Games where you kill (a) god

[Aerosteam]

Or something along those lines. I've seen it mainly in RPG's, mainly of the J variant.

I'm not really talking about the ones Kratos kills all the time, those guys were pussies, I'm talking about heavenly beings which you see in stuff like Final Fantasy that can destroy all of mankind (Note: this is an assumption, I never got into the FF franchise):

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So really, something which is likely the final boss of the game and with emphasis on "divine being", ascended from above or whatever. Anything that looks like it was around during the creation of the universe.

Why create the thread? A game that involves killing what is essentially the god of the universe (or anything similar) and resulting in fundamental changes to it sounds metal as fuck, that's why.

 

[totheendofsin]

slightly on topic but I like how in Pokemon you can force the creator of the universe into a tiny ball and force it to do your bidding

otherwise I remember Bayonetta kills the god of that world, then in the sequel kills the god that created the first god

(side note: in Final Fantasy it's usually a mortal being that has ascended to that level of power)

 

[DefunctTheory]

In The Final Fantasy Legend, a Gameboy game, you kill God. Not a god, or an ascended being. You climb a tower to what you think is Heaven/Paradise, find out the Creator of all worlds and all things is a douche bag, reject his offer to grant any wish, and kill the shit out of him.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

You kill (a) god in Silent Hill and Silent Hill 3. It's practically a Mason family tradition.

 

[Lufia Erim]

In SMT nocturn, you get to kill god, and by killing god you get to make the world you desire. ( either that or i understood the story wrong).

I do however know for a fact that the final boss for SMT2 was YahWeh. Anyone who knows anything about christian mythology knows that that is suppose to be God. The God. With a capital G. Now you know why the game was never ported to the west.

Edit: Op how dare you put Kefka next to Sephiroth! That is blasphemous. Sephiroth is nowhere near the awsomeness that is Kefka, and doesn't even deserve to be mentionned in the same sentence.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Dante's Inferno? Does Lucifer count as a God? People worship him, so I guess so.

Maybe Ori and the Blind Forest? If the bird fucker is the God of overreacting and being a fucker.

 

[Inazuma1]

SMT 2's Neutral and Chaos ending paths have you taking on YHWH, the supreme God of all reality. He's stupidly hard too because he hits like a truck and gets to attack multiple times per turn.

 

[Frankster]

Breath of fire 3 and 4 to a lesser extent. In 3 you kill the goddess (not the creator of everything but a super powerful entity basically keeping the status quo of the world) and in 4 the protagonist is one half of a god like entity who has to defeat their other half (so whilst you do fight a god like figure, that god is heavily nerfed and not really deserving of the term "god like"). So like the FF examples you used really.

Honestly taking down a god like being is always fun in these games, lots of pyro effects and epic music.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Asura's Wrath is the quintessential god killing game, what GoW wishes it could have been.

 

[The Madman]

Every other jrpg? Japan really seems to have a thing for killing gods.

Outside Japan? Hmm... Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer.

Spoiler: Very cool scene.

Also kinda sorta do in Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhall. You definitely become as powerful as one anyway and some of the enemies you fight are demigods themselves.

 

[BrawlMan]

slightly on topic but I like how in Pokemon you can force the creator of the universe into a tiny ball and force it to do your bidding

otherwise I remember Bayonetta kills the god of that world, then in the sequel kills the god that created the first god

(side note: in Final Fantasy it's usually a mortal being that has ascended to that level of power)

True that with Bayonetta!

Asura's Wrath is the quintessential god killing game, what GoW wishes it could have been.

Yes! Oh God, yes! The game where you kill a planet size Buddha that fingers the Earth. Asura makes Kartos look like a pussy, and makes the Hulk seem calm by comparison.

Since the those options are taken, I'll throw in Mundus from Devil May Cry. No, not the Bruce Willis looking knock-off from that reboot. The original Mundus. While he is that universe's equivalent to Satan, the story and lore outright states that Mundus is a Demon god. He can form pocket dimensions and can make sentient life forms that are capable of free will. The scary part is that he cannot be killed, but has to be sealed back in to the demon world.

Guardian Heroes.

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In that case, there are multiple paths and it depends on what choices you make at certain story junctions. And in one of those two paths either Heaven and Hell (Skyborn and Earthblood) are both assholes, or Heaven is just the asshole. There is a path that just makes Hell the bad guys, but that really easy and straightforward to acquire. The final stage where you fight in heaven, the player doesn't taken on God in a battle, but fight its right hand man, an angel guardian. He is the proper final boss, and after beating him, all of the characters kill that version of God for trying to manipulate everyone. Starting with your friend, The Undead Hero making the first strike and everyone else in the cast following forward in a cutscene.

Awesome game; one of the best beat'em ups ever. Avoid the sequel.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

That fat guy was way bigger than a planet and actually an early boss too, though if you beat the true final boss the fat guy is nothin in comparison. Fighting him distorts the flow of time XD. Also, the boss where he stabs you from the moon and jumps to planet earth, and stabs THROUGH the earth, was extremely epic too. The entire game is amazingly epic in general.

 

[jademunky]

Earthbound comes to mind. While the main villain is another one of those "mortal who ascended to godhood" types, he is essentially, a force of pure elemental evil. (or possibly an alien fetus)

 

[BrawlMan]

That fat guy was way bigger than a planet and actually an early boss too, though if you beat the true final boss the fat guy is nothin in comparison. Fighting him distorts the flow of time XD. Also, the boss where he stabs you from the moon and jumps to planet earth, and stabs THROUGH the earth, was extremely epic too. The entire game is amazingly epic in general.

The final battle against

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Chakravartin almost puts Jubileus to shame. Though better in terms of gameplay. Ironically, he has some parallels to Satan, just like Mundus. The only difference is that he stays dead. You don't even see him reincarnate in the epilouge.

Oh, how I wish that Capcom made Part IV: Nirvana originally on disc and not paid DLC like CC2 wanted. If they ever re-release this on current consoles at a price of $19.99 with all of the content, I would be one happy customer.

 

[Hawki]

Xenoblade Chronicles is one example that comes to mind. The game really hammers in the point that "Zanza is god, and you must kill Zanza for being a dick." Though Meyneth is a good goddess, so there's that.

There's a video by Gaijin Goomba on the net that gives insight into why 'killing god' is a common theme in JRPGs (basically the distrust of organized religion).

 

[Willinium]

Well in Final Fantasy XIII you end up killing several god like beings, beings known as the Falcie who were created by God to watch over the world and maintain it, however when After God had left the Lord of the Cocoon Falcie . . Barthandulous I think(?) created a rather convoluted plan to summon God back to them by having the Falcie Orphan to die, HOWEVER since Falcie are literally unable to commit suicide Barthandulous set forth a plan to have a bunch of L'Cie murder Orphan and destroying Cocoon in the process.

Now regardless of the fact that this plan has SO MANY PROBLEMS that not even Spoony noticed them all, the plan does work . . . kinda I think God appears once more in Final Fantasy XIII-3 but as I skipped that one I am unsure. So you kill Barthandolous and Orphan who are essentially Gods/Demi-Gods.

 

[balladbird]

In SMT nocturn, you get to kill god, and by killing god you get to make the world you desire. ( either that or i understood the story wrong).

ehhh, kinda. You fight the avatar of Yahweh, though you only actually kill it in two of the paths. Still counts as deicide, though, I reckon!


As for my suggestion... well yeah, pretty much anything from Japan.

For the sake of being less vague, and trying to make a suggestion that wasn't made earlier, I guess Agarest War II is a good example. The game starts with the main character killing a god for selfish and stupid reasons, basically sending the entire world into a spiral toward destruction, and cursing himself and his descendants for the next four generation with the burden of setting things right.

It's an ecchi game, but it plays with some interesting ideas.

 

[Ryallen]

Off the top of my head? Well, I know that I would be going into spoilers should I participate, so warning:

Spoiler: SPOILER ALERT

I know that in Divinity: Original Sin you end up fighting a goddess who was corrupted by The Big Bad, and if you don't save her, you have to kill her.

In Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, you kill Satan, if we are counting that guy. You do the same thing in Dante's Inferno at the end. But I guess we aren't counting that, so ignore this if you so wish.

In Fire Emblem: Awakening, Grima is the final boss and he's basically equated to a god, in that if you don't stop him then and there then he destroys the world with an army of zombie soldiers. Oh, sorry, they're "Risen", which is totally different.

In the Darksiders II you kill various creatures that ARE strong enough to destroy the world should they be left alone.

Dragon Age: Origins has you kill the archdemon leading the darkspawn, which is basically an Old God. That is, if you made the right choices.

In Skyrim, Alduin is either the son of Akatosh or IS Akatosh. They never really make that clear.

Since I have a bunch of examples here, I imagine that I've missed the point of the topic entirely. But, what I'm trying to say is that killing a God is not nearly as rare an occurrence in video games as you might think.

 

[Chaosian]

Somewhat obscure PC Metroidvania called Aquaria ended with a 5-phase final boss by name of "the Creator". Technically not a god, but that was the idea at least.

 

[Mahorfeus]

The Legend of Dragoon. The main antagonist's Master Plan works, and he ends up becoming the nominal God of Destruction. During the battle, a new world is basically created around you over the course of the boss' phases, and then destroyed.

Fortunately, dragons are apparently on the list of things that can kill gods.