History ShooOutTheClowns / VideoGames

* ''Videogame/GodOfWarRagnarok:'' The story's tone takes a turn for the much darker (thanks in part to the rippling effect it has on the cast) once [[spoiler:Brok, the uncouth and irreverent dwarven smith (with [[SirSwearsALot more foul language than the rest of the cast put together]]), gets killed by Odin. It's this very same irreverence that got him killed, too, as he had zero qualms with haranguing "Tyr" over [[SpottingTheThread every spotted thread]] once he felt things smelled fishy enough, and the impersonating Odin felt backed far enough into a corner to blow his cover and lash out lethally]].

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidGroundZeroes'' signals its DarkerAndEdgier turn from its predecessor, ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', by throwing the adorable little child soldier who provides MissionControl guidance for the [[CryptidEpisode Cryptid Missions]] into prison where he is tortured and [[RapeAsBackstory raped]], and the quirky MagnificentBastard with a [[MechaShow Mecha anime genre]] motif who spent most of the previous game disguised as a funny PuritySue now has a shaved head, [[MedicalHorror has had a bomb surgically implanted into her guts]] and has been the victim of a MindRape so thorough she's a LaughingMad hollow shell. Also qualifies as BreakTheCutie.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'', ''Ground Zeroes'''s second part, pushes this even further, mutilating Kaz and transforming him from a funny and likeable character into a hissing vengeance-crazed psychopath. The ComicRelief Cécile and the heroic Amanda are pushed offscreen, and Huey, who makes a reappearance, is now referred to by his real name "Emmerich" instead of by his cutesy nickname and is now a very sinister character.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky The 3rd'': Translation induced example. The english versions of the trilogy insert comedic banter into the descriptions of empty chests you already looted. However in the climax of the third game, with it's heavy topics of SurvivorGuilt and self-harm, the chests just say "This chest is empty" so as not to clash with the tone.

* On ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest: Open Season'''s final day, Detective Carey is separated from his LAPD comrades and must infiltrate the BigBad's hideout [[ItsUpToYou alone]] without any backup or comic relief.