History BetterThanItSounds / VideoGamesDToF

*** [[spoiler:''Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker'']]: Random punk is forced to enter a glorified dog fight because his dad wants him to, only to gain a [[NonHumanSidekick random animal buddy]] and discover that dog fights are ''SeriousBusiness.''

*** [[spoiler: ''Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker'']]: TheHero tries to prevent a prince who likes [[BloodKnight fighting]] and not![[Videogame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka]] from setting [[TheHero The Hero]]'s place on fire.

** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/StrangerOfParadiseFinalFantasyOrigins'']]: Edgelord protagonist wants to kill Chaos [[spoiler: only to be revealed that [[TomatoInTheMirror he is Chaos.]]]]

** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/FarCry2'']]: Some other guy attempts to kick [[AcceptableTargets African warlord]] ass despite a malaria infection.

** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/StrangerOfParadiseFinalFantasyOrigins'']]: [[RatedMForManly Edgelord protagonist]] wants to kill Chaos [[spoiler: only to be revealed that [[TomatoInTheMirror he is Chaos.]]]]

* [[spoiler:''Eco Fighters'']]: [[GreenAesop Save the world from pollution]]...by [[StuffBlowingUp blowing stuff up]], with help from [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]].

*** [[spoiler:''Trespasser'']]: Two years after the protagonist saved the world, the people they saved forgot why they were such a big deal and hold a fantasy version of ''Series/JudgeJudy'' to figure out what to do next. The proceedings are interrupted by a dead guy.

** ''[[spoiler:VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition]]'': An InnocentBystander became the most important person in the world after gaining a RightHandOfDoom.
*** Alternatively: The BigBad drops his keys to a big door, which the protagonist finds, and after spending half the game trying to get the keys back he instead looks for another way to open the big door.

* [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'']]: A prince moves into a castle where he invites a bunch of random strangers to live with him. Also, people turn into dragons.

*** [[spoiler:Cindered Shadows]]: Professor wanders underground and fights a man who is so in love with their dead mother that he merges with her corpse. In a tangentially related subplot, the terrorist struggles to maintain control of her employees.

* [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}]]: The world is threatened by a cosmic storm who could destroy the universe. Then it became the real life equivalent of ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne.

* [[spoiler:''VisualNovel/FatalHearts'']]: A teenage girl has a nightmare and tries to get herself killed by acting too dumb to live. Also, there are vampires and werewolves involved. Wait, that sounds [[Literature/{{Twilight}} kind of familiar.]]

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/DengekiBunkoFightingClimax'']]: The human form of a Dreamcast summons among others Creator/RieKugimiya [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana on fire]], a HappilyMarried [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline MMORPG couple]], [[LightNovel/OreImo a cosplay fanatic]], [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex an electric tsundere]], Creator/RieKugimiya [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} beating a non-delinquent]], [[LightNovel/{{Durarara}} the strongest man in Ikebukuro]], [[Literature/AccelWorld a gamer girl with a butterfly motif]], [[LightNovel/StrikeTheBlood a vampire hunter in love with a vampire]] and [[LightNovel/BlackBullet a gun wielding defender]] to fight an evil entity on several Sega games until he takes the form of either [[VideoGame/VirtuaFighter Sega's answer to Street Fighter's Ryu]] or [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles a big-breasted human atom bomb.]]
* [[spoiler:''Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus'']]: You and your {{BFS}} join forces with Creator/RieKugimiya [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana on fire]], [[LightNovel/IriyaNoSoraUFONoNatsu an emotionless girl]], [[LightNovel/KinosJourney a travelling girl]], [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex a nun girl]], [[LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret an otaku girl]], [[LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan a psychotic angel girl]], Rie Kugimiya [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} beating up a non-delinquent]], and [[LightNovel/AsuraCryin a ghost girl]] to save [[LightNovels Japanese literature]].

** Furry UsefulNotes/WorldWarII where the Nazi tanks all have doggy ears.

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/DigimonSurvive'']]: A group of kids during a field trip are sent to an alternate dimension where they have to work together with mythical monsters to survive. [[AnyoneCanDie Your choices will determine who lives and who dies.]] [[DarkerAndEdgier Also, the game goes into Shin Megami Tensei territory fast.]]

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'']]: In order to save their families, a group of children has to ride a tank with a big laser canon that is PoweredByAForsakenChild and ends up killing them. The hardest part is for the player to [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential NOT use it]].

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/FinalFight'']]: [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking City mayor]] and his buddies [[BeatEmUp beat up]] mobsters.

** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'']]: Another convict delivers a necklace, then travels around the world closing doors whenever he/she finds them.

** [[spoiler:''[[VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor Dungeons of Dredmor: Realm of the Diggle Gods]]'']]: Some shmuck with BigOlEyebrows tries to keep an old man from escaping from a larger prison. He ([[PurelyAestheticGender or she]]) can also become an emo or a vegan, and there are inexplicable statues of penguin gods.

** [[spoiler:''[[VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor Dungeons of Dredmor: Conquest of the Wizardlands]]'']]: Some shmuck with BigOlEyebrows does the usual stuff, and can also visit randomly generated places where he ([[PurelyAestheticGender or she]]) can die even more easily. There are now vampire penguins and murderous magical vegetables, and our shmuck can use powers of communism.

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'']]: Some shmuck with BigOlEyebrows tries to keep an old man from escaping from prison. He ([[PurelyAestheticGender or she]]) gets [[YetAnotherStupidDeath repeatedly killed]] by [[MascotMook burrowing penguins]] in the process.

* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'']]: A hero's attempts to slay a dragon are delayed when everyone makes him/her solve their problems first.
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'']]: A hero's attempts to govern his/her lands are impeded by a surprisingly civilized MadScientist and a madwoman with way too many nipples.
** ''[[spoiler:Dragon Age: Origins - Darkspawn Chronicles DLC]]'': After the hero bites the big one his/her friend/boyfriend (respectively) has to be the new hero. He fails... HARD.

** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'']]: A man/woman who doesn't know his/her last name gets his/her classes cancelled, and ends up dealing with how his/her dad kinda broke the world.

*** Or, as put on the series's fansite's forums: Transvestites defend the world by giving a giant dragon acupuncture.