History VideoGameCrueltyPotential / AdventureGame

* In the flash game ''[[http://armorgames.com/play/7195/haunt-the-house Haunt the House]]'', your goal is to scare everybody out of the house; you're warned not to freak them out too much, or else they may "do something stupid" (i.e. jump out of a window and kill themselves). Judging from user comments, quite a few people have finished the game by deliberately killing everybody.

* In the Tex Murphy classic The Pandora Directive, you can choose to be a complete drunkard who treats everyone like crap, helps nobody but himself and only cares about getting paid.Many people get killed if you do so.Pretty impressive for a game with FMV cutscenes.

* In ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamsUnite'' and ''[[HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak Ham Ham Heartbreak]],'' you can Tack-Q (roll) into other hamsters, leaving them to them chide you. You can also bite, scratch and poke other hamsters with a stick.

* In ''TheJourneymanProject'', you can dispose of the robot in NORAD by turning up the pressure in the sub dock and watch him crumple like a pop can. [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment You lose points for a non-peaceful resolution]], though.

* Each mission of ''StarTrek25thAnniversary'', you start with a landing party of Kirk, Spock, [=McCoy=], and a RedShirt. There is always, ''always'' a way to get him killed. Painfully.

** There's a totally pointless EasterEgg in ''Ice Station Santa'' which lets you fling bleach-laced yellow snowballs in the face of each of [[TheScrappy The Soda Poppers]], just in case you don't like them.

* In ''SamAndMax: The Devil's Playhouse'', you have to use ventriloquism to distract the Samulacra -- you can have Max throw his voice into a warehouse, making the Samulacra assault the door. Or you can use ventriloquism to have them assault [[JerkAss Bluster Blaster]] or [[NiceGuy Sal]], depending on who you like least.

* In the 16-bit era ''VideoGame/{{Pac-Man}}'' game ''Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures'', you do not control Pac-Man directly, but act as his offscreen helper, guiding him along and helping him achieve his various goals. It is very possible to put the poor guy through a ''lot'' of suffering. Some of it is unavoidable, like where you have to induce a crow to attack Pac-Man in order to knock down an out-of-reach item. The downside to tormenting him is that he'll start ignoring your cues and you won't be able to proceed further until his mood improves.

* In ''VideoGame/PeasantsQuest'', it's possible to throw a baby into a lake. In fact, it's necessary for OneHundredPercentCompletion.

* In addition to a certain amount of [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption required rat-abuse]], ''GhostTrick'' also lets you cause a couple of ''hilarious'' [[YetAnotherStupidDeath alternate deaths for people you're allegedly trying to save]]. It can be ''very'' hard to resist the urge to, for example, recline Detective Rindge's chair while he's driving, or, when [[spoiler: Yomiel]] shoots [[spoiler: Inspector Cabanela]], swap the bullet for a nearby ''hard hat'' instead of the [[spoiler: knit cap]] you're supposed to use.

* In addition to a certain amount of [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption required rat-abuse]], ''GhostTrick'' also lets you cause a couple of ''hilarious'' [[YetAnotherStupidDeath alternate deaths for people you're allegedly trying to save]]. It can be ''very'' hard to resist the urge to, for example, recline Detective Rindge's chair while he's driving, or, when Yomiel shoots Inspector Cabanela, swap the bullet for a nearby ''hard hat'' instead of the knit cap you're supposed to use.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Harvester}}'', you can kill anyone. ANYONE. Beat your mom to death with a pipe? Sure. Go for it.
** Well, it's partially subverted as if you kill someone before entering The Lodge, you will be executed. ''After The Lodge, however?'' Kill the nonessential characters as much as you damn well please.

* Point and click game ''TheXFiles'' has many ways you can cause trouble to people around you. You can be a total asshat to people by giving mean replies, ringing the bell at the motel several times to piss off the receptionist, asking the same questions over again after getting the answer to them already, etc. You can even go a step further by arresting people you're not supposed to, kill innocent people, or ''even killing yourself.'' These methods will result in a game over however.

* In updated rereleases of ''TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', one Xbox [=Achievement/PS3=] Trophy requires you to let Guybrush drown. ''Gee, thanks for making me feel guilty just for a virtual reward!''

* There is one part of ''VideoGame/ZakMcKrackenAndTheAlienMindbenders'' where you have to raise hell on an airplane to loot the crucial stuff you need from it. First off, you plug the sink up with toilet paper and call the stewardess. She quickly shouts "Oh no!!!" and starts cleaning up the mess. Then, in order to keep her completely distracted, you go to the microwave...set in an egg and then BOOM! The stewardess then asks what the awful smell is and notices the microwave on the airplane is a mess. "AAAAAIEEEEEE WHO DID THIS?!" Poor stewardess... Zak would end up on NotAlwaysRight for that!

* In ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamsUnite'' and ''[[HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak HamHamHeartbreak]],'' you can Tack-Q (roll) into other hamsters, leaving them to them chide you. You can also bite, scratch and poke other hamsters with a stick.

* In ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamsUnite'' and ''[[HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak HamHamHeartbreak]],'' you can Tack-Q (roll) into your Ham Ham friends. They'll even chide you for your roughhousing.

* In ''Peasant'sQuest'', it's possible to throw a baby into a lake. In fact, it's necessary for OneHundredPercentCompletion.

* In ''PeasantsQuest'', it's possible to throw a baby into a lake. In fact, it's necessary for OneHundredPercentCompletion.

* In ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'', the player is given default guardianship of a young girl named Clementine, who has been on her own since the start of the zombie outbreak. [[spoiler:Her parents are missing and presumed dead, and the only person she's had for company is a zombified babysitter]], which leads to the potential for an player to do all kinds of mean, nasty, and downright cruel things to her that will further degrade her already questionable sanity. Gore and guts can fly in her presence, along with swear words she learns and repeats down the line. It gets to the point of brutally murdering people in front of her eyes. In Episode 2, the player can refrain from stopping Clementine from [[spoiler:eating human flesh, served to her by the family of cannibals]].

** Subverted in the sequel, ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle''; Laverne ''revives'' the frozen hamster in a 22th century microwave oven, while delivering AnAesop. (She explains that in her century kids who microwave their hamsters are taken away and put up for adoption, so [[DontTryThisAtHome don't do it]].)

* There used to be a list of evil actions you could take in the ''QuestForGlory'' series, titled ''Quest for Evil'' by the discussion board members that came up with them. They included such things as killing the unconscious EOF opponent when told to in [=QFG2=] and stealing coins from the musicians in [=QFG3=] and 5. In 5, the musician would even thank you for stealing by playing a song for you.

** Well, it's partially subverted as if you kill someone before entering The Lodge, you will be executed.

* In the 16-bit era PacMan game ''Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures'', you do not control Pac-Man directly, but act as his offscreen helper, guiding him along and helping him achieve his various goals. It is very possible to put the poor guy through a ''lot'' of suffering. Some of it is unavoidable, like where you have to induce a crow to attack Pac-Man in order to knock down an out-of-reach item. The downside to tormenting him is that he'll start ignoring your cues and you won't be able to proceed further until his mood improves.

* In ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'', the player is given default guardianship of a young girl named Clementine, who has been on her own since the start of the zombie outbreak. [[spoiler:Her parents are missing and presumed dead, and the only person she's had for company is a zombified babysitter]], which leads to the potential for an player to do all kinds of mean, nasty, and downright cruel things to her that will further degrade her already questionable sanity. Gore and guts can fly in her presence, along with swear words she learns and repeats down the line. It gets to the point of brutally murdering people in front of her eyes. In Episode 2, the player can refrain from stopping Clementine from [[spoiler:eating human flesh, served to her by the family of cannibals]].

* In updated rereleases of ''TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', one Xbox [=Achievement/PS3=] Trophy requires you to let Guybrush drown. [[SarcasmMode Gee, thanks for making me feel guilty just for a virtual reward!]]