History WhoWantsToLiveForever / VideoGames

* By ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', Harold -- a ghoul who has been alive since before ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' -- has turned into a WiseTree when the plantlike growth on his head, nicknamed "Bob", overtook his body. While never quite to the point of AndIMustScream since he has the company and friendship of a small tribe that worships him as a deity that he can talk with, the fact that he is basically rooted to the ground and unable to move has made him depressed to the point that, when the opportunity arrives, he asks the [[PlayerCharacter Lone Wanderer]] to help him end his life.

* Also part of the Sonic universe are small, child-like creatures called Chao, who either live forever by [[BornAgainImmortality reincarnating over and over again]] or by [[CompleteImmortality becoming a Chaos Chao]]. Subverted, though, because Chao are mentally like infants forever, [[IgnoranceIsBliss suggesting that they don't mind living forever.

[[folder: Final Fantasy]]
* {{Defied|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII''. The three immortal students received the gift of magic, the gift of dream, and the gift of mortality. Mr. Mortality is PISSED but the other two and their master firmly believe the ability to die was a great gift.
** It's later revealed the point was for him to be able to live amongst humanity, as the dreamer had to sleep all the time and the magic one was so powerful he had to isolate himself above everyone else.

[[folder: Sonic the Hedgehog]]

* Also part of the Sonic universe are small, child-like creatures called Chao, who either live forever by [[BornAgainImmortality reincarnating over and over again]] or by [[CompleteImmortality becoming a Chaos Chao]]. Subverted, though, because Chao are mentally like infants forever, [[IgnoranceIsBliss suggesting that they don't mind living forever.]]

[[folder: Star Wars]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' and its sequel ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' both feature a Rakatan prisoner who spend millennia in a mind prison. His original body had long decayed, everyone he ever knew had died, his civilization collapsed and his species almost became extinct. He still desperately wishes to get out by occupying another body, since it will finally allow him to die.
** There is also [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords Darth Sion]], the appropriately named Lord of Pain. He survived the fall of Malachor by the sheer power given to him by his pain, and it has kept him alive since then. By the time you meet him, his pain and will is pretty much the only thing keeping his body from crumbling to dust. And as you might expect, his existence is ''agonizing'', to the point that the only way to properly defeat him is to ''convince him that it's not worth it''.
--->'''Exile''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Was your life worth living?]]

[[folder: Touhou Project]]

* This is a constant, omnipresent motif in Creator/LucasArts' adventure game ''VideoGame/TheDig'': Stranded on a deserted alien planet, a group of astronauts discover crystals that can bring back the dead, and use it to resuscitate their fallen comrade, who turns insane and addicted to the crystals in the process. Meanwhile, they discover that the former residents of the desert planet [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence found other means to make themselves immortal]], but never found a way to undo this.

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* Before you begin learning the truth, the initial prize of the tournament in VideoGames/ChaosRings is Immortality. This is wrong in several ways: 1: You had to kill 5 other loving couples in order to get it. 2. NOBODY save one person wanted it, and were fighting for their lives, not for the prize. 3. In a rather surprising MindScrew, [[spoiler: even if you win the tournament, you will be given immortality, only to be sent back in time with your partner 10,000 years to the past to raise a human race that will be destined to fight a Time destroying being called the Qualia.]] And of course, 4: it was artificial Immortality that couldn't survive against fatal wounding.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' explores immortality and the problems with it through a varied cast with lifespans of centuries or even eons, living with or apart from mortals. It adds a layer of horror with the concept of Erosion, the slow breakdown of self that immortal beings may suffer that seems to have similarities to dementia in mortals. Even the [[PhysicalGod Archons]] are not immune to it, and deal with the threat of it in very different ways that impact the nations they rule. Many of the immortal characters are veterans of the Archon Wars, centuries of unrest when gods fought throughout the world to claim one of the seven thrones. During this era, many gods were slain and those that survived are haunted by the terrible losses they suffered, in particular the Adepti of Liyue. In Inazuma, the {{Yokai}} are long-lived beings, with several notable stories involving the tragedy of [[DecemberMayflyFriendship friendship]] between mortals and Yokai. And then there are [[spoiler: the pure-blooded people of Khaenri'ah, who were cursed with immortality when their homeland was destroyed by the Heavenly Principles. One survivor went mad from watching his family transformed into mindless monsters, while he himself began to suffer from Erosion. In his rage and grief, he would start the Abyss Order with others cursed by the gods]].

* Monster Girl Quest/Monster Girl Quest Paradox RPG: Despite it's [[HGame H-game themes]], it has some pretty somber moments in which some characters express deep regret of living a long life. This is especially true for poor [[spoiler:Sphinx as she's had to live hundreds of years without her beloved husband that was the first King of Sabasa who refused his wife's offer to be converted as a monster so that he could die peacefully as a regular human being, although she does reconnect lovingly with her descendants at the end of part 3 of the original MGQ Trilogy.]] Paradox has a very saddening moment in which the party is wondering why there's a sole stone grave in the meadow in which [[spoiler:Gnome makes her desert oasis at.]] [[spoiler:The truth is revealed in a later cutscene in which it details Gnome made an unforgettable friend with a child, that ends tragically when she eventually becomes an elderly woman and dies of old age, with Gnome remaining physically unchanged due to her nature as one of the four elemental spirits that makes her immortal, although she still forever remembers her dear friend even after many countless pass, hence the sole grave stone in her meadow...]]

* Monster Girl Quest/Monster Girl Quest Paradox RPG: Despite it's [[HGame H-game themes]], it has some pretty somber moments in which some characters express deep regret of living a long life. This is especially true for poor [[spoiler:Sphinx as she's had to live hundreds of years without her beloved husband that was the first King of Sabasa who refused his wife's offer to be converted as a monster so that he could die peacefully as a regular human being, although she does reconnect lovingly with her descendants at the end of part 3 of the original MGQ Trilogy.]] Paradox has a very saddening moment in which the party is wondering why there's a sole stone grave in the meadow in which [[spoiler:Gnome makes her desert oasis at.]] [[spoiler:The truth is revealed in a later cutscene in which it details Gnome made an unforgettable friend with a child, that ends tragically when she eventually grows into an elderly woman and dies of old age, with Gnome remaining physically unchanged due to her nature as one of the four elemental spirits that makes her immortal, although she still forever remembers her dear friend even after many countless pass, hence the sole grave stone in her meadow...]]

* Monster Girl Quest/Monster Girl Quest Paradox RPG: Despite it's [[HGame H-game themes]], it has some pretty somber moments in which some characters express deep regret of living a long life. This is especially true for poor [[spoiler:Sphinx as she's had to live hundreds of years without her beloved husband that was the first King of Sabasa who refused his wife's offer to be converted as a monster so that he could die peacefully as a regular human being, although she does reconnect lovingly with her descendants at the end of part 3 of the original MGQ Trilogy.]] Paradox has a very saddening moment in which the party is wondering why there's a sole stone grave in the meadow in which [[spoiler:Gnome makes her desert oasis at. The truth is revealed in a later cutscene in which it details Gnome made an unforgettable friend with a child, that ends tragically when she eventually grows into an elderly woman and dies of old age, with Gnome remaining physically unchanged due to her nature as one of the four elemental spirits that makes her immortal, although she still forever remembers her dear friend even after many countless pass, hence the sole grave stone in her meadow...]]

* Monster Girl Quest/Monster Girl Quest: Paradox RPG: Despite it's [[HGame H-game themes]], it has some pretty somber moments in which some characters express deep regret of living a long life. This is especially true for poor [[spoiler:Sphinx as she's had to live hundreds of years without her beloved husband that was the first King of Sabasa called the "Emperor of the Burning Sands", although she does reconnect lovingly with her descendants at the end of part 3 of the original MGQ Trilogy.]] Paradox has a very saddening moment in which the party is wondering why there's a sole stone grave in the meadow in which [[spoiler:Gnome makes her desert oasis at. The truth is revealed in a later cutscene in which it details Gnome made an unforgettable friend with a child, that ends tragically when she eventually grows into an elderly woman and dies of old age, with Gnome remaining physically unchanged due to her nature as one of the four elemental spirits that makes her immortal, although she still forever remembers her dear friend even after many countless pass, hence the sole grave stone in her meadow...]]

* Monster Girl Quest/Monster Girl Quest: Paradox RPG: Despite it's [[HGame H-game themes]], it has some pretty somber moments in which some characters express deep regret of living a long life. This is especially true for poor [[spoiler:Sphinx as she's had to live hundreds of years without her beloved husband that was the first King of Sabasa called the "Emperor of the Burning Sands", although she does reconnect lovingly with her descendants at the end of part 3 of the original MGQ Trilogy.]] Paradox has a very saddening moment in which the party is wondering why there's a sole stone grave in the meadow in which [[spoiler:Gnome makes her desert oasis at. The truth is revealed in a later cutscene in which it details Gnome made an unforgettable friend with a child, that ends somberly when she eventually grows into an elderly woman, with Gnome remaining physically unchanged due to her nature as one of the Four elemental spirits that makes her immortal, although she still remembers her dear friend even after many countless pass, hence the sole grave stone in her meadow...]]