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* ''[[Deus Ex]]'' and its sequel. The United States' economy is failing and is rampant with [[La Résistance]] forces, Europe is under a dictatorship-like rule thanks to MJ12 having enough power to work in the open, the majority of food that you find is either [[Future Food Is Artificial|artificial]] or candy bars that mention they are made from [[Human Resources|"recycled material"]]. All of this is happening while a pandemic is bringing the human race to its knees.
* ''[[Iron Storm]]'' is ''made of this trope''. [[World War One]] has been dragging on for a horrifying 50 years and has become a [[Forever War]]. Everything is saturated with industrial grimness and in general decay. The global economy has become dominated by greedy and ignorant [[Mega Corp|MegaCorps]] and completely dependent on [[War for Fun and Profit|keeping the war running]]. As if that wasn't bad enough, humans in general have become militaristic [[Crazy Survivalist|Crazy Survivalists]]. There's an opressive new Eurasian empire, which is ruled by a completely insane quasi-religous zealot, who claims to be the new Genghis Khan. And if you think the supposed good guy countries of the setting are any better, think again : They're pretty much militaristic jingoists and crumbling democracies masquerading as brave saviours of civilization. Seriously, it's as if someone did a [[Spiritual Licensee]] shooter game adaptation of ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''...
* The ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' series tends to feature a dystopia [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] with each release. In [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]], the dystopia is driven mainly by the mass appeal of private military services, the use of warfare as a means of economic stimulus and the growth in the application of nano-machine technology (the game's [[Applied Phlebotinum]]).
* ''[[Shaun White Skateboarding]]'', as unlikely as it may sound, is all based around how the 'Minstry' has taken control of the people, forcing them to conform to a bland unemotional state and being constantly monitored. The only way to save the city is to skate around it, as which point colours start to appear and suddenly people no longer want to wear a tie.
* [[Oni]] definitely uses this trope. The first social issue is the environment. The environment is polluted like you would not believe. The government not only does nothing to address it, apart from using Atmospheric Processors to make the cities livable, but it brands anyone who tries to bring it up as enemies of the state and will crush attempts to reveal it. The second social issue is the development of science and technology. The government keeps an eye on scientists and carefully checks to make sure any technology developed is approvable (in other words, will not threaten it). They use the Technological Crimes Task Force as a [[Secret Police]] force to enforce this.
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