Games where revenge isn't some gay life lesson

[Tweed]

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves and make sure to fill one with the smart *** who quotes this at you. If there's one thing I hate it's revenge stories where either you or one of your companions gets a chance at revenge and turns out to be the wrong choice or completely ruins them.

Starting with a scene from one of the most iconic revenge games:

FRANKIE the BAT NIAGRA | MAX PAYNE

What are some examples where revenge is sweet and well deserved?

[Mordred]

Duke Nukem

[methoxetamine]

Octopath Traveler 2, Throne and Osvald



Nine Sols

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Octopath Traveller 0. One of the three villains, Auguste, seduced Schwartz's wife and then killed her. You help Schwartz kill Auguste.

[rusty_shackleford]

Shadow of Mordor

The game starts with you and your family being murdered by orcs. You spend the rest of the game mass murdering and enslaving orcs.

[Valter]

Fallout New Vegas is a classic one. Feels great to return the bullet you were kindly given at the start. You can also help Boone get revenge over his wife's traficking.

While not a main point in ATOM RPG, you do get robbed clean of all your belongings at the beginning of the game. You can coincidentally meet your assailants again later on, and man payback felt good.

[J1M]

Tangent: I've noticed that revenge stories used to be about enacting physical violence and natural justice. But today revenge fantasies that youtube serves up or things people say in comments all center around paperwork vengeance, where the consequence is monetary and enforced by a judge. Like people can't even imagine righting a wrong themselves in their own fantasies.

[Valter]

In season 2 of Telltale's The Walking Dead, there is a scene where a major antagonist that tortured and killed several people over the past few episodes finally gets captured by your group of survivors. As your group debates what to do with him, one of your comrades, who himself was cripplingly mangled by this man, leaves no room for argument: He dies here, now, beaten to a pulp.
You can approve and watch the beating or denounce him and leave him to do the deed alone, while the other characters pretty unanimously scold his decision, and yours if you agree with him. It's one of those moments where you can explicitly tell the typically sanctimonious "revenge bad!" people to take a hike.

[Finarfin]

Might add to it that you are assuming the role of a girl that is underage and the pregnant niggerlady that ****** the bad guy talks over you and wants you to go with her since Clem is just a kid but Clementine can say " No I'm staying" if you choose it.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

I found Telltale Walking Dead season 2 to be so unlikeable to go through. Every character is swearing, and so many of the characters are detestable, people having casual sex, etc. It was very sobering to see how games like these were so popular.

[Irenaeus]

Bloodlines

[Tweed]

Honorable mention for Radament's Lair in Diablo 2. Atma's dialogue after completing the quest shows she's rather happy that you killed the mummy.

[Acrux]

Baldur’s Gate 2

[TKVNC]

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves and make sure to fill one with the smart *** who quotes this at you. If there's one thing I hate it's revenge stories where either you or one of your companions gets a chance at revenge and turns out to be the wrong choice or completely ruins them.

Starting with a scene from one of the most iconic revenge games:

FRANKIE the BAT NIAGRA | MAX PAYNE

What are some examples where revenge is sweet and well deserved?

GTA IV

**** Dimitri

[logincrash]

Shadow of Mordor

The game starts with you and your family being murdered by orcs. You spend the rest of the game mass murdering and enslaving orcs.

The protagonist Talion is named after Lex talionis.

[Bertram_Tung]

Max Payne?

[Fitz]

DA:O gives you the option to roleplay a revenge path against Loghain. I remember hating that guy with a passion as a kiddo.

[Valter]

DA:O give you the option to roleplay a revenge path against Loghain. I remember hating that guy with a passion as a kiddo.

Extra revenging if you go Human or Dwarf Noble too

[wndrbr]

Max Payne?

[Finarfin]

Not related to the topic or the Six Seven meme, but I really like the detail that you can hear the song Late Goodbye blaring through his headphones.
Poets of the Fall - Late Goodbye (Official Video w/ Lyrics)

[Kolgrim]

Saints Row 2 fits since everyone who fucks the boss over gets killed horribly. You even get revenge on the guy who put you in a coma in the first game.

[Tangerine]

I returned the favor by shooting Benny in the head in New Vegas.

[Vaako]

I think Fable 1 did let you avenge your village against that Jack guy with a mask. Even if you have to sacrifice your sister otw maybe or it was just to get his sword no idea anymore. Does that count as a gay life lesson?

[asf]

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[logincrash]

I think Fable 1 did let you avenge your village against that Jack guy with a mask. Even if you have to sacrifice your sister otw maybe not sure anymore. Does that count as a gay life lesson?

I'd say so. Sounds like a typical "revenge will leave you with nothing" plot.
I haven't played Fable in like 15 years, though.

[wndrbr]

I think Fable 1 did let you avenge your village against that Jack guy with a mask. Even if you have to sacrifice your sister otw maybe not sure anymore. Does that count as a gay life lesson?

I'd say so. Sounds like a typical "revenge will leave you with nothing" plot.
I haven't played Fable in like 15 years, though.

nah, the sister sacrifice was tied to Jack's sword. You can just discard his sword and that would be it - Jack's defeated, sister's alive.

[Valter]

I think Fable 1 did let you avenge your village against that Jack guy with a mask. Even if you have to sacrifice your sister otw maybe not sure anymore. Does that count as a gay life lesson?

He's portrayed as The Great Evil you must save Albion from, so sadly the revenge aspect is minimal in that story. Killing him is mandatory in order to stop him from conquering the world or something.
Sacrificing your sister just gives you an omega sword of doom (evil choice)

[TKVNC]

I think Fable 1 did let you avenge your village against that Jack guy with a mask. Even if you have to sacrifice your sister otw maybe not sure anymore. Does that count as a gay life lesson?

He's portrayed as The Great Evil you must save Albion from, so sadly the revenge aspect is minimal in that story. Killing him is mandatory in order to stop him from conquering the world or something.
Sacrificing your sister just gives you an omega sword of doom (evil choice)

You get a just as OP secret good sword if you refuse it

[sheet]

I carry personal vendetta on any game I play. If you wrong my PC, your life is forfeit.
Loghain gets beheaded.
Father and Kellogg are KOS.
Benny dies in the casino, I don't even wait for Caesar to get him.
The council in Mass Effect stand in my way, they gotta go.

[MrTwinkls]

Gun (2005)