History WhoWantsToLiveForever / VideoGames

* In ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'', characters can become TheAgeless through a rare event and become immune to old age and disease. However, they can still die by violent means, including by suicide. The flavour text for the suicide decision for immortals seems to be a case of DidntThinkThisThrough for those who found immortality: "At first the prospect of eternal life seemed to be the sweetest dream imaginable. In hindsight, eternity is a very long time.''

* ''SonicTheHedgehog'' proves to be a firm proponent of this theory at the end of ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight''. It may or may not have more to do with the fact that [[spoiler:the woman who brought him into the story wanted to twist it into a Hell on earth to do so]] than ideology, but still.

* In ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'', the character Nall, [[spoiler:the White Dragon of Althena,]] is forced to deal with this trope. In the first game, Nall is a party member; he becomes good friends with all the heroes. He returns for the sequel as an {{NPC}}, eventually revealing that he misses his old friends deeply. He helps Ruby, the Red Dragon, face the fact that she will outlive her friends too.

** Marisa Kirisame is an ImmortalitySeeker, but GenreSavvy enough to be concerned that this trope might be true (meeting Mokou might have done that). Thus she has rejected using the Hourai Elixir, since it grants CompleteImmortality, and she wants to leave open the possibility of dying just in case she gets bored with life.

* In ''EasternMindTheLostSoulsOfTongNou'', reincarnation is a very important point, so dying is essential to do. However, at certian point someone offers you eternal life, if you accept [[spoiler: you're treated to an endless loop of all the games movies and the only way to get out is to exit the game. This is the closest to a game over in the whole thing, too!]]

** [[spoiler: Lorraine Mailard]] of ''The Park'' is revealed to be suffering very heavily from this during the 2015 Halloween mission "The Seven Silences." Having been press-ganged into becoming a Council agent and forcibly bonded with one of the Bees, she's been suffering near-constantly from the feedback; plus, [[spoiler: the fact that ''The Park'' ended with her being forced to murder her own son]] has left her crushed under the weight of her own guilt. Needless to say, she's spent the last thirty years gripped by suicidal depression, but because she's Bee-imbued like the players, [[ResurrectiveImmortality she just keeps coming back]]. [[spoiler: The crux of the mission involves Lorraine becoming the first of her kind to successfully commit suicide for good... but unfortunately, the ending might have just undone that.]]

* In the ''ShinMegamiTensei'' multiverse, there is one God and one Lucifer, but an infinite number of constantly-recycling worlds. Generally, denizens of the worlds are stuck in their home plane, as per God's design, and only demons defy His Will by moving among worlds through the interconnected Interdimensional Sewer System of Hell (Labyrinth of Amala or whatever). But there is one person that Lucifer knows about who is not a demon, but nonetheless moves throughout these multiple dimensions. This person is cursed by God to witness the destruction and rebirth of every world. He is immortal, but has no memory of his original life and is incapable of changing anyone's fate. Fanon, supported by ''a lot'' of in-game evidence, suggests that [[spoiler:he is Aleph, the main character of the second game, who committed the ultimate sin by punching God in the face]].

* Heinrich in ''Videogame/KnightsContract'' was made immortal by Gretchen right as he carried out her execution. He's spent the following century searching for a way to end his immortal existence since living with the guilt of what he did during the witch hunts and being hunted as an abomination has become too much to bear. His initial reason for agreeing to work with the revived Gretchen is that she agreed to his immortality when her mission is complete. [[spoiler:The end of the game has him changing his mind, deciding that he'd rather keep fighting evil alongside her.]]

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': Scathach has no interest in actually dying. She just wants to stop being immortal because she's a BloodKnight, and she's realized her fights are no longer exciting since she's never in any danger.

** [[spoiler: Lorraine Mailard]] of ''The Park'' is revealed to be suffering very heavily from this during the 2015 Halloween mission "The Seven Silences." Having been press-ganged into becoming a Council agent and forcibly bonded with one of the Bees, she's been suffering near-constantly from the feedback; plus, [[spoiler: the fact that ''The Park'' ended with her being forced to murder her own son]] has left her crushed under the weight of her own guilt. Needless to say, she's spent the last thirty years gripped by suicidal depression, but because she's Bee-imbued like the players, [{ResurrectiveImmortality she just keeps coming back]]. [[spoiler: The crux of the mission involves Lorraine becoming the first of her kind to successfully commit suicide for good... but unfortunately, the ending might have just undone that.]]

->We see the Stationmaster. The tremors disturb his careful order. But he carries on. He keeps calm. He works as he has always worked, as he always will work. Our kindly Sisyphus. You cannot even see the tears behind his smile. "[[ArcWords How much longer?]]" he asks, when no one is looking. And the silence answers forever.

* TotalAnnihilationKingdoms: Garacaius was the immortal ruler of Darien, he grew tired of being immortal and gave up his immortality and sailed of to the land of Creon which he made it into a SteamPunk nation to build his crypt.

* This is '''ThePunishment''' for [[spoiler:[[BigBad Dr. Weil]]]] of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero series'', in addition to eternal exile to the [[CrapsackWorld wasteland]] that he created. Apparently, the ones who gave him this punishment weren't counting on him ''coming back, seeking revenge''.
** The manual for the first ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' game has a bit a Dr. Light's notes saying that X can function indefinitely as long as he can maintain his energy level.

* The final cutscene for the "Golden Freddy" mode in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' reveals that [[spoiler:Michael Afton]] is very aware that he should not be alive after [[spoiler:both being gutted by and vomiting out Ennard and then being crushed by a springlock suit becoming Springtrap]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Springtrap]]:''' Something is wrong with me. I should be ''dead''....but I'm ''not''.

* In ''VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor'', Dalboz of Gurth casts an immortality spell on himself, but is forced to endure being immortal when the Zork Underground Empire becomes abandoned. The player can even find his diary, in which he writes about the ways he tried to kill himself, one being "Stabbed myself through the heart; just ended up with heartburn."

* In ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', anyone branded with the Dark Sign is turned into an immortal undead. All undead will slowly lose their humanity and go Hollow, becoming mindless zombies hellbent on attacking anything that isn't also Hollow.

** In ''Broken Hour'', it turns out Harold and his daughter Meredith both are very unhappy about the immortality provided by their mechanical hearts. Meredith wanted to die because of her beloved children's deaths, and the heart was implanted on her just when she was about to join her children in death. She went ''completely'' deranged as a result, and sees her "life" as a string of meaningless [[TitleDrop broken hours]] during which she is alive and her children are not. Her father is not happy either, as seing his daughter in this state is heartbreaking. He even refers their eternal life as a curse.
*** Although this doesn't stop them from murdering countless innocents to keep that immortality. Meredith seems notably very enraged when the Master Detective is shutting off the machine powering her ImmortalityInducer.
** Given Richard Galloway's last words in ''The Black Veil'', it seems he did not like his immortality as much as the player thought through the game...
-->'''Richard Galloway''': "Dear Master Detective, if you only knew what a curse it is when death comes for everyone but you..."

** The cast contains plenty of immortals, but Fujiwara no Mokou is the only one who got hit with this trope. She impulsively drank the Hourai Elixir over a thousand years ago and was ostracized by society until she decided to live as a hermit. Then she completely snapped and mindlessly attacked anything that found her. ''Then'' she spent three hundred years in an apathetic depression. But Mokou shook it off when she made her way to Gensokyo, where she rediscovered her archenemy and fellow immortal Kaguya Houraisan. Now she and Kaguya pass the time by pointlessly murdering each other, which is probably a step up from the majority of her existence.

* The final cutscene for the "Golden Freddy" mode in ''VideoGame/SisterLocation'' reveals that [[spoiler:Michael Afton]] is very aware that he should not be alive after [[spoiler:both being gutted by and vomiting out Ennard and then being crushed by a springlock suit becoming Springtrap]].

** The BigBad [[spoiler: (seemingly)]] of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence'', Walter Bernhard, is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] variation; he finds eternal life [[RichBoredom incredibly]] ''[[RichBoredom boring]]'', and makes a habit of inciting hunters to come after him in a CatAndMouse game via standard IHaveYourWife ploys ([[SmarterThanYouLook it's not a stupid plan]] because Walter is NighInvulnerable to everything except [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement the Vampire Killer]]). When [[spoiler: Mathias/Dracula]] turns up near the end of the game and offers [[TheHero Leon Belmont]] immortality, Leon recalls his [[KillTheCutie dead betrothed]] [[spoiler: Sara Trantoul]] and bluntly turns [[spoiler: Mathias]] down, stating "Eternity without her would be nothing but emptiness".