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* Mocked in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' with the Morningstar sniper rifle, a gun awarded to you by the MegaCorp Hyperion. A gun for "murderers... like you!" It has a high-pitched, shrill voice that whines at you for killing psychopaths, robbers, pirates, and vicious creatures by [[WhatMeasureIsAMook saying that they could have had a bad day]] or [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes that they just wanted to feed their family,]] and that [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality serial killers thought THEY were good people, too!]] Anthony Burch, Borderland 2's writer, commented on the tendency of games like ''Spec Ops The Line'' to do this.

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* Mocked in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' with the Morningstar sniper rifle, a gun awarded to you by the MegaCorp Hyperion. A gun for "murderers... like you!" It has a high-pitched, shrill voice that whines at you for killing psychopaths, robbers, pirates, and vicious creatures by [[WhatMeasureIsAMook saying that they could have had a bad day]] or [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes that they just wanted to feed their family,]] and that [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality serial killers thought THEY were good people, too!]] Anthony Burch, Borderland Borderlands 2's writer, commented on the tendency of games like ''Spec Ops The Line'' to do this.
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** So you think you're safe from this by simply watching a LetsPlay or a walkthrough on Website/YouTube? Think again. In a Genocide Run, after remarking how horrible he and the player character are, Flowey has this to say:

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** So you think you're safe from this by simply watching a LetsPlay or a walkthrough on Website/YouTube? Platform/YouTube? Think again. In a Genocide Run, after remarking how horrible he and the player character are, Flowey has this to say:

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* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'' has a TakeThat at video games that use this trope. The LemonyNarrator, trying to make a more appealing game for the player, decides to have a four hour baby game where you must continuously press a button to stop a cardboard baby from going into the fire. Now both the baby and the button pushing are extremely annoying, this mixed with the fact that game forces you to play this game for FOUR HOURS in order to beat the mini-game, it's pretty much forcing you to let the baby die. And when you do, the narrator calls you out on it and asks if you [[MortonsFork hate babies or just hate him.]] Even though he basically forced you to do it in the first place.

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* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'' has a TakeThat at video games that use this trope. The LemonyNarrator, trying to make a more appealing game for the player, decides to have you play a four hour baby game minigame where you must continuously press a button to stop a cardboard baby from going into the a fire. Now Now, both the baby and the button pushing are extremely annoying, this mixed with and since to win the fact that game forces minigame you have to play this game it for FOUR HOURS in order to beat the mini-game, HOURS, it's pretty much forcing you to let the baby die. And when you do, the narrator calls you out on it and asks if you [[MortonsFork hate babies or just hate him.]] Even though he basically forced you to do it in the first place.


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** Interestingly, you ''can'' actually win this minigame, and in a case of magnificent DevelopersForesight, there's actually a unique ending for doing so. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7GAtSIy4-w here.]]

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* ''VideoGame/DeathEndReQuest'':
** Ripuka from the first game [[spoiler:is ''[[NiceJobFixingItVillain undone]]'' by pulling this trope. She takes time out of mopping the floor with the heroes yet again to call out [[TheDreaded the God of Death]] for pretending to be a neutral party, while staring directly into the screen and then [[CameraAbuse smashing the camera]]. Arata Mizunashi, who at one point grapples with the idea that he might live in an "artificial" and "glitchy" world just like the cancelled [=MMO=] that much of the game takes place in, realizes exactly what is going on and turns to you for help. Your intervention boosts the party to a level where they can finally go toe-to-toe with Ripuka.]]
** In the Fallen ending of ''Death end re;Quest 2'', [[spoiler:Mai defeats the primary antagonist and slaughters their followers. However, since all of her friends and family are dead, there's nothing to prevent Marbas from completely overtaking her personality, resulting in her declaring herself the God of Death and turning her attention to you. She calls you a piece of shit for trying to dig for the game's [[TheManyDeathsOfYou Death Ends]], sings "murderer" at you, and then [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou tries to possess you]].]]

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''VideoGame/DeathEndReQuest'': Ripuka from the first game [[spoiler:is ''[[NiceJobFixingItVillain undone]]'' by pulling this trope. She takes time out of mopping the floor with the heroes yet again to call out [[TheDreaded the God of Death]] for pretending to be a neutral party, while staring directly into the screen and then [[CameraAbuse smashing the camera]]. Arata Mizunashi, who at one point grapples with the idea that he might live in an "artificial" and "glitchy" world just like the cancelled [=MMO=] that much of the game takes place in, realizes exactly what is going on and turns to you for help. Your intervention boosts the party to a level where they can finally go toe-to-toe with Ripuka.]]
** * ''VideoGame/DeathEndReQuest2'': In the Fallen ending of ''Death end re;Quest 2'', ending, [[spoiler:Mai defeats the primary antagonist and slaughters their followers. However, since all of her friends and family are dead, there's nothing to prevent Marbas from completely overtaking her personality, resulting in her declaring herself the God of Death and turning her attention to you. She calls you a piece of shit for trying to dig for the game's [[TheManyDeathsOfYou Death Ends]], sings "murderer" at you, and then [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou tries to possess you]].]]
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* Remember how in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' you would take advantage of the protagonist's [[ChickMagnet way with the ladies]] and have up to six girlfriends at once? Well, you won't anymore as of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'', because if you attempt to do so, come Valentine's Day, you'll have to make a choice of a single girl you want to make happy, leaving the rest of them in tears. Ouch. Of course, [[BlamedForBeingRailroaded the game also grinds into you if you turn down their romantic overtures]], so it's really a matter of choosing ''when'' the game will yell at you.

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* Remember how in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' you would take advantage of the protagonist's [[ChickMagnet way with the ladies]] and have up to six girlfriends at once? Well, you won't anymore as of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'', because if you attempt to do so, come Valentine's Day, you'll have to make a choice of a single girl you want to make happy, leaving the rest of them in tears.tears (at least among the Investigation Team girls). Ouch. Of course, [[BlamedForBeingRailroaded the game also grinds into you if you turn down their romantic overtures]], so it's really a matter of choosing ''when'' the game will yell at you.
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* ''VideoGame/LandOfWarTheBeginning'' combines this with AndThisIsFor after you killed the German sniper who sniped your friend, Tadek. "And this is for Tadek, you bastard!"

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