History Main / OmnicidalNeutral

* In ''{{Fallout}} 2'' this is a possible option for New Reno. You can wipe most of the other towns with warring factions off the map in both games if you really wanted to, but New Reno is pretty much the only example of black and black morality in either game.
** Not quite. Kill ALMOST everyone and ignore one quest for the lone survivor, and you actually get some sweet and sticky end.

** Then he tries to kill you. Although you can show him why that is kind of pointless...

* The "Renegade" ending of ''[[DeusExInvisibleWar Deus Ex: Invisible War]]'' is essentially this: Kill all three faction leaders, which frees the world from all the {{Ancient Conspiracies}} that has manipulated it for centuries. Naturally, without the conspiracies manipulating everything from behind the scenes, [[KillEmAll mankind eradicates itself in all-out nuclear war.]]

* The "Renegade" ending of ''[[DeusExInvisibleWar Deus Ex: Invisible War]]'' is essentially this: Kill all three faction leaders, to plunge the world into war.

*** In [[ThirtyXanatosPileup Vampire?]] No way. You're [[YouCantFightFate always]] playing into [[AbusivePrecursors someone's]] hand. In this case, you end up helping Nines, you just don't stick with him when it's over.

* Might & Magic VII featured a war between the elves and the humans over your territory, during which you could choose to side with neither and battle for your country's independence. This, if course, had no effect on your later option to choose between the path of good or evil.

-->I'm headed for Purgatory when I die. Heaven won't take me, and [[[LikeABadassOutOfHell Hell is afraid I'll take over]].

-->I'm headed for Purgatory when I die. Heaven won't take me, and Hell is afraid I'll take over.

VideoGames that have MultipleEndings sometimes make you pick a side. When they do, sometimes you can choose to [[TakeAThirdOption fight against both (or all) sides]], becoming OmnicidalNeutral.

* In ''KingdomOfLoathing'', there's a quest in which you fight in a war between Hippies and Frat Boys. The best reward comes from taking down both sides.
** [[NintendoHard There's a damn reason for that.]]
** Given the choice between hippies and frat boys, we pick... [[spoiler: [[TakeAThirdOption pirates.]]]]

** Similar events happen in Lu Bu's musou mode in DynastyWarriors 6, which makes sense since he's the resident MemeticBadass.

* Another RealLife example is the slogan of the Green and Anarchist armies of the [[RedOctober Russian Civil War]]: "Beat the Whites until they are red, beat the Reds until they are white!".

* Most of [[TheForceUnleashed The Force Unleashed's]] missions involve Starkiller cutting down everyone and everything he comes across, including Imperial Stormtroopers who are, at the moment, at least, on your side. [[spoiler: This gets subverted in the second half, though. Once Galen joins the Rebellion, he never has to kill another rebel soldier again.]]

* Most of Force Unleasheds missions involved Starkiller to kill FUCKING everyone and everything he comes across. While nearly every level had imperial Stormtroopers they sometimes already had battles with Kotas milizia, felucian natives and scavengers.

* ''AlphaProtocol'' allows you to customise your play style and personality to fit your mood. You can either befriend everyone, befriend some and use them against others, or just piss of everyone and mow through them like a buzzsaw.

* ''[[{{Langrisser}} Der Langrisser'' has the Independent path. In something of a subversion, it's probably the least evil of all the paths.

* ''DerLangrisser'' has the Independent path. In something of a subversion, it's probably the least evil of all the paths.

* Literary example: The ''Book of Swords'' trilogy by Michael Moorcock, telling the tale of Corum, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe. The books tell of Corum's war against the Lords of Chaos in favor of the Lords of Law, often invoking the Cosmic Balance. At the end of the last book, he manages to involve the God-Brothers Kwyll and Rhynn, who are not bound by Order, Chaos, or the Cosmic Balance. In gratitude for a favor done, they kill off the Chaos Lords. Then (just for the lulz) they go on to kill off the Law Lords as well, negating the Cosmic Balance by default, and leaving the mortals in control of their own destinies, with no interfering gods to muck things up. A happy ending.