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* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', you find a group of Great Khans holed up in Boulder City holding a few NCR soldiers hostage while a small NCR force is gunning for them. With some persuasion, you can convince them to release the hostages in return for being allowed to leave in peace. When you tell the NCR officer in place about the deal, he says that he just received orders to take the Khans out by force, even though they released the hostages. Fortunately, if you're still hoping for a peaceful resolution, you can appeal to his integrity and convince him to stand down anyway.
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* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', you ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'':
** You find a group of Great Khans holed up in Boulder City holding a few NCR soldiers hostage while a small NCR force is gunning for them. With some persuasion, you can convince them to release the hostages in return for being allowed to leave in peace. When you tell the NCR officer in place about the deal, he says that he just received orders to take the Khans out by force, even though they released the hostages. Fortunately, if you're still hoping for a peaceful resolution, you can appeal to his integrity and convince him to stand down anyway.
** You find a group of Great Khans holed up in Boulder City holding a few NCR soldiers hostage while a small NCR force is gunning for them. With some persuasion, you can convince them to release the hostages in return for being allowed to leave in peace. When you tell the NCR officer in place about the deal, he says that he just received orders to take the Khans out by force, even though they released the hostages. Fortunately, if you're still hoping for a peaceful resolution, you can appeal to his integrity and convince him to stand down anyway.
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-->'''Buck:''' Yeah. Look, about that, mate, [[FauxAffablyEvil I am grateful, right]]? And, uh... well, I'd really like to show my appreciation, you know... (''cups his groin'') proper, like a man should.\\
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-->'''Buck:''' Yeah. Look, about that, mate, [[FauxAffablyEvil I am grateful, right]]? And, uh... well, I'd really like to show my appreciation, you know... (''cups ''[cups his groin'') groin]'' proper, like a man should.\\
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* Cecil from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' gives away the Earth Crystal to Golbez at the Tower of Zot in exchange for [[LoveInterest Rosa's]] life. Golbez's response? "Rosa? Who's that?", plus it appears the woman would have been chopped in half by a guillotine[[note]]or crushed by a boulder in the {{Bowdlerize}}d SNES version[[/note]] anyway if the heroes didn't save her in the nick of time.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', Tidus and company crash [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe Seymour forcibly marrying Yuna]], who the party are guardians to, but when they arrive at the altar and Yuna prepares to Send him (i.e. banish him into the afterlife, as they had killed him once earlier), Seymour has the Bevelle army hold Yuna's guardians at gunpoint. Yuna reluctantly backs off and Seymour forces a kiss onto her to complete the marriage...only to tell his guards to kill Yuna's guardians anyway. Yuna escapes, and it's only thanks to Rikku throwing a flash grenade to distract the soliders that the she and her co-guardians get to escape.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', Tidus and company crash [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe Seymour forcibly marrying Yuna]], who the party are guardians to, but when they arrive at the altar and Yuna prepares to Send him (i.e. banish him into the afterlife, as they had killed him once earlier), Seymour has the Bevelle army hold Yuna's guardians at gunpoint. Yuna reluctantly backs off and Seymour forces a kiss onto her to complete the marriage...only to tell his guards to kill Yuna's guardians anyway. Yuna escapes, and it's only thanks to Rikku throwing a flash grenade to distract the soliders that the she and her co-guardians get to escape.
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** Cecil from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' gives away the Earth Crystal to Golbez at the Tower of Zot in exchange for[[LoveInterest Rosa's]] Rosa's life. Golbez's response? "Rosa? Who's that?", plus it appears the woman would have been chopped in half by a guillotine[[note]]or crushed by a boulder in the {{Bowdlerize}}d SNES version[[/note]] anyway if the heroes didn't save her in the nick of time.
* ** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', Tidus and company crash [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe Seymour forcibly marrying Yuna]], who the party are guardians to, but when they arrive at the altar and Yuna prepares to Send him (i.e. banish him into the afterlife, as they had killed him once earlier), Seymour has the Bevelle army hold Yuna's guardians at gunpoint. Yuna reluctantly backs off and Seymour forces a kiss onto her to complete the marriage...only to tell his guards to kill Yuna's guardians anyway. Yuna escapes, and it's only thanks to Rikku throwing a flash grenade to distract the soliders that the she and her co-guardians get to escape.
** Cecil from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' gives away the Earth Crystal to Golbez at the Tower of Zot in exchange for
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** Played with in the first game, where the party trades the plot coupon for a hostage, only to be tricked by crafty wording. (To be fair, the villain only said he wouldn't hurt the hostage, her release was never mentioned.)
** This actually happens ''twice'', implying that Isaac [[IdiotBall really should have known better.]] And yet, despite managing to outsmart Isaac & co. twice using ExactWords, Saturos & Menardi get referred to as DumbMuscle in ''The Lost Age''.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars Eye of the North'', the vanguard soldier Anton reveals that he provided information to the Charr in exchange for his village's safety. It went exactly the way you'd expect, with the bonus of his being caught and imprisoned for it. His quest line involves seeking out and eventually killing the Charr he made the deal with.
** This actually happens ''twice'', implying that Isaac [[IdiotBall really should have known better.]] And yet, despite managing to outsmart Isaac & co. twice using ExactWords, Saturos & Menardi get referred to as DumbMuscle in ''The Lost Age''.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars Eye of the North'', the vanguard soldier Anton reveals that he provided information to the Charr in exchange for his village's safety. It went exactly the way you'd expect, with the bonus of his being caught and imprisoned for it. His quest line involves seeking out and eventually killing the Charr he made the deal with.
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** Played with in [[VideoGame/GoldenSun1 the first game, where game]] when the party trades the plot coupon for a hostage, only to be tricked by crafty wording. (To be fair, the villain only said he wouldn't hurt the hostage, her release was never mentioned.)
** This actually happens ''twice'', implying that Isaac [[IdiotBall really should have knownbetter.]] better]]. And yet, despite managing to outsmart Isaac & and co. twice using ExactWords, Saturos & and Menardi get referred to as DumbMuscle in ''The ''[[VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge The Lost Age''.
Age]]''.
* In''VideoGame/GuildWars ''VideoGame/GuildWars: Eye of the North'', the vanguard soldier Anton reveals that he provided information to the Charr in exchange for his village's safety. It went exactly the way you'd expect, with the bonus of his being caught and imprisoned for it. His quest line involves seeking out and eventually killing the Charr he made the deal with.
** This actually happens ''twice'', implying that Isaac [[IdiotBall really should have known
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* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'': In the Zerg campaign of the Brood Wars expansion, [[HiveQueen Sarah Kerrigan]] abducts the matriarch of the Dark Templars, and promises their prelate Zeratul that if he helps her in her conquest, she will ''allow'' the matriarch to go free (the highlighting is Sarah's and it's so pronounced that Zeratul should've probably suspected foul play right then). Once Zeratul fulfills their part of the bargain and demands the matriarch to be released, Kerrigan gleefully asks her if she wants to leave, only for the matriarch to declare her allegiance to the Zerg. Turns out she had enslaved the matriarch long before, and the entire abduction plot was just a ruse.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'': ''VideoGame/StarCraftI'': In the Zerg campaign of the Brood Wars expansion, [[HiveQueen Sarah Kerrigan]] abducts the matriarch of the Dark Templars, and promises their prelate Zeratul that if he helps her in her conquest, she will ''allow'' the matriarch to go free (the highlighting is Sarah's and it's so pronounced that Zeratul should've probably suspected foul play right then). Once Zeratul fulfills their part of the bargain and demands the matriarch to be released, Kerrigan gleefully asks her if she wants to leave, only for the matriarch to declare her allegiance to the Zerg. Turns out she had enslaved the matriarch long before, and the entire abduction plot was just a ruse.
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* Near the end of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' Season 3 [[spoiler: the BigBad has a gun to the head of two of your friends, and [[SadisticChoice forces you to pick which one lives]]. However, she then kills the one you pick [[EveryoneHasStandards despite her allies' objections]] and her only response is [[ForTheEvulz "I can do whatever I want."]]]]
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* Near the end of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' Season 3 [[spoiler: the ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonThree'', [[spoiler:the BigBad has a gun to the head of two of your friends, and [[SadisticChoice forces you to pick which one lives]]. However, she then kills the one you pick [[EveryoneHasStandards despite her allies' objections]] and her only response is [[ForTheEvulz "I can do whatever I want."]]]]
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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'': Dr. Mossman says that to Dr. Breen after the [[LaResistance Resistance]] leader's capture. She ends up doing a HeelFaceTurn in the end, after the hero's ViolationOfCommonSense. And before that, Eli invokes the trope with "Goddammit Breen, you agreed you would let her go!"
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* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' - in the Zerg campaign of the Brood Wars expansion, [[HiveQueen Sarah Kerrigan]] abducts the matriarch of the Dark Templars, and promises their prelate Zeratul that if he helps her in her conquest, she will ''allow'' the matriarch to go free (the highlighting is Sarah's and it's so pronounced that Zeratul should've probably suspected foul play right then). Once Zeratul fulfills their part of the bargain and demands the matriarch to be released, Kerrigan gleefully asks her if she wants to leave, only for the matriarch to declare her allegiance to the Zerg. Turns out she had enslaved the matriarch long before, and the entire abduction plot was just a ruse.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' - in ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'': In the Zerg campaign of the Brood Wars expansion, [[HiveQueen Sarah Kerrigan]] abducts the matriarch of the Dark Templars, and promises their prelate Zeratul that if he helps her in her conquest, she will ''allow'' the matriarch to go free (the highlighting is Sarah's and it's so pronounced that Zeratul should've probably suspected foul play right then). Once Zeratul fulfills their part of the bargain and demands the matriarch to be released, Kerrigan gleefully asks her if she wants to leave, only for the matriarch to declare her allegiance to the Zerg. Turns out she had enslaved the matriarch long before, and the entire abduction plot was just a ruse.
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-->'''Buck:''' Yeah. Look, about that, mate, [[FauxAffablyEvil I am grateful, right]]? And, uh... well, I'd really like to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil show my appreciation]], you know... (''cups his groin'') proper, like a man should.\\
'''Jason:''' ''You said we could leave, [[PrecisionFStrike you fuck]]!''\\
'''Buck:''' [[RapidFireNo No, no, no, no]]. [[ExactWords What I actually said was that Keith could leave with you, but you're not going anywhere]].
'''Jason:''' ''You said we could leave, [[PrecisionFStrike you fuck]]!''\\
'''Buck:''' [[RapidFireNo No, no, no, no]]. [[ExactWords What I actually said was that Keith could leave with you, but you're not going anywhere]].
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-->'''Buck:''' Yeah. Look, about that, mate, [[FauxAffablyEvil I am grateful, right]]? And, uh... well, I'd really like to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil show my appreciation]], appreciation, you know... (''cups his groin'') proper, like a man should.\\
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fuck!''\\
'''Buck:'''[[RapidFireNo No, no, no, no]].no. [[ExactWords What I actually said was that Keith could leave with you, but you're not going anywhere]].
'''Jason:''' ''You said we could leave,
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"YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo!" moments in VideoGames.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' Jaree-Ra assures you that after you help him cause a ship to become wrecked that he'll make sure the crew is safe. Naturally when you arrive at the ship and discover that his marauders have instead butchered the crew it's really no surprise when his sister Deeja proceeds to turn on you when she offers you "your share" of the spoils.
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', you find a group of Great Khans holed up in Boulder City holding a few NCR soldiers hostage while a small NCR force is gunning for them. With some persuasion, you can convince them to release the hostages in return for being allowed to leave in peace. When you tell the NCR officer in place about the deal, he says that he just received orders to take the Khans out by force, even though they released the hostages. Fortunately, if you're still hoping for a peaceful resolution, you can appeal to his integrity and convince him to stand down anyway.
** In the backstory, Vault 11 had to decide who would be chosen as the Vault's Overseer and thus sacrificed for the good of the Vault. It was eventually decided to be chosen by vote but led to a tyranny of the masses with the largest voting blocs sending anyone they didn't like to die. Katherine Stone was forced to perform sexual favors for the Justice Bloc's men [[ScarpiaUltimatum to save her husband]]... who sent him to die anyway. Katherine then decided to take justice into her own hands and [[RoaringRampageofRevenge killed as many Justice Bloc members as she could]] just to be called Overseer and enact her ''real'' plan Overseer Order 745: citizens are given numbers and become Overseer if the random number generator calls them. With no way to secure their power or even their chance to live the voting blocs erupted into violence, anger boiling over at the hands of abuses and fear of death. In the end, there were only 5 members still alive [[spoiler: and then there was one.]]
* Jason Brody of ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' finds that his friend Keith Ramsay is being held captive by Bambi "Buck" Hughes, an [[AwesomeAussie Australian]] PsychoForHire. Buck offers to return his friend if Jason goes on a FetchQuest for an ancient Chinese knife. Once Jason finally brings Buck his knife, he finds out that [[spoiler:Buck is a DepravedHomosexual who was keeping Keith as a SexSlave, and now [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty he wants to add Jason to the collection]].]]
-->'''Buck:''' Yeah. Look, about that, mate, [[FauxAffablyEvil I am grateful, right]]? And, uh... well, I'd really like to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil show my appreciation]], you know... (''cups his groin'') proper, like a man should.\\
'''Jason:''' ''You said we could leave, [[PrecisionFStrike you fuck]]!''\\
'''Buck:''' [[RapidFireNo No, no, no, no]]. [[ExactWords What I actually said was that Keith could leave with you, but you're not going anywhere]].
* Cecil from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' gives away the Earth Crystal to Golbez at the Tower of Zot in exchange for [[LoveInterest Rosa's]] life. Golbez's response? "Rosa? Who's that?", plus it appears the woman would have been chopped in half by a guillotine[[note]]or crushed by a boulder in the {{Bowdlerize}}d SNES version[[/note]] anyway if the heroes didn't save her in the nick of time.
* ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'': When Darth Vader attacks the Rebel meeting, Galen Marek shouts, "You agreed to stay away". Vader's response? "'''I lied''', as I have from the very beginning."
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'':
** Played with in the first game, where the party trades the plot coupon for a hostage, only to be tricked by crafty wording. (To be fair, the villain only said he wouldn't hurt the hostage, her release was never mentioned.)
** This actually happens ''twice'', implying that Isaac [[IdiotBall really should have known better.]] And yet, despite managing to outsmart Isaac & co. twice using ExactWords, Saturos & Menardi get referred to as DumbMuscle in ''The Lost Age''.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars Eye of the North'', the vanguard soldier Anton reveals that he provided information to the Charr in exchange for his village's safety. It went exactly the way you'd expect, with the bonus of his being caught and imprisoned for it. His quest line involves seeking out and eventually killing the Charr he made the deal with.
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'': Dr. Mossman says that to Dr. Breen after the [[LaResistance Resistance]] leader's capture. She ends up doing a HeelFaceTurn in the end, after the hero's ViolationOfCommonSense. And before that, Eli invokes the trope with "Goddammit Breen, you agreed you would let her go!"
* One mission in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' has you rescue Matt Miller from the simulation. During this mission, Zinyak gives you a choice between continuing the mission and surrendering. He promises to release the humans he's holding captive and let them leave, but you will be executed in return. If you take his offer, you get a [[NonstandardGameOver closing credit sequence then a Mission Failure screen with the message "Zinyak was lying."]]
* In ''VideoGame/SaraIsMissing'', you will have this reaction [[spoiler:if you share the "Red Room" curse to the people on Sara's phone and Irizu kills James. It's worth mentioning that the choice doesn't matter since James dies either way.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' - in the Zerg campaign of the Brood Wars expansion, [[HiveQueen Sarah Kerrigan]] abducts the matriarch of the Dark Templars, and promises their prelate Zeratul that if he helps her in her conquest, she will ''allow'' the matriarch to go free (the highlighting is Sarah's and it's so pronounced that Zeratul should've probably suspected foul play right then). Once Zeratul fulfills their part of the bargain and demands the matriarch to be released, Kerrigan gleefully asks her if she wants to leave, only for the matriarch to declare her allegiance to the Zerg. Turns out she had enslaved the matriarch long before, and the entire abduction plot was just a ruse.
* ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'': During Luca Blight's attack on Ryube Village, a poor villager begs the madman to let her go. He decides to humor her request and orders her to act like a pig for his amusement. She does so, and when she asks to be spared, Luca shouts, "Die, pig!" and cuts her down anyway.
* Subverted at the end of ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBustersHiddenTreasure''. Montana Max tells Buster that he'll return Babs and the rest of his friends to him if he gives him the titular hidden treasure. Buster refuses to give it to him, thus starting the final battle with Monty's giant robot. After Buster defeats Monty and his robot, he tells him he promised to let Babs and his friends go. Monty reminds him he still owes him the treasure, and Buster still refuses to give it to him.
* Near the end of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' Season 3 [[spoiler: the BigBad has a gun to the head of two of your friends, and [[SadisticChoice forces you to pick which one lives]]. However, she then kills the one you pick [[EveryoneHasStandards despite her allies' objections]] and her only response is [[ForTheEvulz "I can do whatever I want."]]]]
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"YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo!" moments in VideoGames.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' Jaree-Ra assures you that after you help him cause a ship to become wrecked that he'll make sure the crew is safe. Naturally when you arrive at the ship and discover that his marauders have instead butchered the crew it's really no surprise when his sister Deeja proceeds to turn on you when she offers you "your share" of the spoils.
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', you find a group of Great Khans holed up in Boulder City holding a few NCR soldiers hostage while a small NCR force is gunning for them. With some persuasion, you can convince them to release the hostages in return for being allowed to leave in peace. When you tell the NCR officer in place about the deal, he says that he just received orders to take the Khans out by force, even though they released the hostages. Fortunately, if you're still hoping for a peaceful resolution, you can appeal to his integrity and convince him to stand down anyway.
** In the backstory, Vault 11 had to decide who would be chosen as the Vault's Overseer and thus sacrificed for the good of the Vault. It was eventually decided to be chosen by vote but led to a tyranny of the masses with the largest voting blocs sending anyone they didn't like to die. Katherine Stone was forced to perform sexual favors for the Justice Bloc's men [[ScarpiaUltimatum to save her husband]]... who sent him to die anyway. Katherine then decided to take justice into her own hands and [[RoaringRampageofRevenge killed as many Justice Bloc members as she could]] just to be called Overseer and enact her ''real'' plan Overseer Order 745: citizens are given numbers and become Overseer if the random number generator calls them. With no way to secure their power or even their chance to live the voting blocs erupted into violence, anger boiling over at the hands of abuses and fear of death. In the end, there were only 5 members still alive [[spoiler: and then there was one.]]
* Jason Brody of ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' finds that his friend Keith Ramsay is being held captive by Bambi "Buck" Hughes, an [[AwesomeAussie Australian]] PsychoForHire. Buck offers to return his friend if Jason goes on a FetchQuest for an ancient Chinese knife. Once Jason finally brings Buck his knife, he finds out that [[spoiler:Buck is a DepravedHomosexual who was keeping Keith as a SexSlave, and now [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty he wants to add Jason to the collection]].]]
-->'''Buck:''' Yeah. Look, about that, mate, [[FauxAffablyEvil I am grateful, right]]? And, uh... well, I'd really like to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil show my appreciation]], you know... (''cups his groin'') proper, like a man should.\\
'''Jason:''' ''You said we could leave, [[PrecisionFStrike you fuck]]!''\\
'''Buck:''' [[RapidFireNo No, no, no, no]]. [[ExactWords What I actually said was that Keith could leave with you, but you're not going anywhere]].
* Cecil from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' gives away the Earth Crystal to Golbez at the Tower of Zot in exchange for [[LoveInterest Rosa's]] life. Golbez's response? "Rosa? Who's that?", plus it appears the woman would have been chopped in half by a guillotine[[note]]or crushed by a boulder in the {{Bowdlerize}}d SNES version[[/note]] anyway if the heroes didn't save her in the nick of time.
* ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'': When Darth Vader attacks the Rebel meeting, Galen Marek shouts, "You agreed to stay away". Vader's response? "'''I lied''', as I have from the very beginning."
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'':
** Played with in the first game, where the party trades the plot coupon for a hostage, only to be tricked by crafty wording. (To be fair, the villain only said he wouldn't hurt the hostage, her release was never mentioned.)
** This actually happens ''twice'', implying that Isaac [[IdiotBall really should have known better.]] And yet, despite managing to outsmart Isaac & co. twice using ExactWords, Saturos & Menardi get referred to as DumbMuscle in ''The Lost Age''.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars Eye of the North'', the vanguard soldier Anton reveals that he provided information to the Charr in exchange for his village's safety. It went exactly the way you'd expect, with the bonus of his being caught and imprisoned for it. His quest line involves seeking out and eventually killing the Charr he made the deal with.
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'': Dr. Mossman says that to Dr. Breen after the [[LaResistance Resistance]] leader's capture. She ends up doing a HeelFaceTurn in the end, after the hero's ViolationOfCommonSense. And before that, Eli invokes the trope with "Goddammit Breen, you agreed you would let her go!"
* One mission in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' has you rescue Matt Miller from the simulation. During this mission, Zinyak gives you a choice between continuing the mission and surrendering. He promises to release the humans he's holding captive and let them leave, but you will be executed in return. If you take his offer, you get a [[NonstandardGameOver closing credit sequence then a Mission Failure screen with the message "Zinyak was lying."]]
* In ''VideoGame/SaraIsMissing'', you will have this reaction [[spoiler:if you share the "Red Room" curse to the people on Sara's phone and Irizu kills James. It's worth mentioning that the choice doesn't matter since James dies either way.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' - in the Zerg campaign of the Brood Wars expansion, [[HiveQueen Sarah Kerrigan]] abducts the matriarch of the Dark Templars, and promises their prelate Zeratul that if he helps her in her conquest, she will ''allow'' the matriarch to go free (the highlighting is Sarah's and it's so pronounced that Zeratul should've probably suspected foul play right then). Once Zeratul fulfills their part of the bargain and demands the matriarch to be released, Kerrigan gleefully asks her if she wants to leave, only for the matriarch to declare her allegiance to the Zerg. Turns out she had enslaved the matriarch long before, and the entire abduction plot was just a ruse.
* ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'': During Luca Blight's attack on Ryube Village, a poor villager begs the madman to let her go. He decides to humor her request and orders her to act like a pig for his amusement. She does so, and when she asks to be spared, Luca shouts, "Die, pig!" and cuts her down anyway.
* Subverted at the end of ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBustersHiddenTreasure''. Montana Max tells Buster that he'll return Babs and the rest of his friends to him if he gives him the titular hidden treasure. Buster refuses to give it to him, thus starting the final battle with Monty's giant robot. After Buster defeats Monty and his robot, he tells him he promised to let Babs and his friends go. Monty reminds him he still owes him the treasure, and Buster still refuses to give it to him.
* Near the end of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' Season 3 [[spoiler: the BigBad has a gun to the head of two of your friends, and [[SadisticChoice forces you to pick which one lives]]. However, she then kills the one you pick [[EveryoneHasStandards despite her allies' objections]] and her only response is [[ForTheEvulz "I can do whatever I want."]]]]
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