Trope or not, gods just end up being a common target for games about heroes escalating in power while fighting increasingly world-destroying consequences.

So, for each post, name a game and describe it, with the assumption being that every description automatically ends with the phrase:

“…and then it ends with you fighting a god.”

  • ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca
    24·
    14 days ago

    To some extent the majority of JRPGs fit into this trope. It’s a long running joke that it isn’t a JRPG if you don’t end up fighting a god with the power of friendship.

    • Chozo@fedia.io
      38·
      14 days ago

      Hey hey hey, SPOILERS! I’m only ~8,000 hours into the game and haven’t gotten there yet!

    • ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca
      3·
      13 days ago

      There is an argument to be made that neither Dagoth Ur not the tribunal are strictly speaking “gods” by Elder Scrolls’ definitions. They have godlike powers thanks to the heart, but they are referred to as false gods by all the Deadric gods you interact with.

      Heck, the main quest is basically Azura using you as her vessel to expose the falsity of the Tribunal’s claim to godhood.

      Although, if you go one level deeper and you buy into Vivec actually achieving Chim, then it could be argued he is at least as godlike as Talos (who used his understanding of Chim to retcon the actual history of Tamriel). Which is another can of worms, because his godhood is also questioned and the whole reason his worship was outlawed in the white-gold concordant…

      Oh Elder Scrolls lore, how I love your convoluted nature.

  • Chozo@fedia.io
    15·
    14 days ago

    Bayonetta invents an entirely new god in the last 10 minutes of the game that was never explained or alluded to before, and then has you piledrive it into the sun.

  • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
    14·
    14 days ago

    Kirby Superstar: Milky Way Wishes. Ohh you think it’s a game about pink ball stopping the sun and moon from fighting? NOPE, here’s a jester with power of god.

    Pokemon. Technically you don’t end with fighting god but somewhere you’re fighting a pokemon that’s basically god of something.

    Also does Hades count lol.

    • Susaga@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      14 days ago

      You can always spot a Kirby fan based on how they react to a butterfly appearing late into the game.

      • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
        1·
        14 days ago

        Even better, Arceus is given out for free like christmas in the og gen 4. Only in the remake they have you battle and capture it.

    • JayEchoRay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      13 days ago

      I do agree on it being a great game, and she fights gods on her way to her final goal but

      spoiler

      she doesn’t really fight any gods though - it is all in her head

      • steeznson@lemmy.world
        2·
        13 days ago

        I found when they used that same device to explain the ending of Hellblade 2 really unsatisfying.which is a shame because I’d really enjoyed the journey.

        • JayEchoRay@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          13 days ago

          That is a shame, I would have thought that she would have some measure of control after the events of the first game

          Especially, since the burden she was carrying was lifted.

          spoiler

          I guess she has a severe case of the “blessing” that she disassociates with reality regularly and is unable to discern what is real and what is not as she lives a life of what she thinks is real as truth.

          I guess I can see that happening without any form of medication or therapy and only having her own thoughts to live with after the traumatic events of her past

  • Silverchase@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    14 days ago

    Path of Exile has you clearing out the entire pantheon. Then the main campaign is over and you begin the post-game part, which is what actually matters.

  • odium@programming.dev
    11·
    14 days ago

    Hollow Knight is a game where you start out as a little bug discovering a bug’s nest. Then you unlock some secrets, find the secret true final boss, and next thing you know, it ends with you fighting a god.

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    9·
    14 days ago

    Another Crab’s Treasure is a cute, fun, cartoony soulslike game where you play as a hermit crab whose shell has been stolen! He heads out on an adventure to get it back.

  • GrymEdm@lemmy.world
    9·
    14 days ago

    The original Baldur’s Gate story (1 and 2 + expansions) begin with you being a barely trained orphan sent on an unexpected journey by your foster father…

  • Uninvited Guest@lemmy.ca
    8·
    14 days ago
    • Divinity Original Sin
    • Soul Reaver through to Legacy of Kain - Defiance (Elder God)
    • Titan Quest
    • Shin Megami Tensei
    • Cat Quest
    • Hades
    • Smite
    • Mortal Kombat?