History PersonOfMassDestruction / VideoGames

** Dizzy, the daughter of Justice and [[spoiler: Sol Badguy]], takes up the mantle in ''Guilty Gear X'', though is notably much more benevolent, and in fact fearful of her own powers. ''Xrd'' finally gives her an [[FinishingMove Instant Kill]], though despite the name she doesn't actually kill or even incapacitate her opponent because a near-miss from Necro (one of the entities that makes up Dizzy's wings) causing a nuke-sized mushroom cloud behind them is enough to get them to flat-out ''surrender''.

[[PersonOfMassDestruction People of Mass Destruction]] in video games.

* On average, the usual Guardian General Demi-God from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is required to be one of these to be a member of them. [[TheRival Yasha]] is shown being able to use a [[Franchise/KamenRider Rider Kick]] strong enough [[spoiler: to deflect the Brahmastra with enough force to make it fizzle out and push the Karma Fortress that holds enough so the laser scrapes off the earth.]] [[OldMaster Augus]] can use a Massive 380,000 kilometer sized blade to literally extend through the Planet of Gaea itself. [[FatBastard Wyzen]] can use his Mantra to make himself as big as Gaea and can poke things to death with a country sized finger, and [[ShockAndAwe Deus]] is here by being stronger then the aforementioned characters.
** And all of those people pale when compared to Asura [[spoiler: once he enters his Berserker form.]] To give you an idea of how powerful he is in that form, try thinking of a walking, talking (well, [[ScreamingWarrior screaming]]), ''nuclear missile silo''. [[spoiler: And don't even get us started on his Destructor form.]]
* The Bhaalspawn in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' (both the original and even more so the expansion) are sometimes treated like this, but in this case the characters who do so are somewhat lacking justification for it. A Bhaalspawn can certainly be a OneManArmy like any high-level character, and getting to high enough levels they can approach this kind of power. But many are just ordinary, unpowered (and un-murderous) people. It ''is'' implied that all Bhaalspawn have some form of power, latent or not, but even then this isn't necessarily a destructive one, despite the ultimate source being the god known as the Lord of Murder -- one Bhaalspawn has the power of being teleported away whenever he's in danger.
* Gale, of ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', has a Netherese Orb embedded in his body, essentially making him a living FantasticNuke. As a result, he needs to regularly absorb power from magical artefacts to keep it stable, or else risk having it go off and basically vaporize a large chunk of whichever Realm he is in at the time.
* While all Vault Hunters qualify to some extent, Gaige from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' takes the cake. If specced in Ordered Chaos her damage output is high enough to kill [[EliteMook Badass]] enemies in one hit, and Close Enough and To The Nth Degree skills means she can kill enemies behind her without even knowing it, outside of "gained XP" pop-up.
** All of the Vault Hunters in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' are referred to as a "Walking Apocalypse" by Professor Nakayama in Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt DLC, as by this point they had mowed their way through probably tens of thousands of people.

* Positron in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' used to be this way for much of the game's history. He suffered an accident during the Rikti Wars that left his massive radioactive powers unstable and forced him to live inside his sealed suit - because not doing so could level an entire city. During the first plot arc of the Top Cow run of the ''City of Heroes'' comic, Lord Recluse drained the powers of all the superheroes and Positron was forced to seal himself within the Phalanx's base because he'd already begun to leak anti-matter. A makeshift attempt to repair his suit in this arc let him function somewhat normally, but he was still a danger to his team until the heroes powers were restored at the end of the arc. He still remained stuck in the suit until the comic's final arc, when an attack by a mutated Hero 1 ruptured his suit and killed him and several of his team mates. The Dark Watcher was able to restore him to life, and resurrection ''finally'' cured him of his instability. This was reflected in the game as well, where Positron now appears without his helmet. Of course, if he were ever to get injured like that again...
** In one in game arc, you are sent to a future where you have fully unlocked the powers of an Incarnate -- Basically a mythic god incarnate. You're able to utterly defeat some of the strongest enemies in the game, including three separate incarnates... all of them at once if you so choose, with very little effort. Despite all this, you're powers came to little to late to stop the Coming Storm that caused the horror you're facing... so the mission giver comes up with an idea to jump start your incarnate path early (in game mechanics, you've unlocked the post-game content)

* In ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'', characters who have at least overlord-level strength can and will destroy the world if really ticked off. Though they can only do to when using CutscenePowerToTheMax. Laharl does do it in a BadEnd, [[spoiler:as does Mao]].
** And what if an Overlord was so powerful that she could wipe out 99 Overlords and a thousand demon lords and has gone omnicidal due to her troubled past, and you get the [[spoiler:True]] Overlord Zenon in a nutshell. She even defeats [[spoiler:Laharl]] with little to no effort, taking a signature Overlord's Wrath in the face and shrugging it off as if it was dust. Even [[SarcasmMode better?]] [[spoiler:She isn't even on her full power due to just waking up.]]

* ''VideoGame/Doom2016'': The Doom Slayer himself likely qualifies. Presented as-is, without the backstory, he's already someone who can and will personally kill thousands of demons, one by one, even if he has to do it with his bare damn hands (and he ''can''). He's someone that recovers and strengthens with every demon he has killed, has more than enough strength to kill a HumanoidAbomination of a zombie with one hand while naked, too agile for most demons to even touch and skilled enough with any weapon that he can outperform entire armies.

* The player character in ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity: Nova'' by the end of [[spoiler:The Polaris storyline]]. Universe-bending psychic powers sufficient to destroy planets... many of the [=NPCs=] are probably relieved when you [[spoiler:transcend and merge with the universe at the end]].
** Which is peanuts compared to the [[spoiler:Vell-os storyline]], where you are a walking demigod for most of the end. [[spoiler:And then you wake up some ''real'' gods.]] Gameplay-wise, you aren't necessarily that much more powerful than you can be towards the end of some of the other storylines, but this is compensated by what that represents storywise: that you purely under your own power can match what others need powerful and well-equipped starships to do.
* The player characters in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series may become this, singlehandedly slaughtering and even nuking entire towns, or wiping out what's left of civilization with a waterborne virus.
* ''VideoGame/{{FEAR}}'': Alma Wade, an immensely powerful psychic child who [[RealityWarper twists and bends reality to her will]] and is outright said to be "the mother of the apocalypse." A nuclear explosion didn't do much to slow her down, either....
** In the third game, her ''birth pains'' are enough to knock over ''skyscrapers''.

** In ''Compilation of VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', anyone who ranks SOLDIER First Class or the equivalent, or higher.
*** Sephiroth, who (pre-madness), was apparently capable of casually slicing up the giant [[WaveMotionGun Junon Cannon]] like a carrot stick... one-handed.

* Pretty much anyone and everyone in the ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'' games who uses the augmentation canisters [[spoiler:or the eponymous ArtifactOfDoom]]. Combine this with the tendency of such people to turn into AxCrazy psychopaths, and you've got a recipe for disaster on your hands.
** Not just canister junkies. In Geneforge 5, one Shaper offhandedly mentions that, with the proper equipment and training, she can control 40+ creations at once, at a distance of several miles, the average of which are 12-foot tall humanoids that can punch through walls.

* As well as being an all around badass, Solid Snake, now Old Snake as of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', has to deal with some very heavy complications. [[spoiler:Most pressing of which is that the [=FoxDie=] virus implanted in him in ''VideOGame/MetalGearSolid'' has, after nine years since its creation, mutated to the point where instead of affecting specific targets, it will soon start affecting anyone and everyone, and Snake must face the prospect of becoming one of the most dangerous biological weapons on Earth. By the end of the game Snake makes the decision to kill himself before this happens, but thankfully however this is averted by the end with the timely arrival of Big Boss, who relays the information that a new [=FoxDie=] virus injected into him at the start of the game has eliminated the mutant strain, so Snake can at least spend what's left of his life in peace - it is mentioned that the new strain ''could'' eventually mutate to the same horrific degree, but that depends on Snake living that long, when he'd already been given a prognosis of, at most, one year left.]]

* Emerl from ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'': he's a Gizoid with the destructive Power to annihilate the whole world. [[UpbringingMakesTheHero Of course, being raised by Sonic]], [[AntiAntiChrist he Dislikes being this]].
* [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogShadowTheHedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog]] from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': he's the Ultimate Life Form, so he's capable of dealing a lot of damage and surviving falling back to Earth through the atmosphere. The best example of his destructive side comes when he removes his [[PowerLimiter inhibitor rings]], which he wears all the time to limit his power. With them off, he stops being able to control collateral damage. In one instance he was faced with an army of enemies and removed his rings in order to simply run through them all.

** ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': The {{Demon Lord|sAndArchdevils}}-esque Eredar general Archimonde singlehandedly destroys the city of Dalaran in seconds by raising a RealityChangingMiniature out of dust, then scattering it. Overlaps with CutscenePowerToTheMax; when he shows up in-game, he sticks to smaller-scale attacks.

* Agent 47 of the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' series prefers leaving as little evidence of his assassinations as possible, but he is perfectly capable of clearing out an entire building of armed, trained soldiers if he chooses or is forced to.