [[spoiler: [[TouchedByVorlons touched by]] [[EldritchAbomination the Great Ones,]] [[MarsNeedsWomen baby crazy]] alien gods,]] and subsequently getting a bad reaction, being consumed by their own base instincts.

** The series and background lore contains a variety of lycanthropic[[note]]Yes, this should ''technically'' only refer to werewolves, as "lycan" comes from the Greek word for "wolf", but it is frequently used to refer to ''all'' were-creatures creatures in-universe[[/note]] creatures. [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolves]] are easily the most ubiquitous throughout Tamriel and have appeared in the most games (including ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'''s ''Bloodmoon'' expansion, ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline Online]]''), each of which offers the option of the PlayerCharacter becoming a werewolf.