History Irony / VideoGames

** This games predecessor, ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' was a critically acclaimed game, but there was one moment in the game that was heavily criticized; a level with an escort mission, where the player had to protect a little girl with absolutely no concept of self-preservation throughout a dangerous environment. In ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' the escort concept was distributed over several points in the game rather than all at once and criticized for it as well. ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', easily the most popular of the trilogy, was a success because of its excellent storyline - the story was about a man escorting a girl throughout a dangerous environment. Though it probably helps that Elizabeth has no health bar and you don't need to constantly act as her meatshield.

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan'':

** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' reveals that Merkabah and Lucifer, leaders of the ''very'' extreme (even by the [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks standards]] of this [[OrderAndChaosAreBothDangerous franchise]]) Law and Chaos factions this go around, are actually halves of ''IV'' and ''Apocalypse's'' incarnation of [[TheDragon Satan]], who turns out to be a ''far'' more polite, benevolent and neutral-leaning force than either of his halves were.

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' allows its protagonist, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who was transformed into a demon, to hire [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]], a powerful demon slayer. He puts it best: "It's the joke of the century, don't ya think?"

*** At the beginning of the game, Link and Zelda take part in a traditional ceremony, with Zelda playing the part of the Goddess and Link the part of her Chosen Hero. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Zelda really ''is'' the Goddess, and Link is her Chosen Hero. This is reinforced later when [[PlotParallel the two reenact the same scene]], this time with full knowledge of their true destiny.]]

** The [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ue-jo2qWiFA 1996 E3 promo]] for ''VideoGame/SonicXTreme'' showcases a Mario lookalike being surprised about how Sonic is faster than him, and about how much better his game is, to the point where it says "Mario Who" after the footage was shown. Thing is, anyone who knows about the [[TroubledProduction troubled]] [[DevelopmentHell development]] of X-Treme would know about the game [[{{Vaporware}} never being finished]]. ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', meanwhile, came out and became one of the most influential games of [[UsefulNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames the era]].

* In ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'', the Wonder building for the Goth civilization is the Mausoleum of Theodoric the Great. As Theodoric was the greatest of the Gothic kings, the choice of Wonder takes on a melancholic reminder that the Goth civilization fractured and declined and now doesn't exist anymore.

** Sibrand, one of the last targets of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'', was gripped with paranoia bordering on madness after most of the rest of the Templar brotherhood was assassinated. He wanders around, accusing everyone of conspiracy and believing assassins to be all around him. While chewing out some guards for whispering to each other, he whirls around and loudly proclaims that there's probably an assassin nearby at that moment; further evidence of his insane paranoia, except that Altaïr happens to be [[BeingWatched sitting on a bench listening to them]].
** In the prologue of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', an engineer mentions to Ezio that the future of warfare is firing a cannon from your hands. Ezio's been using one, far more advanced than the one the engineer's boasting about, for over a decade at that point.
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla'', by dispersing anomalies that show [[spoiler:"Ragnarok" as it really happened (to a race of AdvancedAncientHumans) rather than through the trappings of Norse mythology, Loki]], known for constantly telling lies, is the only one to show the truth of the event.

* In ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine,'' [[PlayerCharacter Henry]] can find [[ApocalypticLog a recording]] of Susie Campbell's where she mentions that the music director, Sammy Lawrence thinks that the character Susie plays, Alice Angel, will become popular - perhaps even more popular than the studio's star, Bendy. However, the next chapter shows that Alice was never popular for her merchandise to sell, or even for the guy who made her dolls to know her name.

** In the Story mode of ''Xrd'', there's a scene where Frederick and Aria are discussing what animal they want to be. Aria, rather predictably, [[DreamsOfFlying wants to be a bird]]. Frederick says he'd prefer to be a roach - even if you're reviled by nearly all of humanity, you're almost impossible to kill, and have no concern for natural predators or socio-political bullshit. He's unknowingly, and very accurately, describing [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie his future life as Sol Badguy, the Prototype Gear]].
* In the ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'', choosing Charlie, the excitable yet inept helicopter pilot, when given the choice usually ends up with a humorous game over screen. [[spoiler:The one time you ''have'' to choose Charlie, in "Completing the Mission", ends in a somber HeroicSacrifice moment for the pilot and leads to one of the saddest endings of the series.]]